Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 April 1921 — Page 3

A y, APRIL 29, 1921

THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT. GRELNCASTLE, INDIANA

u TO MAKE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION -o-

ARE THEY KIDDING

has been

made by Leslie M.

be awarded more

will

in ouncement

uW University that

, 0 f Washington^ D C., wift dethe 1921 commencement address. Shaw served as secretary of the urv under President RooseveH mmencement at DePauw will be e k later than heretofore due to e opening. Commencement exerwiU he held Wednesday, June

Degrees will 100 persons.

mmencement festivities

Saturday evening, June 11 with flcal concert in Meharry Hall by ISchool of Music students under irection of Dean Robert G. Mc*

Sunday morning in Me-

• hall, Dr George R. Grose, presi will deliver the baccalaureate

Monday will be senior day,

lass play “ In Walker Jimmie,” be presented. Tuesday will be mi day and the alumni chapel day morning'will be a feature, ^following classes will hold re* f this year: ’56, ’61, ’66, ’76, ’81,

kl, ’96, ’01, ’06, ’ll and ’16

C Sunday afternoon vesper serv* jpeaker has 'not been chosen.

are being made to entertain

Jpeds of alumni.

^ss

a TO BE RETURNED TO STATE FARM

MANAPOLIS, April 21,—Gov* McCray Tuesday afternoon re*, the parole issued by error to is J Bush, which permitted |g release Monday night from the L State Farm. The Governor Led late in the afternoon ftom iand anj as soon ag the error resulted in Bush’s release was lined to him he ordered new pap* Upared in the case and sent to

kate Farm.

Jrd had reached the Governor’s | earlier in the day that Bush, four months’ sentence at the Farm for assault and battery ot due to expire until May 6, een released and was in Indies. An investigation was and it was learned that Bush’s V had come about through a mis

|n the papers,

state board of pardons had (mended that the Governor order liission of $600 of Bush’s $900 kit did not recommen,) a parole, trying out the pardon board re* ended an error was made in ag. it was said, and when the s arrived at the State Farm they

jied for a parole

SCHOOL BASKET

BALL SCHEDULE OUT

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ich Wilfred Smith of the Green* High School basket ball team, jnouneed the schedule of games (ranged for next year. Several 1 games will be scheduled later, chedule ag arranged is as fol*

21—Lizton—Here

. 4—West Lafayette—Here,

23— Columbus—Here

. 9—West Lafayette—There. . 16—Martinsville—There.

17—Bedford—Here.

29— Shelbyville—There. 30— Columbus—There.

6— Clinton—There

('13—Wiley (T. H )—Here. 20— Garfield (T.'h )—There 21— -Wiley (T. H.)—There. '

27—Brazil—Here

4—County Tournament. 7— Garfield (T H.) —Here, 11—Man. Tr. (Indpl’s)—Here, , 17—Shelbyville—Here.

24— Brazil—There.

BYTERIAN8 TO MEET HERE NEXT AUTUMN

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NKLIN, Ind., April 20—Green was chosen as the place for the

lr meeting of the Indianapolis (ytery, which closed a two day

meeting in Bethany Presbyter

,urch at Whiteland last evening,

prominent proposals which

'up for consideration at the ses* (yesterday afternoon, were de*

An overture as to whether should be ordained as ruling in the church was defeated by of 28 to 21, A proposition in of the union of all Evangelical ®s was unanimously defeated,

lf; said that the latter measure

°t opposed in substance but presbytery did not favor the n which it was presented.

snted window trimmer

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ond DuBois, talented window an d c « r d writer for the for* joldberg Stores of Brazil and astle has obtained a position ■ indow tritnmer for a big store

r Tt Wayne Ind

,jty Saturday.

