Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 December 1920 — Page 1
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VOLUME 14
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA
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PRISON TERMS GIVEN RUMELY AND ASSOCIATE
HOOSIER, EX-PUBLISHER OF NEW YORK MAIL SENTENC ED TO YEAR AND DAY IN CONSPIRACY CASK — RELE tSED PENDING APPEAL—DEI END-
PRISCILLA CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY
One of the most enjoyable social events of the Xmas season was the Modern Priscilla Xmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGaughey on east Anderson street Monday night. The house was profusely decorated with red and green hangings, lanterns and hells and a bay window i n the living room a gay Xmas tree twinkled and shone diffus-
ing a true Xmas spirit
After roll call which wa§ ans'" a 'e 1
OF DISHONORABLE DEALINGS
WITH GERMAN MONEY
He Arrives—Bag and Baggage
NEW YORK, Dec .20.—Dr. Edward A Rumely^ ex-publisher' of th e New York Evening Mail, and S. Walter
ANTS DECLARE INNOCENCE j by giving Yuletide quotations a short * ” Program was enjoyed. The first num
her was a quartette “The Good Old Times ” -given by Mrs Will Peck, Mrs Charles ■McWethY. Mrs. Benton Curtis, Mrs. Louis Stevens with Mrs. .XcJjHMdh Peck at the piano Thc^e
f , .j lac'-tS! were dressed in costumes of
Kaufman and .Nyrv ln Lmdhe.m were , 860 '. and wfth thpj ,. h
sentenced to prfcon terms of a year • , . ., 1 and a dpy each ,n Federal'court here 21 ' 2™°'* ^ today on' conviction.of conspiring't» i ' an< Mrs. withhold from th t government know- Y ' ,l ' a beautiful [edge of the alleged German owner ' ' Mi- < hailev Broad-, ship of the newspaper during part of " ' l! " ^ '• ( ^ ar I <,s McWethy the war f 1 1 lon a Thov responded i Dr. Rumely and his codefendants, r a ^°Iiowing: pro-
New York attorneys. I (,U( ' ti, ' n °f Annabell eMcWethy;
We’re Modern Priscilla Ladies,
A* busy as busy can be
Working with tongues and fingers '
who are both New York attorneys, were fdund guilty by a jury Saturday of having failed to report to the alien property custodian a debt of
? 1,451,700 to the imperial German ’ Gosaip y anfl full of glee, government. The charge that the every stitch a story German government actually owned spread the news around, shares of the newspaper’s stock was The Modem Priscilla Ladies, not proved. J Th® very best club in town Judge William I Grubb of the 1 We are the gay Priscilla’s United States District Court, sentene- i Stitching the Weeping Willows
ed all three to the Federal prison at
Atlanta, Ga.
Appeal Announced
Counsel for the defendant announced that they would appeal to the high- 1 e- courts and Judge Grubb released them in the custody of their attorney
until tomorrow afternoon, at which I ‘ ' ' l " in -
time each must provide $10,000 hai , | ■larkened, except for a faint golden pending the appeal. j * low an(l Mrs - BlUles san ^ ,n an 1 Before being sentenced all three ,|e- ' ad i° inin » room • Th ‘‘ ( wa * 1
beautiful. Mrs. Blanche O’Hair' gave a humorous reading “Columbia
; GUARD ^SERVICE HIT !|\ BREAKDOWN
Fourteen States Have No Militia, j
Reports General Carter.
Strength of 56.100 Is Shown, Against 106,300 Men Authorized by the Government.
Upon our husband's nillows;
O 1n,r„ 'h,m tool Indeed, indeed, we do.
Mrs. Racer Ditties sang “Silent I Night”. Mrs. Will Peck at the piano j and Mis Florence Helen McGaughey
The rooms were I
fendants protested their innocence of ommitt.ing any “wrong against this
country.”
Cruim” from Eugene Hallis “Farm
“Accept this verdict T can not.” said 1 Ballads She was en costume and Dr. Rumely, who was formerly a the number was enthusiastically r
manufacturer at Lapnrte Indiana and the founder of the Interlaken school in northern Indiana,“ for before the tribunal of my own conscience I am innocent.
