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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
AIRMAN IN FALL
AT PARkMAN HAD
NO PILOTS LICENSE
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

NSDeCldI 10 h6un6DeC JOurnaI)
Dover-Foxcroft, July County
Attorney Jerome B. Clark, secretary
of State Frank w. Ball, Lieut.. ncul
Slocumb inspector of aircrafts and
examiners of pilots of Maine. Chief
Of the State Highway Police Fred
Sanborn and a representative of the
Kennebec Journal were in Parkman,
Tuesday afternoon. The officials are
investigating the cause of the acct
dent by airplane in Parkman Satur-
day evening when the Curtis plane
operated by Frank w. Sullivan Of
Portland in carrying Francis Leigh
ton of Parkman took nose dive and
came to the ground, killing Leighton
and injuring, Sullivan.
The investigation showed that Sui
Ivan had neither license to pilot a
plane or to carry passengers, one
having to take lessons of an instruc-
tor, and when he considered a person
capable of plotting a plane he drives
them to the State examiner of air pi-
lots, who If he finds one capable to
operate plane sees that he receives
a license through the Secretary of the
State. After receiving this license
100 hours of solo flying is required
before one may secure a license for
carrying passengers for hire. Facts
brought about showed that Sullivan
had only had IL hours of solo flying
under instructions before making the
trip from Portland on last Friday.
Mr.. Slocumb states that the plane
was examined three weeks ago and
found airworthy. From facts obtain
ed he said he thought that Sullivan
appeared to be progressing well un-
der instructions Mr.. Slocumb will
remain in town Wednesday to fur
Their investigate the cause Of the ac-
cident. No further facts about the
case had been determined Tuesday
night. MT. Ball and Chief Sanborn
returned to Augusta in the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Searchers Find
Missing Boy After
All Night Search

Westerly, r. l., July 7.-(AP)-
William F. Harticon. Jr., three-year-
cld son Of a Fall River, Mass. business
nan, was found tonight. The child's
cisappearance from the family's sum-
mar home ''Farway Farm" near North
stonington. Conn, last night. started
asearch by 100 volunteers, Boy Scouts
and posse Of state police. He was
exhausted from a nights wandering
through swamp and woodland.
Clarence Palmer, a searcher, found
ne lad after a German police dog,
sent BY Police Chief Feeny Of Fall
Aiser, had led scouting party to the
age Of swamp, where the boys
footprints were visible. 1t was first
thought he had been kidnapped.
Inc child was in an open field. not
more than a mile from his home, when
aimer saw him. His face and hands
we're scratched by thorns and his
clothes were torn. He had been
sosked to the skin by passing through
me swamp. A setter dog, the pet of
Ne Harticon household. which disap-
Jared with its small master. was not
found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
GOV. BREWSTER AND
PARTY OFF TO SEE
BEAUTIES kATAHDIN

Gov. Ralph o. Brewster left last
night for trip to Mt. Katahdin to
pass the remainder Of the week tore
cuperate from the strenuous activities
Of last week when he acted as the
States host to the governors of the
Gov. Brewster was accompanied on
the trip by Mrs. Brewster, George B.
Dorr,. superintendent of the Lafayette
National Park at Bar Harbor, Com
missioner of Inland Fisheries and
Game Willis E. Parsons, Miss Harriet
b. c. Ogden of New York and Bar Har-
Dor, Philip Kicker Shorey of Portland,
State publicity director, and Pathe
News cameramen.
Gov. Brewster stated that while the
trip was in the nature of a vacation
and rest. he intended to make first
hand inspection of the territory On
and about Mt. Katahdin and the many
natural beauties which told to the
summer tourist.
Few people appreciate the fact that
Mt. Katahdin Is one Of the outstanding
sections of the Maine woods for hunt
ing. fishing and canoeing, and for gen.
eral vocational purposes" said Gov.
Brewster.
at lies in the center of a vast for
est expanse which stretches from the
mountain base. My present trip.
though one of rest, is to get intimate
facts concerning it relative to making
its natural beauties better known to
the people, not only of Maine but to
the hundreds of thousands of tourists
VI bo opnuallv emma 70 this State from
all over the country.
Few people realize that Mt. Katah-
din is 5273 feet above the sea level
and Is one of the three highest noun
tains east of the Rockies"
The governors party plans to climb
the mountain and remain there over
uight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
DOns One-Piece
Bathing Suit at 1O8
For ROckaway Dip

