Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 December 1920 — Page 1
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GKEENCASTLE, INDIANA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1(120
RAIN AND ( <)l.HER
NEIGHBORS CLASH OVER MOLE TEAM
STOCK ALLOWED TO STRAY ON ROAD, GETS ONTO (GEORGE BURK FARM AND TROUBLE RESULTS WHEN OWNER GOES
MAN BUYS SOME SAUSAGE THEN BITES INTO DIAMOND
NEW YORK, Dec_ 12.— In an cast side grocery this morning Harry \\ ohl, bookkeeper, purchased onehalf pound of sausage and a one quarter carat diamond—all for 15
cents,
Wohl, a bachelor, procured the sausage for his breakfast. While eating his teeth came in contact with something hard He spat it out and vowed he’d never huy sausage again
TO GET IT—AFFIDAVITS FILED H( ‘ r ’ lc k‘ , d up the offending particle
_FEUD IN MADISON TOWN- an,i ^
SHIP
perfectly cut
diamond then went back to the groc-
ery
“Whatcha want?” asked the grocer. “Fifteen cents worth of sausage, please
NURSE allays fear OF FEVER EPIDEMIC
When B. B_ Adams, a farmer who lives on the Longdon farm in Madison township, went to the George Burk farm nearby Sunday to get a pair of mules that had gotten onto
the Burk farm and which had been Miss Meta M. Ludolph public put in the bam by Mr_ Burk. Burk health nurse won a warm spot in the refused to turn the mules over to the . hearts of Bowers residents when she owner until damages had been paid^ was called here recently after fear Adams refused to pay the damage ' had been established that a scarlet and then Burk ordered him off the fever epidemic was about to take a farm. Trouble then followed in which 1 firm hold Miss Ludolph conducted Adams struck Burk and Mrs. Burk ,-,n investigation which resulted in the struck at Adams with a corn knife, discovery of a few mino- skin dis-
according to Mr. Burk who was in Green castle early Monday morning to file charges against Adams and W. L. Taylor, another farmer who accom panied Adairs to the Burk farm. According to Burk, Adams has allowed his stouk to get onto the Burk farm on several occasions There had been some feeling about this and Burk bad warned Adams to keep his
stock at home.
case- and but one case of scarlet fever The people of that vicinity are very kindlv disposed toward her for (he immediate and sincere interest she took in thei- case.—Crawfords-
ville Review.
Miss Ludolph was the Putnam Countv Red Cross nurse last year and resigned her position here last Jan- | nary to accept a position with
Sunday when Mr. Burk found a Valpara > University. team of mules belonging to Adams on his farm he sta-ted to put the SAYS THERE IS mules in his barn to hold them until OIL AT GOSPORT Adams paid the damage which they
1 FUR PRICES KALI ; TRAPPERS H \RD HIT Naturally when one thinks of trap | ping mink < musk rat and other furbearing animals, one thinks of the wilds, the forest and thinly settled frontier places hut do you know that i the trapping business in this country is a large one; that many people make a comfortable living, or at least make quite a hit of side money from ) their traps in this country each year? J And do you know that these trappers have been harder hit, relatively speak ing by the falling hide and fur market than the farmers in this recent slump in the hog market. It is t~ue nevertheless and there is much grumbling and kicking among the old heads who also go i n on the war inflated prices of most everything and are now being forced to endure the readjustment that is taking place in industry and business of all descrip-
tions.
The prices for pelts have decreased since last year from 300 to 000 per cent. This is some drop and it means I the trapper must get out and work hard to come any way near his re-
cord season last year.
TORCH APPLIED AFTER AMBDSH OF AUXILIARIES
CITY II \LL, CARNEGIE LIBRARY. CORN EXCHANGE AND OTHER 111 11.DINGS 111 KNED IN KEPKIS AL FOR KILLINGS—LOSS EXCEEDS $10 000,000 —TERRORISM HOLDS SWAY DURING NIGHTBOMBS THROW PEOPLE INTO PANIC
STUDENT’S RECITAL VT DE I’AUW MUSIC SCHOOL
had done About this time Adams and Taylor appeared and Adams demanded possession of the mules. Burk refused to turn the mules over to him until he had paid in cash for the damage done bv the mules. Adams and Taylor then were ordered to leave the premises but thev refused to go Mrs Buck was with her husband and when the men refus- « d leave the farm, the trouble became more intense. Burk sent to the house for his shot gun and told the men they had better leave A fight then started and Adams struck Burk, it is said, on the arm with a club. Then Mrs. Burk struck at Adams with a corn knife. Finally, the two men left the farm. Burk today filed affidavits charging trespass against Adams and Taylor. Other affidavits may follow.
THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE GETS SCHOOL FUND
Gosport Reporter. “If there is no oil i n the Gosport territory there is no oil in Oklahoma,” were the words ] today f>f W Hume of South Bend a ^ -enresentative of the Pure Oil Co , of Minneapolis. “I’ll stake mv reputation on there being oil in this vicinity : in paying quantities that will astonish \ , the people,” continued Mr. Hume.
Mr. Hume has spent years in the j o——
oil industry, and has been here since
Tuesday in the interest of his eonr : County Auditor Ralph Knoll has pany taking a survey of the territory ' made the regular December distribu* and securing lenses. A number of tion of moneys to the township trus-
ilELE UNION HAS NEW BANK NOW OPEN FOR Bl SINESS The Farmer’s Bank of Belle Union. a private institution, was opened for business last Thursday. Walter F. Alice is the president of the bank and Walter Keller is cashier
REGULAR DECEMBER DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IS MADE BY PUTNAM COUNTY AUDITOR RALPH KNOLL—AMOUNTS SECURED BY EACH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
acres has been leased.
CHERRY vs CHERRY
Mrs. Fern Cherry has filed suit through her attorneys, Hurst &■ Stoessel, for divorce from Paul L. Cherry. The plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs. Cherry was formerly Miss Fern
Stamm of this city The complaint rnngements have been made for other alleges they were married on Septenr ! events including a greased pig con her 1, 1918 and separated on May 20. test a race for women, trap shooting
1920 I contests and dancing.
AIRPI. \NE W ILL BE USED IN HOOSIER ROUNDUP
LAFAYETTE, Inc!., Dec. 10.—An airplane will he used for the first time in a fox drive in Tippecanoe
countv. when the farmers of Wabash I Russellville township meet at Klondike December Russell township 27 for their annual roundup Foxes Roachdale are unusually numerous this year in . Clinton township the Klondike vicinity, and many hen Monroe township
roosts have been robbed The drive this vear is expected to attract no less
than 2,000 persons.
No guns o- dogs will he n=e<!. Ar-
tees. The distribution of the moneys which are collected by taxes is made twice each year. At this distribution the township trustees and city school treasurers received the following
amounts:
Jackson township $7,382.18 Franklin township 16.980 01
1,509 76 . 7.157 92 . 2,483.48 . 7,345.09 12,028 14 . 0.187 79 13.834 35 . 1.002.72 42,314.71
Avoid the Usual Christmas Rush
POSTOFFD E officials appeal TO THE PUBLIC TO MAIL THEIR CHRISTMAS PACKAGES EARLY—30.000 EXTRA MAIL MEN on FOB RUSH—POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT IS I’l T* T1NG ON 3,000 EXTRA M AIL CARS TO HANDLE THE CHRISTMAS BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY
GUNMEN HOB RESTURANT OF S30 IN MONEY
j CRAWFORDSYILLE, Did . Dec. 13 —Five gunmen, traveling in a high I powered touring car held up a young I man in charge of the Eagle restaur- | ant here at 3 o’clock Sunday morning j and got about $30 in money. Four ! of the men entered the restaurant and after having completed their lunch I commanded the cashier to hand over I all the money in the cash drawer. The j robbery occurred within one hundred I feet of the police station. No trace I of the robbers has beep obtained.
Following is the program for the
recital to be given Tuesday evening, I Decembed 14. at 7 o’clock at the I)eDt Pauw University School of Music
Hall by music school pupils:
Piano—
Betty's Music Box . . Carrie J. Bond March of Little Lead Soldiers. Pierne
Helen Niblack
Voice—■
Absence Because
Zetta Byers
Piano—
Fifth Mazurka Mary Lofti n
| Violin-
Meditation
from “Thais” . Lucille Bailey
STREET CAR RUNS WILD KILLING 5 AT K ANS AS CITY KANSAS Cm'. Mo., Dec. 12 — Five persons are known to have been killed and twenty eight injured, six or more perhaps fatally, here tonight, whe n a one-man-operated street car got beyond control of the motorman, dashed down one of the longest, steepest grades in the city, struck a -witch and was demolished. According to official reports not a injury. Several hours after the accident offi vials are unable to say accurately how many had lost their lives, explaining that complete reports had not been received from undertaking establish ments and hospitals. Four of the dead have been identified. As the car struck the grade it sideswiped a larger one filled with pass vngers. No one on the larger car w as injured. The accident occurred at Twenty seventh street and Grand avenue, where there is a sharp turn at street intersection.
