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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
14
United Press reports Canton in siege as Central Bank money houses and major stores shut in anticipation of clashes between rival military factions. City and foreign settlement await the opening of hostilities with the situation growing grimmer by the hour.
London June 4 British cruisers Diomede and Carlyle reach Shanghai with 600 men as precaution amid tense situation. Sailors from a British gun boat occupy positions in the city and Dispatch is due to arrive tonight.
Samuel McClure of 345 Washington St. lost a set of false teeth and was fined $10 after a Tuesday drunkenness arrest by City Judge Dan V. White. Robert Mattingly faced $1 plus ten days at the Indiana State Farm and a $10 fine for stealing $5 from Mrs. Frieda Kaelin of 407 N. Pine St. Guy McClain of 215 N. Liberty St. was fined $1 and costs for assault on James Frentliff, 216 N. East St., on May 28.
Patrolman Oscar Smith begins a summer assignment to oversee Riverside Park with ten baseball diamonds an amusement area and a river for canoeing. Transferred June 1 from a beat to ensure welfare and safety as Chief Rikhoff instructed him to watch for law violations while letting people enjoy the park. Smith has served as a policeman since September 2, 1908 and resides at 1022 W Twenty Eighth St near Riverside.
Plans for the trial of Morton Hawkins, former president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland Indiana, began as Homer Elliott prepared a list of sixty witnesses. Elliott and Postal Inspector John W. Welborn discussed expected testimony and a June 29 date was formalized for Hawkins to face charges of mail fraud and conspiracy in a $6 million stock swindle through Hawkins Mortgage and related entities.
A resident from McCordsville Ind reports years of stomach agony and poor appetite improved by Todd's Tonic. The ad notes the tonic is wine flavored and available at Haag's Cut Price Drug Stores and other Indianapolis outlets with home delivery for $1.00.
Lawrence Roller, 6, recalls his brother William Roller Jr, 9, dying from a revolver discharge at their home 856 W Twenty Ninth St. Police found a small calibre revolver in the basement. deputy coroner Coeppers awaited further investigation. A separate Nantucket note records a baby ring found after twenty one years along the beach.
The Raymond T. Richey revival will continue in Indianapolis until June 21 after a local delegation urged extension. By contract the party must vacate Cable Tabernacle for the first four days of next week but will resume the revival there Friday. A basket dinner is set for Garfield Park Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The clerk of the juvenile court Harry Branson and the Court support clerk Grace Flood have distributed 3,206 copies of the 1925 Indiana acts since April.456 books remain. Each requester must provide name and address. Books are available in Room 32 Courthouse.
The plan allows five year or longer employees to subscribe to 10 percent of their past year wages in common stock. Henry L. Thompson, vice president of the middle western division, notes over 1,000 Indiana workers, more than half in Indianapolis, will be affected as the chain expands employee ownership amid rising sales.
Two youths David Hodges 16 and Edward Hunting 17 were jailed ten days and fined 25 and costs for taking Cloyd Ash’s auto from Losey Nash Co to go to Maywood for a job Judge James A Collins urged them not to harm their homes and avoid penal institutions through their actions.
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