LAFAYETTE, Ind,, April 22. Lawrence E. Downs’ a native of Greencastle was graduated in civil engineering from Purdue University in 1894, has been elected president of the American Railway Engineering Association, Tribute to Mr. Downs railroEd work an ( j his ability i s paid in an article which appeared recently in the Railway Age, It is as follows: “The Presidents of the American Railway Engineering Association are selected through the agency of a nominating committee subject to the popular approval of the Association Whatever the opinion of this indirect method of selection, it must be con* ceded that the results secured under this system have been excellent A study of the nominations from year to year will indicate that the committee has been governed by'two prime con siderations; the value of the man to the association ag demonstrated by a whole hearted interest and service in its behalf and evidence of intrinsic worth as shown by the confidence bestowed upon the candidate by the rail road which employs him. The case of Lawrence A Downs is no exception to the rule. For many years he has had an active part in the affairs of the Association and as vice president and general manager of the Central Georgia h e occupies a position which permits of no question as to his ability a s a railway officer. “In the affairs of the Association Mr. Downs has been identified primarily with the Committee on Ties be cause of his personal interest in this subject. He was an active member of this committee for many years and served for five years as its chairman As a member of the Board of Direction he was the prime mover in the campaign for increased membership carried on during the last year, as a result of which 500 new members were added to the Association. Owing to the fact that it was deemed inad viseable to enlist the entire membership of the Association in this campaign the results secured are largely the consequence of the personal work

by Mr. Downs,

“In two respects the career of the new president and his predecessor bear a marked resemblance Both are graduates of Purdue—Downs in the class of 1894 and Safford in the class of 1895. Both gianed a large part of their railway experience on the Illinois Central, For a time they were roadmasters together. Whether this comparison may be carried any further without encountering sharp cqp trast in personal makeup the friends of both decline to be placed on record It suffices to say that th e outgoing president has established mark which bid fair to be continued throughout the term of his successor “The new president is a strong man, yet one who i s particularly en dowed with truly huma n characteristics which have served to endear him in the hearts of his associates and those who have been so fortunate as to have been employed under his direction. The magnetism of his personality is by no means restricted to the close contract that comes with friendship or professional relatic but has manifested itself in his appearance before the Association convention. With a certain straightforwardness, frankness and air of confidence in his bearing, he is quick to win the confidence and sympathy of his auditors, H e also had the happy faculty of being able to punctuate his remarks with a humor that has served to drive home his arguments. Those who attended the convention in 1916 will recall his well chosen commentation on the futility of forestry

as a railroad undertaking,

“As a man who has graduated from an engineering or maintainance of way position to that of an executive officer, his career is of particular interest to those whose ambition leads them in the same direction. He is a product of the maintenance of way department of the Illinois Central which has produced more than its share of leading railway officers and not a few presidents and directors of the A R. E A. Following his graduation’from Purdue University he en tered the employ of the Vandalia, but joined the the Illinois Central organization in 1896 and continued constant ly in the employ of tha company until March 1, 1920 when he was elected vice president of the Central of Georgia a subsidiary. His experience with the the Illinois Central included service i n engineering parties, nine years as a roadmaster and a period as assistant chief engineer of maintainance, until Dec ember, 1910 when he entered the op erating department of the division ' superintendent Subsequently, he was * advanced to general superintendent and in January 1919, to assistant general manager. Mr. Downs’ election as president of the American Railway Engineering Association will accrue to the advantage of that

and "reportedsociety and be a source of inspira-

j ^ tion to its members,"

HENRY UNDERWOOD O If Henry Underwood would try a want ad in the Republican he could probably recover his tent Henry is in more trouble than he has had for some time in his varied career Just tent is the cause of it all. Henry was planning an auto trip with all the frills such as camping out by the roadside So he bought a tent and he thought to see how it looked by erecting it in his yard. Henry stretched the tent and when the job was completed he stretched himself. He pronounced both efforts

good

Then, one tim e the tent disappeared. It W’as gone. It had evaporated so to speak. But Henry was game. He made no charges against any of his neighbors. He took his medicine with the same degree of calmness that someone had taken his tent He did not admit that he thought any of the hundreds of tournists that pass along his street had taken the tent. It would be unjust to think evil of a stranger. But Henry keeps his eye open. He regards his neighbors critically. Try our want ads. — Danville Republican

Underwood County man

is a former Putnam

BUSH RETURN TO PENAL FARM

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Dennis J. Bush, whose release Monday from the state farm was brought

| A FAVORABE WINTER FOR YELLOWSTONE ELK HERDS

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A good increase from the, survivors of the southern Y*ellowsto»e or Jackson Hole elk herds is looked lor this year by officials of the bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture, in view of the unusually favorable winter just past. Last year’s rains, it is said, produced a plentiful growth of feed on the ranges, and as a result the elk are reported to be in excellent condition with the prospect of only a normal death rate, instead of a repetition of the heavy mortality of the winter 1919-20, due to lack of forage and a severe winter Reports from representatives of the department engaged in the work of seeing to the welfare of the elk say that in the district tributary to Jackson Hole, including the Gros Ventre and Buffalo Fork Valleys, the elk now remaining of the southern herd number about 9.000, having been reduced to this number from almost 20,000 jn 1919. There was such a shortage of feej in the winter of 1919-20, resulting from the severe drought of the previous summer, that in addition to hay purchased and fed by the State it was also necessary for the Federal Government to spend a* bout $36,000 for hay to save part of the herd from starvation. The areas within the forests most suitable for winter rang e for the elks have been set aside for that purpose as a temporary expedient, but these areas are neither well suited nor locat ed to meet the objects desired. Even

