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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1925

Page

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Government moves to end industrial alcohol use in bootleg liquor

A federal order to revoke all permits for industrial or medicated alcohol takes effect December 31, targeting 2157 Indiana permit holders. Lincoln C Andrews orders revalidation of permits. Ansel R Harris expects tighter rules on alcohol rubs and illegal redistillation, with 720 labeled bottles found near New Albany stills.

Washington Indiana Lincoln C. Andrews Treasury Ansel R. Harris United Press The Times Harris New Albany

Indiana Savings and Loan League seeks law change

A resolution introduced at the thirty fifth annual convention of the Indiana savings and Loan League asks the Legislature to amend law to stop agents from misleading investors into opening savings accounts. It also requests changes to banking laws allowing State banking departments to charge only the actual cost of auditing books.

Indiana Savings and Loan League Severin

One dead seven burned in Cincinnati soap plant blast

One man died and seven workers were severely burned in an explosion and fire at the Procter and Gamble Soap Plant in Cincinnati. Company officials attributed the disaster to trouble in the oil circulation system.

United Press Cincinnati Ohio Proctor and Gamble

South Bend Cops Face More Grief

South Bend police officers come under fire as four patrolmen are fired for misconduct at a roadhouse. Three more faces charges for beating a man with night sticks in a coal yard office and slapping a city fireman over dimmed lights.

United Press Oath Bend South Bend Arthur Handy Plymouth George Pinter William Biedrich Handy John Myer Theodore Woltman Myer

High Cost of Labor Cited at Phone Hearing

Indiana Bell's labor costs are projected to be 67 percent higher than construction materials as a public service commission inquiry examines rate hikes. Special engineer I W Dischinger testified that from 1922 to 1924 the company spent 3 348 974 65 on construction while labor burden looms large.

Indiana Bell Telephone Company I. W. Dischinger Bell Public Service Commission Dischinger Will H. Thompson Taylor E. Groninger Commission Dishinger Indiana Bell E. W. Bemis Chicago

Courts clash over witness in Mitchell case

Maj. Frank Kennedy appeared at the Mitchell court while Naval Court of Inquiry questioned action surrounding the Shenandoah disaster. Capt. Anton Heinen testified that knowledge of valve reductions might have altered the doomed flight, supporting Col. William Mitchell's charge of mismanagement.

Bu_United Preas Washington Col William Mitchell Naval Court of Inquiry Shenandoah Frank Kennedy Mitchell Court Naval Court Cncetmpt Anton Heinen Dirigible Heinmen Mitchell War and Navy Departments

Baldwin halts push for wartime submarine ban conference

Prime Minister Baldwin told the Commons that moving to convene a special conference to ban submarines is premature. He cited the League of Nations plans for a disarmament parley next year and said Britain should wait.

United Press London Baldwin Commons Great Britain League of Nations

Royal Welch Choir to perform at Monument steps Thursday

The Royal Welch choir will sing on the Monument steps this Thursday at 12 20 p m under arrangements by the American Legion. Many singers are ex service men.

Royal Welch Choir Keith Monument American Legion

Painter Dies After Scaffold Collapse At Warehouse

Porter Terhune, 48, a painter employed by Air Brush Painting Co, fell 32 feet when a scaffold at the W. J. Holliday Co warehouse gave way. He sustained a fractured skull and possible neck fracture. Witness Alfred McCreary said a cleat failed. Terhune, longtime worker for his cousin company president W. P. Terhune, left a widow and four grown children. Dr J M Rhodes treated him. police investigated.

Porter Terhune Station St W. J. Holliday Company Wyoming St Alfred McCreary Tipton St Terhune Air Brush Painting Company W. P. Terhune W. Twenty-First St J. M. Rhodes S. West St Tague and Ferguson

Stephenson Prepares for Life Sentence in Oberholtzer Murder

D C Stephenson concentrates business affairs in Noblesville jail before Saturday transfer to Indiana State Prison for life for the Madge Oberholtzer murder. Attorneys push to speed appeal to the Supreme Court as trial transcript is prepared over three months. Accomplices Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry remain jailed in Indianapolis on conspiracy and kidnapping charges with bond set at 10000 dollars each.

D. C. Stevenson Noblesville Michigan City Indiana State Prison Madge Oberholtzer Supreme Court Earl Klinck Earl Gentry Stephenson Indianapolis Oberholtzer Irvington

Navy widows rebut Shenandoah inquiry testimony

At the Shenandoah Naval court of inquiry a group of wives of high officers testified to refute claims by Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne. Mrs. Jacob Klein of Lakehurst answered yes to being at Lansdowne's Lakewood home and cited her husband’s critique of the Navy as unfounded.

United Press Washington Shenandoah Naval Court of Inquiry Margaret Ross Lansdowne Jacob Klein Lakehurst N. J

Luncheon Honoring Harold Wilding Before Fort Wayne Move

The Indianapolis Traffic Club hosts a farewell luncheon for Harold Wilding at Severin Hotel on Thursday. Wilding departs soon for Fort Wayne. No luncheon on Thanksgiving Day November 26.

Indianapolis

Col Coolidge Suffered Two Sinking Spells

Col John C Coolidge father of the President was awakened by two sinking spells in Plymouth Vermont as his heart condition remained critical and then unchanged by this morning. He told his nurse he felt little discomfort and his physician marked his state as unchanged.

Bu United Press Plymouth John C. Coolidge May Johnson Coolidge

Arrests Due in Murder of Baby

Chicago police said several arrests may come within thirty six hours in the death of six weeks old John Raymond Allen Jr. A middle aged woman who bought chloroform at the hotel drug store is being hunted. Ernest Hempel recalled the chloroform sale. The investigation head Captain John Naughton said robbery was not the motive.

United Press Chicago John Raymond al:4 Jr Allens Ernest Hempel John Naughton Allen Suite Naughton

Electro Gas Plane Seen Could Transform Dirigible Navigation

Berlin November 18 United Press reports two Berlin university youth chemists invented a device foreshadowing the electro helium airship. They claim the Shenandoah disaster would have been avoided. Dr Hugo Eckner leader of Zeppelin works predicts it could turn dirigible navigation into a lucrative business.

United Pree Berlin United Press Berlin University Hugo Eckner Zeppelin Works Los Angeles

Alibis Help Discharge Man in Attack Case

William Risk of 2051 Miley Ave. was discharged in Criminal Court today by Judge James A. Collins on an attack charge against Mrs. Mona Clark of 2209 N. Gale St. Central Y M C A witnesses testified Risk was at work there the night of the alleged attack. William Cummings was also discharged on an attack charge.

William Risk Miley Ave James A. Collins Mona Clark N. Gale St Central William Cummings

President father Col John Coolidge ill in Plymouth Vermont

The White House maintains constant telephone contact with Plymouth Vermont as Col John Coolidge, the President’s aged father, is seriously ill. His condition is not yet critical enough to require the President’s physician at his bedside and he reports feeling pretty well.

United Press Washington White House Plymouth Col John Coolidge Colonel Coolidge

Gland Action Suit Dropped in Leopold Loeb Case

The $100,000 damage suit of Charles Ream a Chicago taxicab driver against Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb was dropped from court. Ream who charged the pair with gland theft is in an Iowa jail and did not appear. Leopold and Loeb are serving life terms for the murder of Bobby Franks.

United Presa Ee Tier Inl Charles Ream Chicago Nathan Leopold Richard Loeb Ream Iowa Leopold Loeb Bobby Franks

Tragic domestic dispute ends in double self inflicted shots

Bryan Nichols age 28 of 1713 West Morris Street shot himself in the heart this noon then told his father in law Arga Kurtz to call his wife to say goodbye. He was taken to City Hospital in a dying condition as authorities cited domestic troubles.

Bryan Nichols W. Morris St Arga Kurtz

Lawyer R C Minton Appointed Prohibition District Attorney

R C Minton named legal attorney for the Thirteenth district prohibition section of the internal revenue department. Appointment made by internal revenue commissioner D M Blair. Base of operations in Chicago with post in IndianapOlis. Minton served four years in the department and was an assistant prohibition enforcement officer under Bert Morgan.

R. C. Minton Thirteenth Internal Revenue Department D. M. Blair Internal Revenue Commissioner Winton Chicago Indianapolis Minton Bert Morgan

Not So You Can Notice It Says Physical Directors

Indianapolis physical directors comment on whether stout women are vanishing as more women take gym work. Louise Noble and Mary V. Nash note many wish to reduce but find it hard. others see rising normality with increased exercise while home labor-saving devices offset weight loss.

Indianapolis Louise Noble Young Women’s Christian Association Mary V. Nash Pep Krantz Indianapolis Athletic Club George W. Lipps Hoosier Athletic Club

Funeral Held For Mrs Earl Haupt 42

Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Earl Haupt 42 of 2541 North Delaware Street who died Sunday after a long illness. Her husband and three children Miss Marguerite Haupt of New York City and Eugene and Thale Haupt live at home. Mrs Haupt formerly lived in Wabash.

