Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 September 1923 — Page 1
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:0LD WEATHER HANDICAPS THE INDIANA CROPS
[frost does damage in several SECTIONS OF THE STATEIN SOME SECTIONS CORN IS DAMAGED—ALL FIELDS IN DANGER
The semi-monthly crop report of Jeorge C. Bryant, agricultural stutis fcician for Indiana of the United State* Department of Agriculture is i follows: "Temperatures averaged slightly below normal for the period and »ere quite low during the last few Jjiights, Light to killing frosts ocfcurred In some localities on the 14th the northern half of the state. Precipitation was excessive in most [places during the first week, 'delaypng fall plowing and other field operations. ‘There was some damage to corn Ity frost on the 14th In the northern Bialf of the state and all fields are iin more or less danger. The crop is Inaturing slowly because of cool weaIther and a large part of it la still in boasting ear state. Silo filling is pro [gressing in some sections. "Wheat and rye threshing are [practically completed but.a few fields Df oats and barley are still in shock. Pastures, meadows and young [clover are all looking good. Pastures [are furnishing more feed than usual [for this season of the year. Beans, tomatoes and potatoes suffered some damage by frost on the |14th in the northern part ot the state but generally the damage was [light. Tobacco escaped frost damluge except in the eastern part of the [state, where the acreage is small.
go" on the ITOth and several new j ones have entered. Without any I exaggeration it will be one of the 1 greatest dirt track speed events ever , witnessed. Among those who will shoot from the wire for the big money are: “Doc” Roberts of Paris; “Suicide” Joe Johnson of East St. Louis: Fred Roberts of Danville; Warwick of Covington: Wenneston of Chicago; Gallivan of Chanute Field; Simpson of Champaign; Shoaff of Paris; Uaker of Charleston and a score of others, many of whom are known throughout the country as the very nerviest of speed maniacs. Though it never yet has been done, dopesters predict that there will be many laps of this track made on the 30th below 30 seconds. There will be 50 miles of racing— 100 laps, 200 curves. A full afternoon of thrills. Is promised starting promptly at 2 p. m.
15.000 WITH0U1 HOMES AS RESULT OF BERKELEY FIRE
FIFTY BLOCKS OF ‘‘BEAUTIFUL BERKELEY" RESIDEN1IAL DIS TRICT MASS OF SMOULDERING RUINS—LOSS WILL BE NEAR 5 MILLION DOLLARS
|MISS JOHNSON BRIDE IN LOVELY FALL WEDDING
(Indianapolis Star) One of the loveliest of hte fall wed dings was that of Miss Esther Jane Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Clem Johnson. 1727 Park avenue whose marriage to Earl Robert BurImughs, Ponca City, Okla., took place (yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church with the Rev. O. W. Fifer officiating. The bride, who was given In marriage by her father, wore a becomling gown of ivory bridal satin, fashioned with long panels in front and (back and draped on the sides. Her tulle veil was arranged fan fashion and held by orange blossoms and French bows an each side. She carried a shower bouquet of bride roses ami valley lilies. Charles Thomas Johnson, brother of the bride was the best man and the ushers were: Messrs. Wilbur Grose, Greenca tle, Ind.; C. Albert Brown, Lutayette, Ind.; Grag Truitt, Noblesviie, Ind. Miss Madeline Hixon and 511 s Edith Smart of Kentland, Ind., wore the ribbon hearers and preceded the wedding party down the aisle. Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs hav gene for a wedding trip to Chicago before going to Ponca City, Okla , vhe’e they will live. Mrs. Burroughs is a tmduate of DePauw University and £ number oi the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Mu Phi Epsilon Srr0, 'lty. Mr. Burroughs attended Oklahoma university. Mrs. Burroughs wore a dress of tan Russian crepe trimmed in blue with accessories to match to travel.
Among the Greencastle guests were .Miss Katherine Alvord, Prof. H. J. Barnum, Prof. Hudson and C. W. Otis.
FAST CARS WILL RACE AT DANVILLE
BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. 18.— Heaps of sodden, water-soaked ashes broken chimneys pointing crazily at the sky and jagged dead walls were all that remained today of what yesterday was one of the most beautiful residence places in the West —the northeastern section of Berkeley. Soldiers and police patrolled the ruins tonight with fingers on ready triggers where supposed looters slipped about or searched with electric flashlights for bodies on the chance that all might not have escaped from the wind-whipped furnace of yesterday. It was the belief of Acting Chief of Police C. D. Lee, however that all escaped as the district offered many avenues of exit. A number of children were posted as missing today but they were school children who could not get back U> their homes. The armory of the Uni e>' Ity of C>iii rrnla, the big ha.Is now n:own, the nearby churches and enny <a,ier pubit ■ and semi-pubilc places w ce crowded with refugees tonight. Acton ins, to a police os - .rvirc between 12.001' and 15,000 are homeless, the Am having swept a t ucklv rc pulated area of fifty blocks or more. The bogrd of fire underwit jrs in S', Fianoisco today appra'led the daiiuge at |:i,000,'J90 exclusive of p-rn ral belongings. It is expected that these will am.via*, to at least' J2,0t 0,000 more. The check of Deputy Coroner Frank Berg showed approximately fifty Injured In the fire but none fatally. Persistent rumors of deaths could not be confirmed.
