Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 August 1919 — Page 2

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CHE HERALD-DEMOCRAT

POLITICAL GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON

WV.sfcjjjfton, D. C., August 23.— Fi.ilim' of tho Republican Congress to ennct any legislation providing substantial aid for discharged soldiers a< ’-be .-'.d.jeet of criticism by Rep. > ;enU:tire Scott Ferris of Oklahoma, hair man of the Democratic Congrcs--ional Committee and ranking Democratic member of rhe House Committi • on Puidic Lantir, in a statement

made today.

Mr. Ferris was particularly critical of the so-called Mondell nill because, s it is • o\v drawn, in his opinion, it v. ill provide aid for only a comparatively small number of service men, only tho-e willing to enter into the)

colonization measure is thus makes in State : v,

“I want to make it perfectly clear GREEXCASTLE MAN IS that the Mondell bill is not without | VICTIM OF BOLD ROBBER virtue, and doubtless will be of great! — value to the soldiers in certain see-] Mr. Newgent, who was the victim tions of the country. But my fear is i of a thief, is welt known to Greenthat it will not take care of a sufli-! castle and Putnam county people, eiently large number of soldiers to I having lived here several years ago really make it a soldiers’ bill at all, with his mother Mrs. John Newgent, and also it is not sufficiently wide in j on their farm in Clinton township. ope to do justice to all the soldier- He is also a cousin of Warren Newin all the States.” j gent of this city, in commenting on - | the robbery the Marion Leader-Trib-

une prints the following article: J. E. Newg: nt, an employe of the

j MacBeth-Evans glass factory and who San Diego, Cal., August 2d. — 'rooms at the home of J, M. Perry, American aviators and troopers, aid- ] H>10 South Washington street, was i 1 y Mexican troops, searched in the victim of a smooth thief Monday va:n today for Lieuts. F. li. Water- j afternoon, who went through the house and C. H. Connelly, army avia-'trunk in his room and besides securtoi s, who were last seen on Wednes-1 ing between $8 and .j;!) in money ear day, when they left Yuma, Ariz., on; ried away a gold watch, pair of gold a return trip to Rockwell Field, near| cutf.buttons, i-ilk shirt, two sHk tie:

St (H R BORDER IN SEARCH OF MISSING FLIERS

scheme the Mondtll i 1 ert ‘- intended to f -far, iindj'luty.

i,o provision for soldier.- searen ere such colonization jsj strip of land

They were on border patrol

feasible to acquire a home

and two pairs of silk socks. Mr. Newgent values his lost possessiot at more than $.»0. The loss wi s report-

ed to the police.

Monday while Mr. Ncwirent was at his work a young man applied nt the

is being made over a extending southward

| from the Mexican border and reaching approximately F,0 miles across

An alfc 1 tive plan should be in-1 from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of! Perry home for a room, and ha\ Ing a i n ii,,. i,;j| j,, ti;-' , .f on of California. A high mountain range spare one it was rented to him. He ... not;:.- members of ih > committee.i bisects it -north and south. All the claimed to know Mr. Newgent and that every soldier who reeds or do- j country is wild, extremely rugged, Uhls gave him good standing with the - govi:-imeutal aid ■; ; >uiri.." j sparsely inhabited and much of it is i W > Mr. and Ms's. Powers, a- Mr. 1 me may oi'tain it heavily timbered. I Newgent bus been with them for ••The American people at the No-| The airplanes from Rockwell Field] t ne time and enjojre their f

•

.' .in party with full <••• i.i of ■ I can territory and other patrols worked I A slv-rt time later the new ro -ner branches of Congress, f have | ou t on t ‘ as f ern s ' ( i e I wcn i ; aW! *Y and never did return. Mr.

been in s - : on for thvc • months. I mountains. Radio telephone and] Newgent They have signally failed to pass anyj telegraph services wer used in the legislation beneficial to the four mil-! search and were augmented by ear-

lion discharged soldier Ferris, who was chairm;

' said Mr. i fier pigeons.

ih lands committee in the ‘‘The House public lam h is had hearings on th and has reported it to

”he bill in its pr: ficiently wide in

last hon e. 5 i ommittce Tend ell bill the House,

sent form is not sufseope to benefit the

ART TE \CIII.R OF PFBLH' S( HOOES HANDS RESHiN VT10N TO S( HOOE HOARD

of the Id!

leaerv-

major portion

ing relief.

