Ligonier Banner., Volume 58, Number 32B, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 October 1924 — Page 4

- Pay Your Taxes CITIZENS BANK © Friday and Saturday - October 3rd and 4th i ';;‘The Bank onihe,Corner’f

. DOSHEN,IND. - Saturday, October 4 ' : . A picturizatfon of the famous stage play . “Captain Applejack” Sunday and Monday, Oét_. 56 10c and 40§ : - Very Special double Attraction . | . Pete Sullivan and his | = “Novelty Orchestra” y and Fox Super-Special - | “The Sheperd King” = from the great stage success by Wright Lorimer. Staged inEgypt and the Holy Land Tues.; Wed., Thurs., Oct. 7,8, 9 ¢ : Jackie Cooganslatest and best o “Little Robinson Crusoe” 3 Days starting Monday, Oct. 13 - “The Hunchback ot Notre Dame” will be shown at picture prices ~ 20c and 50c

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The Lagomer Banner : 7 ESTABLISHED 1808, o d Published by | ' “he Banner Publishing Company 'W. C. R. HARRISON Editor Published avery Monday and Thursday, aud entered in the Postoffice at Ligonier, Ind., ag second class matter. T A S 0 SV SR eLB TS Gl SRS TLANE W P IO I+ LT Loses Seed Wheat and Teeth. Daniel Hcst_etler_,_ of: near Markle, lost half a wagon load of seed wheat and half his false teeth when the wagon on which he \\'u,:irzmspen‘l,ing the wheat was struck by an Erie passenger train at the Goshen road crossing north of Hunting,tmi. Hostetler was on- his way to Macy, with the wheat, where he owns another farn. : Hostetler told a surgeon who dressed the flesh \\'on}lds that he had seen the train hea(lligfit. but did not realize it was clese until it was almost upon him. He spoke sharply to the team and the horses lurched ahead sufliciently for the wagon to escape ‘with the exception of,the rear wheels. The wagon bhed w:u{ thrown arcund and Mr. Jl_()slvtlm-.l'('#;‘ll to the ground, losing his upper and lower eeth as he struck the earth.

j © Colored Man Confesses. The negro who jumped o(n"' the runfing board of Murl Mayer’'s car early Monday morning near Lindenweod cemetery, Fort Wayne, and caught Mayer’s companion, Miss - Beairice Burke, by herfil:ms and attempted to drag her from the car w‘ntil he was pushed from the machine by Mayer, was arrested in a. downtown restaurant, where he was employed as a porter. ; ' . The man is Leroy Pierce and has made a complete confession of the crime. He ) sai'd[- he did not: know what his motive Jwas in trying to pull the girl out of the car. He said he had been drinking and that might have _pl'onn)tf}d" the act. Robbery was not his object for he had over $2OO in cash in his pockets when arrested.. © (ranks Car While in Gear. Russell Abel, 22] who lives between Elkkhart and Goshen was seriously injured ,"Tuesday when his car, which he was, cranking, forced him against another car parked in front of him. He bad left his car in gear and when»“ the motor started ‘it pinned him against the other machine C&uSingi possible internal injuries. :

Weman ‘Doctor Dead. Dr. Phoebe Ri(fh:ll‘dé, 91 years o6ld, for many years a resident of New ’Cal'lisle, died at her home there Sunday. Dr. Richards, who studied medicine in the office of her brother, had practiced in the vicinity of New Carlisle for more than forty years. : o i Dies in Hospital. " Mrs. John Schermerhorn, 41, died Tuesday afternoon at, the Kast Haven ‘hospital at Richmond, where she had been a patient for the past two years. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 P Showalter, of LaGrange. She is survived by her husband and four children. : n + Dies in the Harness, " ’ Rev. M. L. Blaney, 79, a transient minister, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon a few minutes aiter he .had taken his place in the congregation after completing a few remarks during a service at the Christian church ot StalJoe : o

~ Christian Science Society. - Services are held as follows:. Every Sunday morning at i 1 o’clock Every Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. i ' . Meeting place in hall O'V(..‘)'VS(UI“(! of Wwelr & Cowley . : Everybody welcome: tf Automobile Painting -Dwight Mock Syracuse, Ind., Phone 504. All work guaranteed. Prices right. A tEY S g + A g

