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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
1
After the oncoming changes expected from ballot driven ousters, the Board of Safety announces promotions in the wake of a predicted upheaval. The shake-up includes transfers and reassignments within the safety department as leadership reorganizes.
Alleged Coffin faction sway triggers proposed reassignments as Rikhoff and Inspector White plan new outlines after Tuesday board of safety changes. Officials deny Coffin influence, citing sergeant and lieutenant input while noting shifts to mend March errors before the next primary rally for Lemcke. Capt. Zener presses Shank era moves. Rikhoff to consult Morrisey on motorcycle squad as speed enforcement focuses on Meridian Street.
British scientists dispute that Tutankhamen is displaced by a newly found sarcophagus at Giza. They claim the mummy there may belong to an ancient Egyptian princess, not Sneferu or Cheops, with Sneferu's tomb likely at Dahshur and Cheops' mummy in a pyramid about 15 miles north.
Seven year old William Huddleston was hit by a car driven by Gertrude Berry while crossing near Belle Vieu Place and Washington Street. He learns safety and patience as his wounded shoulder heals and he vows to be more careful crossing streets.
Chicago March 11 In the Stokes defamation case both sides rested and closing arguments begin. Mrs Stokes testified denying being alone with Hal Billig in her room while noting her husband Stokes was present. She denied ever being an Everleigh Club inmate and described theater party attire.
Senator John B. Kendrick testified in the federal suit to cancel Mammoth Oil Company leases on Teapot Dome. He referenced telegrams from Leslie Miller, involvement of H. Foster Bain, and a Casper oil group push to block the lease. Kendrick said he sought Interior and Navy info and public bidding details for naval oil reserve contracts.
Net income for 1924 was 642231.62 with 500000 in common stock dividends. Property and plant valued at 13938029.96 and total assets liabilities at 16054170.65. Ownership by Indianapolis Water Works Securities Co. shows Clarence H Geist holding 99.987 percent. Operating revenues 2141952.98 expenses 1171916.79 gross income 997764.52 surplus 402992.30 as of December 31 1924.
Otto Lee of Indianapolis was chosen clerk of the State printing board at a meeting in Governor Jacksons office. Tom Carter, also of Indianapolis, was reappointed deputy clerk. Lee succeeds retiring clerk George H. Healey who is entering private business.
White House stunned as Senate refuses to confirm the president's attorney general nominee. Senator Overman flips vote, altering the expected outcome and triggering political uproar.
President Coolidge plans to submit a fresh Attorney General nomination to the Senate before adjournment after White House talks. Senator Cummins believes approval at the extra session is likely, though Charles B. Warren faces likely rejection if re-submitted. Warren awaited meeting with Coolidge as Dawes rushed to the Capitol amid a 40-40 Senate tie on Warren’s confirmation.
Joint committees that sponsored the blue sky law will meet Monday at the Board of Trade to consider regulations for enforcing the new law George Mosser secretary State Chamber of Commerce announced today Frederick E Schortemeier secretary of State asked W H Arnett Kokomo chairman to call the meeting The law was sponsored by the Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association.
Leonard Kipp Rhinelander charges his secret wife is declared a mulatto in census records and seeks an annulment. The latest social register supplement lists the Rhinelanders but omits Millicent Rogers James A Stillman and Helen Stokes.
Joseph Jones a 51 year old treasurer of the Montreal Bell Telephone Company fell from the ninth floor of a Chicago hotel in what officials attributed to temporary insanity. The incident occurred today and is being investigated by local authorities.
The Michigan Beet Sugar Company faced tariff protection opposition from the Sugar Trust. Warren testified no link existed, later admitting stock was held in trust for Charles Havemeyer. Warren led the Michigan company until last January as the Trust faced a possible consent-decree modification.
In a liquor trial at a Criminal Court, prosecutors described alleged midnight revels at Jack-o Lantern Gardens near Millersville. Star witness Owen R. Marshall testified about intoxicated patrons and weekly pay, while the raid produced 126 bottles. Hammond faces a separate trial though indicted with Lenora Haag who financed the venue.
Guedelhoefer Realty Company announces a two story brick building at the northwest corner of Capitol Avenue and Maryland Street to begin May 1. The project includes two store rooms on Capitol, five on Maryland, second floor offices, and future four story hotel expansion. Frontage is 85 feet on Capitol and 125 feet on Maryland.
A grand jury indicted William H. Burns, former Model Laundry employee, for murder in the fatal shooting of Nathan T. Washburn, president of the Model Laundry Company, at the laundry on February.
Cincinnati engineer and fireman among the dead as a Cincinnati train derails at Flat Rock Kentucky. Several passengers also reported killed in the early reports from the scene.
Ed Newkirk, township assessor, notes Seymour has more radios and ownerless dogs than before. He identifies a radio by spotting the rooftop aerial. A Jackson County assessor recalls a farmer who claimed no bank money and responded when asked his total debt with a quip.
Jackson holds a conference amid reports that the governor will demand the resignation of the director and a member, signaling political shakeup.
Governor Jackson called a conference with the highway commission to discuss resignations with Speaker Harry Leslie and others reportedly offered key posts. Possible removals would affect 1,600 loyal employees as Ora Davies and Maurice Douglas positions were debated, while reappointments and new secretaries were anticipated.
Walter W. Maddux, attorney, was found not guilty of blackmail in Criminal Court by a sealed verdict. The jury deliberated about an hour after a Monday start to the trial. Indicted with Oliver B. Jameson for extorting $150 from Frank Buchanan of the Liberty Beach hotel. Jameson testified he planned a police raid for liquor violations if the payment was refused. Charges against Jameson remain pending.
The commission will decide on the International Typographical Union's request to use property from the Murdock estate at Meridian and Twenty-Eighth Streets for a headquarters and on George Marott and E. G. Spink's plan to build a garage on Twenty-Seventh Street between Meridian and Illinois Streets. The decision is set for next Tuesday.
The Rev. Jesse Bogue of North M E Church announced a public meeting on Indianapolis city manager government for Sunday night March 22 at the North Church. Edward O. Snether of the Federation of Civic Clubs will discuss The golden Rule in Civic Affairs.
The United Mine Workers of America headquarters were not moved from Indianapolis to Logan County West Virginia. President John L. Lewis refused to comment on the report. The rumor circulated at a Bellaire Ohio sub district mine meeting and was deemed unfounded by miners at their headquarters today.
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