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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
3
A very dull trading session on Wall Street ended with the market closing lower. Leaders slipped to new lows as steel, American Smelting and Refining, Baldwin, American Can, and New York Central weakened after late-session selling. Despite good business reports and Mellon’s note that 1925 should be solid, overall prices declined.
Bond prices show Liberty notes trading around 101.8 with varied closes from 100.3 to 104.22. The data lists multiple entries including 101.18 and 104.24 with small fluctuations across sessions.
Markets show hens at 12 cents and turkeys around 38 cents per pound with squabs and other poultry priced for jobbers. Dairy prices list butter in tubs at 2 6 0 and cream cheese varieties at various per loaf, with cheese prices from New York loaves and cap rose at $12 per barrel.
The page notes fuel tank wagon rates in the region with Sinclair listed at 12.7 cents and 19.5 cents per unit. Standolind Cleaners is priced at 22.50. The fragmentary OCR suggests an ad style listing multiple prices and a service provider.
Reading shows figures like 16.50 per bg and 10 for aa items with sporadic notes on Pes Toy and B76 input. The fragment hints at exchange or pricing details but lacks full context or clear entities.
Stanley by files notice of candidacy for Republican nomination to the councilman seat in the Third district. The filing is with the city clerk and references a $24 fee. The notice appears amid other shippers forecasts and local weather notes stating all directions above freezing.
Ford Motor Co reports 1924 profits of 100 million plus, asserting $682 per share on 172,645 Ford family owned shares. The filing compares 1923 and 1924 results, noting disclosed figures exclude actual income and show assets totaling 300 million. Wall Street figures hint at a per share value up to 6000 dollars, valuing stock over a billion.
Wheat futures extended a downward trend on the Chicago Board, finishing sharply lower after an early decline. Coarse grains stayed firm, oats rose with corn, while provisions weakened as hogs and some packers acted to liquidate.
Chicago market brief shows March 28 figures with prices for Wheat at 808,000 and 583,000 against, Oats 860,006 and 488,000, and Corn 126.4, amid volatile trading. The report references carrots, wheat, and other grain shifts within the session.
The report lists cash grain trades and carloads with varied grades. Prices shown include No 2 white and No 3 white at multiple counts, with mixed lots and yellow varieties.
Poiler Inspector James M. Dood of Summitville was appointed chief State boiler inspector to replace Benjamin F. Bissell whose term ends April 1. The appointment was announced by Dixson H. Bynum, chairman of the industrial board, at a salary of 2500 dollars a year.
Police hunt a man driving a large auto after shots were fired at two bystanders. A witness at 046 N. Sinois St reports a single gunman fired on pedestrians as the car halted. Frank Dorzzuski, 1220 N. Illinois St., says a man and woman in a Haughville car dumped him near Tenth and Illinois and shot at him.
Edward R. Sitzman president announced a June excursion for the Indiana Artists Club to Brown County. At a Friday night meeting at 824 N. Pennsylvania St Simon P. Baus painted a portrait of Mrs B W Stoddard, art teacher at Indiana Central University, completed in twenty five minutes amid strong interest.
Printed digests of laws from the 1925 state session will be ready for distribution early next week. Charles Kettleborough, director of the legislative reference bureau, announced. Bound copies of the acts in full will be off the press about May 1.
Fragmented OCR lists names ages and addresses for marriage licenses. Entries include Arthur and Marcia case at 102 N King and Catherine Rice age 64 at 1140 Center, Ava Walker age 17 at 1325 Lee, with inspectors and other details present in the damaged text.
A list of issued permits includes porch addition for Parker at 4821 Carvel 250. Van Arsdell reroof at 1137 Villa. Badgley reroof 2468. Ritter Trustee reroof 225 N. Bare 200. Piergon dwelling 5509 N. Clatterbaush repairs 698 Ar g. Shoat 223 W First 240. Welch dwelling 2530 Martin 2600. and other projects such as furnace at 5509 N Dela vies.
Hog prices stayed steady on a strong market with choice heavies at 13.75 and mediums around 13.60 to 13.65. Cattle saw calves firm at 14 for best quality, steers around 11 and cows/heifers similar. sheep and lambs steady with 200 receipts.
Market report lists receipts and prices for hogs cattle sheep and poultry. Includes udders beef and live poultry figures with regional notes from Michigan Minnesota Red River Ohio Idaho and more, highlighting bids and market tone for March.
Granite Falls Minnesota March 28 United Press reports former representative and Volstead Act founder Keee J Volstead says Wisconsin senators holding wine and beer cannot gain anything by calling themselves lawless He accuses them of contempt for the law and ridicule after swearing to uphold federal prohibition policy.
Mrs. Lena Huntzinger 21 of Anderson Indiana was paralyzed after an operation to repair a spinal injury caused by a bullet fired by her husband on March 1. The shooter then killed his mother in law and killed himself, leaving Mrs. Huntzinger paralyzed below the waist.
Mayor Shank issued a proclamation calling Indianapolis residents to observe clean-up and paint-up week from April 13 to 25. City trucks will be used to remove trash during the campaign sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The trial of William Blackburn for the murder of John Martin is likely to be continued to April 7. Judge James A. Collins noted the postponement after prosecutor William H. Remy sought a week’s delay. A telephone trial was also delayed by juror illness and will resume Monday.
Indianapolis mayoral candidate Delbert O. Wilmeth approved a plan to redistrict the city and increase precincts to improve voter participation in the May 6 Republican primary. He called for full participation by Republicans to ensure representative nominations.
