Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1925 — Page 13

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23,1925

WRIGLET HEADS STONEMEIGER $50,000,000 Combine of Quarries Planned. Bii United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 23. 'Plans for a me-ger of practically all ’of the stone quarrying companies inLawrence and Monroe Counties were going forward rapidly, it was learned today. The plan which involves more than $50,000,000 would place more than three-quarters of all the quarries in the Bedford-Bloomington district under one management, it was said. William Wrigley, Chicago millionaire is understood to be backing the merger plan as is Lawrence Whiting, also of Chicago. Charles Walter, president of the Indiana Quarries Compny, is slated for the presidency of the merged companies, it was •learned. DEATH CHEATS SANTA Poor Farm Inmates Bay Flowers Instead of Christmas Presents. ■Bn United Press CRAWFORDSVILL.E, Ind., Dec. 23. —Death today shadowed plans for the holiday celebration of the inmates of the Montgomery County Poor Farm. Plans for the annual Christmas tree and exchange of gifts among inmates were abandoned following the death of Samuel Ham, 72. All of the inmates will give what little money they have for purchasing flowers for Ham. BAND’S FATE UNDECIDED New Board Members Say Minds Will Be Open. “Incoming board of safety members will approach with open minds decision of whether to maintain the Police and Firemen’s Band,” O. D. Haskett, new board member assured administration leaders at board of safety meeting. Mayor Shank, William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, and Fire Chief John J. O’Brien praised the band’s activities in boosting the city. SLICK STREETS FATAL One Dead, Twelve Hurt in South Bend Accidents. Bu United Press SOUTH BEND. Ind., Dec. 23.—Automobile accidents, resulting from slippery streets, took a toll of one dead and twelve Injured here. Mrs. G. Burdette Staples. 22, died from a fractured skull sustained when an automobile driven by her husband skidded from the road and overturned.

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TOWN TO GET NEW ROAD Tax Board Approves Issue for Shirley Highway. State ta'x commissioners provisionally approved a $29,000 bond issue for construction of a concrete road through the town of Shirley, ou the Hancock-Henry County line. Cost of the proposed road will be borne equally by the two counties. Commissioners of the two counties were ordered to receive bids on the project and submit them to the tax board for approval. VETERANS TO MEET R. E. Murphy. Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association secretary, announced a meeting will be h*ld tonight at 6 o’clock at Superior Court Three.

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CHICAGO GUNS KILL FIVE MEN Old Cronies Quarrel—Both Are Dead. Bn United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 23.—Two old croniea, both past 60, guards at Vice President Dawes’ bank quarreled last night. Harry Van Middlesworth, 63, knocked Peter Furlong, 65, down with his (Ist. Furlong, enraged, drew his revolver and fired. His old crony fell dead under a statue of General Pershing, which Dawes had placed in the bank lobby. Then, in remorse, Furlong com-

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mitted suicide. Relatives said the two men never had quarreled before in their forty-year acquaintanceship. Two men lured Edward HarmenIng, a county highway policeman and Joseph Brooks, a gangster, an automobile and shot them to death. Leo Real, 23, drug clerk, w'os shot to death when caught In the exchange of tire between his employer and two bandits attempting a holdup.

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COPS’ STARS ARE STOLEN Thief Breaks Into Mayor’s Office, Takes Every Badge. Bu United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 23. Members of the Greencastle police were shorn today of the visible sign of their authority. A thief broke into the office of Mayor Zeis and stole, every police badge owned by the city.

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