Earl Haupt Delaware St Marguerite Haupt New York City Eugene Thale Haupt Haupt Wabash

Mizpah Shrine temple dedicates million dollar clubhouse

The Mizpah Shrine temple in Fort Wayne Indiana dedicated its new 1,000,000 clubhouse and auditorium today. Nobles from northern Indiana Michigan and Ohio attend a three day program marking the ceremony.

Bu Times Ft, Wayne Ind Mizpah Shrine Temple Indiana Michigan Ohio

Police order card room clean up at pool halls

Capt. Fred Drinkut ordered a cleanup of card games in pool rooms and dry beer saloons after roll call reports of complaints about conditions and note that the games varied in type.

Fred Drinkut Drinkut Roll Call

Lenape Fire Aboard Clyde Liner Narrowly Averted Panic

Passengers and crew of the Lenape, a Clyde liner, escaped a disastrous shipboard blaze off Delaware breakwater with no panic after initial alarms. Ernest Schelmerdine of Providence recounted the flames, shifting fears, and eventual rescue as ships closed in to aid near shore.

Cyril G. Morand Copuriaht United Press EWES Del Clyde Delaware Breakwater Presbyterian Church Ernest Schelmerdine Providence R. I Schelmerdine Atlantic City

Next to Last Fund Campaign Luncheon Reported

Contributions total 606 803 91 after noon luncheon at Clay pool for Community Fund drive. A $500 subscription from E L Patrick highlighted large gifts. Dick Miller noted 1570 in gifts including 100+ amounts from Piel Bros Starch Co Jungclaus Co Mme C J Walker Howard Marmon and Mrs Jungelaus. Rabbi Feuerlicht offered invocation as final luncheon Friday noon targets 3650662.

Community Fund Clay Pool E. L. Patrick Dick Miller Piel Bros. Starch Company William P. Jungclaus Company Mme C. J. Walker Company Howard C. Marmon William P. Jungelaus M. M. Feuerlicht Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation

Indictments Filed Over Beer Shipment From Mass

Federal grand juries indicted twenty five persons and firms in Chicago for delivering five railroad cars of beer from Orange Massachusetts to Morton Grove Illinois. The case involves Boston and Maine Railroad employees Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul employees New York Central agents and Gilt Edge Beverage Company officials plus law enforcement and politicians.

United Press Chicago Morton Grove Ill Orange Mass Boston & Maine Railroad Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road New York Central Road Gilt Edge Beverage Company Lawrence

Bus Service to Start on Indianapolis Street Railway Line

Indianapolis Street Railway Company will start bus service from Monument Circle to Speedway City and Emerson Ave. and Twenty First Street. Fare is 10 cents with a 1 cent transfer. Services run 6 a.m. to midnight outbound on Emerson Ave. and 6:30 a.m. to midnight inbound. Speedway City buses run at the same intervals.

Indianapolis Street Railway Company Monument Circle Speedway City Emerson Ave First St

Wife seeks police help in finding missing husband

From a sick bed Mrs Ray Pittman of 561 Jones Street asked police to locate her husband William Pittman a 29 year old who reportedly left for work Tuesday morning and did not reach his job nor return home indicating disappearance.

Ray Pittman Jones St Pittman

306 Rescued Off Blazing Ocean Liner

Thirty miles from port a fire on the liner prompted 306 passengers to be rescued at sea. lifeboats and crew coordinated to safety as authorities reported no serious injuries. passengers included crew members and travelers from multiple nations. rescue efforts continued as ships stood by.

Lenape Fire Rescue Brings 251 Passengers to Safety Near Delaware

The Clyde liner Lenape bound from New York to Charleston and Jacksonville caught fire near Five Fathoms Lightship. Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo and pilot boat Philadelphia aided 251 passengers and 115 crew, with one man drowned after leaping overboard. Survivors were transported to Wilmington and then Jacksonville, Florida, as the ship beached amid flames and rescue efforts.

United Press Del Lenape Delaware Robert Leverton Massachusetts Philadelphia Coast Guard Kickapoo Pennsylvania Railroad Wilmington Jacksonville Fla Bebee Hospital New York Charleston D. C Five Fathoma Florida New England Atlantic City N. J Steele

Gale lashes ships as hurricane drives ten to Miami harbor

Miami harbor sheltered ten ships early today as a 60 mile gale lashed the area. The Clyde liner George Washington carrying 265 passengers from New York was among those seeking shelter.

Miami Fla Miami Harbor New York

Temperature readings fragment list unclear

Incomplete OCR text shows scattered hour by hour temperature values and misspelled place names. No coherent data or identifiable events, dates, or locations are readable for a proper summary.

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