Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 December 1920 — Page 1
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rEGIT.AR DECEMBER DISTRIHUnON OF FUNDS IS MADE BY piTNAM COUNTY AUDITOR UAII-H KNOLL—AMOUNTS SEfi'RED BY EACH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
County Auditor Ralph Knoll ha? made the regular December distribution of moneys to the township trustees. The distribution of the moneys which are collected by taxes is made twice each vear. At this distribution the township trustees and city school treasurers received the following
amounts:
Taekson township $7_3S2.18 Franklin township 16 980 01 Russellville 1,509 76 Russell township 7 157 92 Roach.'ale 2,483.48
Clinton township ..... Monroe township Floyd township Marion township Oreencastle township Greencastle City Madison township .... 7. Hshimrton township Warren township .... Jefferson township . .. floverdale township . . , Cloverdnle town .... Mill Creek township_
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 17. 1920
7,345.09 12,028 14 . O.IS’? 79 13.834.35 . 1.002.72 42,31 *.71 . 3.507.81 . 7 373 70 . 4 426.33
, . 5,031.12
. 8 911.45
. 1.127.58 . 2,538 30 I
BODY OF ANDREW HAYS WILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON DECEMBER 18 According to a messapre received here on Tuesday by Mrs_ Mattie Hays, the body of Private Andrew Hays will arrive in New York, Saturday, December 18. The message stated that the body will be sent to Greencastle in care of the Hanna & Huffman Undertaking: firm, upon receipt of shipping instructions from Mrs Hays. The body will probably arrive in Greencastle in about ten days. The body of Mr. Hays will be the second one to be sent to Greencastle from the battle fields in France.
WHO WILL 8 NEST SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
LEGISLATORS IN SESSION IN INDIANAPOLIS ARE CONSIDER ING THE QUESTION OF WHO WILL HE THE SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —TENDENCY POINTS TOWARD M’CLl RE CANDIDACY—MUCH INTEREST TS BEING M ANIFEST ED
REM \RE THE LAST MINUTE Persons who do their shopping now instead of delaying until the proverbial '*last minute”, will get far better delivery service in addition to enjoying a much wider selection of articles according to Greencastle merchants. With only nine shopping days remain ng until Christmas merchants are laying more stress o n their slogan “Do your Christmas shoping now!” Merchants also point out that the morning is an ideal time for shopping.
LEAGUE VOTES 2-TEAR LIMIT w mmn
DE PAUW GOES OVER THE TOP IN RELIEF CAMPAIGN
DePauw went “over the top” in | the campaign for rolief of European | students according to figures made |
public at n oon today.
The student body raised $510.13 I where $300 was requested. The gift | of Student Council boosted the total |
COMMITTEE REPORT MODIFIED | t0 $600.13. BY ASSEMBLY TO TAKE FORM |
STREETS AHE UISCUSSED ST THE COUNCIL
OF RECOMMENDATION, SEVEN COUNTRIES OPPOSING—1\ S.
BLAMED FOR DELAY
GENEVA. Dec 14.—The limitation of armaments by the powers for the next two years by agreement among them was acted upon favorably today by the assembly of the League of Nations. The matter came up in the form of the report of the disarmament committee^ the limitations clause in which was amended to be merely a recommendation before the
report was adopted.
With respect to the limitations clause Leon Bourgeois made the reservation that France was obliged to
ELIEVE CAR ECU) FOR SCO
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I WHETHER REPAIRING OF THOROUGHFARES SH ALL CONTINUE OR BE POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING IS THE QUESTION ! SEWER STOPPAGES ALSO
ARE DISCUSSED
LENA
Mrs. C W. Parr an f | Emerson Parr
were in Greencastle Friday.
Mrs Lawrence Athey of Greencastle came Friday to visit her brother and ;ster Henry and Ida McFlroy. Miss Georgia Bettis of Clinton falls is the guest of Miss Sarah
Rowings this wek. — -
M s. George Rhinewalt Is the guest restore h"r a -maments that had been ... a i Thi* KMtrinm
Whether the repair of the Greeir
^ C" CTHi i'y castle streets by scarifying and then y I yL SC li | r, ‘ i - ut'd rolling^ shall be con
tinuod or whether it shall be discon"
o I tinned until spring was a question
which was debated at length at the ' ! meeting of the city council Tuesday
LOCAL OFFICERS WORKING ON IHEORY THAT SEVEN PASS ENGER CHALMERS AUTOMOBILE PURCHASED BY GREENCASTLE GARAGE MAN FOR FEW DO I. LARS WAS STOL-
EN
f Mrs. Nettie Newton and family
this week
Mrs C. W. Parr was in Brazil on
Monday.
Mrs. \V S. Canp and grand-daugh-ter Mary Frances Callahan returned home Saturday after a few days vis it with Mrs Marie Callahan. There will he a Christmas program Pven at the School House, Wednes 'V evening December 22. There will also be a Christmas promm given at the M Church Thursday evening, December 23.
