Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 35A, Ligonier, Noble County, 24 October 1921 — Page 1

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LIGONIER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ENJOYS LUNCHEON FRIDAY XNOON AND CHOOSES . OFFICEERES ; Plans Mapped Out For Future Activities By Many of the Aetive Members e ‘ Following are the officers of ! thé Ligonier Community Association under the reorganization for the coming year: : ! ' President—W. W. Wood Vice President—T. E. Cass Secretary—Rev. Harry Thompson Treasurer—F. E. Weir Directors—Sol Henoch, C. R. Stansbury, A. B. Weaver, C. V. Joseph, W. H. Wigton. Committee on by-laws and constitution—W. H. Wigton, Sol Henoch, W. W. Wood. -

With a great majority of the fifty members present at the first luncheon of the fall enjoyed at the Philadelphia last Friday noon the Ligonier Community Association was reorganized and put on a more substantial basis. The membership has been restrieted to active business men whe will devote time o promcting th. organization and the best interests of the communiy. A tentative plan of action was mapped out at Fridays lupcheon which promises well for the city and surrounding country. : It was pointed out by both President Wood and Secretary Thompson that what is most needed to insure success is energy and unity of action. Hereafter the Association will be operated along lines followed by Rotary Clubs and Chambers of Commerce. ' ; T

. The Association membership will meet at the luncheon hour, 11:3) o'clock a. m. twice a month ‘when business and social matters will be taken up and discussed, The November meetings will probably, be held the 14th and 28th of the month. e ¢ -

" President Wood consented to serve another year on unanimous call of the members. 3 - , Fiith Marriage Veniure. ' - Daniel Norries 65, of Mishawaka entered upon his' fifth wedding venture Saturday when he was united in marriage at Milford to Barbara E. Lutes, 69, of Milford. Norris and his second wife were divorced and the other three wives| died. Hls fifth bride has been married once before her husband dying. a 0

Greek Soldier Killed. . Lieut. Samuel Nichols, .a former world war soldier and resident of Goshen was killed the other day in a battle with the Turks while serving in the Greek army. The .young man aged 23 was a relative: of the Andrews Bros. of the Philadelphia cafe in this city. ; i _lntoxicated Auto Driver. ; Fred Travis of Bristol = and Jack Smith of Elkhart were the occupants of a Ford touring car which struck a telephone pole at South Bend Sunday night and was demolished. Both men were arrested charged with intoxication. & .

Celebrate Riley Day. , The W. R. C. observed the birthday anniversary of our own poet James Whitcomb Riley in a very interesting and instructive manner. Mrs.. Houser}i and daughter assisted with the music. ~ After the program the surprise committee served a very nice lunch. .+ 500 Motor Trucks. The state highway commission has notified Gov. McCray that 500 big motor trucks are available for service in the event of a railway strike. One hundred more will be available in a few days. : 5 .- old Landmark Gone. M. E. Crowe of Elkhart is cutting the old Jones hotel in two at Wawasee and will have two modern cottages made of it. The old hotel was a landmark at the lake. =

"= Real Estate Transfers. ! Chester Vanderford commissioner to Raymond L. Hartzler land inl{ Perry township. . Charles Kerkin to Isaac Gerkin land in Perry township. Look put for a notice later, about the parcel post sale for he W. R. C. ‘sometime in November. ; e s et s ¢ } “Forbidden Fruit” another [Cecile De Mille master production at Crystal Thursday and Friday. Ay ; The open season for rabbits is from April 1 to January 10. There is ‘mo limit to the number of bunnies to - Mrs.”'C.. C.- Ullery presented the Banner family with some fine pota-

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| CARS COLLIDE AT BRIDGE Both Machines Badly Damaged Sat. urday Evening and Mrs. Raymond Parrett “Badly Hurt Just as Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrott residing near Diamond lake were crossing what is known as the overhad bridge one mile east of Ligonier about 6:30 - Saturday evening :their Maxwell car collide head on with a heavy Auburn Sedan driven by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kuhlman of Auburn Mrs. Parpett was hurled through the windshield and badly cut on the. face and arms with broken glass She was brought to Ligonier .and after her injuries were dressed was taken to her home by Everett Welch residingfi on the Wigton farm, a neighbor who ‘happened to be in town with his car. The overhead bridge where the accident occurred is a dangerous one and is seldom used, but the Crossing is necessary since the closing of Blazed Trail by the pavers. Mr. Kuhlman is salesagent for the Auburn automobile and with his wife was enroute for home. "They escaped injury. Both automobiles are in. the Blazed Trail garage for extensive repairs. ‘ i e

