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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
1
United Press reports the June heat wave reaches 101 deaths, with 44 new fatalities in 24 hours. The Great Heat disrupts daily life from New York to Detroit, closing schools and stores, forcing parks to host sleepers, and triggering fire-prevention measures as the Pacific coast remains cooler.
Two bandits held up the J. T. Head jewelry store at 338 W. Washington St at noon. They looted diamonds and watches worth about $1,200 plus $35 in cash and $20 from the safe, cut telephone wires, and locked the front door before fleeing. Charles Snavely, bound and gagged, freed himself after about fifteen minutes and notified police. The thieves were about 30 years old.
Vivian Younger a 13 year old from 1040 North Illinois Street was found today at the home of playmate Eleanor Brown. She told officers she would not get along with her mother and stepfather and had been expelled from school on Wednesday. She was taken to the detention home as a delinquent girl.
President Coolidge plans a Washington conference to discuss suppressing chemical warfare. Senator Burton, speaking for an American delegation, says invitations will go out to major powers.
William J. Yerby former West Africa consul tells United Press there are murders in Chicago among Africa’s 35 million natives. He discusses crime rates and conditions as part of his broader remarks on Africa.
City Judge Delbert Wilmeth and Deputy Prosecutor Paul Rhoadarmer clashed in city court over dismissing cases. Lt Eisenhut reports both Mike Jukich and Martin Junevich faced still and blind tiger charges. Junevich bound over to the grand jury for operation of a still on $2000 bond. Jukich’s charge was to be dismissed as Rhoadarmer pressed against stamped affidavits.
Prosecutor William H. Remy defends withholding Miss Madge Oberholtzer dying statement amid efforts by Eph Inman to obtain it. Inman, for defendants connected to D. C. Stephenson, seeks court order at Noblesville. Hearing set for June 16. witnesses include Oberholtzer family and law officers.
Boston June 5 continued improvement is reported in today’s War Department bulletin on the condition of Secretary of War Weeks who is convalescing after an operation performed a week ago.
A second jury in Superior Court Five awarded John H. Taylor 577 damages against Brevort Hotel Company. Taylor sought 787 claiming the amount was illegally used by the hotel. the first jury failed to agree.
Butler University biologist Prof. Ray Friesner argues evolution is a proven process and cannot be undone by laws or church decrees. He says the case tests freedom of inquiry and cautions that restricting thought endangers civilization and U S constitutional principles.
Children from several addresses stare into the dry Willard Park pool asking why water is missing. Officials say swimming starts June 15 at Willard Park and other city beaches, with school-day access limited to prevent crowds until the end of the term. Riverside Beach opens Saturday to serve children before the regular season.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur announced Commander Lansdowne submitted two reports detailing procedures for American aid using the dirigible Shenandoah. The mooring ship Patoka will head to Spitzbergen, and Shenandoah will make a nonstop 3,059 mile flight to Pullman England with a 1,539 mile hop to Spitzbergen for Arctic air operations to reach Amundsen if aid is extended.
United Press reports Amundsen base ships Farm and Hobby plan to sail today along the Arctic fringe seeking traces of Captain Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth and their polar air explorers. The Norwegian Aero Club discusses sending another vessel north of Spitzbergen into the ice.
A playful note says the office cat turned the thermometer and announced 168 more shopping days until Christmas. Doctors expect a quick recovery from a paste pot bruise behind the right ear.
Nick John of 702 Arnolda Ave. was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Criminal Judge James A. Collins on a charge of unlawful possession of a still. He was arrested by Sheriff Omer Hawkins.
West Baden Ind June 5 An active campaign to urge State Legislatures to reverse adverse votes on the child labor amendment to the U S Constitution was adopted by the General Federation of Women's Clubs council. The meeting reaffirmed stands on maternity and fancy acts, opposed bathing beauty contests, and called for study of issues raised by international communist activities.
Mayor Shank urged Wabash College officials to initiate a campaign to build a statue of Thomas R. Marshall at the northeast corner of Statehouse square. He wrote to college president George L. Mackintosh, urging the project originate from the school Marshall attended, with city administration and local citizens ready to cooperate.
Dr Hermann G. Morgan city health officer says heat reduces individual efficiency and offers tips for adults and children. Adults should drink water, avoid heavy meals, and not overtax the stomach. Children require cooling clothing, tepid baths, fresh milk on ice, and careful feeding.
Chicago reports Miss Estelle Gehling, the missing State's witness in the William D. Shepherd murder trial, met with Assistant State Attorney John Szbarbaro and said she is ready to testify. Rumors of her flight were corrected by a voluntary call to State's Attorney Crowe as courtroom heat and lengthy jury selection kept many away.
The weather bureau reports June temperatures reach a new monthly high and warn of continued heat with no weekend relief in sight. Officials urge residents to take precautions as heat waves linger across the region.
In intense June heat the city reported multiple prostrations and pavement explosions. Harold Jarvis collapsed at 25 and Hawthorne and was taken to a hospital as temperatures neared record highs around 95 degrees. Schools dismissed early while streets buckled and brick pavements blew apart on several blocks.
A fatal crash on State Road 9 near Brazil Indiana killed Dorothy Aitken 18 of Midland and badly injured Hester Strainfield 17 while three cars crossed a narrow bridge. A Terre Haute taxi crashed into the pair on the running board, flinging them thirty feet onto another auto. Four other occupants and the taxi driver were hurt. The group had left a Feeder Dam dance on Eel River when the collision occurred.
The readable portions show hourly temperature readings from around midnight to the morning hours. Data appears garbled with some digits and labels obscured, but hints of temperatures around 78 to 80 degrees and scattered times such as 2 a.m and 6 a.m are visible amid the noise.
James M. Ogden, the corporation counsel, ruled the city may not legally fund the entire coliseum site and building. The only applicable law allows 60 percent city funding if a private association covers the rest. Mayor Shank postponed committee appointments and asked Hartman to study the Washington Davidson Pine and Market Street site while seeking local contributions if the city cannot bear the full cost.
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