DANCE REVUE BY MISS FARRINGTONS PUPILS AT GRAND THEATRE
A large crowd enjoyed a May performance by Miss Rose Farringtons pupils at the Grand theatre. Dances ranged from fairy solos to a balloon ensemble with vivid costumes and precise rhythm. Ruth Friedman and Ellen Slinard led several numbers as Miss Muehler and Stuckwish joined from Terre Haute for a refined closing act. Mrs Arthur Summsy accompanied on piano, boosting the recital success.
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Rose Farrington
Grand Theatre
Ruth Friedman
Sara Wenner
Ellen Marie Slinkard
Wilma Louise Wilson
Esther Jane Slinkard
Margaret Jane Harris
Margaret June
Ruth Marie Watson
Elaine Oberholtzer
Beverly Hixson
Josephine Symms
Jessie Lee Wilson
Sylvia Dorne
Wanetta
Mildred Alexander
Miss Wilson
Dolly
Jean Sherer
Wilma Louise
Wilson
Miss Farrington
Terre Haute
Dorothy Stuckwish
Helen Duffey
Elizabeth Muehler
Elizabeth Muehler. Miss Muehler
Linton
Stuckwish
Duffey
Miss Duffey
Arthur Summsy
Seventy Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Seventy persons were indicted by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis during the May session. Most bills allege violations of the prohibition and narcotics laws. Defendants include twenty-eight from Indianapolis and three from Evansville, with cases charging liquor rings, narcotics violations, the Mann Act, impersonating a federal officer, and bank embezzlement. Thirty-nine others were arraigned earlier by Judge Baltzell.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Harry Spickerman
Clendens Simonds
Spickerman
Express
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
Higgins Dennison
Evansville
Moyes Price
Michigan City
Frederick Freshley
Robert Brown
South Bend
Richard Bauer
Walter Atwood
Ralph Kent
Merritt Sheely
Fort Wayne
Wilmer Rose
Carleton Hadsell
Baltzell
Oppose New Road Proposal Denied by I C C Examiners
I C C examiners report to the commission recommends denying Owensboro Rockport and Chicago railway authority to build an 84 mile Owensboro Kentucky to Elnora Indiana line. They say the new road is not necessary.
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Washington
Commission Today
Owensboro, Rockport & Chicago Railway
Owensboro
Elnora
Ind
French Outpost Relieved Near Ouelet in Two Week Siege
A French outpost near Ouelet in Morocco was relieved after two weeks of siege by Riffian forces. Fierce fighting occurred as Riffian reinforcements were rushed to the area.
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Rabat
Morocco
Ouelet
Lenient Sentence In Indiana Day Law Case
In Bloomfield circuit court George Barnhart pleaded guilty to transporting liquor, receiving a $25 fine and a two year term in Michigan City prison, sentence suspended on prosecutor's recommendation. Other docket items include divorces granted to Dollie Welch, Cleo Hyslop custody ruling, and multiple foreclosure and estate matters.
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Bloomfield
State of
Indiana
George Barnhart
Hugh White
Michigan City
Ruby Workman
Eulis Workman
Dollie Welch
Charles Welch
Martin L. Hall
Mollie Wiliams
Cleo Hyslop
John Hyslop
Violet
Evelyn Hyslop
Edward W. MclIntosh
Emma R. Crooke
William F. Crooke
First National Bank
Odon
Ind
Big Century Derby Draws Nation’s Largest Crowd
Louisville records a crowd estimated at 100000 for the Kentucky Derby as 25 horses remain in the $50000 stakes field after the books closed. Rain shower briefly dampened the track but did not affect footing or the day’s schedule.
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Linited Press Dispatch
Louisville
Indictments Count 142 Striking Miners in West Virginia
United Press Dispatch FAIRMONT W Va May 16 The county grand jury returned two blanket indictments charging 142 striking union miners with attempting to intimidate workers at open shop mines Deputies arrested twelve picketers at the Grant Town mine including A G Knapp attorney for the United Mine Workers and Pat Buckley brother of the mayor
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United Press Dispatch
Fairmount
W. Va
Grant Town
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
A. G. Knapp
United Mine Workers
Pat Buckley
Buckley
Fire destroys glass plant in Terre Haute
Fire Chief Frank Miller estimates 76 000 loss after a midnight blaze levelled one glass house at the C J Root Glass company plant. City firemen fought the flames. the plant lies just over the city boundary in township areas with a lower tax rate. The cause was a bursting gas container.
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Terre Haute
Frank Miller
C. J. Root. Glass Company
Davis
Burial at Arlington for Gen Nelson A Miles
Arlington burial with full military honors planned for Lieut. Gen. Nelson A Miles, noted Civil War commander and Indian fighter, who died suddenly yesterday in Washington.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Nelson A. Miles
Packing Plant Burns In Huntington Loss 80000
Huntington Packing company plant burned today causing about 80000 in damage. Large supplies of dressed meat and lard were destroyed in the fire.