Miss Hilda Varney, the University rgl who was accidentally shot by William P. Saokett. almost two w eeks a| T n . is now able to sit up each day. Varney’s recovery has been 'beedy and most encouraging to her
■fiends and physicians
I Several number by the Republic ouartette a Boston musical organization which is doing Lyceum work in '"'liana, was the entertainment at the Rotary Club luncheon at noo n today. quartette sang at the invitation I Harry Freeman, manager of the "’munity chautauqua. The guests the luncheon today were Edward Hunt of Indianapolis who was with ■ ’ Gautier, and Joe Adams of Htgnrt Ark , who was tfi* 1 guest
C. J. Arnold.
HePauw University wHl give its a long vacation this holiday ‘^on. Glasses will be dismissed on
riH, V afternoon, 1 * l11 not start
J »miary 4.
^ auw folks a seventeen day vacation. The eHy aphoQig however, will not
worn out by the war. The Belgium and Spanish delegations at the afternoon session, made similar reservations regarding the limitation of their armaments during the net two years. Notwithstanding the reservations. France, together with Brazil. Chili, Greece, Poland, Roumania and Ura guay voted against the limitations
clause.
Hjalmar Branting of Sweden pointed out that the reservation did not change the situation since a resolution on that subject was only, and could only be, a recommendation by the delegates voting therefor, who are not understood as committing their i governments. The decision that the first step for disarmament of the nations must be cautious and HeHHerate was made notwithstanding sharp criticisms by George Nicoll Barnes, the British labor leader, and Christian T^nge of Norway. Mr Barnes said there was “too much quibble and not enough pluck” in the decision to go slowly. The policy of the United States on this question was by more or less veiled allusions, invoked as one reason why general disarmament can not be boldly grappled with at this time Mr. Barnes said. H. A. L. Fisher 8f the British delegation referred to “nations with powerful arms and munition making facilities that are still outside the league.
A seven passenger Chalmers autc giobile, which now is at the Charley Knight Garage in this city, is believe ( | to be a stolen ear. The fact that Knight bought the car for $50 when it is worth near $500, is the grounds on which the officers base their belief The car was taken to the Knight garage last Friday night by a man who gave his name as Johnson. The frame of the machine w as broken and Knight told Johnson that the repair would cost near $100. The man then offered to sell the car to Knight for
fifty dollars.
The man told Knight his name was Johnson and that he lived at Parker. Indiana, a small town near Muncie. Knight immediately notified the offi cers of his purchase and the y tu , g an an investigation. So far they have been unable to locate Johnson or identify him as a Parker resident.
December 17 and again until Tuesday
This will give the De*
Greencastle was visited Monday night by a severe wind and rain storm For an hour or more the rain fell in torrents and the wind blew a gale. No great damage was done although many limbs were l,low n off of
death in auto accidents SHOW INCREASE FOR 1919
night.
During the post few weeks the city street committee has bee n having this work done and the results have been very gratifying. The street committee consisting of Roy Abrams, U. \. O’Daniel and O.sear Williams were instructed to use their best judgement, in this matter. Another question which was debated was the several recent sewer stoppages. The city has cleaned out several of these recently anj has found that newspapers and rags have been thrown into the sewer, causing the stoppages This is causing much trouble and as the law prohibits the putting of such materials in the sewer the people are warned to discontinue such practices. Unless the practices do stop the city will take legal action against the guilty ones. The fact that one family in Greencastle has,several members on the city pay roll and is drawing a lot of the city money was discussed. It is said that the members of this family have drawn over $60(1 recently It was suggested that they he cut off of the pay roll immediately but n° action on this was taken It is probable, however that a curb will be placed on the amount of nayroll money which goes to this family in the future.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec, 14.—
Live interest in the speakership contest of the House of Representatives was manifested last evening following the arrival of fifty or more of the Republican members of the Gen oral Assembly who comprised tht advance guar,) of the solons gather
ing here in conference today. Candidates aspiring to wield the
gavel circulated among their col’ leagues and numerous iippromptu conferences were held in different corners of the hotel lobbies. This is the first time since the election that there has been any assembly of the legislators. Consequently the lobby conferences offered the initial opportunity for members to get their heads together and discuss the problems
ahead.
