Clara Phillips Seeks United States After Honduras Escape
Clara Phillips, known as a hammer murderess, is en route to the United States after escaping from Los Angeles jail. She travels with a female companion and was moved under tight guard amid fears of a rescue attempt. An investigation follows charges that Jesse Carson aided Phillips to participate in a revolution while detained in Honduras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Los Angeles
United States
Biscaliuz
Hunter
Mrs. Phillips
Witnesses Guarded in Convict Camp Probe
Five State witnesses, escorted by deputies, travel from Tallahassee to testify against Walter Higginbotham in the Martin Tabert case. The witnesses, former Putnam Lumber Company prisoners, sought protection from Governor Hardee after alleging inhuman treatment in the convict camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena
Cross City
Fla
Tallahassee
Walter Higginbotham
Boas
Martin Tabert
Putnam Lumber Company
North Dakota
Hardee
Boy, 10, Is Auto Thief in Elwood
A ten year old boy in Elwood Indiana is identified as an auto thief. The child began theft by stealing his mother's purse and is linked to other thefts including a pony and cart and a bicycle. Police say he lacked a sense of wrongdoing and drove Omer Porter's car five miles through city traffic and country roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Elwood
Ind
Omer Porter
Alex Ross Aims to Eat Ten Pound Ham at One Sitting
Alex Ross of Fort Smith enters a meal challenge after a day of heavy eating. He plans to consume a ten pound ham in one sitting this Saturday or pay for the meat. He works in a packing house and previously had thirty nine eggs and large quantities of cheese and meat for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United News
Fort Smith, Ark
Alex Ross
Alex
Crack Shantung Troops Marching Against Bandit Brigs
A crack division of Shantung troops moves toward a mountain stronghold held by Chinese bandits with Americans and other foreigners as hostages. Officials give no statement as fresh troops may replace besiegers to press the offensive, risking harsher prisoner treatment. Reports from the fortress warn of disease and poor camp sanitation among prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Pekin
Shantung
Vourier
Nurse risks blaze to rescue patient from burning home
Nurse Mias June Goff stayed by patient Mrs. Jennie Forman as help arrived to pull her from the blazing Freeman home at 1256 Oliver Ave. Firefighters and residents aided the rescue, with flames spreading to adjacent houses and a store. Total loss estimated at 8000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias
June Goff
Jennie Forman
Mrs. Forman
G. L. Freeman
Oliver Ave
R. O. Payne
Belle View Pl
Joe
Dave Yaverowitz
Forman
Freeman
S. D. Hall
Jennie Stucki
Frank Cox
Stucki
Fay Sturman
Arch Beil
Iselin Furniture and Hardware Company
Mrs Dorothy Davis Named Estate Administratrix
Mrs Dorothy Davis of 648 S Illinois St widow of Joseph T Davis Sr was appointed administratrix in Probate Court after Davis died Monday His widow says he married Mabel Ribble Davis seven years ago without divorce from his first wife The estate valued at 500 dollars includes real estate in Mabel Davis name not accessible Both widows attended the funeral and each has a son The division of the money is not yet settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Davis
Man Struck By Auto Near Kentucky Avenue
Charles Shrout of 431 Arnalda Avenue drove a car that struck Charles Thompson at Kentucky Avenue and Maryland Street as Thompson alighted from a West Indianapolis car. Thompson was taken to city hospital with not serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shrout
Arnalda Ave
Charles Thompson
W. Mc St
Westndianapolis
Kentucky Ave
Maryland St
Thompson
Shrout
Broad Ripple Park Set to Open Sunday
The park will reopen this Sunday with a resurfaced swimming pool, five carloads of sand around the pool, and an improved pool filtering plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple
Broad Ripple Park
Salary of Juvenile Court Judge Lahr Under 1919 Statute
Attorney General U. S. Lesh issued an opinion confirming the salary of Juvenile Court Judge Lahr is governed by a 1919 statute. State Auditor Robert Bracken had told Lesh that the salary was increased by law but that no appropriation had been made to cover the pay.