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Huntington
Ind
Huntington Packing Company
Rain Aids Guardsmen Fighting Wisconsin Fires
A light rain in Laona Wisconsin on May 16 aided national guardsmen in battling forest fires that threatened several small villages towns and logging camps in the area.
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Wisconsin
Laona
Wis
Jin
Rum Fleet Swept From Atlantic Coast
New York May 16 The north Atlantic rum fleet has been swept from the seas with 68 ships at start and only eleven remaining between Atlantic City and Nantucket Light. Coast guard destroyers and cutters report no ships shelved this week and Lt Commander Stephen S Yeandle notes a glowing survey of success to be sent to Washington aboard the Pequot.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Atlantic City
Nantucket
Rum
Stephen S. Yeandle
Admiral Billard
Washington
Staten Island
Oklahoma Windstorm Causes Half Million in Damages
High winds and a near cloud burst across four Oklahoma counties caused about five hundred thousand dollars in damage early today. Five houses and a dozen residences were destroyed at Tribby.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tribby
Indiana track meets ignite state action across 16 cities
State college and high school track athletes opened action in Indiana with 16 city meets. At Richmond 164 high school teams contested sectional events while Butler Wabash DePauw and others joined college teams in the Indiana collegiate conference carnival. The high school preliminaries lead to the state meet in Indianapolis May 23.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Richmond
Butler
Wabash
DePauw
Hanover
Earlham
Indiana Central
State Normal
Rose Poly
Central Normal
Franklin
Oakland City
Connersville
Elkhart
Elwood
Evansville
Salem
Scottsburg
Fort Wayne
Gary
Terre Haute
Kentland
Kokomo
Logansport
Plymouth
Vincennes
Linton High Entries for Vincennes Track Meet
Linton High School lists entrants for the Vincennes track meet this afternoon. Competitors include Tucker and E O'Brien in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, O'Brien and Berns in the 440, Weller in the 880, Ballard in the mile, Parks in high and low hurdles, Bayer in several events, Rujert and Breck in high jump, Sheffler and Bayer in pole vault, Bayer, Nichols, and Berns in shot put and broad jump, with a half mile relay featuring Captain Tucker and teammates Parks KE and O’Brien among others.
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Linton High School
Vincennes
Tucker
E. O'Brien
E. O’brien
O’brien
Berns
Weller
Ballard
Parks
Bayer
Maxwell
Rujért
Breck
Sheffler
Nichols
Efforts to Identify Dillon in Kansas City Slaying Fail
United Press dispatch from St. Louis reports Teddy Dillon, a college youth held in connection with the slaying of his father, Dr. William Dillon, in a Kansas City holdup, was not identified by the victims.
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ST. Louis
Teddy Dillon
William Dillon
Kansas City
Railroads to Spend 750 Million on Equipment in 1925
Chicago May 16 railroads nationwide plan to invest about 750 million dollars in 1925 for new equipment and other improvements, the bureau of economics reports at the American Railway Association spring convention in session here today.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Bureau of Econonomics
American Railway Association
Two Die in Blaze in Hillsdale New Jersey
Fire destroyed the Wise home at Woodcliff Lake burning Mrs. Henry S. Wise and Mrs. Henrietta Dunfield. Frances and Andrew Wise were rescued from the upper floor but the women perished. The incident occurred early today with the house at Woodcliff Lake as the scene.
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United Press Dispatch
Hillsdale
N. J
Henry S. Wise
Henrietta Dunfield
Woodcliff Lake
Here
Frances
Andrew
Wise
Shepherd to face jury Monday in million dollar germ murder case
Chicago May 16 final preparations were completed for the so called million dollar germ murder trial in Judge Lynch's court. The state accuses William D Shepherd of poisoning a son and mother with germs to gain over 1 million dollars and outlines a plot more than 16 years old. Defense contends Shepherd is a god fearing man persecuted to keep the fortune from him.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Leopold-Loeb
Thomas J. Lynch
Criminal Court
William D. Shepherd
Borgia
Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Shepherds
Emma McClintock
McClintock
William Scott Stewart
Explosion Injures Crew Aboard Italian Steamer Adige
Aboard the Italian steamer Adige an explosion and ensuing fire while at anchor off Hampton Roads injured several crew members. The incident was reported to the Navy Department in a dispatch from Washington dated May 16.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Searles argues against coal wage cuts amid mine surplus
Ellis Searles of the United Mine Workers Journal told Middletown Exchange Club that low coal wages will not fix industry woes. He cites demand limits for both anthracite and bituminous coal, notes many mines must close, and insists the union will not accept a wage reduction while contracts run to 1927.
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Middletown
Conn
Exchange Club
United Mine Workers of America
Miners’ Union
United States Coal Commission
Congress
Harding
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