City Buries Millions in Bio Sewers for Growth
City undertakes a large scale sewer project to expand sanitary capacity as population rapidly grows, burying millions in bio sewer lines to meet future demand and improve health standards.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
1
Vast Disposal Plant to Benefit City Suburbs Area
Millions spent in Indianapolis underworld cited as waste yet citizens gain from sewage work. City behind on sewer needs as Culley notes five year lag and expanding boundaries without facilities. Broad Ripple sewer two thirds done at 447 646, White River project opens as 1 million dollar sewer. Nearly 14 000 property owners taxed for Bean Creek Pleasant Run interceptor from State Street to White River. Expansion planned to Irvington southeast with about 500 000 cost next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Culley
Indianapolis
Culley
Sellers Farm
White River
Broad Ripple
Fifty- Sixth St
Monon
Sunset Ave
Bean Creek
Pleasant Run
State St
Irving
Shipping Board to Advertise 200 Ships for Scrap
The Shipping Board voted to advertise 200 ships totaling 817130 dead weight tons for immediate sale for scrap. The move clears the way for Henry Ford to bid on the vessels if he remains interested. Ford offices indicated a definite bid would be made, though no price or details were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Rooms for Speed way Visitors
Indianapolis welcomes thousands for the annual Speedway race. Private homes offer rooms for rent. Call Main 3500 to place a Want Ad listing a room for three days at 99 cents. The Indianapolis Times Want Ad Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Want
The
Indianapolis Times
Ong heads to Atlantic City for national marble title
Indianapolis marble champion ENNARD ONG leaves at 2 33 p m Saturday for Atlantic City with a team of city champs to contest the national marble title. Cracking shooters from other cities compete as Ong after defeating Carl Kitchen in the finals two weeks earlier earned the right to represent Indianapolis. Marie Lawley 13 of Harrisburg will be the first girl in the field and Hoosier entrants include Charles Bruson Evansville and Lester Oakley Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennard Ong
Atlantic City
N. J
Carl Kitchen
Ong
Indianapolis
Scripps- Howard
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Marie Lawley
Harrisburg
Charles Bruson
Evansville
Lester Oakley
Terre Haute
Norway ready to start hunt for Amundsen
The Norwegian government may send a relief expedition for Amundsen and Ellsworth if needed. Ships and naval planes are on standby. Captain Gustav Amundsen remains confident and notes his brother Roald would be disappointed by a fast return. Otto Sverdrup and others say more time for observations is expected and a safe return cannot be rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Oslo
Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Fliers
Gustav Amundsen
Roald
Pole
Otto Sverdrup
Amundsen
Polar
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Farm fires destroy two barns in Indiana loss $10000
Oblesville Indiana May 27 a blaze Tuesday night wiped out two barns on the farms of Dr Samuel Harrell and Rome Findling causing a total loss of ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pye Times
Oblesville
Ind
Samuel Harrell
Rome Findling
Health Crusade badges awarded at Beech Grove
One hundred thirty three Beech Grove students received badges for completing eighteen weeks of the Modern Health Crusade run by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. Ceremonies Tuesday afternoon distributed the awards. Officials report more than 5,320 children in twelve county schools are enrolled in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Grove School
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Shriners Train Leaves Indy for Los Angeles Pilgrimage
A special train of fifteen Pullmans carried about 400 Murat Shriners and families from Indianapolis to Los Angeles for the fifty first annual Imperial Council session opening June 1. A parade to Union Station featured drum corps, band, patrol, gun squad, chanters and escorts led by Noble Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat Shriners
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Cal
Imperial Council
Los Angles
Templite
Union Station
Murat Brass Band
Noble Howard
Arab Patrol
Edgar Hart
Gatling Gun
Harry A. Pel
Bertrand A. Orr
Hawkins in Jail Denies New Effort in Bankrupt Case
The case states Hawkins remains jailed and denies any connection with the attempted reorganizing of a bankrupt company. He maintains he did not participate in the effort and has not influenced the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Case
Former capitalist surrenders for federal stock swindle trial
