The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 January 1924 — Page 2
THJfi DAILY BANNER 3REENUASTLE. INDIikNA
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Opera House
A. COOK Proprietor tuid Manager. Doors Open C:30—Two Shows Shows Start 7:00 Program Subject to Change Without Notice.
MONDAY
RICHARD TALMADGE In the Feature Comedy “Watch Him Step”
LOCAL NEWS
“Ruth of the Range’
First Episode
Featuring Ruth Roland
TUESDAY
Frank Lloyd’s Production “The Sin Flood” A Goldwyn Picture
The Movie Chats Pathe Comedies
THE DAILY BANNER Entered in the Tost Office at Greencastle, Indiana, as second class mail
matter.
HARRY M. SMITH Editor and Proprietor S. R. RAIRDEN, City Editor
t-AiLLIE RIDDEL CALLED IN COURT AGAIN
Jackson Township Man is Said Have Failed to Send Children To School
The case of the State of Indiana vs. Sollie Riddle was brought up in the Putnam Circuit Court before Judge James P. Hughes Monday morn ing for the second time. The defendant is charged with failure to send his two children to school at Barnard in Jackson township. Trouble with a school trustee is said to be the cause. Several weeks ago, Mr. Riddle appeared before Judge Hughes hut no trial was held as the defendant agreed to send his children to r. bool and so the case was dismissed. Now, accordin to several school officials, it is alleged that Riddle did not keep his agreement and so procedure in the case was 'resumeo The jurors who were called, were handicapped in reaching here by the cold weather, and along with the defendant, some did not arrive until noon. The defendant was in a conference with Judge Hughes and M. J. Murphy, his attorneys duirng the afternoon and it was said the case might not he tried at this time.
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Charles Carver, of Monroe township was here Monday. The typhoid fever patients at the County Hospital are improving. J. A. Bryan of this city motored to Crawfordsville today on business. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30. Albert Carmichael of this city was in Indianapolis Monday on business. Ollie Terry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schultz of Limedale. J. C. Knight and daughter of this city spent the clay in Indianapolis on business. Oscar Lydick and Walter Beam, of Jackson township were in this city today on business. John Meyers, of Auburn, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Mullins and family on Sunday. Mrs. W. H. Farrow and baby of Greneastle R. R. 1 left the hospital Saturday afternoon. John Cartwright, proprietor of the Cartwright Music Shop was in Indianapolis today on business. The S. C. C. Club will meet with Metta McCoy tomorrow evening. Please note change of meeting place. Glen Roland, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever, was reportec. Monday morning as slightly improv
ed.
The Keystone Bible class of Locust Street church will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 with Mrs. Fred Thom-
as.
Miss Irene Clodfelter is visiting friend s in Indianapolis. Miss Clodfelter is stenographer for the county
agent. \
Frank Vaughan, whe is with the Ainsworth Construction Co. in Anderson spent the week with his family in
this city.
Miss Florence Thrasher has returned to Indianapolis, after spending the week-end with friends and relatives INDIANA IS COLD in this cityi
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12—The sec- Born t o Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Mathond wave of below zero weather held 1 s Gre€ncaatte R . «. 5 a baby girl Indiana in an icy grasp today. j Sunday evening at 8:00 at Putnam
County hospital.
Mis. John Rightsell
MISSIONARY TELLS STORY OF CAPTURE
MINNESOTA WOMAN CAPTURED AND THREE TIMES DUE TO BE KILLED
CLASSIFIED ADS For Rent.
WAS FINALLY RELEASED
ter the season closes. He also urged the girls to “get the boys home early.” After a few more yells and songs, Mr. Kelly then congratulated the team and aso the student body on its splen-
did cheering.
The Tiger Cubs are slated for two I scraps this week. On Friday night they meet Technical of Indianapolis on the local floor and on Saturday the Cubs travel to Martinsville. Both games will be watched with great interest by local fans. The new semester started today and grades were issued. The new classes will get under way tomorrow. Only a few changes were made in the pro-
gram.
Thorfe will be a Parent-Teacher’s meeting at the high school tonight.