New York, July 7.-(AP)-Proud
of his new one-piece bathing suit,
Chain Weiss, aged 10S, went in
swimming at Rockaway today while
100 less venturesome fellow inmates
at the home of the Sons and Daugh-
ters of Israel, New York, looked on
admiringly.
When two of the kids" Sam Ru-
binovitz, 81, and Abraham Cohen,
30, insisted upon standing behind
the cameraman and sucking lolly-
pops and grimacing to discomfort
Chain while his picture was being
taken, he picked up a toy pail and
shovel and handed them to the
baby boys" remarking: Go and
play until you grow up"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Damaging Rain, Hail and
Lightning Heat Wave
Central and South Maine
CHORUS GIRL SHOOTS
ACTOR HUSBAND IN
GOTHAM APARTMENT

New York, July 7.-(AP)-Allen
Davis, %, understudy to the leading
man in the play White Cargo. was
shot in the shoulder and head to-
night by his chorus girl wife, in
an apartment where he was dining
with two friends. He was taken to
the Polytechnic hospital in a serious
condition.
Mrs. Davis, known professionally
as Edith Parker, entered the apart
ment as her husband was dining
with Melville Anderson and Harry
Wagstaff Gribble. playwright.
II want to see my husband alone,
she said.
Anderson and Gribble invited her
to dine with them, but she again re-
quested to see her husband alone
Passing through a kitchenette into
a bedroom, she and Davis held a
brief conversation.
A few seconds later Anderson and
Gribble heard reports of a revolver
Mrs. Davis returned to the dining
room and, eluding the two men. ran
to the street. In running down the
steps of the house she lost the heel
of one of her shoes.
Detectives Owens, Leech and
Woods. of the Broadway squad
passing in an automobile, saw the
woman running and stopped her,
When they learned the cause OF
her flight they arrested her and she
was held charged with felonious as
sault.
An immediate operation for the
actor was ordered.
Anderson and Gribble were at a
loss to account for Mrs. Davis mo-
tive in shooting her husband. After
the shooting and Mrs. Davis flight
the injured man crawled on his
hands and knees into the dining
room.
At the police station Mrs. Davis
refused to talk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Record Rainfall
At BURLINGTON. VT.

Burlington, VT, July 7.-(AP)-
The greatest rainfall in any one hour
for at least II years was recorded
at the local station of the weather
bureau today, the precipitation be-
ing one and half inches between
the hours of 1905 and HOS A. NJ,
The total rainfall for the day was
2.33 inches. There was considerable
but not serious damage. which was
confined chiefly to flooded cellars
and choked catchbasins. There was
little wind with the storm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
FILE PETITION
ON REFERENDUM
DAYLIGHT SAVING

Portland, Me-, July 7-(AP}-Pe-
titions. bearing 1852 signatures, for
a referendum on the daylight
saving time law, passed by the last
Legislature, were taken to Augusta
today and filed with the Secretary of
State, Frank w. Ball. Similar pc
titions are being sent from other
parts of the state. Only 1900 sigma
lures are required for a referendum
to the voters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Macmillan Stops
For Short Time
At Spotted Island

warrington, July 7.-(AP)-A de-
s5eo dispatch to the National Geo
Typical Society today said the
sscMillan Arctic expedition stopped
~ few hours Sunday, at Spotted
ssa no, which lies en- route from
Tue Harbor to Hopedale, Labra-
nere the party visited a small
spitaL which is maintained by the
syasge OF Physicians and Surgeons
-. vsolumbia, and the naval officers
mn smn the expedition took time to
s sstcnase Eskimo boots from the
Ewes lives. DR.. Walter Koelz, icothyol-
~ ~. with the party, discovered q
hss ss crested sparrow on the is
nd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Heat Kills Two
In National Capital