Morton S Hawkins, once head of Hawkins Mortgage Company, surrendered in Cincinnati and was brought to Indianapolis to face federal charges of using the mails in a 6 million dollar stock swindle. He denied links to reorganization plans and faces a bond set at 50 thousand dollars with trial tentatively planned for mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton S. Hawkins
Marion County
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Hawkins
Dayton
Ohio
Bond
J. M. LaFollette
Indianapolis
G. T. Whittaker
Portland
Ind
Denton Appeals to High Court in Supreme Judge Contest
Evansville, Ind. resident George K. Denton, defeated candidate for state supreme judge, appeals to the Supreme Court after Special Judge C C Shirley upheld demurrers in the Nov 19 1924 contest suit. Willoughby declared winner by one vote. Denton posted a $200 appeal bond and dropped action against the governor and county election officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Denton
Evansville
Ind
Supreme Court
C. C. Shirley
Superior Court Five
Benjamin, M. Willoughby
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Denton
Willoughby
Jackson
Howard
Sullivan County Board of Election Commissioners
Fifty Believed Trapped After Mine Explosion
Fifty men were believed trapped in the Carolina Coal Company mine near Sanford North Carolina after an explosion. One body was reported recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
United Preas
Duray Wins Pole in Thrilling Indy Trials
Duray in the Miller Special led 18 qualifiers for the Indianapolis 500 with a lap at 113.196 mph, followed by De Paolo at 113.083 mph despite a broken water pump. Hartz qualified at 112.43 mph, and De Paolo set a new single-lap track record of 114.285 mph, as 15 of 18 cars cleared 100 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duray
de Paolo and
Hartz
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Leon Duray
Peter de Paolo
de Paolo
Harry Hartz
Tommy Milton
Indianapolis
Fire at Brazil plant destroys Chicago Sewer Pipe works
Brazil Ind May 27 The Chicago Sewer Pipe Company plant at Brazil was wrecked by a $200000 fire officials call incendiary The blaze followed a prior $65000 loss and left the plant a smoldering ruin by 3 am after discovery at 1230 am The factory had been closed for labor trouble and workers were renovating to reopen the site Mason Chilcote the superintendent blamed incendiary origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas Brazil
Ind
Chicago Sewer Pipe Company
Brazil Fire Department
Mayor Enters Gaming Charge Over Racially Charged Raid
Mayor Shank announced an investigation into the arrest of Owsley Bishop and fifteen other colored men on gambling charges after a sociable game at 19 W Pratt St was raided by patrolmen Beals Fogarty Harris and Carter. He claimed a racial double standard and said Bishop offered to file charges against the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Owsley Bishop
Owsley
Pratt St
Beals, Fogarty
Harrisr
Carter
Shaw defense completes case in Indiana murder trial
Times Staff Correspondent reports defense attorneys rest John Thomas Shaw’s case after adding evidence to bolster his alibi in the 1923 killing of Helen Hager Whelchel. Key witnesses include Joe, who cut his thumb on Shaw’s car, and Shaw’s mother Mattie, who testified about his character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Martinsville
Ind
John Thomas Shaw
Indianapolis
Shaw
Gircuit
Helen Hager Whelchel
Amo
Shawewas Joe
Weaver to Face $100 000 Suit
County attorney Russell J. Ryan announced a damage suit for about $100,000 against George A. Weaver & Son, contractors, after inspectors found terrible conditions in the east wing of Julietta county insane asylum. The west wing is closed due to bad construction and inmates are crowded. Weaver and son are already indicted by the Marion County grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julietta
Russell J. Ryan
Robert F. Dagget
Leslie Colvan
Board of Arbitration
Tom Ellis
Ryan
George A. Weaver & Son
Weaver
Marion County Grand Jury
Rickenbacker Speaks at Lions Club Luncheon
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker addressed a Lions Club luncheon at the Lincoln. A. W. Buschmann invited members of other clubs to attend. Several race drivers and Automobile Trade members were also guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Lions Club
Lincoln
A. W. Buschmann
Just One Hold-Up On North Street Report
Police records detail a hold-up Tuesday night involving Fred Vandiver. He reports leaving a street car on Twenty-Fifth Street at 12 45 p m and walking west toward Soeea, but the account ends incomplete in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vandiver
Alabama St
Twenty-Fifth St
Soeea
Indianapolis bus line hearings merge three petitions
The Public Service Commission ended the Peoples Motor Coach Company case for four bus routes and opened consolidated hearings with the Indianapolis Street Railway Company seeking certificates for five new lines. The session focused on motor bus regulation, with arguments over common carrier status and alleged passenger refusals as witnesses testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Peoples Company
