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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
1
United Press survey counts eighty deaths on Christmas Day across twenty seven cities. Traffic accidents caused fifty three deaths, gun violence thirteen, liquor seven. Electric lights reduced tree fires. New York City reported no Christmas tree fire that day.
Indianapolis school board schedules 11 a.m. bid opening for the Shortridge High School site at North and Pennsylvania Streets. Proceeds fund six new elementary schools. the 636000 appraisal cited. Judge Givan ends restraining order amid contractor’s challenge to sale.
Approximately a thousand contagious cases were reported in Indiana for the week ending December 19. Smallpox rose sharply with 114 new cases, 57 in Indianapolis, while scarlet fever remained most prevalent at 272 cases. County tallies include Vanderburgh 36, Elkhart 23, Marion 29, and Wabash 16. other diseases listed: chickenpox 105, whooping cough 80, measles 77, diphtheria 59, influenza 52, pneumonia 23.
A cyclist was arrested today for traveling thirty five miles per hour on a motorcycle along Southeastern Avenue. The report names Ray Watson of R. P. Box 188 as a related contact.
Nat Yeggs reports that William Moeller, whose term as police chief ends Friday in Wayne Indiana, will start work on his poultry farm. A new electric alarm lights the chicken houses daily at 4 a.m. and spurs increased egg production as chicks begin their morning work.
C L Gibbens will address boys aged 10 to 18 on Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Y M C A The talk titled The Track Meet follows a cartoon drawing by Russell Berg and a reading by Ralph Klare together with the lecture.
With a force under 300 officers Col. D Knott chief of the Government Narcotic Bureau reports more than 7 000 dope peddlers and addicts rounded up this year. Court records show 95 6 percent of cases resulted in convictions carrying prison sentences over one year.
Sparta Fritz Jr the bursar of University of Pennsylvania will visit Indianapolis January 1 and 2 to strengthen ties between local alumni and the university. Bowman Elder Pennsylvania alumnus reports the university founded by Benjamin Franklin has 9469 students and seeks 45650000 before its 1940 bicentennial. more than 5500000 has been raised.
Robert Blair alias Bert Mason, indicted on postoffice theft charges, will be arraigned Wednesday before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Blair allegedly robbed postal substation No. 27 of seventy five money order blanks in 1922 and cashed them nationwide. He was brought to Indianapolis last week after arrest in New York by Postal Inspector William C. El e and local police.
A total of 3282 needy Indianapolis families were aided this Christmas through the Christmas Clearing House. Chairman Herbert S. King said it was the busiest season in its history. Four thousand seven hundred sixty needy persons were listed, with 1478 duplicates eliminated to widen aid elsewhere. Seventy seven organizations used the clearing house and every Santa Claus letter received was answered with a present. King thanked local firemen, Boy Scouts and individuals for cooperation.
Five minutes after a lookout was issued Sheriff Maloy spotted Virgil Ward walking by the county jail in Warsaw and arrested him. Ward was taken to Columbia City to face charges for stealing a diamond ring and a gold watch.
Mayor Shank suspends two of forty eight new police officers after Christmas. Trials set for Tuesday. Patrolman Walter Lyons faces drunkenness charges from an auto accident on Twenty First Street and Capitol Ave. Patrolman Clyde Hinds accused of trying to shoot street lights. Lyons fined $1 for failure to stop. assault charge fine of $5 suspended. Appointment of about twenty more officers planned at Tuesday board meeting.
Cecil Hendrickson a 19 year old alleged auto accessory thief tried to shoot an officer when arrested. He escaped by leaping through a window at the sheriff's residence after breakfast delivery. Mrs Julia Walker the house keeper grabbed him and held on until a tear in the sweater allowed him to flee.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln Andrews, in charge of prohibition enforcement, will embark for an eight day inspection cruise along the southern rum front extending to Havana. Stops are planned at Charleston, Savannah, Key West, Miami, and Jacksonville with the return ending in Savannah on January 4.
Alex Henderson 21 of 519 Spring Street was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Dan V. We On a drunk charge He was fined 100 dollars and costs for carrying a concealed weapon and 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery It is alleged Henderson drew a revolver on Leon Williams both colored in the incident
Edinburg authorities in Indiana asked local police to monitor for the sale or pawning of stolen hides, seeking cooperation to recover livestock products and curb trafficking.
Ed Johnson 30 of unknown address died at city hospital raising the toll to seven from Christmas crashes in the state. Driver James Conlin 829 S East St was later arrested. A teen Miss Sarah Atkins 28 survived injuries from the same auto. Other victims include Clarence Edwards 42 fatally struck at Massachusetts and College Ave. Co G Strickland 40 killed crossing Nineteenth St. A group of three hunters John McWilliams 21 Ward Burch 26 Earl Burch 12 died when their auto hit an interurban at Scottsburg.
Rudolph Claffey a taxi driver reports two colored men robbed him of $2 and his watch after driving them to Twentieth and Yandes Streets. One man fired a shot into the seat cushion and another through the car window. Louis Bostic was a witness.
Mrs. Coolidge received a Christmas fur coat with parts from the former czar of Russia's preserves. The Fur Manufacturers and Merchants Association funded the gift. A caracal from Austria and platinum fox fur from Russia were included. A Soviet permit authorized shipment to the United States.
Telegram from Tokyo notes reports that Mukden celebrated Christmas with a gruesome parade carrying the heads of Gen. Kuo Sing Ling and his wife, said to have been slain for resisting capture. Unconfirmed dispatches indicate Kuo’s ally Feng Yu Hsiang moved against Chang Tso Ling, with possible reverses earlier in the week.
London dispatch cites a Central News message from Christmas Eve reporting Americans in Tientsin fired back but did not respond to attacks. Italian quarter defenders reportedly killed two Li Ching Lin stragglers, while one Italian was wounded in the retreat.
The Navy announced the deployment of five American destroyers from Manila to Chinese waters. Officials said the move is a routine personnel shift with no indication of danger to Americans in China.
State oil inspector Harry Willits urged Mayor-Elect John L. Duval to establish a municipal information booth at the Washington and Illinois Street station for strangers. He said travelers face many perplexing questions and a 24 hour information service would pay in dollars and cents.
City records show about 150 miles of streets were built under the Shank administration, nearly triple the prior period. The board of works and city engineer led the projects with 60 miles of sewers and 100 miles of water mains, plus 1,200 contracts for improvements. The era marked a major flood control and south side track elevation plan, with ground‑breaking soon.
Reports from anthracite districts say hope grows that the sixteen week strike may end early next year as wage talks with mine owners resume. Committees on both sides will meet in New York Tuesday at the Union League Club to renew negotiations.
A brutal cold wave grips Indianapolis and the Midwest with near zero temperatures. Reports note at least one death, hospitalizations and widespread price jumps for potatoes as shipments slow. Officials warn subzero lows may persist into next week while Canada and northern states report record lows and heavy frost.
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