Jurist presses anew probe into McClintock death
Chicago January hearing reopens doubts over the death of William McClintock millionaire orphan. Chief Justice Harry Olson pushes to exhume Dr Oscar Olson and questions the mother’s burial rushed after Shepherd visit. Shepherd’s attorney calls Olson testimony vile insinuation and vows action.
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Times
Chicago
McClintock
Harry Olson
Municipal Court
Investi
Olsen
William McClintock
Oscar Olson
Olson
William D. Shepherd
Justice Olson
My Cher
Shepherd
Albuquerque
Robert H. Stoll
Plane and truck crash kills two at Wright Field
An Army airplane crashed into a motor truck at Wright Field in Dayton Ohio killing two men Leon C Harness and Paul Long both field employees. Lieutenant E H Barksdale the pilot and George Althoff the observer escaped with minor injuries. The craft struck the truck while flying low over the Wilbur Wright field speed course as its landing gear caught.
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United Press
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Leon C. Harness
Paul Long
Liev. E. H. Barksdale
George Althoff
Wilbur Wright Field
Local Weather Snapshot Notes Hourly Temps
Fragmentary weather data shows hourly temperature readings from 7 to 1 pm. Entries include morning lows around the mid thirties and afternoon values near thirty seven degrees.
Luck TurnsLEVELAND Best Name Contest Awards $20,000
Hundreds of thousands entered the Best name for a new weekly magazine contest. The grand prize of $20,000 was awarded to a needy man who had spent months scribbling ideas, then exhausted his funds and neglecting his family. Mrs. George A. Elwell, wife of the winner, is mentioned in the report.
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George A. Elwell
Children of the Jazz Age by Mrs Wallace Reid
The Indianapolis Times runs six articles by the widow of film star Wallace Reid warning mothers and fathers about the lax moral standards of jazz era. The first article appears today on page 12.
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Wallace Reid
Indianapolis Times
Neids's Friends Claim He Holds Edge in Senate
Race for President Pro Tem heats up as supporters insist Neids is favored in the Senate battle while another insider points to a House edge for Hot-Leslie.
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Neids
Senate
Thursday Program Sees Joint Session With Governor Message
The House and Senate open at 10 a m with Frédéric E Schortemeier presiding in the House and Lew Bowman in the Senate. Invocations from local pastors, oaths of office, officer elections, and a joint session in the House chambers follow, led by Justice Meyers and Chief Justice Travis. The session includes a Governor Branch message.
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Fréderick’ “E. “Schortemeier
House
Lew Bowman
Senate
C. B. Moor
Third Reformed Church
J. A. Long
North Park Christian Church
Supreme Court
David A. Meyers
Julius C. Travis
Emmett F. Branch
Nejdl Seeks Senate President Pro Tempore Seat
Election predictions place James J. Nejdl of Lake County in command as he takes charge of his campaign for president pro tempore of the Indiana State Senate. Opponent Thomas A. Daily from Indianapolis remains backed by about twenty two pledged votes, while support shifts among Marion County members and the Johnson Marion delegation. The House and Senate gather for caucus with General Assembly officers in view as Harry Leslie leads Republican backing and Charles M. Clark’s position wanes after a Lincoln meeting. A Turner candidacy gains momentum as the process moves toward Thursday’s assembly.
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James J. Nejdl
Lake County
State Senate
Nejdl
Marion County
Thomas A. Daily
Indianapolis
House
Senate
General Assembly
Assembly
Harry Leslie
Lafayette
Friends
Charles M. Clark
Johnson and
Marion
Clark
Lincoln
Walter Bossert
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
James M
First Appeal Filed in Obscene Literature Conviction
William Sunderman of Huntington, a news dealer, was found guilty by a jury and fined $10 and costs for selling obscene literature. An appeal filed in the Supreme Court questions whether the magazine Sunderman sold was obscene. State Attorney General A B Lesh led a statewide campaign urging arrests for selling a list of magazines.
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A. 8
Lesh
Supreme Court
Charlies R. Haller
William Sunderman
Huntington
Sunderman
City Judge Wilmeth to address Right Way Club in Indianapolis
City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth will speak to the Indianapolis Right Way Club at 8 p.m. Wednesday January 28 in the H B Calkins office located at 525 Postal Station Bidg. The club is made up of city employees.
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Delbert O. Wilmeth
Indianapolis
Right Way Club
H. B.calkins
Crossing Guard Lacking in Tibbs Ave After Council
City council disclosed that since August 1923 no crossing watchman was installed at Tibbs Ave crossing of T H I E Traction C C C St L and Peoria Eastern Railroads. Police Capt Sumner will seek affidavits for arrest of company superintendents with fines up to 200 dollars or 30 days per day without watchman.
