Mule in Barn and Not Horses in Abatement Case
In federal court Judge Albert B. Anderson orders a barn used by William Henry’s livery and soft drink business closed for a year over liquor concerns. The judge cites the barn’s capacity for mules over horses. Injunctions also issued against the Greenburg home and a Walnut Street house, with five Terre Haute soft drink places labeled blind tigers and closed for a year.
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Albert B. Anderson
William Henry
Pearl St
Henry
Anderton
Sam
Ida Greenburg
Earl Kemmel
Greenburgs
Walnut St
Elsie McCain
Rebecca Freije
Terre Haute
City Saved From Deaths Scourge In Smallpox Beating
Indianapolis faced a virulent smallpox outbreak with 76 cases, but only 28 remain under quarantine as of today. Dr. Herman G Morgan, city sanitarian, says the outbreak is curbed and urges unvaccinated adults and children to immunize, noting no deaths in the city and national death rates averaging 35 to 40 percent.
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Indianapolis
Herman G.morgan
Morgan
Patch Is Clew In Traction Hold-Up
Detectives link Martinsville Interurban robbery near Maywood to a robber band after a cache of goods was found at 2228 Haines St. A watch identified by Dr. J. FE Comer of Mooresville ties one passenger robbed to the case. Two men from the Haines St. house sought. police drum up weapons and tools, including dynamite, cutting apparatus, and a torch, tied to the burglary network.
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Martinsville
Maywood
Haines St
Comer
Mooresville
Jennie Ollis
George Ollis
O. N. Haines
E. I. du Pont de
New York Firm Bids Over A Billion For U S Ships
The Columbia Postal Supply Company of Silver Creek New York bid 1 051 900 000 for the Shipping Board merchant fleet. John W Black, president, submitted the offer which remains open for acceptance until July 1.
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New York
U. S
United Preas
Washington
Lumbia Postal Supply Company
Silver Creek
Chautauqua County
N. Y
Lasker
Shipping Board
John W. Black
President to convene governors on prohibition enforcement
President Hardinge will summon a conference of state governors on enforcing the dry law. The meeting aims to improve cooperation between federal and state authorities. No date has been set for the assembling.
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United Press
Washington
Hardine
Automobile Collision on New Jersey and St. Clair Streets
A southbound car on New Jersey Street struck an eastbound vehicle driven by JJ L. Ketcham of Chicago Illinois on St. Clair Street. Both cars sustained damage in the incident. Adkins, described as colored, was named in the report. The event occurred near 1817 Alvord Street.
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Adkins
Alvord
New Jersey St
JJ. L. Ketcham
Chicago
St. Clair St
Sullivan Horseshoe Sharks Seek Opponents By Timer
In Sullivan Indiana on May 29 local players from Sullivan County league announce readiness to take on challengers in horseshoe matches using modern rules and gear. President Jesse R Alsop states the team will accept all comers and welcomes competition.
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Sullivan County Leaguers
Jesse R. Alsop
Adventures in Social Welfare reviewed by Walter Hickman
Veteran Hoosier social worker Alexander Johnson presents forty years in welfare in Adventures in Social Welfare. The Ft Wayne author argues for informed citizen engagement beyond home life and discusses wartime Red Cross work, government management, and care of the feeble minded, urging readers to study social problems rather than seek light reading.
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Walter D. Hickman
Alexander Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Cone
Johnson
Jury Reports 22 Freed as 5 Released and 18 Indicted
County grand jury reports 22 freed from jail or on bond and 18 indicted. Freed include Payton E Moors James Crane Stanley Elmore War born Djaponoff and others. Indicted defendants include Willie Carey 924 Archer Ave William Fred 943 W New York St for burglary grand larceny. Others face larceny failure to stop after accident and arson charges.
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Criminal Court
Payton E. Moors
James Crane
Stanley Elmore
Warborn Djaponoff
David C. Wilson
Will Demmitt
William H. Roberts
Edwards Syder
George Huggins
Charles Cradwick
William Reynolds
Clarence Dodd
Clarence Pindexter
James F. Davis
Mal Claiman
Dewey Hopson
Clyde Jorden
Nay Dynecourt
Ray Davia
Wright St
Yale Prexy May Be Chicago University Head
Rumors say Yale President James R. Angell may head the University of Chicago after trustees meet June 12. The Northern Baptist convention set aside a provision requiring the Chicago president to be a Baptist, clearing a path for Angell.
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YALE
Chicago University
United News
Chicago
James R. Angell
University of Chicago
Northern Baptist Convention
Parley Progress in Efforts for Mexico Recognition
In Mexico City on May 29 progress is reported as obstacles to U S recognition of Mexico are being removed. American representative Charles B Warren and Obregon deputy Senor Gonzales Roa say the conference is moving along as talks continue.
