Traction Line to Mars Hill Discussed at Conference
At a special conference the public service commission reviewed a provisional contract for rehabilitating the Mars Hill street car line by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. The five year operation at a ten cent fare is contingent on no competing bus service.
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Public Service Commission
Mars Hill
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
M. Martin
Citizens’ Committee
Indianapolis Street Railway
Lafayette Building Company
James W. Hurt
Industrial Development Company
South Side Motor Coach Company
Sunday Storm Ravages Indianapolis Area
A severe storm crippled Indianapolis and central Indiana causing widespread damage. Police logged 300 downed poles and 100 trees, with flooding of basements and sewers, power and telegraph outages, and dozens of streets blocked. Civil and utility crews restored services as aid arrived.
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Harley Reed
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Darrow Bryan Clash Impends Over Evolution Trial
Dayton Tenn July 13 Indictment and arraignment in the Scopes trial proceed with Darrow defending the anti evolution law as constitutional Judge Raulston orders the hearing out of the jury The exchange grows heated as McKenzie and Malone clash over remarks and Potter is barred from preaching amid religious tensions Bryan and Potter address crowds on the courthouse lawn and Bryan defends the prosecution while insisting scientific testimony be limited
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Bryan
Dayton
Stewart
W. W. Gentry
John R. Neal
Raulston
Darrow
Neal
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Hays
Hayes
Tenessee
Ben McKenzie
Dudley Field Malone
New York
McKenzie
Scopes
Friends
Northern Methodist Church
Charles F. Potter
Potter
Times
Tenn
C. F. Potter
Unitarian
H. G. Byrd
Byrd
Officials Elected to Guide B. Y. P. U. This Year
New officers of the Baptist Young People's Union were elected Saturday at the thirty fourth annual convention at Cable Tabernacle. John Singleton of Lake Forest Illinois is the new president succeeding Rev. Mark F. Sanborn of Detroit. Theodore F. Adams of Cleveland is vice president from the north. Co W Gilkey of Chicago is a speaker and led life work conferences. Edwin Phelps of Chicago is general secretary and John R Glading of Detroit recording secretary.
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Baptist Young People's Union
Cable Tabernacle
Theordore F. Adams
Cleveland
Co. W. Gilkey
Chicago
John Singleton
Lake Forest, Ill
Mark F. Sanborn
Detroit
Edwin Phelps
John R. Glading
Theodore F. Adams
C. W. Gilkey
John Glading
The Man No One Knows Stolen From Meridian Street Church
Police search for an unidentified man at the request of a woman who called claiming the book The Man No One Knows and five stamps were taken from Meridian Street M E Church. The caller offered no name.
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Meridian St. M. E
Arrests Slump On Eve Of Police Convention
On the eve of the International Chiefs of Police convention arrests dropped to ninety men and twenty one women charged at city prison, well below the usual near 150. Seventeen men and one woman faced intoxication charges, twelve men and twelve women for blind tiger operations, fourteen men and one woman for assault and battery, thirty one men and four women for vagrancy, three men for associating and two women for operating resorts.
Coroner Probes Death of Mrs Jane Russey at City Hospital
Coroner Paul F Robison is investigating the death of 86 year old Mrs Jane Russey of 2951 McPherson Ave She died at City Hospital after being admitted on June 6 with a fractured hip from a fall at her home
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Jane Russey
McPherson Ave
City Hospital
Paul F. Robisonson
Eight Die As Heat Wave Sparks Drowning Toll
Indiana records a deadly weekend with eight drownings across the state amid extreme heat. From Indianapolis to Michigan City, deaths include a family tragedy in White River and drownings at lakes Pretty Lake and Oliver Lake, plus a fatal park pool incident in Marion.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Columbus
Bloomington
Robert Brown
Green County
White River
Heat and Drownings Sweep Midwestern Cities
A brutal heat wave and storms claim 34 lives across the Midwest. Iowa reports five drownings, St Paul Minneapolis see four heat deaths, Chicago records two drownings and two heat deaths, Nebraska two drownings, Indiana eight drownings, Michigan eight drownings, and Missouri two drownings.
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Bu_lited
Chicago
Iowa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Nebraska
St. Louis
Indiana
Michigan
Hurt in queer way: man found injured near Drexel and Washington
Charles Quinn, 24, of 134 McKim St., was found with head injuries at the curb near Drexel Ave and E Washington St at 2 am. He said he visited a young woman nearby and left at 12:30 am. Police think he was slugged or struck by an auto. no robbery.
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National Rd
Plainfield
Delaware St
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National Guard
Ft. Harrison
Citizens Military Training
Schwab
E. Washington St
Hamilton County
Kokomo
G. 8
Beck
Howard County
Ft. Wayne
Boon County
A. I. Voris
James Core
Asa Sutphin
Charles Quinn
McKim St
Drexel Ave
Quinn
City Hospital
Nephew Arrested In Vagrancy Case Amid Theft Report
Samuel Patton 18 of 912 N West St was held on a vagrancy charge as police investigated a $100 theft from his uncle John Patton. John Patton said $290 was in a desk and $100 was taken while he prepared a deposit. Only family member in the house was the nephew.
