Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 January 1919 — Page 2
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1919.
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THE HERALD-DEM0CRA1
RAINBOW BOYS ARE HAPPY LOT Esthel Stroutte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Stroube, formerly of this city but now residinf? in Indianapolis, who is with the Rainbow division in France, writes the following interesting letter to his parents: Sauel, Luxemburg Nov. 2, 1918. My Dear Mother: Notice the heading? At last all cen sorship regulations have been lifted and we can tell where we are, where we have been and in fact all about it. We have been in this little village for about a week resting after our long hike from near Sedan through Belgium to this place on our way into the land of the Hun. Everything is running along fine. Lonne and I are both well and eating these fine old Dutch home-cooked meals regularly. And believe me they are certainly finie after such a long siege of army grub. We have been on the front incessantly for ten months except for the few days when we were changing from our front to another and you know that when you are up there where the shells fall thick and fast (sometimes) there isn't a lot of chance to get anything but just what the army furnishes and you know that that is bound to get tiresome. I was over in the city of Luxemburg yesterday, and although it was a day early I celebrated my Thanksgiving there. We are only twenty kilos or about fifteen miles from there, so it doesn’t take long to get there and back. For that reason I went early and stayed late. Had the opportunity to get lots of candy, ice cream, cake and two real meals, not to say anything of all the sight-seeing. And the city of Luxemburg is certainly a swell place, or rather it seems so to us, for we haven’t been near civilization for so long. I got two or three good souvenirs and some views of the city. Will send them to you real soon. It would take too much time to tell you much about what the war has been like, but I saw plenty of it, for our division participated in every major operation of the first American army. .We were on the Lorraine front, then met the great attack of the Germans at Champagne, Chateau Thierry, and that big drive followed immediately afterward, then the blotting out of the St. Mihiel salient and finally about a month’s operation on the Verdun and Argonne forest fronts. Our battery fired its last shot at Sommerance, France, on November 2, 1918, but we followed the Dutch up to a little village named Harricourt, not so far from Sedan. We were there the day the armistice was signed and it was from there that we started on our long hike into Germany. It is generally known that the Americans are to occupy Coblenz, Germany, so I guess we will eventually be stationed in or around that city. Of course, there is the usual amount of “snow” that we are not going to Germany after all but that we have been relieved and are to go back to the States immediately. I hardly think so, though, after we have gotten so far on our way. Today’s London Daily Mail announces that it is the intention of the United States government to get about one-half of the American E. F. home immediate ly, but I don’t believe that we shall be a part of the contingent. I don’t mind staying over here now, though, as we are having the vest of every thing and are seeing lots of new and interesting things. Of course I would like to get home real soon, but if we tire back by the middle of next summer I shall be satisfied. I want to be back in time to loaf a little while and then enter school in the fall. Ft is raining today. We don’t mind that, though, as we are accustomed to it now, and besides we have real good billets to live in. Everyone is thankful that it is water and not shells. This has been quite a different Thanksgiving day from our last one. If you will remember, we had turkey and all that goes with it last year back at Camp de Coetquidan, but today for dinner we had roast beef, boiled potatoes and brown gravy, apple sauce, American white bread, butter and coffee with cream and sugar. It was certainly a good dinner and plenty of it, too. Everything was well cooked and I know that all the boys enjoyed it. For supper this evening we had red beans, tomatoes bread, butter and coffee with cream and sugar. Well, mother, it is getting rather late, so I will close hoping that this may find you and father well and that you have a Merry Christmas. Your loving son, ESTHEL.
| AIRPLANE SHOOTS OVER CITY AT TERRIFIC SPEED
Miss Dorothea Barnaby has returned to Chicago after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barnaby. Miss Barnaby is employed in a bank in Chicago.
Airplane speed was demonstrated late Friday afternoon by an aviator who, braving the snow and wintry weather, passed over Greencastle enroute from the aviation field near St. Louis to the Indianapolis speedway.
NEW SITE FOR REFORMATORY IS PROPOSED
Removal of the Indiana Reformatory now at Jeffersonville to a point near the center of the state was recommended last night by a commission appointed by Governor Goodrich on November 9 to consider the ad-
The machine, which was following the ! visability of relocating the institution.