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Tibbs Ave
T. H. I. & E. Traction Company
Peoria & Eastern
Charles Sumner
City Legal Department
Sumner
Herman F. Rikhoff
Harvard Seismograph Records 50 Second Earthquake
An earthquake measuring fifty seconds in duration was recorded by the Harvard seismograph at 8 07 a m today. The tremor was reported very severe in some areas and felt in Salem and other eastern Massachusetts cities. In Somerville residents fled their homes.
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United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Seismograph
Salem
Massachusetts
Somerville
Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta to Consider Idaho Warden
John Snook, warden of the Idaho penitentiary, is under serious consideration for the new warden post at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. Department of Justice officials say a decision is expected today or Thursday after discussions with federal officials in Washington and Atlanta.
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United Press
Washington
John Snook
Idaho Penitentiary
Federal Penitentiary At
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Snook
Tragic shooting at French House ends in double suicide
Miss Lora Palmer a 28 year old University of Wisconsin instructor was shot and fatally wounded by F X Bernard 26 a Hibbing Minnesota former high school pupil and lover who then killed himself in Madison Wisconsin The couple had a rumored lover’s quarrel and Miss Palmer regained consciousness briefly before fading again as doctors say her recovery is unlikely.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Lora Palmer
University of Wisconsin
Hibbing
Minn
Bernard
Miss Palmer
Van Orman Visits Claypool as Inaugural Plans Discussed
Lieut. Governor-elect F. Harold Van Orman arrived in Evansville. both holdover and new senators visited his Claypool headquarters. Discussions covered Monday’s inauguration with Republican state chair Walb and other party leaders. Van Orman will reside at the Spink-Army session.
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Claypool
F. Harold van Orman
Evansville
van Orman
Fe Walb
Vanan
Spink-Arm
Trustee Session Opens at Indiana Statehouse Meeting
The annual Indiana township trustees session opened today in the Senate chamber at the Statehouse. Forenoon proceedings focused on routine business as the legislative committee and officers were to be named later in the day.
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Indiana Township
Senate Chamber
Statehouse
Board Dismisses Clerk Henry A Hollingsworth
Henry A Hollingsworth, a clerk in the board of safety office, was discharged by the board after a conference with Mayor Shank. He faced charges of incompetency and was described as not being right with the city administration. Hollingsworth is reportedly employed in the county auditor’s office.
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Henry A. Hollingsworth
Board of Safety
Shank
Hollingsworth
County Auditor's Office
Saloon Day Survivals In Washington Hearings
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League denounced liquor parties in official Washington as survivals of old saloon days. He said Congress cannot expect public respect for the law when lawmakers break it amid Frank Scott of Michigan filing for divorce amid the scandal.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Congress
Wheeler
Frank Scott
Michigan
Actress Pauline Frederick Divorced in Uncontested Suit
Los Angeles January 7 Pauline Frederick stage and screen actress was granted a divorce from Dr Charles Rutherford Seattle physician. Frederick whose birth name Beatrice Rutherford testified in court veiled that less than a year after her marriage to her third husband he deserted her. The suit was not contested.
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Tires
Los Angeles
Pauline Frederick
Charles Rutherford
Seattle
Miss Frederick
Beatrice Rutherford
Walter E. Wagoner Installed Master at Irvington Masons
Walter E. Wagoner was installed as master of the Irvington Masonic Lodge in a Tuesday ceremony that had been postponed from December 29 due to illness. He succeeds J. Willard Cordrey with William Campbell as senior warden and Ernest Kroencke as junior warden. Over 200 members attended the installation and banquet, with past master Clarice Adams delivering remarks.
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Walter E. Wagoner
Irvington - Masonic Lodge
J. Willard Cordrey
William. &. Campbell
Ernest F. Kroencke
Clarice Adams
Duff to testify in manslaughter trial in Hartford City
William Duff, 17, high school student on trial for manslaughter in the death of Raymond Morris, 18, will take the stand in his own defense, his attorneys announced. The case stems from a clash between high school students.
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United Press
Hartford City
Ind
William Duff
Raymond Morris
Morris
Governor Small to rule on Grant reprieve bid
Governor Len Small is expected to rule today on petition for another reprieve for Bernard Grant the Back the Yards boy sentenced to hang January 16 for a policeman murder Attorney J J McCarthy representing groups in Grant's case called Small from Springfield seeking commutation or immediate reprieve Protests pour in nationwide arguing that if Leopold and Loeb can get jail for a confessed murder Grant deserves similar justice Grant denies involvement in the crime
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United Press Chicago
Len Small
Bernard Grant
J. J. McCarthy
Grant
Small
Springfield
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Health inspection urged for county school children
Dr. A. W. Miller county health commissioner urged more adequate medical inspection of schoolchildren at a county board of education trustees meeting. Lee E. Swails superintendent and Homer Dunmire hosted trustees including W. H. Payne of Sheffield Township who opposed the county unit bill.