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Mexico
United News
Mexico City
Charles B. Warren
Senor Gonzales Roa
Obregon
New Dunbar List Highlights Books About Negroes At Library
The Paul Lawrence Dunbar branch library at Sixteenth Street and Columbia Avenue has published a new list of books about and by Black Americans. Notable titles include works by Detweiler Gibson Hammond Harrison Haynes Hill Jackson Johnson Kerlin Peabody Pickens Seligman Talley Weatherford Woodson and Woofter.
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Sixteenth &St
Columbia Ave
Negro Press
United States
Detweiler
Gibson
Hammond
Harrison
Haynes
Hill
Jackson
Booker T. Washington
America
Johnson
Kerlin
Peabody
Pickens
Seligman
Talley
Weatherford
The
Negro Church
Woodson
Woofter
Training camps expose waste and mismanagement in business
The speaker cites persistent waste of manpower and poor management after a year of experience. They argue private businesses could not survive if run as training camps are, suggesting systemic inefficiency undermines viability.
Find Revives Interest in Mount Murder
Chicago May 29 interest in the Leighton Mount mystery was renewed when laborers sifting sand in Mounts breakwater tomb uncovered twelve teeth a pearl button and a small foot bone. The teeth confirmed the skeleton as Mount.
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Rynited News
Chicago
Leighton Mount
Northwestern
Mount
Hog Prices Set New Low Mark
Hog prices slid to 1923 depths at the local livestock exchange with breaks of 34 to 40 cents per hundredweight. The bottom price for porkers was $7.30, with a local packing house taking 7,000 hogs, marking the lowest levels in nearly two years per official tabulations.
Exhibition of Tribune Tower designs at Herron Institute
More than one hundred original 3x5 percent foot designs from the $100,000 Tribune Tower competition will be shown in an exhibition at the John Herron Art Institute in Chicago at Pennsylvania and Sixteenth Streets. Admission is free and the display travels through twenty seven states, illustrating American architects’ ideas on skyscraper decoration in the modern city.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
John Herron Art Institute
Pennsylvania
Sixteenth Sts
the Tribune
Notorious gunman Sherill held after Denver Mint case
Roy Sherill once with the Jones Lewis gang was captured near Scipio with two companions and held under guard in McAlester Oklahoma. He faces return to Leavenworth where he escaped two years ago after a train holdup near Paoli Kansas.
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United Press
McAlester Okla
Roy Sherill
Couneeion
Denver Mint
Terre Haute
Ind
Kansas City
Leavensworth
Paoli
Kansas
Judge Finds Hanlan Guilty After Slapping Victim
The court heard Jerome Hanlan, a 20 year old teamster, admit only slapping the patched-up victim. Judge Delbert O. Wilbert fined Hanlan fifteen dollars plus costs for assault and battery. Chauncey Russell, described as the most handsomely decorated face in the city courtroom, was involved as the victim.
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Chauncey Russell
Illinois St
Jerome Hanlan
Delbert O. Wilbert
Hanlan
Suit Attacked in Federal Court Over Cooperative League
Attorneys for the defense challenged the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church of Middletown Ohio and others named in the complaint against the Cooperative League of America of Portland Ind and its officers Hawkins and Schieb. They questioned the plaintiffs standing court jurisdiction and sufficiency of the complaint. Contempt actions will wait until after rulings on the core issues. Receiver Solon J. Carter was named last week. the company operated a gigantic lottery.
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Cooperative League of America
Portland
Ind
Morton S. Hawkins
Methodist Protestant Church of
Middletown
Ohio
Hawkins
Anthony S. Schieb
Albert B. Anderson
Solon J. Carter
Anderson
Carter
Federal Bureau Chief Is Fired Over Bond Paper Shortage
Fred G. Geisler, Cincinnati supervisor of the surface division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is suspended at the request of United States Secret Service chief W. H. Morah to halt a bond paper shortage. Director Louis A. Hill reported a loss of $10,000, bringing total disappearances to $141,100 in a month, including fifty sheets used in engraving $1,000 bonds.
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United Preas
Washington
Fred G. Geisler
Cincinnati
Bureau of Engraving
Mne
W. H. Morah
United States Secret Service
Geisler
Louis A. Hil
Bureau
Hill
Burial rites for Mrs. Mary A. Gorman in Logansport
Mrs. Mary Agnes Gorman 41 died Monday at her father-in-law James Gorman 598 Tremont St. Rites will be at St. Anthony's Catholic Church Thursday with burial in Logansport Indiana. She was born there and moved here about twelve years ago after marriage to Harry A. Gorman a Remington Typewriter Company salesman.
