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GRKENCASTLK. INDIANA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1920.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR AND (OLDER.
TIGERS SMEAR WARASH COURT SQUAD, 32T016
FoyI goals—Gipson ,4; Cannon, 4; i Kashner, 4. K/eleree—Young. (j mpire—Craigie.
Friday—the Thirteenth
UEPAUW NEWS
Word has b^en recoived from Washington by Captain M. H. Shuto, coinmanuant of tne DePauw R. O1. C., stating that no storu for sale of government fooj stutfs will be established at DePauw. As the ar-
* ,, u./ki»Lr tides otferisj are so few Captain Mi lN LE LAST PERIOD SMOTHERS &hute does not th,nk k worth while
W A BASH TEAM—S C A R L E T keeps IN RUNNING FIRST
HALF
to acquire a stock. Food stuffs and articles of clothing may be ordered | through Captain hhute if desired.
TIGERS ROMP IN LIST HALF
Dafuuvv, aided by the wonderful
DePauw’s thirty- five piece band will give a concert in MeHarry Hall on Tuesday evening, March 9, under the direction of Howard Allen ’U'J. Ihere will be several feature selections, instrumental solos anj duets and some unique descriptive pieces
pass ng and shooting on the part of; >n addition to the numbers played vi,4er and Cannon, pierced the Wab- ^y the entire Land. Mr. Allen, the ; sh uotense in th e final live minutes! director, has had muen experience in of play un d pile d up a 32-to-lt> vie-j musical line. He occupied the tor- for the Old Gold here tonight in cornet cha.r in Kryl’s famous the first metting of the season be- ( hand and has also filled' contracts
tween these two rival quintets. j with hands of lesser note. Play through the first half and 1
tie first ten minutes of the final naif; Coach Russ has announced most of was on practically even terms, De-1 ^ dates on the DePauw baseball pauw maintaining a meager lead schedule for 1920 The schedule is: throughout and holding a slight edge' April (1, 9, and 13, open; April V„ m floor work. A pretty shot from 1 Indiana State Normal, here; April 13 in front of the basket by Miller, with to 19 > Kentucky trip; April Wab- • bout five minutes remaining lor 1 as h> under idea; April 30 Indiana play, followed by a ringer by Can-! Nc-rmal, away; May 1, Wabash, non, opened the Tiger offensive and uni.ecultd; May 3, Kentucky state,
in the closing minutes DePauw “got together,’’ uncorking wonderful floor work and passing, and Cannon and Milk-r piled up the count to thedouble point before play closed.
. Wabash Scores Early.
Scoring opened early, Bartlett taking a clear course down the center of the floor for the first pointer of the game, fairly dropping the ball in from above on his snot. Miller knotted the count with a s.de shot, and Adam scored from a distance, giving Wabash a lead which was soon tied on -a ont'-haid hook shot
by Carlisle, the most
here; May 11, Wabash, undecided; 1 May 13, Franklin, away; May 18,' Waba. i, undecided; May 21, trar.syl- 1 vaniu, here; May 2.'), Franklin, here.) Ban Guild, Scouge Guild, Isen-barge-r, Davis, and Julian, five old basketball nun are now in school.'
FATE OF MUNCIE in mn HANDS
MACHINE GUNNERS GUARD ^ PRISON TO PREVENT ROITS, Sil
EDDYVILLE, Ky., Feb. 12—Fully, equipped and commanded oy Capt | William Taylor, a machine guuj
PAPES MET
The life service campaign which; began at DePauw today is under the: direction of Dr. E. D. Sopher, Hugh; Atuntz, T.iomas Nicholson, Dr.' {Thompson, and Dr. V. W. Strall.l A mass meeting will be held at 0:30
spectacular | t * 1 ' s cv n ' n K in MeHarry Hall. Sat-
| squad arr.vc-d here from Leitchfie-ld.j World’s Supply !3 SCVOD TiTiOS CASE IN WHICH BRAZIL MAN IS, Ky., this evening and will be .m j CHARGED WITH MURDER OFI guard at the State Penitentiary un
PHYSICIAN BEGAN ON JAM AIO 12—< OMPLETF.D AKGI MUMS THURSDAY
| til after Will Lockett, negro, con- ! victed slayer of Geneva Hardman. 10 ; years old, and now confined in a death | cell, is electrocuted March 11.
What It Was in
1914.
nilstleo (he ratio was: Allies. 20.9 j per cent; eentrnl powers. 3..'> per eent. I At the outset of 1920 the ratio stood: : Allies, 17.1 per cent; central powers,
1.7 per cent.