"The bill should contain a provi that all money appropriated for homes for soldiers should be cqui.a-j

iy appodoned among

discoverd his loss who > he

returned home, the new roomer having unlocked his trunk with a 1 y he probably obtained on his trip down town after lie had sired things up in the upstairs rooms of the Perry hone. Mr. -v : ■ cnt. while feeling the loss keenly, is more desirous of exposing this method for'dhc protection

Mi.-- I- ! >• s Brian, instructor in I of the public than recounting hi own

I •I'.t in the leal high school and ] loss.

j grades, has re igned. Miss Brian I Mr. Newgent came here from I was also art instructor in DePauw j Greencastle, where in bis boyhood I Univ" As ye? no one has hci • j days he was a chum of Rev. E. L. ! ny resign-:ion of Miss Bryan. She Day. He also knew Archie I’ri -c I had taught in the F.’gh school an I j when the latter clerked in a store in

I Greencastle.

he States nc-1 S la ' Jes onp > pru '

cording to the number of soldiers j making application and desirous of availing themselves of a home under The bill as it now lands docs not

do this.

“Ihe Morale!! bill as it now stands is a soldiers’ colonization bill. M? contention is that in states that nr well settled, with roads, school houses, churches, towns, rural routes and all modern facilities the proposed plan is not at all feasible, and will hr disappointing to the administrative officers as well a s those who are U

profit under it.

“An alternative plan should cer tainly be added to the bill, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior when the soldier plan is not feasible in any given state, or in a given section of the country, to make loam direct to individual former service men who desire to purchase homes ir. communities where they may wish to locate. This, of course, would add to the difficulties of administration; it would widen the scope of the bill, hut it would make it at all times perfectly certain that there was some relief to be offered the soldier who was unwilling to go out to the sparsely settled ■tates of the West or the cut-ovcr ands of the South that he might have within reach some relief in the acquirement of a home.” Democratic member of the com* mittee contend that without this alternative disappointment will result. Representative Ferris pointed out that in sections of the country where land ranges in price from SoO to $2i)0 per acre, plus ihe charges of administration which the soldier will have to pay, the colonization plan will

not he a success.

“It is not feasible,” .aid Mr. Ferris and the soldier will grow heartsick over the fact that relief is being granted to a few and denied to the many. I am not leaning on my own judgment in making these suggested amendments. They are already firmly entrenched in the minds of leaders in the House of Representatives and in the minds of the soldiers as well. “Secretary Lane has worked in season and out to get some legislation that would enable the country to do for the soldiers of this country what other countries are doing for theirs, and as I converse with soldiers on the subject and study the plan more and more I fee] perfectly sure the Mondell bill will first not be acceptable to the soldier, will not as it stands be acceptable to the House, and will If enacted benefit but few and leave the very great majority without any relief, without any help or recognition

of their services.

“Yet I am hopeful that the good things in this ball may be preserved whore susceptible of operation, but at the same time I am doubly anxious that proper amendments he added to make it acceptable and of sufficient scope to assure some affirmative assistance and re.cognition to the soldiers who served their country during the time of greatest stress.

■.nw** >*

I’EACE I’AC T TO BE j DEATH COMES TO PIONEER REROUTED IN WEEK | RESIDENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON Washington, August 23.—Speeding consideration of the peace treaty in Th" d- nth of Mrs. Sarah Jones, age thi h re of i porting it to the Senate I 80. wife f the late George Jone*, who before the cii 1 of next week, the for-! died several years ago, occurred Fri- »■! ::i n P committee changed its ' day afie; noon at near 3 o’clock at the plan for ; pubF • hearing today, and ’ home of her son, Alvah Jones, west of I repared to dispose of proposed i ( lover.talc. Death was due to gena.mendments and reservations ns rap- oral debility. Mrs. Jone-- was one of idly as possible. ' the aged pioneer residents of Putnam

Except for a hearing of the Egyptian case Monday, the commitee plans to work on the treaty without interruption until next Friday and members on both sides predict that by that time a report will be ready. Both Republican and Democratic leaders predict that the committee will adopt several amendments to the body of the treaty, but the Deomcrats assert that all of them will be voted

down in the Senate.

Big Shantung Opposition.

Among' the proposals which it is thought may be decided on shortly is one to strike out entirely the provision giving the Japanese control in Shantung province, China. On this

amendment both sides expect velop the greatest strength

Senate floor.

county, having come here from England a good many years ago. She hail resided on the farm ever since coming to this county. The funeral was held So'- lay morning at 11 o’clock Rev. T. J. Nixon of Cloverdale had charge of the services. <( ACCEPTS POSITION IN CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK

E. A. Browning, who sold his grocery store to J. F. Bailey of Anderson, Monday of this week, lias accepted a position as assistant cashier of the Central National Bank. Mr. Browning will fill the place made va-

to de-j rant by Halstead Selby, who recently n thej resign 'd from the bank to accept a

