Slack Delays City Hospital Building Plans
The city council delayed selecting architect, power engineer, and hospital consultant for the new city hospital program, pending Mayor Slack’s action. Health board approved the delay after a closed session, with plans for separate contracts and potential bond issues to fund the project.
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Board of Health
L. Ert Slack
Slack
Health Board
E. E. Padgett
William A. Coeppers
Scherrer Bros
Board of Health Authority
William A. Boyce Jr
Smiley N. Chambers
John F. White
City Hospital
Edward Harris
Hougham Opens Campaign HQ in Claypool Room 832
Robert B. Hougham Johnson County superintendent and Democratic candidate opens headquarters in Claypool Room 832 to direct his bid for State Superintendent nomination. He claims unanimous renomination support from the Fourth District with ninety nine votes and reports pledges from First Second Third and Sixth districts.
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Robert B. Hougham
Johnson County
Claypool
Hougham
Ich
Drunk Driver Fined and Farm Time Given
Walter Pruitt alias Brooks R R L was fined 10 dollars and costs for drunkenness and 50 dollars and costs and given thirty days on the farm for operating a motor vehicle under liquor by Municipal Judge Paul C Wetter. His car struck the parked auto of C T Randall at 3720 N Pennsylvani a St in front of 53 W Thirty Eighth St. Joseph Jenkins 72 dies from fracture after fall from wagon in Loganport Ind June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Pruitt
Brooks
Paul C. Wetter
Pruitt
C. T. Randall
Pennsylvania St
W. Thirty-Eighth St
Wire Tapping Care Ordered
United States Treasury assistant secretary Lowman says prohibition investigators may resume wire tapping with caution following a Supreme Court ruling upholding federal wire tapping. He calls it beneficial for intercepting conspirators but warns it is not to be used for snooping and will be reserved for major cases.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Lowman
United States Supreme Court
Indiana C M T C Quota Near Full At Ninety Seven Percent
Indiana's Citizens Military Training Camp quota stands at ninety seven percent, announced from the headquarters here. Marion County enlistees for the camp month include O G Meggenhofen D V Pruitt R C Dorsett H L Gauker A E Gee T L Higgins B N Jackson O J Lewis L E McAfee T William Schumacher W E Todd F E Kaplain O E Leonard and K M Smith. The state leads Kentucky in quota enrollment but trails Ohio and West Virginia.
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Indiana
Marion County
O. G. Meggenhofen
D. V. Pruitt
R. C. Dorsett
H. L. Gauker
A. E. Gee
T. L. Higgins
B. N. Jackson
O. J. Lewis
L. E. McAfee
T. William Schumacher
W. E. Todd
F. E. Kaplain
O. E. Leonard
K. M. Smith
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Coryell Seeks Nomination for Lieutenant Governor Task
Marion attorney William C. Coryell, tied to agricultural interests, campaigns in Coryell County seeking the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He claims county delegation support and battles with Attorney Robert Battan for the district, with Battan among several others seeking the nomination. Coryell plans to seek the Eleventh district endorsement at tonight’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Coryell
Marion
Robert Batton
Batton
Coryell
Quiz woman in killing
Police held Mrs. Sylvia Gregory of 311 Cincinnati Street as a material witness before a Marion County grand jury against Andrew Beecer of 718 Lord Street charged with murder in the stabbing death of William Jack Stafford aged 28 at 311 Cincinnati Street Sunday night. Stafford lived at that address, police said, when they arrested Gregory after the fatal stabbing.
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Sylvia Gregory
Cincinnati St
Marion County Grand Jury
Andrew Beecer
Lord St
William Jack Stafford
Stafford
J P Sanderson Dies After Work Hour
J P Sanderson, 65, former chief steward at the Lincoln and a member of the Indianapolis Stewards Club, collapsed at Pearl and Illinois Street Monday night after leaving his timekeeper job at the Severin. Deputy Coroner Frank Owen ruled heart disease. He lived with brother John Sanderson at 931 N Pennsylvania St.