WILSON BUYS HOME WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. —President Wilson has bought a Washington home at 2:140 S Street for a consideration understood to kave been in the neighborhood of $150,000 He intends to occupy the home for the purpose of pursuing his literary work after March 4. The house has eighteen rooms O n the east is the home of the widow of George Von L, Meyer, secretary of the navy under Theodore Roosevelt A lante vacant lot lies west of the new Wilso n home, which it is understood the president has also bought and in the rear of the home is a large garden, suitable for entertainment purposes.
reived Then last on the program was a violi n solo bv Miss McGaughey. The redition was verv fine. A house guest M"s Willard Gough of Roachdale was a guest. The hostess served refreshments of fruit cake, brick icecream, coffee and confections The favors were sprigs of hollv. The last hut not least feature of the evening was a grab bag. Those who drew the gifts they bought themselves were no less pleased than the others. Mrs. McGaughy is a charming host ess and was -ably assisted in disponing hospitality by Mr. McGaughey and their lovely daughter. It was an event long to be remembered. Much credit is due Mrs Frank Farm or for her management of the party.
PROVES BEAT LACKS ‘COPPER’
MARRIAGE LIUENSE
Katherine Brown, Cloverdale and Frank Sanson, Cloverdale.
CLINTON FALLS
We have had some snow which seemed like real Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vermillion, Mr. and Mrs. John Vermillion and Sanford Romino ate Sunday dinner with Dr. A. H Moore. Mrs. Mary Burk and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs William Thomas
Mrs. Nella Bettis called on Miss
Sarah Newgent Sunday eve.
Mrs. Eula Staggs spent Sunday eve
w ith Opal Burk.
Citizen Hang* Dollar Bill on Brokan Street Light and Wait* in Vain. Chester, Pa.—When an electric light In Prospect park flickered out sojue three months ago J. B. Geary, whose home Is close by, snys he waited patiently night after night for the policeman on the bent to report the matter and have a good bulb hung there. Geary took a new crisp $1 bill and tucked the bank note on the light pole. Then he watched for the coming of the poHceimin. “Unit the policeman been on the job be would have been rewarded with the $1 bill." said Geary, “but be has not put In an appearance and the money Is still wnithig for him to clnlm It.” Other people have come that way and several dozen puseers by have attempted to pull down the money before bis very eyes, Geary says, but he has given them to understand that the dollar belongs to the policeman that gets around there and has the light
fixed.
Old Drum.
Eugene. Ore.—Among the early dov exhibits at the Lane County fair will be n drum that was made «1 years
Bro. Dodd ate Sunday supper with j «« Z
drum will he exhibited by F. H. West. It was made In 185» by Mr*. West’s fn'her. To the nmrtlnt note* of
Br. A. H. Moore.
Butchering hogs is the order of the
ENTRY BLANKS DISTRIBUTED 500 MILE RRCi
INDICATIONS POINT TO THE LARGEST FIELD OF FOREIGN ENTRANTS EVER ENTERED IN THE INTERNATIONAL 500 MILE RACE—ENTRY BLANKS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN ENGLAND l RAM F. AND ITALY
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21.— The curtain has been rung up on the j Ninth International 500 mile sweepstakes, to he run on the historic | bricks of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the World’s greatest race I course o n Mav •10th, 1921. Five hundred ' entry blanks have ! been distributed to prospective conj testants in a half dozen countries that j are expecting to send delegations into j the fray, chief among them England Italy and the United States. Rules for the contest will remain ! substantially the same as this year, limiting the piston displacement of I cars to 1K3 cubic inches and the weight to 1650 pounds, minus ballast ! gas and oil. The same rules have bee n adopted by the Automobile Club of France for the revival of the French Grand Prix, to be run the latter part of July or early in August 1921. This will enable European entrants to prepare for both contests at the same time, and is expected to result in the largest field from overseas that has yet faced the starter in an Indianapolis champion-
ship event.
iTurope has some old scores to settle in the 1921 struggle for International supremacy Supremely confident i sh* 1 entered the Indianapolis tournev of this year, onlv to receive her worst I set back since 1912 when -l 06 Dawson wrested championship laurels from , her grasp at the wheel of his flying
National.
Gaston Chevrolet, of late lamented i memory kicked the dope bucket into ^ smithereens when he led the trailing | European field over the wife in this year’s classic, driving a Monroe. Europe is still smarting under this ' defeat, which to her had seemed im i possible, and consequently her preparation for 1921 are proceeding on a header and more comprehensive scale than ever before Foremost a" mong the celebrated European racing teams that are expected to make the lourney across the Atlantic in an cn deavor to retrieve lost laurels are the
lemicia ii w iii,j repeat their iumph of the sens •„ now closed However .with such staunch and Me racing agffnv.ntitms a - 'he Dues nberg, Frontenai and Monrec to brow into th» brc.i h along with a ' >zen or more individual entrants of hampionsh'p caliber, it is a safe bet hat Europe will have no advantage >oth fields going to thr wire on pi ac ieally even terms Though seats for the 1921 contest have not yet gone on sale, reserva ’ions have been booked ever since the conclusion of the last race, auguring an attendance eouallv ns great if not greater than the record smashing | ’hrong of loon when more than 120,000 sr>"ed en’husiasts witnessed the spectacle
OuNiii DENNY umm IN uliEi- DRIVE
EUR i BAN RELIEF < OUNCIL WORK IN PUTNAM COUNTY \\ ii.L BE IN CHARGE OF CLOV KI MAN — HERBERT HOOVFR IS NATIONAL ( HAIRMAN OF MOVEMENT TO SAVE
STARVING CHILDREN
Washington.—Fourteen states had no National Guard troops recogni/od by the federal government on June JO, according to the annual report of Maj. Gen. Jesse Carter, chief of the militia bureau, just made public. They were Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico. North Dakota, South Dakota and West Vir-
ginia.
