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VOLUME 23
THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1928
THE HOME PAPER
SA Y! (By CHARLES J. ARHOLD)
TIip big battle between the East Washington street Tar Babies and
Concrete Mixers is now on.
PRETTY BAINBR1DGE GIRL KIDNAPPED
AMKKICANS Mil l. I LY
j EARHART PLANE HACK
This is the way I get it from sev-
eralGreencastlebasinetimen. Thosei PORTLAND. Me., Aug. 8 The who doses their placet on Wednesday monoplane Friendahip in whieh afternoon contend Uiat virtually all 1 Am, ' lln I' arhart and her companions ,| lP business houses close; those who! this country to England
-• • • - •' will be manned by an American crew
do not (lose assert that only a few of
them close.
lor a return lliirht to America, accord InK to information received here to- ! day. Donald Woodward, wealthy
HURRICANE DOES DAMAGE OF $5,11),ON)
I STOLE SILK FOR HIS OIRL; NOW HELD FOR MI RDER
av '. a STORM CENTERS OVER CITRUS
BELT OF FLORIDA—NO LOSS
OF LIFE REPORTED
EARLY TODAY
WEST COAST IS ISOLATED
BANDIT CLASH
Houses Unroofed, Trees and Shrubbery Uprooted And Wires Of Utilities Torn Down—
Railroad Also
Suffer
It is so hot these warm August days t j on enthusiast of Washington, D. (
that it is hard for me to “get going’ ; accompanied by ('apt. Harry Roger s on i line of "chatter” which will int-i () { the Rogers Air Line, sailed abroad crest you to the extent that I desire.J for the purpose of flying the Friend-
go Hither than bore you with any pro-1 ship back to America,
longed discussion of the political sit-; u .turn or the crop conditions, I shall' ^ impose upon you a limerick poem whc h sprang into existence last even rng. while out in my automobile with
my family taking our regular even-1 |M Mil AIlAr'llA mg “cooling out". It goes something Hi 11 I L /A I\ /l ll U /1 S SSs&SsfATAL TO MARINE
big boy tiien ■ • a -r ' j the state after causing damage <m |
namC |0NE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS J the Kn-t « - . timated at j
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SHARP} ()00 ' the hurricane which In ’ oi ' BATTLE WITH NATIVES. RE-1 rava K' n K Florida for the pa-t two j
PORT REVEALS
HAMMOND, Ind., Aug. 8.—James House, .'!() years old, of Newark, N. J. who was sent to jail for stealing a bolt of silk so ho “could dress his Indiana Harbor girl like a butterfly,” stepped into the custody of two oftiret s from Newark today as he was re leased from the 1 Crown Point jail. He is charged with murder and was identified by the Last (liicago
police by his linger prints.
RUM RUNNER IS SHOT DOWN IN BARBECUE
j, WABASH VALLEY WINS The Wabash Valley Electric f’omJ pany baseball team won the summer j Twilight Ix*agiH‘ championship Wednesday evening by defeating the UpI towns, 12 to !l, in a game played on ^ McKeen Field. The Uptowns finished I second with the South End Trojans I finishing third. Six teams competed in the summer league games. The GREEN MILE BARBECUE AT *»n»e Wediu day INDIANAPOLIS SCENE OF SEC- ' of the ummer. OND FATAL SHOOTING i
EARLY TODAY
— '
JUANITA L1BKA HELD PRISONER FOR FIVE WEEKS
1,000 DIE IN ERUPTION OF Bit VOLCANO
MAN NAMED "SMITTY” SOUGHT
Two Girls Of Resort Held By Capital City PoIk e Three Other Girls Escape In Confusion
Who drove iris Ford 73 Re sure showed his nerve But he left out a curve
And the car landed up in a tree.
n, Mb ,11 «,„» gattor,,! ' But nowhm conld B- Boy b. found 1 »-«NS>-Ono Amor,can
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9.—(INS) —Terrence King, 27-year old alleged ninr runner, was shot and killed early
DISASTER OCCURS ON ISLAND OF! today at the Green Mill Harbccue, PALOEWEH OFF MALAY PEN- !Kor> east :tKth -treot.