Friends of Representative Jacob D. MiP- nbergor of Muncie and Represent itive John F. McClure of Anderson, two of the half dozen candidates for speaker, were active in advancing their interests. Suporters of Miltonbergor were a hit uneasy about rumors which persisted that Governorolect Warren T. McCray favors McClure for sneaker. There were many inquiries about the Governor elect’s choice but there was no one present with authority to affirm or deny that he has expressed a preference. Mr. Miltenberger seems to have made progress with his candidacy, hut it is recognize,) that he would be much handicapped should the new Governor favor some one else. Choice Not Known However, if Mr McCray has a choice, that fact has not been communicated to the legislators, for it i> known that there are now as many of the Governor-elect’s friends in the Miltenberger ramp as there are in the McClure organization. One of the McCray preliminary district campaign managers, now a member of the House, was among those who expressed a preference for Miltenberger Friends of McClure however, professed to believe though they had no direct information, that the Governorelect would favor the Anderson man should legis’ators seek his opinion about the speakership
REPOST 8,000 SEALS SOLO IN CSUNIY
REPORTS GIVEN OUT THIS MORN ING BY MtlS. JAMES L. RANDEL WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE SALE OF RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 8.500 SEALS HAVE BEEN SOLD IN THE COUNTY—REPORTS ARE NOT YET COMPLETE
Approximately 8,o00 Rod Cross Christmas Seals have boon sold in this city and Putnam County. Mrs, James 1^ Randel .who has charge of the seals said said this morning that the sale would probably exceed this number as several persons assisting in the drive have not yet reported. The Red Cross Seal booths were all around town last Saturday and the High School and University girls in charge pushed the sales with enthusiasm and determination. At the present rate of success the local organization hope to sell the ten seals to each person in the city and county as planed at the beginning of the drive. There is approximately twenty two thousand people i n Putnam county, the sale of ten seals to each person would bring the total to near 220 000 seals and the amount to near $2,200 which would make Putnam County one of the banner counties in the
drive.
CHILDREN OF METHODIST CHILDREN’S HOME ARE GIVpN A GIFT OF $31 At a meeting of the Executive Board of the Methodist Children’s Home Monday evening. Rev. H. C. Clippinger presented the home with a gift of $31 which was donated by the R. O T. C. of the University through Sergeant Harris for the child
ren of the home.
The gift was most gratefully appreciated and proper acknowledgement was ordered sent to the donor? of the Board. The money will be used toward the comfort, happiness and welfare of the children
vivy schools however, will not •. idone i*"" until Wednesday, December trees and minor damage^ f ^ ""d will begin again on Monday i ■torm resulted m ,
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town boys vaca-*' iKht ,
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14,—Deaths from automobile accidents continued to show an increase during 1919 nith a total of 7,969 for the Census Bureau’s registraton area comprising about 80 per cent of the country s total population acording to statistics just completed by the census. The total includes 3,808 deaths in sixtysix of the larger cities of the country for which statistics were announced early this month and which total was not clearly indicated as representing the aggregation for those cities only. The deaths last year from automobile accidents showed an increase of 444 for 1913 ov<, r the total ° f 1918 in the registration area The rate per 100 000 population in that area has not’been compiled, hut the rate in the cities was placed at 14 I.
CENSUS COST $23 765 000: DEFICIT EXCEEDS $1,000,000
MARION TOWNSHIP MAN CHOSEN DEPl'TY SHERIFF Claude Coffin of Filmore has been chosen the deputy sheriff by sheriffelect Lawrence A. Sears, This announcement was made on Monday. Mr. Coffin is an ex-soldier and served overseas for more than a year. He is well known in Putnam County and his many friends are pleased over his appointment. DE PA! W ID PI N<> 1 RE DAME AND ILLINOIS TEAMS DePauw foot ball warriors will meet both Notre Dame and the University of Illinois during the 1921 season, acording to an announcement made here today by athletic direcor Buss of DePauw. Both games will be played away from home the Notre Dame game being scheduled for South Bend, on October 1 and the Illinois game »t Urbana on November 5, As usual the Wabash game will he played in Indianapolis, and November 19 is the date for the annual dash. Georgetown College will pl®y here October 29 and the Terre Haute State Normal here Septembr 24.
PUTNAMVILLE
Miss Elyn n Talkington is visiting ! her friend Miss Florence Ross at Bos-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 —Th e annual report of the Census Bureau, which was made public tonight by Director Rogers, estimates that the recent nation wide enumeration covering a period of three years ending June 30. last, cost $23,765,000. As only $22,550 000 was appropriated by Congress for the purpose the bureau will He required to ask Congress for a deficiency appropriation of $1,215,000. The cost of the field work for enumeration of population and agriculture. the report says, was approximately $9 345 000, which represents “a material increase as compared with
the cost in 1910.
I ton. Mass. Miss Lucille Hunter spent the week end with her parents at Greencastle. Tht Ladies Aid of the M. E, Church held an all day meeting last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Tilhurn Hepler. The teachers cf our community attended institute at Greencastle last
Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Alf Curtis, Mr. and Mrs Rollie Dobbs of New Maysville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. I Lawrence Perry Mr and Mrs. Fd Williams spent ; Sunday with C. E. Talkington and
1 family
GEORGE GIPP, NOTRE DAME HALF BACK DIED ON TUESDAY SOUTH BEND, Ind. December 14. —George Gipp, age twenty four, Notre Dame University’s great football player, who in the last football season was hailed by coaches and experts as one of the best halfbacks in the country, died in a hospital here at 3:23 a. m. today. He had been ill
for three weeks.
FRED W TUCKER ENLISTS IN THE 14th FIELD ARTILLERY
Fred W. Tucker of this city has enlisted for 3 years service with the Fourteenth Field Artillery of the U. S. Army He will be stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma.