Bail Fight in Stephenson Oberholtzer Case Continues
In Noblesville the Stephenson Gentry and Klinck murder case against the Indianapolis victim Miss Madge Oberholtzer yields to watchful waiting. A retrial bail motion was filed and bail denied after a four day hearing as Judge Fred E. Hines adjourned court for October amid legal jockeying.
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D. C. Stephenson
Earl Gentry
Earl Klinck
Noblesville
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Hamilton Circuit Court
Fred E. Hines
Hines
Eph Inman
O. P. Mann
Stephenson, Klinck and Gentry
Inman
Miss Oberholtzer
Gentry
Klinck
Stephenson
Grand Dragon
Indiana Klan
Police Chiefs Back on Beats at 32nd International Convention
Canadian and U S police chiefs wrapped up a four day convention in Indianapolis with a banquet at the Claypool. Mayor Shank spoke as did Chief Constable S J Dickson of Toronto the current president. A diamond stick pin was given to Chief Herman Rikhoff by Chief Dan OBrien. The group adopted a resolution urging impartial liquor law enforcement and blamed speeders for most auto accidents and deaths.
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Indianapolis
Canada
United State
Claypool
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Shank
S. J. Dickson
Toronto
Herman Rikhoff
Dan O’brien
San Francisco
Muncie Doctor Cited On License Revocation Hearing
Dr. Harry R. Spickerman of Muncie was cited by the State medical board to appear August 28 to defend against possible license revocation after a Federal Court narcotics act conviction. Board postponed action against Dr. Charles E. Stone of Vincennes on medical practice act violations.
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Harry R. Spickerman
Muncie
State Medical Board
Spickerman
Charles E. Stone
Vincennes
Coast guards renew effort to recover boy's body
In Michigan City Indiana on July 17 Coast guards renewed efforts to recover the body of Harry Atwood age five who fell into Lake Michigan harbor. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jess Atwood.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Coast Guards Today
Harry Atwood
Lake Michigan
Jess Atwood
Heap Big Chief at Convention
The largest police chief attending the convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs, which closed Thursday, was believed to be Chief C. H. Newton of Winnipeg Canada. Newton has served with the Winnipeg department for twenty six years and weighs 280 pounds.
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International Association of Police Chiefs
C. H. Newton
Winnipeg
Canada
Newton
Dairy Exposition HQ Established for 19th Show
Headquarters of the National Dairy Exposition have been established in the Test Building by W. E. Skinner secretary and general manager. He will oversee arrangements for the nineteenth annual dairy exposition at the Indiana State fairgrounds from October 10 to 17.
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W. E. Skinner
Indiana State Fairground
Woman Seeks Life In Third Suicide Attempt
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson aged 18 of 624 N Capitol Ave is in city hospital in serious condition from self administered poison. Police say this is her third attempt, made because she was nervous, per her husband.
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Gertrude Johnson
N. Capitol Ave
Health Board Head Addresses Advertising Club Luncheon
Sol Schloss president board of health urged better publicity for the city hospital building program before the Advertising Club of Indianapolis at its Friday luncheon at the hospital. He said fully 90 percent of complaints against the city hospital are without foundation.
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Hospital Health Board
City Hospital
Sol Schloss
Board of Health
Advertising Club of Indianapolis
Schloss
One-Horse Town Tipton Told By Times Special
Tipton city council admits Tipton is a one horse town after a dispute over street repairs. Police Chief Jesse Cole claims water works technology has failed to dig up streets recently. Water works manager John Landan counters no pipes have to be pushed, sparking a proposal to buy gravel and hire haulers. The council adjourned amid the exchange.
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Tipton
Ind
Jesse Coleman
John Landan
Coleman
Woman chained for two years freed by raid
Paris police aided by tips freed Mme Soler from the Cha tenay chateau where she had been confined for two years by Charles Soler a Paris manufacturer and associate of a former president. Soler and his secretary Mlle Berthe De La Planque were arrested amid the rescue. The emaciated woman had been fed skimpy rations and forced to sign a will in Soler’s favor.
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United Press
Paris
Chatenay
Charles Soler
Republic
Mlle
Berthe de la Planque
Soler
Mme. Soler
Versailles
Mile. de la Planque
Firms Seek Move Of $250000 Damage Suit To Federal Court
Defendants filed in Federal Court Thursday to remove a $250000 damage suit from Circuit Court. Plaintiffs Lloyd W. and Joseph W. Newcomer, former sales agents of 1108-12 N. Meridian St., accuse Paige Detroit Motor Car Co of Detroit and Int Motor Co of Flint of canceling their contracts.
