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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-31

but it still goes down in black and
white. The Green and White have
a better organization; more rugged,
faster thinking and more accurate
shooting aggregation than the
Northsiders. OF course, that's our
opinion. We may turn out to be all
wet yet.
We're the chump this time. In
Thursdays column Off The Back
board stated that Lombard deserved
the prize for being the first out
State college five to defeat an In.
diana quintet this season. One of
those birds who delights in taking
the joy out of life and in making
q newspaper mans work a burden
delved into records and statistics and
came up with the information that
we were all wrong and that an In
diana team had suffered defeat by
an out-State team on Dec. 10. Miami
beat Earlham 26 to II. Gr-r-r-r.
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TEN MS MEET
National Junior Net Tourney
in Final Rounds.

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BALTIMORE, Dec. Sl'-In res
national tennis championships of
the younger generation will be de-
cided here today and Saturday. The
New Years battle is the singles
final between julius Seligson, New
York, junior champion, and Frank
Shields, New York, in the junior
tournament here.
Today Wilbur Coen, Kansas Cityt
boys champion, meets Sidney Wood,
New York, in the boys singles finals.
The Junior doubles final will be held
this afternoon between A. Smith and
3. Jacobs, Baltimore, and Fl. John
son and M. Hill, Boston.
Seligson defeated e. Jacobs, Balti'
more, GA, 81 and Ga, in the junior
semi-finals yesterday.
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COAST GOLF TOURNEY

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LONG BEACH. Cal. Dec. 81
More than $50 amateur and profess
sional golfers teed off today in the
Long Beach open tournament. car
rying a purse of $4,000.
Among the starters are MacDon-
aid Smith, Bobby Cruikshank. Cyril
Walker, Johnny Farrell. lille
Hunter, Mike Brady, George Dun
can and George Won Elm.
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Fights and Fighters

NEW YoRK--Frank HouliheA: feather
weight, won from Jimmy Kelly, twelve
SYRACUSE-Eddie Burnproolk. Balti-
Ts%sy % IN Ss sa out FOUND BSSee s.
BpENos AIREs-yulio Mocoroa Ar
antonio Ruiz. featherweight champion OF
Europss, " 2 twelye.roupd bout;
Phil RosenSers -bpshy G Graham 1S n''b sntsm ns
weight championshiR bout To- Feb; 4 led 70
s she sfps un a Hoqf
at Madison Square Garden on Jan. IA. The
men are WelterWeiRhAa.
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Wade Is Proud
DETROIT SELLS JOHNS

Detroit has sold Pitcher Gus lefty
Johns to the Hollywood Club of the
Pacific Coast League. Johns pitched
with good success at times for the
Tigers, but lacked consistency. He
went to the Detroit Club from the
Texas League.
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Frank Hueber has been nursing a
sore thumb. Our advice to Frank
is to cut 1t off and use the other one.
We think the left thumb is best for
bowling, any way.
Bill Reitzell thought he had lost all
the stuff from his ball. However,
after seeing how Mort Lindsay does
it, Bill came back and rolled $40. The
smile is now broader than ever.
Three straight ruled In the Capt.
ton No. 2 games Thursday night,
the Mineralite, Eastman Cleaners,
Gregory & Appel and Broad Rip
pie outfits winning their series
with the National Refining, Stan.
dard Grocery, Postoffice and Kahn
Tailoring teams. F. Rugh was high
man I'm this loop, with total Of
COS ON games of 212, 206 and 1877.
Rhine had an even 500. Twenty
three games topped the 200 mark,
the 237 of Kroner being the high
spot.
In the Universal League the Paper
Package and East End Milk were
three-game winners over the st. Ce,
ella and Folks, while Tiffany and
Pitman-Moore were winning two out
of three from the Eli Lilly and I. u
Railway outfits. Harmon of the Pit
man-Moore team was high in this
circuit, with games of 1T. 215 and
214, for a total of 606.
In the Printing Crafts League two
out of three was the rule, the Indian
apolis Engraving and Allies winning
over this route from the Queen City
Inks and Wright Electrotype teams
Reynolds, with games Of 1879, 21s
and 221. a total of sac, was high
Spurgeon almost reached him when
he finished with 236 for a total OF
eos. Sam Light just missed the
charmed circle when he reached SOS
on games Of 213, 1872 and 209.
"Nan" Schott has resolved to
quit rolling the one game which
has been holding his totals down.
With that famous 100 game "Nan"
can only reach $50.
Did you notice the Em-Roe team
was without a captain? They say
they do not need one, as they have
Sargent on their club.
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OFF the Blackboard
BY NORMAN ISAACS

