Street Car-Motorman Slated After Fatal Interurban Crash
Six deaths in accidents in and near Indianapolis over forty hours include John Fifer 82 of 2024 N Capitol Ave and Anna Bohne 63 of 3658 S Meridian St among the victims. Emmett Smith motorman faces involuntary manslaughter charge.
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John Fifer
N. Capitol Ave
Anna Bohne
S. Meridian St
Ella Hightshue
Indianapolis
Mr. Fifer
Orion Fifer
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Methodist Hospital
Northwestern Ave
Illinois
Twentieth Sts
Emmett Smith
Clifton St
Heat Not Coal to Be Sold to Homeowners
A conference of coal retailers from nine states discussed selling heat rather than coal. They proposed dealers contract to heat homes by delivering coal and maintaining fires, including ash removal, with a standard temperature of 70 degrees guaranteed.
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United Press
Hicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Man Dies After Self Inflicted Wound in City
Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigates the death of Charles Carmack 45 of 1918 Union St who died early today while en route to the city hospital after cutting his throat with a razor at the home of Mrs Flora Hale 48 who rooms at 81544 S Meridian St.
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Paul F. Robinson
Charles Carmack
Union St
Flora Hale
S. Meridian St
I U Holds Men's Day
Indiana University observed Men's Day with all new male students registering paying fees taking physicals and attending meetings. Freshmen week opened with 533 new students registering.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Indiana 51st Volunteers elect new president at reunion
Ephraim D. Haney of Cortland Kansas was elected president of the 51st Indiana Volunteers at the thirty-ninth annual reunion held at Mrs James M Souths home 328 Bright Street. About seventy members plus guests attended with D W Strouse commander of the Indiana department G A R as guest of honor.
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Ephraim D. Haney
Cortland
Kas
51St Indiana Volunteers
James M. South
Bright St
D. W. Strouse
Indiana Department
Howard Release Nears in Manchurian Negotiations
Pekin dispatch reports that General terms for the release of Dr. Harvey Howard, an American, have been arranged with his captors. Final negotiations remain as Captain Constant of the American legation says the bandit leader will arrive at Hwachuan to conduct the last talks.
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United Press
PEKIN
Harvey Howard
Captain Constant
Legation
Hwachuan
Collins' father to stay on exhibition at state fair
Lee Collins father of Floyd Collins who died in Sand Cave Ky remains on display at the Indiana State Fair. Homer Collins seeks removal claiming misrepresentation while the show manager calls the exhibit educational and says Collins earns 200 dollars weekly under a year long contract.
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Lee Collins
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Homer
Kentucky Hills
E. J. Barker
State Board of Agriculture
Collins
Homer Collins
William H. Remy
Lee
Charles Buel
Newark
Ohio
Local youths sentenced in Calveston bank robbery case
In Logansport Indiana on September 10 Clifford Roth 17 and Charles Northern 18 pleaded guilty to complicity in the Calveston State bank robbery last spring and were sentenced to five to fourteen years in the Indiana Reformatory. Both defendants reside in Indianapolis. Clinton Shaw the third suspect had his case continued due to his attorney's illness and is expected to plead not guilty.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
State Bank
Calveston
Clifford Roth
Charles Northern
Fivo
Indiana Reformatory
Indianapolis
Clinton Shaw
Two Break Out of County Jail at La Grange
Two prisoners escaped La Grange County jail by forcing through four doors as four others were recaptured. One escapee Mars Harris faced a charge of criminal assault on his daughter. Alfred Ferrier, serving two to fourteen years for burglary, also escaped. Sheriff Bowen led a posse to pursue them.
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United Press
LA Grange
Ind
Mars Harris
Alfred Ferrier
Burgarry
Bowen
State Fair Parade Planned As Rain Delays Race Day
State Fair officials expect record attendance Friday with a double header Grand Circuit program after today’s rain forced postponements. About 30,000 paid admissions by noon, with 60,099 last Thursday, officials hope for a new weekly peak as weather concerns loom. Rain insurance covered potential losses, but official rainfall fell short of the threshold between morning hours.
