Civic leaders plan to oppose Water Co rate hike
The public utilities committee of Indianapolis civic clubs meets Friday to organize opponents to the Indianapolis Water Co rate increase. Edward O. Snethen leads with John F. White J D Haskett and Harry Garmon on the sub committee. Expert help from Groninger Bemis and Perk will join discussions.
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Public Utilities Committee
Sderation of Community Civic Clubs
Edward O. Snethen
Indiana Trust Bidg
Indianapolis Water Co
Sumner Clancy
T. P. Woodson
L. A. Miller
Taylor E. Groninger
Clarence E. Weir
Capitol Ave. Civic Association
Snethen
Chamber of Commerce
Water Company
John F. White
Harry Garmon
Frank C. Jordan
Indianapolis Water Company
Jordan
Groninger
Civic Club
Edward Bemis
New York City
Bemis
Benjamin Perk
Ex-Soldier Recovers Body in Creek Drowning Case
Police refused to search for Jesse Jackson aged 12 who drowned in Fall Creek on Monday. Joe Johnson, described as shell shock victim, swam to the body in a deep hole near Indiana Ave. Coroner issued a subpoena for Mrs Anna Huston to testify. she did not appear. Huston boy reportedly said Jackson was pushed by two unknown boys.
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Jesse Jackson
Brook St
Fall Creek
Joe Johnson
Overseas Service
Indiana Ave
Wallace Jackson
Paul F. Robinson
Anna
Huston
William Hust
Darnell St
Jackson
Times Man on Harding Trip
Lawrence Martin of the Washington bureau of United Press accompanies President Harding on his national and Alaska tour. He reports developments and significance by wire and radio to newspapers carrying United Press service. The Indianapolis Times will print Martin's dispatches.
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Lawrence Martin
Washington
The
United Press
National Capital
Harding
United States
Martin
United Press Service
Indianapolis Times
City Officials and Cops Swelter as Heat Bites Hayday Heat
Report from City Hall shows officials cooling offices with fans and ice water while traffic cops endure scorching conditions on duty. Mayor Lew Shank absent. Chief Rikhoff and staff rely on electric fans as heat persists across downtown.
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Arthur Duffey
Bluecoats
City Hall
Oscar Wise
The
Board of Public Works
Herman G. Morgan
Board of Health
Joseph L. Hogue
R. Walter Jarvis
Hal “Refrigerator
Lew Shank
Herman F. Rikhoff
Safe and sane Fourth urged by fire marshal
Indiana state fire marshal Newman T. Miller urges celebrating the Fourth of July without fireworks. He says fireworks are dangerous and do not express patriotism, calling for activities that contribute to the welfare of the republic and citizenry while still allowing celebration.
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Newman T. Miller
Indiana
Miller
Fight on City Manager Has Gary in Uproar
Heated agitation sweeps Gary as the fight over the city manager plan gains momentum. Citizens will decide the future method of city government at the polls June 26.
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Gary
Times Special
Ind
Trained Workers Urged For Social Service In Indianapolis
Miss Neva R. Deardorff associate editor of Survey says social service work requires expertly trained professionals. She studies Indianapolis social conditions as associate professor of social economics at Bryn Mawr College, visiting under the Family Welfare Society.
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Neva R. Deardorff
Miss Deardorff
Indianapolis
Bryn Mawr College
Family Welfare Society
Etna Lava Flows Threaten Lavinaro as King Helps
One hundred hours after Etna's blasts began a panicky exodus of tens of thousands, lava streams advance toward Lavinaro. A fiery branch shoots toward the hamlet while relief work continues with King Victor Emmanuel aiding the displaced peasants.
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United Press
Catania
Etna
Mt. Etna
Lavinaro
Victor Emmanuel
Lonely girl mother awaits justice in South Bend case
Evelyn Copp, 14, a mother in South Bend, is awaiting grand jury action after a preliminary city court hearing accusing Welcome Lee, 18, of Mishawaka of wronging her. With no friends and only a sister to protect her, she faces the Septem ber session as her mother deserted her two weeks before the birth of the child.
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Times Special
South Bend
Ind
Evelyn Copp
Welcome Lee
Mishawaka
Bandits’ Cash Recovered After Bank Heist
Three youthful burglars stole from the Mohawk Indian bank on Tuesday. Detectives Sullivan and Rugenstein recovered 351 dollars at John Kinsey’s home, while earlier $463.25 was found after Homer Casey’s arrest. Kinsey confessed Walsh kept 400, and Kinsey received 370, while Walsh’s money was later found under Kinsey’s pillow. Walsh Vinson and Casey await transfer to Jeffersonville Reformatory after pleading guilty.