Max Price, 27, of 536 Lemon Street, was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to two to fourteen years at the Indiana Reformatory by Criminal Judge James A. Collins on a charge of assault and battery. He was arrested February 21 after allegedly forcing Theodosia Fugus onto a kitchen stove. she reportedly threw a lamp at him.
The Indiana polis school board will elect a superintendent of schools, business director, secretary of the school board, city librarian, and superintendent of buildings and grounds on Tuesday April 14. Most current officials are expected to be re-elected as law requires biennial four year terms.
Broken Bow reports forests in southeastern Oklahoma gradually burning out with no expected further damage. Mayor A. J. Lambert told United Press the fires are nearing containment.
United Mine Workers plan a protest to Governor Ed Jackson over Indiana State awards for 11 000 tons of West Virginia non union coal for the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane at Madison Indiana. Dealers and operators pressed their case with John L. Lewis after contracting decisions favored cheaper non union coal. Purchasing agent Robinson noted 11 000 tons of West Virginia coal were bought in a total 162 400 tons while the rest came from Indiana with Virginia coal at 3 45 a ton versus 3 75 for Indiana delivered at Madison.
Prairie fires across South Dakota leave damage only slightly exceeding the value saved. Ranchmen say the burned area will boost next season’s grain yield. Some timber stands and Indian shacks burned. no deaths reported. One man badly burned at Walker. No repeat danger expected before rain.
Charles W. Stevens and family members held on $100 bond each after a fight with two constables outside the Byers home. The case stems from officers attempting to enter the apartment without a writ of replevin for furniture. Stevens, with an eye patch, testified he saw a constable holding his daughter and was struck with a weapon.
Deputy sheriffs arrested four motorists Friday night on speeding charges. Emil Heffig driving for Miss Lenora Haag and Myron Shalley of Central Avenue were each fined $5 and costs in Bebinger's court. J. C. Zarias of Flora Ind. also fined $5 and costs. Alonzo Ogden, R. R. C., was held on a charge of forty three miles per hour in Washington Township.
Meade McClachanan of Muncie Indiana was found guilty by a Federal jury of making false statements to obtain a 20000 bond loan from the Ohio Joint Stock and Land Bank in Cincinnati Ohio. He is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday before Judge Robert C Baltzell as several other defendants also have penalties postponed.
German communist presidential candidate Ernst Thaelmann, 39, says he once rode the bumpers as a hobo during a voyage to Hoboken, New Jersey, and then traveled by rail from Chicago after arriving as a sailor.
Senator Burton K Wheeler appeared personally before the District of Columbia Supreme Court and furnished 1000 bail for his appearance on the indictment returned yesterday against him and two Montana men for conspiracy to defraud the government of oil lands. He will confer with his counsel to meet this indictment and the Montana indictment.
The San Francisco court scene centers on 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson as prosecutors reject a manslaughter plea offered by her counsel. Judge McAfee pressed for the plea to spare further distress but District Attorney Brady insists on a second degree murder charge with a possible ten years to life term.
Twenty seven persons named in twenty one indictments. Mrs Blanche Marie Lawson of Ft Wayne Ind was indicted on petit and grand larceny and burglary after arrest in a north side apartment. Ten others charged with vehicle taking. Virgil Peters Robert Helen and Philip Monheit face grand larceny charges with Helen also charged with burglary. Lillian Smith and Farris Selig charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Anton Faletic charged with possession of a still and Kelly Watkins Earl Wilkerson with embezzlement and grand larceny.
In a city court session Coroner Paul F. Robinson dismissed a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Gilbert Little 24 of 2109 N Arsenal Ave in the death of Carl Carson 55 of 546 Hamilton Ave. Carson a Meridian Garage manager suffered a fractured skull after being knocked to the pavement by a car Little drove at the Meridian Garage on Jan 13. Several bystanders were knocked down as they fell.
Valparaiso dispatch reports Alex McCabe convicted of second degree murder for the May Cedar Lake resort hold-up shooting of Attorney Thad Fancher of Crown Point. Prosecutors seek life imprisonment. defense moves for a new trial.
The close watch is kept on rooming houses for the gang that fled with 9000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds from the South Kokomo Bank Friday. Lieut. George Anderson and Detectives Rowe and Garringer chased leads in Arcadia and Noblesville but found no trace of the band. Lieut. O D Thomas and a patrol combed suburban roads around Indianapolis.
Gerald Chapman spoke softly as witnesses, including Lillian Knell of New Britain, testified about the alleged murder and banditry with Walter Shean. Knell described taking Chapman and Shean to a room at the Old Colony Inn near Meridian, linking the pair to the crime that cost Policeman James J. Skelly his life.
Colored attorneys J. K. Brown W. 8. Henry and LeRoy Gill again received permission from Criminal Judge James A. Collins to confer with John Thomas Shaw who was returned from Indiana State Prison where he faced electrocution for the murder of Mrs. Helen Hager Whelchel. The State Supreme Court granted a new trial by reversing the lower court’s refusal to change venue from the judge.
Harry Palmer of Terre Haute was found guilty by a Spencer jury of complicity in the sensational bank robbery here in November 1923 and faced sentencing today.
James Compton of Greenfield Avenue was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail by Criminal Judge James A. Collins for assault and battery. He allegedly struck a man described as colored over the head with a hammer at 2557 Yandes.
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