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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1926

Page

9

Chaplin Marriage in Turmoil as Divorce Talks Yield Settlement Hint

Hollywood gossip centers on a possible out of court settlement in the Chaplin marriage. Mrs. Chaplin demands about 1 million dollars to refrain from divorce actions and naming a co respondent. Attorneys say reconciliation is unlikely and a formal agreement could end the marital dispute.

United Press Hollywood Cal Charlie Chaplin George Beebe Chaplin Merna Kennedy Miss Kennedy Baroness de Precourt

Final Appeal Denied in Kentucky Attack Case

Nathan Bard and Bunyan Menning, both Negro, lost their last appeal after the State Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence for the April 7 attack on 16 year old Miss Neil Catherine Breithaupt at the country club grounds in Hopkins County Kentucky. They will be executed after Governor Fields sets a date. Columbus Hollis testified for the state and received twenty years in the penitentiary.

Timea Sneci Madisonville Kentucky Nathan Bard Bunyan Menning Neil Catherine Breithaupt Country Club State Court of Appeals Hopkins County

Kellogg Plan Acceptable to Chilean Government

A Chilean foreign office official said Kellogg’s Tacna Arica proposal is acceptable despite public and press opposition. Observers expect renewed discussions would not help and could worsen the situation. The plan was debated in a secret parliamentary session last night.

United Presa Santiego Chile Foreign Office Kellogg

Former Policeman Executed in Chair

OSSINING N Y December 3 Former Policeman John J Brennan of Brooklyn was electrocuted here last night for killing Samuel Kraimen in a Brooklyn police station He was under the influence of liquor at the time of the murder

United Press Ossining N. Y John J. Brennan Brooklyn Samuel Kraimen

Children Band Delights At School 51 In Olney

Pupils from two primary rooms at School 51 Olney Street and Roosevelt Avenue form a lively ninety member band. Teachers Daysie Alwese and Olive Breisch guide the group with inventive instruments like a drum fashioned from a box, a door bell stilling, sandpaper blocks, and tiny bells. Director Maxine Gary leads with drum sticks as the youngsters play with high enthusiasm, confident they may outdo older school orchestras in spirit.

Olney St Roosevelt Ave Mias Daysie Alwese Olive Breisch Maxine Gary Maxine James McDonald Lena Jarret

Anderson Seeks Transfer Of 35000 From Utilities Surplus

City officials ask the public service commission to move 35000 from the municipal electric light fund surplus to the general fund to cover running expenses. The petition cites a 36183.47 surplus and notes prior similar transfers. The commission has repeatedly reduced electricity rates and faced a lawsuit over the rate cuts.

Anderson Public Service Commission Muncipal Electric Lght General

College Slang Talk Supersedes Old Lexicon

The piece defines college slang as the ultimate vernacular with terms like smoked up for failure and aired for expelled. It catalogs expressions used by students to describe getting in, being left out, or staying cool, including lines about fur coats and boisterous dances.

Oller Breeze

Strike of Ten Million Settled in England

London reported the end of the great industrial struggle that involved about ten million men and cost roughly 3 billion dollars. Emergency coal strike regulations were revoked at midnight as the government broadcast the news. The strike stemmed from coal miners demanding higher wages and shorter hours, with over five million workers in other sectors joining the action.

United Press London England

Autopsy Planned in Clara Olson Case as Lover Defended

Yoroner plans autopsy on Clara Olson’s body found buried on Battle Ridge near Rising Sun after her disappearance on Sept 10. Erdman Olson, her 18 year old sweetheart, faces murder charges though his father defends him. investigation spans Wisconsin communities.

Yoroner Clara Olson United Press Pairie Battle Ridge Erdman Olson Erdman Clara Young Olson Gale College Galesburg Wis Christ Olson American Legion Legion Wisconsin Charles Boun Boun H. Sherwood Dwight Ill Olson

Gone but Not Forgotten Automobiles Report

Automobiles reported stolen from Auburn Ford Nash and Hudson and Ford. Victims include W H Browning Anna Henninger Rollin Williams Harry Mack Fred Thomas and John J Beatty. Found car at 1714 Madison Ave with no title near Franklin Indiana Maxwell at Pennsylvania Georgia Sts.

W. H. Browning Sixteenth St le Grande Ave Auburn New Jersey Anna Henninger Minnesota St Ford Randolph Minnesota Rollin Williams Capitol Ave Nash Illinois New York Harry Mack Lowell Ave Hudson Fred Thomas E. Twenty- First St Sherman Dr

Circle Theater to Treat Times Carriers Saturday

Indianapolis Times carriers are invited to a private 9 30 a m Saturday showing at Circle Theater featuring Corrine Griffith in Syncopating Sue. Ace Berry, Dessa Byrd and First National Pictures arrange a pre release screening with the Collegiate series Benson at Calford and organ music by Dessa Byrd. Carriers march from Times building with police escort and Boy Scout drum corps to the Circle for a big, festive event.

