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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
1
Mayor Shank orders a hard line against officers who fail to arrest criminals including bootleggers and gamblers. He rebukes Prosecutor Evans and urges cooperation while police seek tips before grand juries. Armitage leads Republican machinery amid the dispute.
Amos W Butler resigns as secretary of the board of State charities after twenty five years in office due to failing health. John A Brown named acting secretary. Brown previously served in the children's department and as inspector of field service. Butler, a noted criminology and sociology authority, advocated humane care for the insane feeble minded and other unfortunates and helped shift Indiana's penal system toward reform.
Gems valued at 20 000 were stolen from Henry Shaff piano dealer after burglars chloroformed several family members. Christmas bandits also raided Alfred Flower bank president and Mrs Edward J Dress, stealing more than 5 000 in cash and jewelry.
A Sunday storm moved from western Canada into the St Lawrence valley bringing light rains to lake regions. A second storm center formed in southeastern Kansas, bringing rain to the central plains and Gulf region. Temperatures rose elsewhere with San Antonio at 62 and St. Paul at 22 as cloudy, mild weather held across the northern states.
Miss Dora Weig oversees Times Cinderella Contest fittings at Marott's on Washington Street as hundreds of entrants seek the smallest foot. Coupons pile up while the winner, to receive 25 dollars and a Palace Theater box, will be announced in Wednesday's Times if judges finish review.
The State board of education will discuss revising the high school curriculum at a January 3 and 4 meeting at the Statehouse. Benjamin J. Burris announced the board has worked on changes and will offer suggestions aligned with the recent school survey report to the Governor.
Douglas Austin, 27, of 620 B. Court Street, is in the city hospital with cuts on the neck back and leg from a Christmas celebration at the Blackstone cafe on Indiana Avenue. Henry Glover, 35, of 641 N West Street, is charged with assault and battery after a police pursuit.
Chief Justice Taft shows satisfactory recovery from recent operation and may appear on the bench next week.
In Shelby Ohio two bootleggers cried as they viewed the body of Ralph Longley the victim of poison hooch. They confessed to making and selling moonshine whisky that caused a Christmas Eve tragedy. Across New York six killed and twelve hospitalized by similar poison alcohol as police report a quiet then deadly Christmas night. Local and national totals include deaths in Oklahoma Boston and Ohio with additional gunfight fatalities and auto accidents.
Bert C. Morgan, Federal prohibition director for Indiana, will temporarily handle payrolls for Illinois employees. The move follows a notification from Davis H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, as changes in the Nleis department proceed in Indianapolis.
Attorneys for the Indianapolis Water Company filed briefs with the public service commission detailing valuation evidence from the hearing on the utility property. The company presents a present going valuation of 20,385,165 after depreciation. Earl Carter, PSC chief engineer, valued physical property at 13,000,000 not counting working capital, surplus, rights or franchises.
Washington December 26. A groove waiter in the Senate restaurant dropped a bottle of liquor on the Capitol floor. Senator Curtis Kansas Republican Senate whip said the negro had a bottle of home made liquor given to him for his Christmas celebration and not for bootlegging.
Police linked a mysterious telephone call and a chasing automobile to the baffling murder of Howard Hamilton 24 of Denver and the wounding of Pearl Coeur 18 of Denver as they left a dance hall in Deer Trail Colorado. Moments before the attack Coeur reportedly called a garage to watch for a certain car.
The Calumet Poster Advertising Company of Gary filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of State today. The capital amount is $50 000. Incorporators are Walter Stanley of Gary L W Benson and J E Fitch of Chicago. The company will absorb the present going business.
The board of safety was asked about tail light requirements for license readability at 100 feet. Mayor Shank announced a crackdown, ordering arrests of noncompliant motorists with guidance to traffic police to allow time to comply. He urged experts to judge readability and criticized muddy license plates.
The city of Montpelier filed objections to proposed telephone rate increases by Indiana Bell Telephone Company in a petition to the public service commission.
Leo Kluuaner, 14, of 10018S Illinois St, suffered an on road crash by a speeding truck, losing his right leg below the knee. He was a Boys' Club five forward and friend to many. Driver Theodore Edwards of Delaware St faced $100 and costs for speeding plus $1 and costs for assault and battery, and a 60 day sentence at State Farm. Judge Wilmeth urged drivers in court to heed the tragedy.
Department of Commerce reports continued climb in agricultural shipments during November. Eleven month value reaches 984,141,530 dollars, up from 728,441,388 dollars a year earlier, while total year exports still lag 1921’s record.
A Ku Klux Klan ceremony ended abruptly after a fire alarm sounded around midnight. Firefighters found a large wooden cross ablaze as Klansmen fled, leaving investigators to assess the scene in Fort Wayne.
In Dublin Sinn Fein clubs pass a resolution urging convocation of a national Sinn Fein congress to arrange peace with the Free State. The move aims to foster reconciliation and end hostilities between the sides.
The Fairbanks mansion at Limictictn and Meridian Streets, formerly the home of the late Charles Warren Fairbanks, was reoccupied today by Adelaide Fairbanks. She moved in on Christmas Day after years away, previously living at 1421 Central Ave. The property, on the market for months, had servants preparing the house the week before Christmas.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson cites post mortem findings that Joseph Given 40 colored died from a fractured skull after beating head against bars while jailed on vagrancy and insanity charges. Robinson urges commissioners to end leaving mentally ill inmates in jail for weeks, noting a second similar case in six months.
The Maple Road Horticultural Gardens Incorporated is formed by L. C. Nicholson L F Benson J H Nicolas and L R Nicholson. The company will engage in a general nursery business and raise and sell plants of all descriptions.
Mayor Shank asks Board of Public Safety to assign Detective Sergeant Emmett Englebright to the prosecutor's office and file charges of inefficiency against ten policewomen at Juvenile Court. Englebright and Claude Worley will report to Evans, chief, and chief detective. Evans reacts with distrust while shifts include promotions and retirements among 20 officers.
State board of tax commissioners meets in Columbus on Dec 2 to hear a 158000 bond for Barnes Road Pleasant Township. A Jan 3 hearing assesses 27500 for Glen Duckwall Road Grant County. Another Jan 5 session in Fort Wayne will decide 20000 for a school building in Allen County.
Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards were murdered by masked hooded men last August in Louisiana. Berry Wheatston testified he was forced to carry water for the mob and identified members, leading to the arrest of T. F. Burnett who proclaims innocence and plans an alibi. Dozens of Burnett's supporters visit him in Bastrop jail as officials weigh charges.
Washington date Dec 26 fearing a clash at the Woman's Industrial Conference set for January 11 to 18 the Labor Department barred clubs and like organizations from taking the floor A women's political organization was alleged to plan a fight at the event The Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor announced the program will include women employment managers workers manufacturers factory inspectors industrial statisticians public health experts economists and government administrators on the panel.
A notice reports the capital stock of G. Graulich & Co. Evansville increased from $100,000 to $200,000 and filed with the secretary of State.
The Evansville Supply Company doubles its capital from 100000 to 200000, filed with the secretary of state.
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