Hearing Near End in Wild Bank Case
In Indianapolis the closure of J. F. Wild & Co. Bank is challenged as three financiers are accused of keeping the bank alive with 100000 in accommodation notes. Attorneys claim the bank was solvent and note consideration errors by examiners.
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Indianapolis
J. F. Wild & Co. State Bank
Frank B. Ross
Richard L. Lowther
Superior
Ross
Lowther
Robert I. Todd
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
John J. Appel
Frank M. Millikan
Millikan
John F. Wild
Fall Guy is Smiths Plea in Md Murder Trial
Harvey L. Smith, baker's son, testified in a Maryland Superior Court about paying two strangers to frighten Mrs. Geneieve Stults away from her married lover in a case prosecutors seek the death penalty in. His defense hinges on insufficiency of the state’s evidence and his own role as a fall guy for two gangsters in a claim of attempted murder.
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Hagerstown
Harvey L. Smith
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
William B. Hile
Glen Sawyer
Smith
Geneieve Stults
Robert Proctor
Commissioner Named Mark E. Hamer Appointed to Jury Official
Mark E. Hamer of 5342 Central Avenue and the Russell M. Leeds Company, an advertising firm, is appointed as Democratic jury commissioner to succeed Woollen Jr. in the official post.
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Mark E. Hamer
Woollen Jr
Central Avenue
Russel M. Leeds Company
Democratic Jury
Regulation of soft coal industry urged by Belden
William P. Belden of the Ohio Coal Operators Association told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that complete government regulation of the soft coal industry is the only solution. He opposed the Watson bill as uneconomic and unconstitutional during hearings on the Watson federal coal commission measure in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
William P. Belden
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Operators Association
Senate Interstate Commerce Commitss
Watson Federal Coal Commission
Belden
Watson
School Commissioner Hurt in Street Accident
Lewis E. Whiteman Indianapolis school commissioner was injured Saturday when his car collided with a coal truck at South and Illinois streets to avoid striking a boy in the road. He was thrown against a wheel, with two ribs broken and a lung injured. He will remain at home for several weeks.
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Lewis E. Whiteman
Indianapolis
McKinley Street
South
Illinois
Whiteman
Mid West Recovers From Severe Winter Snowstorm
Indianapolis wakes to 3.4 inches on the ground as 2.2 inches fell overnight and 3.4 total today. Weather head J H Armington says the cold peak has passed but further snow is likely with temperatures rising toward midweek.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
J. H. Armington
Armington
United States
Alaska
City Council Mulls Traffic Reroute To Ease Downtown Congestion
City hall session led by chairman Robert Springsteen and City Engineer A H Moore considered rerouting street cars to cut downtown congestion. Railway superintendent James P Tretton and Indian officials attended as Moore’s plan from months ago was reviewed. Washington street left and right turn eliminations drew council support.
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City Council
City Hall
Robert Springsteen
A. H. Moore
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
James P. Tretton
Moore
Washington Street
Museum election set for Children’s Museum board
Officers of the board of trustees will be elected Wednesday night at a meeting held in the museum located at 1150 North Meridian street. A museum committee was appointed by Paul Ritchey president of the Chamber of Commerce and includes Eli Schloss as chairman with Wallace O. Lee Jesse Hanit M. E. Foley Edward Wuensch Frank Jordan and Harper J. Ransburgh.
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Children’s Museum
North Meridian Street
Paul Ritchey
Chamber of Commerce
Eli Schloss
Wallace O. Lee
Jesse Hanit
M. E. Foley
Edward Wuensch
Frank Jordan
Harper J. Ransburgh
Man Held on Speeding and Stop After Accident Charge
Eugene Woodfin age 25 of 1443 North Meridian Street held on $550 bond by police after an auto crash. He allegedly struck and demolished the car of Mrs. Cornelius Alerdice 35 of 1624 North Delaware Street. Woodfin was found in his garage repairing his own damage.
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Eugene Woodfin
North
Meridian Street
Woodfin
Cornelius Alerdice
North Delaware Street
Young Russian Prince Named Emperor of Russia
Paris January 15 The supreme monarchist council met in secrecy and chose 22 year old Prince Nikita youngest son of the late Grand Duke Alexander as emperor of Russia according to exclusive United Press information.
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United Press
Paris
Nikita
Grand Duke
Alexander
Russia
Foch Vows to Fight Death as Illness Deepens
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, aged Allied commander, told his doctor today he would fight death. From his bed with heart disease, Foch showed fighting spirit despite four nightly suffocation crises. Doctors reported a slight improvement this afternoon, with no bulletin before Wednesday morning.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Daveniere
Heitzboyer
Foch
Weygandt
Marshal Foch
Second autopsy for Mrs Babe Ruth death fuels foul play doubt
In WA Town Massachusetts a second autopsy on Mrs Babe Ruth was performed to confirm the fire death was accidental not foul play. Funeral arrangements were delayed as the report from medical examiner George L West and assistant George McGrath awaits.