Meanweu dimuniti1e Wisconsin coach has
volted The willy little mentor the Badger school ap
parenty has decided his team shall longer be mark for In
diana college ves doc" probably has decided that he
doesn give if the other Big Ten revots
but he for going stand pat The Badgers took their
first step toward redeemng themselves the eyes of their fol
lowers and took down DePauw Thursday night Madison
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Rough Stuff

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NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Ching
Johnson, defense man Of the New
York Rangers hockey team, is
willing to believe that hockey is
not tender sport He has twenty
seven scars from the game and is
recovering at present from a bro
ken collar bone.
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Thursday Basketball

COLLEGES
Butler 30: Chicago, IS.
Wisconsin. 81 De PAW. 90.
Muncie Normal. As Defiance. IL.
Yale. Is; Holy Cross Is.
Notre Dame Is: Northwestern. 20
Wilmington. 46: Florida. IS.
Illinois. So: North Dakota State. IS.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Bedford. 45; Franklin. 27.
Elkhart. 40: Alexandria. "a.
Union. 70; Trafalgar, II.
Union seconds 80: Trafalgar seconds. <
Waldron, 40 Columbus, Ohio. II.
Upton. SO; FranktOn. 80
Upton seconds. 10; Frankton seconds
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NJ JUNGLE FAST
Fast Passing Attack Over
WheImS Defiance College.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 31.-A fast
passing attack coupled with an in
penetratable defense spelled defeat
for Defiance College here Thursday
night, and gave Muncie Normal its
sixth successive victory, 4512. The
Buckeyes were unable to cope with
the vastly superior local quintet and
the game was devoid of features. The
Teachers held a 23-1 lead at the half
Summary:
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SHELBY GUEST LEADS
Tinker and Williams in Pocket
Match-Play Tonight.

In the first block OF a special 800
ball pocket billiard match at the,
Claypool parlor, c. A. Tinker,
Shelbyville, defeated H. H. Williams
Indianapolis, $50 to 144. Tinker had
high run Of 25 and "a. Williams
had runs 81 and 10.
The ne block of $50 will be-
played tonight. Tinker last week
made a gh run of 1872 at Shelby
vile. These special matches are
creating much interest and drawing
large crowds. Admission is free.
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HOCKEY RESULTS

Montreal--Les Canadiens. 1; Pitts.
burgh, 0.
Toronto. Ont.-Toronto st. Pat,
ricks. 4; Boston Bruins, /.
Windsor, Ont.-Montreal Maroons,
2; Detroit Cougars, 0.
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Defiance (12)

The games in the Elks League
Thursday night resulted in a clean
sweep for the Hides and Shinbones
over the Teeth and Eyes, while the
Hoofs were pulling two out of three
from the Tails. Weisman continued
the good work he has been doing
and carried off high honors on games
of 200, 2O2 and 223, for total of
631. Other 600 scores were: Scarce,
600; Hanna, GA, and Gregory, SOB.
Peachey demonstrated the high-low
features of bowling when he rolled
games of III, 226 and 200.
The Door Hangers were the
victims Of the Molders in the Rob-
bins Body League, Thursday night,
and dropped all three games. The
opponents of the Trim Shop will roll
against their scores later. Earl Pat
terson again led the field in this loop,
having games Of IT'S, 245 and 172 for
a total of sos.
In reviewing Al Striebeck's
last weeks bowling of 1926 it was
found that this boy had total Of
1871 for his six games, three In
she Recreation and three in Cap
itol No. 1. This is an average of
2281a pins per game. AIS New
Years resolution should be: Get
the wood"
Eddie Meyer will resolve not to
give. away or throw away any more
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The city series clash between
Shortridge and Tech is but n day
off. Naturally Shortridge followers
will rise up in anger and cry. "No.
No. That guys all Wet" This guy
may be sopping wet and dripping,
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The Tigers were expecting to take
home the spoils, no doubt, but
clashed head on" with a stone wall
Butler and Notre Dame, however,
managed to come out on the long
end of the score, which after all is
the most important part of the
game
Reports from Chicago state that
the Maroons were rather wearied in
the last minutes of the game. What
caused the Midway five to weary so
soon? The Bulldogs were the ones
that should have been weary-play
ig three games in as many nights.
KOegan's NOtre Dame basketeers
play the net game as ROclNne's NOtre
Dame gridders play football. The
most dangerous part of an Irish
football team is It's last half rush.
The same evidently is true about
the Irish net teams.
A few college games are on the
book again tonight. The one most
Of us are interested in happens to
be the Franklin-Evahsvil tilt at
Evansville. The Baptists and Aces
will ring out the old year and ring
in the new one with basketball that
is basketball. Evansville has been
poison to a number Of the State
teams for the past two years and
the Baptsts are in no way foster
ing a benevolent and brotherly love
attitude towards the Purple Aces.
| In fact. as we have il, nothing would
please Griz Wagner and his boys
any better than a pair of victories
over Evansville. We sort of figure
Wabash would like to see the Frank
lin crew turn TO trick, too.
Some one asked us this morning If
we had forgotten LOganspOrt, Mar
tinsvilIe and Bedford. No. we have
not We could swing into action and
hammer the typewriter keys for
hours writing of those three teams.
High school teams that can play ball
as those three quintets do are some
thing TO tall, about. LoganspOFt' :
boys act as if they had been born
with basketball i'm each hand. And
Martinsville's ARTISANS aren't very
far behind.
The city series clash between
I
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Both Outfits Pinned to Send
Full Strength Into Grid
Classic.