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Lahr
U. S. Lesh
Robert Bracken
Lesh
Delaware Court Realty Company forms in Indianapolis
The Delaware Court Realty Company of Indianapolis completes formation with $120 000 capital stock and articles of incorporation filed today. Holdings are taken over in the deal. In corporators include R D Brown Dick Miller and C Milton Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Court Realty Company of
Indianapolis
Delaware Court Company
R. D. Brown
Dick, Miller
C. Milton Kelley
Goshen Man Named Road Superintendent for Fort Wayne District
C B Kercher of Goshen appointed road superintendent of the Ft Wayne district announced by John I Williams director of the State highway commission. Kercher formerly served as Federal road employee at Ft Worth Texas and previously worked with the local commission. He succeeds W T Hern who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Kercher
Goshen
Ft Wayne
John I. Williams
State Highway Commission
Kercher
Ft. Worth
Teaxs
Local Commission
W. T. Hern
City Room Bureau Opens For Speedway Visitors
A room bureau to list rooms for rent to speedway visitors opened at 235 N. Pennsylvania St. It will operate daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Memorial Day. A small registration fee will cover expenses. The managing committee includes Elsworth Selmier and C. H. Howland Shearman among others. John B. Reynolds says the Chamber will conduct no bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania St
Elsworth Selmier
General Engineering and Construction Company
C. H. Howland Shearman
Howland-Shearman Engineering Company
Justus W Sharick
American Punch and Shear Company
W. B. Brown
American Realty Company
H. F. Shearer
Robertson Music House
C. C. McManama
John B. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Auxiliary Officials Pledge Support at State Conference
At Central Christian Church in Fort Wayne officials of the American Legion Auxiliary urged units to advertise activities. Bess Wetherholt, national secretary, praised members for their work, noting more than 400 women from 212 posts attended with Mrs. R. E. Farmer also presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Wetherholt
American Legion Auxiliary
Central Christian Church
Ft. Wayne Ave
Delaware &J
American Legion
Automobile Driver Held After Street Collision
Talpa Tuck of 712 N Senate Ave was arrested on assault and battery and several traffic charges after his car struck a vehicle driven by J H Dugdale of 2723 Shriver Ave on Thirteenth Street and Capitol Avenue Wednesday night. Dugdale's wife suffered a minor injury.
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Talpa Tuck
Senate Ave
J.H. Dugdale
Shriver Ave
Thirteenth St
Capitol Ave
Dugdale
Police chief opposes chamber plan for accident prevention division
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff today said he does not favor a separate division for accident prevention as urged by the Chamber of Commerce, but he and Traffic Dept. head Michael J. Glenn will form a Glenn department branch for this purpose. Accident records move from the chief’s office to Glenn’s, with Miss Rachel Bray in charge. traffic personnel will join the bureau. Mary Moore from the controller’s office will become the chief’s stenographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Rikhoff
Chamber of Commerce
Michael J. Glenn
Glenn
Rachel Bray
Mary Moore
City Controller's Office
Valparaiso Pin Lost By Local Man Reported To Police
A $150 Masonic pin set with a three fourt h carat diamond was reported lost by Harry lL. Finkel of 559 N. Capitol Ave to police in Valparaiso. Also, Rev. Andrew Fairchild spoke at exercises where 126 Valparaiso University students received diplomas.
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Harry Ll. Finkel
Capitol Ave
Valparaiso
Andrew Fairchild
Valparaiso University
Blind Tiger Charge and Local Incidents in Marion and Beyond
A man identified as George Pinus known as a blind tiger was arrested today in Marion by Lieutenant Jones for operating a covert liquor operation. In the same area Herschel O Banion, 25, was found dead in a gravel pit with authorities suspecting an accidental fall while ill. William Jennings Bryan is set to address a YMCA dinner tonight on Issues of Life with about two hundred tickets sold.
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George Pinus
Idgemont St
Jones
Times
Marion
Ind
Herschel O'Banion
William Jennings Bryan
Theft reported at Talbott garages missing tire
BK Maxwell reported a garage break in at 1842 N Talbott Ave where a door was pried open and a $35 tire was stolen. Maxwell rents the garage at 1857 N Talbott Ave. Local police are investigating.
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BK. H. Maxwell
N. Talbott Ave
Thief Pries In At Simmons Bed Factory
A thief pried open a basement window at the Simmons Bed Company on Division Street Wednesday night and stole a crib mattress. Police report filed by manager John Cecil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Bed Company
Division St
John Cecil
Ten Second Motor Drives Pushmobile Race at Linwood
Rodney Drane powers the Miller special along a 220 yard course in 26 seconds during trials. Tech High sprinter Crane competes as another entrant as the fifth annual Linwood pushmobile race opens to Indiana cities with June 16 finale and elimination rounds trimming to twenty four racers.
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Linwood Ave
Fear
Rodney Drane
Donald Miller
Crane
Tech High School
Shank
Indiana
Harding urges citizens to honor law for justice
President Harding urged better citizenship in a speech to the National American Council, saying courts cannot guarantee justice if individuals seek special privileges. He called for a dominant national interest to restore wartime solidarity and emphasize justice as the republic’s aim.