The recognized units of the guard had a total strength of 56,100 ofltcers knd men at the end of the fiscal year, tlie reixirt said, against an authorized strength of 10ti,;trto, great difficulty Having been encountered in obtaining recruits during the year. General Carter noted general public antipathy to- | ward military affairs as'among Influences against which the reorguttlzatton Of the guard was proceeding. Discontent with the National Guard service, he added, bad been fostered by “tales of unfair treatment during tlie war spread by men with grievances, many of which found their way Into the public press." Such complaints. General Cart it said, could not be substantiated upon
Investigation.
“ I’bcre Is conclusive proof." he continued. “that National Guard officers were not. ns a class, dlserlmlnafed against by Regular officers. Individual caacs of Injustice have been cited hy members of congress and of the National Guard to make it appear that
I unjust discrimination existed gen-
erally. As a gmiernl rule National
i Guard officers were treated with more ^consideration than were regular offi-
cers under the same conditions. Causes which retarded recruiting i
have been gradually overcome with . the result that in June more than | 5,7(H» new men were obtained, the re- j
port said.
Jealousies between National Guard 1 units returning from overseas and those organized ns home forces dur- ; lug the war have arisen, the report | | said, the latter wishing to continue i i as guard troops and retain possession j I of the armories. Steps to remedy this situation aro being taken, General
Carter said.
CAUSES POWER PLANT TROUBLE
GRKENtASTLE PEOPLE WITHOUT LIGHT AND POWER FOR SHORT PERIODS MONDAY N«GHT AND TUESDAY MORN-ING-ALL RIGHT NOW, SAYS
MANAGER
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of the big
TAKE SAFE WITH sie.ooo mm ARMED GUARDS
Donus Denny of Cloverdale has ac ! ceptcd the chairmanship of Putnam | County of the European Relief Coun|cil of which Herbert Hoover is the ' National chairman The council comprises- eight great relief organize!• l ions which have bee n doing work in Europe, and which have now united j to save three and a half million starv- ! ing children in Central Europe, i There i s absolute famine in these war
0 _ i devastated countries, and almost a
total lack of milk and fats for th#
SIX IOLEDO BANDITS OVER- |children, who through long depriva POWER FEN MEN, BEATING tj nr i of the essential .foods for childIWO SENSELESS, FOl R j, 0O d stopped growing four years ago BLO( KS I ROM POLICE STAT More than fiftv per rent of these ESCAPE IN Al TO* 'children are victims of disease—in MOBILES Poland oinety percent are affleted 1 j with the dread disease of ricketts. TOLEDO O., Dec. 20.—Six me n 1 Th,! ' children’s relief is the last armed with shotguns and wifh the : echo of American charity in Europe, lower part of their faces covered with I No part of the monev will be used for bandanna handkerchiefs overpowered adult relief, and as this is a charity ten guards of the American Railway practically without overhead a dollar Express Company here early tonight given for food means a dollar’s worth
of food 0,1 tBe other side_
Mr Denny is at work on county i organization, and expresses the conviction that Putnam countv will raise its share of the 000,000 needed to feed the children until the next harvest. This sum will not provide three meals a day, but only one meal.
IRREGULARITY IN HOG PRICES IN EARLY TRADE
Grcencastlg People were without electric light and power for a short time Monday evening at near 6 o’clock
and on Tuesday morning
o’clock until 8:30 o’clock.
A Break down at the local plant— an engine bearing burned out—caused the trouble. Although the Greencastle current is supplied Yrom the f 'inton plant, the Greencastle plant K run each afternoon from 4 to 9
o’clock to help take care
load at that time of day.
In order to ho able to take care of the increased business the Clinton plant -s hoin-r enlarged A breadown the Clinton plant occurred Monday afternoon and so the local plant hr-* the entire Greencastle load. So when the engine heanW out there' was no rpli 0 f until the flinton plant got to going. The same thing occurr-
ed Tuesday morning.
However the manager of the local plant stated at near noon that the repairs at the local plant had been completed and that further trouble would
not occur.