Increase in Belligerent Countries. Naturally most of Ibis Increase occurred In the belligerent eonntrtes. The ratio between gold and notes In the twenty-three countries nnd colonies which participated In the war fell from 71.3 per cent In July. 1914. to 1,'i.H per cent In November. 191f, nnd to 11.2 last December. Among the eight principal neutrals the move ment was the other way. their gold Increasing faster than ilmir currency. The ratio rose fr.ttn 44.3 per cent In v114 to 39.9 per cent last December. l-'roi i 1914 to last December the lath) of gold reserve to currency note.*, tlie tahles show, fell In France from iV2 per cent to 9.(1: In Great Britain fro!I 131 to 22.9 tew eent: ln_Itnlv from 79 per eest to 7.3: in the united Situes from 90.fi )ier eent to 52.3. While world paper currency was Increasing seven-fold national debts, represented by bonds and otlew prom ]s<-- to nay. rose from 3 tOOiHl IWM) 009 | to :-'.2.‘.‘i.(rOO.i*i'i 0'KI: hank deposits and I the use of checks and other circulating "icdia made a eon eso aiding ad j vance, while meantime gold prndm I th n fdl off from Stfini.ikVOoO n year In | 191 I to R:‘.r.9 cc.oniHi in 1!'19. Th ‘ Ktntlstlcin«s say that the most astonishing, not to say Ineointtrehenslhl •. feature In the world's finances has been tin- Inflation occurring In the year following the armistice. Zulu Brides Cheaply Clothed. X ■ York Zulu women have solved I their country's high cost of living problem by wearing the same dress all
through life!
This is the statement In “True Iv oi’.omy.” issued by the Interchurch 'Ver'd Mevenien* of North America. Puit this jv pot all. A Zulu parent tees pot furnish h'< charming daughter a dress until her wedding day. i. I tip.ii sir. Is considered quite - v . etisive for her trousseau. Since fashions In Zulu!and remaiu ei-nstaut. husbands do not bother about fitr-nb-hbv: their wives with anything nev In wearing apparel. i'.ut who wants to be a Zulu!
PRESIDENT HAS A PLAN TO SUBMIT
WIUSON MAKES PROPOSAL TO REPRESEN ITAXIVES OP THE RAILROAD BROTHEHOODS FOR SETTLEMENll' OF WAGE DE-
MANDS
A STATEMENT LATE TODAY
WASHINGTON, February 13.— President Wilson today made a proposal to the representative.-,-i of the ra Iroad brotherhoods for a settlement of their wage demand.', and the men agreed to give it consideration. Ihe brot.ierhood men would not say what the proposal was, Timothy Uhea, acting pres.dent of the Brotherhood ot Firmen and Enginmien, nnounring that t rey would make no statement todayThe White House was expected to day. Meantime there was no intimation ■ la substitute for an increase in wages in the nature of a cont.nuation of the light on the high cost of living, or wnether he asked the workers to delay pr ■■nng their demands until the railroads were returned to the private owners March 1. GERMAN ARMY 400.0CJ SI HONG. GENERAL REPORTS
marker of the game. Miller counted again and DePauw took the lead, holding a two-point margin throughout the remainder of the half. Both earns, using new men in their lineup wi re failing to get close shots, guard
uruay meetings will be held at 10 a- m., 2:30 p. m., and 7:30 p. m.'
The Sunday meetings will be an- ! BRAZIL, i n d'., Feb. 13.—Th easenouncod later. Dr. (). W. Fifer will ()f the state a> , a inst George Muncie,
accused of murder beeaus,. of shoot
next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs jn? an( , Dr. I
flYE OF JURORS ARE IlL o
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Definite steps looking towai-d thg return of
I„ Williams ini America’s soldier den.: from France
were
PARIS, Feb. 12.—The German army is still 400,000 strong, according to a report rect-ived by the committee of foreign affairs unlay from General Neisti, head of the Ba«h>c Mi.-iion. In addition there are 100,000 policing forces, officers and noncommissioned officers. Germany also
I is well supplier with tanks, machine BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 12—Arguments guns and airplanes. In the neutral , in tne trial of George Muncie, charged zone alone on th e right bank of the
The world's |int>er men- | wU | 1 murder of Dr. L. L. Williams. Rhine the policing forces number
FIGURES ARE ILLMATH Statistic* Give an Idea of Inflation of
World’s Currency—Central Powers V/orst Of’—Increase Mostly in
Bcligercnt Countries.