MAYOR ZEIS WILL JUDGE FLOATS AT THE FRANKLIN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
What promises to be the biggest face meet ever staged In the central states is being rounded into siiape for the I. & I. Fair grounds track at Danville, 111., for Sunday, Sept. 30th. the races will be open to anyone Wishing to enter which means real racing and not an exhibition. On the last day of the 1. 4 I Fair cars were on the track ready to •dart when the rain interfered and
At the invitation of Mayor Harry C. Hougham, of Franklin, Indiana Mayor Charley Zeis, of Greencastle, will go to Franklin Friday morning, to serve as Judge of “Floats” at the Centennial Celebration to be held In
Franklin. Friday.
County superintendent John Vermillion and Prof. W. W. Sweet of De Pauw University, members of the Putnam county Historical society, will also attend the celebrations. These men will attend In order to get Ideas for a similar celebration, 'which is being planned for Green-
castle next year.
It was originally planned to hold ' the celebration this year but on acI count of a lack of time to arrange the affair it bus been postponed. Other Greencastle residents who will attend the Franklin event, are Charles Rivers and his driving ox. They will leave Thursday night, In the Bill Arnold truck, and will occupy a conspicuous place In the cen-
tennial parade.
The Rotary club held its regular
Practt- ' weekly luncheon Wednesday noon at
Ships That Fly in the Night
- Mrs. J. M. Badger 5.00 j j' J. Sudranski & Co, 5.00 ; j i W. W. Jones ! 5.00 I
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Miss Helen Hathaway 5.00 | Hiram Calendar 5.00 j Miss Quinlan 2.00 J Friend 2.00 Delta Theta Tau 10.00 A. B. Phillips 6.00 I J. T. Christie 5.00 I
I 5EE THAT OLD MOTHER EARTH NOW HAS LIGHT POSTS CLEAR ACROSS THE UNITED
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TOTAL $1,219.00
ROACHDAI.E COUPLE MARRIED HERE WE 5 NEED AY MORNING
CHUSHEH CROWD EXPECTED HERE SATURDAY FOR FARMERS PICNIC
Miss My th C. Obtnchaln of Roach dale and Kenneth E. Plunkett also of Roachdale, were married, Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the Christian Church parsonai;. Rev. Levi Marshall officiated. They w‘11 teside on a farm near Roachdale.
EZRA BUZZINGTON'S RUBE BAND. HAS BEEN SECURED AS SPECIAL ATTRACTION FOR THE DAY—EVENT IS PROMOTED BY THE FEDERAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION. BROWN & MOFFETT. AGENTS
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RAIN HAS NO TERRORS FOR MANAGER WERE
he be permitted to finish it with the Cardinal Club.
SHOES STOLEN FROM REAR OF SHOE STORE
IF GAME BETWEEN GREENCASTLE SPECIALS AND ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. ON M'KEEN FIELD. THURSDAY. SEPT. 27 IS PREVENTED BY WEATHER. MR. LLOYD WILL PAY THE BILL
A pair of shoes, which hau been cleaned and then placed on the window ledge at the rear of the Christie Potter shoe store to dry. Saturday afternoon, were stolen. Marshall O’Hair Investigated the theft and learned that three boys are Implicated In the theft. Each boy alleges that one of the other boys got the shoes, but as yet the officers have not secured the shoes or learned just which one of the boys has them.
