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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1924
Page
1
A statement from Ralston clarifies that the individual has no association with the Ku Klux Klan or any affiliated organizations. The denial aims to address rumors linking the person to extremist groups.
United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston denied any Klan membership or affiliation in a telegram responding to the New York World. He labeled persistent reporters as liars and urged publication of facts behind such claims. The exchange comes as Indiana politics and Klan ties draw commentary from The New York Times and The New York World.
County prisoners will be put to work beautifying the courthouse yards after a complaint from John J. Griffith who called the area a disgrace. Griffith said grass had not been mowed and garbass and rubbish dumped on walks as custodian William Gray argued funding was refused by the county council.
George Lupear Jr. of 5250 Bars Ave. was thrilled when his dog, missing since Thursday, returned home. He said a man lassoed the dog and dragged him into a car, and about an hour after the loss was reported in The Times, the man drove up to the Lupears and drove away with the dog on the running board without giving a name.
President Coolidge rejected the 68 million postal salaries increase, citing government extravagance and tax payer burden. He said the money would come from taxpayers unless revenue was provided. He would have supported the campaign financing rider if it stood alone.
Indianapolis post office employees voiced hope that Congress will override President Coolidge and pass the postal increase bill. The note expresses disappointment in the presidential veto and urges lawmakers to act.
The Public Service Commission approved Citizens Gas Company petition to lower rates for Indianapolis industrial users. The new schedule sets 1.35 dollars for the first 50 000 cubic feet tapering to 0.95 for 200 000 cubic feet or more, plus a 5 cent per 1000 cubic feet discount for bills paid within ten days. The proposed minimum rise to 60 to 90 cents was removed.
The Japanese cabinet of Premier Kayorea resigns following a recent election in which Kayorea's party was defeated. Viscount Kato, leader of the Kanseikai party, may attempt to form a new cabinet.
President Coolidge signed bills approving a $5,500,000 dam on the Gila River in Arizona to irrigate the Pima Indian reservation. Senator Ashurst recommended naming the dam Coolidge dam. He also signed Foster bill creating a commission of Labor Interior and the attorney general to select a site for a national penal institution for women.
Embryo artists from the John Herron Art Institute left for a sketching picnic at Garfield Park with lunch boxes and drawing supplies. The outing for 150 junior students was led by Miss Ethelwynn Miller and ten teachers and featured games and sketching. An exhibition of the children's work opens at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Institute building, running through Thursday, with a student program at the opening.
United Press report from Cleveland notes administration leaders consider Marion Burton as a practical running mate choice. Burton, president of the University of Michigan and former Minnesota leader, could bolster support in Michigan and Minnesota where La Follette’s campaign affects Coolidge. The article details Burton’s background and the intra party dynamics shaping the pre convention period.
Prosecutor William H. Remy recounts a visit from an indignant mother protesting enforcement of the blue law prohibiting snappy literature. She says her 15 year old daughter reads a magazine and cites lack of home reading material and the need for public work grounds and playgrounds for apartment children.
The State Board of Accounts continues the inquiry into the new men’s building at the county poor farm and asylum, with arbitrators to fix repairs on sagging celling and soft mortar. Judge Clinton H. Givan denied an injunction by George A. Weaver & Son. Witnesses included contractor signatories and county officials.
Fragmentary weather note records temperatures from eight to noon with 80, 69, 63, and 71 degrees noted. No clear location date or official source.
A Senate elections sub committee reviewing Texas Senator Mayfield’s election finds no current basis to unseat him. The panel holds ongoing executive session and aims to report to the full committee by 7 PM tonight.
City tax rates are expected to rise due to heavy bond issues across departments. City controller Joseph L. Hogue has directed 1925 budget submissions by July 5, with council approval in September. A 2 cent increase is indicated, tied to a city valuation of 620 million dollars. Bond issues total 985 thousand across sanitary, health, and park boards.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed today in Federal Court against Sigmund Petersdorf of Terre Haute Indiana. A petition to appoint a receiver was filed and Harry M. Cohen of Terre Haute was named receiver as Petersdorf’s creditors claim debts exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
The destroyer Bulwer has been ordered to Dazzie Albania to aid American Minister Smith in maintaining radio communications and to report on the revolutionary situation, per Navy Department advisory from Vice Admiral Andrews.
Federal Prohibition Director Morgan and a squad raided the Lincoln Hotel gathering fifty-two quarts and twenty-four pints of whisky and rye. They arrested head porter Joe Lewis and found a cache in Room 3. The liquor, sold at 18 to 30 dollars per quart, was transported to the federal building.
Flying from Shanghai at 6 30 am under perfect weather the American round the world fliers head for Amoy a treaty port about 500 miles along the China coast. They plan a one day stop then depart for Hong Kong, with ETA about five hours later.
The Roanoke wreck report blames managers for lax procedures and cites a missing block signal system as a factor. It also states officials were indirectly responsible for a traction crash that killed five people due to the same failures.
Public Service Commissioner Samuel Artman finds that a failed rule to clear main track before extra trains and the absence of a block signal system between Huntington and Fort Wayne caused the May 19 Roanoke Indiana wreck. Five killed, about twenty injured. one woman died of heart failure. He urges strict rule enforcement, reliable records, more dispatcher contact points, reduced extra trains, and cost analysis for block signals within sixty days.
The board of works will remove a house at the southeast corner of Delaware and Twenty Second streets and move back a filling station at the northwest corner. It has adopted resolutions to acquire ground for the south approaches of the Delaware Street bridge over Fall Creek and will appraise the property Monday.
Mrs J O Larkin heard a kitchen noise in Greencastle Ind Friday night and armed with a revolver pursued Raymond Edmundson 21 colored of Indianapolis holding him at gunpoint until police arrived. Edmundson is jailed on a burglary charge.
In South Bend Indiana on June 7 John Knight 35 drove his car over an embankment to avoid a collision. The vehicle circled twice killing Mrs Charles Klettke and seriously injuring Knight and three other occupants.
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