Man seriously injured when struck by auto
Bart Hammond age 21 of 125 W Fourteenth St charged with assault and battery and failure to have proper lights on an auto. Police plan to file a warrant against Cartos Hemmond owner of the truck Earl Hammond drove for lack of title. Accident at Massachusetts Ave and Walker St left Joshua Grimes critically injured and his daughter narrowly escaped harm. Miss Ethel Grimes 14 testified they were walking when Hammond struck her father and did not stop for 135 feet.
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Bart Hammond
Fourteenth St
Cartos Hemmond
Sixteenth St
Earl Hammond
Massachusetts Ave
Walker St
Joshua Grimes
Twenty-Fifth St
Eurcld Ave
Tooley
Ethel Grimes
Hammond
R. O. Shufflebarger
Villa Ave
Carlos Hammond
May Schuler
New Jersey St
Pennsylvania
Michigan &T
Harold Hiner
Misa Schuler
Chinese Laundryman Targeted by Blackmail Note
Chung Yip, a Chinese laundryman at 2818 Clifton St, said Elmore, 19, of 1338 Eugene St, was jailed on a grand jury bound over charge after allegedly sending a threatening note demanding 1990 in twenty dollar bills for a package under the Twenty ninth St bridge over the canal. Police report Elmore admitted anger over lost collars.
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Chung Yip
Clifton St
Oren
Elmore
Eugene St
Grand Jury
Twenty-ninth St
He Is No Acrobat Victim Cuts Shoe Sole Incident
Elftjjah Fuqua, 41, of 917 Ashland Ave, was walking at Keystone and Tenth Wednesday when the inner sole irritated him. He drew a knife and began cutting it out. his leg slipped and was cut.
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Elftjjah Fuqua
Ashland Ave
Keystone Ave
Tenth
Coroner Probes Death Of Thomas Taffey
Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigates the death of 32 year old Thomas Taffey of 447 Agnes Street who died at city hospital ten minutes after admission. Traffic Officer Thomas Leonard alerted the hospital on Dr T E Courtney's orders at 4 am. Relatives say Laffey brooded over his mother’s death.
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Thomas Taffey
Agnes St
City Hospital
Thomas Leonard
T. E. Courtney
Paul F. Robinson
Robinson
Laffey
Shake Up Denied at Courthouse
County Commissioners John Kitley and John McCloskey deny plans for a wholesale county employment overhaul on Jan 1 as Charles Sutton Republican replaces Albert Hoffman Democrat. Both incumbents pledge no changes yet and no job distributions decided. rumors swirl about Russell J. Ryan as potential replacement amid party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kitley
John McCloskey
Charles 0. Sutton
Albert Hoffman
Alen Repuliean
Kitler
McCloskey
Russell J. Ryan
Kitley
Ryan
Creditors Win Appeal in Stenotype Receivership Case
Irwin's Bank of Columbus and other appellants secured a state Supreme Court ruling over the Stenotype receivership. The Marion Superior Court had placed appellants at the top of three creditor classes. The Stenotype Company went into receivership on November 14, 1918. The second class of preferred creditors includes Stoughton A Fletcher of Indianapolis, the Bankers Investment Company, and Will G Irwin of Columbus, who signed 20 000 dollars in notes for the Stenotype Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin's Bank
Columbus
Ind
State Supreme Court
Higher Court
Marion Superior Court
Stenotyps Company
Supreme Court
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Bankers Investment Company
Will G. Irwin
Btenotype Company
Legion Posts Form Memorial Post of Indianapolis
National American Legion headquarters granted a temporary charter to twelve local posts to be consolidated January 2. Bar nett W. Breedlove acting adjutant announced the new post will be the Memorial Post of Indianapolis. Charter surrenders occur January 2. a January 18 meeting at the Chamber of Commerce will elect permanent officers.
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National American Legion
Barnett W. Breedlove
Memorial Post
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Kidnapped Boy Found In Camden Exhibition Scene
Russell Stemling Jr., two, son of a Girard Manor Pennsylvania family, was found safe with his parents after being abandoned in Camden. A man and woman, who rented a room, left town. The case prompted a citywide appeal with the Stemling family identifying the child. The story mentions broad public interest and ongoing mechanical exhibits at Vonnegut Machinery Company at 19 West South Street featuring pulleys lathes and motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prene
Vonnegut Machinery Company
W. South St
Aspironal Promises Quick Cold Relief Advert
The ad touts Aspironal as a superior cold and cough remedy claimed to be tested and endorsed by authorities. It urges readers to buy at drugstores, take two teaspoonfuls, and demand a refund if symptoms do not fade within two minutes. It targets both adults and children and claims rapid relief for croup and nighttime congestion.