PUTNAM GIVES $1,219 TO JAP RELIEF FUND
APPREHENSION OF THE MAN WHO ASSAULTED MRS. ADKINS SUNDAY NIGHT. IS DESIRED BY REPRESENTATIVE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN—TWENTYFIVE DOLLARS PLACED IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN BY RED CROSS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER CLOSED TODAL—MONEY IS SENi TO HEADQUARTERS
Rain has no terrors for Ott Webb manager of the Greencastle Special*. Manager Webb has scheduled an exhibition game between the St. Louts Cardinals baseball team and the Greencastle Specials, to be played. Thursday. September 27. But to get this gairfe, Mr. Webb had to guarantee the management of the St. Louts team, several hundred dollars, rain or shine. If the weather happened to be nice on that day. all would be well and good, for Mr. Webb expects a large crowd to witness the event. But should It rain. That guarantee would have to be paid anyway. And with no gate receipts It would be rather rough. So Mr. Webb, through a local Insurance man, purchases $400 worth of Insurance against rain. The Lloyds, of London. England write this kind of insurance. The rate Is just a little high—tt costs Mr. Webb $36 to get $400 worth of Insurance but If It rains. Webb will get J400. So why worry. It is believed that this U the first Insurance of Its kind ever purchased by a Greencastle man. The St. Louis Special game Is expected to bring a monster crowd to Greencastle. The game will be played on the McKeen field. Roger Hornsby probably the great est baseball player of the day Is a member of the St. Louts team. Hornsby the great second baseman of the St. Louts Cardinals. Is not only the champion hitter of the world but hears the distinction of being the costliest player In the game, ti It a matter of record that an offer of $500,000.00 cash was turned down for Hornsby. This ts twice the sum that was paid for Babe Ruth when the ex-Home Run King was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox several years ago. In spite of the fabulous offers made for Hornsby, the player has been well pleased to remain In St. Louis. He broke Into a Cardinal box score in the fall of 1915, after being purchased from the Dennison (Western Association) team and has been with the St. Louts Club ever since. Hornsby has often expressed the wish that Inasmuch as he started hts major league career In St. Louis that
WRECKING GAR WRECKED BY A FORD TOURING
MACHINE BUILDED BY PRIEST
Putnam County's total donation to the Red Cross Japanese relief fund Is
*-.219.
Subscriptions to the fund closed Wednesday morning and the money subscribed here was sent to the local committee to the Indiana aeadquarters of ..,e Red Cross. Although Greencastle’s quota was placed at only $500 by the state organization. the town far exceeded its quota. In fact tt more than doubles the amount asked. The $719 excess over the quota
Representative colored people of Greencastle on Wednesday morning placed in the hands of the officials of the First National Band, $25 to be paid as a reward for the arrest and conviction of the colored man guilty of the criminal attack Sunday night on Mrs. Mary Adkins. That the colored people of the com munity are determined In their desire that the guilty man be given the extreme punishment for his henious attack on the aged woman Is shown by their action in posting this reward. The representative colored people this community desire to aid the
A Crusher Crowd ts expected to be in Greencastle Saturday to attend the Federal Loan Bank. Farmers pic nlc to be given under the direction of Brown & Moffett, agents for tue bank In Putnam, Parke. Clay, Hendricks and Owen counites. The event, which Is planneib as a get-together event for farmers of the five counties will be full of entertain ment from 10 o’clock in the morning until well up into the evening. Stunts will start promptly at 10 o’clock and there will he something doing all the time. The Greencastle Band will furnish music during the day. Ezra Buzzlngton's famous Rube Band will be here to supply a lot of music and worm's of fun. There w ill be good addresses and lots of amusement. The court house lobby has been se cured as an eating place for the basket dinner at noon. Washington street, from Jackson street to Indiana street will he roped off so that the stunts may be pulled off without any hindrance. It will be a big day In Greencastle. You can assure yourself of that.
local officers in every way In their ef forts to find the guilty man, according to a statement made to.' ly by a representative of those w ho has subs'T'bed the funds to make up ’ho re ward
GARAGE AT BAINBRIDGE. THE J asked will be credited and w ill ap-
PURPOSE OF WHICH WAS TO HANDLE WRECKED CARS. IS DEMOLISHED ON ITS MAIDEN
TRIP
The wrecker is wrecked. This Is the word that was brought back to the Priest garage. Bulnbridge, Sunday morning, shortly after the large wrecking car, which the garage had Just completed had started on Its maiden trip, east of Bainbridge, to haul a wrecked car out of the ditch. Just east of Bainbridge the wreck ing car collided with a Ford Touring car loaded with eight people. The eight people In the Ford car were hurled from the machine but not badly Injured. Neither was the Ford Touring car badly damaged. But the big wrecking car was put entirely out of commission. The motor block in the wrecking car was broken by the force of the collision and It suffered other “severe” damage.
IKE KNOWALL WEATHER PROGNOSTICATOR
Ike sez: Probably Showers. Sunrise, 5:30; Sunset, 5.17.
ply on any future culls to be made for the relief of the Japanese people stricken by the recent earthquake
disaster.