POSTAGE STAMPS DESTROYED Mail 'Sack Containing Nearly $4,000 ~ Weorth Ground to Pieces Along : ‘With Valuable Contents “A mail messenger on a fast N. Y. C. train west bound made a miscaleulation Saturday -when he threw from the rapidly moving car a mail sack eontaninopostag: stamps to the value of about $4,000. The consignment was - from - Washington, D. C,, for the Ligonier postoffice and the sack went under the wheels, grinding it to bfts. The.stamps were scattered along the’ track for more than a mile. They were in denominations of from on to ' thirty cents, stamp beoks and special delivery stamps. Deputy Postmaster ‘Milner and Chief Clerk Woodruff went over to the rail-

way and gathered up the fragments. It is almost an impossibility to sort them out. 'The loss is to the federal government in the cost of paper ink and printing. Postmaster Gaby says the local office will suffer no great inconveniences through the accident.

‘WOMEN TO HONOR FOCH All Who Saw Service Overseas 'to March In Great Parade Nov, 4 In Their old Military. Uni- : form

The tribute recently paid by Marshal Ferdinand Foch to the women who served overseas will be signally answered when the distinguished military man visits Indianapolis November 4. Under the leadership of Indianapolis chapter of the American Women’s Overseas League all women in Indiana = who 'sérved with the American Expedi‘tionary_ Forces or the Armies of the Allies, will assemble on that day to pay honor to the great generalissimo of all the armies. ey < o

‘The American Women’s pverseas League plans a strictly military demonstration. All women will = wear their overseas uniforms. They wili march in the great parade under the united Stars and Stripes and the TriColor of France.” The banner of the American Women's - Overseas League will herald one of the ‘few organizations of women permitted to participate in the military parade. This unit will also probably be the only organization of veterans- every one of whose marchers saw service on foreign soil during the late World War. : % S i

Death of Little Child. One 'of the‘twin babes’ born in Toledo at the time of the death of their moher Mrs. George Jeager six months ago.passed away Sunday and the remains will ‘arrive here this evening| and will be taken to the home of its grandparefits Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hussey. ' The funeral will be held tomorrow with burial in Oak Park cemetery, . . o ! Many Witness Game. - " About fifteen of the iLgonier fans joined the many hundreds at South Bend Saturday to .witness Notre Dame® defeat. Nebraska 7 to 0 in a hard fought football game. Tom Jeanneret headed the Ligonier delegation, . To Give Hallowe’en Parties.s The Misses =~ Mary Decker and ‘Gladys Billman will give masked Hallowe’en parties Saturday evening to large numbers of thei ryoung friends. ‘The affairs give promise of being |happy-on,es. o '

Charles Swickhard has a gravel] bank on his Biamond lake farm which would furnish material to gravel all the township-roads in the county, - Somg Change in Market, ‘ ‘Wheat has jumped from $1.05 to $l.OB, rye has advanced from 67 to 69 cents while oats remains at 28 cents ‘a'n-d ‘corn has dropped from 40 to 37 cents a bushel in the Ligonier market. For rent -modern house on “South Main street. Inquire at the Carney Clothing Store, ; . 34ptef - Mrs. W. .Li Jackson is home after a visit of three weeks in Chicago and

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY.INDIANA. MONDAY OCTOBER 24, 1921

NO cmmw@mnn BY EITHER PARTY IN LIGONTER THIS : FOR MUNICIPAL . ~ OFFICERS Bbth Tickets Are Good and Declsion; at Polls Will Be Made on Cholece - l