Washington, July 7-(AP)-Two
persons were killed and4 eight pros
trated today by the heat wave which
has gripped the capital for several
days.
Officially the mercury touched the
81 degree mark. but thermometers on
Pennsylvania avenue registered as
high as 1O5 degrees at P. M.
Government clerks employed on
the top floors of buildings were dis
missed at noon. Relief is promised
tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
v.yors Legislation to That End
4 Coming Session Of Con-
,ress-Asks Big Cut in Sur
..v Rates-Believes Present
rate Retards Development
81 Business

ev.mpscott, Mass, July lap
.n.neral relief for all taxpayers In
,..,.lation to be undertaken next
...,,on Of congress is the aim OF
p-.ddant Coolidge. He wants par
.,.n,ar emphasis conferred, however
i . slash in the surtax rates.
Mr., Coolidge. who urged adop-
u, AZ the Mellon plan proposing
,.ximum surtax rate Of % per-
~ d the last tax reduction night,
/. prepared, If expects ask for It.
). sanction a maximum surtax rate
...n a low as II percent. He will
,..re formation Of a bill in the
..,ss IL the house ways and means
.ommittee and treasury officials. 4.
present surtax rates with a max
,mum Of 40 percent prevent a prop.
= Development of business as well
:, cutting down the amount of pos
,,bIe revenue to the government. the
president believes. He thinks money
!. beinr withdrawn from enterprise
n non.taxable investments as q
means Of evading the higher tax
rates.
while desiring relief also for the
smaller taxpayers the President !:
not prepared to outline a definite
rrorram. The rate of two percent
an incomes under $4,000 now applies
Figures on the condition of the
treasury at the close of the f1sca
rear June 3d. still are unavailable
M President conferred with Chair.
man Green of the house ways and
Means committee just before leav.
10 washington on the matter an.
pounced today. Mr.. Green will cal
Inc committee together to draft q
I'M In October when final figures Of
he treasury surplus will beat hand
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Yachts Up Against
Variety of Weather
In Maine Coast Race

Rockland, Me-, July 7.-(AP)-The
fog which almost Invariably attends
the coming of the boats of the Eastern
Yacht Club on their annual cruise to
Penobscot was replaced today by a
variety of weather ranging from a
stiff breeze and clear skies to a sharp
electrical storm and cloudburst. The
yacht Sou'easter grounded on the
Rockland breakwater and pounded
nearly an hour before it was pulled
off. The keel was damaged but the
craft was not leaking. The yachts
raced at will from Marblehead so that
the result will not be made known I'M
til tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Engineer of Note
| Dies at Ellsworth

Ellsworth, Me-, July Z = (APJ :
Harold H. Clark, 81 years old, CHIEF
engineer of the Wico Electric Com
pany of West Springfield, Mass, and
for many years chief electrical engi-,
neer of the United States Bureau OF
Mines at Pittsburgh, died here today
at the home of a sister after long
illness. Mr.. Clark was a graduate OF
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and
began his career as engineer as an
experimenter for the General Electric
Company at Schenectady. During
the war he was a major in the chem
ical warfare service of the army.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Five Hurt When
Auto Skids Near SacO

Portland, Me-, July 7-(AP)-Five
were injured late today when an auto
skiddei on the Saco road and over
turned. All were taken to the Maine
General Hospital.
The most seriously injured was
Louis Bradley of Hartford, Conn,
driver of the machine, who received
bad cuts about his head and face,
necessitating an X-ray examination
for a possible fractured skull.
Others injured were Mrs Fine
White, of Hartford; Mrs. Catherine
Forbes of Calais; Miss Annie Brad
ley of Hartford, and William White
of Hartford. Mrs. White has a 1rac-
tured jaw. The others are cut and
bruised.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Honolulu Reports
3 Hour Quake Shock

Honolulu. July 7-(AP)-An earth-
Quake of considerable magnitude was
registered at ISL A. NJ. today on the
seismograph at the United States mag
netic station at Eva, this island. The
shock continued about three hours
The distance away of the disturbance
could not be estimated but it was said
that the record resembled that made
by the seismograph of the Santa Bar
bara earthquake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Coolidges in Dark
When the "Juice" Fails