The complete list of subscriptions to date follows: Indiana Portland Cement .... $500.00 Central Bank 50.00 Allen Brothers 50.00 First Nat’l Bunk 50.00 C. H. Barnaby 50.00 R. L. O’Hair 25.00 S. B. Town 15.00 Elizabeth Ames 5.00 Emma A Windsor 10.00 W. W. Sweet 10.00 R. G. McCutchan 25.00 George R. Grose 25.00 Friend 5.00 A. B. Hanna 15.00 Tri Kappa 10.00 D. C. Allen 5.00 W. V'. Brown 5.00 A. L. Gnodenough 10.00 Katherine Alvord 10.00 Genevieve Ames 10.00 Mrs. Gertrude Williamson 10.00 Heral d 10.00 T. E. Evans 5.00 C. C. Huestis 10.00 County Hospital Employees .. 15.00 Aaron Cooper 5.00 F. T. Carleton 10.00 Levi Marshall 5.00 W. W. Tucker 25.00 S. A. Hays 25.00 Mrs, T. L. Bunting 5.00 Miss Anna Huestis 5.00 Elks Lodge 50.00 G. B. Manhart 5.00 Miss Emma Jones 5.00 Friend 5.00 Mrs. Mary A. Evans 55.00 Charles Boatright 2.00 Edward Bartlett 20.00 Putnam Electric Co 10.00 Mrs, J. P, D. John 5.00 Lueteke Bros 10.00 Grade Teachers Club 10.00 | James S. Albin 5.03
DEVELOPMENT N ASSAULT CASE
THEFT OF 18 CARS ADMITTED
BY YOUTH
OFFICERS STILL WORKING IN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE MAN WHO ATTACKED COLORED GIRL BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE HIM—CONDITION OF MRS ADKINS IS SATISFAC-
TORY
Although the officers have beeen worklnfg untiringly In their attempt j to find the negro, who Sunday night assaulted Mrs. Mary Adkins, age 65, ! cook at the Alpha Phi sorority house
no arrests have been made.
The officers believe, however, that if they could find the colored man | who attempted to attack Evelyn Due. a colored girl, who escaped from him shortly before the attack ; on Mrs. Adkins, they would have the
right man.
However, this man. who had been in Greencastle only a few weeks, has dissapeared and the officers can find no trace of him. The condition of Mrs. Adkins, who was taken to the home of her daughter. 4 miles east of town, Is satisfactory. Further than the severe nervous shock. Mrs. Adkins suffered no serious injury.
BRAZIL. Ind.. Sept. 18.—Harold Stnghause, 16 years old of Canton. O., a 1 . ! Vernon B. Jones, 17; Samuel DeMaria, 16 and George Granger, 16. ail of Cleveland, O.. confessed to various automobile thefts and other depredations when arraign^ In the Circuit court yesterday on a charge
of automobile banditry.
The boys were arrested here Aug. 24 when they stole a Nash touring i ar belonging to Supt. Keller of the city schools. They escaped from the Boy’s Observation school at Columbus, Ohio., Aug. 22. stole a Dodge I touring car from a garage and drove ! to this city. They also rifled several | car* parked on the street, stealing a w oman's Jacket and a pocket book j containing a watch and skeleton j key. On their way here they stopped at a wayside store, broke in with a skeleton key and stole some cakes, I candy, tobacco and cigars. Later | they ran out of gasoline and were i lucky enough to find a gasoline i truck parked on the road from ^ which they helped themselves. They were about out of gasoline when they arrived here and said they stole Prof. Keller's car to get more gas. Singhause. who is the ringleader of the gang, admitted stealing eighteen automobiles at Cleveland, but asserted he always abandoned them after riding around a few- hours. Jones testified that Singhause had told him he sold four of the
stolen cars for $100.
BODY OF JOHN HASKELL BURIED HERE WEDNESDAY
Among the local peole who attend ed the big Old Baptists association meeting this week at Sullivan. Ills., are Elder Lawrence At hey of Greencastle, Ivan Huffman of Washington township. Mrs. Alva Baumunk of Washington township, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Job of Cloverdale Town--hip; Elder Ar&stus Reeves of Lena and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dauber: y
of Lena.
The body of John Eddy (Hub) * Haskell. DePauw graduate In the class of '97, a former Greencastle ■ resident and for several years a pop I ular DePauw Athlete, was brought I to Greencastle Wednesday afternoon I from Chicago for burial In Forest
i Hill Cemetery.
Following his graduation from De Pauw, Mr. Haskett studied medicine and following his completion of his medical course took up the practice of medicine In Chicago. John Haskell, or “Hub" Haskell, as he was more popularly known by his many friends here, played first base on the DePauw baseball team during his
college career.
Dr. Haskell's death followed a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Haskell formerly, was Miss Estelle Baldwin, of .darion, Indiana, also u graduate of DoFau University.