Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 March 1921 — Page 2

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THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

FRIDAY MARCH 18.19 2 |

PRAISES WORK OF DEPUTIES IN CAPTURE OF GEORGE HURST

CITIZENS NOW CLAMORING FOR PAVED STREET

INDIANA STATE CAPITOL. Mar. 10 —Clever detective work by G. V. Richey and Toney George, deputystate fire marshals resulted today in H. H Friedley, state fire marshall ob. taining signed confessions from two men clearing up the mystery of a $60,000 fire at Crandall, Ind., on‘the morning of March 2. George L. Hurst farmer residing near Greencastle^ and Homer Spangler confessed to Mr Friedley that Hurst set the fire in an attempt tc avoid fulfillment of a con. tract with the owner of the store which was destroyed in the ficc The chase of the alleged criminals covered the entire southern part of the state and th e two deputy marshals traced the confessed incendiaries by following automobile tracks a part of the way from Harrison county to Putnam county. Word was received by Mr. Friedley March 2, that fire had destroyed the wareroom and store of C. H. Ash. worth and a number of other buildings at Crandall involving a loss of more than $60,000. Considering the case important Mr Friendley at once sent the t wo deputy marshals to the

scene.

Contract DiscIo- s ed

Investigators by the marshals dis. closed that Hurst had made a con. tract with Mr. Ashworth providing for the trade of Hurst’s farm near Greencastle for the store. The two men had agreed on a price for the farm and for the store and wareroom building anj made arrangements to hav e an inventory of the stock of the store Any difference was to be paid in cash or the stock of the store was J

to be reduced to the amount of the ! Mr Stout, “and for years we spent farm value. Both men put up a check all our money in street patching and

The story published in the Herald to the effect that the Cnamoer of Commerce was to throw its influence back of the improving of one of the streets of the city during the current year was evidently read with inter, est in many of the homes that evening and must hav e provoked a number of discussions. “Why don’t they get back of a mov e to improve Hanna street,” said one woman of a group gathered in a Hanna street home “Hanna street is the levelest street" in the city. It too, has many handsome homes. It is a natural boulevard between Bloom, ington street at the east and Jackson street at the west. It passes through the college properties and presents a beautiful vista to the visitors, in its showing of homes, gymnasium, and halls Hanna street is the logical street o n which to make a beauty spot

in the city."

“I did not realize the important position helj by Walnut street in the city’s makeup,” said one of a group of business men discussing the news, paper article,” until I read the story of the proposed improvement of that street. Walnut street has certainly a lot of features in the way of hotels, city building, library post office and high school; Walnut street i s surely one of our leading thorough fares and it would add much to the property and city to have paving on

such an important street.”

“I live on Walnut street” said E. W. Stout the Washington street harness man ” and I want to sign the petition to pave that street right away. “I used to live in Seymour” continued

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for $500 as a forfeit i n the event the provisions of the contract were not carried out, the marshals were informed. The fire marshals discovered, in looking over the scene .of the fire that some one had walked to the burned building from an automobile left about a mile away. A man named Me. Intosh was found who had seen two men in a stalled machine at the place the traces of the abandoned car were found. The deputies followed the tracks of the machine to Mitchell. Ob. taining more acurate descriptions of the two occupants of the car, tie marshalls followed the trail to Bed. f> rt' and Bloomington Seeing that tie trs : l was leading toward Greencm tie, the marshals visited Hurst at hij farm and both he anj Spangler gave statements to the marshals to the effect that they had been in Tippc enroe county near Lafayette on ’'t.e night of the fire. The marshalls however, were convinced that they ha 1 their men and made plans to surprise them. Officials at the scene o" the fire were notified to have Mr Me. It,tosh come to the office of Mr Fried-

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Identified Men Today the two alleged firebugs were brought to Indianapolis and con f-onted with Mr. McIntosh who identified -hem as the men he had see,, in :he -b-lied automobi'e near Cranda'l. The two men confessed the details of the alleged crime Th? confessions indicate that Hurst and Sp-ngler left the Putnam county fann foi Crandall in an automobile. 1 machine broke down near Oran. dali about 2 o’lock in the morning of March 2 and the two men started to walk to the town. Hurst carrying a can of coal oil Spangler maintains that he did not know what the object of the trip was until they arrived at the store building and Hurst threw the oil on the building and started the fire. The confession of Hurst, officials say indicates that the allege^ crime was committed because he did not wish to carry out the contracts of trade made with Mr. Ashworth. Hurst thought that by destroying the store and contents the deal would be off and he would not lose the $500 forfeit money. The sheriff an<j prosecuting attor. ney of Harriso n county were inform, ed of the confessions by long distance telephone. The two men were taken by deputy marshals to Corydon this afte-noon where they will be turned over to the county officials for arrest on charges of arson. Mr. Friedley in speaking of the case praised the work of Deputy Marshals Richey and Toney in tracing the al_ leged firebugs Records sho w that eight persons hav e been convicted for the crime of afson since Jan 1 as the result of the work of the departmeit. Other cases are pending in the courts