Governor-Elect of Wyoming Urges Honorable Life for Family
The governor-elect speaks of instilling honorable principles in his children and the value of a spotless family name. He notes his desire to serve all Wyoming residents impartially, emphasizing interwoven interests of men and women and commitment to welfare during tough times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iifa
Parley Proposed on Immigration Policy Conference
The House immigration committee approved a plan to convene a Western hemisphere conference in the United States to standardize immigration rules. President Coolidge may summon the gathering soon to form a Morine Doctrine of Tremigration preventing future exclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
United States
Coolidge
Dia
Government Sues Milwaukee Ex-Soldier Overpay Claim
The United States sues a Milwaukee veteran for nine dollars alleging overpayment during the Civil War era. District Attorney R L Morse notes similar cases in this district where former soldiers were accused of excess pay due to Army paymaster errors. War Department ordered the suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
States
Milwaukee
R. L. Morse
War Department
Motorcycleman Davidson testifies in speed court ruling
Motorcycle officer Davidson testified that George Oberle 22 of 629 N Berwick Ave tried to bribe him with eight dollars after Oberle was arrested for speeding. Judge Pro Tem Duncan fined Oberle 24 dollars and costs for speeding thirty two miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
George Oberle
Berwick Ave
Dan
Pro Tam
Rnesell Duncan
Oberle
First Woman Jury Tried in Wordsville Cracker Case
Paul Cook was taken to Indiana State Farm today to serve a sixty day sentence on liquor charge. He was the first man to be tried here by a jury composed of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordsville
Ind
Paul Cook
Indiana State Farm
Tools Stolen From Home Work Site Reported
Thomas M. White of 4801 Winthrop Ave. reported tools valued at 175 dollars stolen from a house project at 6208 S. Michigan St. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. White
Winthrop Ave
S. Michigan St
King Fritz 11 Dies Saving Keeper in Forest Storm
Stockholm reports King Fritz 11, the Nordic dog monarch, died during a rescue attempt for a lost keeper amid a forest storm. Three months earlier the dog had set a European sale record as the highest price ever paid for a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Fritz
Europe
Jinx Kirklin Inc Brief on School Athlete Injuries
Russell Walker, a high school student, thinks a jinx follows him after two ankle injuries from separate incidents. First his right ankle broke during a football game weeks earlier, then a tree fell on him while he was on crutches, breaking his left ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Kirklin, Inc
Russell Walker
Incident at rooming house ends with injuries after window break
Police report a disturbance at 1541 N Winnie St in the rooming house of Mrs Mattle White. Maudeus Sertson called as Paul Adams 44 was found badly cut after an attempted shaving incident that shattered a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattle White
N. Winnie St. Maudeus Sertson
Paul Adams
Cania
Stapper
Adama
Cobey Trial Opens for Manslaughter Charge in Poolroom Shooting
Oliver Cobey 43 of Belmont Ava stands trial in a criminal court before an eleven white jurors and one colored juror on charges of manslaughter for shooting Bud Witlought 37 at a poolroom on Morris Street after a dog dispute. The coroner's inquest lists Jestiel Willoughby as a witness who struck Cobey with a pool ball prior to the shooting. Lee Cobey his brother was summoned as a prospective juror but Cobey pleads self defense.
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Belmont Ava
Cobey
Bud Witlought
Pershing Ave
W. Morris St
Lee Cobey
Indiana Farm Bureau to caucus on 1925 farm bills
W. H. Settle heads a three member committee to caucus with farmer members of the 1925 Indiana Legislature before action on farm legislation. Key bills include a cooperative marketing measure and a four year assessment of farm land with an income tax amendment and motor industry regulation. Police report two Clinton men sentenced to death for murder and robbery in a Cambria County train hold up. a third man released.
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W. H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Tony Pezzi
Mike M. Faust
Clinton
Cambria County
Pennsylvania
Petro Valentini
Man Poses as Milwaukee Patrolman Fleeces Indy Firm
A Indianapolis Tent and Awning Co. worker was swindled by a man claiming to be a Milwaukee police officer. He took $10 after promising repairs and disappeared. The con artist claimed to be in need and left the firm with the money. The incident underscores a confidence scam by a self described officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Indianapolis
Washington
PLAN MEMORIAL FOR SAMUEL GOMPERS SLATED
Central Labor Union will discuss memorial plans for Samuel M. Gompers late AFL president at a Monday night meeting. Secretary Arthur Tayday said the final form is undetermined. National union offices closed during his funeral in New York. Indianapolis delegates attended.
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Samuel Gompers
Washington
Union Station
American Federation OF Labor
Samuel M. Gompers
Plumbers Trail
Washington St
Arthur Tayday
New York
Indianapolis
Arson Confession Ties Local Man to Basement Fire
William Reynolds a 39 year old resident of Marc H1 confessed to Assistant State Fire Marshals Bert Fowler and Charles Hoover that he tried to set fire in a basement. He said he left a live electric line on a board with the current on. His small daughter returning from school alerted neighbors and authorities. Reynolds is held on one charge and insured for £1004.
