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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1924
Page
1
In a statement Ralston charges the GOP with aiding Mellon in a limited effort that benefits only a few. He asserts political maneuvering targets Mellon’s position while claiming broader public impact is ignored.
In a detailed statement Ralston attacks the Coolidge administration for candor and courage while praising progressive Republicans and Farm Labor in Congress. He criticizes the Administration Mellon tax plan and says tax questions will be a dominant campaign issue, noting taxes as controlling. He adds the Republican party faces rocky times this fall. (Turn to Page 6)
Magnus Johnson led the Farmer Labor party field as a U.S. Senate nominee in Minnesota's state primary early returns show. He faces Republican Ole Sageng or Judge Oscar Hallam with Hallam leading Sageng on the GOP side in early tallies.
City Attorney James M. Ogden announced he will file demurrers for nineteen Shank-Arm itage adherents whose election as Republican precinct committeemen is challenged. Robinson Symmes and Nelson for the defeated Coffin faction asked mandates to compel a recount and charged fraud, with alleged Klan involvement cited.
Public reprimands were given to Patrolmen Law and Ruskin by Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff after a looting incident near the Western Oil and Refining Company filling station at New Jersey Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Detectives questioned several suspects in the robbery.
Miss Irene Knight, an office worker at Crow Hill cemetery, acted as nurse to a fatigued carrier pigeon in a suspected long distance derby. The bird was found exhausted in the cemetery and police Captain Fletcher examined its leg band reading No. 1 and I, T. A. 23.
Audrey Shipp aged 17 of 1620 Roosevelt Ave attempted suicide by swallowing poison after her mother barred Monday night outings for a cold. She was treated at the city hospital where attendants reported her condition as fair.
William Richardson was struck by a truck at Senate and Indiana Aves. The driver told Richardson he would tell the police and would be back before taking him to city hospital. Police are continuing to search for the hit and run driver.
Edgar Walsh charged with the murder of Joe Forestal in a gang clash during illegal liquor days. He was arrested at 236 Sanders St by Sergeant Allison’s squad after an anonymous tip, following a prior liquor charge and bond jump in St. Louis.
H. K. Stephens was arrested in Colorado by Post Office Inspector James Robinson and Deputy U. S. Marshal Oscar Johnson at 412 N Capitol Ave. An indictment charges use of mails in a building and loan society fraud. Stephens posted a $2000 bond before U. S. Commissioner Howard B. Young to appear in Federal Court in Colorado on July 1.
Radio stations in Minneapolis Stevens Point and other cities broadcast descriptions of George Cummings 39 of Grand Rapids as investigators search for him after his bride of a week 62 was fatally hacked at a tourist camp near Wittenberg. Cummings vanished after the murder.
Joe E. S. Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League will go to the Democratic national convention in New York City to aid dry forces against Governor Al Smith. He says Smith supporters may try to stampede the gathering by packing Madison Square Garden galleries with Smith backers.
Jess Dunwoody announced a Gyro Club golf tournament to be held at Riverside course at 1 30 p m on Wednesday. Ross Smith chairs a committee planning a picnic at Walnut Gardens for June 25 or 28. A closed Lincoln meeting is set for 7 30 p m on June 23. Attorney William L Taylor spoke at the luncheon.
A 100 foot lot on Central Ave east side north of the filling station has been bought by A C Zaring, operator of the North Star and Garrick Theaters, for a modern 1200 seat theater likely used for motion pictures though adaptable to vaudeville. Street rooms will house business firms with upstairs offices. Frank B Hunter is drafting plans.
About $500 000 in income tax payments remain in the mail to the office of the collector of internal revenue. M Bert Thurman notes $3 904 156.19 was paid at the windows by Monday closing. Mail postmarks dated Monday will be accepted without penalty. Delinquency triggers a 5 percent installment fine and full tax due.
A damaged OCR fragment references hourly temperature data and waves. The readable bits imply a weather pane listing hourly values, but core details are missing leaving an unclear forecast or measurements.
County commissioners will follow any plan agreed by three arbitrators and the State board of accounts report on Julietta asylum repairs. George A. Weaver & Son assures cooperation and notes a 1899 building remains sound. Arbitrators led by Robert Frost Daggett will assess needed changes to the $138 000 project.
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff was told to monitor speeding busses on the north side and suburban busses leaving the terminal on Kentucky Ave. The safety board also ordered an automatic stop and go signal at Sixteenth St. and Capitol Ave. Affidavits were filed against Patrolman Thomas J. Renforth. Trafficman Charles Carter was reduced to patrolman. Building permits for the week ending June 14 reached 396 with a valuation of 437,142 dollars.
Mrs. E. A. Clark of Indianapolis was re-elected president at a Severin convention. New officers include Mrs. Howard White as vice president and Mrs. C. H. Skinner as recording secretary with others named for treasurer and corresponding secretary. An executive board includes Mrs. J. T. Roberts and Valley Mills members.
Norris Lewis of 2477 Barnes Ave riding with Bernard Tate at 914 W Vermont St was bruised when Tate's car hit Carroll Burgess at Fortieth St and Central Ave. Burgess also bruised. Both men charged with assault and battery.
