Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 264, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1926 — Page 12

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PROMOTERS OF ‘BANK’ SOUGHT BY AUTHORITIES Innocent Investors in State Are ‘Holding the Bag.’ While scores of innocent investors are "holding the bag,’’ authorities are seeking two “bank” promoters, who promised their institution would replace the Federal Reserve Bank in Indiana. The promoters offered a State bank commission employe a salary of $7,000 a year to become associated with them in the venture. He already was earning SI,BOO a year, so he spurned the offer. Position Offered They offered a stenographer a position at $l5O a month, if she would buy a block of stock. She never had earned more than SBO a month so she bought the stock. They victimized scores of other Indianapolis persons, by selling stock in the “ —, now being organized.” Then they left for Florida. Charter Exhibited If they found a skeptical prospective investor, an old defunct bank charter was exhibited. They explained it was a. refinancing scheme over which neither the Secretary of State or State banking commission exercise jurisdiction. If it had been anew venture the State could have stepped in and protected the innocent dupes. But by the promoters’ plans, they were guilty of nothing until they literally ‘‘went south.” That, however, made them guilty of pome form of robbery or larceny. A young attorney is seeking the promoters to serve them with summons in a civic suit he expects to file to recover the money. He represents a number of the dupes. A Chicago detective agency also is seeking the pair in connection with “a couple of deals,” they transacted there.

TO ‘SELL’ INDIANAPOLIS I/misville Man Made Convention Bureau Traveling Representative. Ijyne Heimdon, iLoinsvuHe. Ky., has been selected as Indianapolis convention bureau traveling representative, it was announced today by William A. Atkins, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee. Herndon will begin bis duties Wednesday, seeking to ‘‘sell” Indianapolis to national conventions. A total subscription in excess of $26,000 was reported by group chairmen of the convention bureau finance drive Friday. Atkins said he believed further pledges would make the total more than $35,000 by April. UNWED MOTHER HELD Body of Infant Found Under Porch of Home. Bti United Pre* . PORTLAND, Ind., March 6. Thelma Wolfe, 20-year-old unwed mother, was held In the Jay County jail today facing a charge of second degree murder for the death of her infant daughter. A dog dragged the frozen body of the infant, wrapped in a newspaper, from under the porch at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe, at Dunkirk. The coroner after a preliminary investigation said the child had been born alive.

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T. WAYNE, Ind.—“ Long-di-stance” telephone communiral tion between the engineer and conductor of long freight trains has been established on the Ft. Wayne division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Wires connecting the instruments are strung over the tops of the freight cars. SPRINGFIELD, lll.—The State Supreme Court has awarded the $50,000 estate of the late John Fina of Kankakee to Miss Lois Dolan, the nurse who cared for him in his last illness. Fina left his estate to the nurse and she has finally overcome the objections of Fina’s relatives, who brought suit to set the will aside. LONDON—"I’m feeling like a 2-year-old,” said W. A. Neala as he started to slide down the banisters on his seventy-second birthday. A moment later he fractured his skull and died soon afterward. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Butting his head up against the iron bars of his cell in an effort to bommit suicide prevented Samuel Calapano’s appearance in court on an assault charge. Calapano was removed to the jail hospital with a cracked skull. BERLIN—Here are a few questions asked by Americans of the German railroads information office. “Can a bear travel in a dog compartment on a German railroad?” "How much alcohol does Munich beer contain?” BENTON, 111.—The whole town of Benton turned out for a Charleston contest, ■ including the sheriff. Six prisoners in the county jail also turned out. The sheriff and his Charleston associates are still looking for the escaped prisoners. BUENOS AIRES—A gasoline company here boasted in a newspaper advertisement of the sale of gasoline to Commander Ramon Franco, the Spanish trapa-Atlantic flyer. Subsequently newspapers quoted Franco as saying, “the flight was delayed by the poorest quality gasoline.”

LEGION TO AID SCOUTS Plans for National Organization Laid at Conference. Plans for completing a Nationwide American Legion organization to cooperate with the Boy Scouts of America in fostering scouting were laid at a conference here today between National Commander John R. McQuigg and H. B. Mcßride, Scout commissioner of St. Louis, Mo., and national chairman of the Legion committee on Boy Scout work. Twenty Legion departments already have appointed their Scout committee. Twelve regional committees are to be set up by the Le-’ gion to correspond with the Boy Scout organization and to co-ordi-nate with it. Camping and outdoor activities and special problems of scouting arising in local communities will be the particular phase in which the Legion will cooperate.

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The co-eds in the left sorority house were highly incensed because the men in the right fraternity house used the pond all afternoon for hockey practice. This was the first day in a month that the ice had been fit to skate on. So they held a council of war and decided that they would not share any more boxes of food from home, with such selfish creatures. Every one was supposed to keep the next box a dark secret. But one co-ed could not resist a little teasing hint. She left the same letter out throughout the note. This is a copy of it “THYSC RTDTHSVN SWTNDDSSRTSBTWN THSHLVS. Can you help the men read it? Last puzzle answer:

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The dimensions of the tract of land are 8 miles on the short sides and 16 miles on the long sides. The plot has 4 sides of 8 miles long and 2 sides of 16 miles long. Therefore the distance around it is (8 times 4 equals 32: 16 times 2 equals 32; 32 plus 32) 64 miles. If it is divided as shown by the dotted lines it forms 3 plots of 8 miles square. The area of these plots is (8 times 8 equals e 4; 64 times 3) square miles. 192 square miles is' 3 times the distance around the plot.