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Fair Management
State Board of Agriculture
Dying Thief Returns Gifted Watch to Blind Woman
A dying thief named Jem Cowers left a note through a kitchen window for Mrs. E. W. De Bower asking prayers and returning an $800 minute repeater wrist watch stolen a year earlier. The watch, last in her late husband’s collection, helps the blind owner tell time and was a gift from the president of the American Academy of Letters.
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Jem
de Bower
American Academy of Letters
Sultry City Cooled by Rain
Cloudy skies and warm weather with possible thunderstorms mark the outlook for Indianapolis today and Friday. Rain totals reached .05 inch by 7 a.m. with widespread rainfall across Indiana except three northeast stations. Temperatures hit 93 degrees and fell to 7 degrees overnight, several degrees above normal. Meteorologist J. H. Armington said recent rainfall should help parched fields despite some areas remaining dry.
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Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
J. H. Armington
Double Header Race Friday at State Fair Grand Circuit
State fair management announced after an executive session that a Grand Circuit program would be staged in a Friday double header starting at noon. Eight Grand Circuit events in one day is unusual. today’s races were postponed due to a muddy track condition.
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State Fair Management
Sale of Shortridge Aims to Cut City Tax Levy
William H. Book says selling Shortridge High School and reallocating funds could lower the 1925-26 tax levy from 1.36 to 1.12. The school board Indiana Taxpayers Association and Chamber of Commerce will meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the budget. A special 11 a.m. Friday meeting may finalize the budget and levy. Selling Shortridge could reduce the grade school building program from 900,000 to 550,000.
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Shortridge
William H. Book
Indianapolis
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Book
Protest Over Bus Line Certificate Granted
Carl Mote, attorney for the T. H. L. & E. Traction Company, filed a formal protest alleging the public service commission acted arbitrarily in granting Hiner's Red Ball Bus Lines a certificate to operate between Indianapolis and Richmond. The protest claims the order was drawn illegally.
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Public Service Commission
Hiner
Red Ball Bus Lines
Indianapolis
Richmond
Carl Mote
T. H., L. & E. Traction Company
President Coolidge Returns From New England Vacation
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge arrived at Union Station at 1 15 p m aboard the special train and proceeded to the White House after a week’s eleven week vacation in New England.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
New England
Union Station
Chicago Millionaire Newton Perry Faces Liquor Trial
Newton Perry of Chicago millionaire status will stand trial in Porter County Circuit Court in Valparaiso on charges of possessing liquor in violation of the state bone dry law.
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United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Newton Perry
Chicago
Porter County
M Cray Freed From Millions in Debt
Former Governor Warren T. McCray was discharged from bankruptcy by Federal Judge Robert T. Baltzell in Atlanta. The ruling allows him to engage in business after prison, with existing assets and creditors limited by liquidation. McCray pledged to repay all debts dollar for dollar, as he seeks to rebuild fortunes.
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Warren T. Mc Cray
Atlanta
Robert T. Baltzell
McCray
Baltzell
R. Earl Peters
Noose Is Demanded for Drake Hotel Bandits
Chicago Sept 10 The Drake Hotel bandits Jack Wilson and Joseph Holmes on trial for the murder of Frank B Rodkey should hang George E Gorman State's attorney opened the case. Rodkey was slain when five intoxicated men stormed the Drake taking $10 000. Two were killed and one escaped.
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Chicago
Jack Wilson
Joseph Holmes
Drake Hotel
Frank B. Rodkey
George E. Gorman
James Boys
Gorman
Rodkey
Drake
Club wars on illegal search in Indiana
Hoosier Motor Club declares a campaign against unlawful police searches of automobiles and homes. President Robert B. Rhoads says the club will prosecute test cases to deter officers from warrantless seizures and cites an Indiana Supreme Court ruling protecting constitutional rights against liquor seizures.
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Hoosier Motor Club
Robert B. Rhoads
Rhoads
Indiana Supreme Court
Consul Employee Ends Life in Genoa Hotel
Charles Cartland of Dover Delaware, an employee at the American consulate in Genoa, died by suicide with veronal in a Latin Quarter hotel. Notes showed he was without resources and planned the act, with a message to a female consulate employee containing verses.
