Stephenson Case Seeks Hidden Witnesses At Noblesville Trial
Mid night party allegations at the Irvington home of D C Stephenson involve wine and women. Prosecutor Remy subpoenas former coeds and keeps names secret as he prepares to try Stephenson and aides Earl Klineck and Earl Gentry for the Oberholtzer murder. Gifts of clothing to Governor Jackson and other officials are examined through Hoosier Tailors records. Judge Sparks warns jurors and cautions against mail and outside pressure as venue concerns surface.
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Irvington
D. C
Hamilton
Marion County
Robert J.atey
Butler University
Butler
Stephenson
Aley
Remy
Hoosier Tailors, Inc
Superior Court
Jackson
Charles Orbison
Indianapolis
Carl Losey
Howard Bennett
Klinck
Fred Butler
Noblesville
Will M. Sparks
Rushville
Scaffold Fall Fatal Kills Officer Service Worker
Frank Hodge 1106 Eugene Street a tinner was killed at Fort Benjamin Harrison when a scaffold broke while he repaired a gutter in an officers’ quarters. He fell eighteen feet and died of a fractured skull. Hodge was a civilian employee.
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Frank Hodge
Eugene St
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Hodge
He Bought Gas and Had to Walk
Claude Eurp of 541 W Twenty Eighth St appealed to Sergt Robin Taylor for car fare after buying gasoline for two friends who then left him stranded, agreeing to take him home. Eurp was left walking as the two friends drove away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Eurp
W. Twenty- Eighth St
Sergt
Robin Taylor
Eurp
Two Auditors in Blackford County as Court Battles Rages
Auditor Walter Hughes is rearrested after a brief release on own recognizance as a court contests the Blackford County auditor's office. Ruth Werber, a Republican, had taken the position, while Hughes fights to keep the post despite the State Supreme Court order.
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Uuited
Artford City
Ind
Walter Hughes
United Press
Hartford City
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Ruth Werber
Supreme Court
Blackford County
Butler Grads Return Home For Rivalry at Irwin Field
Butler University prepares for an annual homecoming with decoration across fraternity houses. Old grads expect a repeat of past wins against Franklin on Irwin Field. No downtown parade this year as events stay on campus.
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Butler University
Franklin
Irwin Field
Butler
Barefoot Burglar Steals Trousers and Cuff Links
Police report a barefoot burglar entered the home of L. K. Harlow at 1461 N. Gladstone Ave Friday night and stole a pair of trousers containing $4.10 and a pair of $5 cuff links. Footprints were found in the kitchen.
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L. K. Harlow
N. Gladstone Ave
State payroll cuts announced to save an hundred thousand dollars
The state budget committee announced salary reductions effective Oct 1 for heads of state departments institutions and statehouse staff to trim expenditures by 100000. Notable cuts included public service commissioners conservation director highway director and other officials while some deputies and clerks received raises. The action follows the 1923 Legislature allowing department heads to set salaries without governor approval.
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Statehouse
State Budget Committee
Richard Lieber
John L. Williams
State Highway Commission
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
Fred Robinson
Paul Comstock
World War Memorial
Charles Kettleborough
Legislative Reference Bureau
James Jackson
Indiana School For
Indiana State Prison
Indiana State Reformatory
Indiana School For the Deaf
Indiana School For the Blind
Indiana State Farm
Indiana Woman's Prison
Rockville
Legisature
Bandits Hit Five US Sites in One Night Looting
United Press reports five separate robberies netting 62 700. The largest haul, 43 000 payroll from International Harvester West Pullman Works. Other targets include a sorority house Indiana University and a Plymouth Pennsylvania mill payroll. Four poker players held at a Woodruff Wisconsin saloon vault blown for 900 in quarters. Bank at New Brighton Minnesota robbed of 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United States
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
West Pullman Works
International Harvester Company
Woodruff
Wis
Woodruff State Bank
West Knitting Mill
Plymouth
First State Bank of
New Brighton
Minn
Dutch Anderson Seen Again in Huntington Bank Robbery
A United Press dispatch from Huntington West Virginia reports George Dutch Anderson linked to a Guyandotte bank robbery with $7000 seized. Federal inspectors have no confirmation and note many men named Anderson are being arrested nationwide. Anderson was an associate of Gerald Chapman.
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Anderson
George
Dutch) Anderson
United Press
Huntington
W. Va
Guyandotte
Dutch Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Era of Peace in Europe Seen at Locarno Conference
Locarno affair ends with Europe’s statesmen, once enemies, meeting as equals after the Locarno treaty. Germans depart with revived credits and industrial prospects, while French leaders secure a security pledge and British delegates chart a new trade foundation for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Locarno
Europe
Coolidge’S Father III Loses Health As Doctor Called
Col. John C. Coolidge father of the president is confined to his Plymouth Vermont home with neuralgia. Dr Arthur L. Chute was summoned from Boston to his bedside yesterday after the ailment initially received little attention.
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Boston
United Press
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Arthur L. Chute
Alleged bandit near death after assault
Vinard Drake a 27 year old man from Eugenia Apartments New York Street and Senate Avenue lies in city hospital near death with two stab wounds one in the thigh and punctured lung Police say he is held on an assault charge and Pisterson a 24 year old bootlegger and highwayman is sought as his assailant Drake is alleged to be one of the bandits who held up Schnull Co warehouse on Northwestern Avenue months ago He reportedly admitted striking Pierson who drew a knife and began slashing leading to the near-fatal fight after an auto ride with his wife at New York Street and Senate Avenue
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Vinard Drake
Eugenia Apt
New York St
Senate Ave
Roscoe
Pid
Pierson
Indiana Ave
Sureme
Drake
Schnull & Co
Northwestern Ave
New York
Po- Hee Say
Beech Grove Bus Fight Goes To New Hearing
Judge Clinton H. Givan continued a petition by Southside Motor Coach Company seeking a permanent injunction to stop Beech Grove town officials and residents from interfering with operations between Indianapolis and Beech Grove. A new hearing was set for Nov 4-5. a temporary restraining order remains in effect. the petition seeks $50,000 in damages alleging boycott.
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Clinton H. Givan
Superior Court 4
Southside Motor Coach Company
Beech Grove
Indianapolis
Beechgrove
Age-Old Love Triangle Ends in double Tragedy
The tale centers on Lydia Stroud and Clarence Peterman the husband William Stroud’s army friend. Peterman shot Lydia at the Buckle Street home then killed himself. Lydia and Peterman died. Stroud and his daughter Doris described troubling behavior from Peterman and a plan to remove him from the family.
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Lydia Stroud
Stroud Home
Buckle St
William G. Stroud
Clarence Peterman
Three Die In Ancient Plane Near New Salem
An obsolete WWI era plane crashed near New Salem after an on board gasoline explosion. Lieut. George Burgess of Wright Field, Maurice Hutton aviation editor of the Dayton Herald, and Verne Zimmerman staff photographer of the same paper were killed. The aircraft was condemned before the Washington board and had flown from Mitchell Field.
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United Press
Mitchell
Special Aircraft Board
Washington
Store Proprietor Killed by Auto in Talma Front
Simon Y Grove aged 76 who ran the Talma general store for forty years was struck and killed by a car in front of his shop in Rochester Indiana. Driver of the auto was John Snyder aged 20.
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Timea
Rochester
Ind
Simon Y. Grove
Talma
John Snyder
Senator Ralston laid to rest at home near Lebanon
Senator Ralston rests in a private service at the Boone County home north of Indianapolis attended by senators, family, and friends. Vice President Dawes joins the funeral procession to Lebanon where the late leader began his career as a lawyer. The service, led by Rev. Jean Milner, offered scripture readings and a poem, with no sermon or music. Page 11.
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Clyde Byers
Senator Ralston
Jean 8. Milner
Second Presbyterian Church
Ralstons
Indianapolis
United States
Ralston
Lebanon
Indiana
Milner
Christus Consolator
Christ
Adam
Sanitary Levy Cut in Indianapolis Budget Fight
The 1926 Indianapolis tax rate is set at 1.0525 dollars, a quarter cent lower than 1925. State tax officials reduced the sanitary board levy from 6.5 to 5.5 cents after city hall controversy, with corporation counsel James M. Ogden leading the charge for the cut.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Shank
Sanitary Board
James M. Ogden
Flying Colonel’s Court Martial Counsel In Washington
Col. H. A. White judge advocate for the Eighth Corps Area said he was asked by Col. William Mitchell to be ready to report to Washington on short notice to serve as military counsel as the flying colonel faces his expected court martial trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Antonio
Texas
H. A. White
Eighth Corps
William Mitchell
Washington
Flappers Outstrip Greek Dames In Fashion
New York report notes American girls surpass ancient Greek and Roman flappers in dress. R C Stirton, head of a corset firm, says European fashion tour shows Greek girls wore four garments, while modern youths wear layered undergarments with outerwear.
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Timea Sneriat
New York
America
Greece
Rome
R. C. Stirton
Europe
Last Rites At Church Marked By Simplicity
Funeral services for United States Senator Samuel Moffet Ralston in Lebanon Indiana reflect simple rites amid inclement weather. Mourners from Boone County and national figures attended as the body was interred at Oak Hill cemetery after services at First Presbyterian Church. The singing of Lead Kindly Light closed the ceremony with the Rev Hardy Lamb officiating.
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William L. Toms
Lebanon
Ind
St. John
Boone County
United States
Samuel Mof
Ralston
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ralstein
Presbyterian Church
Hardy Lamb
First Presbyterian Church of
Senator Ralston
Lester F. Jones
Jones
Harriett Iacobelli
Ivory Tolle
James H. Black
Hardy
Tornado hits Kentucky towns and families
A severe Kentucky tornado struck Bowling Green and Horse Cave late Friday injuring ten people and damaging homes and property. A couple and neighbors endured the collapse of their house while a man named Miller escaped unharmed after his car was thrown. A baby swept from debris was found uninjured nearby.
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United
Ucisville
Bowling Green
Horse Cave
John B. Martin
Miller
Lacy Smith
Ben Hudson
Hourly Temperature Readings Display Morning Changes
A list shows hourly temperatures from early morning with values such as 43, 47, and 44 degrees. Entries include station or observer tags and times, indicating a routine weather observation sequence.
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Vington
William H. Remy
Tinner
Ft. Harrison
Butler Grads
Budget Committee
Nual
Public Service Board
Tax Commissioners
Flapper
NEA Service. Inc
Paldie
Coolidge’s
Man
Eldora Field
Losey-Nash Motor Company
Doris Stroud
Shorty
Senator
Dawes
Sanitary
State Tax Board
U. K
Hoosier Solon
Kentucky
A. m
Merecee
TB. Messree
JL. O. Meccces
Ofs
Don
B. Theres
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