Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 April 1920 — Page 1
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(iREENCASTLE, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY APR1L21 1920
WARMER THUNDERSHOWERS
MISSING GIRLiCONVENTION TD MURDERED BY BE »TTEN3E0 3? NEGRO, BELIEF ^
Another Presidential Possibility
NOT DESERT LAND H av E SEA FLAVOR
KDDI OF 11 YEAR OLD INDIAN l*OLIS GIRL IS FOUND IN EAG. LE CREEK TWELVE STAR WOUNDS IN THROAT
iianapolis, Apr. 21:. Tne body of Martha Huff. 14 year old stepdaught or of Hugh Smock, 420 Bank avenue, who, the police say was enticed away from her nonie b y a negro about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, was found in Eagle creek about a half mile northW t Washington street yesterday flernoon. IT.ie body was nude and b„r twelv 0 stab wounds in the throat The girl had been assaultd. The slay (1 r stripped the clothes from her body w.t i the exception of her shoes an<l lock ' gs. anj stabbed her. Then it is s' i|X)Seil, he threw her body in the
ci-eek.
The 1 ody was found about 5 o’clock i.rd v afternoon 'by Thomas New.
HIXTORU \L ASSOCIATION TO ' MKI1I’ IN GREENCASTLE APRIL 29 ■<> MAY 1— 100 DELEGATES ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
UNTYERSlA AFFAIR
Dr. William W. Sweet, head of the I department of History at DePauw University has announced that the program for the Mississippi Valley Historical association's thirteenth an. nual meeting in this city, beginning April 29 and closing May 1, About 1,200 men and women interested in history are 'members of the assoc, intion and about 100 delegates arc expected at the meeting Milo M. Quaife, of the University of Wiscon. sin, is president of the association. MRS ELIZABETH SMILEY TO BE BURIED IN FORK.U HILL
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The hcsly of Mrs Elizabeth Smiley^ 1 widow of the lato Capt. Smiley, and for many years a resident of Green, i castle,who died at the home of her
leaving detectiv c and pol. (lauuhler, Mrs. Mollie McKee Smith, who had been searching the j n Seymour, wil be brought to Green.
t Tb.ur'J'tv cn the Internrban, ar. riving here at 10:158 O'clock. Funeral Services will he held at the Christian Lurch at 1 O’clock. Te body will then be taken to Forest Hill for burial
■ years o.d, li-ilb West Wash, t street, Newson discovered the in Eagle Creek about thirty min
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tile Soil.
Nautical Expressions Common in
Old Nantucket.
Real’y a Region of Great Resources ! That Only Await Development, Ac- ; May Seem Somewhat Odd to the Vis-
cording to Writer in Los
Angeles Newspaper.
Lower California is an expansive region that has never been well known anil has long been mlsundei» stood. Even we of Upper California, despite our close proximity, know little of the peninsula except Its ex-
itor, but Are Used by the Natives, Without Thought of Any
Incongruity.
The widow of a Newbliryport sea captain—she had once brought hi* ship to port herself, when he was Incnpaeltated by Injuries received in a typhoon —was long the joy of an old-fnshloned
trenie northern part, writes Arthur i hoarding house whose other residents Iterg, In the Los Angeles Times. Few i were chiefly quiet maiden ladies, heof us realize that It is not an utterly j cause of her breezy umnuer, loud voice barren wasie; that it is a tropical j and oddly nautical turns of expresconntry with a salubrious climate and | slon. She would Invite a fellow boardtnany regions of luxuriant vegetation: ] er across the narrow table to pass the
that its northern and southern parts j are utterly unlike one another, and j that rich resources abound that are ;
only waiting to he developed. Despite its jagged, barren heights ;
and cactus-clad mesas, which glow in i the fiery rays of an unobsrured sun, |
It was a land rich In history when : slon from the crevices the timbers of the Mayflower were yet j and every sprinv --’ii
f,.
hnffiT in towM* sniteil ratli*T to liniling lIm* rnnstlipnt) In n Kvery spring her sioiv of forpijrti swootnionts. nrol jams ami jallios compoundoil of (juecr tropirol fruits, (irovoked an imiptinn of small, rod nuts, which would cnn i ’-c in endless proccs-
u her closet; would shout
trees in the forest. Once sought and j aloud at h ” 'M\'st her Intention to guarded for her ores and her jewels, j “swab tiie hull plae*» with lie of penthis peninsula, which to tin* Spanish | nvr'yal and ll.tui calk every dnitted
rompiistadores
was an island tflilter | cra< l;.
