Suit Opens Over 200000 Fee Contract Between Fairbanks Heirs
In Federal Court Adelaide Fairbanks plaintiff against attorneys Thomas A Daily and Charles T Hanna, seeks to break a 20 percent contingency contract tied to the Fairbanks estate. Judge Anderson rules 300000 of the claimed 200000 fees unconscionable and questions the confidential client attorney relation at signing.
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Adelaide Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Thomas A. Daily
Marion County
Charles T. Hanna
Miss Fairbanks
Hanna
Daily
Fairbanks
Albert B. Anerson
Hanna & Daily
Anderson
Robert Fairbanks
French Deputies Demand Action on Royalist Plot
Paris June 5 The French cabinet met to address Left deputies determined to force public discussion of the Royalist plot against the republic The Left aims to raise the subject at the first deputies session and demand government action Royalist leader Daudet accused Premier Poincare opponents of using the moment to overthrow the government
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Prena
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daudet
L’action Francaise
Poincare
Charles Duvall to Quit City
Charles Duvall chief inspector in the city engineering department will resign in a few days to become superintendent of construction for Union Asphalt Paving Company. He will resign to the board of works Friday and the change takes effect June 11. Duvall served five and a half years in the department and was praised by City Engineer John L. Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Duvall
Union Asphalt Paving Company
Duvall
Board of Works
Jewett
Shank
John L. Elliott
Realtors to Be Honored on First Members Day Luncheon
Indianapolis realtors will observe First Members Day at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday. Vice president H. M. Stackhouse will preside as eight members are chosen to attend the national convention in Cleveland from June 27 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Realtors
Chamber of Commerce
H. M. Stackhouse
Cleveland
Blind Boy Sees Ringling Circus From Behind Scenes
William Nottingham, 12, a blind student from the Indiana School for the Blind, enjoyed a Ringling Brothers visit in Indianapolis. He rode atop Queen the elephant by mistake, fed peanuts to animals, and met star performers including Lillian Leitzel. Buck Jones and others explained acts while the clown band amused him.
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Blind Boy
Ringling Circus
William Nottingham
Indianapolis
Bill
William
Queen
Ringling Brothers
Eaton
Indiana School For the Blind
Lillian Leitzel
Miss Leitzel
Buck Jones
Mr. Fellows
Nelson Girls
Herman Peollette
Light Companies Face Setback in Indianapolis Plant Fight
In Superior Court Special Judge Fred C. Gauss sustained a demurrer against Indianapolis Light and Heat and Merchants Heat and Light in their bid to stop the T. H., I. and E. Traction Co from using a public service commission certificate to enter local electric power competition. The ruling, by Judge Linn D. Hay, ends the effort to bar the third company, though plaintiffs may amend or appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idianapolis Light and Heat
Merchants Heat and Light Companies
Indianapolis
Superior
Fred C. Gauss
Shelbyville
T. H., Il. and
E. Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Traction Company
Cassius C. Shirley
Shirley, Whitcomb and Dowden
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Linn D. Hay
Superior Court
Praise Showered In Police Force For Race Day Coverage
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company and the Presbyterian Church greeted Indianapolis safety officials with letters of praise. Despite Mayor Shank threatening to pull police protection, officers managed traffic on race day better than ever, according to Speedway superintendent T. E. Meyers.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Board of Safety
Shank
T. E. Meyers
The
Speedway
Judge doubts police bribe tale in blind tiger case
City Judge Delbert O Wilmeth fines Blaine Williams 100 dollars and imprisons him thirty days on a blind tiger charge after Williams admits paying officers who arrested him with a basket of half pint bottles of white mule in a corn field at Howard and Harding Streets. The judge calls the officers’ conduct and law uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Blaine Williams
Birch St
Williams
Howard and
Harding Sts
Hou
Wilmeth
Hundred Socialists Arrested in Japan
One hundred socialist leaders were arrested in Tokyo as part of a drive against an alleged plot to communize Japan. The arrests occurred while the cabinet met to resume negotiations toward an agreement with Soviet Russia.
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United Press Torio
Japan
Russia
Fugitive Arrest Of Harry Stark At Goodlet Avenue
Harry Stark of 923 Goodlet Ave was arrested early today on a charge of fugitive from justice. Local police and Con stable Sweet of Terre Haute detained Stark during the incident.
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Harry Stark
Goodlet Ave
Stark
Sweet Ot
Terre Haute
Five Die as Masonic Train Wrecks Near Durand
A special train carrying Knights Templar to a Flint convention wrecked six miles west of Durand Michigan at noon. Five people were killed, thirty injured, ten seriously, including two Iona commandery members and the train's engineer and fireman. W. K. McSween of Iona was seriously hurt.
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United Press
Durand
Mich
Masonic Knights Templar
Flint
Here
Iona
Knights Templar
St. Johns
Muskegon
W. K. McSween
Girls' School Matron Charged With Cruelty
Ohio Welfare Director removes Mae E. Stannard, matron of the Ohio Girls' Industrial School at Delaware, accusing her of cruel abusive treatment and endangering lives by padlocking sleeping rooms. The action follows a June 5 report from Columbus.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Harper
Mae E. Stannard
Detroit
Ohio Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Stannard
Crook Uses Circus Ad Scam in Indianapolis Ring
L. A. Patterson posed as an advertising man and sold fake circus promotion to Fred Williamson and P. D. Goeke of the Overland Company. He arranged to use a red car and electric signs for Ringling Brothers events, took $80, and vanished. Nine dealers were solicited to share costs, with Patterson posing as a pro. The printing firm Smith and Smith and the circus’ purchasing agent were alerted Patterson was not connected to the show. Patterson is described as about 30, five eight, and well versed in circus advertising.
