Bulgarian throne in danger as peasant revolt nears Sofia
In Belgrade dispatches United Press reports 10 000 to 15 000 peasants sweep toward Sofia to topple the Zankoff government. Stamboulinsky followers rally with hill tribes to restore power, threatening King Boris, the premier, and the new revolutionary regime. Serbia strengthens border patrols and garrisons as turmoil spreads.
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United Press
Belgrade
Sofia
Zonkoff
Stamboulinsky
Zankoff
Bulgaria
Boris
Optometrists Convene for Indiana Association Meeting
West Baden Ind June 12 The Indiana State Association of Optometrists holds its annual convention with a school of topics and a style show. Leading members E Erkstirre Kansas City and Charles Sheard Boston head the program. About seventy five members registered.
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West Baden
Ind
Indiana State Association of Optometrists
E. Erkstirre
Kansas City
Charles Sheard
Boston
Indiana Retail Furniture Association closes sessions at Claypool
Officers will be elected as the annual session ends at Claypool with plans for a stronger organization that includes smaller dealers across Indiana. Walter Duratt, 18, of 1902 Churchman Ave., is charged with stealing a car from B W Steinhart Co Meridian and Eleventh Streets and damaging it.
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Indiana Retail Furniture Association
Claypool
Walter Duratt
Churchman Ave
Duratt
B. W. Steinhart Company
Meridian
Eleventh Sts
Boy Sells Admission Tickets For Charity Show
Junior Conn son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Conn of 215 N East St helps raise milk for starving Bible land babies by selling admission tickets to a benefit movie at the Ohio Theater. The Advertising Club of Indianapolis sponsors the event featuring A Front Page Story. One can of condensed milk serves as the ticket.
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Junior Conn
Ohio Theater
Junior
Ralph Conn
N. East St
Advertising Club of
Indianapolis
Alleged Leader of Robbers Held in Philadelphia
Edward Coulter, alleged gang leader, is arrested in Philadelphia after an Indianapolis raid uncovered a burglar outfit, dynamite, and $91 in stamps. William Walsh is jailed as Coulter’s confederate. The gang is linked to post office robberies in Bedford, Connersville, Columbia City, and Brooklyn Indiana, with safes robbed and nearly $100,000 in stamps cash and bonds taken.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Edward Coulter
Indiana
William Walsh
Coulter
Bedford
Connersville
Columbia City
Brooklyn
Ind
Treasury
Elks Observe Flag Day With Denison Meeting
Elks Clinic holds Flag Day program tonight at Denison. Oswald Ryan, Anderson American Legion leader, will speak at the event.
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American Legion
Elks Clinic
Denison
Oswald Ryan
Anderson American Legion
Record May personal crisis deaths set new city mark
C Tom Johnson chief clerk for the board of health reports nine personal crisis deaths in May, a new city record for the month. Among the victims, most were women and two were unmarried, with May 1922 noting six such reports and the first four months totaling sixteen deaths, six women and ten men.
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Board of Health
Women in Panic as Chicago Capitol Building Fire Breaks Out
More than 1,000 people including 250 women fled from the Capitol building in Chicago as a fire caused $100,000 in damage. Lodge meetings and a convention were underway when flames swept top floors, with elevator crews guiding evacuees and water cascading from released mains. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke.
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United Press
Chicago
Capitol Building
Masonic Temple
Knights Templars
Chicago Vending Machine Association
School Ends as Thousands Head Home for Summer
Hordes of happy youngsters will pour out of Indianapolis public schools Friday ending the year. Books will be tossed aside as 48,952 pupils are dismissed,1 and three joyous months stretch ahead for swimming baseball loafing and fishing.
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Indianapolis
New Pure Oil Manager Named for Indianapolis Branch
W. E. Moorehead, formerly of Cincinnati, named manager of the Indianapolis Pure Oil Company branch. He succeeds J. W. Schwab who resigned. J. B. Jones, formerly of Chicago, will lead the accounting department at 1951 Madison Ave.
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W. E. Moorehead
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Pure Oil Company
J. W. Schwab
J. B. Jones
Chicago
Madison Ave
Jim Riley Memorial Benefit Game Draws Indianapolis Crowd
Thousands of Indianapolis residents attended the Washington Park baseball game honoring Jim Riley to raise funds for the Riley Memorial Children's Hospital. Notables like Kenesaw Mountain Landis Admiral W C Benson and Governor McCray attended as civic groups and city employees arranged a parade and sold flowers and balloons to fund the hospital.
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Washington Park
Riley Memorial Children's Hospital
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Admiral W. C. Benson
McCray
New Jersey
Ohio Ste
New Jersey St
Washington St
Ball Park
Postal
Emp'oyes
Liena Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Shank
A. E. Baker
City
John F. Walker
Farm Hand Isaac Barr Died Of Stroke In Tipton
Coroner Shields ruled Isaac A. Barr aged 53, a farm hand for John D. Smith Jr., died in his bed at Tipton after a stroke. Smith found Barr unresponsive when he failed to rise and used a window to enter the locked room, discovering the body hours after death.
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Timea
Tipton
Ind
Shields
Isaac A. Barr
John D. Smith, Jr
Smith
Barr
Bratten Couple Hopeful Son Earl Missing Since July
John Bratten and wife plan to visit their son Earl who has been missing from home since last July. Parents believed him drowned in a local reservoir but a letter from a ship sailor between Australia and the United States confirms he is alive.
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Ry Times
Brazil
Ind
John Brattain
Earl
Australia
United States
Man Treated After Wood Alcohol Poisoning at City Hospital
Bert Walters of 1277 Naomi Street was taken to the city hospital today suffering from wood alcohol poisoning police said he had been drinking prior to the incident.