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PilTHSM SB. MAN FRATERNITY TO
"ElEBBATE T5TS S
ANNIVERSARY
LOCAL NEWS
■y. * •y. ,y. a-, y .y. .y. y. y. y. Thr:‘ will be biptismal services at the Christian church at 7:o( Thursday evening. A short address will be giv.
, n by the jiastor^
I \n Early Times Precious Metal Was Not Sought as a Source of
Material Wealth.
The story of wbnt the I.nneot. I.ondun, calls "nn ethnologleiil diseovery of i evolulionnry liii|)ort" was told by ITnf. (!. Elliot Smith In a lecture ul i he Uoynl institution in Fehrunrj
MUSIC OF ANCIENT GHctCt Bands That Marched to War With the Soldiers Played on Flutes, Pipes, and Harps. Poetry In ancient Greece was nceotnpnnied by the elthura and the lyre, while the flute was pluyeil by
ED L h INER NOW ON VTCAMP PIKE NEAR IT 1. ROCK WAS HORN IN
I N \M ( OUM Y
ST, vtion 4 of the Christian Church meet with Mrs, Tom Sweet at
Thursday afternoon.
Uricfly, thN was of n prc-liisioric rm-c j both men nnd women in furuisidiifr of nomadic men whose* remains hnve i martini uni'-ic to tli(* sohili'rs In time I . en found in Kurope, Asia, A r i a, | war. Musical luinds ninrcliod t«»
ing In the azure web of romance, a land for which tin* padres save their lives in fanatic devotion to the cross, now lies practically unnoticed, its romance and history forgotten, and its possibilities, if not overlooked, tit least
neglected.
Hetween 1 o‘J7 and 1 o.'VJ Hernando Cortez sent four expeditions on voya;;es of discovery up the west eoast of Mexico, hut the first three necontpllshed notidng and the fottrth failed t«» return. Finally, in 1o.'l3, Lower Fstlifornia was ilisctiverefl by \imenez, who nnehored in tin* l>ay of Stitita (’ruz (now La l*nz). Later ( , ort«»s himself visiteil Santa (Yuz nnd secured a quanth.N of pearls and Indian slaves. In 1 o'U) Francisco de Filoa
.IndgM John t*. t’roshv of the Mm v, *'*«- i hi'" 'its Sttpn i i. • •ort. an authority on the histo: I .e.stoais of (point Nani ticket, has recently given some h'• (mn-siin^ tn^V'nc«‘s »»f th«» adaptation there of natttWal lenns to landward u - s. WhetlM*r ?•••! tIk* itihahitaots • f I lie i-i n*l ’’ • t!' • *ji ! t of till* ettrfll, ; !li(*ir r r eels and spec eli are enjoyahlv -• i-i tied h\ il»* salt of tin* sen. When a man -•d-' to tin* mainland j ! «• is said to 1 to Auu*i ica” or to ! “t! •• continent.** 'fids fonn of expression is in everydn\ ttsn without any i conscioustiess of its p(*i , uliarity. In Nan nick et you don’t raise an utnI hrella ; you “set it" like a jilt. A house blind does not work loose;
it gets adrift.
Mrs F. M Lyons went to Indiana^ pol is this morning to spend the day.
j America and the islands of tin* I‘a-
c li *.
The strangest fact about this is ‘bat wherever this raee of wanderers left traces of its culture there might also he (innd natural deposits of gold. This race of gold-seekers flourished before
nFTA'THKTA FI M L.M BE US WILL (, \ HI R IN GRI EN< iSTLl FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO COM M KM ORATE DATK OF FOFN.DING OF CHAI’TFR IN
DE PAUW u
■lie Rock, Ark.—Major General
: it. Lewis formerly commandant at 1 uw University, now commandant
. i’ike near Little Rock, has,
as h:s Chief of Stuff. Col. Fred L.