Renowned actress Marguerite Clark now Mrs. Harry P. Williams talks of retiring to Atterson Louisiana. She praises home life raising chickens flowers dogs and tending to duties as a woman. She notes the lot of theater fades beside a secure domestic happiness. She urges readiness for home as a future center of joy.
In city court, Mrs. Theresa Dickman 27 McKinley Street received a suspended fine of 1 dollar and costs on an assault and battery charge filed by Mrs. Georgia Johnson of 2748 Napoleon Street. A second charge by Mrs. Mattie Wiltsee 1752 Napoleon Street was dismissed as witnesses testified Dickman chased them with a broomstick.
Three Indianapolis residents are held after a collision between their car and a harrow driven by farmer John Long. Long suffers two fractures of the right leg, multiple broken ribs and internal injuries. George Greist and Jesse Mayfield face charges of intoxication and assault with intent to kill, while Nora Smith, stated as the companions, is charged with intoxication.
City plan commission to decide late today on granting permission for a Church of Christ Scientist building at Pleasant Run Blvd and Market St. Local residents oppose the project citing potential drops in nearby property values.
New plans to halt a crime wave in Indianapolis were developed at a conference between Mayor Shank and Police Chief Rikhoff in the mayor's office. The nature of the campaign was kept secret with plans to take drastic measures against hold-ups robberies speeding and all forms of law violation.
Charles Sumner and two assistants arrested three suspects in raids as part of the annual campaign against baseball pools. Detained were Wayne McCarty at 951 West Thirty-Fourth Street for pool selling and gaming device possession, Lew Fogers at Ryan pool room, and Charles Kramer at Speedway bar, who allegedly held nine baseball books. Sumner claimed evidence of nine sales and ten Monday winners.
Annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation will be held in Chicago December 8 9 and 10. E Bradfute president and Greg Silver Washington representative were appointed to represent the federation at the Democratic national convention in New York. They will offer farm relief planks.
An application for a receiver was filed today with Superior Judge James M. Leathers by stockholder Jessie J. Pearce. The company allegedly owes 26037.71 dollars and cannot meet its debts. Judge Leathers set Saturday for a hearing.
Fred and Ivan Stuck of 1117 Beecher Street were fined ten dollars plus costs in city court with the fine suspended on a charge of interfering with an officer. Officers went to the home June 8 with a liquor search warrant. the Stucks attempted to prevent the search and struck at the officers when Mrs Emma Stuck, the boys mother, appeared.
Amos D. Morris, cashier of Kentland Bank in Kentland Indiana when former governor McCray led the bank, is sentenced to two years in federal prison at Leavenworth for violating banking laws.
Amos D. Morris former cashier of the Discount and Deposit State Bank Kentland Indiana received a two year federal sentence at Leavenworth after pleading guilty to eight counts in a federal indictment with former Governor Warren T McCray. McCray had pleaded not guilty to one indictment and awaits trial on charges involving mail fraud.
Indianapolis police received a letter from English officials announcing that Norman Percival Bailey, known as Major Bailey, was found dead in the River Thames with a bullet wound. Bailey had been London representative for Hassler shock absorbers, manufactured in Indianapolis, and a letter in his effects spoke of a woman in Indianapolis. His wife was killed last December and Bailey had been missing for months.
Internal Revenue collector M Bert Thurman reports about 18 431 more income tax returns filed for the June installment this year. The year to date income tax paid is 3 904 156 19 versus 3 921 000 last year, with expectations the total will exceed last year due to a 12 percent reduction on the June installment.
Officials of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company and Westinghouse Electric Company completed an inspection of traction lines. President Charles L. Henry led the tour to observe the new current system and equipment and explained the power station at Southeastern Ave and Prospect St as part of proposed extension from Rushville to Cincinnati via Brookville.
Public service commission today dismissed the city of Richmonds petition against T H I and E Traction Company to stop soliciting business in the Richmond electrical territory. A contract between the company and city was previously approved. Indiana Electric given permission to extend lines into the city to furnish power to Paper Products Conn for no other purpose.
In Sellersburg Indiana motorists have been speeding just past the city limits to avoid town penalties. Constable sits beyond the limit marker catching drivers at fifteen miles per hour over. State highway director John D Williams declines to move markers saying roads exist to protect weatherproofing and comfort, not to encourage speeding.
Evansville Ind June 17 The United Spanish American War Veterans annual convention under full sway today electing officers. Floyd J Ellison of South Bend is slated to be the new commander succeeding Harbey Elzer of Huntington. More than five hundred attend the encampment.
The sanitary board awarded contracts for two river crossings of the $600,000 interceptor sewer system to Henry W. Miller of North Vernon on bids totaling $102,573. The White River crossing at Southern Ave funds the Pleasant Run interceptor at $46,178, and the Fal Creek interceptor crossing at Harding St. costs $56,400.
Four additional motorcycles for speed cops were ordered by the board of safety. The move raises the division to sixteen bikes as Ernest L. Kingston urged a special council session to appropriate 2900 pounds to purchase them, citing an emergency to save lives and protect pedestrians. May has endorsed the measure.
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