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Paige- Detroit Motor Car Company
Detroit
Mich
Int Motor Company
Flint, Mich
Lloyd W
Joseph W. Newcomer
Meridian St
Eloping parson Wilson Culp flees South Bend
The Rev. Wilson Culp of South Bend has run away from his wife and nine children for the last time. Mrs. Culp forgave two prior elopements but said there would be no reconciliation if he returns with his missing sister in law. They are believed headed for Mexico. Previously Culp eloped with Mrs Dorothy Culp to Chicago and later returned.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Wilson Culp
Chicago
Culp
Spring Valley
Ohio
They Kept the Melon: Teen Held After Watermelon Theft
Tony Caruso age 17 of 518 East East Street faces charges of petit larceny resisting an officer and vagrancy after Trafficman Wray fired several shots to halt him Tuesday. Wray spotted Caruso and three youths with a watermelon at his mother’s home 1502 Woodlawn Avenue. the trio escaped with the melon.
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Tony Caruso
East St
Wray
Caruso
Woodlawn Ave
City bids opened for Anna Seegar memorial building
The city engineer’s department opened bids for the Anna Seegar memorial community building at Rhodius Park. Bids ranged from 41 000 to 35 981 dollars. The park board also approved buying twelve airplane pictures of Indianapolis parks for 240 dollars for park department and publicity use.
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Anna Seegar
Rhodius Park
Park Board
Indianapolis
Grand Jury Assembles to Indict Thrill Murder Suspect Knapp
Nassau county grand jury summoned in Mineola to indict Philip Knox Knapp the army deserter alleged by reports to have been seen in North Carolina Washington D C Indiana Ohio and crossing the Canadian border as authorities pursue the killing of Louis Panella.
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United Press
Guarding Angel? Contractor Survives Train Wreck
L. H. Harmar, a Columbus contractor, escaped unharmed when his auto was wrecked by a freight train. The train crew found him sitting on the seat uninjured, convinced he had a guardian angel.
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Times Special Columbs
Ind
L. H. Harmar
Famous Trio Chooses Winning Pedestrian Letters in Indy
Indianapolis Times invites readers to submit up to 200 word letters on pedestrian mishaps for a $15 first prize in a contest run by the Harassed Order of Pedestrians. Judges include Lt. Lewis Johnson and coroner Paul F. Robinson, with prizes also awarding a roller skate and vaulting pole.
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Lewis Johnson
Frank Flanner
Paul F. Robinson
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Times
Care Hop
Hoosier Stage Lines Buys Marion Bus Line
Hoosier Stage Lines Inc purchases Marion Motor Bus Corpora tion including equipment franchise rights and station privileges operating Marion to Fort Wayne. Parlor car service will run Indianapolis to Fort Wayne via Anderson and Marion. Five daily trips each way planned. 51 percent of Ft Wayne Bus Terminal Association stock bought. Terminal expansion planned.
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Marion Motor Bus Corporation
Marion
Ft. Wayne
Hoosier Stage Lines, Inc
Indianapolis
Anderson and Marion
Glenn Daelhousen
Actress Edith Parker Fires On Allen Davis In Studio
Allen Davis, noted for the play White Cover, was shot and seriously injured by his wife Edith Parker a Broadway figure. Police reported the incident occurred at his residence with medical aid summoned immediately.
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Allen Davis
Edith Parker
Stolen Automobiles Listed From Local Addresses
Police report several automobiles stolen from residents in Ford and nearby areas. Names include Clarence G. Burford, George Carter, Frank Ries, Phil Plunkett, and Roy W. Morrison with their respective street addresses and cross streets. The incidents reference locations at Capitol and Ohio, Vermont and Meridian, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and Liberty and Walnut streets.
