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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1925
Page
1
At Sand Cave Kentucky rescuers toiled to a new shaft sixty feet down toward Floyd Collins entombed foot in a boulder. Radio tests and a still burning light suggested Collins was conscious and alive as Brig. General Denhardt eyed a Saturday noon breakthrough.
A group led by German American Robert Reidt, seven Seventh Day Adventists, gather in Patchogue New York for what they call the beginning of the end. They expect Christ’s journey to Earth to start tonight with a seven day window, observing the eastern sky from their last minute preparations.
In Toledo on February 6 a 49 year old man named E Dan ielsen fired two bullets at his wife, believing she would die. He then shot himself and died, leaving his wife near death.
A gaunt Yaphank farmer Reidt leads 144000 followers including Downs and others in a midnight ritual. They expect a sky cloud signal of Christ to begin seven days of earth destruction, then a second sign will transport believers to San Diego and from there 144000 brides of the Lamb will ascend to Heaven.
After a session that ran through the noon hour the Indiana Senate adjourned until 10 a m Monday. This afternoon the House followed suit and also adjourned to 10 a m Monday.
Winfield S. Miller told the Optimist Club the city manager form is best for Indianapolis, arguing citizens would demand top leadership in a $639,000,000 property city. He traced urban growth, said the present system is obsolete and inefficient, and contrasted it with the city manager model.
Representative Claremont Smith fires a vitriolic reply to Mayor Shank after a February 3 letter challenging a debate on city manager or commission government. Shank condemned Smith's repeal bill and urged a public discussion while Smith refused, calling the challenge ridiculous.
A third Indiana State Normal school branch will not be established in the next two years due to Governor Jackson's opposition to further expense. He favors waiting for the 1927 Legislature. Interest centers on Winona Lake Valparaiso Michigan City and other northern cities seeking the school.
Following judge James Glenn instructions the Coshocton jury found 65-year-old Clara McCurdy not guilty of murdering her elderly husband. Cheering erupted in the courtroom as neighbors hailed the acquittal after the State's evidence failed to support the charge.
James Parrott of 320 W Vermont St today appealed to Criminal Court from a city court fine of 300 dollars and a ninety day suspension.
A photo shows eastbound traffic on Sixteenth Street at Central Avenue where motorists must look through a telephone pole to view the stop and go sign. The odd obstruction highlights a traffic visibility issue noted in the city streets section.
State Senator Steele announced a revival effort for the county unit education bill. The prior measure was killed this week, and the new proposal would resemble the earlier bill but include a referendum to voters.
London reports 200 plus deaths this week from influenza in England and 25 000 cases in London alone. The disease is highly contagious though many suffer only mild symptoms and recover in a few days.
In Los Angeles on February 46, the district attorney dropped the case against Alsa Thompson the seven year old accused poisoner and ordered parole officers to place her in a private home. Authorities did not believe her confession reliable noting the girl is mentally ill not insane and Judge Walter S. Gates ruled accordingly.
A bill introduced by Representative Antoinette Hagenwald of Terre Haute proposes strict marriage and divorce provisions mirroring a prior draft by Ed ward Franklin White. The measure mandates a one year interlocutory period for every divorce and lists causes including adultery cruelty abandonment for two years impotence felony conviction and habitual drunkenness. It also requires publication of banns at least two weeks before marriage license issuance.
Albert M. Maguire has been chosen by the park board to replace Charles A. Bookwalter as park board representative on the city plan commission. The appointment expands park board influence in urban planning decisions.
Epworth League Institute at Roberts Park Methodist Church urged the State Legislature to pass laws banning commercialized Sunday amusements and ancillary industries in a Thursday evening resolution.
Congress and the budget bureau show higher total federal appropriations for next year despite economy efforts by President Coolidge. Tallys indicate at least 43 million dollars more, with major cuts totaling 14.7 million spread across ten departments including Interior and War, while several bills still pending could adjust totals further.
Columbus investigators link a bottle of strychnine found in the university dispensary to a bottle Dr. B fen A Keyser issued to a student almost a year ago. Authorities believe the poison caused two student deaths and seek how the bottle entered the dispensary.
The weather bureau announced a temperature of 61 at 1 p.m. today nearly ties the February warmest record since 1882. J H Armington notes mild February days are common and forecasts continued warmth through Saturday.
The final fox drive of the season will be held by Union Township farmers on Saturday at 9 30 a m. Boundaries run north to the township line, west to Morgan County line, south to the township line, and east to Howard County.