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United Press
Paris
Charles Cartland
Dover
Delaware
Genoa
Ford Sees Hybrid Blimp and Plane For Future Flight
Henry Ford envisions a combined dirigible and airplane as the air craft of the future. He notes such a hybrid could perform better than either type alone and cites ongoing Ford efforts in aviation research and commercial flying, including airmail service from Chicago to Detroit.
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Bu Nea
Earborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Shenandoah
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
Detroit
Henry
Pastors Visit First Church in Jeffersonville Charleston Trip
Bishop Leete leads 375 clergymen to Charleston to honor Indiana’s first Methodist church built in 1807. Rev. A E Robertson aids in services and is descendant of founder Nathan Robertson as Dr. Wilson asserts enduring dry law nationwide.
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United Preans
Jeffersonville
Ind
Leete
Indiana
Methodist Church
Charleston
A. E. Robertson
Indianapolis
Robertson
Nathan Robertson
Clarence Wilson
Washington, D. C
United States
Jaqua seeks suspension of sentence in Hawkins fraud case
Frank B. Jaqua a former Hawkins Mortgage Company attorney of Portland Indiana filed in federal court for suspension of his two year Leavenworth sentence and $1000 fine for using the mails to defraud He is the first Indiana district court defendant to seek probation act relief and others including William Sacks of St Louis may follow.
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Frank B. Jaqua
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Portland
Ind
Jaqua
District Court of
Indiana
Congress
William Sacks
St. Louis
Hawkins
Leavenworth
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Hourly Temperature Readouts Listed
A weather snippet shows temperatures from 71 to 76 degrees around late morning with readings at 10 am 11 am and noon. The data notes a high of 76 and a low of 70 during the period.
Marcel wave exhibit ends in pickpocket loss at fair
Two women at the state fair beauty parlor marcelling exhibit were pickpocketed. Mrs Lula Alexiou and Mrs Fox Mohler reported the thefts, losing 2.90 and 5 dollars respectively as they watched the process.
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Marcel
Lula Alexiou
Paris Ave
Fox Mohler
Hoyt Ave
Tlexion
Mohler
Tribe Crippled During Clash With Senators
Indians and Senators open a doubleheader before about 200 fans. Indians struggle with injuries as Matthews and Stephenson drive two runs in the first inning while Nicolai and Bird pace the Senators with timely hits and runners on base.
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Bu Times
Neil Park
Columbus
Ohio
Indians
Senators
Pug Allen
Tribe
Hill
Stephenson
Schmandt
Matthews
Sicking
Rehg
Russell
Voter
Reagan
Schreiber
Nicolai
Horn
Johnson
Yoter
Grimes
Robertson
Schemanske
Regan
Rehe
Campbell
Bird
Palmero
Rehy
Marion County asylum crisis threatens 200 mad residents
Indiana officials clash over who pays for Julietta asylum care as January 1 looms. Superintendent Potter warns residents could be turned loose if funding stops, detailing bedfast patients epileptic insane and a guard injury from an inmate. Central Hospital also refuses to assume costs.
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Julietta County Hospital For
Marion County
Indianapolis
Julietta
Central Hospital For the
Benjamin S&. Potter
Central
Potter
Indiana girl seeks acquittal on temporary insanity defense
Mrs Lucille Hareck of Hartford City Indiana stands trial in Uniontown Pennsylvania for murder after she gave carbolic acid to her 21 month old daughter Leona and drank a small amount herself. Alienists testifying on her mental condition defend she acted under temporary insanity due to harsh husband treatment. The jury of eight men and four women is expected to hear the case today or tomorrow.
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United Press Uniontown
Lucille Hareck
Hartford City
Ind
Leona
Man Rescues Two Children From River
Charles A. Bobo, 81, of 1811 N Harding St, saved Elsie Stock 10 and Henry Stock 9 after Elsie fell into the water under a bridge while playing. Reached by another child, Bobo dived in, rescued both, gave first aid, and took them home in his car.
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Elsie Stock
Henry Stock
Michigan St
Charles A. Bobo
N. Harding St
Elsie
Bobo
Vincennes Vies for Indiana Heat Crown
Vincennes claims the hottest town in Indiana as a September heat wave drives five day average to 104 degrees. The peak temperature Wednesday reached a high of 10.
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Vincennes
Indiana
United Preas
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