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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1925
Page
4
Linton on Halloween night plans a full festival with a parade mascots parties and costume prizes. Streets will be closed from Math street to Vincennes street and city officials approve the restrictions. Local businesses promise a lively night with music and a robust crowd.
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Senators 3 to 2 to even the series at three games apiece and force a decisive seventh game tomorrow. Detailed play-by-play notes show Moore and Barnhart contributing key hits while Washington pitchers Marberry Ballew Severeid and Ruel are matched by Kremer Smith and batch of Pirates at crucial moments.
Report notes alleged refusal to secure medical attention for a woman after she had ingested poison, details indicate she took the substance and others questioned the response.
Bedford Indiana October 13 United Press dispatch two people are dead and a third is dying after kerosene was poured on an open fire. The dead include Mrs Otto Martin and her four year old son Otto Martin the husband is not expected to live He tried to rescue his wife as the blaze consumed the home and the child was found under a dresser amid the flames.
DWionT DAVIS will succeed Secretary Weeks in a health department leadership transition. Davis is slated to take over the post, with Weeks stepping aside to end a long tenure. The announcement outlines the change as part of a planned administration shift.
Noblesville Indiana October 13 4 The jury panel for the murder trial of D C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan and Tarl Klenck and Harl Gentry remained incomplete at court opening Prospective jurors questioned amid defense attempts to shape panel The state hints at seeking the electric chair amid death penalty questions as defense challenges continue The case centers on the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer after alleged kidnapping and assault by Stephenson and aides
Cedar Rapids churches finish copying the New Testament with 7,959 participants each signing a verse. The verses will be bound into a large book and shown at religious gatherings across North America.
Two Mishawaka and two South Bend manufacturing plants face grand jury indictments for polluting the St Joseph river. Convictions carry a $1000 fine per day of proven pollution. Indicted firms include Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co Mishawaka Rubber and Woolen Co and Mishawaka Rubber Regeneration Co.
Edwardport Ind Oct 13 Alva Crane and H R Singer of Sanborn have purchased the Edwardsport elevator and will restore it to first class condition ready to handle corn within three weeks They also bought the old mill site at Sandborn to build a double crib with carrier and 8 000 bushels capacity and plan to operate there in three weeks.
Chicago reports 602 automobile fatalities as of last night, four more deaths in the 24 hours ending Monday. The total surpasses any previous year and highlights worsening road toll in the city.
Lib- American troops invited to suppress an anti rent payers demonstration in Balboa killed one native, wounded two others, and arrested forty. A patrol was assaulted by missiles from strikers houses, a revolver shot narrowly missed a soldier, and the troops countered with revolver fire. Three battalions under General Marfin crossed from the canal zone into Panama yesterday.
Senator Samuel M. Ralston remained in grave condition at his Indianapolis home with a complication of heart and kidney disorders. Doctors warned the kidney issue was difficult to treat, though heart action showed slight improvement. family and close friends visited.
Locarno Switzerland Oct 13 Preliminary sessions of the security pact conference were postponed until tomorrow so the German cabinet can decide on Germany joining the league of nations.
The steamer Nabesna departed NomI Alaska with over 75 live reindeer bound for U.S. cities for Christmas. Eskimo caretakers accompanied the voyage to tend the animals.
Bishop Theodore Henderson of Cincinnati announced in Cleveland that during self denial week from October 18 to 24 Methodists should abstain from luxuries including candy gum gasoline for pleasure driving moving pictures tobacco and other nonessential comforts to aid efficient living.
Los Angeles school superintendent Mrs Susan Dorsey says gods and goddesses in reference books are too suggestive for high schoolers and has ordered one Cupid and Psyche illustration removed from Los Angeles library references. The state board has not acted since the work isn’t listed as a textbook.
Chicago intense violence leaves two dead and one seriously wounded in 24 hours. Police sergeant William Sweeney’s home is bombed as he stands as chief witness in the Genna gang murder trial. Three beer running rivals named Bricks Bononi and Hess shot in separate feuds.
Jack Palmer of Indianapolis fears a theft accusation after an expensive radiator cap replaced his cheap one. He is afraid to drive his automobile until the matter is resolved.
Governor Jackson approved fifteen clemency petitions on the state pardons board recommendation. Six inmates received paroles while others got sentence commutations and fine remissions. plea denials included ninety nine cases. Parcels named include Larry Pritchard perjury and Prentice Hoop vehicle taking. Lea Thurer liquor violations commuted.
A Detroit News item notes a vibrant appliqué filled with color, 92 percent of which is integrated into the table cloth design. The feature highlights craft detail and textile artistry.
Dwight Davis of St. Louis was named secretary of war to succeed John W. Weeks who resigned today at a cabinet meeting. Weeks, in poor health after a stroke in April, plans to retire to private life. Davis holds the rank of colonel in the army.
Washington reports health issues forced Secretary Weeks to resign. Acting War Secretary Dwight Davis is the leading candidate, with Dwight Morrow Charles Hilles New Hanford MacNider among others named for the post. Weeks met with Coolidge, who promised an official announcement after the cabinet meeting.
White House stated European countries seeking private loans in the United States will see their credit improve if they settle debts to the U.S. government. President Coolidge's stance against extending credits to foreign nations involved in military movements was affirmed.
William Watkins III of K street northwest was reported seriously ill with preunionial fever while staying at his brother Adam Watkins home in Indianapolis where he had been employed at the Ford plant.
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