- His Unknown“ Friend In his book, “My Crichet Menories” (Heinemann), London Tit-Bits says, Jack Hobbs mentions that he once received a letter from Begwai, on the Gold coast, in which the writer stated: “l am sending you ‘a nice monkey skin by next mail. Because there Is plenty monkey skins in Begwai. ‘And also try and send me one hat or anything which you will get. Here is one ostrich feather as my first trial. 1 ‘hope it will please you that vou have received a first trial -from your unknown friénd. Try and séhd hat quick. So that I may forward you the monkey skin. I was about to send you the monkey skin. But' I want you to know. And I want you to send me that hat before. I am your unknown friend, Essandoh.” - ; . s . Peculiarly American =~ The big circus is an .American development essentially. There is nothing like it elsewheré in the world. The American business man has a geniug for organization and it requires a supergenius to organize and.conduct a big eircus successfully. - But such®an institutién would not remain intact year ufter vear if the owneérs had not mastered the intricate art of what the showman cadls’ “moving the ecircus into the money.” This recalls the cryptic remark of the able Charles Sparks: ‘ “Any boob can run a circus. The trick is to know where to put it.”— Earl Chapin May, in McClure's Maga: zine.: v S - Game Birds Increase ~ As a result of continued aetivities on coyote control in the North Park country, Colorado, the nunrber of sage hens was greatly increased during the summer of 1923, according to a report received by .the bioluj;icul T survey, United States Departuvent of Agri culture. On the Inspection trip flocks ranging from twelve to sixty were seen, whiereas three years ago these birds were exceedingly scarce.: Quail are also on the Increase in western Co¥rado. - Hundreds of them are _seeh on the sheep ranges which have been cleared of coyotes.

Status of Fox Trot

Pavlova, the famous Russian dancer, says that the fox trot, now so universally popular in all parts of the world, and of modern dances the one that has remained popular the longest, is dying rapidly. In a few years, she says, few or no dancers will be using this step, but on the other hand. many dance authorities say Paviova is a pessimist in this regard and that ‘the step has taken hold of the newer generations sufiiclently to be carried on for another generation at least without sericus waning. ; i

. Make Quick Run. - : An alarm from zone four Tuesday afternoon caused the iire départment to make a quick run to the Highway Cafe owned by James Snyder omimitc the Banner ofiice qn -Cavin street. The blaze was caused by dish clothes hung too close to the stove igniting. The hlaze was extinguished before much damage was done. Wilia Snvder, (i:m::;htk('r of ‘the ;’n'u';n'i(-i,or who was working in the kitchen where the blaze originated, 'was overcome by the heat and excitem‘(-m,. and had to be taken home in a taxi. ' o Clapp-Netz Marriage. L The marriage of Miss Catherine Clapp oi South Bend, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Frederick! R Clapp of that city and granddaughter of Mrs. James E. MecDanald of Ligonier and Dondld E. Netz of Toledo, son of Mrs. Cora Netz will take place at the home of the bride’s 13‘1‘:111!11_):»’11’0111s, Mr. an ¢Mrs: C. M. Clapp in Albion on Wednesday, October Sth.. | e - Fourth of Five Games, The Nappanee Tigers will play tlie fourth of a five-game. series of baseball at South B’en'd next Sunday. Carl Mays and Fred Fitzsimmons will pitch for the Tigers and South Bend will have an expert on the mound in the: person of Earl Howard of_ the St Louis Cardinals. : : Must Have the Banner. ¥ v Nel-son Hoover, of the firm @of Hoover Brothers, Hooversyille, Pa.. extensive dealers in coal and coal lafnds._ says in renewmg his subgseription for 1925 “must have the Banner”. Mr. Hoover is a former resident of Noble county and takes al deep _in_‘y terest in the news from his old hmne."l ~ Has 014 Banner. o Charles Jackson has a copy of the} Ligonier Banner published February 17, 1869. While the paper is nearly 56 years old it is in a good state of preservation. . The ; Straus = families had just located in.Ligonier according to the paper. ‘John B. Stoll was the editor and publisher,

Ends Lite With Acid. . While his wife looked unbelieving that he would carry out his threat to drink a bottle of carbolic acid, Paul Robinson ,father of seven children, died at ten o'clock #londay in the front yard of his home, six miles east of Warsaw. . : Gl Remodéling Home, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Stansbury are having .their home on South Martin !street- remodeled and enlarged by adding a second story to a part of the home. The imprbvement will be a fine one. ; : s _ , Kills Black Squirrel, Frank ‘Nott, of Columbia Cily, is displaying a beautiful specimen m’]‘ black squirrel which he killed and hadrmounted. These squirrels about the .size of a fox squirrel are very rare in this section. i L Trucking and long distance hauling; Call ghone 331. - 29a12t*