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J. P. Sanderson
Lincoln and Water
Indianapolis
Stewards’ Club
Pearl and
Illinois Sts
the Severin
Frank Owen
Sanderson
John Sanderson
Pennsylvania St
Ogden to speak on party distinctions at YMCA event
James M. Ogden a former Indianapolis purchasing agent and Y M C A president and current Indiana attorney general candidate will speak at 6 20 p m Wednesday at the YMCA on differences between Republican and Democratic parties from national and international perspectives. Paul Daugherty a 29 year old National Biscuit driver of 33 N Chester Ave was cut on the face when his truck struck the Washington St Belt Railroad elevation abutment in heavy rain late Monday.
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James M. Ogden
Indianapolis
Indiana
Young Men’s Christian Association
Paul Daugherty
Chester Ave
National Biscuit Company
Washington St. Belt Railroad
Five Firemen Hospitalized After Alarm Lever Incident
A four year old boy Maurice Reardon pulled a lever in a red alarm box dragging a five gallon oil can to a post. He triggered a fire alarm and caused Engine Company 241 to respond, then collide with a ten ton truck driven by Ralph Bellino on Bay Ridge Avenue Brooklyn. Five firemen were hospitalized but expected to recover.
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United Press
New York
Maurice Reardon
Engine Company No. 241
Bay Ridge Ave
Brooklyn
Ralph Bellino
Rockefellers Vanderbilts McCormicks Named in Rent Dispute
Delia Parker 60 asserts John D. Rockefeller W K Vanderbilt and the McCormicks bought her a house at 1460 E Twenty Fourth St. Indiana Trust Company agent William H. Talbott says she recently moved in but refuses to pay rent or leave. He prosecutes a trespass charge in municipal court.
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Rockefellers
Vanderbilts
McCormicks
Delia Parker
Clifton R. Cameron
Delia
John D. Rockefeller
W. K. Vanderbilt
Twenty-Fourth St
William H. Talbott
Indiana Trust Company
Love Funeral for Indiana Resident Thomas W Love
Funeral services for Thomas W Love 79 a long time Indiana resident will be held at his home 2743 Bellefontaine St where he died Monday at 3 30 p m Born in Toronto Canada he moved to Indiana in youth He was a conductor on the Cleveland division of the Big Four Railroad retired due to illness He was active in the Order of Railway Conductors and Philoxenian Lodge I O O F One brother Elijah Love Indianapolis survives
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Thomas W. Love
Indiana
Bellefontaine St
Mr. Love
Toronto
Canada
Cleveland
Big Four Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors and Philoxenian Lodge I. O. O. F
Elijah Love
Indianapolis
Governor Eyes Daylight Saving Time for State House
Governor Ed Jackson said a Statehouse building and grounds committee meeting would decide if the State house adopts daylight saving time. A petition signed by 90 percent of state employees urged turning clocks up while department heads voted 19 to 14 against the change ten days earlier.
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Ed Jackson
Statehouse Building and Grounds Committee
Statehouse
Gifts from Thieves Reported at Guage Garage
Intruders visited the garage of Thomas J. Guage at 1810 East Washington Street and left 71 Ford connecting rods 18 motor armatures and 15 universal joints valued at 150 dollars. Police took charge of the property until the owner reports the theft.
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Thomas J. Guage
E. Washington St
Guage
Ohioan to Get Degree St Xavier Head Receives LL D
Albert Charles Fox J president of St Xavier College Cincinnati receives the honorary Doctor of Laws at Columbia University 174th commencement. Fifteen thousand attend and 4300 students graduate. Degrees conferred by President Nicholas Murray Butler.
