Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 August 1919 — Page 2

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MANY ARE MADE HOMELESS IN CHICAGO EIRE

V licago, A 'gust 2.—Scores of fum:ies were rru.de homeless early today • y half a dozen fires which broke out in a six-block area west of the stockyards and inhabited chiefly by foreigners. Squads of police sent to the fires, pronounced by firemen as of incendiary origin, found it impossible to control the crowds, and several companies of militia were ordered to the quarter, in which frame structures pedominate. The presence of militia led to many rumors of ranewal of the recent race disturbances and of incendiarism growing out of that trouble. Police ■flicials, however, said that these were probably baseless. One woman reported the loss of her three children, but it was thought that they had escaped from the house and had been lost in the crowds that flocked to the scene. Firemen carried a number of small children from the rapidly burning frame houses. There was no known loss of life. According to Fire Marshal O'Connor, nearly 100 homes were destroyed and 3,000 persons were made homeless by the fire.

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FOREST HILL C EMETERY.

COMMERCIAL (LIB DIRECTOR RESIGNS Fred Hixon resigned Monday ns on* of the directors of the Commercial Club. Mr. Hixon handed in '.is resignation to the secretary of the club Monday evening at the monthly meeting of the organization in the Commercial Club 400ms His res. gnaticn comes as a result of his rer o- mg to Indianapolis within a few weeks. He has been a member of the board of directors since January 1 and has served in this ''apaci'y efficiently. The remaining fourteen directors of the Commercial Club are as follows: Charles MeGnughey, C. H. Barnaby, C. C. Gillen N. C O’Hair, A. G. Brown, W. M. Blanchard, E. B. Taylor. Ernest Stoner, Marshall Beck, Elmer Vancleave, E. L. Harris, S. J. Hazeiett, Frank Cannon and C.

F. Crawley.

Interments at Forest Hill cemetery in July, 1911*: Lloyd McGill, city, age 22 years— tuberculosis. Martha A. Day, Chicago Heights, 111., age 82 years—inhaling escaping gas. Charles E. Lenberry, Muncie, Ind., ape *>4 years—cancer of stomach. Ellen Mize, city, age 56 years—paralysis. Maurice A. Sharp, Pittsburg, Pa., age 24 years—appendicitis. Charles Houghland, Indianapolis, age 36 years—died of operation. Charles Whalen, city, age 3 years— diphtheria. Samuel Cayhill, Martinsville, Ind., age 57 years—typhoid fever. Jeremiah Stewart, Putnam county, age 69—chronic nephritis. S. Eugene Whiteside, city, age 27 years—typhoid fever. C. Y. MATHES, Supt.

B. & H. SHOE STORE IS SOLD TO LOCAL MEN

Harry W. Moore, county clerk, and Paul Cook, son of John Cook,'who has been associated with his father n the hardware business since his return from arfny service, have purchased of Charley Broadstreet and Mrs. Charles Hoagland the Broad--treet & Hoagland shoe store, until recently managed by the late Charley Hoagland. The new proprietors will take possession of the store about August 15. Mr. Broadstreet, one of the partners !n the B. & H. store, has never devoted much of his time to the business, leaving the management of it to his partner. Because of his other interests he could not devote much time to the store and upon the death of his partner he decided to sell the store. Both Mr. Moore and Mr. Cook, the new propietors, are prominent young business men and their entrance into the retail shoe business will be an addition to the business circles of the city. iMr. Cook, who for many years was employed at the Hub clothing and shoe store; is thoroughly familiar with the shoe business. Mr. Moore who is now serving his second term as county clerk, has a large acquaint ance in the county and is well fitted to enter into the retail business. He will not devote a great amount of his time to the shoe business until the ex piration of his term as county clerk at which time he expects to devote his entire time to the shoe business. The new firm will be known as Moore & Coqk. Mr. Cook will be the manager of the store, n SEVENTH FIRE IN EIGHT DAYS DESTROYS \ BARN

The seventh fire within the past e ght days occurred in Greencastle occurred Sunday morning about 2 o’clock when the barn and chicken house owned by Geoige Murphy just north across the Morion tracks fron Barnaby’s mill burned to the ground Two hundred frying chickens which were in the chicken house adjoining the barn were burned. The fire department was delayed getting to the rrlaze owing to the wrong place being telephoned to the department. The first alarm was given for the Big Four station.