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Indianapolis
L. A. Patterson
Fred Williamson
P. D. Goeke
Overland Company
N. Capitol Ave
Patterson
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Batley Circus
Williamson
Patterton
Goeke
Smith and Smith Printing Company
E. Maryland &J
Williams
Special Policeman Ward Collapses. Officers Assist
Riley P. Ward a Garfield Park special policeman had a nervous breakdown at New York and Douglas Streets. Motor police Chitwood and Maas assisted and escorted him home.
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Riley P. Ward
Douglas St
Garfield Park
New York and
Douglas Sts
Chitwood
Maas
Heat overwhelms Shriner parade crowds in Washington
Murat Temple of Indianapolis led the Shriner parade amid scorching 90 degree heat. Dozens were treated as Red Cross ambulances ferried 32 to hospitals and eight to drug stores. President Harding welcomed Shriners as they marched past the White House in a two mile grand procession.
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Shriner
Pennsylvania Ave
Red Cross
Shrine
Warren G. Harding
United States
Shriners
Imperial Council
White House
Sky Writing to Return for Second Indianapolis Show
Capt Derek Shepperson, former British flyer, will again display sky writing in Indianapolis this afternoon after piloting the “sky writing” plane Monday. He then proceeded to Terre Haute and on to Dayton Ohio before a planned landing at Schoenfield Ft Harrison as thousands watched the quarter mile high “Lucky Strike” message fade through the smoke.
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Derek Shepperson
Indianapolis
Shepperson
Terre Haute
Dayton
Ohio
Schoenfield
Ft. Harrison
Two Hurt At Crossing In Monon Railroad Collision
Two men were injured when a switch engine hit a coal truck at Fifteenth Street and the Monon Railroad. Lee Lindsay of 1311 Lewis Street sustained an injury to his right arm while Fred Mitchell of 1115 North Tuxedo Street suffered facial cuts from a broken windshield. The truck belonged to Peoples Coal Company.
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Fifteenth St
Monon
Lee Lindsay
Lewis St
Fred Mitchell
Tuxedo St
The
Peoples Coal Company
Ice prices rise with heat but no shortages in Indianapolis
Henry L. Dithmer of Polar Ice and Fuel Co cites higher labor and material costs for a 5 cent per hundred pounds ice price hike to 55 cents. He notes Indianapolis among the cheapest of 107 cities, with least 60 cents elsewhere and mentions telephone rate rises of 6 dollars monthly as a contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Dithmer
Polar Ice and Fuel Company
Dithmer
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Marble Champion Heads to National Championship
Ross Beaver and his mother Mrs W H Beaver will tour Washington en route to Atlantic City for the national marble championship. The Times funds the trip. They depart Indianapolis June 23 as marble champs from the city join rivals from other towns.
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Ross Beaver
Indianapolis
W. H. Beaver
Washington
Atlantic City
Ross
Times
Policeman Cottrell Resigns After Unbecoming Conduct Trial
Patrolman Robert J. Cottrell resigns from the force after a complaint of conduct unbecoming an officer and alleged intoxication. he denied guilt but chose resignation over trial. The board of safety approved his resignation and granted other officers leave for National Guard training.
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Robert J. Cottrell
Board of Safety
Cottrell
Edwin C. Ball
E. S&s. Tolle
B. W. Ball
Arch D. Ball
The
National Guard
Frankfort
Ind
Claude Worley
Fred Hollingsworth
Gamewell
John F. Scanlon
W. Market St
Otis Bailey
Mystery man seen with shirt and flowers puzzles police
Police probe a puzzle after a colored man was observed leaving Mrs. A. B. Craig’s yard at 1406 Brookside Ave with a silk shirt and bouquet. Mrs. Craig hung the shirt to dry then stepped out briefly. neighbors later reported the man taking the shirt and flowers.
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A. B. Craig
Brookside Ave
Minors Retain Cheerful Spirit Amid Mine Rescue Near Bicknell
In Bicknell Indiana three miners remain trapped at the New Mine shaft as rescuers toil through the night. Only five feet of debris have been removed in the last 24 hours due to danger and heat. The men, in cool spirits, are fed hot meals via a two inch pipe while crowds gather at the mine opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bicknell
Ind
Worried Mother Attempts Death Over Ill Baby Health
Despondent over her eleven month old daughter and her own health Mrs Irene McGinnis attempted suicide by poison at 634 East Ohio Street. She was rushed to the city hospital in a non serious condition as her mother said the family had recently moved from Peru where the husband Jacob McGinnis operates a grocery. The baby’s eye operation was planned at eighteen months.
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Irene McGinnis
Ohio St
Emma McCurdy
Los Angeles Police Band Parade Through Downtown
A seventy five piece Los Angeles police band paraded through downtown Los Angeles today starting at Union Station. They performed in front of newspaper offices and University Park, escorting police chief Louis D. Oaks to Buffalo New York for a chiefs convention. John B. Reynolds welcomed them at Union Station, and a concert was held before departure for Columbus Ohio at 10 45 am.
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Los Angeles
Union Station
Buffalo
N. Y
Louis D. Oaks
John B. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
University Park
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana collector seeks global darts tips for museum mosaic
A. D. Babcock of Goodland Indiana asks The Times to print a call for any darts arrow points collected from around the world. He has spent over forty years gathering curios to benefit the boys and girls of Indiana and plans a mosaic for his museum.
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A. D. Babcock
Goodland
Ind
Babcock
The
Times Today
Indiana
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