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St. Xavier
Columbia University
United Press
New York
Albert
Charles Fox
St. Xavier College
Cincinnati
Nicholas Murray Butler
Elderly elopers wed in Newport seek annulment
George Mast, 69, and Charlotte Ryer, 51, eloped May 8 to Newport Ky and married in an apparent prohibition case. In Jay Circuit Court here Mast seeks annulment claiming Ryer was barred from marrying for two years and he only learned of the ban after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tames Snecia
Portland
Ind
George Mast
Charlotte Ryer
Newport
Jay Circuit
Five Radium Girls Reach $50,900 Settlement in Suit
In Newark on June 5 the Radium Corporation case ends with five women receiving 10000 each plus 2007 for past medical costs and annual 600 pensions. They worked at Orange plant painting dials with radioactive substance, earning at most 1000 a year and facing likely fatal poisoning. Lawyers say investing the 10000 yields 600 yearly, totaling 1200 with the pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Newark
N. J
United States Radium Corporation
Radium Corporation
Orange
Sanity Tests Ordered in Matelich Murder Trial
Frederick Matelich 63 faces murder charge for shooting James Bernhardt 22 after Bernhardt tried to help him cross a street. Trial before Judge James A. Collins postponed as petition for sanity hearing is accepted. Court appoints Drs L D Carter and Fletcher Hodges to conduct tests with report due June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Matelich
James Lewis Bernhardt
Bernhardt
James A. Collins
Bootleggers Nabbed 95 by Federal Dry Agents in May
In May, 95 bootleggers were arrested by federal dry agents. The roundup yielded 397 gallons of spirits, 1,153 gallons of malt liquor, 469 gallons of wine, 4,410 gallons of mash and eleven stills. Baltimore obituary notes retired Bishop Luther Barton Wilson died after collapsing from a heart attack during a Methodist Episcopal conference in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Winkler
United Press
Baltimore
Luther Barton Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Kansas City
Ohio Valley Trade Better Says Survey
The Ohio valley shippers advisory board reports rising employment and improving business, though first quarter shipments fell due to weather impacting early crops. Coal shipments dip from a freight rate war, with expected future demand and possible shortages. banquet at Claypool to hear Hon. Frederick K. Landis speak.
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Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Shippers’ Advisory Board
Claypool
L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis
Paul C. Hodges
Columbus
Ohio
Marble Cliffs Quarries Company
Hedges
Great Lakes District
Northwest States
Hodges
Indianapolis Traffic Club
Claypoool
Frederick K. Landis
Logansport
L. E. Banta
Board of Trade
Parole Granted Lifelong Lifer After 26 Year Term
Charles Shepherd, from Jay County, was sentenced on June 27, 1902, to life for murder. Governor Ed Jackson granted a ninety day preliminary parole to let him establish a home ahead of permanent parole. He has served 26 years with 23 without a misdemeanor. six clemency pleas were denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shepherd
Jay County
Ed Jackson
Indiana State Prison Trustees Board
Shepherd
Burglary Ended With Single Tire Recompense
A burglar who broke into fourteen garages behind apartments at 3760 N Pennsylvania St Monday night was paid with a single tire valued at $28. The fire belonged to N B Schaai of that address. Walton Cash reported $85 worth of tools stolen from his garage at 2835 Northwestern Ave.
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Pennsylvania St
N. B. Schaai
Walton Cash
Northwestern Ave
Fire Started by Tenant in Illinois Street Home
A Monday fire at 2434 North Illinois Street was caused by tenant Richard Smith who smoked in bed. Fire officials corrected an earlier report that the homeowner John O Dell was responsible. Smith was staying upstairs at the time. cause ruled accidental and not tied to the resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Dell
Illinois St
Richard Smith
O'Dell
Times
Prohibition Raid Sparks Waupaca Laundry Forgery Ad
Prohibition agents raided Hugh G. Allen's laundry in Waupaca uncovering evidence of beer production. Allen replied with a satirical newspaper ad defending his honesty and denouncing misrepresentation while noting cash payments and strict local prohibition norms.