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Samuel Patton
N. West St
John Patton
State Board Denies Public Improvement Bonds Totals 1.47 Million
The State board of tax commissioners denied public improvement bonds totaling 1 473 600 during May and June. Of this amount 532 000 was designated for roads in North Township Lake County the report shows.
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Jane
State Board of Tax Commissioners
North Township
Lake County
Ice peddler faces charge for unweighed ice sale
Edward Carouthers aged 45 of 929 Colton Street an ice peddler was charged today with violation of the city weight and measure ordinance. Inspectors say he sold ice without weighing it as required.
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Edward Carouthers
Colton St
Carouthers
Man Silent Ten Years After Murder Confession
Fuller Shelienberger, life prisoner at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, has not spoken a word for ten years. He confessed to a murder while dying, believing he would not recover, yet was convicted. He now answers only with head shakes or nods.
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Fuller Shelienberger
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Courtesy Week Plans At Indiana State Fair
The publicity committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon to plan Courtesy Week at the state fair from Sept 7 to 12. E J Gausepohl announced the event and urged police, motormen, bus drivers, and downtown store employees to assist in hospitality efforts. The Indianapolis Advertising Club has voted to join the effort.
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Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Gausepohl
Indianapolis Advertising Club
Chamber
Seek Murder Suspect In Two Sister Deaths
Sioux City Iowa police appeal to nearby towns for help in capturing a man who may explain the deaths of his sisters Mrs Josie Goodwin 39 and Mrs Elizabeth Anthony 56. The bodies were found in their home near railroad tracks with asphyxiation blamed after a gas feed pipe was disconnected and could not be located.
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United P
Sioux City
Iowa
Josie Goodwin
Elizabeth Anthony
MURDERS EXPLAINED BY INDIANA CORONER FIND
Wells County Coroner William McBride clarifies a quadruple murder mystery. Four skulls found in a Bluffton creek were used for dissection by a physician before being dumped, ending the rumors of a gruesome local crime.
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United Preas
Rural education conference at Oakland City College
Oakland City Indiana July 13 A section conference of rural education will be held Tuesday at Oakland City College under the direction of the State department of education.
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Oakland City
Ind
Oakland City College
State Department of Education
Alleged Bandit Ray Riche Faces Trial After Shootout
Detectives say Ray Riche alias Ritchie, 30, of 333 North Walcott Street, will be tried on charges of holding up Pierre Morgan druggist at 3018 Audubon Road and other robberies he allegedly confessed to. He was captured after a Friday night gun battle. Orville Wolford was wounded. Poolroom operator Thomas Malad identified Riche and Wolford as two of three bandits who robbed his poolroom shortly before the Morgan hold up. a third man remains at large. Riche is said to have confessed to the May 14 Schnull Co warehouse robbery, where $20 was taken.
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Ray Riche
Ritchie
N. Walcott St
Pierre Morgan
Audubon
Florida traveler arrested on weapon charge in Capitol Hill
Howard Dill nineteen of 2008 W Michigan Street was arrested at Capitol Avenue and Washington Street Saturday night on weapons charges after Traffic Officer Wiles reported a gun, knife, and bullets found with him. Dill, who claimed to have just arrived from Florida, is held on a one thousand dollar bond.
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Florida
Howard Dill
Michigan St
Capitol Ave
Washington St
Wiles
Dill
Cancer Cause Found Near London
British papers report the British Medical Research Council has located a basic organism present in all cancer cases using strong microscopes. The council plans to publish a statement on its work soon as locating the cause would be a major step toward a cure.
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Ondon
British Medical Research Council
Honeyed honeys need not fear Chicago fate
A Chicago report states eighteen hair tonic perfume and toilet manufacturers will go out of business. The exit will mean a brief shortage of synthetic gin cut whiskey and needled beer per Chief Charles W. Vursell of the liquor prohibition staff.
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Times
Chicago
Charles W. Vursell
Liquor Prohibition Staff
First suit filed over Converse C&O wreck fatalities
Marion Indiana July 13 Frank Russo administrator for Tony Companion estate seeks 50000 damages for the death of Tony Companion a track worker among twelve laborers crushed under coal in the fatal C and O wreck at Converse Companion left a wife and seven children indicating the case names and scale of the claim file action in local court
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Timea Special
Marion
Ind
Converse
Frank Russo
Tony Companion
Companion
Woman stabbed at home victim names assailant
Mrs Amy Nixon of 1041 N West St is in city hospital with knife wounds to the abdomen. Police seek Harry Pickett of 806 Blake St identified as alleged assailant after Nixon says she was cut by him at his home on Saturday.
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Amy Nixon
N. West St
City Hospital
Harry Pickett
Blake St
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