the
days rapidly neared Tampa and Gulf coast towns early today. Rising winds of from forty to sev- I enty miles per hour were reported
INSULA. ACCORDING TO PORTS REACHING LONDON
RE-
Thry sure searched with care But they couldn’t find where The driver had lit on the ground. Then the folks pondered long, ‘ I
don’t See”
Said one "Where B— Boy can he |
So they gave up the search And all went to a church
And held the last rites for him. See! D B. Johnson is making "extensive" improvements in his business room at the comer of Jackson and Walnut streets. A carpenter was seen to enter the building early Tuesday morning and a short time later the resounding sound of a hammer vii iously striking a nail was heard to emit from the rooms formerly occupied by a painter and wall paper hanger An investigation by aji alert Huald representative unearthed the fait that a new floor was being laid in the room. Immediately all sorts of iois began to fly around. It was only a short time before I had learned from an “authentic” source that the room would be used as a public dam e hall. “No. No", quote I “It shall not be" for is not Mr- Johnson
LONDON. Aug. 9.—(INS)—One Ihousaml persona were reported kill-
from towns fifty miles east of Tam- an '* injured In a \iob nt crop pa. In that city gale warnings | ^ <m i' 1 , b , ‘ Volcano Hokatinda on the issued and shipping was held in the Island ol Paloeweh, oTT the Malay
Peninsula, according to a Central New Dispatch from Amsterdam thU
f afternoon quoting reports received
| but nearly all wire communication 'there from the Dutch East Indies. I was down. It was feared, howiNer,' The eruption, ncoordng to the (Yn- ! that the rich citrus orchard in the trn! News Dispatch message, was
fine was killed and three others seriously wounded in a sharp clash with native bandits on the hanks of a little stream sixty miles from Sokay, i harlior.
Capt. E. G. Howard, of Oakland, CaL, N ’o loss of life had been reporter! in charge of the marine detachments ! Irnnl tbe storm center early today,
here, revealed today.
A detachment of 48 marines commanded by Captain M. A. Edson, of
i Burlington, Vermont, was attacked by a large force of bandits while encamped on the banks of the stream, according to Howard. Fierce fighting followed in which 10 of the TtUndits
were killed.
The marines were greatly outnumbered but quiekly organized their forces and put the bandits to out. Nows of the encounter came when planes brought the wounded marines here for medical attention. Private Myer Stengle, of Hartford, Conn., was killed in action. The wounded marines are Private Thomas Paine, of Roxhury, Mass., Private Tussel Schoenlierger, of Fouth Charleston, West Virginia, nnd Private Melvin Mosier, of Topeka, Kansas. All three are expected to
recover.
Captain Edson sent word that he is now’ following the bandits. Planes were sent from here to assist him in
path of the tropical storm would b(
ruined.
Meanwhile towns of the lower east toast as far south as Palm Beach, engaged in removing the debris left in ! the wake of the hurricane, were warned by the weather bureau thuC another storm was sweeping in from I the sea. This new disturbance was believed to be centering about 100 miles southwest of Porto Rico ear., j this morning, and moving northwe-t or west northwest. Indications were that the so-on I storm would exceed its predecessor i in intensity, the weather bureau reported. Last night, however, it was of hut moderate intensity. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 9.—(INS) - South central Florida and the west coast were isolated today as the tropical disturbance that struck West Palm Beach and the east coast Tucs-
This was the same resort where on May 4, 192fi, Wilkinson Haag, promin ent local druggist was slain during a
holdup.
Today’s shooting was done by a man named “Smitty” for whom a vigorous hunt was under way police
said. He fled in a roadster.
Two barliecue girl and all the barbeem
TAKES TEAR GAS TOSUBDUEMAD KOKOMO M A N
FRED KEDORS HELD IN JAIL AT DANVILLE FOLLOWING ACCIDENT AT STILESVILLE HAS DISTINCT AVERSION TO CONFINEMENT— OFFICERS USE MORE AND MORE TEAR GAS
PUTNAM COUNTY GIRL TAKEN FROM ROOMING HOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS AND DRUGGED BEFORE AB- * DUCTION
FINALLY NOTIFIES RELATIVES
Charge Of Kidnapping Flared Against Russell Karnes of Capital City—Evades Police
DANVILLE, Ind„ Aug. 8. —It seems that Fred Kedors of Kokomo lias a distinct aversion to the Dan-
ville Jail.
The sheriff and his deputies haa to resort to tear gas a second time today
lo subdue Fred, who had wound up j demanded entertainers |three days of violent remonstrance at employes were Ibis confinement by setting fire to his
being questioned by police. The girl | bedclotlms.
entertainers, Miss Gladys DeVore, | Kedors was arrested Monday after
.'!0, a singer, and Miss Margie
Ford,!