Swampscott. Mass, July 7-(AP)-
President and Mrs. Coolidge sat In
the dark for half an hour tonight af-
ter a thunderstorm had put the lee
trio lights at the summer White
House out of commission.
A hurry call was sent for an cleo
trician and until repairs were COM
pleted they sat or the porch enjoy
ing the storm and the dimmed view
of the sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Japanese District
Hit by Earthquake

Tokyo. July S-(AP)-Despatches
from the town of Nagoya report that
a. severe earthquake shook the Nay
ora district this morning and there
were several casualties. A number Of
tail chimneys collapsed
The Quake is described as the most
sewers shock felt in the region since
1891.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
HailstOnes Big
As Silver Dollars
Especial to the Kennebec Jour

Especial to the Kennebec Journal)y
Freeport, Me-, July 7.-During .
terrific thunder shower, accompa-
MED by hail, this afternoon the
farm buildings on the James Small
place, so-called, at Pleasant Hill.
were struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. The. buildings were
owned by Mrs. L. f. Curtis and were
unoccupied. Owing to the storm
there was much delay in giving the
fire alarm, the highways being
blocked by fallen telephone poles
and trees. Hail stones as large as
silver dollars fell during the storm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Day of Discomfort
For Bangor People

Bangor, Me-, July 7-(AP)-This
has been the most uncomfortable
day of the season thus far in Ban
gor. Rain fell all the afternoon and
up to P. M, varying from drizzle
to a cloudburst The humidity was
high and the temperature ran up to
50 degrees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
THE WEATHER
EAlR

Northern New England - Fair
Wednesday and Thursday; warmer
in interior Thursday.
Southern New England - Fair
and slightly cooler Wednesday;
Thursday fair, warmer in interior.
Eastern New York-Fair Wednes-
day, cooler in extreme south por-
ton; Thursday fair, warmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
General Forecast

The disturbance that was over
Quebec Monday night is moving over
New Foundland with a trough ex-
tending southwestward to Virginia.
Cooler weather has overspread the
north portions Of the middle Atlantic
states.
1t will be cooler Wednesday in New
England.
Winds north of Sandy Hook
Moderate to north and northeast and
weather partly overcast Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Bolt Kills Motor
Cyclist Under Tree

Boston, July T. (AP)-One
death, a number of injuries and
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty damage has been reported
Continued on Page 3-Coi. ~ r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
LIGHTNING and Fire
ueStrOyS r. I. Barn

ss,seoln. r. l., July 7-(AP)-Fire
~. by lightning destroyed the
ca. Darn owned by Benjamin
IA. IN the Saylesville distrist to-
ioI one horse was burned but
Nv a. OF cattle were saved. A dog
me alarm. The loss was $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Augusta Doctor
Named on Board
Medical Examiners

Announcement was made last
night of the nomination by Cover
nor Brewster of DR.. Albert H. Stur-
tevant of Augusta as a member of
the State board of examiners in
medicine and surgery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08

Church at Pittsfield,
Mass Hit by Lightning

Pittsield. Mass, July LAP
The steeple of the Methodist Episco-
pal church was shattered this evening
by lightning Slate was scattered for
yards about the building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-08
Boston Forecast

Boston, July 7-(AP)-Forecast for
Boston and acknowledgements fair
and slightly cooler; Tuesday fai",
warmer in the interior; moderate
northeast winds.
Evening star., 1925-09-09