In warm weather the Marble Players plan to knuckle down as spring nears. William Von Hollingsworth 12 claims to be the best agate wizard in the College Ave and Nineteenth St area and is challenged by Richard Litz 13 of 1918 Park Ave and Walter Miles 15 of 1945 Broadway.
Senate debates Charles B. Warren’s nomination to replace Stone as Attorney General. Judiciary Committee to review early next week with a Borah headed subcommittee report. Senators weigh potential attacks echoing past sugar lobby testimony involving Warren.
Senator Southworth of Lafayette announced he would introduce a bill in the Indiana Senate to codify state banking laws and increase depositor and stockholder protection. The measure, approved by the State Bankers Association and the state banking commission, would raise state bank examiners from nine to fourteen and replaces a prior Southworth bill that was withdrawn.
Garfield Royrer of 3917 Winthrop Ave told City Judge Pro Tem Garrett Olds he could not see well during the morning partial solar eclipse on January 24 and did not know he was speeding. Judge Olds fined him $25 and costs for driving thirty miles an hour.
New York reports show 13,255 marriage licenses issued last month, down nearly 4 percent from January 1924 across 23 representative cities. Bevan notes eastern cities exceed western counts, with 3,873 licenses in one area.
Chicago reports spring like weather with robins in all areas. A straw hat was spotted drifting along Michigan Boulevard. The highest temperature yesterday reached fifty degrees and today’s reading stayed above forty.
An appropriation of 60000 to combat the European fowl pest was quickly passed by the Indiana General Assembly under suspension of the rules. The Governor signed it immediately. The fund goes to State Veterinarian R. Julian and Purdue University to enforce quarantines in Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Wayne, Henry, Hancock, Shelby, Rush, and Fayette counties.
Police report thieves tried to break into an Atlantic and Pacific grocery at 5424 E Washington St by knocking through the floor from the basement but failed. Mrs. Chris Fisher of 835 Fayette St reported jewelry and money totaling $84.50 stolen from her home.
William Fletcher, a known radio singer, was sentenced today to Indiana State Reformatory for ten to twenty years for assaulting Dr. E W Morel in his office and attempting to rob him. Accomplice Mary Gipe alias O Brien received a suspended sentence of ten to twenty years in the Indiana women's prison.
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam ruled that any person sentenced and fined who served the sentence and later paid out at $1 a day remains liable for the full amount of the fine and costs. The opinion to the pardons board notes the governor could remit the fine and costs.
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service, before the House air craft investigating committee, defended his prior criticisms and accused colleagues of presenting false information while warning that Britain Japan France and Italy are gaining on the United States in air progress and urging a unified air service.
United Press reports allies at Athens urged Greece to accept expulsion of Constantinople Patriarch Constantinos and to elect a new patriarch, while Turkey was advised to halt further expulsions of metropolitans. The move aims to cool rising tensions between Greece and Turkey.
Vigilant motorcycle squad arrested six motorists on speeding charges Thursday night. Those held include Sam Campbell, 26, 1609 E Minnesota St. Robert Kennedy, 27, 725 De Quincy St. H L Williams, 29, 3610 N Meridian St. Floyd Woods, 17, 727 Unior St. Nathan McCune, 23, 358 Terrace Ave. Verl Lee, 18, 802 N West St.
New York man pleads guilty to second degree forgery for a decade long pyramid borrowing scheme that caused more than 2 million dollars in losses to creditors. He is sentenced to five to ten years in Sing Sing.
Reported deal would allow E. Howard Cadle builder of Cadle Tabernacle New Jersey and Ohio Streets to regain possession and restore it to religious use. Building priced at 170000 with land contract set at 190000 to Stoney Fletcher heirs. Gipsy choir may reunite and front evangelistic services. Cadle previously sold tabernacle during financial troubles and kept stock to enforce religious use.
A bill introduced in the Indiana House by Representatives Ebaugh and Clark sets the salary for the deputy county clerk deputy treasurer and deputy auditor at 4000 a year. At term start officers must file a deputies and employees list with the county council and no salary exceeding 200 a month will be approved except for the three named positions.
Judge Robert C. Baltzell sentenced nine defendants in the Fi Court. Total sentences reached eighteen years and fines totaling $400. Hyman Haspiel received one year and a day plus a $300 fine for conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. Biel was arrested in 1922 after a raid on a house at Ton Ave and St. Clair St where a 150 gallon still was in operation.
Bricks showered on a new wall near J. Scherer’s home at 1115 North Illinois Street during the night. Windows were broken and furniture damaged. A brick struck a bed where Miss Monta Scherer, his stepdaughter, slept but was unhurt. Police were alerted.
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