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William Reynolds
Marc H1
Bert Fowler
Charles Hoover
Reyrolia
Reynolds
Tis Amall
Sehnel
Supreme Court clarifies liability for whisky manufacture
The Supreme Court upholds a Marion County conviction fining Charles Freis for manufacturing whisky without a still. The ruling says a man may hire another to make liquor and still be criminally liable. Freis was fined $200 and sentenced to sixty days. the decision sustains the sentence.
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Blate Supreme Court
Marion County Criminal Court
Charles Freis
Auto Injuries Fatal To Local Man
Tinnain Sponne, 48, of 111 W North St died at Dweaconness Hospital from a fractured skull and multiple injuries after being struck Sunday afternoon near the hospital by an auto driven by Henry Wachtel of 1004 FE Morris St. Wachtel faces involuntary manslaughter charges as witnesses testified he struck after Sponne walked from behind a parked car.
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Tinnain Sponne
North St
Dweaconness Hospital
Etrick
Henry Wachtel
Morris Bt
Wachtel
Spence
Man describes shooting after resisting armed bandit
Iore Gaston, 32, colored, from Agnes Ft, told traffic officers at Pennsylvania and Washington Sta that he was wounded when a white bandit shot at him after he grabbed the gun at White River and Tenth St. He said five shots were fired, one hitting his finger during the struggle.
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Iore Gaston
Agnes Ft
Pennsylvania
Washington Sta
White River
Tenth St
Thief Loots Locker Of Butler hopeful Kilgore
David Kilgore of 116 West Twenty First Street reported his locker was opened by an unknown person while he tried out for Butler University basketball. A $5 loss was noted in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kilgore
Butler University
Congress Today Muscles Shoals Debates Canal Bill
Congress committees resume work on multiple measures including Muscle Shoals project and a Cape Cod canal bill. Navy appropriation and Winslow air navigation bills move forward as hearings continue before judiciary and immigration panels. Chief Justice Taft discusses appellate jurisdiction of federal courts.
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Comerce
Cape Cod
Inderwood
Navy
Interstate Commerce Committee
Winslow
Immigration Committee
Judiciary Committee
Taft
Marx May Keep German Helm
Berlin dispatch reports Chancellor Marx favored to remain in control of German affairs as Stresemann loses chancellorship prospects. President Ebert may invite Marx to reform the cabinet. Marx conferred with Reichstag party leaders after Stresemann failed to form a cabinet with the centrist bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Berlin
Marx
Ir. Stresemann
Ebert
Stresemann
Reichstag
Charity taxation plan to back community drive discussed
Plans to fund charity through taxation rather than individual gifts will be discussed at a dinner with Community Panch sponsors and Chamber of Commerce directors. A nonpartisan board to direct administration of charity is proposed. Since Nov 2, drive receipts total 9,136.49, executive chairman Wanffmyann reported. Workers raised 2444727 more in 1924 than any prior year, with giver numbers up 50 percent. Kauffrovan calls the campaign successful for amount, donors, and volunteers offered to sign up again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred ©. Wanffmyann
Kauffrovan
Attorney Drops Appearance In Hawkins Bankruptcy Case
J. F. Denney of Portland Ind withdrew and filed appearances for Generva F. Hawkins in a federal case tied to the Hawkins Mortgage Company of Cortland. The suit, led by receiver Tew Wallace, seeks to set aside deeds of property transferred by the Mor Hawkins company to its affiliates amid bankruptcy proceedings.
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J F Penny
Portland
Ind
Morton S. Mrawkins
Mawkins Mortgage Company
Vertland
Hawkins
Generva F. Hawkins
N. B. Stawickhine Toompany
Cortland
Wallace Wallace
Iawkins Mortgage Company
Ex spouse not wanted ends in city court
Thomas Miller age 69 of 948 King Ave was fined court costs and jailed thirty days on a trespassing charge. City Judge Pro Tem Russell Duncan heard the case as Miller’s former wife testified she paid $40 to obtain a troeree from him. He allegedly came to her home Wednesday night and started a riot. A vacancy charge was dismissed.
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Thomas Miller
King’ Ave
Inidia State Farm
Russell Duncan
Miller
Wheeler City Mission Guests Attend Advertising Club Luncheon
Thirty youngsters from Wheeler City Mission were guests at the annual Christening fête of the Indianapolis Advertising Club at a luncheon at Claypool. A toy admitted members. A special musical program was presented. Fifty couples attended the club dance Wednesday night at Woman’s Department Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler City Mission
Indianapolis
Claypool
Woman 3 Department Club
Weir to Speak on Credit Man Role at December Dinner
David A. Weir will discuss the credit man's place within running a business at the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men December dinner at the Sever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Weir
Indianapolis Association of Credit Men
Tech Senior Officers Elect At Technical High School
The June senior class at Technical High School names RICLIFT 3125 W Washington St as president Miss Wilma Llewelyn 2110 Prospect 8t as vice president Miss Jean Campbell 312 N Ritter Ave as secretary Donald Hawkins 2626 Bellefontaine St as treasurer and August Hook A R M Box 384 as sergeant at arms Election results were just announced.