Guy E. yerkes. 7o5 Newton place,
Alice NJ. Young, Walter Reed Hos
pital S4.15.
Gilbert Young. 134s Meridian place,
1851.
f. NJ. Wager, 29o1 Sixteenth street,
s474
Wootton E. Young, Rhode Island
avenue northeast, $3757.
Marion and Della Young, 500 Twen-
ty-first street $3.50.
Harry L. Young and wife, 2216
North Capitol street, s3429.
Brooke d. Young, Fourteenth and
Fairmount street, S31.61.
A. C. Yznaga, 3725 Livingston street.
$40.
Alonzo G. Yates. 1920 Sixteenth
street, s55.5S.
Ellen NJ. Youngquist. 1916 Park
road $5.47.
Charles $. Yoemans, s74O Mckinley
street, s32.75.
A. L. Young. s945 Connecticut
avenue, $1.20.
Harry Yadkousky. 1890 Four-and-a-
half street southwest, $3.50.
Julian L. Yates. Fort Myer, Va,
$685..
W. H. Young. 34o7 o street. 30
cents.
Henry c. Young, Chevy Chase.
! -. T., SZ3.SI.
Ellen Fuller Young, 1745 K street.
$2.5S.
Manuel Yanez. $40 Twenty-second
street, $1.50.
Joseph F. zegowitz, 1901 Crittenden
| street, S20258.
Nick Zaneros, us Fair1nont street,
s15.18.
! Raymond w Zimmerman, Inc, I'LL
Willard street, Sill.
Cornelia j. Ziegler and husband,
| 4117 Eighth street, $4.64.
Fred P. Zuschnitt, 1901 Fourth
street southeast, S626.
o. B. zantzinger, 945 K street,
| $246.44.
John A. Zelinski, 4451 Twenty-ninth
street. $28.56.
James B. Zachary, 9O7 Varnum
street, S2.58
II. c. Zimmerman, 1917 Buchanan
street, Sl467.
W. E. Zirkle and wife, 2026 Nichols
avenue southeast, S2.19.
Dorothea Zukierelli, 1401 Twelfth
street, s4.92.
John zirwes, 1877 Columbia road,
s11.35
Frank zamecnik. 1910 Eye street,
s3.3S.
Evening star., 1925-09-09


| street southwest, S4.71.
Wilhelm Wiedemann. 1000 e, s1.o1.
| Albert A. Wicks and wife, Seat
Pleasant, Md, $3.50.
Lucille q. Work, 1901 Georgia ave
nue., $4.17.
William II. Wright. jr.. Takoma
Park, Md, 29 cents.
Gladys /. Welch, 1909 @ street,
$246
Sophia C. Windeck, 1925 NJ street,
$49.3S
Mary e. Wilson, 7o3 Mount Vernon
place, 73 cents.
! c. Luther Werkheiser, 1915 K
| street. S3.45.
Frank shaler Wilcox, 141S Belmont
| street, 1922.
| Fleetwood Wolfe, 1873 Columbia
| road, $11.06.
Joseph A. Wade, 1928 Fifteenth
Kenneth Whiting, Navy Depart
ment, S53.01.
james w Witten. the Alabama
! Apartments. $16.79.
| Delbert W. Williams, 311S Newton
street northeast, S5.53.
| ~Rowana Winslow, 1905 Sixteenth
( street, $3.50.
William J. Wire and wife, 15 West
! Aspen street, Chevy Chase, Md,
$37.46.
Mrs. Lillian Woodward, 1920 Six
teenth street. s1S.32.
George B. West. Aspen street,
Chevy Chase, Md, s51.57.
| Norman It. Whitaker, 1905 F street,
| S8 cents.
l.. Adelede Watson. 22o9 Evarts
street northeast, $11.48.
Howard B. Wright, 1886 G street,
s7.05.
Edith f. Wilson. 1906 Crittenden
| street, s1O.52
John c. Wemple. Quantico, Va,
$11.35.
Mrs. Helen Il. Wickes. 426 Fifth
street northeast, $3.70.
William w. Walker, 2519 North
| Capitol street. S6.15.
James L. Wright, 3433 Holmead
place, S6S.77.
| Eugene Robert Woodsen, 3245
Klingle road. $11S.16.
Glenn WilIett, Transportation Build
! ing. S29.2o.
/ William j. Walsh, 1901 Monroe
street northeast. Sc.
j. $. Williams. 74S Rock Creek
Church road s1717.
Letitia ID. Walker. 400 Seward
| square, S1.SI.
Lorenzo p. Wilcox. 1919 G street.
s19.74
Harry Williams, "a Quincy place,
Robert F. Whitehead, 1924 Twenty
eighth street. s20.53.
Mary h. Walsh, 1850 Monroe street,
s5.49.
CIeone Warren. 1880 Thirteenth
street. s2.43.
Rear Admiral A. l.. Willard. L. $.
| n, Navy Department, Seventeenth
and b streets, i64.96.
rl,t4 10
Mary X. Welden. the Plymouth,
S5.l7
Louise wobbecke, 1880 L street.
1907.
Albert Wilkinson, SIG G street
s1.39.
Lawrence White, 2o0O Charming
street northeast. S6.07.
| w w. .Wyman. 724 Upshur street,
s24.S9
Katharine u. Wndensteiner, 2244
Nicholson street southeast, $5.23.
! Mollie T. Williams, 1913 q street,
S1.32.
r. L. Wilson, 1907 Tenth street,
| Charles r. Williams. 1924 Fourth
| street southeast, S2.43.
| Joseph l.. White, 1715 Columbia
road, $16.20.
| E. w. Whitehead, 2517 Twelfth
| street, $9.1S.
Mabel Weldy. 2o12 o street. 81
| Bertha l.. Woodward. War Depart
ment, s10.37.
Clarence b. whaley, 2612 Garfield
| street, 1864.
| r. W. Wheeler, 1924 II street s4s.13
Daniel Winthrop Warner, 205 Ascot
place northeast, s1.07.
Ernest F. Williams. 1885 Madison
/ street, $5.55.
| Mary Wade. 20 Seaton place, s13.18.
| C. o. Wyvill. zoe D street. s10.42.
| Henry II. Welch and wife, 1921
Fourth street, 1884.
R. N Wiley and wife. 1866 Colum-
bia road, S10.o6.
w. L. Wardell, Sherman avenue.
| Takoma Park, 81 cents.
| Alice P. Wallace, care of r. B. Pen
dergast. 1926 Mckinley street, S615.
Matte H. White, Takoma Park,
S236.
| Miss Rosemary f. Wright, 1890 Nc
| Kinley street, $3.50.
Russell l.. Waybright, 1880 A street
| southeast. S9.S4.
/
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-15
DEPARTMENT. OF PUBLIC WORKS
OF THE BOARD

