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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1923
Page
1
Former British premier David Lloyd George reflects on his brief North American visit, praising hospitality and noting vastness of Canada and the United States. He cautions that express travel limits deep understanding and hints at broader industrial and population possibilities for the continent.
Indianapolis churches prepare a special collection this Sunday to cover the expense of the international convention of the Student Volunteer Movement. Plans were laid at the University Club to raise the 9000 dollars needed as 7000 students and educators from around the world congregate for the mission focused gathering. Almus G. Ruddell praised the event saying thousands of delegates will benefit Indianapolis and have far reaching influence.
United Press reports federals after capturing Esperanza and Oriental advanced toward Puebla with a likely take of the city. Guadalajara is nearly surrounded on the west front. General Estenda may be forced to fight within a day or two. Rebels on the east front reportedly reacted poorly to defeats as Obregon’s forces entered Esperanza.
Safe cracked in Standard Oil office in Shelbyville Indiana. About $300 in cash and checks taken after nitroglycerin blast shattered the safe and damaged the office. Residents saw a man flee the building. An earlier attempt to blow a safe at George Moore’s Mountaintown store failed.
Hugh K. Hartung former St. Louis editor collapsed and died at the Pasadena Star News office where he worked Probate Judge Malcolm E. Bush approved the inheritance tax on the estate of Mrs Barbara M Kern Seventy beneficiaries shared a total estate of 62482 66 with a tax of 1323 66
Marietta Ga Dec 22 J W Brown engineer killed when the engine of the Dixie Flyer on the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis from Chicago to Atlanta derailed at Kenesaw. None of the train or Pullman cars turned over and no passengers were injured. The train is the crack limited of the N C and St L and was composed entirely of Pullmans except for mail and express cars.
The Leviathan world’s largest liner suffered no danger after running aground on a mud bank in New York bay Friday. She will stay at a Hoboken pier for winter overhaul until next March and then go to a Boston dry dock to have her hull scraped before resuming trans Atlantic service.
Ora Closser, 21, was seriously injured when a shotgun discharged accidentally during a hunt near here. A part of his left foot was torn away in the incident.
John Pairse aged 28 died today from burns after a fire destroyed Leo Zambuto s boarding house in Kokomo factory district Friday morning. Zambuto and Pasquale Margot are expected to die from their burns. Funeral services for Charles Reole were held today as his charred body was found in the ruins.
An explosion occurred when Mrs. Amos Lemasters, age 50, dumped gasoline on a kitchen fire mistaking it for kerosene. She fled the house but could not be saved as neighbors fought the flames. the incident happened in Luceire Indiana per United Press dispatch.
Indianapolis public service commission and city officials join in federal court action against the Indianapolis Water Company over rate orders and a proposed valuation of up to 18.65 million dollars. Mayor Shark denounces the move as bluffing, predicting public ownership within ten years.
Santa began his annual gift distribution under the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce. He visited several poor families in southwest Indianapolis, bearing toys candy nuts and fruits.
Edgar F. Hiatt of Richmond Indiana former president of the Dickinson Trust Company faces a jury trial for alleged misapplication of funds. At noon final arguments finished and Judge A B Anderson prepared to instruct the jurors.
Guivert Johnson aged 75 of 360 East Minnesota Street died at the city hospital from internal injuries suffered November 14 at Illinois and Washington Streets. He was pushed by a bystander onto a Garfield streetcar platform while waiting for a car, his son Police Lieutenant Louis Johnson said.
City posts debated a plan to establish a single American Legion post by merging all city posts. The proposal, drafted by Gideon W. Blain and others, was presented at a Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday night with George T. Whildon serving as chairman.
ERGT. SAMUEL WOODFILL honored as World War hero by Gen. Pershing, discharged at Ft. Benjamin Harrison as a master sergeant with 22 years service. Brig. Gen. Aultman presented papers amid regimental review. Woodfill to retire with pay of 133 dollars monthly and plans to move to Fort Thomas, Kentucky with his wife.
Three main north and northeast highways are under construction and in bad condition. Detours are provided guiding motorists to use Range Line and State Road No. 1 instead of No. 15. No. 15 is torn up from Northwestern Ave. to the Marion County line for bridges and culverts. No. 6, the Lebanon route, is also undergoing improvements.
Five children were adopted in Probate Court on Friday as a Christmas gift. Helen Johnson, 5, adopted by Mr and Mrs Leo K Gardner of 3445 Kenwood Ave. Mildred Hornbaker, 1, adopted by George W Hance of 466 S Ritter Ave. adopted by Robert Quackenbuch. Harry E Hunt adopted by Mrs Mary E Hunt of 1116 N Keystone Ave. Anna Elizabeth Taylor, 8 months, adopted by Mr and Mrs P H Dickerson.
United Press reports the public service commission in Forsythe New York placed responsibility on the engineer for the crash of the first and third sections of the Twentieth Century Limited two weeks earlier.
In Athens Premier Gonatas resigned amid Republican pressure after last weeks elections. He said the government would stay in power until the national assembly convenes and elects a president. Gonatas leads the liberal party which lost many seats. In Constantinople the Daphne with King George and Queen Elizabeth passed the Bosphorus en route to Roumania.
In Plymouth Indiana a kerosene flame exploded spraying burning oil on Mrs. Amos Kersey and her 8 year old son. The single occupants died and the house was destroyed in the blaze.
Mounted Traffic Officer Forrest Allison suffered a fractured left leg when his horse slipped on wood block pavement at Washington and Meridian streets. The horse threw a shoe thirty feet in the fall and Allison was taken to city hospital.
A Marion County murder case chronicles the abduction of Mrs. Helen Hager Whelchel on November 27 in Indianapolis. Her body was found November 28 near a bridge by Big Four tracks. John Thomas Shaw was arrested December 2 and indicted December 7 for the killing, with trial opening December 19. Evidence included a missing watch and ring, hat and earring, tire marks, a blunt instrument, and bloodstains on Shaw’s car.
The peak Christmas rush has passed. About 350000 Christmas ecards moved through the mails locally. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson says windows will stay open 1 pm to 6 pm Sunday to serve late mailers. Parcel post deliveries will run all day and regular collections continue. The Illinois St station at Union Station opens all day. On Christmas Day parcel post and general delivery windows operate 9 am to 11 am. only perishable parcels are delivered that day.
The Times is commended for its stand for the release of Corliss H. Griffis, a former American Army officer held in Germany for attempting to capture Grover C. Bergdoll. Maj. Harold C. Megrew Camp No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans adopted a resolution praising public effort and Times petitions reaching over 3,000 signatures.
In Indianapolis jurors hear defense claim of a complete alibi for John Thomas Shaw in the Whelchel murder case. A surprise witness Andrew Parker testifies Shaw had possession of the stolen ring and watch on the morning of the crime.
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