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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1925
Page
1
One man election board and traffic officers polled motorists at Meridian and St. Clair Streets. Results favored Meridian Street as the one way route with 1 255 yes and 120 no while Capitol Avenue had 547 yes and 52 no. Children display obedience to traffic cops as Mayor Shank warns schools to avoid street crowds at dismissal.
Mrs Blanche Marie Lawson Sutherland of Ft Wayne Ind faced burglary charges after being caught in Miss Margaret Corwins Indianapolis apartment. She said conscience won and she stayed until police arrived hoping to appeal to a womans heart. She described financial desperation after separation from her husband and travel to Indianapolis. Police link the custody to her brother Earl Lawson who reported her disappearance.
Streederich Hert? 54, president of the German republic, died at 10:15 am after surgery for appendicitis and a relapse. Family present included Frau Ebert, his son and daughter, and secretary Meissner. An official bulletin noted he did not regain consciousness.
Weather Bureau predicts fair and rather cool conditions for the inauguration of President Coolidge next Wednesday in Washington. Officials expect pleasant temperatures with light winds as ceremonies proceed.
Washington reports governors from all states will be summoned to discuss mine disaster prevention after the Sullivan Indiana blast killed fifty. The Bureau of Mines will outline safe practices and urge state-enforced regulations, noting open flames cause fires and hundreds of explosions over seventeen years.
Police pursued several drivers who fled after wrecks in Indianapolis as investigators identify John Griffin of Hastern Avenue from a reported incident on Massachusetts Avenue. Witness Guy Johnson, 21, reported the damage and license number, urging stricter penalties to deter hit and run cases and noting grand jury indictments on more serious crashes.
Government meteorologist J H Armington forecast warmer temperatures tonight with 25 to 30 degree lows. He warned Sunday would be cloudy with possible rain or snow. A brief break in the cold occurred Friday afternoon as temperatures rose to 32 by 1 pm from a 15 degree low earlier.
Herman Ruger, 72, of Gem, Indiana, died today at Robert Long Hospital from injuries sustained in an auto accident near Palestine.
A massive explosion in Rio de Janeiro devastates Island district, with reports stating around 300 people dead. Emergency services rushed to the scene as smoke and debris billowed. Officials declared a state of emergency and launched a formal inquiry into the incident.
Governor Jackson signed House bills 198 and 199 along with several others, creating a permanent budget advisory committee and placing state funds in the general fund with limited exceptions. A dynamite explosion on the Island of Caju killed hundreds of Brazilian laborers and firemen, injured many, and caused widespread damage as ambulances ferried victims to Guanabara Bay and Nictheroy.
Raymond Scott, named in the report, is exonerated after a Wisconsin incident. The details indicate no charges or liability attached to him.
A brief, unreadable fragment notes a time phrase Use ten and a sequence of numbers. No clear names, places, or events can be identified.
Mrs Myers of 1306 College Ave reports her Ford seized on 26 near Washington and Alabama. A citizen alerted The Times and Walter Campbell of 26 W St Clair St to a Ford sedan with license 12958 idling in an alley for 1 1 2 days. A man removed a tire then left. detectives were notified and investigated promptly.
The Wright bone dry bill aims to align state law with federal statutes. Debate centers on whether druggists may sell pure grain alcohol on physician prescriptions under the new measure versus the present law.
Federal agents say they will arrest leaders of a large Indianapolis bootlegging operation active since prohibition began. Two men and a woman are in custody with another woman questioned. about eight more arrests anticipated. The ring reportedly moved 800 to 1000 gallons of liquor weekly, keeping sales records in a coded system. Arrests include Marshall Rowe and William Crews, found with eighty five gallons of sugar alcohol, arraignment set for Monday. Kathrine West alias Kitty Clyde is held on vagrancy charges.
Mayor Shank ordered abandonment of one way traffic on Capitol Ave after a favorable referendum. Meridian St. will keep the rule between New York and Thirty-Eighth Streets with new stop and go signals on thirteen foot standards. Signals will synchronize with St Clair Street to direct a clear run from New York to St Clair Streets.
Ralph A. Lemcke, former county treasurer of 1044 N. Delaware, announces his bid for the Republican mayoral nomination in May. He seeks support from the Shank city organization and may face George W. Coffin for city chairmanship as rival claims emerge.
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