And As She Faced the Executor, She Asked Why He Wanted to Kill Her. It Saved Her Life
FOR RENT—Two modem rooms close in for girls. Call 253-Y. 21-2t
FOR RENT—2 or 3 unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping in a modern home. Cali 168.
For Sale.
FOR SALE—Five shoats, 807 Block ^ street. Phone 475-Y. Jessie Tobin. 16-6t. i
The thermometer stood at 7 below at 7 o’clock this morning, the second coldest morning of the winter. A strong wind, blowing as much as 25 miles an hour at times, made the cold
more penetrating.
of Reelsville
entered the hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment and may be operated upon later. The Central Trust Company has i been appointed administrator of the estate of William A. Griggsby, whose
INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21—Hog j‘ leath <' ccurred ,ast wpok - prices were 20 to 25 cents higher at I ' * lp Present Day Club the Indianapolis livestock exchange "j** 1 M 1S - N. C. O Hair
today on light receipts of 4,000. Receipts in the truck division were practically negligible and car receipts slumped due to the cold weath-
A special chapel was held this morning as a pep chapel for the boy; after their great victory over the Bedford five. Yells and songs were given with vim by the student body. Mr. Busenberg talked ‘‘basket ball’’. He explained some of the points about the tournament which will be held in Bainbridge. He urged that the boys on the team not to be called upon to attend any affairs at night until af-
Afew best heavies brought ?7.50,. and some lights were as low as §7.40, but practicall yall sales were at $7.45. | Sows and pigs were 25 cents higher i at §6.50 and §7 down respectively. Prices were g- nerally steady in the cattle market, although trading was not active. Good stock sold freely j but common offerings continued in j little demand. Receipts were 800. Veal prices were strong to 50 cents higher due to light receipts of 300 and an urgent demand. Choice calves brought a top of §14 while the bulk
brought $13 to $13.50.
The sheep and lamb market was generally steady on receipts of 200.
Household Economy
TOFFICIENT home managers pay lC/ household hills by check—the convenient and systematic way. Manv women keep their personal checking accounts with this bank and are pleased with the special courtesies we like to extend to them.
National Bank
will meet Wednesday
afternon at 2:30 o’clock. Members
please note change of date.
William McFarland left today for Greensburg where he will spend a week with relatives after which he
will go to Shelbyville to visit.
Joe Holliday of Brazil who will enter DePauw the second semester as a Sophomore has been pledged to
the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mrs. W. M. Hudson ami Mrs. R. G. McCutchan issued invitations for the afternoon of January 24, at the home of Mrs. McCutchan in Northwaad. Rev. H. C. Clippinger, who is confined to his home with an attack of bronchitis is slowly improving. He will not be able to be out for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Lower, who have be n spending several days with thr : r son, J. J. Lower of this place 'eft today for their home in Warren 1 Indi-'.t n. E. A. Ainsworth of Terre Haute, i 'out e to Anderson, skiddel inlo the ditch two miles south of this ' city Monday morning on the Putnanivillo road badly damaging his car. Mrs. W. 1’. Swahlen, Mrs. J. P. Allen, Jr. and Mrs. C. B. Lease of (New York City have returned from j St. Lou s after attending the funeral of Dr. B. M. Hypes. The Modern Woodman will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock. Business if importance will come before the camp. Members are urged to attend. | Rev. and Mrs. II. C. Clippinger received a telegram Monday announcing the death of a niece, Mrs. Porter, of Louisville, following an operation for goiter. She leaves a husband and one small child.
PEKIN, Jan. 12—“Three times I was led to mountain glens for execu-
tion.”