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Riclift
W. Washington St
Technical High School
Wilma Llewelyn
Prospect
Jean Campbell
N. Ritter Ave
Donald Hawkins
Bellefontaine St
August Hook
A. R. M. Box
Beekeepers Open Annual Indiana Conference at Statehouse
Indiana Beekeepers Association opened its annual conference at the Statehouse with Mason J. Niblack of Vincennes delivering the address. Afternoon talks featured J. O. Yort, T. C. Johnson, Mrs. Louise Burckhart, Ross B. Scott, Frank N. Wallace, Richard Lieber, Gov elect Ed Jackson, E. R. Root, Herbert Link, Harry F. Dietz, George W. Baker, and Jay Smith. A banquet was planned for the evening.
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Indiana Beekeepers Association
Statehouse
Mason J. Niblack
Vincennes
J. O. Yort
State Department of Conservation
T. C. Johnson
Logansport
Louise Burckhart
Indianapolis
Ross B. Scott
la Grange
Frank N. Wallace
Richard Lieber
Department of Conservation
Ed Jackson
E. R. Root
Medina
Ohio
Herbert Link
la Porte
Ind
Harry F. Dietz
Enenomonnsist
George W. Baker
Milton
Jay Smith
Coolidge orders probe into naval confidential letter
President Coolidge orders a board of inquiry to investigate alleged disclosure of navy secrets. A letter said to be by Captain Hinge Osterhaus Jr. of the Naval War College to Captain I. R. Berry at the New York Navy Yard, Newport R I, reportedly contained confidential information and will be examined.
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Rll
Washington
KCG
Coolidge
Naval cMivera
Board of
Hinge
Osterhaus, Jr
Naval War College
Newport
I. R. Berry
New York Navy Yard
Red Men Christmas Entertainment in Tomlinson Hall
Improved Order of Red Men in Marion and Hendricks Counties hosts a Christmas program at Tomlinson Hall for widows and orphans. The event features acts, motion pictures, candy for children, with Charles Orbison as speaker. First gathering of its kind for the group. Organizers include Albert Tinusman George Millette Wilbur Parkhurst Kenneth Partish and Jack Bain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Hendricks
Tomlinson Hall
Charles Orbison
Albert Tinusman
George Millette
Wilbur Parkhurst
Kenneth Partish
Jack Bain
Property Owners Appeal Over Roosevelt Ave Assessments
Sixty one owners on Roosevelt Avenue between Hillsdale and Tacoma filed five appeals to Superior Court Five from the board of public works seeking revision of the final assessment roll. They argue paving completed recently means the city should cover $7,000 in improvements between the car tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Ave
Hillsdale
Tacoma Aves
Board of Public Works
Superior Court Five
Jackson Urges Trustees to Aid School Economy
Governor-Elect Ed Jackson urged Indiana township trustees to cooperate in reducing state expenditures from 125 million to 100 million dollars. He pledged best government at least cost and stressed sacredness of public funds. Speakers urged focus on effective schooling and loyal Christian values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jackson
Indiana State Association of Township Trustees
Claypool
Jackson
Z. M. Smith
Indiana
H. N. Sherwood
Hiatt Case Affirmed in Five Year Federal Sentence
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a federal court ruling that Edgar F. Hiatt former president of the Dickinson Trust Company Richmond Indiana receive five years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary He was convicted in Richmond of misusing roughly 50 000 of the bank funds Hiatt has thirty days to appeal to the Supreme Court and his lawyers have not indicated an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court of Appeals
Edgar F. Hiatt
Tickinson Trust Company
Richmond
Ind
Federal
Atlanta
Chicago
Hiatt
United States District Court
Dickinson Trust Company
United States Supreme Court
Senator's Wife in Grave Condition in Minneapolis
Mrs. Magnus Johnson wife of Minnesota's junior senator remains in grave condition after gall bladder surgery performed by Dr Nimrod A Johnson. The surgeon said she did fairly well Wednesday night and has a fair chance to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Magnus Johnson
United States
Minnesota
Nimrod A. Johnson
Christmas Dinner For 150 At Hornuff Shoe Co Event
Frank Horuff hosted a Wednesday evening Christmas dinner for 150 Hornuff Shoe Company employees at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The event included entertainment and dancing. The Horuff company runs the Thrift Shoe Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornuff Shoe Company
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Frank Horuff
Horuff Company
Thrift
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