THE ETERNAL GAME OF TRYING

TO SIZE UP CHARACTER

PURDUE STUDENTS DROWN IN RIVER

11 B i j - ■ i ■ O •then c ► *wo lunar bc.rg have ;

worked or tl.ijid together, tac. 1 ! has 1 LAI AY F.TTE, Ind., April 24. Oral ’. r, eil t-. rcai! ihe r dole of the other’s ! Alonzo Dalton , 20 y ears old of Mit ‘ personality. The desire for knowledge c ^ e B, Indiana,, and Walter Glenn

1 Arnold, 18 years old of Morristown

concerning the characteristics of person’s has grown with the passing years and has gained in practical importance with the complexity of mod-

ern living.

The ability to size people up is of fundamental importance from the per sonal standpoint, for upon the accuracy of our judgements depends a large part of our happiness. In choos. ing friends or those who are to occupy an eve n closer relationship much depends upon first impressions. If these are untenable, our self pride is humbled, our judgement is belittled and we suffer the heartaches of betrayed confidences and broke n friend-

ships.

On the business side, too, getting the right person for the right position has always been exceedingly difficult. There are isolated instances of men— Pericles in Greece, Julius Caesar in Rome, Washington and Lincoln in this

about through a clerical error in Gov > with this assistance the elk are only

Ind., Purdse university students were drowned in the W’abash river here late this afternoon. The two men were members of two different canoeing parties and the two accidents occurred within five minutes of each other and about three quarters of a mile apart Dalton’s body was recovered about an hour after he had gone under for the last time, but searching parties were still dragging the river tag Arnold’s body late tonight. Dalton, a sophomore in the electric* al school, accompanied by Earl Smith of Indianapolis and Finley Weight also of Indianapolis all members the Sigma Nu Fraternity, started up the river in a canoe aboue 2:30 o’clock. There was a high wind blowing at the time, and the river was very rough. After stopping to rest about three miles up the river the party again embarked. The can-

country—who have had the knack of | oe wai ' onl y about twenty five feet

McCray’s office, gave himself up a* bout 8:30 Thursday night to the state farm officials to finish serving out the remainder of his four months

sentence.

Bush was taken- in an automobile to the state farm by his nephew W T il liam Robbins. Bush was sentenced to serve four months and pay a fine of $900 last January in Criminal court, following his convictio n and affirmation of finding by the Supreme court. When the case was reviewed by the state board of pardons a recommendation was made the fine b t i reduced. Governor McCray last Saturday, signed an order granting Bush a parole and reduc ing the fine to $400, This order was revoked Tuesday when it was discovered that a clerical error had been made Bush was convicted of assault and battery on Ralph Richmond, exdeputy fire marshal. The case is said to have grown out of an argument concerning Richmond’s allegld participation in the distribution of anti-catholic literature preceding an

elecion.

able to survive mild winters, and when a severe season occurs losses from starvation are appalling ■ It must inevitably follow’ that this herd will soon be reduced to the number for which hay can be provided unless winter ranges are immediately

provided for them.

It is not too late to preserve the elk be a thorough recognition of respon* be a throrough recognition of responsibility and adequate State and Fed-

eral Legislation

picking able subordinates Few have this gift, however, and for years the customary method of vocational selection has been to hire at random and “fire” the unfit. One manufacturing concern for example, found that to keep one thousand men on the payroll it was necessary to hire eight thousand annually. The time and money spent in training the elusive seven thousand at about fifty dollars a person w’as an economic waste. This is not an isolated instance; business literature is full of similar cases. Nor is the employer the only one injured; hardship 4s inflicted upon the employee, for a considerable portion of his life may be wasted before he finds his true calling Even more pathetic is the one who has spent years in preparing for a profession, possibly to maintain family traditions or to satisfy the whim of a parent onlv to find eventually that he is a round peg in a square hole.

