GRAFTING HIT HARD IN MAIDEN SPEECH ON BANK COLLAPSE
Chicago reports three major West Coast banks controlled by John R. Walsh suspend operations amid alarming losses tied to Southern Indiana Railway and Bedford Quarries ventures. Ex-bank head Walsh resigns. C. H. Bosworth appointed. allied Chicago banks pledge depositors will be paid in full as bodies meet to manage the crisis.
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Chicago
Chicago National Bank
The
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
John R. Walsh
Walsh
National Bank
C. H. Bosworth
Chicago Clearing House
Allied Banks of
Local Stock Exchange
National Biscuit Company
Focal Exchange
Southern Indiana Railway
Bedford Quarries Company
Indiana
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Chicago Clearing House Company
Trust Company
Sothern Indiana Railway Company
Clearing House Committee
Or. Walsh
Ridgeley
First National Bank
Southern Indiana Railroad
West
Ridgely
C. K. G. Billings
Mr. Walsh
Clearing House
James B. Forgan
John J. Mitchell
Llnois ’Trust and Savings Bank
Orson Smith
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
James H. Eckley
Commercial National Bank
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
Bedford
Monon
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago & Eastern
Frederick Landis
Ames
Massachusetts
Underwood
Alabama
Europe
Simms
Tennessee
Sulzer
New York
Russia
Mr. Mahon
Pennsylvania
West Point
Annapolis
Fred Landis
Wind-up nears as Armstrong committee probes insurers
New York December reports show the Provident Savings Empire Life and Life Association of America under scrutiny. Witnesses reveal real estate markups, large broker commissions, and loans on weak securities as the panel prepares a formal report for the legislature. Townsley’s testimony will continue tomorrow.
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New York
Armstrong Insurance Investigating
Provident Savings
Empire Life
The
Life Association of America
Provident Society
Savannah
New York City
Hughes
Miles M. Dawson
Henry T. Townsley
Townsley
Home and National Toll Properties Merger Approved
The Home Telephone company will acquire the National Telephone and Telegraph company, creating a merged property with toll lines in Indiana Ohio and Michigan and exchanges in Sturgis Kendallville Auburn and New Haven. Home will issue 6 percent preferred stock and extend bond redemption from twelve to thirty years. Officers elected include C S Bush president J B Reuss and M B Fisher. Also notes the recovery of P W Smith and a 2:30 pm Bible meeting at Wayne Street Methodist church.
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Home Telephone Company
National Telephone and Telegraph Company
Home Company
Home People
National Company
National
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Sturgis
Mich
Kendallville
Auburn
New Haven
Ind
Charles S. Bush
John B. Reuss
William L. Moellering
M. B. Fisher
Isador Lehman
P. W. Smith
G. Max Hofmann
W. A. Bohn
George T. Fox
C. S. Bush
J. B. Reuss
Max B. Fisher
William J. Moehering
Richmond
Fort Wayne Masonic Minstrel Show Aids Orphans
The Fort Wayne Eagles minstrel show at the Majestic raised funds for Allen County Reformed and St. Vincent’s orphans homes. Performers led by C W Griseld and W H Pease delivered song hits, comic routines, and a veiled critique of night life, drawing hearty applause from an audience of friends and locals.
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Brother Pease
Eggemann
da Libery
Eagles
John W. Igemann
The
Majestic
Allen County
Reformed
St. Vincent’s
Dockstader
al G. Field
Bone
W. H. Pease
Tambo
Preston Reed
A. W. Miller
Will Mungovan
Proletariat in Russia Declares Civil War in Revolt
Report from St Peters burg describes workmen printing a hundred thousand copies of a paper declaring civil war on the government. The appeal urges troops not to fire on the people as regiments reportedly side with the revolutionaries. Troop movements, rail lines damaged, and Russian authorities scrambling for control are noted.
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ST. Petersburg
Romanoffs
Riga
Bourse Gazette
Regensk
Stoeckmansel
Livonia
Doubassoff
Chernigoff
Moscow
Haley Gipe Convicted of Manslaughter in Starbuck Case
Rushville Indiana December 18 after three and a half hours the jury found Haley Cipe guilty of manslaughter in the Starbuck murder case. He was sentenced to Michigan City under the indeterminate sentence law. Gipe had been charged with murder of Mr William Starbuck and infant and had two prior manslaughter convictions.
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Rushville
Ind
Starbuck
Haley Cipe
Michigan City
Gipe
William Starbuck
Archbishop Quigley's Mother Dies in Rochester
Mrs Mary Lacey Quigley aged mother of Archbishop James E Quigley dies in Rochester on December 18. Funeral arrangements to be announced. He is a prominent church leader.
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Archbishop Quigley
Rochester
N. Y
Mary Lacey Quigley
James E. Quigley
Chraed
Weather forecast for Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois
Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday covers Ohio with cloudy cold air and snow in the northeast, Michigan with partly cloudy conditions and snow flurries in the northeast, Indiana with colder then fair and warmer winds, Illinois with fair and colder then warmer conditions and variable winds.
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Washington
Ohio
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Republicans Ready for Campaign Love Feast in Indianapolis
The Republican state committee slated December 28 for the annual love feast in Indianapolis. Precinct committeemen and delegates to the district convention may be chosen January 12 and 13, with county committees reorganized around January 13 or 14 except Marion. Representation is one delegate per 200 votes and for 100 or more votes for George A. Cunningham. District meeting sites include Evansville, New Albany, Columbus, Terre Haute, Shelbyville, Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, and Fort Wayne.
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Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Marion County
George A. Cunningham
Evansville
New Albany
Columbus
Terre Haute
Shelbyville
Crawfordsville
Fort Wayne
The Turners Christmas Program in Soengerbund Hill
The Vurnverein Vorwaerts has completed its Christmas entertainment plan to be held in Soengerbund Hill. Practice has been ongoing with hopes for a more pleasing show than previous events. An evening Christmas tree will be held for children and each child under fourteen will receive a candy box.
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Vurnverein Vorwaerts
Soen
Gerbund Hill
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Landis
Chicago National
Home Savings
State Examiner
National Examiner
Ete Come
Atention
Perkins
Insurance Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
BOX Office
Insurance Committee Investigat
Telephone Lines United
Toll Properties
Hun
Wayne Street Methodist Church
Fagles
C. W. Griseld
Harry B. Matheny
Willard Beeston
Threddagall
Workinghien
Czar
Romanoff
Proletariat
Haley Gipe
Turners
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