SICKNESS AMONG JURYMEN HOLDS UP MURDER TRIAL
an adjournment of court until to- hands of th e general staff and that I . Five of the jurors are i. tie- German government is capable, in a serious condition with and willing, of obtaining execution of
•orrow. and one
A committee has been appointed gon or ,iered court adjourned until 9 the crowd, which packed Bowman Duzer Du dramatic fraternity 0 > c ] 0ek
gymnasium, wild and gave DePauw to plan for a play to be given in tho pi h( . five j urorB have been ill fori
a six point margin to which Gipson added a point on u free throw. A fre,, throw by this same individual put the Scarlet five in the running again Cannon added a point to the Tigo- total from the foul line and Bartlett tipped one in from a scram ble under his basket. It was the find Wabash point of the game, flay was fast and furious during the next thrtv minutes, the teams fighting for the hr.-ag in the contest. Long shots wer the order sind they wer e hitting s close that the crowd was Kept in a constant uproar. Miller’s basiu t oke the Wabash defense, this rar.gy center and Capt. Cannon scoring with regularity in the remaining
P ay of the scrap. New Lineup in 0,-dcr.
Loth team foug.it with a pa r of new players in the lineup and the train work of the fives was some-; what impaired by these changes. I Men n nnall, working the floor guard s'.atiun for DePauw, was a power In both offense anj defense and did irriat work in the early part o* the game io keep the Tiger five in the running. The sturdy utlfieie was 1 covering the floor with speed and | i-tting the basket on his long shots.; Lii)so:i took up the back guard' dutyj For oloffett and the flasfiy Tiger, brok up Scarlet plays with 'out reniarkai.i. e few errors charged against
him.
The lineup nnd summary follow: DePauw, 22 Wabash, Hi ( snnon Forward Adam (in .rd * Hunt Pormurd K -M.ller Center Bartlei 0l b Sl >n- Guard Grater Substitution*—Y'oung for Carlisle, Kenner for Gipson, Etter for Adam, Kerr for Kashner, Naber for Etter, J' well for Bartlett. F iel^ Goals—Miller, 6; Mendenhall. Flan non, 2, Carlisle, Adam, 2; Kashner, Bartlett, 3.
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several days anf] have- not been abb' to accompany the jury to the hotel for meals. Y'esterday one of th P ho tel for meals. Yesterday one of the men boeame worse and his fever reached 103 degrees. Dr. James A. Rawley advised that the juror re-
ceive a rest of several hours. The trial began January 12 and
| is the longest ever held in th e Clay ! circuit court. The state, in closing, I demanded the death penalty for the (Uifendant while the defense asked
an insanity patient.
HOG RECEIPTS. 7.000:
it»»i,(H.Hi of |m|ior currency. At the nruilstlre it Ittul jututu-d to nliout $19.I.Mll DM 10. or more tlmn five tlllK-s ;l- : hlch. Sltx-e the nriltlstlce tt Inis gone up to nliout ftriLOOP000,999. This W on ai.. tile fl34,0<xi.00:i.009 whic h, it Is i exlmrfied. t: e bifishevlst goveinment j
tins Industriously turned out.
• $2,000,000,CCO More Gold Reserve. Meanwhile whal wns lm|ipeulng to i
a temperature of 103 degrees. Judg’i Hutchinson will rea l h s instructions , at nine o’clock tomorrow morning, , and the jury will begin deliberations. ] There is a grave concern over the i condition of tne juryman. A death i of a member would necessitate a
new trial.
The tiro department was called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Van Den- ; man Thompson on South Locust street at near 8 o’clock Friday morning, where llq, soot in a chimney nad caught tire. Recently one of the I down stairs rooms in the house had been papered and the paper had been pasted over an open stove pipe hole in the ttue. When th e soot in thechimney caught fire, the paper over the stove pipe hole burned off and th" lower rooms of the house "ere filled j with smoke There was no loss ex-
cepting from the smoke.
the treaty by
the country. o
speak at the meetings to be held accuge( j 0 f murrter beeaus,, ot snooi-i k " "y lev is now sev. n : im-s the nmoi.ur it I »rwtav Imt liefme 15,090.
