Financier accused in scheme to siphon funds from Permalife
A former Permalife Storage Battery Co general manager Thomas C Boland is sought on five indictments for grand larceny and embezzlement. Police allege he used kiting checks and falsified company accounts to borrow money and build personal credit, netting over 150000 in eight months. He influenced Wartime accounting work and had ties to Peter J Kruger, whose death was ruled self inflicted. Continues on page thirteen.
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Thomas C. Boland
Permalife
Comany
Indianapolis
Boland
Marion County Criminal Court
company Yooney
Inanaipolis
Permajife Storage Battery Company
Anita
Boland, Barrett & Potter
Charles M Barrett Ivey
Canada
fim
Jesse Potter
Coal Dealers’ Association
Potter
Peter J. Kruger
internal revenue
Indiana
South Bend
Kruger
St. Joseph County
Meridian apartments
Indiana Senator Watson Seeks renomination backed by New
Washington reports Senator James E Watson seeks renomination in Indiana next spring with active backing from Senator New who urges unity and support. The two former rivals now work in harmony on legislative goals and campaign plans, with Watson handling interstate rail policy and finance committee duties as New focuses on the upcoming primary and future renomination. The Indiana delegation attends a dinner hosted by the Senate Finance Committee as part of the War Risk Bureau talks.
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WASHINGTON
James E.Watson
Senate
Indiana
New
Watson
New 8
Senator Watson
Senator New
interstate commerce committee
finance Committee
Senate finance comimittes
Leblott‘eho
War Risk Bureau
Dr. T. Victor Keene
Indianapolis
John H. Mount
Connersville
End of the World Rumors Stir Indiana City Whistles
In Indianapolis a stuck whistle valve at the Shelby street roundhouse triggers a citywide alarm as trains whistle and bells ring. Residents fear Armistice Day doomsday rumors while editors and the public debate whether the uproar signals war, apocalypse, or simply a noisy mishap and no astronomical danger is foreseen.
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Indianapolis
Star
Mexico
Bill Hohenzollern
Shelby street
Big Four Railroad
solar system
Coal strike losses to U S run into millions
Columbus Ohio December 16 Loss to the United States from the recent coal strike totaled about 126 million dollars with Ohio losses near 27 million. W D McKinney secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange cites railroads and industries as unmeasured losses. Miners suffered wage losses around 60 million nationwide. Railroads he estimates at 40 million and operators at 26 million.
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COLUMBUS
United States
Ohio
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
McKinney
Pennsylvania Engineer Stricken at Throttle in Indiana
Marion Ind Dec 16 Pierpont Edwards 40 a Pennsylvania engineer from Logansport was fatally stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage early today while at the throttle of his engine miles from Marion coming in from the East He died at a local hospital an hour after being removed from the cab His fireman guided the train safely to Bethevan Station Edwards a member of Logansport lodge of Odd Fellows is survived by a wife and two children.
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MARION
Ind
Pierpont Edwards
Pennsylvania
Logansport
Bethevan Station
South Marion
Edwards
Italian Troops in Fiume Placed in Trusteeship Pending Decision
Washington December 16 Italian regulars will occupy Fiume under an agreed trusteeship pending a final entente decision on its disposition. The Italian government, confident of its claims, agreed to take possession on those terms with the assumption that its title to Flume would be realized.
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WASHINGTON
Fiume
Capt. D'Aneunzio
Flume
sugar equalization board
Senate
House committee
House Interstate Commerce committee
Congress
House
Fordney
Michigan
equalization board
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
New Indianapolis Theater Lease Signals Big Project
The Famous Players-Lasky Corporation signed a ninety-nine year lease for the English Block area on Monument Circle. Construction of what may be the largest U.S. motion picture theater is planned to begin around Jan 1, 1921, with completion within two years. Rentals ascend from 29,820 to 40,000 annually as the building displaces part of the English Hotel.
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Monument Circle
United States
Larz Whitcomb
Samuel H. Dowden
William
Market street
English’s Theater
United States railroad administration
motion picture corporation
New York city
Famous Player-Lasky Corporation
Liberty
Indianapolis trust company
Famous
Player-Lasky Corporation
William E English
Lowden Files as Candidate for President in South Dakota
Governor Frank O Lowden of Illinois filed as a Republican presidential candidate in the South Dakota primary set for March. Other independents include James W Gerard of New York and Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington. The filing follows a winter of proposal meetings backing Woodrow Wilson, Maj Gen Leonard Wood, and other contenders amid AG rulings on convention nominations.
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Wilson
Wood
secretary of state
Lowden
foreign relations committee
Senate
New York
Gerrard
South Dakota
Operator Raps Settlement of Miners Strike
An operator voices sharp criticism of the proposed settlement ending the miners strike. He argues the terms fail to secure adequate concessions and warns of further actions if demands remain unmet.
Hey Mister What Time Is It Wintry Stroll Ends With Judge
A ragged newsie asks passersby for the time as a blustery winter evening advances. Federal Judge A. B. Anderson halts the boy, unbuttons his coat, and checks his watch, then reads the full story in the Sunday Star.
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A. B. ANDERSON
Goes Blame Desertions On Pretty French Girls
New York December 16. Of 1500 alleged deserters court martialed at the New York Navy Yard since the war began, twenty five attributed overstayed leaves to French girls who insisted on making love to them. Several said widowed mothers needed their help and one sailor claimed his ship sailed while he was across the street buying tobacco.
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NEW YORK
New York Navy Yard
United States
Gerard Enters Presidential Race With Minimal Platform
James Gerard former ambassador to Germany joins the 1924 Democratic field filing a petition with the state secretary. He issues a brief platform advocating world peace with a world vision a reconstruction policy to protect American commerce labor farmers and workers and calls for prompt ratification of the peace treaty and League Covenant with immediate league creation and tax reductions.