THE SQUIRRELS PLANT BLACK WANUT GROVES Bouncing along the fence rail like a bit of animated thistledown, he manages to convey the impression that he hasn’t a serious thought in his head, and few would suspect that the squirrels is the chap who supplied the American army with wood for their gunstocks, though he didn’t mean to doi t of course. He was looking after his own food supply, saving the resources of summer against the famine of winter, but incidentally he place ( | a big deposit to man’s account in Nature’s savings bank. The Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture is au. thority for the statement that the squirrel through the habit of burying nuts, has been the most important a* gent in the reproduction of the black walnut groves. The timber from the groves planted years ago by the squirrels satisfied an important need during the war when walnut was used to make gunstocks and airplane propellers. Substitute w'ood for gunstocks have been tried by many manu facturers but none has been found that proved as suitable for this nur* pose as the black walnut.

REJECTS PLEA THAT HARDING MEDIATE DEPT o WASHINGTON, April 21.—The American government refused today an urgent request of the German government that President Harding med. iate the questio n of reparations between Germany and the allies and fix the sum Germany is to pay The United States agreed however that if the German government would formulate promptly such proposals regarding reparations “as would P re ' sent a proper basis for discussion” it would “consider bringing the matter to the attention of the allied governmens in a manner acoeptable to them in order that negotiaions may speedily be resumed.” Answer Follows Conference Germany’s appeal, signed by Chancellor F’ehrenbach and Foreign minister Simons, was directed to President Harding and was transmitted through American Commissioner Dresel at Berlin It was answered by Secretary Hughes after a conference late today with the President at the White House. The texts of both the appeal and the reply were made public tonight by the State Department. The communication from Berlin said the German government was “ready and willing” to agree “without qualification or reservation” to pay such sum as the President, after examination and investigation might “find just and right” and “to fulfill in letter and spirit all the provisions of any award that may be made by him ”

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

CANCELS ENGAGEMENT

The condition of Mrs Hortense Tapp Moore of Rockville, who underwent an operation in a hospital at Kokomo, is much improved, but she has been forced to cancel her engagements in connection with the entertainment of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association at Turkey Run next month, Mrs. Moore was to have been hostess and was slated for an active part on the program. She is at the home of her sister, Mrs N L. M. Kneple of Kokomo.

NEW YORK ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT TOKIO o The famous Joe Kayser’s Novelty Orchestra, direct from New York City played at the Tokio Dance Hall in Brazil Friday evening. A number of Greencastle people attended the dance.

BERLIN APOLOGIZES FOR ATTACK MADE ON TWO AMERICANS o BERLIN, April 21.—The German Foreign office today sent a note to Loring Dresel, American commission er here, expressing regret for the attack by a Germa n crowd Tuesday on James E. Tobinson and his wife, residents of Chicago The attack occurred on the terrace of Sans Souci park in Potsdam, just after the funeral of ex Empress Augusta Victoria. The Americans, who were mistaken for French persons by a crowd of Germans, were beaten but not injured seriously.

Lee Clark to Wilson McCurry, lot

in Cloverdale $90,

Joseph Hill to William Halfhill, lot in Greencastle $100, Guy Cox to W, L. Hall, lot in Car-

pentersville, $600.

Lulu Sutherlin to R. H. Newgent 190 acres in Jefferson tp, $1. R. H. Newgent to Lulu Sutherlin 190 acres in Jefferson tp. $1, Slyvia Abrams to J, A. O’Neal lot

in Greencastle $600

Mary Goff to Fletcher Goff, land in

Russell tp. $5,000.

N. M. Ely to Bernice Unger, 40 acres in Washington tp $1 Mary Goff to C. E, Goff land in

Russell tp. $4000.

J H Harrison to W. R. Dailey 80 acres in Warren tp. $4,800. I) V, Moffett to Roy Tharp, land in

Jefferson tp, $1.

Roy Tharpe to D. V. Moffett, land

in Jefferson tp. 11.