- Tuesday, November 8 the municipal elections in Indiana will be held." Ligonier in company with all other cities and towns will-choose a full set of officers-to serve for four years beginning Jan. 1, 1922. ‘ Ligonier is fortunate in having two good tickets to select from and choice will be made on thepersonality of the candidate rather than along political lines. All phe .candidates are personally known to a great maj’orit‘; of the voters and it is simply a matter of selecing he ones. best qualified to fill the positions. = |

A number of the candidates have had experience in the positions they stand for while others are qualified by business training and temperament. . o . Following are the two tickets: |, . Demoeratic Ticket. : Mayor—Ed D. Smith. , i '~ Clerk—R. K. Earnhart o ~ Treasurer—C. C. Smith : Councilmen at large—Thomas Kelley, John T. Baker. ! ; Ward Councilmen S Ist. Ward—Murs. Cora Fritz o 2nd. Ward—George Feltheiser @ 3rd. Ward—Geo. W. Starr . Republican Ticket. Mdyor—C. E. Denning ; Clerk—Tom Jeanneret - =~ Treasurer—Karl Franks Councilman at Large—W. H. Bender, Marion Galloway Ward Councilmen | Ist. Ward—Harley Fisher ' . ; 2nd. Ward—Chester Joseph . * 3rd. Ward—George Hostettér. | The- election occurs two weeks from tomorrow. g =

Forming Good Reading Habits. It parents wish their children to form good reading habits they must first form such habits them-selves. And there is no better way 'to do this than to bring into the household a periodical that will be of interest to every member of it; that will supply the. best reading for old and young. Among the periodicals of this description The .Youth’'s Companion is vnique. Not only does it aim to entertain and inform boys ard girls in their teens as its name suggests but there is,not a page in it thatparents can pass over with indifference. The 52 issues of 1922 will be crowded with serial stories, short storils editorials, poetry, facts and fun. Subscribe now and receive: oL - 1. The Youth’s Companion 52issues in 1922. - ; o 4

2. All the remaining dssues of 1921 3. The Companion Home Calendar for 1922 all for $2.50 : : 4. Or included MéCall’'s MNagazine the monhly ‘authority of fashions. Both publications -only $3.00 : The Youth's Companion ? Commonwealth Ave. & St. Paul,, Boston Mass. ~ ) . -New ‘Subseription received at this office. : Recruiting Station Reopened. = . The U. 8. Navy recruiting station has been reopened at Fort Wayne: Navy first edlistments are restricted to a limited quota per week. Applicants for first enlistment must he 18 years of age or over and must have proof of age. 7 s

First enlistment applicants must pass a good physical mental and moral examination. e ’

Enlistments are now open -to ExNavy men who have been honerably discharged regardless of date of discharge. ‘|, ; o The following enlistments are open. - . i

Seaman . Firemen ; ; : Hospital Corpsmen ; : Musicians ‘ Enginemen : Coppersmiths = : " Navy pay ranges frem $4B to:$128 a month according to rating. First elothing outfit amounting to $2OO and free board, lodging, medical and: dental care. Pay twice a month.

T Card ‘of Thanks, We wish to thank our"friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy also the beoutful floral offering during our sad bereavement during the burial of our dear wife and daughter. sl - Clarence E. Wilhelm - .A. L. Butler and Family

. C C. Ullery and son Hod and Ralph Miller the latter of Fort Wayme were out hunting Saturday morning and bagged six rabbits, nice fat ones. ° Final Hearliig Saturday, Judge Bowser of Warsaw will lis‘ten to arguments Saturday in the Noble circuit court and render his detlc'ision +in the . Thompson-Pancake PAMM 1o e

' ‘WHISKY DISAPPEARS — Stranger Profits by the Misfortune of Two Muncie Women Wrecked Near Warsaw i Driving a Franklin automobile at a high rate of speed whiel enroute to the. camp of her husband on Lake Wawasee with a quantity of whisky, Mrs. Robert Burke a prom\inent resident Muncie crashed into a Ford driven by Edward Valentine one mile north of Warsaw at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, with the result that she was badly injured. Both cars werei ‘damaged. Mrs. Burke was taken to the McDenald hospital in Warsaw in an ambluance and as soon as she is able to leave the institution will be required. to face a charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of 'liguor. While she was being conveyed Mo the hospital Mrs. Burke admitted that she had been drinking. Following the accident in which Mrs, Burke was injured a passing automobilist who stopped to look over the wreckage discovered five quarts of whisky in the Burke machine and got away with it. His identity is unknown. =