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United Arena
Washington
Harding
National American Council
James Patten Pays Bribe to Miss Prize Fight Attendance
James A Patten once a corn king paid 2500 to avoid witnessing a prize fight in Chicago on May 24. He arrived to speak at a Jewish charitable campaign meeting and handed the chairman a check for 2400 instead of attending the event in the roped arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena
Chicago
James A. Patten
Patten
Jeti
Five Die In Train Crash Near Cisco Texas
Five people died when two Texas and Pacific passenger trains collided on a siding near Cisco Texas. A tampered switch caused the wreck. Charlie Baker a porter and four unidentified tramps were among the victims.
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United Arena
Cisco
Texas
Texas and Pacific
Here
Charlie Baker
Porter
Prison terms for obstruction on Pennsylvania Railroad
Terre Haute Indiana May 24 Otto Kerreck and John Craig were sentenced to two to four years in prison for placing an obstruction on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Seelyville.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Kerreck
John Craig
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seelyville
Presbyterian Assembly Acts on Four Preachers
The general assembly dis fully settles disciplinary actions including Rev. Thomas J. Irwin of Lawton Oklahoma who was restored to his pulpit after prior suspensions. It also dismisses a complaint against Rev. Francis M. Hall and upholds hearings for Rev. Achille Cremonesi. The body orders care in marriage propriety and adjourns to Grand Rapids Michigan next year.
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Okla
Presbytery
el Reno
Synod of Pennsylvania
Thomas Lambert
Tidioute Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Judicial Commission
Achille Cremonesi
Berlisle
Synod of
Carlisle
Beloit
Grand Rapids
Mich
General Assembly
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Prosecutor in Floyd County Also Defends Car Thieves
In Federal Court today Robert Thomas of New Albany described Charles Turner the Floyd County prosecutor as handling Floyd County cases and aiding in others. He testified as star witness in a Louisville New Albany auto theft conspiracy case with twenty two defendants. A defendant Hee Cottner warned Samuel Young he would kill him if urged by Bobby Lambert to go to the grand jury.
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Charles Turner
Floyd County
Robert Thomas
New Albany
Thomas
Louis Ville
Bobby Lambert
Hee Cottner
Samuel Young
Young
Tax collections rise in Indianapolis for spring 1922 total
County Treasurer Ralph Lemcke reports spring installment tax collections totaling 8,440,830.73 with Indianapolis city contributing 7,404,749.89 and county areas down 36,780.26. Delinquent collections amount to 210,319, down from 281,033.58 last year, distribution scheduled for June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ralph Lemcke
State board OKs $11,500 bond for Schroeder Road project
The State tax board approved an 11 500 dollar bond issue to finance construction of the Herman Schroeder road to Ig Creek Township in White County.
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State
Herman Schroeder
Ig Creek
White County
Red Cross Plans Learn-to-Swim Week in July
Red Cross officials announce a life saving and rescue training drive during the first week of July with support from divisional headquarters to boost interest and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Funeral services set for Louis Haag World War veteran
Lawrenceburg Ind May 24. Louis J Haag 34 a World War veteran died of tuberculosis Funeral services will be in charge of McAllister Post American Legion at a local church. Harry Eccles victim of shovel assault at the A B Meyer coal yard Newton?
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Wilbur Hamilton
Brooker St
Harry Eccles
Twenty-Fourth St
A. B. Meyer
Michigan St
Times
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Louis J. Haag
McAllister
American Legion
Haag
Public safety board to set charges for out of city fire runs
Fire Chief John J. O'Brien says about sixty out of town fire runs were made last year and the board of public safety is working out a schedule of charges to bill the services. The plan aims to recover costs for responses outside Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Board of Public Safety
John J. O'Brien
Clifford Selvig Injured After Fall From Garfield Street Car
Clifford Selvig of 812 E Minnesota Street is in serious condition at the city hospital with head injuries after a fall from a Garfield Street car at Lincoln and Sast Street.
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Clifford Selvig
Minnesota St
City Hospital
Garfield St
Lincoln
Sast Sta
City Council to review readjusted wage scale tonight
A special council meeting will consider a readjusted wage scale for city employees. A committee recently received increases recommendations after conferences with city officials and submitted an initial report Monday night.
Communists Loot Food Shops and Set Up Police in Gelsenkirchen
Eleven communists were killed and seventy wounded in clashes with police in Gelsenkirchen as riots spread in the city. Communists seized food from a restaurant, occupied the ruined police station, and set up a red police while workers faced strikes and officials discussed a voluntary street police.
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Gelsenkirchen
Bu United Press
Berlin
Mueller
Munkelstrasse
Bochum
Dortmund
German Ambassador Would Lead Krupp Gun Works
German ambassador to the United States Otto Weidfeldt asked to be relieved to take up duties as a director of Krupp works in Essen. Other directors are imprisoned in France after court martial for inciting a riot at the Krupp plant.