Floyd township Mariop township Oreencastle township Greencastle City
Madison township 3.507.81 ! V.'ashington township 7.373.70 Warren township 4 426.33 Jefferson township 5,031.12 , Cloverdale township 8 911.45 Cloverdale town 1,127.58
HARDING INVITES Mill Creek township 2,538 30 BRYAN TO CONFAB 1 o $12,000 IN SECURITIES
MARION. Ohio Dec 11—William Jennings Bryan will confer with President-elect Harding Friday. Dec- j ember I7th, it was announced today. , Senator Harding said that he had in- j vited Mr. Bryan, among other Repub- | licans and Democratic leaders select* | ed to confer with him, and that the date has been fixed to coincide with [ Mr Bryan's presence in Mariop to speak at the laymen’s meeting of the Marion Presbytery.
Elizabeth, the little daughter of Prof, and Mrs. W. W'. Sweet, who reside o„ east Washington street, is ill of the scarlet fever.
HOt. RECEIPTS 10,500; STEADY TO IOC LOWER
Indianapolis receipts— Hogs 10,500 cattle 1 000; calves 250; sheep and lambs 250. Hog prices were steady to 10 cents lower at the opening of the market today, when general sales averaged $9.66 to $9.85. A few extra light hogs sold at $9.90 and some heavies as low at $9.50 Pigs sold generally at $9.90 down and sows at $9.40 down. Cattle were generally 25 cents lower. Calves were steady the heat veals selling around $14. Sheep and lambs were steady, the best lambs selling at $9.
FOUND BESIDE HIGHWAY NOBLESVILLE°Ind., December 13 —While driving a motor truck Saturday afternoon along a country road north of this city, Leland Booth noticed a tin box laying ”o n the side of the highway. Some papers were scattered about the box. Mr. Booth stopped his machine, picked up the box and papers, carried them to his truck, and began an investigation with the result that he found Lihery Bonds, War Saving samps and other securities valued at $12,000 He brought the box and con tents to this city and then set about to find the owner. They belonged o W. C. Baystlc. who was moving from the northern part of Hamilton county to Indianapolis. The box had been strapped on the side of his automobile It became loose and had fallen on the side of the road during the trip Mr. Booth turned over the property and never asked any reward.
The Standard Bearers of College Avenue Church will meet this even* ieng at 7 o’clock with Elizabeth Tilden at her home on East Seminary street.
The average person does not real ize what an enormous burden the Christmas rush puts on our mail J service. I n order to avoid the rush | and take some of the work off the | overworked clerks, packages should | be mailed as early as possible. The | postmaster urged the people of j Greencastle an,| vicinity to get their | Christmas packages to the mail at J the earliest possible moment this ( year as the rush during the next week will doubtless be so heavy that some of the mail will be delayed. Thirty thousand extra mail carriers now are beginning night and day shifts to handle the bigegst Christmas mail rush in the history of the postoffice This is i n addition to aproximately 300,000 regular post officials and employes, acording to Superintendent Ryan of the bureau of post offices today. Postoffice officials began to ^lan to handle the rush at a series of conferences held at Washington last October Ryan said. Divisional officials from every section of the country assembled in Washington recently to make plans to put on something like three thousand extra railway mail cars and thousands of extra auto trucks. “The public can put the finishing touches on by obeying two simple rules,” said Rvan. These rules are: “(1.) Double wrap every package and place inside the name and address of both sender and addressee Then if the outer wrapper becomes torn the postoffice clerks will know where to send the package without delay It won't go to the Dead Letter Office. “(2.) Mail early; the big rush -omes in the week just preceding Christmas Day.
JUST ONE YEAR AGO TODAY VALPARAISO Ind. December 13— One year ago today the temperature in this city stood at 14 degrees below zero. Ice had attained a thickness of eight inches on the lakes in this vicinity
Odd Result. They say poetry don't now." “That's queer, considering it Is made Up of feet.” Paradoxical Indorsement. “People like an optimistic doctor." “Vet a doctor Is by Ills very profes sion a limit of ill omen.” Naturally. She—“Dear. I want to get n new carpet this winter.” He—“ 1 lint I* a proposition I put my foot down on." Extreme*. "Come downstairs, sis. and get some of these sweets." "I will as soon as I hrve taken my hitlers."
Lack
Piano—
The Lark Dorothy Bard
Voice—
But the Lo-d is mindful of his own.. Mendelssohn Iva Holoday
Piano—•
Salterello Carrico Mildred Riffe
Voice—
O Dry Those Tears Genevieve Sailor
Voice—
By the Simplicitv of Venus’ Do'-es. . Bishop Have you Seen but a White Lilv Grow 01,1 English
Helen Purcell
Piano-
Scenes III and V'. from “Imaginary Ballet Coleridge-Taylor
Dorothy Davidson
Voice-
Summer Chaminade
Gonda Gares
Voice—
Stride la Vampa, from “II Trovatore" Verdi
Pauline Norris
Organ—
Impromptu DetHier
Mary Brown
DU BUN, Dec. 12.—A message received this evening says that the fires at Cork are under control An official report of the conflagration says the Cork City Hall, Carnegie Lih rary, Corn Ma~ket and eighteen other the Corn Market and eighteen other buildings had been destroyed up to
1 o’clock.