street scratching. Finally some bold citizens got through an ordinance to brick three or four blocks. Some expressed the fear that such action would break ’em up, but the paving went on. The next year there was voluntary petitions to pave many more blocks' and now Seymour has many miles of streets that are hard enough to meet modern traffic. The upkeep is scarcely nothing anj they have money left to keep up repairs on the non paved streets. That was twenty years ago, but on my last vis. it there a man told me that his Barrett law payments were not as much as the former repair bills.” Now his Barrett law payments are all made and he lives in the progress, ive part of the city with his property increased in value ten times more than his payments.”

In 1860 a Journey Between San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, Calif., Was an Event A poster advertising overland stage travel between San Antonio, Tex., and San Diego, Calif., .In 1860, has been found, which makes Interesting reading these days of fast and palatial rail accommodation. “Overland to the I’aclftc” Is the heading attracting public attention to the Hue. The poster calls attention to the fact that tills line has been in successful operation for three years, and will convey passengers “In new coaches drawn by six males over the entire length of our line, excepting the Colorado desert of 100 miles, which we cross on mule hack.” According to the advertisement coaches left semi-monthly from each end, trips being started on the 9th and 24th of the month a’t 8 a. m. Attention was called to the fact that an armed escort accompanied the coach “for the protection of the mails and the passengers through the Indian country.” It was stipulated that passengers were provided with food during the trip, except where the coach stopped at public houses enroute, when the passenger was expected to pay for Ills own meals. The fare between San Antonio and San Diego was $200, with less amounts charged between those stations and other points, such as Fort Clark, Tucson and El I’aso, while it was announced that the fare to Intermediate stations was 15 cents a mile.

GREENSBURG MAN TO BE NEW STATE DRY LAW AGENT

WASHINGTON, March 13—Bert Morgan of Greensburg, Ind , member of the Republican state committee from the Fourth district, will be the new prohibition enforcement officer of Indiana, succeeding Charles J. Orbi. son of Indianapolis. It is expected that he will take the place within a short while. There were a dozen candidiates for the job, including Carl Minton, attorney for the Anti.Saloon League, but Senators New and Wat. son have decided on Morgan, who has bee n an active member of the state committee for several years. The appointment is a tribute to Morgan and recognition of the party organization

ALLIES EXTEND ADVANCE LINES TO NEAR ESSEN

IS ENTHUSIASTIC

OVER THE HR

VOLCANIC FIRES IN ALASKA

EARTH SHOCKS PLAINLY FELT IN GREENCASTLE

Torrent of Molten San Devastated Everything in Its Path for Some Fifteen Miles. At a meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Robert F. Griggs described a fiery flood which occurred in Alaska, in the “Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.” Here he found traces of the flood of fire which, Issuing from a fissure in the earth, swept a roaring torrent of molten sand through the fertile valley, devastating all in its path for a distance of more than 15 miles. From thousands of fissures live steam, heated gas and smoke issued. One could do one's cooking in any of the smaller holes. And that was the only salvation of the expedition, for all fuel had been destroyed by the flood of fire. It Is only a few steps from the steaming fissures to a cave In the side of a glacier In order to have the mi>st perfect refrigeration in the world. The explorers’ tents were steam-heated, as It were, and the bathing conditions were of the best, for a stream from the glacier fed a crystal pure lake and lii the middle of the lake a steam Jet bubbled and it was possible to get any desired temperature.—Scientific American.

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LONDON, March 11.—Oberhausen

six miles east of Ruhrort and seven jINDIANAPOLIS miles northwest of Essen, has been DEALER GAINS 25

entered by the allies according to a Central News dispatch from Paris

Entry was made without incident.

AMSTERDAM, March 11.—Exports from the Rhineland to Holland have stopped altogether, says the Essen correspondent of the Rotterdam, sche Courrant, neither buyers nor sellers being willing to risk imposi.

tion of the allied tax levies.

LONDON, March 11.—Dr. Simons, the German foreign minister, and the other German envoys to the London conference have rceived a vote of confidence of the Germa n Cabinet and it is not considered that there is any danger of a governmental crisis; this despite the criticisms made at the sitting of the foreign affairs committee today, during which Hugo Stinnes, (the capitalist attacked in violent terms not only Dr. Simons but the entire cabint say s a dispatch to

the London Times from Berlin.

Herr Stinnes declared that the govmment was pursuing no definite or clear policy, and that it was suffering from an absolute lack of ideas. Dr. Simons is reported to have said that the German government has no immed iate intention of making fresh repara

tions proposals

FOR MORTGAGE EXEMPTIONS:— See Ola T. Ellis, County Recorder.

FOR SALE: Two Geldings, age 5 and 7—Weight 1400 lbs. These are good ones—Robert Scobee, Greencastle R No. 3—life miles east of Brick Chapel.

TAKING TANLAC !_ 0 — DS i

RESTORED

"Besides geting me up outTanlac has built me up thU pounds in weight ami l no „j well as if I had never been sic* in my life”, was the remarkable! ment made the otherd ay by 03, cum, of 434 E. Market St., Ini, olis, Ind., well known furnitur er at 1602 Roosevelt St * “I was down in bed flat 0 f and had been there for six W ,J fore I got hold of Tanlac. j J for over fivey ears with a iTI of stomach trouble, and it b^'J pletely gotten the uper hand,; I lived on milk toast cereals like hoping that thi> diet wo^j me, but I kept geting worse J time. I had such awful cran), pain 8 after eating that maty)

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MORTGAGE EXEMPTIONS See J B. Haris—Court House

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our appcecia. tion and thanks to all those who so kindly assisted us during the illr.css and at the death of our dear mother, Elizabeth Lagle. Also to the under, taker and to all who contributed the beautiful floral offerings Mr and Mrs. Grant Scott

An earthquake shock was plainly felt in Greencastle at near 6:15 o’clock thi s morning. The quake was believed by many to have been a heavy blast at one of the nearby stone quarries but as the management of each quarry stated that there was no blasts this morning, the people were of the opinion that they had felt a quake. Thi s belief was substantiated by reports from many parts of western Indiana and Easter n Illinois 'TERRE“HAUTE, Ind* Ma”rch~14.— Earth shocks were felt in numerous places in the western part of Indiana anj the eastern part of Illinois early today. As far as has been learned no persons were hurt and no damage was done The quake occurred in Terre Haute at 6:15 a m. It wag so distinct that many persons rushed from their beds candles on the altar of St Patrick’s Catholic church in the center of the city wer e knockej over and the con. gregation ra n to the street. Many of the guests at the Terre Haute House sought the street in their dressing gowns. I n numerous instances dishes were shaken off shelves in homes to the floor In Surrounding Cities RockviWe the county seat of Parke county, directly east of this city, felt a disturbance distinctly at the same time as Terre Haute, reports from there say. Following the shock, which shook houses there was a * rumbling quake, described by many persons in that place as similiar to a heavy automobile qr piece of machin. ery passing on the road. Two distinct shocks were felt about 6:15 at Brazil the county seat of Clay county. It was at first thought there that the shocks were due to heayy blasting in coal mines a bout Brazil but the rumbling feeling was not accompanies by any noise indicating they were earth- shocks Residents of Clinton in Vermillio n county were greatly alarmed at first fearing that there had been an explo. sion in a powder mill or coal mine. The city seemed to rock for from twenty five to thirty seconds

Be Square With Yourself. The habit of making excuses to yourself and accepting them will soon undermine your intellectual stamina and begin to sap your moral fiber. Be square with yourself at least. Tell yourself the truth, and take no excuses whatever. List your faults and your failures, and blame yourself for them. List your bad habits, and try to get rid of them. Admit that it was indolence that made you let n job go over till it was too late to do it, and bad temper and not bad health that made you peevish Vith people who had a right to expect cheerfulness and courtesy from you. Be your own severe but just judge. Make no excuses and take none. And you will soon find that you will need to make none, for you will have no derelictions to excuse.—John Blake in the Chicago Daily News.

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INDIANA WINS IN DEBATE AT DEPAUW FRIDAY NIGHT 0 Indiana University won from Purdue University in the debate held in MeHarry Hall Friday evening. The questio n debated is :Resolved: That waiving all questions as to Trans, portation the Federal Government should own and operate all the Coal Mines of the Unites States. (Constitutionally granted.) Professor F_ C. Tilden, R. W Pence W W Sweet, F. T. Carleton and W. W Carson were the judges and their vote was 3 for the negative and 2 for the affinmative Indiana’s negative team was composed of Clarence O’Dell Miller, Geo. rge Ellis Armstrong and Leonard Ashley. Purdue’3 affirmative team was composed of Miss Monelle Baker. William Jackson an ( | Robert Courtney. Dr. Gobin presided at the meeting.

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