Mrs. Julian Kilen, American woman missionary who was kidnapped by Leo Yang Jen’s bandit-, told today the amazing story of her trials as the only woman prisoner of the savege hordes of Koran. Wan and emaciated but sustained by the faith that brought her to the wilds of China to work among the heathe/is, the elderly Minnesota woman finally was released and returned to civilization to describe her narrow escape. “When they took me to a secluded spot and prepared to kill me,” she said, ‘I asked the executioneer why he wished to kill an old woman. “Each time he replied ‘I can’t do
it.’ ”
The last that was seen of Mrs. Kilen after the Honan bandits had swept down on the Lutheran mission where she worked, was as the horde with drew towards the hills. Mounted on a white horse, she towered over her captors. “As the band moved across Honan, it absolutely devastated a stript a mile wide by 250 miles long” Mrs. Kilen said. “Everyone who opposed the bandits was horribly slain. “Towns were simply burned down and granaries destroyed. Left with out food, those villages who did not resist had no choice but to join Lao Yang Jen, the bandit chief. “The band grew larger andlarger streaming across the plains like a plague of locusts destroying everything in its path. “It was like one of those great armies of ants that march across a countryside, leaving nothing alive or growing behind. “For ten days I was a captive, the only white woman—the only white person in fact—among these men. “We were always on the march. The longset rest I had in all those ten days, was one of six hours. “Eight thousand of the bandits were armed.” Finally when the difficulties of keeping her alive became too great, Mrs. Kilen was released. “Only my faith in God sustained me” she sai dsimply. Alarmed over conditions in Honan, many missionaries are planning to move into the larger centers for protection.
FOR SALE—Piece of line shaft, 2 byll-16ths inches in diameter; steel; j about fifteen feet long. Inquire at the Banner office. tf. |
FOR SALE—One soft coal heating : stove. A good one. C. W. Pfeiffenberger. IP-
FOR SALE—Jersey cow, giving 4 gallons of five per cent milk per day. O. R. Mathews, first house east of Golf Links. 15-tf. Delta Theta Tau I^ap Year Charity ' Ball, Elk’s Hall, Friday Feb. 1st. $1.50 per couple. M & Tes.
Wanted.
WANTED—Middle aged woman for kitchen and dining room. Good pay. All modern conveniences. Inquire at Banner Office. Htf,
salary.
Big, Strong and -Serviceable Some of our largest accounts started with a small deposit which just goes to prove that it is not the initial amount but the “everlastingly staying after it” that counts. This bank welcomes small accounts, $1.00 is enough to start, and we will do everything we can to help you to make your savings grow. DON’T DELAY! START TO SAVE TODAY! CITIZENS TRUST CO. THE HOME OF THE SYSTEMATIC S A V E R
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Found.
Clerks, 18 up. Excellent
For government positions at Washington. Exam on Feb. 9. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars -
write R. Terry, former Civil Service BLOOMINGTON BANKER DEAD examiner, 382 Barrister Bldg.. Wash-1 o ington, D. C. 18-4p. m.OOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 21—
The body of Nat U. Hill, for twelve years president of the First National Bank here, who died in Palm Beach,
—— Sunday, will arrive here Wednesday, FOUND — Pair child s mittens. accor( ij n jr to word received by Allen
Owner may have same by paying adv. B ushkirk, a cousin,
charges. Hill was the son of the late Nat C.
_ Hill, Jr., well-know-n to Republicans Miscellaneous ■ the state - was f ort y' tw ° years
•Id.
j An attack of heart disease is said
to have caused his death.
shortly after the car ferry was released from the ice. No suffering, despite the sub zero temperature, was reported. The car ferry became ice bound about 9 a. m. yester.. . two miles from the city of Mack. . The Chief Wawaton operates etwea Mackinac and St. Ignace.
STOCKHOLDERS OF COMPANY FILE SUIT
Potatoes—$1 per bushel. No better cookers. Well sorted. 217 E. Washington St. Phone 17. LeRoy Jay.
21-tf.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Cook entertained at dinner Monday the following high school students in honor of the sixteenth birtlv 1 :’,v of their daughter, Lilian, Euoico Taylor, Edith Marie Brown, \Y i Mason, Stanley Young, Walter Cox, Donald Cox and Arnold Tib 1 n. Th£ students came d‘ ect’v from mhool and Miss Cook sv pecting nothing unusual was given quite a surpr \ The noon hour was spent in havii -rood time and every ono wished Mk 3 Cook many happy birthdays.
