Bank trial details embezzlement case at Tipton court
Government opens defense as witness Carrie Jones testifies bookkeeper notes sometimes lag a week at First National Bank of Tipton. Testimony suggests sloppy accounting influenced Marker report to the controller. Defense cites overdrafts as loans. witnesses vouch for Marker’s good reputation. Court adjourned as jurors assembled after delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Meener
Attorpep H. N. Spann
Etfoeta
First National Bank of
Tipton
Marker
Mies Carrie Jones
E. W. Shirk
FE. W. Ferris
C. S. Loucks
Jerome A. Gleason
George C. Wood
William White
White
R. L. Reagan
Spaan
Federal Court
Insurance Department of Ohio
Harvey J. Kannal
Rensselaer
Farmers’ and
Citizens’ Live Stock Insurance Company
Lima
G. H. Gifford
Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Kanal
Dr. Kannal
Insurance Company
Subway Extension Delayed in LaSalle Street Basin
The Board of Public Works grants a two week extension to the C. H. and D. railroad to study LaSalle street subway options from an engineering view. Lines affected include the C. H. and D., Indianapolis Union, and Pennsylvania. Railroads seek street vacating. city engineer Klaussmann recommends subway or elevated tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
LaSalle Street
Indianapoliis Union Railway
Pennsylvania
Klaussmann
Insurgent Republicans Refuse Spoils On Rules Committee
Washington March 21 Insurgent Republicans who wrested power from Speaker Cannon refuse offers of seats on the expanded rules committee preferring to stand on principle. They resist any share of the spoils while possible, hoping to avoid responsibility for administration legislation amid ongoing party division. Norris of Nebraska and others deny agreed plans as Cannon assails rivals in a speech to the Illinois Republican association.
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Sun
Washington Service
Hibbs
Washington
Cannon
Expanded Rules Committee
Committee On Rules
Madison
Kansas
Gardner
Massachusetts
Norris
Nebraska
Rules Committee
Illnois Republican Association
Burleson
Lurdock
House
Trade Association Adds 29 Members in Indianapolis
Twenty nine new members join the rapidly growing Indianapolis Trade association including Cheltenham Press Hide Leather and Belting Home Store Acre Evans Baldwin Miller Capital City Brewing J R Ross Columba Grocery and many more. The board of directors will meet Tuesday to elect officers.
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Indianapolis Trade Association
Cheltenham Press
Hide, Leather and Belting Company
Home Store Company
Acre-Evans Company
Baldwin- Miller Cmpany
Capital City Brewing Company
J. R. Ross & Co
Charles D. Pearson Company
Columbia Grocery Company
A. ,Burdsal Company
Columbia National Bank
Efromyson & Wolfe
Harry B. Mahon Company
Fletcher National Bank
Capital National Bank
Van
Line Up of New Committee Is Now Shaping Up
Sun's Washington Service reports the probable roster for the new rules committee to be chosen by March 29. Republicans listed include Smith from Town, Dalzell from Pennsylvania, Olmstead from Pennsylvania, McCall from Massachusetts, and either Ellis or Hawley from Oregon or McKinley from California. Democrats named are Clark of Missouri, Fitzgerald of New York, Underwood of Alabama, and Sherley of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalzell
Indianapolis Sun
Private Exchange
Prussing Brothers Seek Restitution Over Vinegar Sale
Walter and Herbert J. Prussing of Chicago traveled to Indianapolis to settle with Junge Anderson over 45 barrels of a product claimed to be cider vinegar sold to Kothe Wells and Bauer. A decree of restitution and bond are expected, allowing shipment back to Chicago for re labeling, with seizure costs charged to the Chicago company.
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Walter
Herbert J. Prussing
Chicago
Indianapolis
Junge Anderson
Prussing Brothers
Kothe, Wells & Bauer
Kidnapped Girl Abandoned on Train in Midwest
Eleven year old Margaret Morse, abducted from Coldwater Michigan, is found crying aboard a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern train between Sturgis Michigan and Elkhart Indiana. She is in the home of Mr and Mrs Serman Rouskowisky in Elkhart awaiting Michigan officials.
