Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1920 — Page 5

pfRMALIFECO. EMERGES FROM BOLAND TANGLE Financial Interests Get Behind Move to Help Concern Fill Many Orders. PLANT COMING HERE? Thomas C. Boland, the former manager of the Permallfe Battery Company, who disappeared leaving a number of Indianapolis citizens bewailing the loss of a sum estimated to aggregate from $.->O,OOO to $200,000, will, in all probability, be the unconscious means of adding another industry to Indianapolis' business circles. The Permallfe company is gradually being drawn out of the entanglement into which it was plunged by Boland and It now seems certain that it will not survive his mistreatment, but will "■grow into a large and permanent business asset for this city. Financial interests In Indianapolis are now working to bring about support of the company with a view to permitting it to fill a large number of orders for batteries and it is the opinion of those who are in touch with its affairs that the consummation of present negotiations will place the company in a position where it can be expanded and continue to occupy an important place in its field. COMPANY HAS NEW FEANS. Boland’s transactions are said to have brought the company very near to the end of its resources, but the resources of a number of the men who were interested in it have not been incumbered and they are now supporting the company in an effort to avail itself of as bright prospects as were ever before a company of Its nature. Asa part of the new plans for the Permalife company it is proposed tbai the main plant, now in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., be moved to Indianapolis, where the company has already established a branch factory. It is declared that the company has orders on hand for more than $1,000,000 worth of batteries and that the material on hand for manufacturing purposes is such that with minor purchases for the purpose of leveling the stock, the orders in hand can be filled

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Danish King Thanks Wilson and Allies COPENHAGEN, Jan. J 3.—King Christian lias sent a message to President Wilson and the allied leaders congratulating them on the coming of peace and expressing his gratitude at the reunion of Schleswig with the parent country. To President Wilson the king added: “This is the result of your high Ideals.” without involving heavy financial outlay. A committee to deal with the financial side of the problem has been formed and Includes representatives of some of the largest ijnancial interests in Indianapolis. This committee, it is reported, is succeeding very well in the formation of agreements regarded as essential to the success of the Permalife's future, and members of It say that they feel assured of co-operation In the accomplishment of the establishment of the battery company as one of Indianapolis’ solid manufacturing plants. The product of the Permallfe company has always been regarded as an excellent one, the company has earned a reputation for integrity that has not been injured by the unfortunate connection with Boland. NOT LIKEIA TO BE WRECKED. All throughout the time when the actions of Boland were focusing public attention on the company, there was displayed an unusual disposition on the part of the public generally to recognize the battery company as an institution that could not be 'wrecked. Persons who are acqunibted with the manufacturing business declared that there is a field for it which makes Its prospects unusually bright and they do not hesitate to declare that it. will certainly proceed to Us proper place in this field. There is today every prospect that the Permalife company will become a permanent asset to Indianapolis, with a factory employing a great many man, according to men In a position to know. Whether this advantage to the city can be attributed to Boland or not, It appears that the community a large will not be the loser because of his affairs. FORD HOST TO EMPEOTES. DETROIT, Jan. IS.—Henry Ford was host last night to 1,000 of his employes at a dinner commemorating the anniversary of the establishment of his profitsharing plan.