: position as salesman for the bond de-

Other amendments proposed cover j partment of the Fletcher American a wide range. Senator Fall, Rcpubli-I Company of Indianapolis, can. New Mexico, wishes to have no j Mr. Browning is well adapted to American representation on the varl-1 bank business, as lie was assis.ant ous reconstruction commissions deal-j cashier of the Central National Bank ing with European matters. Senator j from l!t(»4 to l!)Or). Before becoming Knox (Republican), Pennsylvania,! assistant cashier in l!t()4 Mr. Brownproposes th t the peace terms and the | ing was deputy treasurer of Putnam league of nations covenant be separ I county for four years, ater and the latter reserved for later Because of his wide acquaintance consideration. Senator Borah (Re-{with Putnam county people r. s the publican), Idaho, would defeat the 1 result of his county, hunk and grocery league covenant entirely by simply i business, he is a valuable man to the striking it out of the treaty. Amend-1 Central National Bank., Mr. Brownnients also are to be offered to the j jng wHl take up his new position Oc economic and labor sections. l tober 1. Mr. and Mrs. Browning will

Once in the Senate the treaty i* expected to be under debate for weeks bfore linal action, and committee members pointed out that a supplemental report might be filed should it be warranted by any hearings held after committee action has been ta-

ken.

MISS DKVANEY RESIGNS AS INSTRUCTOR IN THIRD W ARD I

take a vacation until October 1.

\DUITIONAL NAMES ON TEACHERS’ ROLL

Miss Ethel Pevaney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Devaney, who reside west of this city, has handed in her resignation to the school board as teacher of the second and third grades in the Third Ward. Miss DeVaney will go to Funnyside, Wash, where she has accepted a position as teacher of the second grade in the grade schools. The school board has secured Miss Ola Scott, formerly principal of the Fox Ridge school, to fill the vacancy made by Miss DeVnney. Min DcVaney has taught in the Greencnstie school two years, proving an able and well-liked instructor.

The following additional names have been added to the Teachers’ Institute roll; Bertha Blatchley Earl B. Sutherland Mamie Hollingsworth Maybelle Layman Goldie Sheets W. M. Goldsberry Gilbert Hall Ruth Hutcheson W’. R. Alice Mary Richards Ola B. Scott Florence Earlle Ida Adams. Etta Adams I.elia Pickett Lydia Williams C. T. Malan Ina Rogers Kathryn Allen

( ENTER MADISON

Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Cawthon, of Ini dianapolis. are the guests of Mr. and

*'■ * 0. T. Ellis

Lloyd Payne and sister spent Sunday with their uncle, Dallas Payne, at Lena. Mrs. Ella ( all visited Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Baysinger at Cordonia. Mrs. Walter Silverthorn and family returned to their home in Indianapolis after spending a week among friends and relatives. Mrs. John (juinlisk visited with her brother, Galvin King, Sunday. George Skelton and family of West Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. David Skelton visited John Skelton and family. Sunday. Miss Nellie Cantonwine of Harmony is visiting her brother, Claude Cantonwine. Harold Call is spending a few days in West Terre Haute.

Albert Leuteke, Harry Leuteke and) Mrs, A. W. Broudstreet - t*osrr»»*f liolso*. ...1. . I j l . ' . .. ...

visitii

Brevort Baker, who is here the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Will Wetz, motored to “The Shades” Saturday afternoon. Superintendent E. C. Dodson was in Indianapolis, Friday, on school busi-

ness.

Henry A. Flmmert and Clara Marshall, both of Crawfordsville, were united in marriage at the Presbyterian manse Saturday morning by the Rev. Victor L. Raphael. Glen Paris arrived in Greencastle, F riday evening, from his military service of twenty-six months In the army. He is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Fllla Paris, who resides in the south part of this city. Paris landed in New York from France on August 17, having been two years on F’rench

soil.

Miss J. Beatrice Evans has gone to Seattle, Wash.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mixon . fam ; t

in Indianapolis.

Howard Yunker, of Howe, Inik, visiting his Beta Phi brothers Greencastle. Yunker formerly ■ ;

tended DePauw.

Lieut. James Edward Ford, who D been two years in France, has r< turned to his home in Roachda^ Lieut. Ford formerly taught schoo Barnard. He was sent to Flurope "'it the first officers’ corps from Fort

jamin Harrison.

Milton Britton, of near RoachfF * is now confined in the court house j* awaiting removal either to the sbit insane asylum or the county house. James F'. Grantham and famr.v »' tended the Brown reunion at the iiom of Mrs. Grantham’s brother, RoD Glidewcll, near Greencastle. Sutu a >

—Ladoga Leader.