Side events at the 1926 Indiana State Fair
The eight day fair opens Saturday with a genuine western rodeo in the Coliseum and a varied slate of side attractions each day. Ex senator Beveridge speaks Sunday on The Bible as Good Reading broadcast by Station WFBM. Weekly programs include James J. Davis address Monday and Legion band contests Tuesday. Indianapolis Day Friday features a horse show and out of town visitor services.
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Indianapolis
E. J. Barker
State Board of Agriculture
Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge
WFBM
Merchants Heat and Light Company
James J. Davis
American Legion
Coliseum
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Frank S. Chance
U S Gunboats Headed to Hankow China in Civil War
Two U S gunboats with marines sail toward Hankow on the Yangtse to protect American lives and property amid Chinese civil strife. The Palos and Portage move under Admiral Williams at the consul general's request. no confirmation of Japanese troop landings.
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United Preas
Washington
United States
Hankow
China
State Department
U. S. S. Palos
Portage
Yangtse River
Clarence Wilams
United States Asiatic Squadron
F. R. Lockhart
Japan
Stores to Close on Labor Day
Merchants Association members will close all stores on Monday for Labor Day. Indiana observes the holiday with banks and government offices shut, and mail delivery halted. The Indiana State Fair hosts the main celebration with Secretary of Labor James J. Davis to speak at 11 a.m.
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Merchants Association
W. E. Balch
Indiana
James J. Davis
High Dive on Circle Falls Through
A 228 foot high dive from the Sol diers and Sailors Monument failed to occur as a young man, reportedly despondent, did not jump. Police found a note near Market Street stating intent to leap between 11 a.m. and noon, Sept. 3, but authorities reported no attempt and locals awaited any further steps.
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Market St
Col
Owen Perry
Politician Begs Term Amid Liquor Charge Penalties
Lewis Butler of 232 W Michigan Sr, a Black Indiana Ave politician, began a term set by Municipal Judge Wetter on liquor charges. One count carries 120 days in jail and 300 dollars fine, another 90 days and 200 dollars. sentences run concurrently.
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Lewis Butler
W. Michigan Sr
Indiana Ave
Pair Found Shot Dead in Lexington Hotel Room
A man identified as K. C. Kirtley of Charleston West Virginia and a woman named Alma or Mildred Gregory were found shot to death in a Lexington hotel room. The incident occurred today and details on motive or circumstances were unclear.
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Bu United Press
Lexington
K. C. Kirtley
Charleston
W. Va
Alma
Mildred Gregory
WCTU Seeks Probe Over Champagne Offer to Gertrude Ederle
The Omaha chapter asks President Coolidge to investigate reports that William Corcoran United States Consul at Boulogne France offered Gertrude Ederle a glass of champagne after her English Channel swim and to recall him if confirmed.
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United Prene
Omaha
Neb
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union Today
Coolidge
William Corcoran
United States
Boulogne
France
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Corcoran
Park board approves tentative golf course staffing note
At a Thursday meeting the park board considered extending civil service to city golf courses but gave only provisional approval to a personal appointment by Mayor Duvall. Walter Jarvis proposed J. J. Jones as assistant starter at Peasant Run golf course.
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Civil Service
J. J. Jones
Peasant Run
Walter Jarvis
Duvall
Doolittle Plans Andes Flight From Santiago
James Doolittle, American aviator, departed for Buenos Aires in a Curtis to fly over the Andes. The mission drew much interest in South America given his recent ankle injuries and the danger of forced landings and lack of rescue options.
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United Preas
Santiago
Chile
James Doolittle
Buenos Aires
Curtis
Doolittle
Andes
South America
Fogarty Is Sworn In As Cook County Jail Superintendent
Edward J. Fogarty longtime Michigan City prison warden was sworn in as Chicago Cook County jail superintendent despite objections from former Judge Barrett who argued Fogarty lacked residency in Cook County or Illinois for a year. Judge McGarty ruled the appointment lawful.
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Chicago
United Press
Edward J. Fogarty
Michigan City
Ind
Cook County
Fogarty
George F. Barrett
Ilinois
John P. McGarty
Hurls acid at girl to force love ends in death
Leo Duskiewicz, 22, enraged by rejection, threw hydro chloric acid at his sweetheart Anna Nycko, 19, likely disfiguring her. He later swallowed twelve bichloride of mercury tablets hidden in his necktie and died in hospital after being held at the police station.
