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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
1
The article reports that 3,186 individuals were convicted on liquor charges from 1922 to 1924, with six year city court attachés estimating 6,285 bootleg convictions overall. It notes $75,000 annual public coffers gain and about 800 leggers active, plus Federal Court wins of 354 cases, signaling widespread illicit liquor activity in Indianapolis.
William D. Shepherd, once linked to Indianapolis and guardian of William McClintock, took a bacteriology course at a Chicago school. Three bottles with germs vanished from the lab after his visit, one containing typhoid bacilli, as Dr. Charles Faiman testified amid inquest proceedings.
Senators Borah and Norris join Democratic allies to reject the President's nominee for a second time. The committee vote signals waning momentum for the president's choice as party leaders lose hope.
The Senate judiciary committee voted 9 to 7 to send Charles B. Warren's nomination to the full Senate with a recommendation to reject. Two Republicans joined seven Democrats in opposition, as debate over the president's constitutional right to resubmit the nomination continues.
Frank Baker of 686 Warren Ave was fined $20 by Judge Pro Tem Garth Melson in city court for driving thirty four miles per hour.
Governor and Attorney General may be unable to sign the Lafuze bill licensing motor vehicles by weight and horsepower because a technical gap leaves buyers of new cars through January 1 1926 unpaid fees. The measure would repeal old fees but sets no interim rule, risking a return to 1921 provisions if signed.
The Texas Senate amnesty bill restoring civil and political rights to former Governor James E. Ferguson passed the lower house 77 to 51. It now requires the signature of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, his wife, to become law.
Simon Jones 24 of 1031 Maple Street and Cable Jackson 20 of 956 Maple Street were arrested today on vehicle taking charges. Officers found a car said to belong to B F Kelly at 81 East Fifty-Sixth Street. Jackson claimed the car belonged to Jones and that it had been left in the street near Ohio and Pennsylvania Streets, police said.
Two men were shot in a hold up at the Tuckahoe National Bank in New Jersey. The wife of a bank director was beaten by three assailants before noon today as the incident unfolded.
Chicago March 13 Attorney Charles F. Rathbun defending W F E Stokes in a defamation conspiracy trial delivered a late morning argument. He cited statements calling Stokes a fool and old man amid defense claims, while Mrs Stokes seeks entry into the case. Judge Geemmill expected to instruct the jury this afternoon.
Fifteen year old William Serrin of Indianapolis fired five shots at a burglar who entered his father P A Serrin’s home on Capitol Avenue. The intruder, tall and wearing a black coat and derby hat, fled after being shot at and cutting a telephone wire. William, a junior at Arsenal Technical High School, learned self defense in Boy Scouts and plays basketball and football.
The League of Nations council voted unanimously to place the Geneva security protocol on the sixth assembly agenda for September and postpone preparations for another disarmament conference until a final decision. Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho Slovakia proposed the resolution. Canada notified the secretariat it cannot accept the protocol but would consider arbitration when reservations are made. Canada objects to sanctions and the impact of U S nonparticipation on attempts to compel them.
Mrs Col Eccles witnesses three youths steal a coaster wagon worth 10 dollars from her porch and pursue them to the Nickel Plate Railroad yard where they drag the wagon between box cars and flee.
Charles Middaugh, 43, a bondsman known as Shiner, collapsed on S Alabama Street near Pearl Street and was hospitalized with a severe cut above the left eye after he fell. Police reported he suffered a stroke while walking, with Sam Evans of 151 Villa Avenue witness to the event.
James Hoffmeyer of 305 East Nineteenth Street reported to police that today he saw movement at the home of Charles M. Malott, head of Indianapolis Paint and Calor Company, at 1906 North Alabama Street. Malott was visiting Florida. Hoffmeyer observed the window shade move.
Ellen Dugan 21 of 3602 W Washington St aided police by following suspect Frank D Stuart 40 after he struck Claude Matthews 2317 W Morris St and fled. Stuart charged with speeding assault and battery and failure to stop. Dugan planned Cleveland trip but will testify in city court.
A blaze at 1646 Troy Ave caused $1509 in damage. Fire officials cited a defective fire as the cause. The Bruce family was away while Chriss Bruce recuperated from a broken leg suffered in a fall weeks ago at a relative’s home.
Coronet F Robinisoh investigates a infant death after a city ambulance was delayed at Miley Ave and Washington St crossings March 4. Conductor Frank Van Scoyoc fined 15 dollars. two trainmen suspended one week. City considers ordinance holding railroads responsible for overloading trains at crossings.
Ralph Frame aged 14 of 315 Villa Ave died after fracturing his skull while inspecting his newly bought Ford. Wilbur Johnson 16 of 411 Harlan Ave joined in the venture but did not sustain injuries. Ralph fell from the hood when the hood collapsed during a spin near Hamilton and Southeastern Aves. Funeral at Blackwell chapel on Monday at 2 pm with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Chicago Bandits believed responsible for prying open a safe at Steigely meat market in La Porte on Thursday night, with checks and cash totaling more than 0 missing.
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