PARENTS SUE TO RECOVER CHILD Grandma Defendant in Novel Action at Lafayette. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 13—Is parental love greater than the laws of the state? This question must be decided by Judge J. L. Caldwell In Tippecanoe county circuit court. Little Mary Babette McQueen, 5-year-old, Is the child Involved in one of the strangest cases in Indiana court annals. Clifford B. McQueen and Mary Felix McQueen, the child’s parents, declare their baby is unjustly held In the custody of Nancy Felix, Mrs. McQueen’s mother. A court order gave her the baby several years ago. , The baby’s attachment for her grand mother had become so great that scarcely recognizes her mother or father. But the parents’want Mary. They Insist Nancy Felix has used questionable methods in order to obtain possession of the baby and at the same time stltle the attentions of her daughter toward McQueen. REJTSED HUSBAND SIGHT OF WIFE. The story of the love of the McQueens carries all of the thrills of fiction. It was In .1914 the young couple first became acquainted. Frledship was fanned Into love. Then came the alleged interference of the girl's mother. Mrs. McQueen was just past 15 then. He was little older. They were denied a marriage license In Chicago. Later the girl’s mother, after her daughter bad been away for some time, took the young couple back to Chicago and they were married. According to the story told In court Nancy Felix refused to recognize McQueen as her sondn law. When his wife was ill In April, 1914. McQueen says his mother-in-law refused tc let him see her. The baby came in June, 1914. “I was not permitted to see my husband and in March, 1915, when he was in Oregon working she compelled me to get a divorce," the young mother told the court. She declared that the charge made in the affidavit by Mrs. Felix that her husband had deserted her in an Indianapolis hotel room and took her clothing with him, was false. NEVER WANTED TO GET DIVORCE. When he learned that his wife had obtained a divorce. McQueen enlisted In the navy. Through the medium of a girl friend, he kept in touch with his wife.

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He learned that she still loved bim and wanted to live with him. “Clifford got a furlough from the navy and came to Lafayette to see me,” Mrs. McQueen says. “I told bim I never wanted a divorce. We decided to go to Hoopstown, 111., and be remarried. My mother and a lawyer caused Clifford to be arrested and thrown in jail. He was charged with kidnaping his own child. It was then mother obtained possession of Mary.” Later McQueen obtained his discharge, returned to Lafayette and he and his wife were remarried. Then came the world war. His wife’s mother was still bitterly opposed to him. She refused to give up the child, he alleges. Time came for filing questionnaires for military service. Senator H. E. Negley, who was aiding in selective draft service work, heard young McQueen’s story. He said he would help him when he got back from service. McQueen went to France and served with high honors as a dispatch rider. He carries a citation for bravery. The McQueens are living at 1918 Roosevelt avenue. Indianapolis. Noblesville Youth Killed in Arizona Specie! to The Times. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 13.—A message was received in this city Monday afternoon saying that Harry Miller had been killed In a mine explosion at Btsbee, Arlz. The remains will be brought here for burial. Tbe young man was a son of Mrs. Edward Miller of this city and his wife is the daughter of E. Q. Thayer, a Noblesville business man. Young Miller spent two years in France and was severely wounded In the Ohateau-Tbierry fight. He was In a French hospital for eleven months. He was discharged from tbe army last October and a short time later went to Arizona to study mine engineering. . Boy Who Killed Man During Parade Freed Special to The Times. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 13.—Judge Pence has made a finding of not guilty in the cane of Clarence Schmidt, 15 years old, who was charged with manslaughter growing out of the accidental shooting of Albert Brattaln of Middletown during an Armistice day parade here, Nov. 11. The court held that Brattain's death was an unfortunate accident and that the boy waa simply taking part In the Armistice celebration and. bad not intention of shooting the Middletown man.

KEEPS HANDS OFF OF PUGH ESTATE Judge Ewbank Says Probate Court Has Jurisdiction. Holding that the Marion county probate court has taken “exclusive jurisdiction” of tle $300,000 joint estate of the late Marshall and Enoch Pugh, Judge Louis Ewbank of the circuit court today overruled a motion of the plaintiffs to strike out part? of the answer of the defendants, Jemina Hardin and others. The action of the Circuit court really leaves the matter in the hands of the probate court, which has ordered the estate sold and the proceeds divided among the first cousins of the late Enoch and Marshall Pugh. Enoch and Marshall Pugh were brothers, who. during their life time, were Jointly able to obtain extensive real estate holdings in Center and Wayne townships. When Finoch died sometime ago his estate went to his brother and partner, Marshall, as both were bachelors. There were no direct heirs except first, second and third cousins. Some of the first cousins filed a suit In the probate court against the other first cousins asking that they be declared the heirs. Judge Mahlon Bash held that first cousins, all of them, were entitled to receive the property as heirs and that the second and third cousins were not heirs under the law. The second and third cousing filed an action in the circuit court asking for a share of the estate, but the circuit court holds that as the probate court has not as yet disposed of the estate, that the probate court has “exclusive jurisdiction.” The probate court has appointed a trustee, ordered the property sold and given in certain portions to the first cousins. POOLROOM OWNER DISCHARGED. Bud Malone, negro, who operates a poolroom at 1806 West Tenth street, was discharged in city court where he was held on a charge of keeping a gambling house, but six negroes arersted in a raid on a “craps” game in the poolroom were fined $5 each on gaming charge*

