City Council Debates 500000 Loan Amid Payroll Delays
Indianapolis faces a $200000 shortfall as council president Ben H. Thompson plans a special meeting to authorize a 500000 temporary loan for the general fund. Councilman Otto Ray, a Democrat, alleges payroll and expense issues while Thompson avoids party battles and questions an itemized expense statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Thompson
Thompson
Otto Ray
Indianapolis
T. A. Bowser
Ray
John F. vYalker
Hangs Self at Park Avenue Residence
Hugh Roark, 60, hanged himself with a canvas belt today in his room at 746 Park Ave. His wife found the body minutes later and blamed despondency over ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Roark
Park Ave
Evolution Knees Cause Scrutiny In Omaha Scuffle
Mary Bell a 17 year old flapper caused a stir when her knees bore portraits of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. She was spanked and sent to bed after plans to attend a dance with the new knees fizzled as her father and mother viewed the painted portraits.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Mary Bell
Flapper
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Mary
Clarence
Bill
Bryan
Darrow
Woman Hiker In Luck First Day On State Road
A first time hiker travels Indiana avenues on foot in rain and city life observations. After multiple rides by helpful strangers she reaches Riverside Drive near Rowland Avenue, then Speedway, before two fishermen finally offer transport.
Burnett Brothers Held to Fight Extradition in Beech r Murder
Lawrence Burnett and his brother Joseph, both of 526 Vinton St, are held on 50 000 bonds as fugitives from Beecher Ill in a Beech er murder case. Their lawyers asked a bond hearing and the men said they would fight extradition after requisition papers from Gov Len Small. Norman Hamilton 22 was found murdered near Beecher with a bullet to the forehead. The Burnetts were arrested on bootlegging charges and linked to a patterns of booze runners between Indianapolis and Chicago. John Beasley, a brother in law, left to bring back the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Small
Illinois
Lawrence F. Burnett
Joseph Burnett
Vinton St
Beecher, Ill
Norman
Big Ham) Hamilton
Merrill St
Beecher
Ralph Spaan
Walter Pritchard
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Lawrence Burnett
Burnetts
Supreme Court
Jerry Kinney
Hamilton
Burnett
Indianapolis
Chicago
John Beasley
S. Senate Ave
Bus Trip by Teachers From Indianapolis College
Twenty four teachers and pupils from the Teachers College of Indianapolis will begin a 3000 mile bus tour on Saturday. The itinerary includes Washington DC Philadelphia New York City the Hudson River Boston Lake Champlain Buffalo Niagara Falls and Cleveland. The journey in a Hiner's Red Ball Lines bus will take thirty days.
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Teachers College of Indianapolis
Alabama St
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York City
Hudson River
Boston
Lake Champlain
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Hiner
Red Ball Lines Inc
Coolidge to announce income tax cut plan this summer
A proposed tax reduction may total 500 million dollars from income tax returns. President Coolidge plans informal disclosure after talks with Senator Curtis and Treasury Secretary Mellon and other leaders to set a target for the forthcoming tax bill.
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United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Curtis
Treasury
Mellon
Tax Committee of
Congress
Blue Goose Lines Incorporation Creates Bus Company
Articles of incorporation filed for Blue Goose Lines with $100000 capitalization. Incorporators include R A L Bogan of Hibbing Minnesota Ida Bogan of Indianapolis and Free land T La Rue of Bloomington. Blue Goose operates Inter City Safety Coach routes Indianapolis to Peru and Fort Wayne with La Rue running Indianapolis to Bloomington and Bedford.
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Blue Goose Lines
R. A. L. Bogan
Hibbing
Weed Held on Concealed Weapon Charge
Nathan H. Weed advertising man and Puritan Hotel figure was arrested in Martinsville on a concealed weapons charge following a complaint by William Werbe. Werbe, father of Walter Werbe the defendant in a $50,000 alienation suit against Weed, claimed threats and letters from Weed amid the ongoing conflict with Mrs. Werbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan H. Weed
Puritan
Martinsville
William Werbe
Weed
Werbe
Walter
Pennsylvania St
Nine Miners Trapped After Rockwood Mine Blast
A heavy explosion entombed nine coal miners at a Rockwood Tennessee mine near Knoxville. Workers from the Roane Iron and Coal Company rushed to reach the men as authorities assess whether they survived the blast in the early hours.
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United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Rockwood
The
Roane Iron and Coal Company
Strike Looms as Miners Plan July 31 Quit
London dispatch reports the miners executive committee declaring that miners will cease work on July 31 unless owners accept terms. The warning escalates toward a national coal strike amid tense negotiations and rising industrial tensions in England.
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England
United Press
London
Miners’ Executive Committee
Liquor Said To Have Hasted Driver's Death
Arthur Davidson 28 of 924 N Oxford St died from congestive lung condition aided by recent drinking. Coroner says alcohol precipitated death after post mortem. Police note driving party at shack near Hoosier Motor Speedway. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at his mother's home Crown Hill burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Fuzzy) Davidson
Oxford
Paul F. Robinson
Robinson
Davidson
Harry Reese
W. Twenty-Eighth St
Fred Harter
N. East St
Thornton Lamong
Indiana Ave
William Apathey
G. T. Davidson
Elsa Davidson
Oxford St
A. A. Davidson
Balsam Ave
Crown Hill
Mayor Shank urges pick for tornado relief beneficiaries
Mayor Shank wrote the Princeton Indiana mayor to choose a widow and an orphan as beneficiaries of the $1200 tornado relief fund raised by city officials after spring storm damage.