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United States
Krupp Gun Works
United Preax Berlin
Otto Weidfeldt
Krupp Works
Krupp
Dobbin Leads Kosciusko County in Vehicles
Figures by the Kosciusko County township assessor show 8,000 horses and 2,400 automobiles. The mix of horsepower to motorized transport suggests horses remain the dominant means of haulage in the county. Warsaw datelines date May 24.
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Timea Special
Warsaw
Ind
Dobbin
Kosciusko County
Arbufferle To Return To Cabaret In Chicago
Fatty Arbuckle will start his comeback tour with a June 4 cabaret performance in Chicago. He will reprise his speaking comedian act and aims to bring back laughs and earn a living through his comedy.
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Chicago
United Press
Fatty” Arbuckle
Police seek assailants in trio of robberies involving women
Police hunt three male suspects after robbing and assaulting three women Wednesday night. Miss Josephine White, 19, was robbed near Vermont Street and Belt Railroad. $3 taken and 50 cents returned. Miss Lillian Farmer, 21, beaten and dumped from a car near Riverside Park then to the Speedway. she is in hospital charged with vagrancy. A third victim, Miss Mary Green, was seized near Twenty Sixth Street and Paris Avenue. she screamed and the assailant fled.
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Josephine White
Vermont St
Wesley Chapel
New York St
Elder Ave
Capitol Lumber Company
Belt Railroad
Lillian Farmer
N. Noble St
Farmer
Riverside Park
Joe Long
Ketcham St
Ruth Mabbitt
S. Tremont Ave
Mary Green
Paris Ave
Twenty-Sixth St
Child Burns From Matches In Tenth Street Incident
Dorothy Baker a 3 year old girl of 811 West Tenth Street is in serious condition at the city hospital after flames ignited by matches. The child was alone with a brother when the incident occurred neighbors extinguished the fire by smothering the burning clothing.
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Dorothy Baker
Tenth St
Florence Leeds denies $840,000 settlement in Stillman case
New York May 24 Florence Leeds leaves New York to recover from pressure after revealing suit against James A Stillman. She calls rumors of an $840,000 settlement outrageous and says she received no money and will let the trial reveal facts. The appellate division orders Stillman to pay his wife $7,500 monthly alimony and $15,000 in counsel fees.
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Stillman
Florence Leeds
New York
James A. Stillman
Little Jay
Leeds
Anna A. Stillman
Supreme Court
U.S. Traffic Men Elect Officers at Convention
Practically all officers of the Associated Traffic Clubs of America were re elected at Severin. Re elected: President W J L Banham New York first vice president S S Butler St Louis second vice president T T Webster Dayton third vice president George S Harlan Baltimore fourth vice president R H Schultz San Antonio secretary B L Birkholz New York. New: John T Stockton Chicago treasurer and directors C D Dooley Kansas City F C Renshaw Cincinnati R C Fulbright Houston William C Fitch San Francisco. Hold overs H A Palmer Gerrit Fort George E Bolineau T T Harkrader M R Maxwell George M Barnard P R Flanagan. T C Burwell elected director to serve two year unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Butler
St. Louisa
T. T. Webster
Dayton
Ohio
George S. Harlan
Baltimore
R. H. Schultz
San Antonio
Texas
B. L. Birkholz
New York
John T. Stockton
Chicago
C. D. Dooley
Kansas City
F. C. Renshaw
Cincinnati
R. C. Fulbright
Houston
Tex
William C. Fitch
San Francisco
H. A. Palmer
Gerrit Fort
Boston
George E. Bolineau
Atlanta
T. T. Harkrader
M. R. Maxwell
Cleveland
George M. Barnard
Indianapolis
P. R. Flanagan
St. Paul
T. C. Burwell
Prowler Shot by Police After Drug Store Break-In
Patrolman Clyde Hinds and Merchant Police Officer Otto Pollock fired on a prowler seen fleeing a drug store near Pershing Avenue and Tenth Street. Hinds fired five shots and Pollock four after the suspect did not stop, as investigators review the incident at 2013 West Michigan Street.
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Clyde Hinds
Otto Pollock
Michigan St
Hinds
Pershing Ave
Tenth St
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Legion
Rikhoff
Mason
Bryan
Presbyterian Assembly
Walter D. Hickman
Thomas J. Irwin
Lawton
Irwin
Francis M. Hall
Indianapolis Times
Freida
Nancy Ellen Roessler
North Capitol Ave
Frieda
Weidfeldt
Arbuckle
Flo
U.S
W. J. L. Banham
Associated Traffic Clubs of America
the Severin
W. J
L. Banham
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