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Phil Plunkett
N. East &J
Overland
Virginia Ave
Pennsylvania Sts
Roy W. Morrison
Winthrop Ave
Ford
Liberty and
Walnut Sts
Automobile reports found belong to several owners
Police report three cars found include a Chevrolet owned by Fred C. White of 242 E Minnesota St at Market and East Sts a Ford owned by Forrest B Strothers of 215 W Twenty-Eighth St at 1220 Park Ave and a Ford owned by Robert Buis RK R 2 Fillmore Ind at Troy Ave and Shelby St
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Fred C. White
Minnesota St
Chevrolet
Market
East Sts
Forrest B. Strothers
Twenty-Eighth St
Ford
Park Ave
Robert Buis
RK. R
Fillmore
Ind
Troy Ave
Shelby St
Oil petition to ICC completed in Indiana
The petition seeks approval to apply Chicago freight rates on petroleum products from the Tulsa Oklahoma field. R B Coapstick, Indiana Chamber of Commerce traffic chief, notes Chicago’s old rate was about 13 percent lower than Indianapolis. Current gaps are 5 cents to Indianapolis and 6 cents to Terre Haute.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana
Chicago
Tulsa
Okla
R. B. Coapstick
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Two Women Arrested In Downtown Larceny Case
Mrs. Anna Rosenbalm 21 of 1043 S Harding St is under arrest for petit larceny. Her 17 year old companion is detained on a similar charge. Quigley Hyland operatives say they found both stealing hose and baby clothing from a downtown store and both resisted officers.
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Anna Rosenbalm
S. Harding St
Quigley-Hyland
Despondent Indiana Man Ends Life By Gas
Julius M. Rood of Martinsville died by self inflicted gas poisoning. Despondency over ill health was cited as the motive as he used a tube in his mouth and turned on the gas while his wife was downtown.
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Times
Martinsville
Ind
Julius M. Rood
Shumaker Questions Watson Bid For Prohibition Vote
Reverend E. Shumaker disputes a Washington dispatch suggesting Senator James E. Watson may seek votes in his 1926 re election bid on prohibition. He cites Watsons congressional record as favorable and notes the wets could win by emulating the Anti Saloon League tactics, per the correspondent.
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Washington, D. C
James E. Watson
Indiana
Shumaker
Watson
Wright
League
Readers propose 40 minute downtown parking curb to curb
Verne H. Earle urges banning all right or left turns at Washington Street corners with Pennsylvania Meridian and Illinois Streets. Readers call for back to green light systems, curb parking limits of forty minutes, and police enforcement to curb downtown congestion and speed streetcar removal from key blocks.
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Verne H. Earle
Washington St
Pennsylvania
Meridian and
Illinois Sts
Washington &I
Meridian
Illinois
Sts
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Girls at Camp Miss Viola Ferree and Miss Lucile Patter son
Forty Indianapolis girls visit the Indianapolis Boys Club camp three miles northeast of Noblesville for a two month season. Will Wertz oversees a program that will host between 300 and 400 boys later, with improvements including a new bridge over Hinkle Creek a radio house a tennis court and a baseball diamond.
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Viola Ferree
Bloomington St
Lucile Patterson
W. Market St
Indianapolis
Noblesville
Will Wertz
Hinkle Creek
Delay in Prohibition Enforcers Hampson Aug. 1 Start
General Lincoln C. Andrews announced that enforcement personnel will not be ready until after August 1 due to delays in selecting twenty two divisional directors. The Indiana Michigan district with Detroit HQ remains unchanged and Bert Morgan’s fate was not confirmed. Senator Watson has not pressured Andrews on Indiana's director selection.
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Times Special
Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Indiana
Michigan
Detroit
Bert Morgan
Watson
Manufacturer Killed All Timea Special
Seymour Ind July 17 Deputy Coroner Walter Voss investigated the death of Charles A Hemmer 40 secretary treasurer of the Seymour Woolen Mills who was instantly killed when struck by a Pennsylvania freight engine Hemmer walked in front of one locomotive and into the path of another which was switching a string of cars Engineers were Michael Monahan and M L Reed Indianapolis.
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Seymour
Ind
Walter Voss
Charles A. Hemmer
Seymour Woolen Mills
Pennsylvania
Hemmer
Michael Monahan
M. L. Reed
Indianapolis
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Lois
Scrump
Martha Lee
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Sumner St
Capitol Ave
Ohio St
George Carter
New York St
Vermont
Meridian Sts
Frank Ries
Central Ave
Nash
State C. of C
Oklahoma
Lieve
Angle Parking
J. P. Lucas
Fairfield Ave
Delaware
Capitol
Maryland
Maurice M. Keifer
Newland Ave
Frank McLaughlin
J. E. Isenhouer
Zionsville
Ben Goldman
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