Tur.-er, a Putnam County man.
Col Fred 1. Turney chitf of staff
i.* Third divition, was born in Ihit.
ni County, Indiana, in 1877. He en. ini in the 40th U. S. Volunteer Inf. iry in 1809 anj served in the Phil.
i lands until July 1901. While
Manila, Col. Turner took an ex.
• at ■ i for a commission and re.
<-»ived a second lieutenancy in t’ne
23d Infantry. Thicr ,• fame: L; ' his service with the 2.’lrd In.- f ^ ^ ^ Gary
' Colonel Turner w r ns promoted
f i I lieutenant and served in the . iie in Jolo and Mindaneo_ "1, Turner served two years on
’ b ' lean border and was in comi. r '' 1 >f the first company of Amer,
oops that did patrol duty on ! xi " n hor ’er during th e M i.
" 'volution.
■ 1 Tiinu'r was sent overseas maehine gun rvmpany, 23rd
wnr uilh tlie soldiers nnd played ,,n
llnies, pipes and harps.
Tin' lyre and the harp were preferred by llie Greeks for private use, for Ii was thought they did not prevent («■.,' from remaining master of h mself. while the dale, pipe or clarl-
sailed an the Galf of t'alifornia and | discovered the month of the t'nlorndn ! river. In spite of this discovery. Lower t'alifornia was known as an | island for more than 1"U years and np- | peared on European maps as an Island
tip to as late as 174S.
•'Everything is drawing" means tanking the most progress. I Hiring the last phase of the v ir von heard that "tiie allies have got everything drawing." When one Is prepared to go anywhere ho is said to lie "hove short”
the earliest pyramids were bull!; | "<'t l‘Ut the man beside himself and about 2,‘><H) Ii. r. thev were digging i oi,s, nre.l reason. There wore exten-
MYs C. N. McWethy spent the day . 0 i,| )„ Turkesian nnd I'ersin. They l *lve choir* whose music was distinctin Indianapolis were allured to the American side of I L' eonneeted with Ihe religious life ' | the I’ticillc by penrl beds. | of the people. These choirs were enm-
> | Professor 1 Stnilh went on to tell how 1 I'osed of lioiii men ami women ami
Mrs. \V. M McGaughey went to. , Irdianapolis this morning to sp.'nd the day
Mra Herman in Indianapolis.
' ,r . ' ■ an, l was promoted to major enlisted.
DePauw graduates will gather in Cmreastle April 2.'l and 21 tt> join in the celebration of the seventy.fift t anniversary of the esti > ishm tit of the Delta-chapter of the Beta Theta pi national fraternity' Among tbp nn a expected 1 at,any of note, such as Mttj. Tien. Omar Bundy of Chateau
William Wirt ( Founder
School system.
United States Supreme Court Jn ' <■ Willis Van DcVanter and others of
similar standing.
The celebration has especial signifi. j ‘'' ■ itendmg the
eance to alt fraternity men through. „i t , tate, since the DePauw oh.. . t, r ef ' i -etu Theta Pi is the first fraternity founded in the State of T„.iia i vblisht i April 23. 1845. With the outbreak of the civil war the - pr f 'til, the entire chapter
aching themselves to the
Miss Lilian Hayes went to Indiana
polls today.
Beck spent the day
M and Mrs George Christie are moving Into their new house on Wal
nut street.
were employed for public ami private religious festivals. The choirs celebrated victories In war. deaths, holy days, births and mari'lages. Alkuiun. who lived ns i illy ns (i.'iil It. (\. wrote a choir song for girls wliieli was a drnmntlc part
song.
Mrs. James
Vermillion is here sup moving of her fur-
niture to Auburn, Indiana where he
vii nudle her him e.