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CARL ACKERMAN
NEW YORK
James Gerard
Germany
Pierre
Gerard
Wilson
America
league of nations
league
Gereva
Roosevelt Society forms committee to promote Theodore Roosevelt ideals
New York on December 16 saw the launch of a Roosevelt Society aimed at developing and applying Theodore Roosevelt policies and ideals. William Boyce Thompson named a diverse organizing committee including Charles S. Barrett, Charles J. Bonaparte, Evangeline Booth, John Burroughs, Carrie Chapman Catt, James R. Garfield, Cardinal Gibbons, Gorgas, Hiram W. Johnson, Irvine Lenroot, Miles Poindexter, Rear Admiral Sims, Oscar Straus, Henry Watterson, and Leonard Wood.
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NEW YORK
Irvine L. Lenroot
Miles Poindexter
Admiral Sims
Oscar 8. Straus
Col
Henry Watterson
Leonard Wood
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures in the south. Thursday will be fair with warmer conditions in the north and fresh north winds. Forecast notes indicate Indianapolis and vicinity will be cooler Wednesday, fair Thursday. Relative humidity yesterday was 74 percent at noon, with temperatures ranging from 25 to 34 degrees and light precipitation totals since January 1, 1919 recorded.
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Indiana
south portion
north portion
Indianapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Hugo backs Villa praise in Mexican interview
Frederick Hugo of El Paso, manager near Muzquiz, recounts detainment by Villa forces, praising Pancho Villa for orderly conduct and discipline. Hugo says he was treated well, spoke with Villa, and observed clerks recording captured property while Villa aims for orderly governance and a square deal. He recalls meals with Villa and notes Christmas dinner invitation.
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EAGLE PASS
Tex
Frederick Hugo
El Paso
Pancho Villa
Hugo
Villa
Uruguayan Offer as Mediator in Mexico-U.S. Dispute
Gabriel Terra Uruguay foreign minister offers his country’s services to mediate Mexico and the United States. Mexican Charge d Affaires Enriquez at Montevideo relays the information to the Mexican foreign relations department in Mexico City.
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CITY OF
MEXICO
Gabriel Terra
United States
Mexican foreign relations department
Enriquez
Montevideo
Senate Passes Edge Bill to White House
The Senate adopted the conference report on the Edge bill authorizing corporate financing for American export trade, sending the measure to the White House. Senator Grenna of North Dakota opposed the stockholders double liability provision affecting banks. Chairman McLean defended the bill as aiding European rehabilitation and currency stability.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Senate
White House
Grenna
North Dakota
Glass
Chainsman McLean
the
banking and currency committee
Europe
Eicchhorn To Aid Prosecution Of Newberry Case
Fort Wayne Ind December 16 Attorney William H Eifchhorn of Bluffton has been named special assistant to the U S attorney general to help prosecute Senator Truman H Newberry and 100 Michigan men accused of election frauds. The appointment follows a grand jury probe led by Assistant Attorney General Frank C Dailey who also hails from Bluffton. Finchhorn, a former judge of the Twenty eighth Judicial Circuit, previously sat as special judge in the Marion Circuit Court during the trial of former Indianapolis Mayor Bell.
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FORT WAYNE
Ind
William H Eifchhorn
Bluffton
United States
Truman H Newberry
Michigan
Frank C Dailey
Newberry
Dailey
Finchhorn
Judicial Cyreul
Wells and Winckford
Calls for Acts to Give Proper Consideration
Disabled men are urged to receive proper consideration in ongoing policy reviews. Advocates press for clearer rights, targeted protections, and timely implementation of proposed reforms affecting employment access, rehabilitation services, and public accommodations nationwide.
Legion Urges Immediate Congress Action for Veterans
The American Legion through Franklin D Olier urged Congress to pass legislation for former service men and their families. It called for action on amendments to the Swedt and Wasson bills to improve the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and vocational education. Messages from President Wilson and Gen Pershing supported liberal aid, stressing needs of permanently and temporarily disabled veterans and need for clear beneficiary rights.
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WASHINGTON
American Legion
Franklin D’Olier
Congress
D’Oller
Swedt
Wasson
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal board for vocational education
public health service
D'Olier
Wilson
R. G Cholmeley-Jones
Gen. Pershing
Cholmeley-Jones
Home Brew Kills Two in Easton Paragraph
In Easton Pennsylvania and Cecil County a group at a residence drank home brewed liquor reported as whisky. Two men died and another was seriously ill from tainted alcohol. Authorities are investigating the incident involving Labor, Rett, Tom, Robert A, and others at Mrs Wt’s house.
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EASTON
Cecil —Rett
Toma
Robert
rank & liquid
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T. C. Boland
Storage Battery Concern
Fletcher American National Bank
Continental National
Bernard E .O'Connor
Permalife Company
A C Lipsitz
Muncie
Poughkeepsie Trust Company
Poughkeepsie
oF KS
EVERETT C. WATKINS
U. S
Senate coal investigating committee
Tracy W. Guthrie
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
Wilgen
Harry A. Garfield
Senate committee
railroad administration
West
Palmer
R. V. Norris
Freylingnuyacb
New Jersey
committed
Townsend
Mr. Norris
Garfield
Frelinghuysen
Norris
Guthrie
Mitchell
John Mitchell
Senator Walcott
Maryland
Dr Garfield
Illinois
BILL
conference
agriculture committee
NEWSIE
START ROOSEVELT SOCIETY
FRANCISCO VILLA
CITY OF MEXICO
Associated Press
William ©. Jenkins
Puebla
Jenkins
Piedras Negras
EICHHORN
D’Olier
SOLONS
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