Sergt. Hubert MeAninch is in Greencastle vieiting his aunt, Mrs. Lee Peters. Sergt. Me An inch is on his way from Newport News, Va., to his home in Bloomington. He has been discharged from military service. Sergt. MeAninch formerly resided in Putnamville with his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Claire Bittles and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Moore have returned to their homes in Indianapolis after a short visit here. Miss Esther Jackson has gone to Bloomington, 111., where she has accepted a position in t department

store.

The citv marshall, night policeman and sheriff were called at near 1C o’clock Friday night to the home of Arthur F. Walker in South Greencastle hy telephone messages asking for protection. When they reached the Walker home they found a badly scared bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Harman, who had come to Greencastle from Indianapolis. Upon their arrival here they received a telephone message that John Huntington, father of the bride, who had objected to the marriage, was on their track and that he had threatened to kill them. The officers quieted the people and advised them to go to bed. At 7 o’clock this morning the irate father had not made his appearance. BOMB iVHECKS LAWLER HOME. Los A igeleu, August 4.—A bomb explosion whicn wrecked the home of Oscar Lawler, former assistant United States district attorney, early Sunday morning, is said by the police to have been the result of a desire for revenge by a group of dynamiters whom Lawler prosecuted several years ago in Indianapolis. Mr. Lawler was seriously burned in the fire which followed the explosion, but physicians say he has a chance of recovery. Mrs. Lawler also was badly burned. A reward of $5,009 for the arrest and conviction of perpetrators of the bomb outrage has been offered by the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association, and Mayo Snyder announced that he would ask the city council to offer an additional $1,000 reward. Half of Body Burned.. Deep burns covered nearly half o' the area of Mr. Lawler's body, chiefly on the upper part. Mrs. Lawler’s burns were of a secondary nature, but he sufferings were increased by a fracture of the clavicle, suffered it is believed when her husband dropped her fainting from the second story of their burning home. Awakened shortly before 3 o’clock Sunday morning by a terrific explosion immediately below the secondstory porch where they were sleep ing, and seeing the home enveloped in flames, Mr. and Mrs. Lawler attempted to reach another sleeping porc’i to rescue their five-year-old son, Oscar Jr., and his nurse. Two other Lawler children, Charles and Jane, were visiting at the ranch of Dan Murphy, at Pebbly Beach. When they were cut off by fire, Mrs. Lawler fainted. Her husband took her in his arms and carried her though the flames to a window and lowered her body to an awning which covered a window on the ground floor. From the awning she fell to the ground. Mr. Lawler then jumped, striking his head on the steps. Auto Heard. The boy and his nurse were rescued uninjured. Neighbors told of having seen several men near the Lawler home Friday night; of hearing footsteps shortly before the explosion; of seeing « man dressed in gray a number of times in front of the house, and of a speeding automobile immediately after the explosion. contracts for five BRIDGES LET TODAY

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job and were awarded the contract. The several bridges and bids are as follows: Mel Sutherlin bridge, Floyd Tp.— no bid. , R. Hillis, Floyd Tp.— Hubbard & Eads $1,048 Sweet & O'Hair $1,149 F. Alice—Jefferson Twp.— Sweet & O’Hair $590 John MeCammaek, Jefferson Tp.— Sweet & O’Hair $700 Union Chapel, Clinton Twp.— Sweet & O’Hair $2,425 C. E. Horn, Jefferson Twp.— Sweet 1 PHalr $275 The petition of Robert F. Robinson and others for the vacation of a highway in Marion township was denied, the viewers reporting the road not to be of public utility. The National Highway Markers Association was given permission to mark the Putnam county highways with permanent markers. A report of the county board of charity on the condition of the county farm was submitted. The report stated that the county home was found to be fairly clean except the bath-room. It showed that there are tw’enty men and ten women inmates; that the superintendent has seventyfive hogs, nine cows and 100 chickens and recommends new floor coverings for several rooms.

FRIDAY AUGUST 8. 1919

PLANT '.ATE CROPS NOW TO GET MOST OFF GARDEN

Indiana for the securing of better at-, “Well, it is a fact that the United tendance to the religious services of ’ States gets nothing under the reparath church. tion c ,auses .” suggesed Senator John- _____ son Republican, of California, deciI sively and all knowingly.

i "We do get something.” Baruch re-

POLIT1CAL GOSSIP plied. “We help put 130,000,000 peoFKOM WASHING I ON p i e ^ek on their feet. We aid in re- ! i storing the stability of financial con-

ditions. Imagine the world being prosperous if those 130,000,000 people in the cential empires, right in the center of the world, are not prosper-

ous. We get that out of it.” The questioning by Johnson ended

there.