Coach Company
Park and Carrollton
N. Meridian St
Westfield Rd
Broad Ripple
N. Capitol Ave
Kenwood Ave
Churchman Ave
Madison Ave
Meridian
Capitol Ave
Street Railway Company
James B. Noel
Sand Buries Man in 25 Foot Pit Tragedy
Gary Indiana report details Johannes Kreiter killed when sand collapses in a 25 foot pit where a sewer line was being laid. A ladder blocked by a helper triggered a slide trapping Kreiter as sand poured in. Rescue attempts followed, but remained inconclusive amidst the cave in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Mississippi Valley
Johannes Kreiter
Kreiter
Public Service approves Calumet buy of Indiana Electric Assets
The Public Service Commission authorizes Calumet Gas and Electric to purchase all properties of Indiana Electric Utilities, excluding Bay and Clear Lake sites, for 310 thousand 141 dollars plus assumption of 186 thousand 400 dollars debt. It also allows Interstate Public Service to sell 28 thousand 700 dollars in stock and 620 thousand 200 dollars in bonds for refunding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Calumet Gas and Electric Company
Indiana Electric Utilities Company
Bay and
Clear Lake
Interstate Public Service Company
State Officials and Bank Heads Aroused as Brook Gang
A bank hold up by a Brook gang ends with the vault blown open and $2,500 stolen. State officials and local bank heads react as investigators pursue leads and tighten security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gang
Brook
Telephone wires cut isolate village in crime fight drive
Schortemeier says motor police will aid the war on crime sparking outrage and the formation of vigilance committees. Local crew organized to support the effort and restore communications as residents face isolation.
Bank bandits seize Brook Indiana loot in spate of robberies
A gang of yeggs raided the State Bank of Brook early today and took 2500 dollars. Indiana's bank robberies since March 27 total 36230 dollars across seven raids. The State Bankers' Association plans vigilente outfits in each county with aid pledged by Secretary Schortemeier to small police forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourbon and Brook
Ind
Gang of Yeggs
Brook
Indiana
State Bankers’ Association
Schortemeier
George Ade
The
Brook Bank
Frederick B. Schortemeier
Arte F. Singleton
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Brook Bank Robbery Follows Earlier Indiana Holdups
Bandits seized Brook Indiana before dawn and looted about 2500 dollars from the State Bank of Brook after cutting phone lines and dynamiting vaults. The raid followed recent holdups at Bourbon and Spencer as State police prepare to curb the wave of bank violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Holding Brook
Kentland
Ind
State Bank of
Brook
Bourbon
Spencer
Another Charge Awaits for Indiana Man After Liquor Conviction
Charles White finishes a four month term on a liquor manufacture conviction in Criminal Court. He faces a grand larceny of a vehicle taking charge and awaits Marion County grand jury action. Judge James A. Collins fined White 100 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wi‘te
Indiana State Farm
White
Marion County
James A. Collins
Teapot trio reindicted by federal jury
Washington May 27 Albert B Fall former Secretary of the Interior Harry F Sinclair and BE L Doheny Jr were reindicted by a federal grand jury as it reviews new oil case evidence Edward L Doheny Jr son of the magnate was not indicted today Two indictments charge Fall and Sinclair with conspiring to lease the Teapot Dome reserve without competitive bidding and Fall and Doheny with the California reserve The bribery charge appears dropped from the new indictments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arena
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
BE. L. Doheny, Jr
Edward L. Doheny Jr
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Pomerone
Roberts
Fall
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
California
the Doheny
Motorist sought after bicycle accident injures 14 year old
A driver who struck Alvin Bryant, 14, at Sutherland Avenue and College Street and then left the scene is being sought by police. Bryant suffered bruising to the left hand and a cut on the left leg after the bicycle collision. The driver stopped briefly to check on Bryant before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Bryant
Broadway
Sutherland Ave
College
6 a. m. 48 1 7 ty Meesaes 64 Get 66 Bm. Mevess
Fragmentary OCR text reflects a morning timestamp and scattered numbers and names. The readable items include times and sequences but lack a coherent event or notice to summarize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Meesaes
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