Indianapolis Times Ace Berry The Circle Management Dessa Byrd First National Pictures Corrine Griffith Sue Times Circle Benson Calford Great Circle Circle Theater Boy Scouts Jerry Mandy Corinne Griffith

Schloss Attacks Duval Appointees Over Health Board

Indianapolis board of health sparring. Sol Schloss accuses Duval appointees of petty politics amid dispute over removal and reinstatement of Dr. Hippensteele. Dr. Goethe Link sides with Schloss to restore Hippensteele, tie vote causes withdrawal to avoid embarrassing the secretary.

Schloss Duval Health Board City Board of Health Sol Schloss Indianapolis B. R. Hippensteele C. E. Hadden Goethe Link Hippensteele Herman G. Morgan

Wage raise of 15 million for eastern rail workers

New York December 3 The arbitration board under the Watson Parker act grants a 7 percent wage increase averaging 42 cents a day for about 89 000 conductors and trainmen on fifty eastern railroads. Brotherhoods sought 19 percent or one dollar daily.

United Press New York Board of Arbitration

Bell Plans $90 000 Lebanon Exchange Building

Curtis H. Rottger president of Indiana Bell asks the public service commission for guidance on financing a new 90000 building in Lebanon. He proposes bonds or stock and notes local stock ownership while Bell retains control.

Bell Lebanon Public Service Commission Curtis H. Rottger Indiana Bell Telephone Company Rottger Commission

Indiana Marine Cleared in Manslaughter Court Martial

Charles Burton formerly of Elizabeth Indiana and a ward officer in the Marine Corps at Quantico Virginia was cleared by a court martial on a manslaughter charge for a night accident last September that killed two Marines. Representative Ralph Updike defended him. Carl Enurton an Indianapolis school city employee is his brother.

Bu_Times Washington Charles Burton Elizabeth Ind Marine Corps Quantico Ralph Updike Carl W. Enurton Indianapolis

Water case move possible in Indianapolis

Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker said a revaluation of the Indianapolis Water Company may be pursued if legal methods exist. The company had its valuation raised from 15.26 million to 19 million by a federal court decision upheld by the Supreme Court. Portes and the Federation of Community Civic Associations backed the move, urging taxpayer action against high rates. State Attorney General Gilliam and the Public Service Commission agreed not to rehear the case on their own initiative.

Indianapolis Water Company Alvah J. Rucker Rucker Public Service Commission Ferdinand A. Geiger United States Supreme Court Indianapolis Arthur L. Gilliam Commission Samuel McCardle Gilliam

Man jailed for sleeping drunkenly in railroad coach

Farrell W. Tate aged 26 of 1935 FB Forty-Sixth St was arrested by Big Four detectives in the railroad yards after liquor was found on him while he slept in a coach. Municipal Judge Pro Tem William Foust fined him 100 dollars and gave a suspended 30 day sentence and an additional 50 dollar fine for unlawfully wearing a lodge emblem.

Farrell W. Tate William Foust Tate

Expect Snow Saturday Forecast by Weather Bureau

The weather bureau announced that a chilly turn is coming Saturday with rain turning to snow flurries. Meteorologist J. H. Armington projected a Saturday evening temperature around 24 degrees and a possible drop overnight.

United States Weather Bureau J. H. Armington

Plaster-cast man sought in bold bootlegging hijack case

Police hunt a man in a plaster cast linked to a hijacking that netted 200 gallons of alcohol from a lone bootlegger on Thanksgiving week. The licensed vehicle owner, questioned over a stolen auto title, may have aided hijackers or been abducted by rivals as over fifty shots were fired during the robbery.

Indiana Christian Hospital South Side William Cox English Ave Fletcher Ave

Two Held After Thrilling Chase Involving Drunken Drivers

Gus Bevers and Gale Gibson, both charged with intoxication, were held after a two hour pursuit through south side streets. A car driven by Bevers struck a police vehicle as the chase began near 900 South Delaware Street and ended two miles south of the city. The incident followed police investigation of a parked car.

Gus Bevers N. Harding St Gale Gibson Alabama St O'Connor Delaware St

Mixed Up Coat Leads to Prison Sentence for Mrs Collins

Mrs. Fannie Collins, 49, of 426 N Rast St, received a six month term at the Indiana Women’s Prison and a $10 fine plus costs from Municipal Judge Pro Tem William E Faust after being accused of stealing a fur coat. She claimed she tried on many coats and did not realize one belonged to the store before attempting to leave. Arrest followed by Mrs Lessie Rogers.

Fannie Collins N. Rast St Indiana Women's Prison William E. Faust Lessie Rogers

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