Above, Mannon automobile, the “third party” in the domestic triangle involving John Zener, politician and police captain, and Zener. Below, Mrs. Bessie Zener. Zener, estranged from his wife, lias filed a replevin suit to recover the machine. He has temporary possession of it, under guarantee of William IL Armitage, political leader.

CRASH VICTIM’S RITES MONDAY Body of Second Man Taken to Evansville. Funeral services for John P. Cook, 66. of 78 N. Brookville Rd., who with Harry Heim, 37, Evansville, Ind. ,was killed Friday when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a ' Pennsylvania pas- * iRHMHHBCiatyI senger train nt r fi Stop 6 Rd., or i | Thompson St. and x the Pennsylvania RHy Railroad crossing , 'T* 1 in Ijongacre. south of the city, will be Monday, I* m. Burial will be pR j ln Crown Hill -4 cemetery. Body of Heims has been taken to EvansCook ville for burial. Bert Millette, operator of a grocery at 1420 Thompson St., the only witness to the tragedy, said that Cook, driving east, pulled in front of the train. A railroad cut south of the crossing obstructed Cook's vision, although it was said the engineer sounded his whistle several times. After neighbors told of several previous narrow escapes, Coroner Paul F. Robinson said he would Investigate the crossing and see if additional safety devices could be erected. WORK ON SEWER PLANS Bids on Two Projects Also Being Investigated, Plans for sewer on Tibbs Ave. between Tenth St. and the first alley south of Sixteenth St. were under way today in the city engineer’s office. Bids on a sewer on Raymond St. and La Grande Ave., State Ave. to Keystone Ave., and on a sewer on Ransdell St., Pleasant Run to Southern Ave., were being Investigated. BANK SALE STARTED Negotiations were started at Dugger. Ind., today for sale of the Dugger Citizens Bank and Trust Company, headed by E. H. Deputy, to the Dugger State Bank, headed by William R. Dugger, State Bank Commissioner Thomas Barr, and Examiner Paul McMillan attended the conferences.

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——MEMBERS of the Ft. Wayne Ministerial Association ___J voted unanimously as opposed to a straw vote being taken in the city on the prohibition question, condemning such a vote ns unofficial, unreliable, unfair and misleading. Displaying rare presence of mind, Mrs. J. A. Betzner, Columbia City, rolled over and over on the floor in her home when her clothing became ignited from a stove. She escaped with minor burns. The Rev. M. K. Wilson, Linton, Ind.. has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Christian Church, Peru. P. E. Crumrino has been elected president of the Waltash Chamber of Commerce. IX7 rJITH a view of experimentYY/ ing on the claim that roads , " J can be constructed two to five times cheaper by the county than by private contract, the board of commissioners of Kosciusko County at Warsaw has purchased road building machinery costing $12,500 to be placed at work on highways this spring. Judge L. G. Royse, Warsaw, sitting as special Judge in the Marshall Circuit Court at Plymouth, refused to grant an injunction against the school board of Argos restraining the board from spending $40,000 it has on hand for an addition to the public school building in Argos. The Geneva Commercial Club has been formed by fifty Geneva business and professional men. A. L. Brunson, a farmer near Silver Lake, is recovering his sight after having been totally blind for a year. Trustees of Miami County have decided that graduates of the county schools in the various townships this year shall wear caps and gowns at commencement exercises. Mrs. Mary Busch. Garrett, lost a finger from her left hand and another finger was mangled when she touched a band saw at the plant of the De Kalb Furniture Manufacturing Company at Auburn. DOG CAUSES FALL Maude Hayden, 18, Negro, 338 W. Sixteenth St., is suffering today with injuries received late Friday at Ohio and Illinois Sts. in an unusual accident. Miss Hayden said a dog ran between her legs causing her *o be thrown to the pavement. Her leg was injured.

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ARREST FORMER BANK EMPLOYES Three Indicted Misuse of Funds Charged. Roy E. Caatetter, 324 N. Gladstone Ave., and George C. Megorden, 302 N. Colorado Ave., former cashiers at the Tuxedo State Bank, 4304 E. New York St., and Mrs. Grace L. Neary. 1217 E. Vermont St., former bookkeeper at the bank, were under arrest today on grand Jury indictments returned against them Friday. The three were indicted on charges growing out of the recent disclosure by State examiners of misuse of the bank’s funds. Castetter. held under $15,000 bond was charged with conspiracy to commit grand larceny find embezzlement. Megorden and Mrs. Neary, whose bonds were set at $3,500 each were indicted for conspiracy to commit grand larceny, and as accessories after the fact. Mrs. Neary, out of the city, was to report to Sheriff Omer Hawkins this morning. Through making false statements to the bank examiners, the trio,are alleged to have participated in a scheme which involved about $2,500., O’MAHONY HEADS CLUB Officers of Knights of Columbus Uunclteon Body Named. Officers of the Knights of Columbus Luncheon Club were elected Friday at the Claypool. They are J. P. O'Mahony, president; George A. Blschoff, vice president, and Henry Green, re-elected secretary. O'Mahony appointed the following executive and entertainment committee; William Schnerr, Howard Quinn, pr. M. J. MoGinty, Leo X. Smith, Robert A. Dinn, Homer Kesterson. Dr. Edward Cahill, John Smith, Robert Roberts, Timothy P. Sexton, James E. Deery and Fred J. Kirschner.

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