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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1926
Page
1
A powerful arctic blast sent Indianapolis to seven degrees above zero at 8 a.m. and plunged temps to near zero tonight as the cold wave stretched across Indiana. Meteorologists forecast subzero wind chills tonight and Wednesday with strong northwest winds diminishing to light by morning.
A proposal for a consolidated State poor farm to replace ninety two county infirmaries was presented by Harry B. Dynes, Indianapolis agent of the Department of Labor, at the Denison Hotel. The plan, endorsed after a federal survey, would let the Governor name a commission to pick a site and allocate costs based on inmate numbers.
Sixty three couples married since November 14 by deposed Justices of the Peace Isidor Wulfson Conrad Keller Alvin Mosley and Walter Glass wondered today whether their marriages were legal. The legal opinion was split with Keller and Wulfson charged with usurpation of office due to a law change leaving only one JP office in Center Township, according to County Clerk Albert Losche.
Thieves robbed Mrs. Obenchain’s chicken house and shed. She moved survivors to the cellar and then upstairs with a revolver under her pillow to sleep. The repeated burglaries leave her determined to protect her remaining birds.
The Indianapolis Times reports a hospital bound father of seven as the center of a Christmas outreach. The O-Bij I Club steps in to provide gifts and cheer for the family on Christmas Day, supported by a Sunday school class of ten girls from First English Lutheran Church seeking a family with little girls.
Frank Wright, author of the Wright bone dry act, may back a bill to permit whisky prescriptions for patients if properly regulated. He cautions that the proposed amendment could aid the public health by doctors but questions safeguards and says he will oppose any amendment on the House floor. Wright has long served Randolph County and now represents Marion County after moving to Indianapolis, currently an auditor for Secretary of State Frederick BE Schortemeier.
Kenneth G Ormiston former radio operator at Angelus Temple Los Angeles linked to the Aimee Semple Mc Pherson case was due for custody in Chicago today. Harrisburg and Chicago detectives brought him here awaiting California warrant on subornation of perjury the document speeding east by air likely to arrive today.
Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny stood before the jury as prosecutors and defense debated the charge of conspiring to defraud the government. Owen J. Roberts ridiculed the defense theory while Frank J. Hogan portrayed Doheny as an elderly, besieged man facing death as he defended his actions and integrity.
Marion County grand jury summoned Charles Sutton and George Montgomery of county government in a graft investigation. Norman Metcalf prepared to record statements, while deputy prosecutor William H. Sheaffer was absent. Proceedings resume Wednesday with more witnesses.
In Canton Ohio Pat Mc Dermott, accused in a conspiracy to kill editor Don R Mellett, encounters key witness Kaschalk who testifies that Mc Dermott urged a rum running plot. Kaschalk describes being pressed to join, calls of yellow, and plans to leave with guns.
Philadelphia report says Leo Brown a saloonkeeper known to police as King of the Greeks was killed by four gunshots in the back as he entered a narrow hotel hallway in the Tenderloin. The assailants fled and patrons fled in shock after the shots rang out. Brown attempted to draw his pistol but was struck before he could fire.
Nine youths, led by Judge James A. Collins, were sentenced for vehicle taking on a special court day aimed at clearing cases. Sentences ranged from six months to fourteen years with fines and costs. multiple defendants were tied to the theft of five autos, while a larger group faced ongoing cases connected to about twenty stolen vehicles. Police and state authorities backed a campaign to curb auto theft.
Arthur Hawkins aged 19 was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge while boarding his car after a hunting trip. His body fell on the clutch as the motor ran, and the car moved about a mile across a field before hitting a straw stack.
Hollywood reports indicate Charlie Chaplin and his wife Lita Grey were expected to file divorce suits within minutes of each other. Both sides’ attorneys prepared statements while principals remained unavailable early today.
A deaf mute teenage robber identified as Robert Schneider, 17, from New York, was arrested on a train in Trenton New Jersey. Police described him signaling for money with a pistol and facial gestures. He claimed unhappiness at home caused his crimes, including a home invasion near Stockton where an elderly widow could not understand his sign language.
Ground will be broken for Shortridge High School at Thirty Fourth and Meridian Streets early next year after the plans are submitted to the school board tonight by business manager Ure M. Frazer. If accepted, bids will be advertised Wednesday as part of the 1927 elementary school building program including Irvington and north side schools.
Seventy nine young men faced six physicians in the civil service physical exam to qualify as city policemen. The session began at 9 a.m. in the city council chamber and continues Wednesday with further screening and a later test at Shortridge High School.
John W. Caldwell aged 68 a resident of Soldiers Home in Washington died from a bullet wound self inflicted amid a safety incident in the Capitol building. Notes found on Caldwell indicated ill health prompted the act.
Eugene C. Foster reports the Princeton Indiana Francisco mine No 2 explosion created a larger aid need than first thought. 32 men died 25 injured 182 people rendered dependent. Red Cross funds total 2701.86 with Indiana donations urged. Send money to Frank B. Stalnaker at 777 N Meridian St.
Resolutions of regret by the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten trustees commend late Dr Eliza A Blaker former president of the Teachers College of Indianapolis and superintendent of the Indian apolis Free Kindergarten. The resolutions praise her work in establishing a state wide system of kindergartens in Indiana cities and note the debt of appreciation owed.
The State Supreme Court ordered a 4 mill increase in the 1926 city sanitary district levy to be added to the 1927 levy payable in 1928. Tax board chairman John J. Brown said he would urge legislature to amend the budget law to make the advertised levy final. The court also ordered a hearing on the increase, which had been sought to raise the 1926 rate from .055 to .065, with the 1926 tax already collected.
At Princeton Indiana on December 14 the Francisco mine disaster's dead rose to thirty three with Rufus Steinhall dying at noon at Methodist hospital. Others listed include George Black Harley Snow and Jess apts mer pot aire among hospital patients.
Samuel Artman is removed from the public service commission and Howell Ellis named to replace him, a move opponents claim weakens support for the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company merger. Ellis, 33, was secretary of the commission. Artman has chaired the board since 1923. The change comes as the merger hearing nears, with salaries differing by 2000 dollars but duties increasing for Artman.
Secretary L L Needler says the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation may push for a constitutional convention or a special election on a State income tax amendment at the coming legislative session. The group also may seek a real estate reappraisal in 1927 and will decide on opposing direct primary curbs.
Cornelius Serie, 86, a retired farmer, denied charges that he tried to kill Mrs. Cecil Long's baby by putting poison in its milk. The accusation came from Long, who is Serie's step-daughter, during the arrest in Lafayette Indiana.
A young wife with a baby and three other 19 year olds were arrested after confessing to robbing six filling stations and a grocery with a total haul of $200. The four youths waived preliminary exam and face the grand jury on Wednesday and trial Friday before Judge James A. Collins. All four claimed being hard up and seeking punishment but not harming the poor or women. Inspector Worley seeks the maximum sentence.
A bill seeking a 1 750 000 appropriation by Congress for a George Rogers Clark memorial in Vincennes Indiana will be introduced by Representative Will Wood. The memorial commission drafted the bill with C H Richards of Terre Haute and D E Culbertson of Vincennes consulting with Wood and other Indiana congressmen.
An unsigned letter accusing bottles on the Columbia Club banquet table drew attention in Indianapolis prohibition circles. A newspaper clipping shows one Apollinaris water bottle marked for attention to A. R. Harris deputy prohibition administrator, stirring echoes of royal visits and prohibition enforcement.
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