Howard Barnaby hag returned to his iome here from St. Yiii.eim Hospit .1 in Indianapolis, where ;ej was uferat ,don for the removal of his tonsils.
gold cuim' to m unite so great an In-
fluence In the world. The earliest < v- |
■ Ii nee of its use comes from Egypt .uul dates froui nhout PHKl It. ('. In liaise days, Imwever, gold was not money : it w as not used In coinage, it was uni a precious iiictul in the sense of making its pns-esmi wealthy. "The nnelent Egypilan synihol for eold is a convent iomil girdle of row lies It was cmb.vved In lhe‘l' belief vviili the virtue <»f vitality. It In* erensed fertility, p: 'served youth and was given to those who died In tiie belief 'lint deatli was a sign of dimlrslieil rather tliiin ;ilis<'iit vitality, and halt vvitli this iidditional source of vigil- the dead might carry on some sort of life beyond the grave. After a lime iIim deman.l for cowries iiitist have exceeded the supply, for pi.nVIs were niatle in liiihatinu of Hie real shells fio.a tiie clay of the river bed. Tlie'i gold, also found Iti the river beds, was used to make model cowries. The beauty and Itisier mast have ci te finned tlielr beliefs. Ell iiresently Ihe stihsianee ini her than the form at* onlred a niagii'iil -Hitleanee.”
* 1 Her Preference.
Star-Spangled Britieh Product. It came rei eally In the alteation of ilie Anieriean elaiinhei' of oommerro In t,i,udim 'hat :t liiltlsh linn was using tiie Amerienn flag nnd words utid idirase- ladieutiiig Anieriean origin for tin. advert sing, container and botth* |nhel• of a vvhnll.v llrlll“h prepara t|<iii. i eminliiileiitlon of lids fact to Ihe I’.iill-h hoard of trade saw all tradiEoiis of de|iartiaeutal red tape sliat'ered vviiea the honrd of trade niup li> telepilolle instead of 'ollovving ihe usual formal toriunns iiini-|.' ni eomnuinleniion. After ot> i ii.ilng further iiartieiilars the tlrm '•oneeru.'d was ealleil to aeeount ami E.is ag'eed to refrain from the ohjeeinmali'e praetiee in fuluiv. The Na
lioli's I'.iisiness.
All attempts of Spain to colonize (that is, on his anchor cable) and •Im t'nllfornln peninsula ended In dls- 'ready to tii|i" (the anchor). Just hensirons fa 11 tires until the task was del- I fore the kaiser's flight I was told that o"aitod to the Jesuits, or Com- lie was "hove short and about ready
jinny of Jesus, in 1(197. Those Jesuit to trip.
missioimrv jiriests were jmssessed of ] Instead of saying that a tnnn Is used ihe tact of the French exjilorors. the | up or "all In.” they say that he Is "tin Jiersistem y of the English colonial set- , out" (like a dying whale) : "I was tiers and the bravery of the Anierleai. 1 nearly tin oat vviili the Influenza." frontiersman I once heard it said of an extravnPndre Salvatlerra made the fltst | gaal tnan on tin Island, who sjient mission settlement In Lower Gall- j more than Ids Income, that he had lurnia mi Oetcl'er l-'i. 1(197. at the Pay ' “two land’s huriiing and no sliiji at
of San I’.rmio. on the east eoasl. For ' s-a.
7d years thef'after the .lesniis eon j When Ohed Maey, who wrote the trolled the ml those 7n i history ef whaling In isii.'t, drafled his yi- r represented the era of Lower ] will In ihe year 1911. he inserted the f-iiijf,,min's greatest activity and \ follnwlng elniises, whleli are eharaetergreatest prosperity. j islie of the nautical expressions of the j mring 'heir sojourn tie Jesuits natives: "Ileni. I have cruised with eharted the east roast, explored the | ray wife, Hnldv Jane sime iSll. We i asi and west coasts the islands nd.ln I signed articles in town Pefore the
cent thereto and the interior In a i manner that has lever been excelled; ■
A :gast 1917. One year later, 1 'farm v was promoted to lieitlonel nnd joined the Third i '(assistant chief of staff, was promoted to n colonel in M 1919. and has been chief of the '* ! T 1 f the (Third Division since Jan-
uary, 1919
T LK UONVFRT TO SPE. ' \T THE NAZARENE CHUR.