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Mary Agnes Gorman
James Gorman
Tremont St
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Logansport
Ind
Gorman
Loganaport
Harry A. Gorman
Remington Typewriter Company
City Raises Wages for Sanitary Board Laborers
About fifty eight laborers on construction at Sellers Farm for a new sewage disposal plant received a five cent per hour raise today. The raise lifts the scale to forty five cents. The board had previously ordered a similar raise for about 150 maintenance workers.
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Sanitary Board
Sellers Farm
Turtle? No This Is A Sample Bed Bug Ad
An old ad promotes New Chemical P. D. Q. a bed bug killer claimed to destroy bed bugs moths roaches and other pests. The copy touts ease of use and mentions price 25 cents per package with a patent spout and liquid forms sold by druggists including Hook Drug Company and Haag Drug Company.
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P.D. Q
Hook Drug Company
Haag Drog Company
Man Poses as Federal official on nationwide scam
Vernon R. Chumbley described as a “citizen of the world” extorted funds and evaded justice by posing as federal and state officials. He moved from Indianapolis to Hammond to Chicago and Pensacola, securing dismissals, stealing a taxi, and finally receiving a three year sentence at Atlanta Federal Prison.
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Vernon R. Chumbley
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
E. L. Osborne
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Chumbley
Osborne
Indianapolis
Hammond
United States
Chicago
Hoosier Briefs Chronicle Indiana News Bits
Motorists will see extensive improvements on pikes in Decatur County as crews work on repairs. Seven Elwood residents summoned over liquor at a birthday party. A 10 year old, George Goebel, fell from a tree while watching gas well tests in Shelbyville, breaking a rib. Connersville farmers will view a soy bean demonstration led by county agent Marion F. Detrick. Tipton plans Fourth of July festivities with Charles A. Bates as committee chair. A large crowd watched a parade of 150 Klansmen in Alexandria. Professor William N Trueblood of Earlham College Richmond to receive an honorary Lit. D. after forty four years in English. George Wright of Portland released thirty homing pigeons from Muskegon Michigan. In Sullivan J E Martin tilts a field overturning a state seal. relic to be polished into a watch charm. Evans Howard of New Albany helped a stranger then spent fifty one dollars on mule whisky and later paid eleven dollars in Seymour for a drunkenness charge.
Scramble Grows for Late Senator Nelson Seat
Three more Republicans joined the race for the late Senator Knute Nelson's seat in St Paul Minnesota. With entries closing at 5 p m tonight the field could reach ten candidates. Former Governor J A A Burnquist and Minneapolis attorney John J Marlin filed this morning.
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United Press
Wealthy Boston-Savannah social leader jailed under Volstead Act
W. C. Codman a wealthy Boston and Savannah social leader was sentenced to one year and one day in a Federal penitentiary and fined 5990 for shipping a carload of liquor to the North under the Volstead Act. The court ruling marked one of the harshest penalties to date in dry law enforcement.
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Savannaah
Cruilty
Ryu United Neids
Savannah
W. C. Codman
Boston
Federal Penitentiary
Death Ends Long Life of Mrs Mix
Mrs. Wilhemina Mix aged 87 a long time Indianapolis resident died Monday at her daughter's home Mrs Henry F Horn 2710 East New York Street burial planned Memorial Day in Lutheran Cemetery funeral at the daughter's residence born in Germany she came to America in 1882 after six months in Philadelphia the family settled in Indianapolis her husband Robert A Mix died years ago she leaves six children Mrs Horn Mrs Charles O Seiloff Mrs Seils Augusts Frank and Otto Mix all of Indianapolis
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Wilhemina Mix
Indianapolis
Henry F. Horn
New York St
Mix
Germany
America
Philadelphia
Robert A. Mix
Mire. Horn
Charles O. Seiloff
Seils
Augusts
Frank
Otto Mix
Shriner Caravan Arrives in City for Speed Way Stop
About 250 Shriners rolled into town in a May 1 caravan from Oakland California en route to Washington for the Imperial Conclave. Capt Bernard McMahan led the touring party from Murat Temple and arranged three cross country trips with the Lincoln pace maker. Local Shriners planned hospitality for the visitors through the Speed Way race stop.
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Washington
D. C
Oakland
Cal
Murat Temple
Capt
Bernard
McMahan
National Shrine
Lincoln
Turner Park to Open Summer Season This Sunday
Turner Park will begin its summer season on Sunday June 3 with feature events including athletic contests games and dancing.
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Turner Park
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