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United Press
Waupaca
Stewart Opens Defense Case In Continental Trading Contempt
Washington June 5 The government rested its Senate contempt case against Robert W Stewart chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The defense began its case after losing a bid to reduce the four counts to two. Stewart faced questions about knowledge of Continental Trading Company profits on February 2 and 3. Hogan argued the refusals formed only two counts but the indictment lists four. Judge Siddons overruled the motion.
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Washington
Senate
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Stewart
Continental
Frank Hogan
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hogan
Indianapolis Motor Freight Depot Incorporation Filed
Indianapolis Motor Freight Depot Inc filed incorporation papers with the Secretary of State as a pool car distributor and to centralize overland truck lines at 243 Merrill St in the former Terre Haute Brewing Co building. Officers are Jacob M Bowser president Charles W Legg vice president and W Everett Bowser secretary treasurer. Consignments will be shipped directly to the depot and allocated to individual city and state shipments.
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Indianapolis Motor Freight Depot, Inc
Overland Truck Lines
W. Merrill St
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Jacob M. Bowser
Charles W. Legg
W. Everett Bowser
Routes to Coolidge Summer Camp Given Hoosiers Plan Pilgrimages
Hoosiers planning pilgrimages to President Coolidge summer camp on the Henry Clay Pierce estate near Brule Wisconsin are advised of the best routes from Chicago per the American Automobile Association. Western gateway is Minneapolis and St Paul. Chicago eastern. Routes include via U S 41 Milwaukee Fond du Lac Oshkosh Stevens Point U S 51 to Ashland U S 2 to Brule. An Eau Claire option goes U S 53 to Superior and U S 2 east to Brule. The twin cities path runs north U S 61 to Wyoming Minnesota then east U S 8 Cameron Wis U S 53 to Superior and U S 2 east to Brule. Much highway is paved with remaining good gravel.
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President Coolidge
Henry Clay Pierce
Brule
Wis
Chicago
American Automobile Association
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
U. S. 110
Stevens Point
U. S. 51
Blind pupils graduate at Indiana School for the Blind
A public concert was held in the Indiana State School for the Blind auditorium with music pupils performing. Diplomas were awarded to three graduates Mildred Pauline Rich Louis Herkamp and Mildred E Moore. The commencement address was given by Rev Charles M De Wor and invocation by Dr Lewis Brown. In Columbus Indiana Joseph P Hilger aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs Hilger was Notre Dame's youngest graduate this year.
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Indiana State School For the Blind
Mildred Pauline Rich
Louis Herkamp
Mildred E. Moore
Charles M. de Wor
Franklin
Lewis Brown
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Times
Columbus
Ind
Joseph P. Hilger
Joseph V. Hilger
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
McMullen says farm revolt march to Kansas City unlikely
Lincoln June 5 Governor Adam McMullen dismissed the farm revolt plan to mobilize farmers at the national Republican convention in Kansas City. He called the publicity misleading and predicted only a small caravan would attend while affirming continued effort to secure farm relief at the convention.
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United Arena
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
Adam McMullen
McMullen
Open Bids for State Road Building June 21
State Highway Commission invites bids June 21 for the fourth road setting of the fiscal year. Twenty-two miles across four projects from French Lick to Jasper to Terre Haute to Chicago and Rensselaer to Kersey, with brick, bituminous concrete, and concrete pavements plus grading on Rd 27 in Wayne County.
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State Highway Commission
John D. Williams
French Lick
Jasper
Valparaiso
Plymouth
Terre Haute
Chicago
Rensselaer
Kersey
Watson Arrives in Kansas City for Republican Convention
Senator James E. Watson of Indiana arrived in Kansas City on Monday and established temporary campaign headquarters through Saturday when workers will open permanent quarters for the Republican convention. He is the first potential Republican presidential candidate to reach the event.
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United Press
Kansas City
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
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