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PASADENA. Cal, Dec. 31.-Ala-
bama's Crimson Tide and Stanford s
Cardinals polished OFF training to-
day for their New Years battle in
the Rose Bowl. which will decide the
mythical football championship Of
the world,
/, The Dixie champions reeled off an
hour of signal drill. displaying rare
form, physically and mentally. They
were followed by the Cardinals in a
brief practice Of signals which
showed the Warner combination was
In peak shape also.
Aside from a few minor injuries
among the reserves, both outfits are
primed to throw their full strength
into the football classic tomorrow.
4 Coach Pop" Warmers pessimism
has given away to feeling OF sat
isfaction. He believes his players
are prepared to give an excellent ac-
count of themselves and he has
abandoned his gloomy attitude of
several days ago.
Execute New Plays
He has given his versatile team a
complete set of now plays, which the
crafty coach declares were executed
almost faultlessly during the prac-
tice sessions.
At the same time, Warner is not
overlooking the defensive ability of
the southern outfit, which boasts a
forward wall that outweighs the
Stanford line eight pounds to the
man. Warner saw Alabama defeat
Georgia on Thanksgiving day and
he has some we'll formed opinions
about the Dixie outfit.
"They have a more versatile at
tack than any team Stanford has
met in past season and on defense
the Alabama Eleven is one of the
most powerful in the country"
Warner said.
my boys had a tendency at first
to underestimate the strength of
Alabama, but I believe now they are
in the right frame of mind and will
put up the kind of battle they are
capable Of"
Wade Is Proud
Coach Wallace Wade Is proud of
the showing of his team in the rose
bowl rehearsals. He Is counting on
Archie Taylor, the Savannah
Flash.2 to rip through the Stanford
defense for at least one touchdown.
Taylor has been on the side lines
with an injured hand most of the
past season.
Captain Emil Barnes will start at
quarterback for the Southerners.
Red Brown and Johnson or Cald-
we'll are slated to open at the Other
back field posts. -. e.
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Eddie Meyer will resolve not to
give. away or throw away any more
bowling balls.
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CITY BOWLING GOSSIP
BY Lefty Lee

Frank Hueber has been nursing a
sore thumb. Our advice to Frank
is to cut 1t off and use the other one.
We think the left thumb is best for
bowling, any way.
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MSMwSh0msMere%uM
.udM@s Coy0mzb5mdEonnom

Peru, Wabash, Portland, Bluffton and Union City,
UNION TRACTION saves you time and money.
It's service is convenient and comfortable. You
can relax and rest or read while you travel
speedily and safely in all kinds Of weather.
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Did you notice the Em-Roe team
was without captain? They say
they do not need one, as they have
a Sargent on their club.
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Bill Reitzell thought he had lost all
the stuff from his ball. However,
after seeing how Mort Lindsay does
it, Bill came back and rolled $40. The
smile is now broader than ever.
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"Nan" Schott has resolved to
quit rolling the one game which
has been holding his totals down.
With that famous 100 game NAN"
can only reach $50.
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And Buses, Too!