In the commission’s report submitted to Governor Goodrich, it urged
Vandalia tracks, was checked by Yandalia railroad operators. The operator at Farrington, six miles west of Terre Haute, checked the machine as it passed over that station. It was checked again at Reelsville, then at
an appropriation of $500,000 to start the project of a new reformatory. The purchase of at least a 1,200-acre tract is recommended. In order to
Greencastle and at Indianapolis. The j lessen the expense of transporting aviator flew from Farrington to 1 prisoners to and from the institution Reelsville in eighteen minutes. The I the commission recommends that it trip from Farrington to Indianapolis, j be centrally located, but makes no a distance of seventy-eight miles, recommendations as to the county in was made in thirtv-eight minutes, ac- which it should be relocated.
Winfield Miller, Republican, a rep-resentative-elect from Indianapolis, acted as chairman of the commission. The other members were Senator Robert Bracken, Democrat, of Frank-
cording to the railroad checkers. When the plane passed over Green-
castle it sure was “going some.”
In speaking of the flight of the aviator who passed over Greencastle Friday afternoon, the Indianapolis Star
of Saturday morning says:
The first of three airplanes flying from Ellington Field, near Houston, Texas., to Detroit, Mich., to make maps of good landing places along j the course and to study the flying J
fort; George A. II. Shideler, superintendent of the reformatory; Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Richmond, and Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board of state charities.
A bill embodying the recommenda-
conditions'in'the country‘arriveil here tions of the commission was submit-
ted as a part of the report and will form the basis for consideration of
late yesterday afternoon from Belle-
ville, 111.
Lieut. E. H. Hill and Lieut. B. M.
the reformatory question by the legis-
Jones left Belleville at 1:15 p. m. and ! l“ture convening on January 9 arrived here at 3:16 p. m., fighting a There h as been some talk of build-
ing the new reformatory in Putnam
dense snowstorm during the entire flight of 230 miles. The flight was accomplished in one hour and thirty minutes. Two other machines start-
county. No county could be more centrally located than Putnam county and no county has better railroad
ed the flight from Scott Field, near facilities for handling the business of
such an institution. Another fact
Belleville, but turned back after about five minutes in the air, considering the flying condition too difficult to attempt the flight to Indianapolis. The aviators intended to land at the speedway, but were misled by information from Scott Field, where they were told the speedway was east of Indianapolis. The first landing was made at the Fair Grounds, and later the machine was taken to the speed-
way.
The fliers will wait in Indianapolis for the arrival of the other two machines, when the next leg of the journey to Dayton, O., will be made. The other two machines are piloted by Lieut. J. U. Wegener and Lieut. Lawson Henry, Lieut. Adams and Capt. Robinson. Data gained in this flight will be used by the government in its plan to have efficient information concerning all f|ying conditions in the United States. Lieut. Hill and Lieut. Jones are at the Hotel Lincoln.
which would be of advantage to the locating of the reformatory in this county is that it would be close to the state farm. As these two institutions have much business in common, their being located near each other would be a big advantage to each.
INJURED FARMER LYING IN FIELD, SAVED BY AIRMAN
WOUNDED PUTNAM COUNTY BOY IN EASTERN HOSPITAL
John H. James, attorney, has received a letter from Eddie Taylor, a Putnam county boy who went into the army with the first local draft contingent, written from Newport
News, where he is confined in a hos- j Rent hy tele P hon e to Haskett’s fam-
pital. Eddie landed in New York ;, y- ReIlef was sent to him - December 22. °
Bloomington, 111., Dec. 28.—James Haskett, a farmer of near Weldon, is a patient in a hospital here, recov-
ering from a fractured hip.
His experience was an extraordinary one. Driving over his farm in his automobile, he stopped the car to open the gate, leaving the engine running. While he was manipulating the gate the car struck him, breaking his hip. The accident occurred a considerable distance from the public road. Haskett lay for hours, calling
in vain and unable to move.
While he lay prostrate, waving an arm, hoping to attract attention, an airplane from Chanute field passed over and the observers saw him. There was no landing place available and the airplane descended at Weldon. The observers described the situation to residents and word was
Taylor suffered a shattered hip from machine gun fire several months ago. In his letter he states that his condition is not very encouraging. His surgeons do not give him much encouragement, he says. Taylor is very anxious to be transferred to the West Baden hospital so that he will be nearer home, and he probably will be transferred to that hospital soon.