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United Presse
Buffalo
N. Y
Leo Duskiewicz
Anna Nycko
Mill Strike Settled in Manville After Withdraw of Guards
National Guard troops were to be withdrawn from Manville today after the settlement of a cotton mill strike. Mill officials agreed to discharge a nonunion worker whose employment precipitated the walkout.
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United Press
Manville
R. L
National Guard
Wicks Warns of Prohibition Curiosity in England
Rev. F S C Wicks and wife return to Indianapolis after a two month England Scotland tour. He says English interest in America centers on prohibition not war debts, noting fewer drunks abroad and criticizes American legal restraint while praising English freedom. He cites pubs held liable for customers intoxication.
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United States
England
F. S.C. Wicks
All Souls Unitarian Church
Wicks
Indianapolis
Scotland
America
Continental
Europe
Dr. Wicks
Two Women Defend Poolroom in Court
Grandmother Kate Egalhoff and her daughter Margaret Bradshaw defended a poolroom at 2025 Madison Ave run by Ed Decker and his brother Clint after a gambling raid on August 30. Judge Dan V. White released them and eight others. cases continued indefinitely.
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Madison Ave
Ed Decker
Clint
Dan V. White
Kate Egalhoff
Margaret Bradshaw
Two Unknowns Swim English Channel from Folkstone
Mona MacClaren the Folkstone physician and Horace Carey started crossing the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez at 5 10 a m. They were two and a half miles offshore after two and a half hours as weather was unsettled. They gave no notice and the woman refused to be photographed.
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United Press
Cape Gris Nez
France
Mona MacClaren
Horace Carey
Folkstone
England
English Channel
British Swimmer Abandons Dover to England Swim
Norman Dereham an English swimmer abandoned his attempt to reach England from the French coast a few miles off Dover at 6 15 a m today. He entered the water at Cane Gris Nez at 3 45 p m yesterday and lives at Southend On Sea.
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United Press
London
Norman Dereham
England
French
Dover
Dereham
Southend-On-Sea
Cane Gris Nez
Three Indicted in Mellett Murder Case in Stark County
Stark County grand jury returns first degree murder indictments against Patrick McDermott fugitive since July 28 Ben Ruffner Massillon bootlegger Louis Mazer Canton bootlegger and conspiracy to violate prohibition law. Final witnesses heard and indictments presented to Judge Agler after eight day probe into Don R Mellett assassination publisher of Canton Daily News and target of bootlegging campaign.
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United Press
Canton
Ohio
Stark County Grand Jury
Don R Mellett
Patrick McDermott
Cleveland
Ben Ruffner
Massillon Bootlesker
Louis Mazer
A. W. Agler
Mellett
Canton Daily News
James Cox
Motor truck rescues passengers from derailed street car
In Washington on September 3 a motor truck saved a score of passengers stranded when a street car derailed after 2.34 inches of rain fell in one hour. Flood water swept mud and debris across the track trapping riders who could not reach the sidewalk.
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United Press
Washington
Mrs Clemington Carson to Lead Parade Welcoming Her Arrival
Mrs Clemington Carson famed for crossing the English Channel arrives in New York on September 11. Her two children Clemington Jr and Margaret aged 2 will ride at the head of the welcome parade.
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United Press
New York
Clemington Carson
English Channel
Clemington, Jr
Margaret
Boys Fined After Rough Play With Playground Matron
Clarence Wells and George Flasha, both 20, were fined $1 and costs by Judge Paul Wetter in municipal court for assault and battery and disorderly conduct at Oak Hill Park. Miss Mary Armstrong, 19, testified that the youths grabbed her wrists while they waited for a car, prompting a rescue by a conductor and Miss Katherine Noonan. The misconduct was labeled as rough play and the assault charge stood while the disorderly conduct count was dropped.
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Oak Hill Park
Clarence Wells
Holloway St
George Flasha
Langley Ave
Paul Wetter
Mary Armstrong
Apt
Keancora Apts
Twelfth St
College Ave
Park
Miss Armstrong
Katherine Noonan
Parkview
Miss Noonah
Four Hague Court Reservations Accepted on First Reading
Geneva report by Henry Wood states four American reservations of the Hague Court protocol and the first half of the fifth are accepted on first reading. President Van Eysinga announced after general discussion ended and a committee was named to report on acceptance and Washington notification before the league assembly.