Augmenting its railway service, UNION TRAC-
TION operates BUSES between indianapolis and
Anderson, Marion and Muncie. Also to Sheridan
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FLORIDA SALES
UNDER PROBE

More than 100 cases of fraudu-
lent Florida land schemes, many
of which have been operated in
the District, are to be presented
to proper court authorities during
the next six week by branches of
the National Better Business Bu.
reau. Louis Rothschild, director of
the local bureau, stated today
This indication of action against
interruptions land promoters was
given at meeting of Eastern
executives of Better Business Bu.
reaus in New York yesterday, ac.
cording to Mr.. Rothschild, who at
tended the conference.
THE hysteria and high specula.
ton has stopped" he said today.
The general price trend, according
to the information reported. is no
longer upward. This cessation of
wild activity is not hindering Iii
any way the sound propositions III
Florida it was pointed out at the
meeting. The unsound propositions
which have largely been sold in the
northern States, are now being un.
covered with greater rapidity
and facility in the face of the fall
ing prices.
Numerous complaints by Wash
ington purchasers of Florida land
are being investigated by the local
bureau. and it is possible that &C
ton against certain local land-seII,
ing agencies may be taken through
the District Supreme Court.
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50, Obituary Desk
ANDREW @. SHANNON

Funeral services for Andrew G.
shannon, SIS years old, local busi-
ness man and a resident here Tor
more than IS years, who died yes
terday OF heart disease at his home,
1856 Ontario Pl. N. W., will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock al
his late residence, with the Rev.
Charles Wood, pastor of the Church
of the Covenant, officiating. In
torment will be in Rock Greek
cemetery.
Mr.. shannon had been local man
ager OF the Loose Wiles Biscuit
Company for a number Of years
until his retirement two years ago
because OF i'll health.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. he spent
the early part Of his life there and
received preparatory education.
Upon coming to Washington IS
years ago, he entered Georgetown
University and graduated from the
law school taking position with
the National Biscuit Company. He
became the Washington manager
of the local branch of that concern
and held that position ten years,
leaving it to go with the Loose
Wiles Company.
He was member of Federal
Lodge of Masons and had been a
deacon in the Church of the Cove
nant for number of years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Maude Kitchener shannon, a
daughter, Mrs. Harry s. Bradley,
of Wheeling, w. Va, son, Walter
Shannon. of Coral Gables, Fla, and
a brother, the Rev r. B. Shannon,
OF Chepek. Wis.
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SCHOOLS CLOSE
ON FRIDAY

Pupils of the Washington public
schools will begin their Easter vaca-
ton on Friday. the spring holidays
continuing through next week, DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, announced today.
In connection with the holidays,
DR.. Ballou issued a statement 70.
day. for distribution throughout the
local school system. directing the
attention of the children tc caution
in crossing or playing in the
streets.
DIR. Ballou urged teachers to i'm
press upon their classes the neces-
sitv for observing safety first
rules at all times. Teachers also
will instruct older children TO watch
over. their juniors and carry the
message OF caution to them.
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THE CUUNTEoS OF CATHCAHI
wright aHd actor and. besides, she
wants to recoup her financial
losses by writing for the English
newspapers, on my Experiences
in America"
Enjoyed Her Adventures
The countess isn't going away
bitter as result of her experiences
in the United States--far from IT..
She bestowed warm praise on
American, women, calling them
brave and intelligent, and she laud-
ed the Amrican press for the stand
it took when the immigration au-
thorities at Ellis Island sought to
bar her FROM the country on
grounds of moral turpitude.
II enjoyed my adventures, she
smiled: "at least kept my sense
of humor | don't know what /
blamed for so many things didn't
do
She said her play, Ashes Of
Love-" failed, not because it was a
poor play, but because of bad pub
licity.
1t was poor policy to announce,
when the play opened in Washing
ton, that it was the story of her
life, when it wasn't, she asserted.
Also, the publicity she got when
Earl Carroll gave his wine bath
tub" party didn't do her any good
in fact, 1T hurt. and besides,
she wasn't at the party. she said.
After the play was put on by
Carroll in Washington for q week
and met with disapprovai, the Coun-
tess thought it would so in New
York, SO she bought 1t back from
Carroll for $4,000 and presented it
to Broadway herself. It failed, dis
naIly.
She lost all the money she had.
She admitted today she had to bor-
row enough money for return pass
age on the Berengaria from friends.
She's going to pay this money
back from the proceeds Of her
writings abroad.
The countess is going to try again
to write a play America will like.
She has written three novels. One
of these novels, THE Woman
Tempted, has as its leading char
acter woman illustrative OF
moral turpitude."
I'm not going to give up" she
said, with flash of determination
in her eyes as she prepared to sail
today 1--WE learned lot through
the failure of my play. think l
know what the people want now.
And she added, with a
smile, Il think the immigration men
will pass me in o. K. next time
at least my lawyers tell me they
will -
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40 INDICTED BY
GRAND JURY