NEGRO TROOPS ARRESTED: HELP SELVES TO DRINKS
HINDENBURG ARMY ON WAY TO BERLIN
Berlin, December 28.—Government troops renewed bombardment of the
royal palace yesterday morning, kill- j fled the
New Y’ork, Dec. 28. — Seventy-five negro soldiers, members of the quartermaster corps and the fifteenth infantry, are under heavy military guard at the army building in Brooklyn today after having looted several saloons and having started a nearriot last night. The saloon proprietors refused to serve the men in uniform, whereupon they helped them-
selves.
The police were called, but unable to cope with the situation they noti-
quartermaster department.
MISS BESSIE McCULLUUH DIES
ing several of the mutinous sailors | which sent military police. intrenched there. The defenders j 0
finally surrendered.
Field Marsha! von Hindenburg, with an army of loyal troops, is reported to be marching on Berlin to restore order. The Bolsheviki still control the former Socialist news-
paper Vorwaerts. o
METHODIST HOME CHILDREN ENJOY HAPPY ( HRISTMAS
The boys and girls of the Methodist Children’s Home were well remembered at Christmas time. A number of fraternities and sororities of the unversity entertained the boys and girls, fifty in number, with treab; of various kinds. A number of individual friends of the hon e in Greencastle sent apples, candies and or-
anges in abundance
Miss Bessie McCullough, age 28 years, daughter of Mr. ad Mrs. Otho McCullough, died Tuesday evening at her home southeast of Harmony, after several days’ illness of pneumonia. She is survived by her parents, five sisters ad four brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday after noon with burial in cemetery near the
home.
T OW \RD NANCE IS GIVEN PRESIDENCY BY ASSOCIATION
Edward Nance, proprietor of the Nance Creamery of Brazil, with branch house in this city, was honored recently by the Indiana Dairy Manufacturing Association by being
Miss Hazel 1 elected president of the organization.
O’Hair entertained all of the boys and | He will maintain a secretary at the girls at her beautiful cm ntry home | Indianapolis office of the association,
north of town Tuesday afternoon.
They were taken to her home in taxis. They enjoyed a most pleasant and happy afternoon. The boys and girls extend their many thanks to their kind friends and wish them all a happy New Year.
The organization looks after the interests of the allied dairy interests
Letters from Denny Curran, who has been quite ill of heart disease in the hospital at Camp Taylor, state that he is slowly improving.
THREE GREENCASTLE BOYS WARREN ONLY TOWNSHH*
OVERSTAY LEAVE FROM CAMP
Three Greencastle boys, who are Christmas roll call membership drive stationed at the Great Lakes training j “fell down” good and strong in Put-
institution devoted to industrial ami
TO GO OVER TOP chemical research for the purpose of
Indications are that the Red Cros* < *«ving thewaste incidental to man u '
station near Chicago, who were given furloughs to spend Christmas at home, were due back at the training station at noon Thursday. But the boys overstayed their leave of ab-
sence. But there is a reason. Ross Runyan, Orville Allen and Ed
nam county. Present returns show that Warren township is the only township in the county to turn in a 100 per cent membership quota. The object of the drive was to se- - ioo per cent membership in
each township in the county,, but
ward Coffman, the three boys, went to
the Monon station Thursday night to take the 1:54 train to Chicago. At 9:25 o’clock Friday morning the boys still were at the station. For the train due here at 1:54 a. m. was late. Yes, hours late. It was just 9:25 when the train finally got here. It is probable that the boys will have some explaining to do to their superior officers at the training station.
COUNTY AGENTS’ EFFORTS SAVE CATTLE
Through the co-operative efforts of the county agents in the southern and southwestern states this year hundreds of thousands of valuable cattle were saved. The great cattle ranges in western Texas suffered a severe drought in 1917. In 1918 the drought continued with increasing intensity. Two successive years with a limited amount of rainfall left the range practically barren, and the cattle roamed about them in a starving condition. But in the southeastern states conditions were different. There was abundance of feed and pasture and few cattle to utilize it. Through co-operation of the bureau of animal industry and the bureau of markets of the United States department of agriculture, county agents in Texas began to pet in touch with the county agents in the southeastern states where feed was plentiful and assisted farmers in regions of heavy crop production in marketing their crops.
CHATEAU THIERRY.