MASTER FORGERS' The “Perfect Forgery” ‘AlWays Has a Weak Spot That Leads to Penman’s Downfall. NATIONWIDE 'DRAGNET OUT Bankers Working Together to ‘Catch Crooks Who Cause Losses of $150,000,000 With Bad Checks Yearly. A bogus check scheme that was so original, sound and business-like that it became known in detective circles as ‘‘the one perfect forgery,” but finally, like all of them, led to its own inventor being trapped, is described by Reuben A. Lewis, Jr., in the American Bankers Association Journal. The article, which says forgeries cost the banks and business concerns at least $150.000,000 a year, deals with the ways of forgers and the relentle_%s warfare being conducted against them by the hankers. :

“Crime -does not pay,” Mr. Lewis savs. “Soon theé law reaches out and scizes the misguided operator who thinks he can get away with it. Forone of the peculiar things abont the forger is that, while he may devise a clever scheme that brings a rich return on its .initial trial, he continues to work: it until caught. ‘ - “Jrortunately, there appears to be a weak spot in the best laid scheme. And just as soon as this weak spot is uncovered, it is broadecast to all the banks in the land. So the banks,”informed as to the method of approuch that the forger will make, and the littie peé:u}iari-ties_.ot fhe job, are on the alert to nab him when he makes his next reappearance.- - : - The King of Forgers ‘““The ‘master 3fo'rgerr' is William Hamilten “Harkins,_ probably the miost dangerous operator known to the banking world. Several timies in the toils of the law, Harkins has managed to escape. The daring ‘king’ of the forgers made a conlession that he had defrauded banks of more than 3300, {OO during the years of his career., “Mis scheme follows a certain, set pattern.. The key to Harking' plan is obtaining a blank cheek from the checkbook of a well known firm. Re cently Harkins sauntered into the of fice of a granite dealer. He ordered a monument and tendered a check for a substantial part of the memorial. He requested the propriétor of_the store to permit him to dash off a letter to his- folks at home. ' Seizing-a propitious mement, Harkins spotted his checkbook, noted the exact balance, tore out a sheaf of checks and disappeared.. o “Reproducing the proprietor’s signature, Harkins drew up a sizeable check. On the reverse side he inscribed his alias as the payee and ‘then added after ‘O. K.’ the facsimile of the depositor’s signdture. This acted as an identification indorsement, s 0 when he presented the check at the bank it was readily cashed. P The Weak Spot -~

“The weak spot in Harkins’ scheme is the identification indorsement. If the teller, before cashing any check bearing this alleged indorsement talephoned to the depositor and ‘chécked up on its issuance, the scheme would ‘have short shrift.” i i Banks throughout the country have been put on guard against FHarkins and his plan and it i§ believed he can: not operate long without again falling into the met. The scheme that was pronounced unbeatable was devised by a forger known as F. Mayer and centered around the certified check fraud, Mr. Lewis safis, continuing: “F. Mayer would open ' accounts with four or five banks in a sizeable city. .The largest account ran around §5,000. By kiting checks back and forth between the several banks, he would establish his identity with the tellers and become known as a man accustomed to deal in large figures. “After conducting these preliminaries for a few weeks, Mayer would go to the bank where he had his largest account and ask that a certified check be issued to him for substantially all of the money remaining to his credit. From the genuine check, he would make four or five duplicates. - “In turn, Mayer would visit the other banks, where he had established small accounts. Inasmuch as he had cashed checks for some time, Maver generally had little trouble in getting the banks to honor the certified checks. If a teller took the precaution of calling the issuing bank on the telephone to inquire if it had made out such a certified check, he would gair confirmation. -, 7 The Forger Caught : .“But even' the ‘perfect’ forzery, scheme cannot be worked with im punity. Mayer succeeded in defrand ing Kansas City banks out of $27,000 and made his escape. A few months later he was walking down the streets of Los Angeles when a teller who had honored ome of the bogus checks in the middle western city recognized bhim. Mayer took to his heels with the former teller in hot pursuit, and the criminal lost.” Sy

" The losses sustained"'ghrough for geries by banks may be mainly at tributed to the failure of the tellers tc observe the rules against cashing checks for strangers or allowing de positors to draw on uncollected items “A relentless, sustained hant is cor ducted to apprehend the forgers. Th new twists, the variations in_ th methods, the latest ruses used are. fo lowed by the detectives. The mod: of operation are broadcasted througi out the country,” the article declare: “The American- Bankers Associatic alone, through its Protective Divisio spends more than $lOO,OOO a vear ~heck depredations against bunks”

Off for College.