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Shank
Princeton
Ind
Stop and Go Signals Planned by City Board
Board of Safety to install new stop and go lights at four corner intersections. Officials cite budget strain as councilmen withhold $5,000 for the year. Each signal costs about $25 monthly to operate and will be shut from midnight to 6 AM to cut costs. Signal movers listed with addresses.
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Board of Safety
Everett D. Wells
N. Pine St
C. Parsley
Thaddeus St
W. D. Griffis
Oxford St
Continue Case of McNamara in Blackmail Trial
The trial of John J. McNamara secretary of Local Union No. 22 charged with blackmail was continued to September 14 by Special Judge Fred Cc. Gause after a prosecutor motion for more time. A 100-name special venue was kept intact for service. The indictment followed vandalism at the Elks home windows and doors.
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John J. McNamara
Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Fred Cc. Gause
Wiliam H. Remy
Gause
McNamara
Elks
Shank Sees 1926 Budget Relief Likely
Mayor Shank voiced optimism about cutting city expenditures in 1926. He pointed to an $80,000 March addition from the state gas tax and the absence of a 1926 election, noting 1925 election expenses were $75,000 as factors improving the city’s fiscal balance.
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Shank
Scott Hopeful As Doom Nears
Russell Scott, a former millionaire awaiting execution, spends death watch hours in his Chicago cell. He plays cards, sleeps, and expresses faith in escape while new attorneys seek to undermine the Maurer murder case with a $5,000 defense fund and Governor Small interview. Officials indicate the Governor will not intervene before sunrise.
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Scott
Joseph Maurer
Small
Springfield
Russell
New rallies to aid Morgan in bid for job
Post master General Harry S. New met with Assistant Treasury Secretary Lincoln Andrews and urged action on Bert Morgan’s director post. He suggested redrawing Indiana to join Illinois and Wisconsin districts, aiming to protect Morgan’s position and influence.
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Morgan
Times
Washington
Harry
New Today
Treasury
Lincoln Andrews
Andrews
New
Indiana
Bert Morgan
Watson
Ilinois
Wisconsin
State Police Officer Fired in Indiana Case
Howard Bennett a state policeman since last fall was dismissed today from the force by Secretary of State Frederick B Schortemeier after a brief conference in his office. Schortemeier would not comment but has been in talks with Prosecutor William H Remy over an affair involving Bennett. Bennett once chauffeured D C Stephenson the former grand dragon of the Indiana Klan now jailed in Hamilton County awaiting trial for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer.
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Howard Bennett
Frederick B. Schortemeier
Schortemeier
William H. Remy
Bennett
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Klan
Hamilton County
Madge Oberholtzer
New Columbia Club Opens Aug 10 Postponed
Arthur E. Bradshaw announces the Columbia Club will open its new building on August 10, but directors postpone the opening until all departments are ready. The present Marion Club quarters will be vacated July 1 and the old site will close that night.
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Columbia Club
Arthur E. Bradshaw
Marion Club
Bradshaw
Prisoner Freed After 21 Years On Way to Buffalo
Mrs Rae Krauss leaves Indiana prison after a 21 year sentence for a murder she says she did not commit. She tells reporters she found God behind bars and plans to care for her father in Buffalo New York. She gifts two golden breasted canaries to inmates as a cheering token and departs as authorities shield her departure from public view.
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Rae Krauss
Buffalo
N. Y
Time to Forgive Governor backs pardon in Krauss case
Governor Jackson defended pardoning Mrs Rae Krauss, who killed her step daughter Crystal Krauss twenty one years ago. Protesters in Hartford City urged hearings and opposed the pardon. Prosecution had sought the death penalty, calling the act a miscarriage of justice.
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Jackson
J. Farrell
Hartford City
Rae Krauss
Crystal Krauss
Woman Pardoned in Hartford City Murder Case
Mrs. Crystal Krauss 18 was granted an absolute pardon by Governor Jackson after an interview with prison officials. Mrs. Krauss prepared for departure to Buffalo to care for her ailing father F. W. Anderman, with authorities shielding her privacy during exit.
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Woman's Prison
Crystal Krauss
Hartford City
Margaret Willett
Joseph B. Kealing
Board of Prison Trustees
Krauss
Jackson
Destruction Bid in Remus Whisky Conspiracy Trial
Federal court heard details of a large whisky conspiracy led by George Remus of Cincinnati. Prosecutors claim 1 550 cases valued at 200 000 dollars were part of the scheme at the W P Squibbs warehouse in Lawrenceburg Indiana and should be destroyed.
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George Remus
Cincinnati
Ohio
W.P. Squibbs
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Remus
Cincinnatti
Atlanta
Harry Gardening
New York
Shortridge High School Ventilation Plans Considered
Indianapolis school board received suggestions from Kopf and Wooling on ventilation for the proposed Short ridge High School. Architects found unit and split systems cheaper than fan-blast. More definite advice ordered. Wiring bids for twenty-two grade schools referred to the buildings and grounds committee.
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Shortridge High School
Kopf & Wooling
Indianapolis
U.S. Enters Evolution Controversy Over Public School Texts
The Department of Justice will represent District of Columbia school authorities in a suit testing legality of teaching evolution and other sciences in public schools. The case, placed with Attorney General Sargent, aims to restrain payments to school authorities who use scientific texts, citing a law disfavoring teachings disrespectful to the Holy Bible. The suit, described as friendly, follows the Scopes precedent and seeks a state supreme court ruling.
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Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Winston
Attor
Sargent
Treasury Department
Frank White
United States
John T. Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
U. State Supreme Court
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