....- vw -v.w—— , n c* i c; t : * — ■ , "-ivirg insirucc .ms co me jui., F.-en. Niessol adds that the iierman ing being of the close variety during <*«>’ evening. The- meetings will start the 8tpec . t h eri, was given to the; ;'«e taken today v net: bejmny, , of , KI ,,.. r . | 1]ls m,, nse.l le- - » '■ u u . hinson at 2 o’clock ordered minister of defense, Noske, is in the
the remainder of the period, which at 7 o’clock and will last one hour, j t0 , lay by Thomas W. Hutchinson j faker appointed Go. Henry Retners,. imff i-t the t .• <!n.-
closed with the Tiger five bedding a Th ? life service campaign is under aftcr the reading of instructions, i head of t^ Graves Registration Set , , r s'arted.
i;j to ii lead ! tho direction of the Centenary move- Ar>rLmil , n t s W ore completed yesterday i vice in Europe, and Col. Bentley ;nv.’>- " '’b-a of H <■ "il.i on
A b” k H Si Mendenhall in .he «... —I »»" '* «*.. i ...erneon b«. ewinn- le lb, eicbne.a Me.., -IHUo »tt»ehe n.
minute of play in the second period of five of the purors, Judge Hutchln- American members of thp J anc -, _ vl ,„. k) . Ujl;Z s nll ,| .q
followed bv a ringer by Miller, sent A committee has been appointed sfm or ,i ert ,d court adjourned until <) American ( ommission, w i 11 ^ , )f | ivIn ,, • ’ ~ ~ J i! - ‘ have charge of the^work. ti ,. 790 |.. r eent Jump In t.' -i.-i
< ——- - i js ex<*lusivt* of tin* issuo'd
later part of March or the first of ge v era i d ays have not been able HK.H SCHOOL NOTES ! ,,f - ''.v Die !■ •!-l,"vl • ::<>'>• - April. to accompany the jury to the hotel | '.ncn' of Rus«ln. «hi. b Ims I "M Hi"
, , , : •»r!iilir»^ pri-Nsos turnitiir out shinpliui-
Tie senior numbers of the high, |o)v !iy |h(> T| „. is school will hold u party this c\c-| j-i^iit down to date by ilu* sinning in the high school build.ng. Ai t| S ||,, a | i|i>iiiii'tm<>ut of ill" National short musical program will begin uli city bunk of M w York, wlib b Ikih 8 o’clock after which the upper class- Just lssm-'l world fisures to Hi- bemen will play “old time games.” The) ginning oc 1929. Tlu- tables me 11first part of the evening will be spentl tamlua'K'g- . . ... in the gymnasium, the latter part m (y r|n( , „ f w „ 1 .„, the domestic science rooms, where re-| in ro|m|| n „ nih „ rs *7.900,-
Ireshments will bt- served- Includ.; ing tho faculty members an^ their,
that a pl»a of insanity be recognized familie3 About 100 pe ()p i c are ex-
and the defendant be turned over to pocte(1 in Bttend , nce .
th e court for further investigation Tho j unior class is plann i nK a party
I for the evening of February 29. | ! The Rockville high school basket-j | ball team will come to Greencastle| Saturday evening and play its sec-
PRICE3 HOLD STEADY end game with Greencastle. Roek- _____ ville won from G. H. S. in tho first
game played at Rockville. The score: , roughly, to S'l.nonixm.ni it. i who suffered a stroke of paralysis at
Indiannpolis Receipts—Hogs, 7,000; was 18 to 10. ! They nre now nhout $7.0<H).iHS»,0o<t. | th e home of his son F rank Thomas, on
SCORES OF S FILLS FOUND ON FARMS NEAR HAMMOND HAMMOND, Ink, Fob. 12—Moonn.mng is bi coming prevalent among Lake i ounty so.l toilers as it ij m Tennessee, and tie prohibition enforcement squad is finding mo. t of its work among farmersSouv. ol stilt s have been discovered. Yesterday at Gr.tfith, bam Vanovich was shot by F ederal officers when try to escape after stills were found. Two stills were found in operation on tne John Hank Fuim ne-ar Crown
Point.
o CARS IMPORTS FROM U. S.
’Ilim religion, latiulu' ul Mubii has an bleu Hint bv ninklng himself mieomfortnble In this fvorbl he will hint* tilings soft in Ihe next. His seat is u hotird th fifed with spikes upoti whb-h lie ims sentenced himself to stay awhile, partly ns a pennnee, partly to j convince the believers tliut a holy mail | Is Insensible to the tilings that are extremely painful to Ihe live rage per son. He must have convinced lilmsi If as well, for even a stole would bulk n* smiling In sueh an unci mi forniblc
place.
George Crump is confined to his home on Hill street by an attack of th e KriPPF
cattle, 500; calves, 300; sheep, 300. Miss .Catherine Harrison, domestic Hogs were generally steady with science teacher, who is absent from sales from $14.7’> to $lfiTo. General school on account of Illness, is ex sales were from $15.25 to $lti.00. pocted to come from her home in There was a strong demand for the Cicero, Ind., Monday to resume her
lights. Local buyers took 5,COO hogs and the remainder went out. Pigs
were $16.00 down.
