Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 December 1920 — Page 1
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VOLUME 14
(i l{ KENT A STLE INDIAN A
THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 1920
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TWO SMALL BOYS ENTER 25 ROOMS IN RECTOR HALL
GET INTO BUILDING BY WAY OF FIRE ESCAPE AND THEN CRAWL THROUGH TRANSOMS INTO THE ROOMS—CONFESS TO OFFICERS BUT DENY TAKING ANYTHING
Two small boy s who live in east Grencustle rummaged through about 25 rooms in Rector Hall on Wednesday according to University officials and Marshall O’Hair, who late Wednesday afternoon caught the lads, who admitted entering the building. College janitors learne,] that some one had been in the building and noti fied the police. It was found that about twenty five rooms had been entered by someone who had crawled
through the transoms.
What, if anything, had hee n taken
*150.000 OFFER DECLINED BY PRESIDENT W ILSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—President W’ilson has refused a n offer of J $150,000 from a syndicate to write an | article of his own selection on the I groun,] that no article was worth such j an amount^ it was learned today at ) the White House.
M ARRIAGE LICENSE
RANDITS TAKEN AFTER BATTLE
POSSE FOILS ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK AT CULVER—WOUNDED CITIZEN MAY DIE
CULVER i Ind., De. 29. — Five masked bandits who attempted a daylight holdup of the State Exchange bank of Culver about 9:15 o’clock this morning fought a revolver battle with citizens. This resulted in the capture of four of the robbers anj wounding of two of the pursuing
posse.
J R Saine, local merchant who
THAT SILK SHIRTNEVtR ,, m t>fCOMING I'ON VOU.OOHN I DlStAfcP.'N 6 Hicjl
the investigators were unable to say. wa - s ' n the jaw by a bandit, is in
However, it was agreed that small boys probably were responsible as a larger person could not hav e crawled
through the transom*
While the officers were investigating two boys returned to the campus where W’ill Graham saw them They were playing with a bottle of ink Upon being questbuiod they admitted
ihe Culver academy military hospital in a serious condition anj it is believed he will die Jerome Zechel. stock buyer, was | ‘•hot in the hip but the wound is not
serious.
Three of the bandits were captured within a few blocks of the bank by an armed posses of twelve citizens.
j Roy Clark and Mary Elizabeth I Dunn. I Harrold Sears and Bula Toney. ' William P. Hibbs and Hallie Ethel Watts. Earl Allen and Averil Vendetta j Smith. Jesse L. Fisher to Mary Barnett.
O’NEAL BOY , CASHES M03E BAD CHECKS AND LEAVES
POET INTENDS TC FLEE FIl'ME
• NOT WORTH WHILE DYING FOR ITALY", D’ANNUNZIO DECLARES IN PROCLAMATION
GREENCASTLE LAD, AFTER MAKING GOOD ONE BAD CHECK PASSES OTHERS \\l> LEAVES TOM N—TELEPHONES FROM INDIANAPOLIS THAT HE II \S JOINED ARMY—SI ORANSKI AND GREEK CANDY STORE VICTIMS
Frustrated in his efforts to get away ROME^ Dec. 29. D Annundio has a ft er cashing a bad check for $25 at issued a proclamation declaring that the Mo ,| e i Store Tuesday night, it is not worth while dying for Italy, j Raymond O’Neal son of Mr. an*j He said he was leaving Fiume by | Mrs . j ohn O’Neal 'who live on Howard airplane. | s t ree t, in south Greencastle, made This was semi officially announced i j, H) | 525 check and then immedhcre this aitenmnn. togethsi With | late ly pMICd several other worthless the anouncement that the Flume j check* and left Greapcastle before agreement may be regarded us con \ it wns discovered that the checks eluded. Settlement of the Fiume were R a d.
entering the building by a fire escape while the fourth man who was shot and then entering the rooms. They > n the hand by a member of the r os<i c denied, however, taking anything [ was arrested this afternoon at his from any of the rooms. home in Knox. Indiana. The fifth | member of the gang had not heen
• found tonight Ten thousand dollars 1 in curency which had been’ collected 1 by the robbers, was recovered.
BIRDS FRIENDS SIKH I D PROVIDE FEED AND DRINK
Save the birds by feeding them during the penvd the ground is encased in ice and snow is the apeal made by the state department of conservation to citizen’s of Indiana. "Unless immediate actio n is taken many birds of great economic value to man will perish ” officalg declared. If the ice remains it is also essential that the birds be provided with water to drink. • One hundred and eight fish, game • and bird protective associations in the state working in the interest of wild lif" conservaton wer ( . appealed to by George N. Fannfeld, superintendent of the division of fish and game. In many parts of Indiana where snow and ,co cover the earth to a depth of from five to eight inehes, the people were asked to do their “bit” by scattering grai n and bits of ■breadstuffs.