The following poem was sent to Mrs. H. C. Rudisell by Milton M. Bachelder, who is with the A. E. F. in France. On the road out of Chateau Thierry By the hill where w« halted the Hun. Near Suicide Lane and Death Valley, Where the boches’ retreat was begun, There’s an acre of crude little crosses Where we buried young Sergeant Monroe And a crowd of his comrade crusaders Whose names we never quite know. And some day that road will be teeming Wit*i pilgrims who venture to go To “humanity’s” holy of holies On the road by the Bois-de-Belleau. Some one will be looking for brothers, Others for father or son, Many for husband or sweetheart Or comrade who stayed with bis gun, God grant they come in the sunshine, While the spring flowers bloom on the grave, And may they be proud of our comrades And glad for the gift that they gave. A. E. F.
RIOTS RAGED IN BERLIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY
thirteen townships failed in their
Amsterdam, Dec. 28.—Czech troops have reached the border of Saxony and the government of Saxony has appealed to Berlin for aid to prevent any attempted invasion, according to information from Dresden today.
Paris, December 27.—Copies of the Vossiche Zeitung received here declare relations between Germany and Turkey have been severed. Gens, von Den Marken, von Bottner and Kraft von Delmensingen have been dismissed from the German army for plotting to restore the monarchy, it was reported from Berlin today.
endeavors. Joe Cromwell, chairman o fthe Warren township roll call committee, is to be congratulated, as are the people of Warren township, who responded nobly to the call. It is believed that the memberhip campaign this year will result in ot - taining only about one-half the memberships that were secured in the 191
drive.
Strong Mot
The Nation needs strong men and the right time to begin to build up strong manhood is during the growing period of childhood. Many mothers remember, with keen satisfaction, the days when
scons EMULSION
was one of the determining ( actors in building up the strength of their children. Scott's is a iource of nourishment and strength that ought never be overlooked by the mother of today who is anxious about her fast-growing boy or girL jeou a Uuwbc, BioewAcld, t*- /•
Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—The army is joining the revolting sailors in Berlin, according to a dispatch from the German capital received here today. The dispatch, sent Christmas night, said the government’s position was becom-
ing more dangerous.
The last dispatch from Berlin, filed Christmas morning, so far received
DEPAUW GRAD HEADS SCHOOL IN PITTSBURG After a year’s service in France, Col. Raymond F. Bacon, a son of the Rev. Charles E. Bacon, 2238 College avenue, Indianapolis, has been mustered out of service and has accepted the presidency of Mellon Institute of the University of Pittsburgh. Just a year ago today Col. Bacon sailed for France to become the head of all chemical and technical work of the American expeditionary forces. The work was of a most unusual character. The French government set aside a tract of land twenty-five miles square to be used by Col. Bacon and his force of 2,000 men in conducting experiments ranging from intensification of fuel for airplane motors to developing new gasses to be used in attacks on the Germans. In addition to manufacturing poison gas Col. Bacon also supplied the medical corps with antidotes for American soldiers who had 'been gassed either by gas waves or gas bombs. This work became increasingly important as the war progressed, as the percentage of gas shells thrown into the allied lines beepme higher and higher as time went by. New gases requires new antidotes, and as these had to be supplied promptly and in large quantities if lives were to be saved, this department assumed large proportions. Great improvement was also made in hand grenades. Col. Bacon has long been considered an authority in chemical research. About thirteen years ago he went at the request of the United States government to the Philippine Islands to investigate the “quinine plant” from which the natives claimed quinine could be obtained. His experiments proved that this claim was groundless, although the plant was found to have some of the tonic properties of quinine. While in the Philippines he wrote a book on “The Craters of Philippine Volcanoes” that has been accepted as authoritative on the subject. Makes Study of Petroleum. After four years in the Philippines
facture. Through its efforts a gre* saving has been made in the way 0 1 by-products and it has obtained thi support of some of the largest india trial plants in America that ha\. been benefited by researches made b,
its chemists.
Col. Bacon was born in Muncie aiy spent the greater part of his eat life in Indiana. He was educated the public schools of this state at wag graduated from DePauw Univn sity in 1900. He later obtained tk degree of Ph.D. at Chicago Univen ty. In his new work he will ha: about 100 chemists under his dire tion. His wife was Miss Edna Hit of Lafayette.—Indianapolis Star.