DUBLIN. Dec 12 — Several blocks of buildings in the heart of the business dist 'ict of Cork were destroyed bv fire during the night, constituting the costliest destruction of property since the reprisals began in Ireland. A group of public buildings o n Albert Quoy including the ritv hall, the Carnegie librarv anil a portion of the Corn Exchange also were burned, as well as private residences in various
parts of the city.
The conflagration followed iip ambush of the militnrv at Pillon's Cross lo-t night n which four persons were
killed and many wounded.
The fires extended to St. Patrick’s treet. from Cook street to Maylor street and swept entire rows of buildings o n both sides of Winthrop street, from Cork street to Maylor street to Old Georges street
Cadets Search People
Massenet ^ " as re P or t p d f-om Cork yester-
day afternoon that newlv arrived par ties of auxilliarv cadets marched
Balakirow ’hrou< r h the streets holding up and
.... Roma D’Hardelot
Lynes
Variety the Spice of Meals. “A iiihii shouldn't n I ways eat the same food; he should vary Ids men Is." mild the man making conversation. "That’s right," answered the seedy looking chap. “Then you vary your meals, 1 take
It?”
ROOT IN CONFERENCE VS ITH PRESIDENT-ELECT
MARION, O. December 13.—Advice o n the plan for an association of nations was sought by President-elect Harding today from Elihu Root, former secretary of state and more recently a conferee with leading European statesmen in the formation of a
world court under league covenant.
The conference regarded
•Sure thing. Some days I get two | the most important to be held by Mr. meals, some days only one, and some Harding in his “meeting of minds” days I get none. —Yonkers State'' wai understood to have conr,mn ' cerned chiefly the question of how
far the machinery of the present league may be used in building a world peace document acceptable to the Unit ed-States Throughout the league fight. Mr Root advocated acceptance of the Versailles covenant with reservations and during his world court conference abroad he expressed much faith i n some parts of the covenant.
One Thing, Anyhow. Tencher—Now, who can tell Just what Is meant by the saying: “All men are created equal?" We all know that some of ns are born with wealth and many other advantages not shared hy
• It.
“We are all created with an equal nets! for clothes," suggested Johnny.
| searching pedestrians and firing into ' the air, following the ambush of j nuxilliaries withi n half a mile of the bar-arks twelve of whom were wounded by a bomb thrown from a
lorry.
Between 7 and 8 o’clock a period of intense nuiet fell on the city but near 9 o’clock uniformed men began to
Dp] Riego \ ^’ s P^ a V great activity in various parts
| of Cork.
At some points tram cars were held up and passengers taken out. It was reported that a number were beaten and others placed against the wall and closely questioned hut were finally allowed to proceed. In the Summer Hill district the scene of the ambush shortly after curfew two brothers named Delaney are reported to have been taken from their homes and shot one dying Terrorism Holds S*'ay During the hour before curfew terrorism held sway and when the streets were emptied of civilians loud explosions and rifle and revolver shots kept up until morning. The explosion;' appeared to come from incendiary bombs, as persons who ventured t'» look from their windows saw tires break out on St Patrick’s street and daylight revealed the full extent of
the damage.
It is not improbable that lives have been lost in the fires Already several persons connected with the destroyed houses and business premises
are reported missing
At 4 o’daek this afternoon people were just beginning to venture again into the streets. The whole city was : then in control of the military and it
one of i '* understood that officer in command
. assured the populace that the milii tary would remain o n duty indefinite- | ly to prevent further destruction. The | troops are in full fighting order, pickets with machine guns being post
| ed at all vantage poins. t
Only one large drapery establish-
ment is left intaet ip Cork.
the Versailles
The Christmas meeting of the Dom•stic science club will be o n Wednealay afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the tome of Mrs. Henry Bicknell on east seminary street.
He Might Fill the Bill. Boy—You have a vacancy for a boy, T believe, sir? Employer—Yes; but I tell you st once he must lie a boy who never tells a lie, never swears, and never gives a discourteous answer. Boy—I’ll send my cousin, sir. He’s deaf and dumb.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnaby will go to Chicago tomorrow for a several days stay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oillmore will go to Harrison, Ohio this week to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives.
ll> \ RILEY UNDERGOES SERIOUS OPERATION SATURDAY Miss Ida Riley, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Riley, underwent a serious operation, Saturday at the Dr. Runnell’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Reports from the hospital today are that her condition is excellent and that a speedy recovery is assured by her physicians