City council poised to adjourn without 1926 budget vote
City officials debate the 1926 budget as Thompson and Bosson clash over adjournment and the need to act tonight. The finance committee plans to review the nearly 5 million dollar appropriations with King favoring final action. A 6 cent board of sanitary levy is under consideration to fund the new sewage plant amid park lobbyist efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Thompson
Thompson
Willam Bosson
King
Shank
Joseph L. Hogue
Board of Works
Special Investigating Committee
Itate
Committee On Civic Affairs
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Guilty plea in Mary Daly kidnapping case shocks Montclair
Harrison Noel, 20, confessed to abducting 6-year-old Mary Daly and shooting taxi driver Raymond Pierce to seize a car. He led investigators to the girl’s body on Preakness Mountain. Noel claimed the kidnapping had no harm to the girl at first, then gave a detailed, brutal confession. He faces charges in Essex and Passaic counties as crowds gather outside the jail.
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United Presa Mont Clair
N. J
Harrison Noel
New York
Henry W. Trimble
Mary Daly
Raymond Pierce
Preakness Mountain
Little Falls, N. J
Mary
Mont Clair
Noel
Edward 8. Reilly
Essex County
Passaic County
Driver May Recover
Carl Levy of Anderson was seriously injured when the car he rode in crashed into a tree on the Hoosier highway near Hartford City. Levy was thrown through the windshield and suffered a deep head wound requiring twenty five stitches before being taken to Bradford hospital for treatment.
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United Press
Hartford City
Carl Levy
Anderson
Hoosier Highway
Levy
Bladford Oaxte Hospital
Open Window Heist Highlights Health Versus Wallet Tradeoff
Frank Jardinia reports thefts from his trousers hanging on a bedpost as he slept with the window open. He says $4 and previously $15 were removed from the same pockets, prompting him to joke about sleeping in them. Open windows are questioned for safety and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jardinia
Stevens St
Jardinia
Freighter Yseno March Sinks in Typhoon Near Shanghai
The 9,000 ton Japanese government freighter Yseno March reported sinking as a powerful typhoon rages off Shanghai delaying regional shipping and prompting naval and port authorities to monitor the situation.
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United Preas
Shanghai
Yseno March
Mitchells clash with Coolidge overshadows Navy War policy
The fate of Col. William Mitchell hangs on President Coolidge after an inquiry into his charges against the Navy and War Departments. Acting Secretary Davis will present the issue to the President, with possible outcomes including court martial, dismissal, or a reprimand.
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United P. Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Coolidge
Army
Mitchell
Haj
Ernest Hines
Eighth Corps
Davis
War
Navy Department
Shenandoah
San Francisco
Hawaii
National Defense
Navy
War Departments
San Antonio
Hinds
Washington
Fragmented Schedule Line Reading 6 A.M. To 10 A.M.
OCR fragment shows times 6 A M 4 72 8 A M 4 72 9 A M 77 10 a M F 79 with unclear context. Not enough details for full event.
Indiana State Fair opens with record crowds expected
The seventy-second Indiana State fair opens amid forecasts of a record first day attendance. E J Barker predicts up to 50 000 visitors as rain boosts travel and Grand Circuit racing debuts. Crowds arrive early 5 am gates open with heavy traffic and police directed parking on the Midway.
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Hoosier State
E. J. Barker
State Board of Agriculture
Barker
Indianapolis
Indiana
Cleveland
C. J. Murphy
Lake Michigan Dunes
Ohio River
Police Fire On Mob Wounding Three In Shanghai
British police in the international settlement fired on a mob resisting dispersal. Three persons were wounded as stones were hurled at officers during the clash.
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United Press
Shanghai
Monday features labor day events and grand circuit races
The notice lists a full day of entertainment for Labor Day with a 6 a.m. fair opening 10 a.m. celebration 2 p.m. Grand Circuit horse races and an 8 p.m. grand pageant Cleopatra with fireworks. Livestock exhibits and an automobile show run all day. 1924 attendance and premium values are cited.
Doctor Denies Poison Charge in Connersville Case
Dr J M Sample of Connersville Ind denied charges from an Indianapolis detective agency that he plotted to poison his father in law James Reed a wealthy Jefferson County farmer. He was arrested Sunday on a conspiracy affidavit and jailed in Madison. Detective Guy Braughton said Sample offered 1000 to kill Reed and supplied chloroform drugs and a home diagram.
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United Press
Madison
Ind
J. M. Sample
Connersville
Indianapolis
James Reed
Jefferson County
Sample
Guy Braughton
Quigley Hyland
Reed
Braughton
Fire destroys five story Armour building in stockyards
Three Chicago firemen were injured as a massive blaze tore through a five story building in the stockyards district owned by Armour & Co. The fire, which began yesterday, burned uncontrolled into the early hours today, causing extensive damage estimated in the thousands.