SIX TERRS OF SESl StRYICE TO THE COUNTY
PRISONER SHOT lit ATTEMPT TO ISCAPE ARREST
ALLEGED “STICKUP” AND DEPUTY SHERIFF stage PISTOL RATTLE IN M EST SIDE DRUG STORE — FLIRTED WITH DAUGHTER
vIONON MAY BE TAKEN OVER BY SOU l HERN There is a rumor afloat in the .ailway circles that on the first of the new year the Southern railroad will take over the Monon and absorb it in the vast system of railways that .he Southern operates throughout the South. By acquiring he Monon he Southern wil have an entrance into Chicago an c i through trains to the south, including New Orleans an,| Jacksonville and many south Florida points, will no doubt be started from that terminal.
IRREGULARITY IN HOG PRICES AT OPENING Indianapolis receipts—hogs 13.000; cattle 800; calves 500; sheep and lambs 200. Hug prices wer t > strong to 50c low er at the opening of the live stock market today, and varied according to the weights of the kinds sold. Hogs averaging less than 180 pounds were strong at $10.50; those weighing 180 to 200 pounds, at [email protected] were steady to 25c lower; those at 200 to 225 at 9.75 were 25c lower; those at 225 to 250 pounds were 50c lower at $9 50 and others at 250 pounds and up were 50c lower. Pigs were steady at $10.75 down, sows a little lower, at $8 00 down. Cattle and calves were steady, the best veals selling for $18.00 < Sheep and lambs were steady, the best lambs being quoted at *10 00. ROACHDALE LODGE MILL CONFER THE DEGREE ON CLASS OF CANDIDATES
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 30.— Cecil E. Hamm, 38 years old, an aP l leged gunman, was seriously wounded and Robert MacBroom, 48 years old, 120 Hancock street, a deputy sheriff received a severe fiesh wound as the result of a shooting affray in a drug store at Harris Avenue and West street at 9 o’clock last night. The shooting followed Hamm’s attempt to resist arrest when he was taken to the drug store to await a
patrol wagon
0 i The bullet from the officer’s revolv-
er entered Hamm’s right side, slight-
Fair. honest and courteous i n his jy above the lung Deputy Sheriff administration of county business, MacBroom was shot through the Reason E. Larkin of Jefierson town- right forearm. Both were taken to ship who for six years has served City hospital, where Hamm’s condi* Putnam county as a member of its tion was saij to be serious, board of county commissioners will Hamm, who gave his address as leave the office the fi-st of the year [ Limestone street, near New York with a record of which the Democrat' 1 street has not been in the city long,
REASON LARKIN, JEFFERSON TOMNSHIP DEMOCRAT, MHO HAS BEEN MEMBER OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR PAST TWO TERMS, 11 \S PROVEN HIMSELF EXCELLENT SER-
VANT OF THE PEOPLE
NATIONAL BOB? ADMITS DFFAOW
COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION BROADENS POLICY AND TAKES ACTION FOR AIDING OLYMPIC TEAMS
MY WANTS REFORMATORY AT STATE FARM
GOVERNOR-ELECT SAYS STATE INSTITl lli)\s PRESENT A DIFFK l LI PROBLEM — IN FAVOR OF PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30.—In discussing* the difficulties of his approaching administration, Warren McCray the Governor-elect says the state institutions present difficult problems. He has been giving thought to the Centra) Hospital for the Insane M’hile he has not decided just what he will recommend, he is convince,) that the building for men is
not fit for occupancy. Favors Consolidation
He is m favor of the consolidation under one management of the Indiana Reformatory and the State Farm, the combined institutions to b e on the
ic party is justly proud. Mr Larkin has. during his two terms in office, always given both the county and the individuals who have transacted business with the com*
the police believe He is apparently not working and the police believe it possible that he may have been c °nnected with several robberies here recently. The man refused to make
missionors courteous and honest treat j any statement concerning himself bemen never allowing prejudices nor yond giving his address.
political affiliations to influence his desire for fair and equitable dealings. David J. Skelton, who will succeed Mr Larkin on the board is another Democrat who has a record of
Occurs in Drug Store
The shoting occurred when MacBroom and his prisoner went to the drug store directly after the arrest. The officer said that he had not search
sterling business qualities and who 0( j ji nmnii an d when MacBroom turn-
promises to be a fitting successor to Mr. Larkin Mr. Skelton is a Washington township farmer and business
man.