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Bert Walters
Naomi St
Girls Race Heats Highlight Linwood Pushmobile Day
The fifth annual Linwood Pushmobile race features a foot race between heats with top girls Marcella Knudson and Thelma McDermid among the lead entrants. The Times offers medals, with a parade led by the Boy Scouts drum corps.
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Linwood Ave
Marcella Knudson
Drexel Ave
Thelma McDermid
Thelma
Indianapolis Times
IL. S. Ayres & Co
Linwood Pushmobile Racing Association
Harry Miller
Albert Neuerberg
Tenth St
A. L. Langley
John W. Taggart
R. E. Barnes
McCray
Times
Shank
Boy Scouts Drum and Bugles Corps
Stockholder Meetings Planned for Indianapolis Street Railway and TI&E
Annual meetings of stockholders for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company will be held at the Terminal building at 11 a m on Wednesday. Reports on financial and operating conditions are expected to draw unusual interest. directors will meet after the gatherings.
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Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
City Hall Closes Early for Riley Memorial Hospital Benefit
City offices shut at noon for a benefit baseball game at Washington Park. Mayor Shank declared a half holiday for city hall employees and urged observance. He then left for Kenton to see his racehorse Peter Hall compete in circuit races and will return later this week.
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Riley Memorial Hospital
Washington Park
City Hall
Shank
Kenton
Ohio
Peter Hall
Three More Die in Ruhr Sabotage Unrest Grows
Paris reports two Germans and a French soldier killed in the Ruhr today with another German dying of wounds. Four explosions hit railway lines as sabotage and unrest appear to rise. A French sentinel was killed at Recklinghausen and another German civilian is said slain by French troops there. Dortmund sees a death from wounds after French forces open fire on curfew breakers. thirty five shot.
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United Press
Paris
Ruhr
Recklinghausen
Dortmund
Postoffice Inspectors Review Indianapolis Service Improvements
Postoffice inspectors E. T. Bushnell F. J. Buckley and T. M. Milligan sent from Washington conduct an inspection of the Indianapolis post office today. William R. Spillman, superintendent of postoffice service, spent Monday with Postmaster Robert H. Bryson to assess operations.
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Indianapolis
E. T. Bushnell
F. J. Buckley
T. M. Milligan
Washington
William R. Spillman
Robert H. Bryson
Fisher resigns as Indianapolis Motor Speedway president
James A. Allison announced Fisher's resignation accepted by directors after a special meeting. New officers Arthur G. Newby vice president Theodore E. Myers secretary treasurer, with Fisher retaining financial interest. Speedway to host another 600 mile race on May 30, 1924 with a $50,000 prize.
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Arthur J. Newby
Theodore E. Myers
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
James A. Allison
Fisher
Allison
Speedway
Arthur G. Newby
Newby
Myers
Miami Beach
Fla
Long Island
N. Y
Alison
Packard
Durant
Public confession in Danish salesgirl murder revealed
Youngstown June 12 Chief of Police Watkins released the written confession of Chris Connel who said I killed her because I loved her The body of Helene Drachman a Danish sales girl was found beneath a culvert near here on Friday after an anonymous tip to police drew the case to light
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United Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Helene Drachman
Watkins
Chris Connel
Miss Drachman
Here
Mexican consul Lupian visits Indianapolis to meet business men
Luis Lupian the Mexican consul at Chicago arrived in Indianapolis today to meet local business men who trade with Mexico. He will stay several days and manufacturers seeking to communicate should contact Earl L. Ferguson of the foreign trade department of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
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Luis Lupian
Chicago
Indianapolis
Mexico
Earl L. Ferguson
Milwaukee Man Robbed by Pickpockets
City visitor Walter F. Froeming of 2331 Sombulac Ave Milwaukee reported to police that pickpockets today stole his billfold containing $90.
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Walter F. Froeming
Sombulac Ave
Milwaukee
President Harding may push Volstead law change
An administration spokesman said Harding will urge Congress to revise the Volstead Act to resolve difficulties from a Supreme Court ruling that foreign ships cannot bring even sea stores of liquor into U S waters. Until Congress acts, ships entering American waters must stay dry under current regulations.
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United Preas
Washington
Harding
Congress
Supreme Court
Administration
White House
American
Religious agitation led to death by own action
Elmer Guthrie a 46 year old Albion farmer in Kendallville Indiana hanged himself in his barn after a morning kiss to his wife. Revival meetings and religious agitation were cited as the motive. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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United Preas
Rotary program features Landis and Benson at Claypool
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis spoke to the Rotary Club at the Claypool praising Indiana. Rear Admiral William S. Benson addressed the group on the United States Merchant Marine. The Central American Marimba Band, imported by Mayor Shank for park use, performed courtesy of parks superintendent Walter Jarvis.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Rotary Club
Claypool
Indiana
William S. Benson
United States Navy
United States Merchant Marine
Central America
Shank
Walter Jarvis
Modern Fagin Charge in Muncie Auto Theft Case
Three Muncie youths accuse factory worker Charles Robinson of directing the auto thefts. Robinson denies the charge as the case pursues judicial action in Indiana.
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Times Special
Muncie
Ind
Charles Robinson
Robinson
What Times Readers Would Do If They Ran Indianapolis
A chorus from Indianapolis residents argues for municipal ownership of utilities. calls for street improvements and broader streets. Letters urge better traffic planning, reduced divorces, and open discussion in a central civic body to address living problems during the Harding era.
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TIMES
Indianapolis
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