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United Press
Chicago
Stockyards
Armour & Co
Rene Viviani Dies Former French Premier and Orator
Paris September 7 Rene Viviani famed French statesman former premier and noted orator died today death due to overwork in a June law case Viviani served as wartime premier and later resigned amid public crisis He was ambassador to the United States in 1921 Viviani and his wife visited Indianapolis in 1917 as a member of the French war commission
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United Press
Paris
Rene Vivian
Rance
United States
Viviani
Indianapolis
Bowman Abandons Bus Service to Indiana State Fair
A. Smith Bowman announces the Peoples Motor Coach Company will not operate buses to the Indiana State fair today. He says the park board refused permission to run coaches on the boulevards, forcing abandonment of the original plan.
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Bowman
Peoples Motor Coach Company
A. Smith Bowman
Park Board
Arrest Highlights Police Efficiency in Battery Case
Police answered a call about a man wanted on assault and battery seen in the neighborhood. They questioned Charles Reno of 8215 S Holmes Ave who admitted striking Mrs Priscilla Tevis of 22 S Holmes Ave and said he had already been arrested and later released. Tevis was unaware of the prior arrest.
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Charles Reno
Holmes Ave
Priscilla Tevis
S. Holmes Ave
Congressional push for Navy probe after Shenandoah disaster
Senator King Utah announces a resolution to appoint a five member Senate committee to investigate recent Navy disasters including the Shenandoah catastrophe and destroyer wrecks. He criticizes Navy courts of inquiry as whitewash and urges congressional oversight of naval misadventures.
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United Press
Washington
Shenandoah
Navy
King
Utah
King Sd
Navy Department
Botttom
Senate
San Pedro
Pacific
Congress
Shenandoah wreck may be melted into household goods
The mangled hull of the Shenandoah dirigible may be sold for aluminum products. Caldwell dispatch reports officials received orders to advertise the wreckage for sale to the highest bidder, potentially turning the battle flag into pots and pans.
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United Press
Caldwell
Ohio
Five Are Made Bandit Victims
A gang of hold up men robbed two groups late Sunday night in two nearby locations. John Gill reported a gun point incident at White River Blvd and Bloomington St for 30 cents and cigarettes, plus a head strike. The four men then searched five others at 1002 W Morris St and took 10.77 in total.
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John Gill
Sauley St
White River Blvd
Bloomington St
W. Morris St
George Bradshaw
Hudson St
William Garvin
Shepherd St
Harold Wilkins
Kappes St
Arthur Allen
City Labor Hears Mine Head Speak At Fairground
Mine head of U M W A gives address at 10 A M at the fairground while Davis is detained in Washington according to labor hearing notes.
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City Labor
Mine Head
Attendance Seen At 18,000 Meeting In State Union
Central Union and State Federation plan a program expected to draw about 18 000 people with thousands viewing exhibits in the exhibit and meeting spaces.
Labor Day Observances Highlight Indianapolis Parade
Indianap olis workers joined the nation in the forty fourth Labor Day as thousands left the city for lakes and resorts. William H. Houston of the United Mine Workers spoke at the grand stand about the West Virginia coal battle and the need to organize. James J. Davis was detained in Washington over the anthracite strike. Houston forecast a sixty to ninety day strike with a push to equalize wages and a shift of mining to West Virginia. The program, arranged by Central Labor Union and State Federation of Labor, drew about 18,000 attending the mass meeting with exhibits at the Manufacturers' Building and other holiday activities.
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Indianapolis
William H. Houston
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
James J. Davis
Labor
Washington
Houston
Indiana
Huston
Lved
Terre Haute
Central Labor Union
State Federation of Labor
William Holmes
Marion County Labor Day Committee
Poor Roads Highlight Cross Country Auto Tour
Ernest N. Smith former Indianapolis man and Thomas P. Henry AA A president completed Friday a cross continent tour from Washington to San Francisco. They named a stretch between Lebanon Indiana and Danville Illinois as one of the two poorest roads and urged state highway bodies to improve it. The second poor road was in the Nevada desert.
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United States
Lebanon
Ind
Danville
Ill
Ernest N. Smith
Indianapolis
American Automobile Association
Smith
Thomas P. Henry
Washington
San Francisco
Nevada Desert
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John E. King
Finance Committee
Want Park Levy
R. Walter Jarvis
Police
Flapper
State Fair
Maple Rd
France
Rene Viviani
Congressional
Adventures
Shenandoah Secon
William M. Houston, Organ
Izer
Fairground
Davis de
Central Union and State
Manu
Facturers’ Building
John E. Smith
Gentral Labor Union
Automobile Head
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