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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1926
Page
5
The 13 year old Rosie Maglio reportedly found a squeezer type gun in her father’s coat pocket and accidentally shot herself while taking the coat to their shop. Her sister Helen, age 5, witnessed the incident. The family confessed to police after the father had warned of the gun.
After years of hostility the United States and Russia move closer as exports resume and the Russo American Chamber of Commerce grows. Observers foresee recognition within months, with officials holding to Hughes terms on the Kerensky debt and private expropriation claims while Russia seeks loans and talks business once recognized.
Police report multiple autos stolen from owners including W P Tichenor 21 W Sixteenth St Dodge. Tony Rizzo 509 S Delaware. Harold Rhodes 438 N Belle Vue Pl Ford. Joe Rogan 322 W Tenth St Cad. Arthur C Meissay 4244 Graceland Ave Chevrolet. William Savage Beech Grove Ford. Frank L Emerich 3012 Buckle St Ford from various cross streets and parking areas.
Police report found Ford roadster without title at St Clair and Oriental Streets west of the city. A Ford coupe with license plates 6552-494 front and 552-853 rear was found at Meridian and Maryland Streets. Vehicles belong to John F. Dawson Plainfield Indiana and Harry Underwood R R EB box 470 Troy and Shelby Streets.
William Tucker of Fall Creek Barbecue Keystone Ave and Allisonville Road posted a $500 cash bond after arrest on liquor law violation. Tucker was indicted by the grand jury in its final report. New indictments name Father Paulus Margaret Leathers Joseph Gordon Hattie Weakley James Rector alias Collins and Irene Rector for grand larceny involving clothing valued at 189.50 and other merchandise. R. J. Hedrick 1038 Virginia Ave.
A fragmented promotion from Brontier Asthma Co offering a free trial coupon via a mailed method. The text mentions Room Sense and Hudson Streets in Buffalo and directs sending the trial request to an unread address.
Representative La Guardia proposes a federal prohibition army of 230000 at an annual cost of 200 million dollars to enforce dry laws. He plans to add the amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill before the House, though it has little chance of passage.
Police searched today for four men who fled on Sunday after firing on Officer Elzie Carter during a chase from Rural and Washington Streets. The abandoned auto had been stolen from R. N. White. Separately thieves stole 100 Brahma chickens valued at $1,000 from Frank Johnson’s coop on Maple Road. Other thefts include cash and items from a filling station, a drug store, a home, and individuals on streets noted in the report.
Mae Murray wed David Divani in a weekend ceremony in Los Angeles. Pola Negri served as matron of honor and Rudolph Valentino attended, adding star wattage to the high profile event.
Four persons from Cleveland were rescued by the lake freighter William G Mather near Huron Ohio after drifting for ten hours on Lake Erie. They attracted attention by soaking clothing in gasoline and using it as torches.
The Indiana Wheat Growers Association announces a six week series of meetings across Indiana to promote the wheat pool. Indiana Farm Bureau Federation officials are cooperating. Meetings begin Tuesday night at all delivery points in the state.
Detectives Sneed and Trabue reported William Hatch, 814 W Eleventh St, touched Griffin Bohanon’s pocket Sunday at Washington Park. Hatch, Negro, was charged with assault and battery after Bohanon, 534 Blackford St, identified the hand. Times Special. Hammond Ind June 28. The J C Perry Compr Meusinenae the
Funeral services for Bolsar lL. Fox 1018 E Market St Kiefer Stewart Drug Company superintendent will be held at 9 a m Wednesday at St Marys Church New Jersey and Vermont St Burial will be in Crown Cemetery Fox born in Hayden came to Indianapolis as a boy and learned the drug trade before serving in retail and wholesale branches He did not miss a day's work for twenty eight years except during vacation habits until his death last Sunday at St Vincents hospital
Citizens plan an all day Fourth of July event at the new city park at City Fourth and Dearborn Streets. Don Roberts notes a program including Declaration of Independence reading, recitations, child choirs, two bands and more. Free refreshments, athletic contests, and a flag raising ceremony with American Indian and Civil War veterans are listed as attractions.
Washington reports a three-way split among factions over farm relief. The Senate faced a flood of farm bills including a $100 million reducing farm loan plan urged by President Coolidge. Debated measures aim to lower tariffs and rail rates for farmers, with no coalition securing broad support.
Roy C. Shaneberger, board of works president, objected to the proposed widening of N Meridian Street between St. Clair and Fall Creek. He argued property owners would pay only 25 percent of the cost with the city covering the rest. Plans by George G. Schmidt call for widening the street to sixty feet. current width is 34 to 44 feet. No action was taken on the project at today’s meeting.
The Peoples Outfitting Company held its third picnic Saturday at Northern Beach with about 200 attendees. In the men's game the Store beat the Warehouse 12 to 11. Relief pitcher E R Green closed the seventh inning for a Steve victory after Earl Mulholland started. Art Buckhorn Roy Perkins pitched for the Warehouse. Ed Miller ran refreshments. R A Siegel chaired arrangements with Miss Belle Cope and Earl Buckhorn leading the transportation committee.