T, F, Nelan to Emma Gassoway, land’ in Greencastle tp. $775. T, F Nelan to A. D, Chew, land in Greencastle tp. $825 . G, A. Dobbs to Levi Marshall, lot in

Greencastle $2,250

Phillip Danhurry to Paul Black, land in Greencastle tp $4,000. Eliza Anderson to C. F, Grimes, lot in Russellville $500. Mary Young to C K, Fox, land in Greencastle tp. $5,000. W. M. Houck to J, F. Robinson, 14 acres in Greencastle tp $1700, J. F. Wilson to C F Ferran, lot In Lebano^ cemetery $100, Mary Young to T. E. Thrift, lot in

Roachdale $100.

B. B. Cline to Thomas Thrift lot

in Roachdale $350

from the shore when it upset The three men were expert swimmers, a n d Smith and Wright soon reached the store Dalton was caught in an undertow’, and before he could be reached had gone under. Wave Upsets Canoe The second party started up the riv er at the same time as the first Ip the canoe besides Arnold who was a freshman i n the mechanical school, were John Adams of Brookville and John Anderson of Chicago. A heavy wave struck the canoe when the party was about four miles from the canoe club, where the trip started, and overturned it Adams and Anderson clung to the overturned canoe while Arnold started to swim to the shore, a distance of about 100 feet. H*, sank after going about fifteen feet. The other two men were rescued by Thomas Reese. a nd Gus Wolsieffer of Lefayette. After Dalton’s body hafj been recovered, Capt Kelm of the Lafayette police force and Dr Gordon A. Thomas Purdue athletic physician worked for two hour s with a pulmoter, but

to no avail

ALLIES MEET SATURDAY TO DEAL WITH GERMANY

..LYMPNE, April 25. —Final arrangements for the meeting of the supreme allied council to be held next Saturday were made by Prime minister Lloyd Geogre and Premier Briand before they separated here today, fol lowing their conference relative to Germa n reparations. Both the premiers rose early and had a long conversation relative to details of the situation they were unable to discuss yesterday Should the report of the allied com mission which exercised control over the plebiscite in Upper Silesia be received in time, the future status of that district will be brought before the supreme councij at its meeting Saturday Premier Briand left Lympe in the forenoon to embark at Folkstone at noon for the channel] crossing. Before leaving he expressed satisfaction over his consultations with Mr Llyod George. He expects to return to England Friday' or Saturday for the meeting of the allied supreme council. A conference of allied experts will be held in London preliminary to the meeting of the supreme council Satur day it was announced here today.

PASSENGERS SCRAMBLE FROM FLOODED SUBWAY

DANVILLE GIRL IS CHOSEN MAY QUEEN 0 The Coeds of the Senior Class of DePauw University hav e elected Miss Unity Thomas of Danville, a student at the University as May Queen. She will have charge of the May Day Ex ercises which will be given on May 14.

Bishop.and Mrs. Francis J, McConnell who have been here for several days during which time Bishop McConnell delivered a series of lectures in Meharry hall left Tuesday for their home in Pittsburg,

NEW YORK, April 23.—The Lexington avenue subway near Spring street, was flooded today by the bursting cf a water main. Excitement followed as passengers tried to scramble out of stalled trains. The accident occurred during the rush hour. The break was found an hour later and pumps were used to drain the tube. All trains between the Grand Central station and Brooklyn bridge were ha’ted by automatic safety block system Passengers on a stalled express train near the Bleeker street station a short distance from the scene of the break, left the cars and crossed the tracks o n improvised board platforms Many were drenched when they reach ed the street..

Harold Luley a DePauw University student, and member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, was badly cut on the head Monday'morning, when he was accidentally hit on the head with a bat, while in the DePauw Gymnasium. Dr W. W Tucker attended the isjury. •( ' «

INTER FRAT MEET IS WON BY PHI DELTS The DePauw inter fraternity field and track meet was played Saturday afternoon on McKeen field The Phi Delts made the highest number of points and the Phi Psis and Betas tied for 2nd place. Smith (Phi Delt) was the high point man with 16 points and Gipson (Phi Delt) was the second high point contestant with 12 points. The number of points made by each team which participated in the Contest are as follows: Phi Delt 37% Phi Psi 23 Beta 23 Florence Hal] 14 Sigma Nu 12 Lamda Chi 1144 Delta U 10 Phi Gam .3 Delta Sig 1 Delta Tau 0 ATTENDING CONVENTION

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Miss Ethel Boyle, daughter of Mr and Mrs, G. R Boyle of this city who is teaching English and Public Speaking in the Muncie High School is in Chicago this week attending the Drama League Convention. Miss Boyle was sent as a representative by the Muncie School