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South Bend
Ind
Coldwater
Mich
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Sturgis
Elkhart
Margaret Morse
Serman Rouskowisky
Michigan
Thomas Nelson 68 Faces Criminal Charge in Springfield Case
Thomas Nelson aged 68 was arraigned in criminal court Monday on a charge brought by his sister in law Mattie P Callester. He pleaded not guilty after being arrested in Springfield Ohio last Saturday. Prosecution says the woman involved is 30 years old and feeble minded.
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Thomas Nelson
Mattie P. Callester
Nelson
Springfield
Beveridge Expected to Chair Indiana Republican State Convention
It is probable Senator Beveridge will be the convention chairman at the April 5 gathering. He would outline campaign policies and principles, state the issues, and provide the slogan for 1916. Supporters say his oratorical ability and past convention experience make him the leading choice.
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A. J. Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Republican Party
Beveridge
Lee
Tobacco Case Remains Undecided As Court Recessed
Washington March 21 The United States Supreme Court did not issue a decision in the tobacco trust case today and announced a recess until April 4.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Strike Looms As Firemen Weigh Arbitration Offer
Labor officials pressed a possible settlement to avert a mass railroad strike set for March 29. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen President W R Carter insisted seniority and representation rules be included in any talks with 49 western railroads. Negotiations stalled as railroads cited existing contracts with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Chicago
Neill
W. R. Carter
Interstate Commerce
Knapp
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Washington
W. 8. Carter
The
Brotherhood
Nixon
Railroad Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engineers
Carter
Baradall Receives Two-Year Sentence for Forgery
Norman Baradall alias Milton Hamilton pleaded guilty in criminal court to forgery and was sentenced to two years in Michigan City. He used both names to obtain a concurrence of terms on an unexpired sentence. He forged the name James E. Lilley on checks for 380 dollars.
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Norman Baradall
Milton Hamilton
Michigan City
James E. Lilley
Train wreck near Green Mountain t kills and injures many
A Rock Island train wreck on the Great Western track four and a half miles north of Green Mountain Marshall county Iowa at 8 am left an engine derailed into clay banks. Thirty two dead possibly forty and twenty four injured badly. Names of the dead include Jacob N Auhholz and Ross both Cedar Rapids with others. Injured include Irene Crower L Peters Charles Goodnough and more.
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Marshalltown
Towa
Rock Island
Great Western
Green Mountain
Marshall County
Jacob N. Auholz
Cedar Rapids
Ross
Freman
C. Harter
Archie Price
Irene Crower
Waterloo
L. Peters
Lows
State Teachers’ Club
Charles Goodnough
Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order in Lighting Contract Dispute
Judge Weir of superior courtroom 4 issues a temporary injunction against Mrs. H R Tonis to stop canceling the Merchants Heat and Light contract and bar her from switching power sources. The case concerns a five year, 714 cents per 1 000 watt hours rate and affects numerous local contracts as Indianapolis Heat and Light counters with a rival installation. A similar suit against Jacob Singer at 430 E Washington Street is expected to be decided next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir
Oraet
H. R. Tonis
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Merchants Company
Thomas McGreedy Dies in City Hospital
Thomas McGreedy found unconscious on bales of paper in the Geisendorf and Washington streets paper mill storage room. He died at City Hospital after a period of illness. Relatives not yet located by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McGreedy
Geisendorf
Washington Streets
City Hospital
McGreedy
A Down and Out College Man in a City’s Noon Rush
Howard Jeffries, a destitute former student, wanders Broadway during the noon rush. He battles drink, self-pity, and social scorn while pondering why sober diligence elevates others and ruins him, blaming heredity and environment for his downfall.
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Broadway
Howard Jeffries
Fulton Street
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Trade Association
EliTe
Hibbs Building
Smith
Baradall
Pullmans
Coeches
Thomas M’greedy
Charles Klein and
Arthur Hornblow
Dillingham & Co
N. G
Harlem
Home
Annie
Curiontly
Postgraduate College
Jeffries
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