Three In Family Die of Fever. Three members ot the George E. Mason family of Fort Wayne died of malarial fever after reaching Florida where they went to spend the winter The vjctums iare George E. Mason. 64 years of age, who died Sunday Mrs. Norman Prince age 28 years {a daughter who died at 4 o’clock Mon ‘day morning and I\?nt Mason who died at 5 o’clock in the morning. The family party composed of George Mason his sons Mont, Roy and William and his daughter Mrs. Prince and three children left two weeks ago for Florida. = 4; Farmers Reelect Officers. At the annual ‘meeting of the Farmers’ Federation of Noble county held at Albion Saturday all of the officers were re-elected as.follows: Presiden W. H. Favinger, Albion; vice president, W. A. Cochran, Ligonier; secretary, S. 8. Steel Albion; treasurer, J. C. Roscoe, Albion. Delegates to the state -convention to be held at Indi-' anapolis November 15-16 are W. A. Cochran, W. H. Favinger and W. C! Auman of Kendallville. .l

Perry H. Crane of Indianapolis state secretary of the Farmers' Federation was present and delivered an interesting address. : : &

Civil Service examinations November. Positions $l4OO to $l6OO. Age 18 upward. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars indtruction. write R. Terry former Civil Service examiner 1401 Continental Bldg. Washington D. C.- 35a2t Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Black met Mrs. 0. B Wise, Mrs Black’s mother in Chicago Mrs. Wise spent three years in the vyest; They reached Ligonier Thursday evening. ’ . Mr. Cotherman Improves. ‘ M. A. Cbtherman of ithe Banner who has suffered semetime from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, is improving in a Benton Harbor sanitarium where he is taking treatment.

We wish to buy walnut logs. Will measure and inspect them on thg ground and pay cash for them. Notify 8. J. Peabody Lumber C 0.,... C6lumpbia City,.lnd.. - § 35a5t Mrs. Charlés Wolfe and daughter Beverly Jane, and Mrs. J. F. Bowen of Ligonier, are guests at the Dr. Weaver home.—Churubusco Truth. Mr. and Mrs. George Shay came from Chicago to spend the week end with Mrs., Shay’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wysong. L o g s ok R ¥ - Mrs. Lew S. Young and son Frank T. motored through from Findlay, Ohio and spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Jehn' Kiney. For " sale, beautiful electric light dome. A big bargain. Call Banner offita: ] v 3hadt

Mrs. R, V. Sweetnam will leave tomorrow for Boston where she will spend the winter with her son Harry. 5 S S SR AT : Remember that Norma Talmadge and Harold Lloyd are at Crystal next week, & - Mesdames Maurice Hess and Mae Carney were calling on Goshen friends today. e ' i» ; : | e m—— N ; ~ For sale, a dining room seét, buffet, ' lchina closet, table and chairs. Inquire of Mrs. Milton Selig, Ligonier, Phone 268, L ' . Ewery Wi R. C. member be present next Friday evening to get ready for inspection Nov. 11. Bring jelly for Soldiers” Home il A

Former Senator. Beveridge will. deliver ‘addresses in Goshen and Warsaw on’Armistice Day, November 11,

_J. L. Deems 45 is dead at Kendall: ville of<tuberculosis. 1 Harry Clemens was in. Li_gonier! over Sunday visiting Harlan Gibson who is quite 411, . . o

COMMITTEES REPORT GOOD PROGRESS IN ARRANGING ATTRACi+ TIONS FOR MONDAY EVE, OCTOBER 31 ‘Hallowe’en Celebration in Ligonier Being Looked Forward To With Great Joy by Old and Young . | C. R. Stansbury, W. W. Wood, A. B. Weaver, L. K. Thompson and W. C. B. Harrison the committee in charge of the arrangements for the Hallowe’en celeébration to be held in this city Monday evening, October 31, report good progress and promise the people the best celebrations of the kind ever held in Ligonier °=