Raymond Clapp reports marked progress in Indianapolis social work after studying cost and volume across 19 cities. He notes improvements in summer camp expansion, hospital bed capacity, and planned facilities at city hospitals including Coleman maternity hospital and additions at Riley Memorial and Sunnyside.
In Seattle on June 28 the Norge crew parts after weeks of peril. Captain Roald Amundsen and the Scandinavians head east to New York and home. Lincoln Ellsworth sails to Washington to present the only American flag from the North Pole to President Coolidge. Umberto Nobile and the Italian crew go to San Francisco then Akron to consult Goodyear engineers who aided the Shenandoah.
Twelve youths who won juvenile agricultural contests at the 1925 State fair begin a trip to Washington D C after a warm reception by state officials. They will be received by President Coolidge and visit the Philadelphia sesquicentennial exposition on the return. State board of agriculture and allied groups fund the trip. Travelers include Virgil Korff Auburn Arthur Farrar Huntington Gibson Gray Fairland Orin Thayer Hope Harlan Fulks Rockport Howard Adair Lebanon Erwin Holliday Lafayette Robert Wilson Muncie Martha Riggs Evansville Helen Barley Muncie Lois Dousseau Fr Wayne Ethel Gilbert North Manchester.
Frank B. Wright author of the bone dry law urged Indiana supporters to back Sunday rally at Fifty-First Street Methodist Church. He urged public sentiment to push officials to prosecute bootleggers and rum runners without fear or favor as enemies to the country.
A Monroe County coroner's jury prepared to complete its examination into the death of E. M. Elliott's wife who died after a fall down the back steps of their St. Petersburg home. Elliott, a millionaire promoter, is free on $25,000 bail as the inquiry proceeds.
Harold Indore, charged with attempting to rob the Pennville bank, is to seek an early trial. He was arrested at Pontiac Michigan, and the Jay County authorities indicated the plan today in Portland Indiana.
A Gary Variety store suffered $200,000 in damage when roman candles skyrocks and other fireworks exploded after a toy gun was fired by a boy near Fourth of July stock. Several employees escaped death as flames trapped them in the basement until a passerby opened a basement entrance.
United Press reports Smyrna will execute convicted participants of the plot to assassinate President Mustafa Kemal in a public square. The announcement came today.
About one thousand people attended the Hinkle Friends Church celebration near Noblesville Indiana marking the church’s ninety years. The church was a key link in the underground railroad during the Civil War era.
The article notes Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts marking 150 years since the Declaration while celebrating a six building facility and strong sales with nearly 5 million bottles of Vegetable Compound sold in the last year. Lydia Pinkham began marketing her root and herb medicine around 1876.
Fire swept through a four story business and office building in Goshen Indiana Sunday causing loss to the Hawks Gortner firm and other occupants. Firemen battled the blaze through the afternoon and evening with damage estimated high.
The State legislative finance committee authorized an auditor for the gasoline tax division at $2,000 annually and increased the state payroll by $5,000 a year. Other actions include raises for the State Entomologist and assistant, a new game wardens salary schedule, an extra weights and measures inspector, and adjustments in the Secretary of State and public service commission salaries. If Governor Jackson approves, changes take effect July 1 with no overall reductions, but the committee declined to raise the legislative director’s pay from $4,000 to $5,000.
Washington June 28 observers see the Fess farm relief amendment as a test of President Coolidge's power in Congress. The farm bloc predicts defeat, signaling whether the White House still holds a comfortable Senate majority. Senator Watson withdrew his motion to end farm measures, while Borah Gooding and McNary oppose the Fess amendment.
Beginning July 1 visitors at Dunes State Park must pay a 10 cent admission fee matching other state parks. State Conservation Director Richard Lieber said park maintenance costs are funded by admissions.
Richard Barthelmess trains for boxing in Holly wood with Micky McMin as his trainer. In the film he plays Barnabas who defeats John Barty, former English champion, in a pivotal scene that motivates his boxing stint.
The Rockets, a six girl troupe, present a fast novel acrobatic gymnastic routine and have been booked for a tour of the Keith-Albee Circuit.
A group of five bandits stole $17.25 after forcing a man at knife point near Nin and Arsenal Avenue, while a separate robbery involved a brick thrown through the W. P. Flanary Store window and fireworks worth $10 taken. Roy Pfafgenberger reported a room intrusion with a watch and $3 in change taken from his room. Police questioned two men with alibis.
Edwin Carewe presents Pals First a largely outdoor First National feature starring Lloyd Hughes and Dolores Del Rio. The British gas industry produces 16 million tons of coal annually and yields 270 billion cubic feet of gas with a capital of 160 million pounds and 150000 workers.
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