PREMIER AND PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE London, December 27. — Preside Wilson and Premier Lloyd Geort, leaders of the great English-speaki; nations, met at Buckingham palau this morning. At the close of the -conferee; which lasted an hour and a half, ■ impression was given that propt had been made'toward an avreeir* on important peace conference p; ^ liminaries. As the President, the: mier and Foreign Secretary Balk ■ came down the steps of th. p a ;; shortly after noon they were inlj' good humor. Luncheon in Downing Street. After luncheon with a number i British officials and political lea: in Downing street, the President t to continue the conference with L George and probably other merr of the war cabinet. Those invite the luncheon by the premier * Herbert Asquith, former premier leader of the opposition; Foreign retary Balfour, Chancellor BonarlJ’ Arthur Henderson and William i amson, labor leaders; Lord Reai ; ambassador to the United Viscount Grey, former foreign ss tary; the Marquis of Crew; Earl(.« zon, Viscount Bryce, Viscount Mi and John W. Davis, American ant sador to Great Britain. The President will meet other n^Jji bers of the war cabinet at the sHdinner tonight. Americans Call Early. Mr. Wilson was astir early and busy with his secretary. A nu» of Americans called and the dukt Connaught with Sir Richard Her* - visited the palace before the aro» | of the premier. A. J. Balfour, sr tary of state for foreign affi™ walked over from the foreign offic attend the conference between a Lloyd George and the President, f I o
COLDEST DAY
OF THE Vll
With the thermometer regist'l 17 degrees above zero this mon* Thursday was the coldest of the* ent winter season. And 17 -Irfl above zero is not cold. But I pared with the weather we have* having it is mighty different. ferent that it made most folk \ that winter—real, regular v r I was here and heavy wraps an-1 -Ij er bed clothing were pulled their hiding places in a hurry, 'J On Christmas day the temp reached a low point of twenty-tvB grees. Colder weather is prow in the near future, however, ware.
J. W. Raub, a Monroe county :fl| cr, is feeding out fifty-five
winter. At the conclusion of thel thirty days of the feeding p ri< I animals had gained 2.43 pounds on a ration of corn silage, r iverl oats straw and cottonsi I v While doing this thev had in value from 11c to 12c a ; uti;! in the thirty day period h 1 shB a profit of $218.67. 0 Miss Laura Davis of Peru il 1 for a visit with Mr. and Mrs.' J O’Hair. Mrs. O’Hair and Mi-s f
are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Davis of' napolis are here the sues'- - I Davis’ parents, Mr. and Mr-, i I
he returned to this country and ac-1 bitt. Mrs. Davis was formerly
cepted a fellowship at the University Ethel Hibbitt.
of Pittsburgh, where he devoted his Miss Effie Tomlinson, of time to the study of petroleum. A : Haute, ig here visiting Mr. ani
here, said both sides were claiming | little later a book appeared, of which William Stewart and family, victory, but that the government had be was a co-author with Prof. Hamor, Tomlinson is a sister of Mrs. St<|
announced officially that the revolt
was crushed.
The Alexander and Franzer regiments have mutinied and joined the rebels. Leaders of the revolutionists stated that the entire Berlin garrison
soon would join.
Marines from Kiel and Wilhelshaven are reported en route to Berlin to help the revolting strikers.
The condition of George Garrett,
entitled “The Petroleum Industry of
the United States."
Before America’s entrance into the war Col. Bacon submitted a gas mask of his own design to the war department at Washington. About u year later he found out that independently he had hit upon almost exactly the mask adopted by France and worn by the poilus in the front line trenches. Col. Bacon arrived in this country several weeks ago, and as soon as he j
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamrick gone to Geneva, 111., for a weeM with Mr. Hamrick’s sister, Mrs - Albin, and Mr. Atbin.
HINDENBURG ON Ot < I I’M
Reported as Saying H* 1 Welcome British Troops "’a
London. December 81.'—
shal von Hindenburg has teleiflfl
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taile ill for several day., i. reported j he w,„t to Pittoharph to ,„„m, tho| h ' WO “ l ' i ’" PPOrt Brl,, ^
to be better.
assume
duties of his new office. Mellon Institute, of which he is the head, is an
of Berlin, according to a patch to the Mail under date *'
urday.