22, a dancer, were held by police as
cmnpanied by a sei ie of terrific material witnesses under bonds of
earthquake shoeks. j $10,000 each.
Six villages were said to have been Police also were seeking three destroyed. I other girls who were said to have
A large section of tin seaboard was submerged and nine trading vessels
an accident, near Stilesville on the
were sunk. Tin quake threw up mighty waves whh h rolled shoreward leaving des11 net ion in their w ake.
PARENTS HEAR FROM DOW BOV
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Dow, parents of Julius Dow, who disappeared from his home Sunday, received two cards from him today. One was sent from Crawfortlsville and the other mailed from Chicago, lie stated that he was
National road and held on charges of transporting liquor and driving while!
intoxicated.
The prisoner first expressed his indignation when the sheriff attempted
been drinking with the slayer at the,,,, him in a cell. He put up such barbecue just before the shooting, j ;1 |, a t t ],. that it required the sheriff These three girls escaped on foot dur| ;md sev ,.ral deputies to subdue him. ing the confusion following the slay- y,.-(erday. when the sheriff went tn|
ing.
The table at which the slayer had been sitting with the missing three girls and where police charged ho had been joined from time to time by the two girl entertainers, was littered with cigaret stubs, ashes, empty bottles and several glasses containing whisky. Just above the table] hanging on the wall was a sign reading, “Positively no Intoxicating Li-
quor Allowed.”
The two girl entertainers wet* nr-
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9.—(INS) —Department of justice agents today launched a probe here into what they believed may develop into a statewide white slave ring, following an astounding story of abduction told by pri-tty 22-year old Miss Juanita Libka. The girl who graduated from a local business college on Jifly 111 advertised for a job as a booki kee|H'r and was “hired” by a man | who answered her advertisement. He
$200 rash bond, however,
and she drew the money from the hank. The next thing she knew she awoke with only 7. r > cents in an alleged resort at Louisville, Ky., ac-
cording to her story.
The girl telephoned her uncle at New Albany who went to the alleged resort but was told that she could not leave until she had paid her hoard bill. The uncle then got in touch with Louisville police and they got the girl
out of the alleged resort.
feed him Kedors attacked the officer| , U|( |
and the disturbance was not quelled until four shots of tear gas had been
let go In his d ll.
Undaunted by the failure of his previous efforts, this afternoon Fred conceived the happy idea of setting (fire to his bed clothes and promptly put it into execution. When the blaze was extinguished alter destroying the |bedding and most of Fred’s clothing, deputies placed blankets around his
INDIANA POIJS. Search for Bussell
August 9. — Karnes, Twenty-
Cleveland avenues, Beech
Grove , charged with kidnaping Miss Juanita Libka, 22 years old, of Bainbridgo, was launched yesterday b/ John G. Willis, Criminal court Inves-
tigator.
An affidavit based upon charges made by the young woman was filed Tuesday in Criminal court by Vinson II. Manifold, deputy prosecuting attorney. Believing that Karnes pos-
rested when police learned Uiey had
driven the slayer away in
-itdy Is a member of a gang operating
II and released two more charges of | ,„ Ilu ||. ma nl „j Kentucky. Mr. Maul-
a roadster, i'' ar k” 1 *
in the cell.
the head, shoulders and body of the tracking down the guerilla . It is be-' day and Wednesday hurled it *of n- ' all right and had a room to sleep in. that the -layer P n ed them to
The girls admitted this but explained
Jo it
Cive Union which frowns upon dam ing and other social evils. Other
rumors regarding the future use of I!:: lOHN BROWNING the evening that the hustling HER-,^''***" UIIVF II1 illlVI
AI.D reporter ascertained just why tin new floor was being laid in the' loom. It was just as the sun was tinV.ing in the west and the earth was wrapper in beautiful twilight, that Ihe reporting sleuth, who had been h 1 igmed to the job of learning the
lieved the marauders were remnants
of General Sandino’s forces.
DIES WEDNESDAY
cross the state toward the Gulf <>f | He did not say where he was going I at Ihe point of hi. gun. I hey said he
Mexico.