Howard Harris, sheriff an,) Mr. Larkin, commissioner are the officers who will leave office on January 1. O. G Webb, county treasurer; Fay S. Hamilton, prosecuting attorney and Arthur Plummer, countv surveyor, will each begi n new term* in cffice
About twenty five members of the \ however. Roachdale I. O. O F Lodge together with their degree staff will come to Greencastle Saturday night and wil! confer the first degree on a class of candidates of Putnam Lodge No. 45
T. O O. F.
Following the degree work lunch will be served and a social time en-
joyed.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
CLOSES FACTORY
DETROIT, Mich.. Dec. 30.—The Ford Motor Company has closed its Detroit plant indefinitely, it was learned on goorf authority today. The
plant, which was closed o n December Mrs. Edna Lockridge who is teach* j 24th, for its ann ul ,nvlf ing music in the schools at West n ot reopen until late in the new y — Lebanon, Indiana, this y^ar, will re* it was stated, r ' nM ' vs * .. ] turn to West Lebanon Saturday, to the present business dep . after spending the holiday, here was state.!. Fifty thousand men will with her mother. Mrs. F. A. Arnold. be thrown out of work.
e,) hi s back to speak to the clerk.
Hamm drew a gun.
MacBroom told Sergt Johnson and the emergency squad that when he faced Hamm the latter’s revolver was pointed M his head. As the officer drew his revolver Hamm pointed his gun at Mr. MacBroom’s body and pulled the trigger at a distance of only a few feet. Mac Broom returned the fire and Hamm ran from the store throwing his gun from him as he did so When he reache,) the cu.bing he fell to his knees He wns assisted back into the store by Mac-
Broom and a bystander
Deputy Sheriff MasB-oom told the police that he had arrested Hamm nf<p v the man had followed his daugh•er Bernice for several blocks. Hamm cnid to have accosted the girl several times. Bcoomii.g worried she "ntored the store and called het father
by telephone
Mrs. E. E Straaton lanapolis today.
t, WM ■
was In Ind-
CHICAGO, Dec 29.— At the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Inter-Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion held here today. DePauw Univer I State Farm near Putnamville
sity of Greencastle, Ind., wa s admit- [
ted into membership of the organiza ' NO'I NEEDED HERE, tion. Other colleges admitted were Eli. Bl KhllAI.IER.
Annapolis Naval Academy. Cornell, Centre, Miami, Massachusetts, Tech
and Coe.
An annual national track meet in which every college and university in the national association would have representatives and the formation of an Olympic Association to take charge of, and interest itself in the American Olympic committee were indorsed at the meeting. Committee reports favoring legislation of interest to collegiate circles as well as undergraduate bodies, were made, in addition to the transaction of routine
business.
Would Bring Stars The suggested track meet would bring together athletes from all over the country and would be in the nature of an annual American college Olympic The resolution passed re-ga-ding a n Olympic association would j place in it the responsibility for electing a representative committee which would use every endeavor to eather together a team of America's best athletes A. A, Stagg, athletic director of the University of Chicago, declared the committee should be representative of the best in the country, whether college industrial associations. He also made a pica to Eastern collage me n to divorce themselves from inateur athletic polities Palmer E. Pierce president of the assoiation who presided, declared that the war had caused widespread interest in boxing. He urged some action be taken to lend support to the establishment o boxing in college curricu-
lum.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 30.— Henceforward nobody but a hermit with a bad cold in the hea f ) will be able to committ suicide via the gas route, according to officials of the
Bureau of Mines.
Thp Bureau recently announced the perfection of a system of mixing chemicals with the illuminating gas in such a manner that leakage can be smelled “all over the house.” Experiments have heen successfully carried out with several different kinds of odo-s, including banana, wintergreen and grain alcohol Two other concoctions result in odors described as “sumptin’ terrible” Ancient eggs are said to be mild in comparison. This odor the experts believe is sufficient to discourage any would-he suicide who is worth the saving The discovery is expected to make occidental asphxyiation impossible and will also go a long way toward p-eventing destruction o, pronerty by
gas explosions.
question is based on recognition of the treaty of Rapallo, disbandment of Annunzio’s legionaries and general amnesty. Negotiations for surren der are proceeding with the municipal council of Fiume, to which D’Annun zio has ceeded his powers An armistice is reported to be in
effect
A description of the last phases of the struggle in Fiume have been received here Guerrilla Warfare The fight assume,) the character of guerila warfare all along the line. The legionaries took advantage of the natural resources of the terrain for laying ambuscades. As the regulars advanced across
O’Neal starte,) his check work on Tuesday evening when he bought an overcoat at the Model giving a check for *25 and receiving some
change.