Too many gardener*have the habit of laying by their gardens in July and allowing the plot to grow weeds for the remainder of the season. There are many things that may be planted at this time that will produce good crops before freezing weather. The early vegetables help to keep the table supplied with good food during the summer, but it is the late crops that are of greatest value to store duing the winter or to can when cooler days make the kitchen work less arduous. Root crops should be planted by all means for fall use and winter storage. Short season varieties of beets and carrots as well as winter radishes may be sown now and the first of August fall turnips should be planted in any vacant nlace available, according to C. R. ’! or. of Purdue University.

Washington, August 4.—In every corner of the world during this heated period it appears that there is a pressing duty for some member to perform elsewhere than In Washing-

ton.

Representative Bland of Indiana is a member of one committee which is on its way to Europe “to investiftate.” Another committee is moving to the Pacific coast “to investigate." Still another committee has prbpared its plans for a trip to Alaska “to investigate.” Every place seems to be popular except Washington and the halls of

Congress.

Even among some of the Republican members there is joy that President Wilson halted the Republican leadership in the House and compelled abandonment of the* recess. There would be just about as much joy among these same Republicans if by some method the President could stop the “investigators” and compel them to return to Washington and investigate something in which the average human being is interested—

“the high cost of living.”

The President has been able usually to comprehend that which was demanded most by the public. He

AMERICAN BUFFALO ARE INCREASING

Agricultural Bill Passed by Congress Provides for Disposal of Surplus' to Public Institutions.

Provision is made in the current agricultural appropriation act for the Secretary of Agriculture to give buffalo to municipalities and public institutions *fYom any surplus which may exist in the herds now under the control of the department of agriculture. In order to aid in the propagation of the species the bill provides that animals may be lent to or exchanged with other owners of American bison. No piovision is made to give them to individuals, and only one mav be given to each municipality or public institution. This provision is made because of the surplus o* bulls in some of the department of

SAYS THE CHURCH MUST SOLVE RECONSTRveno Lafayette, Ind., August 24 the church which must solve the „• lem of reconstruction and le J '^ ment," declared Dr. L. R. Eckavlf 1 DePauw university, at the Metho' Episcopal camp meeting at R '! Ground last night. “We are t.’^ today, following the world \v; ir , n f'I new things, the new sciences, the J decision, the new won life, and lastly of the new reWg*' Everyone is standing within a world, a new era. We are not f a ^ this new life, nor are we standing , “We, as Christians, must think , the threshold; we are within it an , must conduct ourselves accordingly ' this period of reconstruction in economic relation, but we should n' confuse it with the new era. as it'only one phase of that great new ijf ' of today. What about your new rsM gion ? It is just this, an ethical f orc . a dynamic force in the community and it offers great hope. It must hatnew leadership, the new faith and th new hope. “Right thinking people ate se e i n that moral and spiritual must be lifted. The ehurc u-each. to the multitude. It has before it th challenge of a new period in history It faces new glory. This is uit th time to rest because of the new ,. tory, but it is a moment for real wn and thought. If the church lives 1 to its opportunities we shall -ee great human advance.”

Contracts for building five bridges in Putnam county were let Monday by the county commissioners, who met in regular monthly session. Although six bridges were advertised, bids were submitted on only five, no bid for the building of the Mel Sutherlin bridge in Floyd township being received. There was only one bidder on four of the bridges. Sweet & O’Hair being the contractors who had no competition. Hubbard & Eads, of Roaehdale, bid against Sweet & O'Hair on one

(O-OPERMTON NEEDED IV RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES “What the people of America need in their religious activities is co-op-eration,” said the Rev. L. D. Dodd of this city, Sunday evening, in the opening service of a fifteen-day revival which is being held in the Wesley church nine miles northeast of Greencastle. Harry Maxwell, who has charge of the music fo the revival, organized a choir Sunday evening and led the singing. The Rev. Dodd took for the subject of his evening sermon “Co-operation in the Work of the Lorod’s Kingdom.” He related the conditions of the primitive church and compared the t i-operation in those days to the lack of co-operation among the churches at the present time. The meetings will begin at 8:13 o’clock each evening.