' TONIGHT
■' Alvin Kearst who with his went forward In a tabernacle 'T vv tich was he'd by Mrs. Karr be was associated with Rev < 1 ' . at Ft Wayne several years ago, P'xik at the Nazarene church to. ' t 7:fl() Rev Kearst is the pa*. ' ihe Ray street Nazarene church 1 'anapolis At the time of his '' ' nv ersion he w as in tho insuranc, ! 1 ' . but shortly after felt the t '"-sing vail to the ministry. For the
Pi?
Mrs, 0. F. Overstreet spent Tues.
!,av i 1 In 'htnujiolis.
a as was ,i bucinee .
in Indianapolis
wif,
71st Indi nn volant Jers. In 1890 the fraterni.y catrhlished a precedent by purchasing a chapter house, the f'/ ,.,-h in the state. In 1912 the presc palatial h'-me was erected. Nearly 000 men have been initial into Beta at DePauw in its long his. ory, and of these 400 are living.
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BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
A delightful surprise dinner was .
planned and successfully carried out | P-^nity to . ecetve bapt.sm and unue ■ere Sunday bvi.Mr R B Mustard with the cnurch w,11 be given at this ', honor of his wife’s' thirty fifth | service. Rev Cl.pp.nger wiU speak b-.-thday anniversary. Friends gather. I briefly on “After Revival Dangers,
noon hour and a sum.
A special pi yer and praise service will be held 'he Locust M. E. church Thursday dght at 7:30. An op.
When
ed 1 in at the
ptious dinner was served. Those pres ent were; Mr. and Mrs O L Kn o-r, and sons and daughters Howard. Wil. hclmina. Louis, ( Alice and Karl. Mr. and Mrs. E mer Lathem. and daughter ^ K Murhnrger Mr. and Mrs John VYehrncyer and daughter Elizabeth Mrs. Hittie Admire. Mrs Mi”.
n ie Mitchel. Mr. and Mrs. James ‘ew years he has given his entire Mustard, an,! Mr. and Mis. K.
to the gospel ministry anil ha* stard and family •era very succssful a.v an evangelist “
‘id pastor. H P began his ev"' v ridist.
' k in the < ity of Ft Waj • h'»’ ,v mis «■•*.•—»*. .. . J was converted A covd’a ''come id-, Wallace. Pooal or.ta. . - i * .
' extended to every one
at 7:30 tonight.
Our mrn.bi rs of the tabernacle choi us are sequested to la- present ana hi’
with the music.
Some of the Rind. An Indlinmiiell* imin *n.v* that ceetitly be took home some honey with quite n hit of comb In It. N'nrtirall.v the small'st hoy desired some hreml and butter nnd honey, hut in asking for it. said: "1 want some hr. ml and butler and some honey, tui'J 1 want some of the rind, too.”
your
Why Not? nddre-s to die eonven-
•| shall confine nivself to jtliilii comeon sense. It h- mi experiment, hut •I- sholthlP’t It 'rierJoiirtinl.
rl; V I.oplsv llle
Mrs. Frank S't.ies hts received a letter from her son Sherman Stdc"
hI in Hamfni' ' <1 purchased a half ■ Hammond Garage one of te largest in Hammond. Be.
who is err saying that h f Iptc -est ir t & Taxi Cor
nnd best g irages
Potomac Council No.794 wi'l meet this evening. There wil Vitiation.
"'come
hear Rev. )(iefer Keeper of Records.
fore going to Haimmond, Mr. Stile.-i was employed in a garage in this oitv.
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lie was n sirnnger lo the ways of n ' nml I aide his nny nlmul with dif-Hi-ttliy* ntered n large departi, ,.i,i ..in ,.as stim ’.'ng near the I'lev itor n he honrd the iiiaii dlivi i In-: tiie runalng of the elevator* •er : ‘Take the elevuEor to the right, vill take you anywhere.” So the strange* mr veil the elevator ivltli the nsserllm "I wish to go to the terminal station.” “Take the nex " rnme the quick rejoinder.
