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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
23
State health officials say no immediate contagion danger in southern Indiana but will closely watch the storm area. Dr. William F. King notes relief crowds raise infection risks as he describes the devastation near Princeton and the Heinz Pickle factory.
Willet A. Judson of 2148 Illinois Street, a Democrat, filed his name today with the city Clerk as a candidate for mayor.
Indigestion upset stomach gas and sour stomach are blamed on poor digestion. The ad promises instant relief after chewing a few Pape's Diapepsin tablets at a small cost, claiming the remedy is pleasant harmless and available at any drug store.
The ad promotes Zemo as a fast acting liquid to soothe itching from eczema blotches ringworm and rashes. It claims cleansing and penetrating effects making skin feel relieved. Trial bottle 35c large size 1.00. Available from druggists.
Isaac Roberts was killed after a fall from a scaffold at Big Four Railroad Beech Grove shops. He had warned his wife of the danger days earlier and left home to support his wife Julia and their five children aged three months to fifteen years. He died Wednesday at city hospital after illness kept him from work.
Wires and telephone poles were down across southern Indiana as a storm disrupted service. Forty eight AT&T poles near Princeton were down cutting long distance lines to Evansville and leaving about 300 Princeton subscribers without service. Postal telegraph wires were out between Vincennes Evansville and Seymour Louisville, with railroad wires out of service near Princeton. Repair crews aimed to restore lines by noon today.
Severe twister hits Jackson and Washington Counties causing about 40000 dollars in damage. Jacob Weston injured when his smoke house was carried a quarter mile. Monte Baker, wife and child trapped in a demolished home but freed themselves before flames. A 75 year old mill at Poughton destroyed as the storm carved a mile wide swath through the area.
W A Powell of Indianapolis says at 73 he was in poor health with weak appetite and pains. A store demonstrator offered Todd's Tonic. after using it he slept better, ate better, and regained his former vigor. He claims the tonic revived his energy and military walk and credits the product.
Tornado devastates Princeton injuring residents and destroying homes and factories. The worst hit areas include Baldwin Heights and the Heinz plant with extensive property losses. Relief efforts mobilize, with Red Cross funding, outside volunteers, and a city relief committee coordinating aid and searches for the dead and missing.
William D. Shepherd, a former Indianapolis man, is held in county jail cell 13 on murder charges for allegedly inoculating Billy McClintock with typhoid germs. He is to plead not guilty Saturday as State’s Attorney Crowe vows to fight his release and to exhume the victim’s body if needed. Doctor Charles C. Farman, who admitted giving the germs, remains in downtown custody to aid the case.
The twister ripped the Webster home roof and walls while leaving the eighteen month old son uninjured under the stove. A buggy with a woman and daughter was hurled into a ditch as the storm passed toward the city. Railroad engineer E T Shine reported the cab torn from his locomotive and buildings crumbling along the line as he clung to the reverse lever and survived.
The town of De Soto is described as a charred, collapsing community with five intact structures, tents serving as first aid posts, rescue teams amid fires, and guardsmen patrolling to prevent looting after a massive blaze reduced the 800 population settlement to wreckage.
All state witnesses in the first trial of John Thomas Shaw charged with murder of Mrs Helen Whelchel were ordered to appear at prosecutor William H. Remy's office at 2 pm. The state supreme court granted Shaw a new trial and preparations are under way. No trial date will be set until Judge James A. Collins, ill, returns next week. Grounds for reversal include denial of a change of venue. The next trial likely will occur in an adjoining county.
Police hunted thieves who remove door panels to enter buildings. Bud MecCamé of a poolroom at 13892 W Tenth St reported a break in on Wednesday night with a display of tobaccos valued at 20 dollars stolen. Another burglary at 1861 N Pennsylvania St involved a ransacked home with the same door panel removal noted.
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