agriculture’s buffalo herds, partlcu-

swereff the" demand"and immedlately larl y the one in the Wichita National got. results. And Senator Harry S. Forest Game Preserve, in Okla-

homa, and because the department :s nearing the ralization of the first stage in the preservation of the specie—the • acquisition of at least 1,000 head of buffalo by the government. There are approximately 7.000 buffalo in North America. Canada has something over 3,500, and the total number in the United States is-more thqn 3,000. This is about seven times the number in the United States in 1889, when the first buffalo census was taken. Individuals in the United States own approximately 2,000 of the total number in this country. There are eight government herds, six of which are under control of the department of agriculture. The largest herd in this country is in charge of the Interior Department and is located in the Yellowstone National Park, where there are about 450 bison. The Smithsonian Institution now has a herd of eighteen at the National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. | The first herd of buffalo under the department of agriculture was established in 1906 on the Wichita National Forest*and Game Preserve. The original herd consisted of fifteen animals, the gift of the New York Zoological Society, and this has now increased to more than 100 animals Without any outside additions. Two herds have been established in the past year, one in Sullys Hill Park, North Dakota; the other in the Pisgah National Game Preserve, North Carolina. The other herds supervised by the department of agriculture are

BRICK CH ViPKL HOME COMING A BIG EVENT

The “Home Coming Day” celebrated by the members of the Brick Chapel M. E. church Sunday was a great day for the members and former pastors of the church. The afternoon service was especially fitting for such a day. Two fomer pastors, the Rev. H. D. Dick of Highland Park, 111., and the Rev. C. W. Jeffras, of Boston, Mnss„ were present and in short, well-worded speeches expressed their thanks to the people of Brick Chapel for what they have meant to them and that the memories of their pastorship in this church are among their dearest memories. Although all the former pastors had been invited to attend the home-coming, these two were the only preachers who could make arrangements to be there. Letters were read from three former pastors, the Rev. Joe Green of South Bend, Ind.; the Rev. J. F. Godwin of Jamestown, Ind., and the Rev. G. F. Reedy, of Kewanu, Ind. The pastor, the Rev. F. O. Fraley of this city was apt in his remarks and proved a pleasing host to the

former pastors.

The music of the afteiWoon was a feature of the day. Harry (Maxwell led the audience in congregational singing and sang several sc Jos. The Rev. Edgar L. Williams of Indianapolis, executive secretary of the Indiana federation of churches, spoke bifly during the afternoon services on “Church and Sunday School Observance.” He said: “There a*? 63,000,000 American people who do not attend either Sunday school or church services on Sunday.” The Rev. Williams is now conducting campaigns in

New of Indiana therefore contends he is the greatest politician in the world. It is not to be denied now that the President did get in touch with public sentiment on the high cost of living much quicker than did the Republican leadership. In these columns more than threee \r’ek s ago it was pointed ■nt that the hifh cos' of living was to become one < f the most important, -objects v »c 0 r3 Congress. It ought to have been evident then in the Congressional halls as it is now. Letters were pouring into the offices of mem-, hers of Congress and they were being ignored. Congress was disposed to avoid the question. The leaders feared they might be required to perform some task which would be dangerous to their political ambitions. It was far better, they contended, to do nothing and see if the situation would not correct itself Then the President returned and he had hardly cleared his desk of old business when he sensed a public demand for relief and also sensed a public duty. It did not take him long to act. The Republican leadership had forced a recess program in the House which would have taken them out of Washington for a month and permitted them to roam at will. They would have enjoyed themselves while the people continued to suffer without re-

lief.

The President’s action in calling upon the Republican leadership to keep Congress on the job has placed the Republicans in a had situation. They now have to admit they were • dodging or that they did not appreci- | ate the importance of this situation. | And if they did not appreciate it they | will have to admit they were ignoring the thousands of letters which cached the thousands of letters which reached reached they every day. If they did not appreciate it they were very poor appraisers of public opinion. The next step is before them. They must do something to assist the country in solving the problem. The President is going to help them. He intends to prepare specific recommendations. In the meantime he is having his executive departments afford what relief can be afforded through sale of surplus army foodstuffs and so on. Of course this program is temporary and the relief will be as temporary. It has been the cry of Congress for

MAYOR BARTLEY RESK.NS AS T. H. 1. E. AGE\ Announcement was made Mondaj of the resignatino of May Rape Bartley as agent of the T H. I. & E. in this city. Georg.’ Hill, who has been assistant agent for the pac year, has accepted the p. -ition began his duties Sunday morair.d Mayor Bartley has not anm .need h:s future business plans. Mi Bart.-y accepted the agency of the interuriiar. company when it first came : Grttn-i castle and has filled the place effiJ ciently for twelve years. -0County Agent R. S. routs, who for the past two years has served Putr u county as its agricutural advi-;i Monday morning handed hi- • si* .- tion to the county board of education, consisting of the township trustees and county superintendent . f educa-, tion. The resignation is to take effect September 1, or as soc thereafter as a successor to Mr. Font car e

secured.