Scores of towns
but it is believed
the rich citrus j Michigan where
he is on ids way to i brother lives, lie
John Browning, age 04 years, died at the home of his brother, Kol>ert
^ Browning, 1015 south Indiana street,
Inith. mysteriously entered my office. Wednostay evening at O .'IO o’che k. Closing the door behind him. 'and after an illness of several month drawing his chair close to mine, he! Mr. Browning was born and had whispered: “1 have learned the | iq>cnt his life in Putnam County. Un truth.” Immediately alert I hastened til the last few years he was a farmhis answer. "Tell me all", said I. er. He wa» never married and has liv"Unburden your heart to me. What i cd for several years with his brother, is 1 hr solution?” "The old floor had He is also survived by another
lotted out," he whispered.
He is also survived
brother, Edwin of Travers, Allxula, Canada, and two sisters, Mrs. Marion
Well. Indiana street still is closed,, H''flm»n of Pasadena, CaL, and Mrs.
Rev. E. A. Sapp of Humansville, Mo. The funeral will 1h> held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Mt. Pleasant Church, with burial in the ceme-
tery nearby.
hut I understand from people living on the street that it is to be improv'd. Just when it will be improved, however, seems indefinite. In fact it whs reported about this time last year that the street was to be improved «nd I have learned that since that 1 lime it has been in the hands of a I (ontractor, who was supposed to im-j
prove it.
The Mayor and his official flock now have a new worry. A city park, Riven Greencastle by John Robe. But just what and how to do with it, is the question.
section were plunged in darkness last ; night when the 50 mile gale tore ] down power lines in an area of about ! 40 miles, from Winter Haven to Or- j ' lando. Winter Haven, Kissimmee, Orlando, Imke Wales and many other bine towns were in the oath of the storm, nnd the same damage that was done at Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce nnd other cities on the oast coast was done in the south central section and the west coast of the
state.
Houses were unroofed, trees and shruliliery uprooted, 'window’s broken, but the most damage was suffered by fruit growers and public utilities, such as railroads and power and wire companies. SPENCER BOY KILLED BY AUTO
took his Sunday.
parent’H car when he left
got out of the car at Fairfield and College avenues and they then returned to the scene of the shooting.
FIREMEN MAKE RUN
' ity firemen made their fire run in August when they were called to the Miller apartments at 204 south Vine ' tieet, at (i:;i0 o’clock Wednesday evening, when a eoal oil stove explod 1 d Damage was confined to the -'(.(»>. Ihe stove belonged to Mr. and Mrs. b rank Wampler.
CHEVROLET CAR BADLY DAMAGED
A now Chevrolet sedan owned by E. F. Cooper of Clinton township, was damaged Wednesday evening, when the machine went into the ditch near the Big Four railroad arch, north of town, and turned on its side. It was said u son, Harold, was driving the ear. The machine was ta^en to the Franklin Street Garage where it will be repaired. Two fenders, a wheel and other parts will have to be replaced.
There will be a meeting of the directors of the Putnam County ( redit Association Friday noon, at the i'ist National Bank.
SPENCER, Ind., Aug. 8.—“Now you can run across Ihe street and got me a piece of Ice.” gleefully sang little Joan Wright, 6 years old, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Wright to her brother Dickie, 7, this afternoon. And Dickie ran to the Ire wagon and to his death. A touring car driven by Irvin Arthur, farmer of north of Spen cor, was passing and Dickie ran directly In front of it and was killed instantly. The ear wheel passed over the lad's head crushing out life. Mr. Arthur was not held as the accident was termed unavoidable. Mr. Wright. Is cashier of the Spencer National Bank.
QUINCY PICNIC IS HELD TODAY
The annual Quincy picnic was held today at the picnic grounds at Quincy. Several from Greencastle an nually attend thi event—If It don’t rain. Today's program was marked by talks by Frank Dailey, Democratic candidate for Governor ot Indiana, Albert Stump, Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator and Harry G. Leslie, Republican nominee for Governor. A Band from Martinsville, a Ferris Wheel, a merry-go-round and other entertainment was ready for picnic H<mts today.
20 Years Ago IN GREENCASTLE
Then Fred gave up. Meanwhile several hundred curious persons who had gathered arbund the jail found sudden u " foi handkerchiefs when some of the gas fumes
escaped.
Authorities from Kokomo are expected here tomorrow to remove K( - dors to Kokomo for a sanity inquest.!