CITY ADVERTISEMENT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-15
TWO men BURNED
IN GARAGE BLAZE
$4,000 Damage Done by
Fire at Lawrence,

Wilbur Bragdon. 80. manager, and
Fred White, 40, employee of the
Lawrence Auto Company, at Law
renee, Ind, were suffering today
from burns received late Wednesday
when fire damaged the building hous-
ing the garage and poolroom OPP
Grated by Henry Zitmeyer. Damage
probably reach $4,000, it was esti-
mated.
According to information from
Lawrence, the FIRE started from a
can of kerosene near a stove. Brag-
don and White, were burned at
tempting to fight the flames. Eight
automobiles in the garage We're de-
stroyed.
Fire apparatus from FIT. Harrison,
Lawrence and indianapolis battled
the flames two hours. The Lawrence
Lumber Company, adjoining the
garage, was endangered.
The garage is owned by DIR. John
Seller and Mrs. Mary Bennett.
Home Of Oscar Hutton. R. R. E.,
Box 102, near University Heights,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday.
Overheated furnace started the
blaze, which caused $4,000 loss, ac-
cording to firemen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-15
MARKED LEN|ENCY
SHOWN MOTORISTS
81 and Costs Fines Given
for Speed.

Marked leniency was shown in
speed session Of city court today by
Judge Pro Tenn. Fred Masters. Sew
eral fines Of only 81 and costs were
assessed.
{ Forty-three drivers were fined,
sixteen cases continued, three dis
sixteen discharged and two
ordered.
Chester Allen, a Bloomington bus
driver, charged with speeding thirty
miles an hour with eighteen passen-
gers aboard, and Edward Ragland.
2442 College Ave-, convicted of GO
ing thirty-two miles, both drew the
minimum fines. a
Although Motor Policeman David
son testified he had to go fifty miles
an hour to catch w. P. Goodwin, 1909
Wright St., Judge Masters dis
charged him because he has a big
family.
Fines of SIS and costs were given:
Warner Stoltz, 510 Carlisle Pl., for
thirty-one miles; Bryant Sandow, 1877
Blue Ridge Rd., thirty; and Harry
Peek, Ala N. Alabama ST., taxi
driver, for thirty-three miles an
hour.