Murder Raid at Drake Hotel Spurs Triple Hanging Promise
Chicago grand jury returns murder and robbery bills against Jack Wilson and Holmes of Texas and William Mullenbach of New York after a dramatic Drake hotel raid. Eric Nelson and Tex Court killed, Wilson captured with shotgun injury, loot valued at seven to ten thousand dollars recovered, Crowe vows swift trial and three hangings as a crime deterrent.
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Edward
Dermited
Chicago
Jack Wilson
Alias Woods
J. W. Holmes
Texas
William Mullenbach
New York
Drake Hotel
Frank B. Rodkey
Mullenbach
Wilson
Holmes
Tex” Court
Nea Hotel
Eric Nelson
North Side
Crowe
Scott
Remy mum on Shank charges in liquor case dispute
Threatened war between Mayor Shank and Prosecutor William H. Remy over liquor law enforcement ebbed today. Remy promised to reply to Shank's charges after accusing Indianapolis police of lax bootlegger arrests. Shank accused Remy of playing politics in securing four deputy prosecutors for liquor cases.
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Shank
William H. Remy
Remy
Gilliam
Indianapolis
Nell Tamps Sugar Creek Beauty Spot
Nell Gordon of The Times travels Indiana by foot with occasional motorist lifts reporting daily experiences. In Goodland Indiana on July 30 she recalls Yountsville once thriving for woollen mill work and now a weeded waste land with vandalized vacant buildings.
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Nel Gordon
The
Times Start
Indiana
the Times
Goodland
Ind
Yountsville
Litttle
Sugar Creek
Editor Fined Under Gossip Law in Covington Case
B I Susong editor of the Kentucky Post was found guilty of violating the state gossip law and fined 15 dollars by Police Judge L L Manson. The charge arose from pre publication reporting on city actions including a 50000 borrowing and a claim the city appeared broke after June taxes. Mayor Daniel O Donavan led the charge.
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United Press
Covington
B. I. Susong
Kentucky Post
Scripps-Howard
Kentucky
L. L. Manson
Susong
City Financial Department
Daniel O’donavan
Flimy Attire Praised For Health Benefits By Doctor
Dr A E Waterman of the American Institute of Hyompathy says skimpy clothing boosts health by increasing sun exposure and criticizes Cardinal Gasquet for linking flimsy attire with decadence. He notes Lady Godiva’s glare as a health example and cites no moral concerns.
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Bu_United Press
Chicago
Godiva
Coventry
A. E. Waterman
American Institute of Homopathy
Cardinal Gasquet
Vatican
Dr. Waterman
Indiana Year Books Cut Costs In 1924 Edition
Indiana's 1924 year books cost about $1,000 less than 1923. The 1923 issue had 10,000 copies at $10,537.03 for 1,228 pages. The 1924 edition has 1,334 pages, 8,000 copies, and cost $9,154.78.
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Indiana
J. Otto Lee
State Printing Board
Smoke Abatement Ordinance Backed by Committee
A committee report to the Indianapolis chapter of the American Association of Engineers at the Board of Trade endorses the proposed city smoke abatement ordinance. E McMeans, the chairman, presented the report and noted some code modifications suggested by the committee.
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Indianapolis
American Association of Engineers
Board of Trade Today
E. McMeans
Boy Hurt in Fall From Building at Lilly Site
Albert Wallace a 12 year old resident of 635 Harmon St fell from the second floor to the basement of the new Eli Lilly and Co building at Delaware and McCarty Streets. He was taken to the city hospital with head and back injuries.
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Albert Wallace
Harmon St
New
Eli Lilly & Co
Bidg
Delaware
McCarty Sts
City Hospital
Park Superintendent authorizes concerts by colored Y M C A band
R Walter Jarvis Douglas Park superintendent today authorized a series of Sunday afternoon concerts from 3 30 to 5 30 p m by the colored Y M C A colored band in the park.
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R. Walter Jarvis
Douglas Park
Hourly Temperature Readings
An incomplete archival excerpt shows hourly temperature readings with times ranging from 6 A.M. to 1 P.M. The listed values appear duplicated and partially garbled, indicating a weather log or forecast page snippet.
State backs Schmidt in Marion County gravel war
The County Surveyors' Association and engineers across the state support County Engineer George G. Schmidt in defending his Marion County road gravel specifications. A telegram from Don Heaton of the surveyors association praised Schmidt's stand. Gravel advocates claim Schmidt’s rules require heavily screened gravel unsuitable for cement. The state highway commission plans to override Schmidt. A pending resolution about Chesleigh B. Gray, former highway chief, sparked debate at the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Association of Engineers.