CHRISTM \S GIFTS FOR THE ORI’H \N'S HOME CHILDREN The members of the DePauw R. O. T. C. sent a Christmas gift of $51 50 to the Greencastle Methodist Orphan's Home children, while the girls of Rector Hall and Mansfield Hall sent two beautiful Christmas trees and many little gifts to the children This will go a long wav to make the Home Children most happy on Christmas
Day
GERMANY BARS OWN OFFICERS
Former Naval Men Are in Oiagrace— Seek Employment in United
State*.
London, England.—Former German naval officers, even those who served on German warships In the battle of Jutland, are In disgrace In Germany, say some of them who have arrived here. The captain of a cruiser which fought In the Jutland battle and a German naval lieutenant came Into the Thames the other day as officers of a Swedish cargo boat. Both said It was almost impossible for former naval officer# to make s living In their
own country.
“We are considered to he In disgrace.” said one. "The business community believes that the fleet betrayed the fatherland and caused Its ruin, and the result Is that no German trader or ship owner will employ us. Many of u», therefore, have been forced to take service abroad and several have found employment In the American mercantile marine.”
THE TRATION CARS RUN LATE BECAUSE OF SLEET n Because of the sleet which covered the traction line wires this morning the tractio,, cars were running from 15 minutes to a half hour late during the day. A XM AS GIFT MOVIE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN n The Greencastle School children were entertained this afternoon at the High School building at a Moving Picture show. “Alice in Wonderland.” The High School pupjls attende^ a show that started at 1:30 and the grade children were entertained at a show which started at 3 o’cloclfc There was no admission, the shows he me in the nature of a Christmas Present to the pupils. There will be no show at the High School this evening.
and escaped with a safe containing about $16,000 in cash and Liberty
bonds.
The holdnp took place on Summit street, the city’s main business thoroughfare less than four blocks from police headquarters The express com pany guards were conveving the safe on a wheelbarrow to a truck in the rear of the store preparatory to taking it to Union station, a mile away,
for shipment east. Two Men beaten
When the guards stepped outside |
the store the six bandits drove up in j Indianapolis receipts—Hog e 12,500; two automobiles, beat two of the j rattle 600; calves 400; sheep and
guards senseless loaded the safe in - i lambs 400.
to one of the cars and escaped. J Hog prices were irregular at the
opening of the live stock market here I today some hogs were 25c lower,
a o 0 g some were steady and others wer e 25c William S. Smith. | higher. The heavy hogs were steady j
25c lower, with sales at $9 50@>9.75, a j few sold at $9,[email protected] and the •
ghts were steady to 25c high-
er, selling generally at [email protected]. Pigs went at $10.25 down, sows $8.00
Lost Hunter Sleeps in Caves in Zero Weather Lend, S. D.—Lost In the Black hills three day* and three nights, H. F. Irwin, a lover of the outdoors and an exponent of “roughing It," was forced to sleep In caves. Although the temperature was 10 degrees below zero, Invln claims he did not suffer much with tha cold. Irwin was on one of his periodical deer hunts when he lost his bearings In the hills.
BRAZIL NEWSPAPER COMMENTS ON THE
- BASKET BALL GAME
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• The Brazil Times in a lengthy story • Monday commented on the Greencas- • tie-Ladoga basketball game “ Near l Riot" and unspnrtmanlv conduct of l some of the Greencastle players. • Greencastle High School athletics cer- • 1 tainly are receiving much unfavorI able criticism iust now as the result J i of the High School management al- | lowing unsportsmanlv conduct of its
j j players.
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STORE ROBBED BY NEGRO AS CROWDS GO BV
S'ain by
Greenvl'iire Ind.—
iged fortv-flve. starting on a hunting iIn whs shot to death by his dog. ’I>e dog pressed the trigger of Smith's ' otgtni It scrmnl' d nhont In the onetiile lev, |,s tile hunting pllltV
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec 21.—E. C. Smeltzer, manager of the Nu Way Shoe company, Inc., 157 North IIInois street was robbed of $300 at 9
When a Hotel I* “Home."
Cincinnati, O.—Judge John V” Fecit, In Federal court, hold* that If a man's legal residence Is In u hotel, he hus as much right to store liquor there
as a man has at his home. He dli- . , , , , . . , . ,
* ‘ . n,i, odock last night by a negro custom-
missed a charge against August Brit- . ' , A . of the Walnut hotel, where 22 | ” whe ' 1 he °P tneti thl ’ safe to
1 a $10 bill which the man had handI ed to him in payment for a pair of
Rudimentary Ceneelenc Stirred, j shoes, according to the police. The
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ton
case* of w hisky had been seized.