Heifers and cows were strong, but there was little demand for »t( < Calves and sheep were steady.
e „ M res, rve* hack of the nates In : Word has been received here from 1 it.- thlr'y countries? In 1911 they ; Valentino Thomas, of Carrollton, Pu.,
Tie score. ;tn inmitert,
They lire
—o ——
work in the school.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Elbricfge M. Shawler, et al, to Henry McFerrand, 40 acres land in Jackson township, $6,000. Ar.dy L. Cross to John Wilson, lot
in Roachdale, $1,150.
I sorv
ty countries wen
. I time'of the arm
A new General Electric compensarc| , v |
for the high school moving picture t ; MM , p |, a ,| ,|roi
machine has been instalkd- Super-; r,,. r
intendent FJ. C. Dodson in speaking. Tie- nil 1 ' s " of the new compensarc stated that: ti‘ ' al 1 '> ' (i
an even amount of light ".ill rov- be given to the pc.ore^ nffordlng the audience a clearer and brighter iic-j
ture.
Word has been received here from
N-iios have tine Incronseil tmu't- tlmn i North Locust street several months 7ito tier cent nnd gold les« tbtin 50 is-r , aK0> ^hat he is much better and able
ot. t0 t, e about the house.
Duck In 1911 the rntlo of gold re- : to ontstne lbig imips In the tblr |
70 jicr o'lit. By the ;
tice It hnd fnllen to ) Emmettsburg, Iowa, that Mr, and lille lust t'lnlstnt.is | Mrs Russell Pierce, who havt» bt-e.t •cl still lower to 13.7 i ill of pneumonia, are improving rap.
I idly. Mrs. Bob Pierce and son, Ralph
he tables of the Nn- j w jj| ru turn to this city soon from '' '' v ’ , " 1 n ’’1 " j EmmettsbUi g, where they were " r , ' l ‘ " " '' | called by the illness of Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce.
WASHINGTON, February. 12 Imports from the United Mates of sugar, canned meats, condensed milk, butter and cheese will be prohibited by the Italian government in its effort to dial with the exchange situation, according to official advices today to the Department of Commerce. Under the restrictions, American exports to Italy will be reduced to 20
per cent.
LitJERTY
Mrs.
CARD OF THANKS
ciil11 nnd R4.900 00<).I Its fiid-di tl.ev lind aid nnd S-jr,.900.000, • ! now they Itnve e.f ■II ie I of iiiqn-r '-a.
The condition of R'ster Charlotte,
Wt- want to thank our relatives,
George W Stan to Leon Rea, lot ’friends and neighbors for their love;, ^ ^ n^oonnoo „f paper. At in Bainbrnlge, $1. -their kindness, and sympathy during'! ~ u , ., n ti1stlee they bad $ti*fi.000.0»H) of Mathew L. Rea to Claude II Pruitt, the sickness and death of our dear 1 ( , n ,| $i".:tor,.0iK)O(Nl0 of imti-r. lot in Bainbridgo, $1,000. Tiusband and father.—Mrs. Alice H.l vv|,|| 0 now tbelr paper Ims gone up to
1> Albaugh, son and daughter. j $18,771,099,000.
JThe Cox Auto Agency has sold —n i To mlm-e It to percentages, the rate Wilfred Meek of Mt. Meredian, a Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Vermillion | Ho of gold to paper at the start of the Maxwell touring car. were in Indianapolis today. i wnr was: Allies, ‘b-0 bar cent, <’en-
. 1 trnl MWtr*. l'*7 pet cent.
c* > of >i;» i • *i*. /
7.000.fR) 1 * of
(MM) of JiJllMT, fl
wiTijuvr
0txi900,9<:9. ! who has been critically ill of pneuTlie centr'd powers- (lertnnny. Aus- , monia, remains critical. It is re-tr’a-llimpary. Bulgaria, and I nrkey— , ^ that she cannot live during
went Into the war with 8000,090,900 of j ^
At the nr-
Mrs. C. M- Brown has returned from Knightsville where she has been with her daughter, Mrs. James McKeen, who has had a severe attack of grippe. Her condition is much improved.
,Mrs. D. W. Syester visited Sarah Ruder, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. William Dial of Bru.iil visited Mr and Mrs. Vriaa Lathcrn, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Evans, west of Searly, visited Mr. and M >■,. Ray 5ir. aufi Mi... Henry laish v.sited home folks here FridayMrs. John Lancet nnd Mrs. I-ewis Kortepeter visited Mrs. Sarah Ra- : dor, Sunday. Miss Margaret Reiser of Poland, visited here a few days the first part ' of the week with her cousin, Miss Wilhelmina Reiser. • Mrs. Sarah Rader is no better at I the time of this writing.