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County Surveyors’ Association
Marion County
George G. Schmidt
Schmidt
Don Heaton
Fowler
Ind
Surveyors’ Association
State Highway Commission
Chesleigh B. Gray
The
Highway Commission
Indianapolis
American Association of Engineers
Board of Trade
Fred Kellan
Kellan
Gray
Pennsylvania Railroad Day set for Culver Indiana
J L Eysmans general traffic manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad will headline the Pennsylvania Railroad Day celebration in Culver Indiana on August 13. Henry A Palmer of Chicago editor and manager of Traffic World will be toastmaster at the Culver Military Academy banquet. Indianapolis Traffic Club sponsors the event with a special Union Station train carrying several hundred attendees.
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J. L. Eysmans
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Culver
Ind
Henry A. Palmer
Chicago
Traffic World
Culver Military Academy Mess
Haj
Indianapolis Traffic Club
Indianapolis
Union Station
Wanderwells Enter Indianapolis on Detroit Journey
Wanderwell party of Captain and Mrs. Walter Wanderwell passed through Indianapolis during a worldwide tour of 39 countries on four continents en route to Detroit. The delegation traveled in four open automobiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanderwell World
Indianapolis
Detroit
Walter Vanderwell
Hold-Up Reported At City Intersection
John Knowles of 1545 Lexington Ave. told police he was held up early today at Keystone Ave. and Michigan St. by three armed men who took 23.70 in cash and a 50 watch. The trio fled in a car.
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John Knowles
Lexington Ave
Keystone Ave
Michigan St
Police warn against hiding door keys in obvious places
Mrs Alma Boswell of 324 North West Street found her door key exposed after returning from market and a thief used it to steal money from a desk. Police cautioned households to stop hiding keys in visible spots to prevent burglaries.
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Alma Boswell
N. West St
Phone Case Hearing Set for Sept. 1
A hearing is scheduled for September 1 to tackle the Indiana Bell phone case. The proceedings will address the appraisal and the new rates at stake in the dispute.
Indiana Bell hearings set for Sept one on property appraisal
Samuel R Artman of the public service commission announced hearings on the commission appraisal of Indiana Bell Telephone property will start September 1. A special team has inventoryed the property over months and will use unit cost methods to set a rate making value, with experts Groninger Perk and Bemis contributing.
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Samuel R.artman
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Samuel R. Artman
Indiana Bell
Taylor. E. Groninger
Indianapolis
Benjamin Perk
Edward W. Bemis
Commission
Watson Denies Removal Cause in Wheatcraft Move
Senator James E. Watson denies that friendship with Mrs Vivian Wheatcraft caused the removal from the State fire marshal’s office. He announced Wheatcraft will head women’s organization work for his 1926 renomination bid and keep a Severin HQ. Watson said she was asked three months ago to assist in organization work and that he and Governor Jackson are on friendly terms. He was seen in Shelbyville with U S Marshal Linus P Meredith.
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James E. Watson
Vivian Wheatcraft
Watson
Wheatcraft
the Severin
Jackson
Shelbyville
United States
Linus P. Meredith
Train derailment near Paris kills and injures dozen
An express train derailed near Paris today and its cars telescoped. Early reports put the death toll at twelve with twelve more seriously injured.
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United Prear
Paris
Jureti
Bryan’s Final Pilgrimage to Capital Ends
William Jennings Bryan returned to Washington for a grave pilgrimage after his death in Tennessee. The funeral train arrived at Union Station at 7 40 am to a crowd of about 1000. Police guarded the station as the funeral party, met by a reception committee including Ben G. Davis and Charles Cook, proceeded to honor the late Commoner.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee Mountain
Union Station
Ben G. Davis
Charles Cook
State Department
Bryan
William C. Upshaw
Hiners Red Bull Bus route petition before public service commission
The public service commission heard Hiners Red Bull Bus lines seek a Indianapolis to West Lafayette beginner route. The ninety day petition was denied by the commission on June 11 after a prolonged forenoon of debate between Hiner company's attorney Arthur R. Robinson and Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company's counsel David E. Watson who oppose the petition.
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Hiners
Red Bull Bus Lines
Indianapolis
West Lafayette
Frank Wampler
Public Service Commission
Arthur R. Robinson
Hiner Company
David E. Watson
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Houseman Sentenced in Burglary Case
Monroe Starks, 27, colored, was sentenced ten to twenty years at the Indiana Reformatory by Special Judge Frank A. Symmes after conviction in Criminal Court on burglary and grand larceny. Starks, a houseman in north side apartments, allegedly entered Lowell H. Wilson home at 3615 Washington Blvd and took silverware and furnishings, which he said he bought.
