City counsel fights railroads over belt bridge plan
James M. Ogden, Indianapolis city corporation counsel, condemns the Union Railway Company plan to build a $1.6 million belt bridge across White River under flood prevention law. He says the railroads seek to saddle costs on the public as city and county share 90 percent, while railroads resist long-standing track elevation efforts. The flood prevention plan totals $2.533 million with extensions by Big Four and Pennsylvania railroads. the board of works will decide after legal review.
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Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Belt Railroad
White River
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Big Four
Kingan Plant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vincennes
Oliver
Kentucky Aves
Pennsylvania
Board of Works
Union Railway Company
Herbert Quick Dies of Heart Attack at 64
Herbert Quick, 64, author and editor of Berkley Spring, W. Va., died of heart trouble in a Columbia Missouri hospital. He collapsed during the University of Missouri journalism week's program. Quick, born in Iowa, taught school and practiced law before turning to writing, later serving on the Federal Farm Loan Board. He authored Vandemark's Folly and The Hawkeye and contributed to The Indianapolis Times.
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United Pre . Columbs
Quick
Iowa
Mason City
la Follette
Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Board
Vandemark
Norman steamer wreck tragedy sinks in Mississippi River
Search for twenty missing from the Government steamer Norman tragedy continues as divers fail to reach the wreck in fifty feet of water. An anchor was used to pry open cabins while government boats patrol downstream banks for bodies.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Supreme Court Upholds 1918 Tax on Insurance Benefits
The United States Supreme Court ruled the 1918 federal tax estate provision applying to insurance benefits constitutional. This decision confirms the levy as valid under the estate tax framework.
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Supreme Court
United Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
RIKHOFF PROMISES ACTION ON LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chief Herman Rikhoff and Prosecutor William H Remy discussed enforcement of the dry liquor act. Rikhoff vowed immediate investigation and possible board of safety removals for patrolmen who wink at violations. Remy urged cooperation, noting a need to weed out officers not performing duty.
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Remy
Rikhoff
Rikho
Board of Safety
Eight Runners Start Ashore As Rum Fleet Moves In
The beleaguered rum fleet off New York had its first chance to break the blockade as eight of the thirty liquor laden ships moved inshore. Mist and fog reduced visibility, and coast guard headquarters awaited reports on the night action after a Saturday incident where a rum ship offered 100 cases of liquor for 190 gallons of water.
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United Press
Clifton
N. Y
New York
Coast Guard
Four Speeders Fined in City Court
Four alleged speeders were fined in City Court today. Angelo Raia of 509 Harmon St paid 20 dollars and costs, Frank Trost of 3622 Grayson St paid 12 dollars and costs, George Stevenson of 2716 W. Washington St paid 10 dollars and costs, and Leonard Meisberger of 1146 S. West St paid 18 dollars and costs.
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Angelo Raia
Harmon St
Frank Trost
Grayson St
George Stephenson
W. Washington St
Leonard Meisberger
S. West St
Flags to Fly for Templar Parade
The Merchants Association decorations committee urges members with shops along the parade route to display American flags and, where possible, the Knight Templar colors black and white for the event tomorrow.
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Templar
Committee On Decorations
The
Merchants Association
Knight Templar
Bond boosts set for drunkenness charges in Wright era
City Judge Delbert Wilmeth raised bond to 100 for drunkenness to curb skip bail as Crim inal Judge James A. Collins barred freedom on bail for liquor law felons and same charges. The Wright bone-dry law also raises minimum fine to 10 with costs, while weekend arrests reach 209 with 26 men and 7 women charged with operating blind tigers and 7 men for DWI. Edward White and W. Pruitt Sr. were fined 20 and 30 days at Indiana State Farm for intoxication.
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Delbert O. Wilmeth
James A. Collins
Wilmeth
Wright
Edward White
W. Pruitt Sr
Indiana State Farm
Dayton Airmen Recite World Flight Preparations at Lincoln
Lieut John Macready and Lieuts Crumrine and Barksdale of Dayton Ohio spoke at a Services Club luncheon in Lincoln. Crumrine described Greenland and Iceland exploits and preparations for an around the world flight while Crumrine and Barksdale recounted altitude records and transcontinental feats. The airmen arrived from Dayton for the event.
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Services Club
The
Lincoln
John Macready
C. BE. Crumline
BE. H. Barksdale
Dayton
Ohio
Crumrine
Greenland
Iceland
Venue Change Granted in Marion County Murder Case
Edward Prater, 17, of 1637 Deloss St., charged with murder, was granted a venue change to Hamilton County by Judge James A. Collins. He faces a fatal shooting of Forrest Van Devere, 42, a street car conductor, during a hold-up last January. Prater and companion Lawrence Cottle, 16, of 1527 Deloss St., will be tried separately.
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Edward Prater
Deloss St
Marion County
James A. Collins
Hamilton County
Prater
Forrest van Devere
Elm &J
Lawrence Cottle
May Frost Tonight Over Indiana Expected
The United States Weather Bureau announced frost may visit Indianapolis and northern and central Indiana tonight. Fair skies will bring a slight temperature drop. No heavy frost is expected. Rain totaling 18 inches in the 24 hours ending 7 a m today will aid farmers across the state.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Bus Fight Hearing Set for May 22 in Indianapolis
Clyde Jones of the public service commission announced hearings for May 22 on petitions by the People's Motor Coach Co to add four old lines and six new ones and by Indianapolis Street Railway for similar bus lines. A protest by the street railway against bus operation will also be heard. Samuel R. Artman began preparing a digest of Indiana utility laws and opinions as part of a new legal compilation at the commission.