The committee on automobile decoration, conmsisting of W. H. Bender Stuart Carney and H. P. Sisterhen, is busy at work and promise something of.a surprising nature in the way of. a street display. :

In order to accommodate the decoratéed cars and the marchers in-the line of parade Cavin street will -be closed to traffic from the triangular park to the alley at the Electric light office between First and Second Streets. : S : 1

Chairman Wood has called a meeting of the judging committees at the Williams drug store for Monday evening at 7 o’clock or just before the parade takes place. » Great. preparations {r/e being made by the masqueraders who will compete for the generous prizes offered. - The little folks are loking forward to the happy event with anicipations of much joy. R e Following is the program including the prizes offered and the judging committees: : b Besl Band ... 00 o.a $20.00 ; Judges: Miss Martha Hutehison Mrs. Arthur Kelley, Mrs. Will Green “The bands to furnish music during the whole exercises. e Best decorated auto ............. $lO.OO Second hest- ...\ .liiianln. $5.00 Judges: Mrs. Frank Scott, Mrs. Charles Simmons, Mps. Chester V. Joseph | ‘ : Best Miss Columbia in auto to head Proeeseion oo s b Sho Judges: Mrs. C. D. Lane, Mrs. W. W. Wood, Mrs. Hugh Hutchison. ‘Best Masked Woman or Girl ....$3.00

Best Masked Man or Boy ....... 3.00 Judges Mrs. Harry Green, Mrs. Fred Weir, Mrs. Craig ' ~ Best Gipsy Queen ............ $3.00 Best Gipsyv - King ... . 4. 3300 Judges Mrs. F. W. Zimmerman: Mrs. C. R. Stansbury, Mrs. W. C. B. Harrison - ; Best Little Red Riding Hood $2.00 Best Buster Brown ......i...... 2.00 - Judges: Miss Alice Vallance, Mrs. P. J. Carneyy, Mrs. Louis Levy Best Hobo . ...« 3 3900 {Best “Si Plunkard” ........... 2.00 Judges: Mrs. W. J. Bolitho, Mrs. Myron Kirkland, Mrs. Whll Sack. . < Bedt Ghoat . ... ...l 3200 Best Witeh |.~ o 200 Judges: Mrs. Albert Weaver, Mrs. J. B. Schutt, Mrs. L. L. Koon .. Best Pickaninny boy and girl ..$2.00 Becond Dbest ...l $lOO ‘Judges Mrs. Leo Wertheimer, Mrs. L. K. Thompson, Mrs. Sam .Selig !

Best Decorated Show Window General Commendation 4 -Poorest Decorated; Show Window General Condemnation, Judges: The General. Public i John Kunkleman and Otis Bowen Marshalls. - i , Committee on procuring “red fire and illumination for the parade, S. J. Williams, Cecil -Griffith. ; - * The persons- masked to meet at the triangle park on South Cavin street at 7.30 p. m. prompt. Line of march fram Triangle to alley at Electric Light office and counter march to 4th street. No prizes will be awarded to those not completing the march.

Clashes in Indianapolis. Old grads of Notre Dame and Indiana Universities by 'the thousands will make their annual pilgramage _to Indianapolis a week - from Saturday when the football teams of’ these two Hoosier schools clash in what has become known /as “The Hoosier Gridiron Classic.” With the WabashButler game coming the afternoon before the Capital City will experience a week end devoted almost exclusively to the great college game.

o - Give Fine Supper. : Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swickard entertained at ‘a fine chicken supper Saturday evening -at their p}eassan; home near Diamond lake. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank. P. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Duke and little daughter Alice, Mr and Mrs. W. C. B. Harrison and son George Robert. The evening \Was very pleasantly 'spent at cards. ; .

