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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
1
State prison officials report no search crew assigned for an ongoing state institution inquiry. Officials say personnel constraints limit mobilization as investigators pursue leads within the facility.
Mrs. Clara Carl, 50, of New Philadelphia, who was serving a life term for second degree murder in the deaths of her husband Frank B. Carl and father-in-law Alonzo P. Carl, escaped Indiana Woman's Prison by climbing an eight foot wall. She reportedly left ten minutes after the ascent, taking little with her aside from books, and is at large near Greenfield as Hancock County authorities hunt for a dangerous woman seen feeding chickens nearby.
Louis Ginsberg head of a major Des Moines furniture company died after a fall from the ninth floor of a Davenport hotel. The incident occurred on October 5 as United Press reported.
City clerks and party offices rush to close registration at 5 p.m. About 141000 total registered, including 101000 from the primary. Voters who did not vote in the primary or moved since must register to vote in the mayoral race. Registration at city clerk, police station, Republican HQ, Democratic HQ, and Broad Ripple fire station.
In a series installment Harold Keats cites Governor Martin and Florida Development Board officials warning that state protections are insufficient against swindlers. They cite fly-by-night promoters selling land in unseen subdivisions and luring gullible buyers with inflated promises.
Crawfordsville Ind Oct 5 Students and faculty reached a compromise on an automobile strike. Students agreed to limit cars to weekends only if allowed five days per week. Trustees ordered no cars at any time. Robert Wicks named representatives to confer with trustees.
In Locarno Switzerland on October 5 the Europeans gathered to seal a security pact between Germany and allies aimed at Europe’s inviolability of France’s eastern frontier. Austen Chamberlain presided as Britain’s foreign secretary. European participants include France Belgium Great Britain Italy and Germany with Poland and Czecho Slovakia to be invited later.
Police say a running pistol battle involved three bandits. Officers demand accuracy and swift action to prevent further threats and protect public safety.
Six hold ups and a spree of burglaries rocked Indianapolis over the weekend. Mayor Shank, angered by a running gun battle and missed shots, ordered immediate pistol-range training for officers with Captains Roy A. Pope and Barrett Ball in charge. Officers have two weeks to qualify or face dismissal. The trio believed to be behind the robberies fled after a gunfight, reportedly wounding one suspect. two victims named are Harry J. Carroll and James George. A red sweater was found in an abandoned sedan.
Investigators probe a fire at a Catholic mission dormitory near Lapwai Idaho that killed six boys early Sunday. The wooden dormitory housed six young residents while a permanent building was under construction.
Stockholm dispatch reports a Finnish gunboat sunk in a naval engagement between Kaskisland and Her nosand on Sunday. Forty five sailors and two officers were lost, according to sources in Stockholm.
The United States Supreme Court convened its 1925 term at noon with all nine justices present. The court began work on its 726 docketed cases, the largest number in years.
Five balloons started from Detroit in the trophy race. By 9:30 a.m. only one remained unaccounted for, the Highball III, last seen over Jamestown New York at 10 a.m. Sunday. Pilot Svend A. Rasmussen of Detroit flies with two passengers.
Governor Jackson with his family and Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner left for Pittsburgh to begin a boat trip down the Ohio River to dedicate three new government dams and locks.
Col Billy Mitchell's campaign for an air service reform and attacks on Washington control the seventh national convention in Omaha. Twenty thousand veterans attend with thirty thousand expected, as debate over the air row and repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment shapes discussions.
President Coolidge travels in the special en route to Omaha enjoying southern Ohio Indiana and Illinois scenery. He passes North Vernon at 10 12 am on schedule. A big day awaits tomorrow with an American Legion speech luncheon and parade review while he remains focused and relaxed amid long travel.
United Press reports a minor earthquake in Los Angeles and nearby areas at 1:15 a m lasting about four seconds during heavy rain. No damage was reported and residents were awakened.
In Tampa Florida Oct 5 two young children Violet Novel four and Arthur Noble two lay in graves after police believe they were killed by their nine year old brother Norbert in a fit of anger. Norbert is in custody as Violet’s dying statement supported the accusation though he maintains the shotgun accident theory.
Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia accuses President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University of a pitiful lack of spunky spinality for dodging a debate on the eighteenth amendment. He labels Butler an ankle Nicholas and warns the refusal fuels belief of servitude to wet interests and fear of a platform discussion.
Morton S. Hawkins former president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company is to be moved to Leavenworth to begin a fifteen year term for using the mails to defraud. A federal warrant issued by Clerk William P. Kappes follows his conviction and pending appeal in Chicago.
Col Billy Mitchell was summoned to the War Department for formal notification of charges for possible court martial. He met with Col G A Nugent in the Inspector General office and refused comment, with an abstract of charges served to him for response if desired.
Indianapolis records a pre winter air mass with a low of 46 at 7 a m and a high of 68 earlier. clouds and cool conditions expected today with rainfall totals of .29 inch Sunday. Weather bureau notes a west area of high pressure causing the cool spell as temperatures dip after sunset.
The Marion County grand jury charged D C Stephenson Earl Gentry Earl Klinck and Fred O Butler with conspiring to burn Stephenson s University Avenue residence in April to defraud a $20 000 Great American Insurance policy. The indictments follow the murder case against Oberholtzer and place Butler in Florida while Scheer and others are expected to be brought back from Noblesville if acquitted. The fire damaged the 20 room mansion and investigators noted multiple gasoline canisters and signs a planned blaze.
In Noblesville Indiana Judge Fred J Hines said trials for D C Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck in the Madge Oberholtzer murder are set for next Monday If Edward Prather 16 of Indianapolis insists on trial the same day Judge Hines will try to arrange two courts for concurrent proceedings Prater is charged with murdering Forest Van Devere a street car conductor during an attempted hold up The Stephenson case has been scheduled with Judge Will Sparks of Rushville and no earlier date is available this year if postponed
D C Stephenson, jailed in Hamilton County on unrelated murder charges, claims politics drive the conspiracy arson indictment over a former home. He denies setting the fire, questions witness influence from fire marshal Newman Miller, and cites disputes over Klans backing and gubernatorial ambitions.
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