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A. W. Miller
County Board of Education
Lee E. Swails
W. H. Payne
Sheffield Township
Tippecanoe County
Township Trustees’ Association
Homer 8. Dun
Second Jap Article William Simms on Japanese Situation
William Philip Simms discusses the Japanese situation after returning from a tour of defenses in the East. The article directs readers to Page 3 for his second piece and analysis.
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William Philip Simms
Simms
Man Posing as Garbage Collector Kills Wife
Police sought a man who posed as a city garbage collector and forced his way into a home on Ohio Street while the resident was away. The woman who was attacked screamed as the intruder tried to silence her and the man died after the struggle.
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Robert Evans
Ohio St
Barbers' Board Discusses Women Workers Unionization
Journeymen Barbers' International Union executive board met at union headquarters 222 East Michigan Street today. President J. C. Shanessy announced discussions on pensions trade schools and aged home along with the union's efforts to organize women workers following September convention battles.
Silent Orator Warns Indiana Investors On Worthless Stocks
The movement for safer investments is aided by the Silent Orator on the Merchants Heat and Light Company building. This week’s message claims twenty five million dollars yearly are lost to Indiana investors through worthless stocks and urges action to protect legitimate business.
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Merchants Heat and Light Company
Indiana
Neighbors Fight Fire After Kerosene Blast Kills Rosa Smith
Rosa Smith 42 dies in city hospital from burns after a five gallon kerosene can exploded in her kitchen at 523 W Twenty eighth St. Her son Kenneth 21 is in serious condition. Neighbors kicked out a window and helped extinguish flames. Fire caused $100 in damage to the house.
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Rosa Smith
City Hospital
Kenneth Smith
City, Hospital
LaVonne Smith
Kenneth
Carrie Smith
Ralph
Wallace
Doris Smith
Ira Smith
T. H., I. & E. Traction Company
Lebanon
Barrett Ball
Baker and Lowe
Ball
Drinkut
la Vonne Smith
Elsie Sweetin Begins 35-Year Laundry Career in Joliet
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, convicted of poisoning her husband to free her for pastor Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, started a 35-year term as a laundress at the Joliet State penitentiary after transfer there. Hight, sentenced to life, recently arrived at a southern Illinois penitentiary.
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United Press
Old Accident Revived In Damage Suits Against Pure Oil
Two lawsuits filed in Superior Courts 6 and 1 seek damages totaling 20000 from Pure Oil Company. Harry L. Miller and Herbert C. Nye allege their automobile collided with a Pure Oil truck parked at FE Thirty Fourth Street and Keystone Row on August 22, 1924.
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Harry L. Miller
Herbert C. Nye
Stuart St
Pure Oil Company
Search on for 14 year old Helen Kiefer missing girl
Police seek Helen Kiefer aged 14 of 1048 West Belle Viey Place. Relatives say she left Tuesday night leaving a note claiming she was leaving the city and that efforts to bring her back would be useless.
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Helen Kiefer
Belle Viey Pl
Birl
Tome
Independents to Meet In Indiana For State Leadership
The National Independent party of Indiana will hold its annual meeting at 8 p m Tuesday at the English hotel to name a State chairman secretary and treasurer and reorganize. John Zahn national chairman announced candidates for chairmen D L Campbell Ti Simmons Wiley J Rominger Indianapolis H Earl Brown clin R N Fancher Rising Sun Frank Knopp Gas City.
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National Independent Party of Indiana
English Tel
Retary
John Zahn
D. L. Campbell
Ti Simmons
Wiley J. Rominger
Per
City Hospital Opens New Psychopathic Ward
City councilmen and officials inspect the new psychopathic ward at City Hospital. Patients will begin to be received Thursday marking the end of holding mental patients in the county jail. The ward houses eight men and seven women and eight rooms are set for violent patients. six patients are expected Thursday.
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City Hospital
Five Hurt When Baggage Car Coaches Plunge
Five persons were injured when two coaches of a baggage car left the rail line and plunged down a twenty foot embankment eight miles west of Gross, Michigan. Injured include Cann of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, and A. Hermansville of Hermansville, Michigan.
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United Press _ GROSS
Mich
Reile
I Cann
Minneapolis
J . Minneapolis
A. IL
Hermansville
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