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith of Elkhart spent the week end with Postmaster and Mrs. Geo. D. Gaby, Mr. and Mrs. Smith expect to spend the winter in the Bouth. . ¢ "= . g AR AT R RS TS - 3 Brlné ~ your children g:); _school shoes 'to Newtons Shoe Store. \ 33ate

- .WORK BEING RUSHED Gap in Blazed Trail Pavement AN Laid and Work On Lincoln High--1 ; way Bégun | Contractor Miller is jrushing the street paving work in this city and with favorable weather the job will be completed in 30 days. The gap in the Blazed Trail 'pavement has been completed with concrete {and. will be thrown open to traffic in two weeks. About a square and a square and a half of the Lincoln Highway in the south portion of the city is paved and the job is rapidly progressing. , : it

By the end of the week the loops in ‘that section of the city will be linked up and then the workmen will start. work on the Lincoln Highway gap west of the city. Contractor Miller now has all the employees he can use. e

’ For Riley Hospital, The school children of Dunkirk are paying the’state of Indiana a debt of gratitude. Last spring their schoolmates, Ralph Ulon and Velma Johnson were saved from total deafness through charity treatment 4in Indianapolis hospitals, and now the little friends of Ralph and Velma are raising a fund, by their own endeavor and with their own hands to be presented next Friday to the James Whitcomb Riiley Hospital for Children. The fund has reached the total’ of $177.00 and the Dunkirk children are working with might and main to swell the amount to $250.00 % " Farmers Short Course. The annual Farmers' Short Course will be held at Purdue University at Lafayette, Jan. 9 to 14 according to announcement by Dean J. H. Skinner of the college of agriculture. - The short course i§ the”occasion “for a big round-up of the agricultural forces in Indiana, including the state corn show, meetings of many livestock breed associations, and for hundreds of farmers and their wives to make an annual trip to Purdue University to keep in touch with university affairs and activities and the work of the Agricultural Exier:lment Station. Road Contracts to Let. . When the board of eounty commissioners met at Albion in regular session on November 9 contracts will probably' be lét~for the ‘improvement of three gravel roads in Noble county. The total estimated cost is $57,552.89. The roads to be improved are the ‘Edward L. Hire Green township, 24,400 feet, estimated cost $24,927.12: the E. G. Clutter road, rGeen township, 10,660 feet estimated cost $15,842.28 and the M. L. Hussey road Sparta township, 10,770 feet, estimated cost $16,783.49. -

Senior Play to be Given Nov. 1 and 2. Did" we hear some say, “Are you coming?’ Why, of course we've heard it and so have you. They are all coming to the Senior play to be given Nov. 1 and 2. It is one of the best plays ever presented by ‘the Ligonier High school. We feel certain of that and you will too, after you have seen it. The caste is doing its best along the lines of practising and advertising We want your help. Tell your friends about it. Everybody come to Ligonier High School November 1 and 2. :

Kerner Chosen Chairman, I. M. Baum of the Ligonier Auto Body cdmpany one of the heavy cres ditors of Huffman Bros., automobile manufacturers in Elkhart attended a meeting of creditors in Cleveland one day last week and it was decided to remove the company from bankruptcy Leo C. Kerner formerly of Ligonier president of the Goshen Buggy Top company was appointed Chairman of a committee to handle the matter. £ t 2

Hand Mangled While Hunting., ‘With his right hand and arm almost torn off as the result of the accidental discharge of his shot . gun, Lloyd Hoadley 16-year old son of Mrs. Merle Pettet of Warsaw staggeredinto Atwood. The lad received his injuries while hunting alone in the Carpenter woods, about a mile south of'Atwogd. e e IS e B 2 She Was in the Business. Mary Evans of Warsaw charged with violation of the liquor laws was fmed $lOO and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended pending good behavior. Mrs. Evans is said to have “raig'n jack” and grape wine which she made herself. | - : e Weigh in At Goshen. - Several of. the stout set ladies of Ligonier make Goshen and South Bend .each week for the purpose of patronizing the wei_ghins machines in the cities yamed. They postively refuse to beleye the scale records at RO, & sel g e e

Dr. andjMrs. A W Johnson of Kendallville were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oak Randolph in this city. Mrs. Nate Etchyson is home from a visit with her.son and family in Mishawaka. i A - Salesmen Wanted to solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Shlary or Commission. Address Lincolt Oil Co., Cleveland, O.