Wednesday morning it was found that the check was bad and the I police wore notified. Or, e of the employees at the store met O’Neal on the street and asked him to return to the Model Store with him O’Neal agreed to go to the store hut as they passed the Busby & Daggy store he said he wanted to go into the store for a minute He wont in the front door and on through the store leaving by the rear door loiter the boy was found at Limedale and he returned to the
orchard they were enveloped by fire Model and made the check good, from machine guns which ha,) been , Immediately he started on his new sunk to the level of the ground am' ^ venture. A check for *25 was casjjr cleverly comouflaged. The houses ! e ,j at )(, e Sudranski store and a semed to have been abandoned, but I smaller check was cashed at the when the troops approached, the leg- j Greek Candy Store O'Neal may have lonaries hidden behind windows, be i cashed other checks before leaving
bin,) chimney stacks and on balconies 1 i 0W |,
and roofs, suddenly opened fire. Even After cashing the checks he went women wi-re found working machine j to Indianapolis. From that city he (tuns, telephoned his mother that he had The gravest losses were inflicted en )j ste(1 j n t h e army, by hand grenades which were used so ) B()th the checks were paid by the
freely as to give the impression that father.
they must have been accumulated |
by scores of thousands. It would have been an easy matter to get the ; better of the legionaries t>y employ- ! ing artillery, but the military author- J ities refused such recourse except a- !
gainst military buildings.
The legionaries ultimately tried to force the regulars to retreat in order to relieve pressure on the city but failed owing to stubborn resistance.
SURPRISE FOR MR. AND MRS C. I*. BROADSTRKET
The beautiful new home of Mr. an,) Mrs. Chas Broadstreet was the scene of a merry party last night. The “Modern Priscillas”, accompanied by their husbands and a few other guests gav e Mr. and Mrs. Broadstreet a surprise party. They arrived upon the scene of action at 7 o’clock with baskets of good things to eat. The gentlemen were served first ns they
o • anj the Broadstreets were guests of The Greencastle Independents, a honor Mr and Mrs. Rex Rafferty team composed of former high school who are holiday guests of their par stars. Louis (Tiny) Hirt, Frank ents. enjoyed the party also A short
GRENCASTLE INDEPENDENTS DEFEATS COATESVILLE TEAM
Irwin; Carl Allen, E,| Wright Piercy Allee, Paul Weathers, Wilfred Smith and Harold Newgent defeated the fast Coatesville basketeces in a game Wednesday evening played on High School Gymnasium floor by a decisive score of 58 to 5 The losers were completely outclassed by the locals. The Greencastle High School secon" team defeated the Fillmore firsts by
a score of 13 to 8. This game was j tains and played as a curtain raiser to Green- charades.
program was given which was very enjoyable. Master Arthur Kreigh gave a recitatio n “When Daddy was a Little Boy. He rendered it in fine style Mr Chas. McGaughey was called upon for an after dinner speech and responded in his usual able man ner. His subject was “The Courtship of Miles Standish ” Messrs. Cannon an,) Crawley were chosen cap-
selected their partners for The unguessable, unthink-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
castle Independents and Coatesville I able impersonations were highly engame. i joyed Music enlivened the hours ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ | and cut flowers adorned the home and
| everythink was just lovely. This was a bon voyage party as the Broad-
o j streets will go to St. Petersburg, Charley Meikel who lives o n north Florida in a few ('ays to spend the
CHARLES MEIKEL LOSES FAMILY HORSE, AGE
Jackson street and his family are mourning the loss of Topsy the family horse who had been with them for the past sixteen years. Topsy would have been twenty seven years old next month had she lived and her
William Sutherlin to J. W. Shannon death is attributed to old age and
15 acres in Franklin tp *1. debility.
Central Trust Company to R. D. | Topsy was a faithful creature and Zaring 233 acres in Washington town ! the family had become so attached to
ship *30.000
Richar,) I). Voorhees to Otho M Sehring, land i n Warren township, *1. Sarah E Pearson to Sheldon Wagoner land i n Washington town-
ship, *4,000.
her that her loss has greatly affected the members of the family.
remainder of the winter
James L. Hamilton was tn Indiana*
polls today on business
25 000 AUTO PLATES SOLD INDIANA STATE CAPITOL. Dec.
27 —More than 25,000 automobile licenses for 19212 have been issued by the automobile department of the secretary of state’s office The first 25,000 licenses were sent out. Window sales of the department, inc’.udmail shipments of the new pistes ing today, have been about 3,000
plates.
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Ferd Lucas accompanied his dough ter Louise Lucas to Indianapolis today where she was taken to a spec-
ialist for an examination of her These are busy days with many of throat and ears Miss Lucas has been I the local business men who are makill for several weeks of throat and ear 1 ing their annual inventory of stock j trouble. ' and closing up their year’s business.
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