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United Presses
WA Town
Mass
Babe Ruth
Ruth
George L. West
George McGrath
Grand jury resumes probe into Steuben County crime ring
The Angola Indiana grand jury investigation into a county alleged crime ring was resumed after a postponement due to a juror’s illness. John H. Elliott recovered enough to return to duties as witnesses are expected on the First National Bank robbery liquor smuggling and a body found in a burned barn.
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United Press
Angola
Ind
Steuben County
John H. Elliott
First National Bank
Jackson Speech and Bound Inaugural Addresses Draw Senate Interest
Two bound brochures of Governor Ed Jackson's farewell address sit on desks while state senators and representatives deem them a needless state expense. It emerges that Governor Harry G. Leslie's inaugural address and message to the legislature will be more prominently bound and placed on desks Wednesday morning.
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Ed Jackson
Harry G. Leslie
Senators Protest Senate Conditions And Missing Furniture
Senators angrily derided the dirt and faulty facilities in the capitol chamber. They demanded searches for missing furniture or replacements and urged reforms, noting icy steps and parking fees as examples of mismanagement.
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Senate
Lee J. Hartzell
Rep
Alle and Nobles
Dirigible Los Angeles Returns to Lakehurst After Training Flight
The navy airship Los Angeles arrived at its hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey from St Josephs Bay near Apalachicola Florida after an extended Atlantic coast training flight. Lieutenant Commander Charles E Rosendahl reported good flying conditions and noted a 115 mile per hour speed on the last thousand miles of the journey.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Los Angeles
St. Joseph’s Bay
Apalachicola
Fla
Atlantic
Charles E. Rosendahl
Expert Outlines Eye Exercises and Tests
Chicago January 15 expert outlines simple eye exercises to keep eye muscles in good form. Dr Carl F Shephard suggests revolving a Greek disk with a white spot and following it with the eyes. He also recommends lying on the back and watching an imaginary race between two flies on a circular track.
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United Press
Chicago
Carl F. Shephard
Shephard
Illinois Optometrist Society
Baker's Love Suit for $100000 Near Settlement in Court
In a high profile alienation of affections case, Romanian baker Vasile Vitelaru seeks $100,000 from Charles Bates of Bedford Indiana for allegedly stealing his wife Louise Bates. Testimony described visits to the home by a piano salesman and questions about personal conduct and illicit relations. The defense seeks a directed verdict while evidence unfolds in Superior Court. Andrew Jackson Rider, 85, pioneer of cranberry culture who introduced it to Europe, died in Monton New Jersey from influenza.
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Bakerman
Vasile Vitelarus
South
Fleming Street
Charles M. Bates
Bedford
Ind
Louise Bates
Vitelaru
William O. Dunlavy
Vasile
Bates
Kodak
T. J. Moll
Roy E. Schultz
Grand Hotel
Schultz
Be Press
Mnmonton
N. J
Andrew Jackson Rider
Europe
City praised for civic spirit in Indianapolis booster program
James E. West head of the Boy Scouts praised Indianapolis calling it the most spirited city visited. He spoke during a booster program on WFBM sponsored by men of the city. West was introduced by F. O. Belzer and Wallace O. Lee.
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Indianapolis
James E. West
Bo Scouts
Ia Ei
Tne Polis
West
F. O. Belzer
Scouts
Wallace O. Lee
Toboggans Opened At City Golf Park Slide
Coffin golf course toboggan remained open with a BYOS rule as city sleds lag behind Monday night snow. R Walter Jarvis says sleds arrive by Wednesday evening and cost 25 cents per hour. Police guard hills 3 to 8:30 pm to keep safety while snow lasts.
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Coffin
R. Walter Jarvis
Jarvis
Boards of Works
Lawton Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Harding
Thirty-ninth Street
Capitol Avenue
Iowa Street
Pleasant Run Boulevard
Addison Avenue
Ohio Street
Washington Boulevard
Fifty-sixth Street
Watson Road
Claude M. Worley
Double funeral set for Fackler couple in train crash
Loganport Ind Jan 15 double funeral services will be held for Edward Fackler and his wife who were killed when their car and a train collided near the area. He died instantly and she passed away twelve hours later.
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United Press
Logansport
Ind
Edward Fackler
Lindbergh Averts Death In Snow Storm Flight
Charles Lindbergh and a party including James Perry and H Weir Cook rode out a fierce sleet storm while piloting a Ford tri motor from Indianapolis toward St Elmo Illinois. Lindbergh landed at a field near St Elmo to avoid disaster, saving seven passengers including two Indianapolis men. The group then continued by train to St Louis while Lindbergh waited for clearer weather to resume toward Los Angeles.
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Lindbergh
Indianapolis
James Perry
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss Flying Service, Inc
Transcontinental Airy Transport
Curtiss Service
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Perry
Cook
John Collins
Illinois
St. Elmo
Atlantic
Leslie Urges State Close Law Loophole in Address
Governor Harry G. Leslie calls for amending the statute of limitations to block public officials charged with malfeasance from using it in their defense. He urges higher highway funding, tax and workmen’s compensation reforms, and public building standardization while stressing economy and party platform adherence.
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Ed Jackson
Harry G. Leslie
Seventy-Sixth General Assembly
Jackson
Leslie
State Tax Board
Highway Department
United States
Congress
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