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J. J. Sullivan
Willam Rugenstein
John Kinsey
Burton Ave
Homer L. Casey
Emerson
Orton Aves
Kinsey
Antis
Jack) Walsh
Greenfield
Walsh
Casey
John Vinson
Illinois St
Vinson
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Jonas L. Walker
Hancock County Circuit Court
Convention to Michigan City for 1924 Sunday School Meet
The Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious Education executive committee chose Michigan City as the 1924 convention site over Winona Lake due to its Calumet district access and potential to expand the field. Margaret Slattery urged that world events show the era of one man rule is over, citing Balkan, Japanese, and Indian movements. W S Bovard urged Christians to engage beyond church walls in outreach efforts.
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Michigan City
Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious Education
Winona Lake
John N. Feasey
Freasey
Calumet
Margaret Slattery
In-Out One Leap Then Escape Refrigerated
Irvin Bennett visited his wife and found George Smith fleeing through back doors after a chase through alleys. Smith used a second floor fire escape at the Marguerite apartments, leaped to the ground and vanished with Bennett in pursuit.
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Irvin Bennett
Senate Ave
George Smith
Smith
Bennett
Marguerite
North St
Human Chain Saves Couple From 200-Foot Embankment
In New Albany Indiana on June 21 Mr and Mrs John Ruoff formed a human chain to rescue Philip Kepley and Miss Margaret Espin after their small car left the road at a sharp turn and lodged on a boulder. Mrs Ruoff held the machine with one hand and her husband with the other until the couple could escape. The car then rolled down the embankment after Ruoff released it.
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Times
New Albany
Ind
John Ruoff
Philip Kepley
Margaret Espin
Kepley
Miss Espin
Greensburg youths shot while mistaken for thieves
Three Greensburg boys at Hope were fired upon by Charles Fisher who mistook them for chicken thieves. Raymond McIntyre was seriously wounded, Robert Hall and Thomas Ewing escaped unharmed as Fisher chased the trio after they paused near his home.
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Times Special
Greensburg
Ind
Hope
Charles Fisher
Raymond McIntyre
Robert Hall
Thomas Ewing
Fisher
County Plans Bid Openings for Bridges and Poor Farm Additions
County commissioners to open bids July 12 for fifteen new bridges at an estimated total of 28,636 dollars and for erection of a 130,000 dollar addition to the county poor farm.
Wool Pool Shuts as Output Is Shipped to Ohio
The Tippecanoe County wool pool closed today with all farmer output shipped to the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers Association warehouse in Columbus Ohio.
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Timea Spectal
Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe County
Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Columbus
Ohio
City marble champ Ross Beaver to seek national title
Ross Beaver winner of The Indianapolis Times city marble championship receives congratulatory letters from Mayor Shank and John B Reynolds. He and his mother Mrs W H Beaver depart for Atlantic City Saturday for a five day tournament against champions from 39 cities.
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Ross Beaver
Indianapolis Times City
Shank
John B. Reynolds
Indianapolis
Ross
W. H. Beaver
W. Twenty-Third St
Atlantic City
Washington
Philadelphia
Harding Makes First Speech at Mitchell Indiana
President Harding on the special train stops in Mitchell Indiana to greet locals and deliver a rear platform address. He says government is just as interested in welfare as the people and emphasizes service by those in authority.
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Harding
Mitchell, Ind
Lawrence Martin
United Press
Washington
Ind
Mitchell
Donnelly Describes Frameup Claim in Court
Stew Donnelly, ex prize fighter of 1211 College Ave, convicted in Criminal Court and sentenced to sixty days on the Indiana State farm for selling liquor. Jon Fard, 1238 E Ohio St, fined $100 and thirty days in jail. Both to appeal to the Supreme Court. Donnelly testified about pressure from Milton Elrod and others to implicate William Armitage and Police Captain Roy Pope. Tristler and McMurry testified regarding the liquor purchase used as Exhibit A.
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Milton Elrod
Fiery Cross
William H. Armitage
Shank
Roy Pope
Stewart Donnelly
College Ave
Indiana State Farm
Jon Fard
Ohio St
Donnelly
George Snider
Claude M. Worley
Supreme Court
Tristler
Milton Elred
Stew
Atlanta
Billy Armitage
Thomas Tristler
Illinois St
Paul McMurry
Burglars Ransack Irvington State Bank in Washington Street
Burglars entered the Irvington State Bank on Washington Street and Ritter Avenue through the front door at about 2:30 a.m. Drawers in the basement were ransacked but no valuables were missing. Several nearby residents reported items stolen from homes and personal property values noted, including clothing, a suitcase, a diamond earring, and a travel bag. Detectives investigated with the emergency squad.
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Irvington State Bank
Washington St
Ritter Ave
John Kotsovetes
Wilkerson
T. D. Moffett
S. Hawthorne Lane
Moffett
Arthur Strauss
L. Strauss & Co
J. A. Hall
Meridian St
I. L. Yeager
Orleans St
S. Meridian St
Ethel Moore
Heat Prostration Claims Local Man in Meridian Area
William D. Greene 67 of 119 N Bradley Ave was overcome by heat today and carried from an East Tenth Street car at Meridian and Washington by Traffic Policeman Cravens. He was revived at Hook's Drug Store and later taken home by city hospital ambulance. It is the first heat prostration of the year.