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The man next door had a closeclijijied mmistaclie while father's fine was iiniooth. \tnl Marv Elh'ii looked on the m*lglihor with something akin to uvve. AG ' n longing enme Into her peart. And one day she voIiimI It. Father vvtis getting ready to shave when Mary Ellen huiflicned to eome In to the room. She put out a protest Ing little hand. “(Mi. daddy, don't shave." she begg, il. “I would like to liuv'i! a whisker dad ly.” Widely Dive ■•gent Interests. Willis—1 suppi. the strike in your town Is a purely local affair. Gill!' v ' ! In ihe least. The works ' - !h on parlies, the maim get Is fr.-tii Ghhaigo. the workmen nit te from Seattle the lahor organizer Im ls from New Vork, the strlke-lireak-ers were Importc I from vi a, - . . aail tin' troops were sent hv Ihe governor. Our only Imail Interest Is ducking bricks.—Judge.
foumleil 2.T missions, of which II i proved to he successful; formulated a > system of mission life never thereafter , surpassed: not only Instrueled the In- , (Pans in religious matters, hut taught ; llem inimy useful art* as well; cultlvuted and plnnled the arable lands , ml Inaugurated a system of Irrigation , which, hail they been given tittle for; n more northerly advance, would have | given rp|ier Gnllfornln a marvelous t:grleulturi*l develoiunent early In the ; nineteenth ce'itury. The t*stnhllshment of Ihe mission In I'plier Galifoniia was n much easier task than that which the linrdy Jesuit priests faced and enmpiercil In Lower <'allfornla. Frown on Cuddling. At ScarlMirougb. England, during an application to the licensing justice for einenm licenses. It wits stated that when the Justices vl'lted the Pallndium they saw some young eonples cuddling. Mr. Gerald Sianding. Ihe mnnager. said he had not seen it. The (hief constable asked him If he knew that locally 42 setlecs in one part of the hitilding which seated two people' each were known as the "euddling chairs." Mr. Htnmlitig -nld he had not heard It. and that he had seen no kissing nnd cuddling. The license was granted on the court’s being given to understand that more lights would he Installed and the settee* divided to prevent (•ir’ ,M " •
The Tide of Immigration. Thirty-three million people have made the long voyage from alien shores to our own since liberty's eternal tire was kindled tlrst on American soil.
World’s Currsi.s,. From official data supplied hv the director of the mint the monetary stocks of tlfty-slx of the principal countries of the world have heel: estl i mated In terms of American dollars I The computation shows the money of the world was approximately SuO-OfllJ,
608.000.
picaeliei* on Independence day. I want net atm my son J.'tL.im, to be captain ami mate In bringing to port whatever I leave nml set tuut every oac ot Hie crew gets the lay as writ down on Ibis paper. I put motl.er In command. I know siieel he captain anyway, for six months after we started on our life cruise I found out that 1 was mate and she was master. I don’t mean that she ever mutinied, hut I know that whenever wc didn't agree she always maiioovred to vvindard. "Item. I want mother to have the house on Union stria till she goes aloft. Then I want it to go to the children In equal lays, etc." Not long ago the following notice was published In the local Nantucket
new simper:
“The thief who si ole a jug of oil from Ha* lifesaving siation on Great point on Sunday lust is requested to return the Jug to the piace which he took It nml he may keep the oil to light his crime ntallied step* through purgatory. And no questions will he asked by Caleb Cushman, superintenih nt.”—Youth’s Compnnioti. To Strengthen Steel. Cincinnati is one of s \ place* In the world win're steel Is strengthened by being boiled in oil. Recently nt t» plant In Carthage, a steel shaft weighing ItM.ooo pounds, the largest piece ever subjected to ihe new method, went through the process of being strengthened. It vv i' a "hollow-bored tumbler -Juft" - • III dredging gold lu California, costing about $17.000. The great shaft was first suspended In an upright furnace until healed to just below the melting point. A crane then picked It up and dropped It Into a huge well of oil, where It boiled and sputtered, throwing out clouds of oily mist.