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Clyde Jones
Indianapolis
People's Motor Coach Company
Indianapolis Street Railway
Tha Huslings
Jones
Samuel R. Artman
Indiana
Commission
Indianapolis Employees Earn Vail Award for Heroic Acts
Theodore N. Vail bronze medals were awarded to two Indiana Bell Telephone Company employees in Indianapolis for lifesaving actions. Marguerite Weaver aided a sick subscriber and a druggist who administered an antidote. John M. Sutter performed artificial respiration after a workman was knocked unconscious by 220 volts. Also honored were Marguerite Welch of Muncie and C. L. Quinn of Peru.
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Theodore N. Vail
Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Marguerite Weaver
Graceland Ave
John M. Sutter
Berkley Rd
Marguerite Welch
Muncie
Ind
C. L. Quinn
Peru
Miss Weaver
Webster Exchange
Satter
Lucky Day for Him as Fisherman Draws Gun in Restaurant
Alex Clark, a restaurant worker at 617 N. Illinois St., swore out a warrant for arrest on a man known as Castle after a Saturday visit. Clark says Castle demanded a drink, pulled a gun, threats followed, and claimed to have killed two men for $25. Two failed discharges occurred when the trigger was pulled.
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Alex Clark
N. Illnois St
Castle
Clark
Aquor
Stephenson faces heavy hearings this week in murder case
Stephenson, former Grand Dragon of Indiana KKK, is jailed but set for a strenuous week of hearings. Attachments against Fidelity Deposit Co and Stephenson home assets at 5432 University Ave. are on Tuesday before Judge Leathers. Mrs Nettie Stephenson Brehm seeks to seize assets amid a $17 000 support suit. Trial on Stephenson’s $125 000 damage claim against Hiram Wesley Evans is slated for Wednesday in Federal Court. Evans allegedly ordered the yacht arson in Toledo last year. Immediate trial is urged by Evans’ attorney Daniel L. Bock. A Friday hearing will decide on the motion to quash the murder indictment. An Indianapolis Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Club notes a resolution praising Oberholtzer’s integrity.
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D. ©. Stephenson
Indiana Ku Klux Klan
Madge Oberholtzer
University Ave
Fidelity Deposit Company
Stephenson
James A. Leathers
Nettie Stephenson Brehm
Porteau
Okla
Klank
Hiram Wesley Evans
Robert C. Baltzell
Evans
Toledo
Ohio
Charles J. Orbison
Daniel L. Bock
Kresge Bldg
Collins
Earl Klinck
Earl Gentry
Indianapolis
Kappa Alpha Theta
Ferdinand A. Geiger
A. B. Anderson
Mord Carter
William Jones
Indiana Rural Credits Association
Frank J. Haight
Frank Willis
Indianapolis Certified Public Accountants
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
John W. Welborn
Cincinnati
Hawkins
Mortgage Fraud Scheme Defendant Seeks Supreme Court Review
A defendant in a mortgage fraud case plans to seek an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cincinnati. The appeal aims to challenge lower court rulings and shape ongoing federal crime precedent.
Removal mandate delays Hawkins case in federal swindle plot
Morton S. Hawkins former Haw kins Mortgage Company president from Portland Ind faced removal to Indianapolis after a bond default in Oct 1924 on conspiracy to mail fraud charges related to a 6 million dollar stock swindle. Court stayed order until next Monday as nationwide search continued and appeals progress.
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Morton S. Hawkins
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Portland
Ind
Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hawkins
Supreme Court
Trustees weigh cow barn plan at Pendleton reformatory
Anderson Ind May 11 Trustees of the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton awaited an official report from Dr William F King secretary of the State Board of Health on the feasibility of erecting a cow barn within the prison enclosure. Dr King declined to reveal his recommendations saying he was mailing the report.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Pentleton
William F. King
State Board of Health
Lumber magnate Marshal H. Coolidge dies after long illness
In United Arena Minita Polis Minnesota, May 11 Marshal H. Coolidge aged 64 died at his home after an eight month illness. He was a relative of President Coolidge and a prominent lumber manufacturer.
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United Arena
Minita Polis
Minn
Marshal H. Coolidge
President Coolidge
Von Hindenburg Enters Berlin to Take Office
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, president elect of Germany, arrived in Berlin to a massive crowd. In Oderburg near the capital fascists fired on Republicans, killing two and wounding five, prompting heavy police and security measures as tensions rose between factions.
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Berlin
United Press
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Neerstrasse Station
Wilhemstrasse Palace
Riechbanner
Oderburg
Fascisti
Hindenburg
Old Empire
Republic
Probe death at crossing investigation underway
Coroner investigates the death of Ivan Carrington 28 Clermont after his auto was struck by a U H I ER traction car near Clermont. Carrington died from a fractured skull. Witnesses Ross B. Gross and James R. Peterson testified, detailing the crash sequence and the involvement of Carrington’s wife and 6 year old daughter.
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Ivan Carrington
Clermont
U. H
Carrington
Junior Anderson Falls Twenty Feet at Home
Junior Anderson, 6, of Anderson Indiana, fell twenty feet from a banister at home and escaped with bruises. No more slides by timer.
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Special Anderson
Ind
Junior Anderson
Tie
Flower of Love Drama Hints at Barry and Janina
Chickie pledges devotion to Barry and is swept away by feelings that threaten to clash with Janina's cynical view of men who tire of beauty. The tale probes whether Barry will marry, or drift into excuses and doubt.
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Chickie
Barry
Janina
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