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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
3
More than 1,000 members of the Veteran Employees Association Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania railroad will bring families to the annual outing at Columbia Park on Saturday. H. V. Old chairs the arranging committee. A special train will depart Union Station at noon carrying the delegation.
George G. Schmidt Marion county engineer was urged by A L Donaldson Evansville to seek court action against the State highway commission over rejected road specifications. Chesleigh B Gray highway chief was fired for upholding them. Marion gravel men claim the rule bans Marion County gravel in favor of crushed stone. Twenty eight property owners on W Morris St deny the road is deplorable and say cement made from crushed stone makes the road excellent.
Jesse Mellett former mayor of Anderson Indiana arrested for assault and batter after an auto crash at Meridian Street and Fall Creek Boulevard. The case before Judge Dan V White in city court is set for August 14 after a continuance. Police chief Rikhoff will review Patrolman Forest Swank’s actions who fled the scene.
Atlantic City July 31 United Press reports the operators refuse concessions and will base a forthcoming statement on cost objections. After nearly three weeks of talks neither side budges, making a 168000 anthracite miners strike on Sept 1 increasingly likely. John L. Lewis, UMWA president, says operators refuse settlement before contract expiry.
Miss Margare Elliott, superintendent of the Woman's State Prison, has fought to keep babies born outside hospital. She advocates paroles to avoid prison births and visits Marysville where babies stay with mothers. Inside the prison, inmates work in sewing and laundry, with care for children and orderly, clean facilities.
Residents report foul smelling pools and sewer stench on West Southern Ave driving away traffic. Nor man Atkins demonstrates wagon travel amid crevices while Otto Ray leads a park board probe and Dr. Herman G. Morgan urges action. Park superintendent orders maintenance crews to fill stagnant pools near park board property and inspect the thoroughfare.
Premier Baldwin announced in Commons a provisional settlement of the coal crisis. Owners suspend lockout notices for two weeks pending workers' confirmation, easing fears of a nationwide shortage and industrial disruption.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigated the death of Carl Ragsdale 25 of Trafalgar Indiana at Methodist Hospital. Dr L A Ensminger said Ragsdale died from injuries received July 27 while working for the Big Four Railroad near Beech Grove Indiana. Officials had no report of the accident.
The Indianapolis Times profiles three chief aids of Mr Fixit at city hall. Thomas E Newsom Frank Reid and W P Hargon direct city work crews guiding street repairs and sewer fixes.
An acrobatic car that climbs sidewalks could skirt a corner at Lexington Ave and Shelby St while a streetcar negotiates the bend. The jog would be straightened in a simple engineering fix promised to the south side by Mayor Shank, amid rebel councilmen demanding action.
Charles Potter 38 of 1514 E Market St is jailed on an embezzlement charge after investigators say his Ohio St hold up report July 24 was false Potter confessed he lost 29 dollars belonging to Kroger Grocery in a poker game and created the hold up tale to hide the loss
James F. Barton of Ft. Dodge Iowa becomes national adjutant succeeding Russell Creviston of Marion Indiana who resigns to lead the American War Mothers Memorial Association. Barton previously served as Iowa Legion adjutant and was named assistant national adjutant last April. Creviston will visit Marion then attend War Mothers meeting in Washington August 7 and 8 and sail to Rome for Fidac congress duties August 15.
Cincinnati federal investigators announce plans to deport George Remus the noted bootlegger and thirteen associates under an immigration clause for moral turpitude. Remus faces later release from Atlanta Federal Prison and a Lawrenceburg Indiana booze board seizure is noted.
Police report describe a hold-up at the Vaught garage 1839 N New Jersey St where night man Duncan Flowers was robbed of a watch seven dollars and eighty five cents of company funds before the robbers fled in a Willys Knight sedan. Additional thefts include Ara Wright losing a fifty dollar watch at Checker garage and burglars breaking glass at Purol filling station taking pennies gasoline and grease.
Two boys aged 12 and 13 were found with a sling shot after rocks were thrown at cars on Emerson Ave and E Michigan St Thursday night. They face charges in Juvenile Court. A driver for Peoples Motor Coach Co reports a rock shattered a bus window.
A raid led by Lieutenant Eisenhut and Sergeant Stoddard swept through a gambling room at 246% E. Wabash St. Thirteen people were arrested and charged, including John Bartlow, 62, of the same address, with keeping a gaming house.
Miss Willie May Settles, 19, of 2146 Sheldon Street, leaped from a Columbia Avenue street car at 555 Massachusetts Avenue after a fuse exploded Thursday night. She was severely injured about the head and taken to city hospital. Conductor K. E. Truelove, 19 Bungalow Park, assisted at the scene.
In Muncie Indiana Perry Mansfield county clerk recalls a young couple seeking a marriage license. The girl declares they want to marry at once and asks for a justice of the peace. The next day she returns, leaves the unused license, and hurries away with her intended spouse.
Leonard Fink of 6854 Dewey Ave was charged with assault and battery after his auto struck William Rickabaugh of 760 E. McCarty St at Pennsylvania and Washington. Rickabaugh was cut on the head and taken to city hospital for treatment.
The Indianapolis Military Band concert at University Park, postponed due to rain, will be held at the same location Saturday night under the city park department. W. B. Mitchell directs the program.
Political maneuvering to reshape the Republican State Committee under Governor Jackson unsettles several top posts. Names like Zeigler Crawford Burch Williams Brown MecCardle Brown Duncan and Humes face potential removal as factional influence shifts with the new committee.
Patrolman Edward Harmes, appointed August 3 1910, serves 3 to 11 pm from 4625 North Capitol Avenue as part of a motorized patrol program. Police Chief Rikhoff aims to cover all districts in autos, noting a pair of officers in a car is worth four on foot.
Mrs. Paul Anderson waits for a car at Illinois and Washington streets as she notes cool July air. The Weather Bureau says temperatures run about 10 degrees below normal, forecasting continued warm weather is unlikely in Indianapolis.
Garnet Aitken 42 of 1605 Leon ard Sr. was jailed after two Thursday night arrests on resisting arrest vagrancy assault and battery and disturbing the peace charges. Lieut Joe Klaiber tried to reason with him as he beat his daughter Helen 1¢. Klaiber injured. Aitken was treated at city hospital then released on bond and later confronted officers McDaniel and Prindle at his home over more disturbances.
Nelson Trowbridge, manager of the Murat, underwent a tonsil removal and was at home today. He expects to return to his desk on Monday.
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