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William D. Greene
N. Bradley Ave
Meridian
Washington St
Cravens
Hook
Greene
City Hospital
Lake Erie Engineer Hurt At Bloomington
Bloomington Ind June 21 Engineer Boone Tipton was injured when his train struck a cut of freight cars on the Illinois Central and Lake Erie tracks. Officials are investigating the accident. It is believed he had the right of way and the cut of cars was pulled across the Lake Erie tracks.
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Times Special
Bloomington
Ind
Boone
Tipton
Illinois Central
Lake Erle
Unconscious Boy Struck By Boat At Riverside Park
Stanley Hibbs nine year old son of Mrs. Nellie Hibbs of 2147 North Pennsylvania Street remained unconscious at Methodist Hospital after a boat strike at the chutes in Riverside Park Saturday. He suffered a fractured skull.
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Stanley Hibbs
Nellie Hibbs
Pennsylvania St
Methodist Hospital
Riverside Park
Two Boys Caught Prowling Coal Office
Frank W. Stanling manager of a coal office at 1310 N Senate Ave reported two boys aged 6 and 9 surprised by entering through an unlocked door and ransacking desks. They were taken to the detention home.
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Frank W. Stanling
N. Senate Ave
Car Crashes Into Ladders Behind Bell Truck
Ed Sharpe of 305 North East Street drove a car that was badly damaged when it struck ladders extending from a Bell telephone company truck on Washington Street between Alabama and New Jersey Streets. The truck driver fled before police arrived.
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Ed Sharpe
East St
Bell Telephone Company
Washington St
Alabama
New Jersey St
Endeavorers to Meet at Des Moines Convention
Members of Christian Endeavor Societies from Indianapolis will attend the twenty ninth international convention in Des Moines Iowa July 4 9 Prof H Augustine Smith of Boston University will direct singing at the Indiana Sunday School convention and at the Endeavor convention plus a pageant Similar to the tabernacle tonight About thirty thousand delegates are expected to attend the event.
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Christian Endeavor Societies
Indianapolis
International Christian Endeavor
Des Moines
Iowa
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Indiana
Cable Tabernacle
Christian Endeavor
Fireworks Demand Surges in Indianapolis Under Restrictions
Allen B. Maxwell of Kipp Brothers Co. reports rising fireworks sales in Indianapolis despite city limits. Buyers cite higher incomes and a preference for American-made products, with three-inch crackers leading sales. Some imports from China and Germany appear, and expectations point to a record year since the war.
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Indianapolis
Allen B. Maxwell
Kipp Brothers Company
Mr. Maxwell
China
Germany
Heat Toll Over Nation Reaches Sixty Deaths
A heat wave claims 59 lives across Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The heat surges east and midwest with beaches crowded and parks opened for relief as records threaten to fall unless storms temper the heat. Weather Bureau forecaster J H Armington notes 1 pm readings at 95 degrees with humidity easing slightly and a chance of showers.
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United States
Missouri
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
East
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
J. H. Armington
Weather Bureau
Armington
Five Philadelphians Die as Heat Wave Strikes
The Philadelphia heat wave has claimed five lives with many prostrated citywide. Two individuals rescued after collapses were probably fatally injured in falls amid the high temperatures and humidity.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Heat Wave Kills Seven in New York City
Seven deaths are attributed to the oppressive heat wave sweeping New York. The thermometer read 81 degrees in the shade at 8:45 this morning, with the Weather Bureau warning no relief is in sight.
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United Press
New York
Weather Bureau
Nine Die as Heat Wave Grips New England
Boston reports nine deaths and numerous prostrations from a three day heat wave across New England. Temperatures rose to 96 degrees in Boston as of yesterday, with today expected to be hotter.
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United Press
Boston
New England
Mercury
Chicago Heat Toll Rises to Fifteen in Midwest Heat Wave
Chicago police report three more deaths bringing the total heat wave toll to fifteen. The tally includes five deaths reported yesterday and Tuesday night and seven the day before as extremely hot weather persists across the Middle West.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle West
Twenty Die in Ohio as Heat Worsens Across State
Report from Columbus dated June 21 notes twenty Ohioans killed by the hot spell. Observed causes include temporary insanity drownings and heat prostrations reported from across the state.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
Drownings Rise as Summer Arrives in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on June 21 authorities report ten drownings since last Saturday as hot weather drives people to water seeking relief. The tally grows with more hot days and ongoing search efforts.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
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Georgie Norcross
Joseph Duffey
N. Pershing Ave
D. B. Hamilton
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