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Henry Wood
Geneva
van Eysinga
Conference of Court
Washington
League Assembly
Bandits Take $96,000 in Cancelled Checks in Robbery
Four gunmen held up Harry Grub a 39 year old messenger for the Southwark National Bank in Philadelphia and escaped with $96,000 in canceled checks according to bank officials.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Harry Grub
Southwark National Bank
Mine Disaster Entombs Twelve in Oklahoma Coal Mine
Twelve miners are believed trapped after a gas explosion at Superior Smokeless Coal Co mine No 29 in Tahona Oklahoma. Two injured miners were rescued before noon as rescue squads from McAlester rushed to the scene to attempt entry into the gas filled tunnel.
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United Presse
Tahona
Physician Dr. Roger Parry Dies by Suicide After Death Probe
Washington Pennsylvania September 3 Dr Roger B Parry 45 prominent physician and former Army surgeon died by suicide while being questioned in connection with the death of a local society girl. The incident occurred as investigators pursued details about the case.
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United Press
Washington
Roger 8. Parry
Hunters kill 18000 deer and 84 bears in Michigan
Michigan hunters reported 18000 deer and eighty four bears killed last season according to a release from the State Department of Conservation.
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United Preas
Trenton Citizens Attend Sesquicentennial Exposition
Special trains motor buses and private cars bring hundreds of Trenton residents to Philadelphia for Trenton day at the Sesquicentennial Exposition.
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Trenton
Philadelphia
N.J
Murray predicts tougher path for transgressors in Marion County
Democratic nominee for prosecuting attorney Raymond F. Murray told a Thirteenth Ward Democratic meeting at Mrs. J. J. Schneider’s home that the way of the transgressor will be harder after January 1, 1927, as he campaigned for the November elections.
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Marion County
Raymond F. Murray
J. J. Schneider
E. Morris St
Hourly temperatures and mass readings note
The record lists hourly temperatures at 8 and mass readings for 9 and 11 am. The sequence shows temperatures near 70 to 71 degrees with noon at 13.4. Details include Misses observations for 70 11 am.
Public hearing sets 1.04 tax rate for city funds
A 1927 municipal tax rate of 1.04 was presented at the public hearing on city budget measures. Council debated raises and title changes for police and fire roles, with critics contesting legal authority to raise the rate. The hearing closed with expectations for a 1.04 levy and Monday city council action.
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William C. Buser
Leonard W. Harrison
Chamber of Commerce
Park Board
Recreation Department
City
Wheatcraft denial stirs Indiana Republican women
Indianapolis leaders react to Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft denial of claiming a poison squad of five women per county. Journalists Douglass and Prince confirm interview details, prompting calls for women to choose their own leaders and demand real political equality.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Vivian T. Wheatcraft
Baltimore Sun
Abs. Douglas
Atlantic
Douglass
Chicago
The
Sun
F. J. Prince
Indiana
Prince
Wheatcraft
Terre Haute
Watson
Walb
Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft
Marion County
Indianapolis
Treasure Recovered After 116 Years in Mexican Canyon
Mexico City reports the discovery of treasure valued at about 1.5 million dollars buried in a canyon for 116 years. Local press officials announced the find today.
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United Press
Mexico City
Army Dirigible TC-5 Lands Safely Near Indianapolis
After a twelve hour storm encounter forty miles east of Indianapolis the Army dirigible TC-5 landed safely at Scott field Belleville Illinois. The craft left Dayton Ohio at 455 p m Thursday on the last leg from Langley Field Virginia and passed over Indianapolis at 645 p m sighted by Irvington residents. Lieut W A Gray said the ship was driven fifty miles off course and rested until dawn to reach Belleville. This inland voyage follows the Shenandoah disaster by one year.
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Indianapolis
United States Army
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Dayton
Ohio
Langley Field
Irvington
W. A. Gray
Shenandoah
Word Battle Over Cousins In Court
In municipal court Judge Dan V. White heard a motion to quash perjury charges against Robert Holt 36 of 3229 Graceland Ave his marriage five days earlier to Mabel Grever 18 sparking a debate over cousin relations. The judge took the matter under advisement until next Wednesday when he will rule. The case hinges on whether Holt a first cousin of his mother in law Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler caused him to answer no on the marriage license question are nearer blood kin than second cousins. The defense cites old Roman law while the state leans on English common law and dictionaries. A diagram of ancestry and various dictionaries were submitted to aid the court in defining germaine cousins.
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Dan V. White
Robert Holt
Graceland Ave
Mabel Grever
Holt
Germaine Cousins
Asa Boulden
Indiana
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