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Monroe Starks
Indiana Reformatory Today
Frank A. Symmes
Starks
North Side
Lowell H. Wilson
Washington Blvd
Gravelle Fined on Assault Charge and Traffic Signal Violation
Medos Gravelle of 1307 North Illinois Street received a five dollar fine plus costs for assault and battery and one dollar plus costs for driving through a traffic signal. The incidents followed an alleged attempt to pull deputy city prosecutor John Caylor from Gravelle’s car after a traffic stop at Meridian and St Clair Streets.
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Medos Gravelle
Illinois St
Dan V. White
Gravelle
Meridian and
St. Clair Sts
John Caylor
Caylor
Four States Feel Two Sharp Earth Tremors
Two distinct earthquakes shook the Panhandle region including Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Kansas early today with minor damage. Shocks hit Clarendon at 6 05 am Canyon at 7 20 and Amarillo at 6 12 awakening hundreds as downtown buildings rattled.
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United Press
Amarillo
Tex
Pan Handle Valley
Texas
Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Clarendon
Indianapolis to pause for Bryan tribute with citywide minute of silence
Mayor Shank ordered a one minute pause at 2 p m Friday to honor William Jennings Bryan as funeral services begin in Washington. The Indianapolis Street Railway and drivers will halt for the minute, while a memorial mass meeting is set for August 7 at Cable Tabernacle and a Christian Family Crusade conference is planned for October. A wreath from the Gospel Chorus was sent to the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington.
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Shank
Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
James P. Tretton
Cable Tabernacle
W. M. Holderby
Chicago
Holderby
Christian Family Crusade
Bryan
Indianapolis Gospel Chorus
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Company Figures On Passenger Traffic And Payroll
A company circular reports an average of 280000 passengers daily. About 12000 people are employed with an annual payroll near 3000000 dollars. The firm pays roughly 400000 dollars in taxes each year.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Dying Statement Admitted in Ridley Murder Trial
In Shelbyville Indiana Judge Harry C Morrison allowed the dying statement of Bessie Frazier to be admitted as evidence in the murder trial of John Ridley, a colored man, charged with killing Frazier in Indianapolis. The case was moved from Indianapolis to Shelbyville for trial.
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Timea
Shelbyville
Ind
John Ridley
Indianapolis
Bessie Frazier
Harry C. Morrison
Ridley
Broadcast Rites For William Jennings Bryan to Reach Nationwide
Thousands of admirers will hear the final rites for William Jennings Bryan via a radio hookup of major stations. Funeral services at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church will be broadcast through WRC and WJZ WGY WCAP with relay stations reaching to Minneapolis.
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Timea
Washington
Willam Jennings Bryan
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
WRC
WJZ
New York
WGY
Schenectady
WCAP
Minneapolis
Young Bob Lallette Jr Seeks U S Senate Seat
Madison Wisconsin July 30 Robert M Lallette Jr announces candidacy for United States Senator in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by his father’s death He tells reporters a full statement will follow.
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United Prensa
Sunnyside Sanatorium Costs Rise in June Report
Marion County spent 12,708,604 to run Sunnyside Sanatorium near Oaklandon Indiana and care for 172 patients in June. Dr H S Hatch, superintendent, submitted the report to county commissioners noting 20 discharges that month and comparing with June 1924 when 164 were housed and 14 discharged.
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Marion County
Sunnyside
Oaklandon
Ind
H. 5. Hatch
Showers Expected As Weather Office Forecasts
Showers this afternoon or tonight anticipated in Indianapolis area. Friday looks fair and cooler. Temperature 66 at 7 a m, four degrees below normal. Latter part of the month has seen generally cooler temperatures. Showers were reported in the northeast part of the state Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Stephenson Defense Moves to Trial Again in Oberholtzer Case
Judge Hines reopens immediate trial gateway for D C Stephenson Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry charged with murder of Madge Oberholtzer The state declares readiness to proceed any time with reasonable notice while defense seeks separate trials and possible change of judge amid ongoing legal maneuvering in Hamilton Circuit Court.
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Blythe Q. Hendricks
Fred E. Hines
Hamilton Circuit Court
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Eph Inman
Ira M. Holmes
Ralph Waltz
Floyd C. Christian
R. E. Johnson
Augrneur
Stephenson
Remy
Batttle
Beihge
Hines
Hines Aaid
Klinck
Gentry
Tax drop possible if Indiana keeps valuation above 1B
State auditor Lewis H Bowman and Governor Jackson say the state levy could fall from 28 to 25 cents and the 2 million debt of the general fund canceled next year if total assessed property value stays above 1.0 billion. They also note the 100 million loan into valuation was pated.
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Indiana
Lewis 8
Bowman
Jackson
General Fund
Autos vs Stone Age Transit Sparks Modern Mobile Push
The article argues urban dwellers endure long delays and crowded streetcars while claiming autos are a necessity. It touts Times Want ads as a path to affordable vehicles and timely service, urging readers to phone MAin 8500.
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Charles Jones
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