The Misses Geraldine Hussey and Deloris Beberich of . Cromwell. left Sunday for Muncie to enter the Ball Teachers college for a year. ’

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Fugr W , i ; 2 : : ‘ _ - AT FOSTER’S SALE BARN, LIGONIER, IND. . : 12 OCLOCK SHARP THURSDAY, OCTORER 9TH i e e S | 50 HEAD OF CATTLE = Mostly 500 Ib. native heifers, l-)l»l!'h:tl‘i,l'ifll(: Hereford breeds. - Will have a few fresh cows-and Springers. » A SHERP.. Will have one hundred head ol extra eood breéding owes, 2tobyemrseld. . o Will try to have a few good hogs. - e . : -H()'i'SE!'lH)Ll) GOODS - e Will offer the entire household goods of Mrs.- Meyer”’ Jacobs estate, consisting of brass bed and box mattress springs, nm}‘n;g‘;’zmy‘bed and springs, mattress, bird’s-eye maple dresser, mahogany - china closet, dressers, chairs, rocking chaiis ,invalid bed, huflet, davenport, rugs, silverware, oil .‘%l(;\’(3,'ki‘[('h(m- utensils dishes canned fruit ,in f@t most anything you want and some things you don’t want. - ‘ This will be strictly a persenal sale as 1 willf not get my license in time for the community. ° | -~ My Community Sales will start Oct. 23, 1924. MMJ‘WW_W ' . USUAL TERMS : ' : . .. GEO..D. FOSTER. ; E. R. Kurtz, Auet. H. E. Hoak and C. C. Smith, Clerks

LbLugpy .. . = - 7€ KIS Heme Reailty_and l‘nveStment Co. . RealbEsate Billetin. Town Properties, Summer Resort Propertirs and business chavees = ;

Modern brick residence anl'lls lots in south part of city. | 9 room brick residence .with builtin garage on Broadway - street. : i : 9 room = niodern: home right down town on , McLean street Recently decorated. . 3 rwhoice cottages on' Natti "Crow" Beach. Priced to sell Cozy cottage and 3 choice lots near Quilt factory at a bargain price. Bel Buy a vacant lot on South Cavin Street and built your_vhome_ to suit ycurself and family. ‘Only two vacant lots left. . 8 room residence on:North Side, Double garage. Will take small farm in exchange. 2 choice business rooms. Long ‘tilme lease. Good tenants. A good investment. Investigate. Modern home on South Cavin Street. Garage dttached. A bar-: gain. . S Dandy home at Rome City. Everything convenient. In good repair. Terms to suit purchaser Two modern cottages on Morrison Island, Lake Wawasee. . 8 room 1 story frame house in good repair, mnear Ligoniér Milling Company. A snap. - 9 room modern house on Cavin street. Must be seen to be appreciated_. Right down town. 1% story modern 7-room house on South McLean street. Garage. e 2 Vacant lots in West Lawn ad@itlon.. .~ 5 s e Vacant. ‘lot on South - Cavin street. ‘ ; e Leased Fand near Natti Crow Beach, Lake Wawasee, 2 furn . ished cottages with boats. Nothing small -but the price. = - 3 residence propetfiés in Syraouse,.. o : : S

Phone 165 Second Floor Sheets Bldg. Ligonier. Ind.

22 ‘room hotel in livé town on Lincoln : Highway. \Vou}d take . farm in exchange. \ : 2 residence properties ‘in Kimmell. @ ¢ Garage on Lincoln Highway. Would trade for farm”’ =~ : Modern coMiige and 3 choice vacant, + lots at Ogden Island, Lake Wawasee. 1% story brick house on North Side mnear schoel, church and ETOCErY. Plen;y Qf fruit on lot. General store in good location. Will take smaller farm in exchagige. o 7-room - modern house in Angola. . Will sell on p«ayments6 1% story 6 room frame house on North -Side. Good barn. Plenty of fruit. Price right. 7 room frame house on Rixth street. =~ Modern throughout. Hardwood floors. Garage. 11 room house and one acre of ground near Highway Iron Products factory. - Will trade for smaller -property. o Battery, Station and Vulcanizing plant in good location.. Will sacrifice for quick sale. 10 room residence on MecLean Street. Modern.- Large lot. Gawage. A snap. A _ ' Modern 8 room frame residence on South Main street. Best location in town. e ' 8 room modern brick house on Main street. 'Good location. Bottling works doing a good business; located in a live eity, A money maker: @ . 00l 34 choice farms.for sale at bar. gair} prices. The time to buy a farm is when the other fellow wants fo sell.. This is your opportunity. Call at our officeand look over our lst, . =5.