Mr. Fouts, who has proven a iru-t efficient and satisfactory county agent, gives up his work ken? to join his brother, R, C. Fouts, in he management of a 367-acre farm in Tipt -

canoe county.

Together with his brother "id another partner he may also 1 -ge.: the real estate, farm loan i in: • ance business with office- in Craw fordivtlle, I-afayelte and G' ca-'. Details of this arrangement .ve •

been settled yet, however.

Elmer Stratton of the i .ng ’

located in the Montana National Bi- . ,

... , book store, is taking a Wee. - v.ca-

son Range; tne Niobrara Reservation, j .

Nebraska, and the Wind Cave Camel 1 ...

Preserve. South Dakota. The plan of, ,

the department is to establish at! ^ M ,*^ Franecs Luc.l e a

^ J«l.» K- Th,™,,™, m-tor, ! I* d to provot ,h, Sunday, in U» II

This action follows a petition of Dr. J. F. Gillespie and 529 others, more than 150 of the petitioners being residents of the county who live outside

two years and more pow that nothing j of Greencastle, asking that an elec-

contagious disease, should it become r'l.T , " , uncontrollable ,n any of the herds. j thp Thompgon families . PETITION FOR HOSP1T U, i ^“"l Mr »- Frank Gilmore mo-

tored to Terre Haute, Sunday.

H)R IHD ( <»l NTY 1 iM r , and Mrs. Henry Weinekc, Mrs. * | Lloyd Grose, of Elyria, O., who is visWhether Putnam county shall have I iting Mr. and Mrs. Wernekc ■ id Mi -

.1 county hospital will tie decided by | Alice Werneke, sister of H. 1 y Werthe voters of Putnam county who will) neke drove to Crawfordsville, Sunday, be called into a special election on I Mrs. George E. Black an 1 daughTuesday, September 30. j teri Miss Lois, spent the week end in

Indianapolis with friends.

Laura Hinton is taking a va.atii' from her work in the ofti 1 of thf

telephone company.

was permitted to be done in Congress until the President had spoken. Republican leaders charged that Congress was only a “rubber stamp.” Now when this most important question comes before the nation these same leaders are ready to quit work. They now demand that the President show them the way out of their trou-

tion be called to decide whether the county shall appropriate $75,000 for

the erection of the hospital.

The law provides that shall the majority of those casting votes on the question he in favor of a hospital the

money shall be appropriated.

Although only 200 names are required on sifeh a petition, Dr. Gilles-

ble. And the moment he makes a ‘ pi* had 630 names on the one pre-

hos-

recommendation there will be criti- i rented to the county commissioners cism - j this afternoon. There seems to be a

! strong sentiment in favor of Bernard M. Baruch, former chair- j Pita ' ^ Putnam count y-

man of the war industries board and .. 77, v..c ... later a member of the American ' , B Alb «ugh have ( Hillis, who reside on West Washing

peace conference delegation

Mr. and Ms. F. A. Hays and *«' Louis drove to Lafayette, Sun,lay, a" visited Mr. and Mrs. Frad II Born Sunday morning to Mr. Mrs. Paul Cherry, who resi.U on Anderson street, a son. They r.sve named the 8'/6-lh. boy Robert EugeneDr. Ralph Overstreet was ;n hulk*'

nupolis, Sunday.

The Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Jeff 1 *' and two children and (Miss Edith Youmer who is with the Rev. and MrsJeffras as a nurse for their children, left Monday for their home in Boston. Mass. While in Greencastle they hs'« been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy

returned to their home in Stamps, I ton street. T he Rev. Jeffras was pasAi k., after having visited the for-1 tor of the Brick Chapel M. E. churoh mo « r, r, Albert Albaugh, 1 for four years and was in Grce** 1 ** 1 •

being asked if it was not true that

America was to get nothing out of .

the reparations *>om Germany. He I 0 P < ^ ation to attend the “home coming" b f,|d a1

Brick Chapel, Sundfty.

Dr. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick left Stfn ' day afternoon for Clear Lake, lo^t, where he will be one of the fac j! ‘> members for the Iowa Methodist Ek

worth League Institute.

was being urgrd to admit that the reparation ideas were written into Jhe treaty by English representatives. He insisted such was not the

case.

for appendicitis. Mrs. Afbaugh’j con-

dition is i no paving.

Mr. and Mrs. A) Benner and son have gone to Rochester, Ind., where j they will spend a week or ten days at

| Luke Manitou.