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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1925
Page
1
County balks at funding the psychopathic ward after alleging Indianapolis residents were admitted only. Schloss denies orders. city officials demand emergency allowance or have inmates housed with criminals. The Times notes a $20,000 emergency need to avoid a jail holdover for sanity cases.
Charles Hayes seven, of 317 Dorman Street, was only slightly hurt after dashing from behind a truck into the path of an auto driven by Seth Ward, Federal prohibition director, near 1159 Marlowe Avenue. Witnesses cleared Ward. Herbert Ott was cut and bruised when he fell on roller skates near his home while holding an auto driven by Louis Held. Other injuries in crashes included Fert Cox and Floyd Thompson. Police arrested drivers Fred Ranney, Lloyd Young, and R White following accidents.
Voters in Wisconsin went to the polls to choose a successor to the late Senator Robert M La Follette. Final campaign addresses were delivered by Robe1rt M La Follette Jr Edward F Dithmar and John M Work with all expressing confidence of victory.
John Ryan of 1720 8S. Illinois J A Ferguson of 324 N. West and Bert Heiss of the city were found guilty today in city court and each awarded a $100 fine and thirty days in jail.
Mao Chang Tsolin, once a bandit leader now Manchurian warlord, dominates Manchuria and eyes Peking as he seeks support from foreign powers to become ruler of all China. He criticizes the powers for failing Washington agreements and warns of potential future conflict.
Washington reports the American and French debt funding commissions continued negotiating over the terms of the $4.2 billion French debt. Officials hoped for an agreement by tomorrow night but gloom persists as Caillaux reiterates France's offer while the American reply adds minor concessions yet fails to satisfy Paris.
The Indianapolis school board plans to authorize the business director to draft resolutions for selling the present Shortridge High School and for issuing a 1,050,000 bond for a new Shortridge High School. Special meetings set for Friday and Saturday will receive bids on construction and the Jefferson colored and west side high schools. No remonstrances were filed by the Monday deadline.
Creditors of the R. L. Dollings Company of Indiana and the International Note and Mortgage Company and Dollings subsidiaries will appear in Superior Court Two Wednesday morning before Judge Linn D. Hay for a hearing on all priority claims. Petitioners from Indiana and other regions are expected. intervening petitions totaling more than $35,000 will be heard. The hearing may extend over the entire week.
In Indianapolis only six days remain to register for the November city election. About 30,000 voters are currently unregistered. Registrations are available at the city clerk's office, Democratic headquarters at 508 National City Bank Building, Republican headquarters on the second floor of the K of P Building, and via party notaries across the city.
Registration headquarters have been opened at Fountain Square in the city. Democratic city headquarters announced the new office will stay open at night until Monday the last day for registering.
The Indianapolis Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations schedules its annual president’s luncheon at noon Wednesday at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church on E Thirty-Fourth Street and Central Avenue. Mrs. Charles H. Smith serves as president. The School 80 Broad Ripple association will host a reception for new teachers and members Thursday.
Police investigated a hold-up of 17 year old Frieda Sharkey of 1603 Bates Street. She said a man dragged her into a auto after work, took her purse and a $25 diamond ring near Beech Grove, then returned her to Bethel and Keystone Avenues. She called police on reaching home.
Albert Ogden of 3307 Speedway Road was arrested on a charge of driving a machine while drunk. A woman named Lena McGillvary, same address, faced drunkenness charges. Ogden reportedly drove through a private driveway in the 1400 block of West Thirty Third Street and nearly into the canal before a tree stopped the machine.
Clifford B. Cook posted a 10000 bond after being charged with perjury tied to his coroner jury testimony about his whereabouts on the day before his wife Myr tle Cook was shot. He later admitted the statements were false and said he had been with Mrs Hester Seiling in Sioux City. Seiling is being questioned in the murder inquiry.
Oliver and Kentucky Ave bridges face stoppage as city used approved funds to buy land. County Auditor Harry Dunn said the city has only 32 000 left to pay debts, with 150 000 plus still due. City controller Joseph L Hogue urged county appropriation or borrowing 175 000 to resume construction.
Temporary suspension announced for State Motor police George Jackson Ray Dunlap and assistant chief William Hamilton by State police chief Robert Humes to cover an investigation of alleged improper conduct near Bluffton Indiana. They faced $10 fines for intoxication charges in Bluffton justice court.
A Supreme Court petition by T Ernest Mahlon Maholn alleges Circuit Court Five Judge Pro Tem Joseph L Milner reassigned Elizabeth Gentry versus Zane Gent ry to the general term delaying the hearing and refuses to arrange three-attorney selection for a special judge.
The Shriners of the Chicago Me dinah Temple give 5000 to the American Legion endowment fund. The donation was received at Legion headquarters today from the State headquarters in Bloomington Illinois.
Col William Mitchell told the President's aviation inquiry board that Britain or Japan could invade the United States by air via the St. Lawrence River of Alaska. He condemned the American air service as a stepchild and urged creation of a unified air force with flying men in charge.
In Noblesville Indiana twelve men named for jury service will first be examined for the D C Stephenson murder trial of Madge Oberholtzer. A special venue of 100 men is expected to be called, with the regular panel likely exhausted first.
The Pettis Light Opera Ensemble presents a two hour anniversary program of songs from 1853 to today. The broadcast runs 8:15 to 10:30 tonight with soloists Merle Krug Mary E Case and Ruth Otte performing.
Police Captain John Zener resigned to work for Walter Myers Democratic mayoral campaign. He claims to organize Republican clubs for Myers and could swing up to 10,000 Democrats from Lemcke’s primary supporters. He opposed John L. Duvall and criticized Mayor Shank’s successor prospects.
Three bandits held up a motor truck in Cambridge Mississippi today in the business district. They shot and killed the bank chauffeur, wounded one payroll guard, and escaped with about ten to eleven thousand dollars in cash.
An editor's note introduces a series on Florida living conditions. The piece argues food shortages and high prices, citing milk costs in Jacksonville, Miami, and Sarasota, high fruit prices, and reliance on canned and imported produce. It notes farmers speculate and land shifts to real estate, reducing local crops.
Divers remove two victims from the sunken submarine S-51. William Teschemacher, age seventeen, is identified among the casualties. The second victim remains confirmed, while a twin of the missing diver is reportedly still imprisoned.
Two bodies are recovered from the sunken submarine 851. Diver William Reid retrieved John L. Gibson of Portland Oregon and William Co Teschemacher of Indianapolis Indiana. Thirty-one others are missing feared dead as salvage work continues under rough seas in Camden.
Meriden Connecticut September 29 bullets narrowly missed Louis A Kubeck a key state witness against Gerald Chapman the so called prince of bandits as Jack Quinn was wounded in the leg by a bullet that hit a tin pan They say Kubeck had been warned he was a marked man after testifying and earlier witnesses Ben Hance and his wife were killed at Muncie Indiana with the killer vanishing.
Seventy members of Broad Ripple Christian Church with Pastor Rev L P Buroker and former pastor Rev Elvin Daniels started a temporary tabernacle at Sixty Second St and College Ave at 7 am. The 1000 seat structure aims to be ready by 6 pm and precedes a thirty day evangelistic campaign starting Oct 1.
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The Teschemacher twins William 17 and Frederick are believed lost after a submarine sank Friday night off New London Conn. amid fierce seas. Their Indianapolis family travels toward New York as desperate hopes fade. parents speak of duty and faith while sisters await news.
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