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MANY REPORTED ARRESTS OF - LOOTERS OF WAWAKA BANK ARE WITHOUT FOUNDA.- ; 1 TION Belief 1s That Bandits Made Thelr Way Directly To Toledo, Ohio : Thursday Night There is evidence that the .five bandits who robbed the Wawaka bank first had designs on a Ligonier monetary institution. %

~ Sometime Thursday morning they ‘drove into Ligonier and parked their car near the South Grocery just opposite the Citizens Bank. When accosted by Night Officer Fisher the men ‘said they were passing through and stopped to procure something to eat! To Marshal Showalter they explained the absence of license plates on their new Studebaker Six by the claim that the car had been ‘but recently purchased for a trip through the east ‘and that the plates applied for had not arrived. &

~ "“The strangers were well dressed and' courteous,” shid 'Marshal Showalter, “and I did not fee] justified in being too severe on strange visitors so I let them go, accepting their explanation.” : ~ The parties left Ligonier about nine o'clock in the morning and spent the time touring about Wawaka, no doubt getting the lay of the highways, until the bank was robbed, as detailed in Thursday’s issue of the Banner.

_The robbers procured gasoline for their machine at Cosperville ~and bought gum and cigarets at the Wawaka stores. .

After the robbery a litlte after two o’clock in the afernoon the bandits came west to a point three miles east of Ligonier crossed over to the north and south highway, crossed the road continuing their course to the overhead bridge a mile east of the city, reaching the Blazed Trail pavement where they turned east and again reaching the road at the end of the pavement three miles out they turned in the director of Kimmell where all trace was lost. Dr. G. O. Smith of this city passed the hold-up party on this road. ; ;s

It is the general opinion that the bank looters headed for Toledo, Ohio, the mecca for thieves and robbers. - Deputy Sheriff Jacob Sheets and Willis Oyler joined the htfnt for the robbers and seeing a ‘Studebaker car approaching 'they fturned their car across the highway at a narrow place and stationed themselves behind .it with guns, but on approaching the driver of the machine proved to be Ora DiH, of this city. * : ; Other amusing incidents are recounted in connection with the chase. Many unfounded reports have been current concerning Rhe. ‘capture of fl§e thieves, their arrest being reported in Goshen, Millersburg and White Pigeon, Mich., but the robbers are still at large. ' Marshal Showalter with some com- - panions missed the men by only a few moments when they crossed over the oyerhead bridge a mile east of Ligonier, : o - The report that the men drove west of Ligonier is totally without founda- | ion. It is doubtful if the robbers will | ever be’ caught. : ;

Since the incident Ligonier banks have doubled their armed forces and are taking every precaution to protect the money of the depositors. The following account of the Wawaka bank robbery which occurred last - Thursday afternoon, written from the scene of ‘the affair for the Kendallville News-Sun. Pr “Alhough the excitement and thrills that yesterday stirred the little village of Wawaka to a high pitch had practically subsided today, yet, the villagers were still much ‘'wrought up aover the robbery at the ’'Farmers’ State bank by the five bandits whao 'c.anried away about . $1,500 of the citizens’ savings yesterday afternoon. Every tongue was wagging with stories of the robbery and here and there small groups were seen standing about talking of the holdup which caused the most exciting event ever entertained at Wawaka village. - . Bank Officials Busy. : - Late Friday afternoon and evening Cashier Chas Schwab and other of-

ficials of the bank were busy check-‘ing-up the loss, and as near as could be- ascertained the loot of the bandits was $1,488 in currency and sil‘ver mostly currency. Travelers’ checks valued at between four and five hundred dollars were also included in the robbers’ loot. However it is 'said these checks are not negotiable. Mr. Zook of LaGrange bank examiner was, there helping to check the loss aAd representatives of the Bankers’' Associaion of Indianapolis arrived and began,their investigation ‘The losss is said to be covered entire~ Iy Ry dnsurapoe T 0] Do - The. bandits traveling in a large Studebaker touring ‘car which had vo | License numbers entered "fi‘"&m from the morth shortly before 3 mmf‘wum,j cul o R RTRR S e S e