Forty eight indictments were re-.
turned by the grand jury today.
this being this body's last day Of
activity, it having served three
months. A new grand jury will be
empanelled by Justice Bailey next
Tuesday
HOUSEKEEPING, grand larceny, and
robbery are more frequently men.
toned in the indictments than any
other crimes
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny is
alleged against william Branch,
James r. Steele, William r. Stroth-
ers, Speros Super, James Snowden,
Jesse johnson, Richmond Bowens
three indictmentsD, and those
charged with grand larceny include
Luther White, Carrie Holioran,
Samule Ridgeway, Richard g. Allen
(alias Frank G. McQuade). Samuel
Gaines, Levi Edmonds, George r.
Redd, Ralph L. Lambath, and
Alfred Rice. Robbery is charged
against Jennie Jones. George Tuell.
Mary Thomas, John Il. Triplett, and
Henry IL. Cox.
Assault with dangerous weapon
is alleged against John Hooks, who
also is charged with assault with
intent to kill: the same charges
being preferred against Mabel Wash
ington. Charles r. Edwards, and
George Hancock. Those indicted for
assault with a dangerous weapon
are James e. Skinl1er and Ben.
jamin l.. Ransome.
Other indictments are: William
III. Day. false pretenses; William
Sinnns and Louis X. Siggins, forgery
and uttering: Samuel Hall. Edmund
J. O'Brien, Lee G.. Cole, and Marvin
f.. Moffett, non-support; William
Glover, joy.riding and grand lar.
ceny; John Hill. Lawrence WycKe.
John II. Bell, and Thomas Jackson,
criminal assault; Thomas O'Connell
and Eddie O'Connell, violation Of
the National prohibition law; John
Triplett, assault with intent to rob;
william j. Spencer. bigamy; Rob
ert Al. Boyd, larceny after trust;
John La Face, enbezzlenaent and
larceny after trust: Byron "A. Wat
son violation of the Harrison antf-7
narcotic act: James e. Southal, en-a
bezzlement: George Butler. edward
.G. Hopkins, and Thomas Byrd, JOY.
riding and grand larceny; Joseph
Gross and Arthur Peach, white
slavery; Albert Blair, false pre-
lenses; Amos Turner. criminal as
sauIt; Frederick e. Lewis, Edward
Fell Lukens, Fred A. Dolph. Butler
Kellogg and Warren T.. Godfrey,
conspiracy to use the mails to de-
fraud
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HOUSE LAUDS REP. FULLER
ON HIS Nth BIRTHDAY

The House paused in it's labors
today TO honor the SeVenty-seventh
birthday of Representative Charles
Il. Fuller R.) of Belvidera. Ill.
Fuller. who has served % years in
Congress. sat in his ord seat while
tribute was paid hirn ny colleagues.
He appeared hale and strong.
Representative Martin Madden G;.l
OF Illinois, another veteran, who
"stumped" Illinois with Fuller urg-
ing the election of Mckinley as
President, was the principal speaker.
They outnumbered me- said
Fuller, and put over the bouquet
throwing when | was sick with the
flu several weeks ago. When
recovered the affair couldn't be
stopped
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GRAND JURY IGNORES
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE

Joseph e Herbert and Clarence
e. Mealey were exonerated today
by the grand jury in connection
with a charge of involuntary man.
slaughter growing out of the death,
March 10 last, of five-year-oId
Ernest II. Erwin on Minnesota Ave.
nue., when struck by an automo.
bile.
Other charges ignored by the
grand jury included Rochester New
man. robbery: Marion Baden and
Charles r. Walker, carnal knowl-
edge; James f. Jackson, assault
with a dangerous weapon; Richard
Henry Jackson, assault with a dam
gerous weapon and assault with in
tent to kill: Henry G. Singleton, joy
riding; Kenneth z. McElory. EN-
bezzlement; Raymond Jackson, re-
ceiving stolen goods; Samuel H.
Everett, violation of the bad check
law, and Harry KIuft, perjury