TWO WOMEN ARE
INJURED TODAY SMITH TO ATTEND
BRENNAN RITES
Mrs. Ilallie E. Foster nnd Miss
Jennie Harlow of Waynetown were both injured at 11:30 this morning when the coupi in which they were riding driven by Mrs. Foster overturn ed about two miles north Greencastle, on State Road 43. Mrs. Foster had a few minor cuts and w as badly bruised ! about the face, while Miss Harlow! suffered a broken arm. The left arm |
was broken In two places. Sli
From th* Fil*» tf THE HERALD SO Yttr, Age To-4ty
j ALBANY, N. Y„ Aug. 9-(INS)— | Governor Alfred F. Smith will leave j late today for Chicago where toniorI row he will attend the funeral of George E. Brennan, veteran Demo-
cratic leader of Illinois.
Following the funeral the Governor plans to immediately return to Al-
suffer-f 1 tany to put the final touches on the nnd head | s p ( , w j|] deliver August 22
Oscar Rowing, son of Thcmas Rowing, was badly hurt yesterday wv
a cave-in at a giavel pit, west of {home were returning to Waynetown
ed deep cuts on the face
from flying glass from the broken | ^hen he formally accepts the preal-
wlndshleld. . | dential nominal.
The accident oerurred when the car struck loose gravel and started to ‘kid and Mrs. Foster applied the brakes, causing the car to go off the road striking a cement culvert, and
turning over.
The steering wheel was broken off the windshield broken and thn front and one side of th<* car badly dam-
aged.
They had come to Greencastle to visit Mrs. Foster's sister. Mrs. Douglas Huffman and not finding her
town.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, possibly local thundershowers; continued warm.
Missel Adelia and Anna Feeley of Imdoga are visiting their unde, Art Jackson.
Miss Margaret Baker has as her guest, Miss Mae Slaughter of Dan-
ville, 111.
Charles Daggy reports a
yield of oats for this season. Twelve
acres yielded 540 bushel*.
The were brought to Dr. W. M. McGaughey’s office hy If. TV Trlem, a traveling salesman from Heron Lake, Minn., who was passing and saw the
accident.
Twenty-sevn young men received a st,!/ lecture from Judge James P. Hughes, this morning, for using the swimming pouJ at tho Country Club,
record without iM'i-mission. The youths were
caught on the Club grounds recently
hy dill* members.
The Governor nnd the late Democratic leader had been clos® friends
since 1920.
This will be tho second funeral Smith has attended sineo his nomination. The first was that of the 1B-year-old son of John J. Kaskoh chairman of the Democratic national committee who was killed in an automo-
bile accident in Maryland. THERMOMETER SETS RECORD
fold indicated that aid of Federal authorities might he asked. A vigil at Karnes' home Tuesday night was futile, hut Mr. Willis arrested a man who gave his name as John R. Duncan, 3717 Robson street who uas at the Karnes home, when he found several punehhoards In Dun can’s possession. His case was continued in Municipal court yesterday. Taken to Louisville Duncan declared Karnes had sent him to his home Tuesday night to ascertain what charges county authorities placed against him. Karnes was waiting at the Traction Terminal station, Duncan told Willis. lie did not give Ihe investigator the information until after Karnes was able to make
a get-away.
According to the story told hy the young woman, Karnes last mouth visited her at the East Washington si ret house at w hich she stayed la answer to an advertisement seeking employment as a stenographer. Miss Libka said she had just completed a course at a business college. Karnes, who is said to be a salesman for a rug company, employed (he girl, she told Mr. Manifold After she had been in his employ about five days he asked her to go riding with him in his automobile. Karnes took her to a barbecue stand and after she drank a soda there she became unconscious, she asserted. When she re gained consciousness she was in Louisville. She remained there five weeks before she was able to get iu touch with relatives in Indiana, sha declared. She said she was not at-
tacked.
Miss Libka is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Libka, who reside on a farm near Brainbridge.
The government thermometer set a new high mark for the summer here Wednesday when it ascended to 95 degrees above zero. The previous highest mark was 94 degrees. Greencastle residents suffered intensely of the heat Wednesday. A cooling shower at noon today gave temporary relief from the extreme heat.
The union service for Sunday even ing will he held at the Methodist Church at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. W. R. Hut cheson will give a talk on his recent trip around the world. Pictures will be shown and a very instructive ami interesting hour is promised those attending. It is urged that there be a large attendance. __ <