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2 STATE MINERS KILLED BY SLIDE BIOKNELL. ind.. Jan. 13.—Two ♦ miners are dead today as the result of the first fatal accident at the American mine, near here, si nee the strike* Fred Holden of this city and George Blankton of Vincennes were caught under a shoe of slate Tate yesterday. Holden was killed instantly, while Blankton died on his way to a hospital in Vincennes. The men were working in the mine with about fifty other miners, cleaning out the fallen slate and coal, and getting the mine in shape to resume operations. The American Is the only mine in the county that was not in condition to resume work when the strike order was Recalled. The mine was sealed on the morning of November 7, as the result of a fire which broke out in the main entrance the previous night. Workmen have been engaged for several weeks cleaning up the wreckage in the mine. Italian Rail Men Demand Seizure ROME, Jan. 13.—Extremists among the dissatisfied railway workers today openly advocated seizure of the roads. An agreement' between (he unions and th; government 'appeared impossible. All concessions offered by the government have been rejected. The sitvatlon has been complicated by refusal of postofflee, telephone and telegraph workers to accept the government’s offers. Woman Who Killed Husband to Recover Special to The Time*. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 13.—Mrs. Dinah Addington, who shot and killed her husband, Earl Addington, In a rooming house here and then sent a bullet into her left lung. Is improving in the Reid hospital. Addington came here from Muncle to work and Mrs. Addington was trying to persuade him to return and live with her and their baby.

American Girl, Who Was an Arab Slave , Back Home 1: ' Jf- v aH HARA<3HEIASIAN NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Miss Vartenousch Karagheusian, first American girl, held as an Arab slave, to arrive in America, has had a run of thrilling adventures. Her family was driven miles into Turkish territory, in the vicinity of Mesopotamia, and she alone survived the march. Being assigned to a Turkish hospital at Vartenousch, she managed to escape to the British lines and was then sent to the American relief station at Beirut. Her brother, John, a wealthy rug merchant of Minneapolis, met her on her arrival in New York.

U. S. SOLDIERS TO QUIT SIBERIA Action to Follow Repatriation of Czecho-Slovaks. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 13.—Dcislon to withdraw the American troop* from Siberia upon tbe completion of th* repatriation gs the Czecho-Slovak force* next month has been reached by the United States government. The troops were sent to Siberia in accord with an agreement between the United States, Japan and the ententa powers to aid the Czechs and protect th* Siberian railroad, and Japan has been notified by the United States of tbe can-* cellation of that agreement in so far a*' it affects the presence of an American military expedition. Millionaire New York Lumber Man Dies GLENN FALLS, N. Y„ Jan. 13.—Patrick Moynehan, millionaire lumberman, died at his home here today. Mr. Moynehan started life without a penny and died the owner of vast timber lands and a chain of stores in the Adirondacks, besides being the largest individual owner of real estate in this city. He was president of the PostStar Publishing Company. Avalanches Wreck Villages in Alps ROME. Jan. 13. —Several villages In the 1 Alpine regions have been wiped out by avalanches, whi-'h frollowed sever® storms In that district, according to dls* patches here today. In the province of PiedAont, along the Swiss frontier, an avalanche smothered the village of Demonic. Workers so far had recovered six bodies. STLIPS, GOES UNDER AUTO. ANDERSON, Ind.. Jan. 33.—Mrs. W. O, Castor, 32, was seriously hurt when sh* slipped on the ice while crossing tha street and was run over by an automobile truck.

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