CLOVERDALE Harold Gill of Indianapolis spent the week-end at home. Charles Denny returned Saturday from Rochester, Minn., where he consulted Mayo brothers concerning his health. Ruby Michaels, of DePauw’ visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michael over Sunday. Mrs. Glen Lyons and san Keith are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Knoy. < loverdale high school basket ball team met defeat at the hands of Midland there Saturday night by a score of 30 to 15. Clovenlale did not send their regular line-up. Paul Poynter of Sullivan, Indiana, and Mrs. Jessie McAvoy, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, were called here by the serious illness of their parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Poynter.
Delta Theta Tau Leap Year Charity Ball, Elk’s Hall, Friday Feb. 1st. $1.50 per couple. M & Tes. WIGGINS IS IN FLORIDA
Hawkins Concern at Kokomo is Defendant in Action of Stockholders
To Protect Themselves
KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 21-Stock-
Surviving are four children and a holders of the Welfare Loan Society brother. 0 f Kokomo have brought suit to have o R reoeiver appointed so that the rePITTSBURG SUFFERS BAD ceipts of the society may be kept in.
FIRE WHEN OIL BURNS tact.
The Hawkins Mortgage Co., of Three Firemen Said to Have Fallen in Cortland, the X. N. Hawkin- < o., an. Blazing Tank When Ladder i the National Welfare and Mortgage Broke Under Hheem. Co -» of New York ’ a11 hol linK con1 ' 0 i panies of the local organization, are
named as defendants to prevent withdrawal of funds from the local com-
pany.
Howard ocunty investors hoM U-,-i 000 worth of stock in the loan society. Officials of the Hawkins company are under indictment in the federal
PITTSBURGH, Jan 21—(UP) Three firemen were reported killed • today in an oil fire raging at the At- i lantic Refining company plant in!
Lawrenceville.
According to reports three firemen
fell into one of the tanks of burning . • T j•
/■„„i _ _ ... court in Indianapolis for alleged nse
MINERS ARE GATHERING
SONS OF VETERANS MEETING The Sons of Veterans will meet Tuesday night in Grand Army Hall in the Court House for the purpose of installation of officers. MAT MURPHRERY, commander. JACOB KEIFER, Secretary and Treasurer
INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 21,
dreds of coal miners from American and Canadian fields, delegates to the international convention of the Unite Mine Workers, were ariving in
Indianapolis today.
The convention will be called to
CAR FERRY FROZE UP
MARQUETTE, Mich., Jan. 21— Seventy-five persons were held prisun " oner on board the Car ferry Chief
Wawaton on a South Atlantic passenger train, until early today. The car
ferry was stuck in the ice all dav - ■ . ... yesterday with the thermometer reg- the insti ff ation of Harr >’ c - We “ sk , istering 15 below zero. tke protective department of i i The passengers reached St Ignace Indiana bankers ’ association, who wa.-
in K i„ Tomlinson hall by John I i in chargo of the i.vestigati,.^ i.ewis. president of the iners' onran- ^ a ^^t!i^r ra Jaiajsj^[siisja]saaiajaisiaiaiai^ r draraiajaj^t^ r ai^^,s[siE.' £ f'' 5fc i
1.800 delegates are pi]
order at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn-
ization. About
expected.
SPLIT FOUR WAYS o
W. T. Aubrey and daughter Ruth and Miss Thelma Gassaway spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Ruark, of Coatesville.
H. ASKEW
PALMER CHIROPRACTOR Over Banner Office Ofliice Phone 189 Res. 772-Y
Of Course We Make
Mistakes
But You Are the Winner This will be a strenuous Week every
where in the Store.
Very Low Prices Will Prevail On all Coats, Sweaters, Blankets, Outings, made and unmade. Have you bought a pair of our suede gauntlet
Gloves?
Our balance sheet will be made Feb* 1 nary 1st. Stocks must he reduced. ALLEN BROTHERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-Split in-'g to four groups, the ways and means committee today began actual writing [jj
of the new tax law.
Desjdte sharp differences on sur tax rates in the committee Chairman Green predicted a “republican” bill would be reported to the house before February 11, the time limit set by
the G. O. P. caucus.
The line up in committee makes certain a bitter fight on the surtax rates. Although the president insists there shall be no compromise in the "principle” of the Mellon plan, party leaders believe it will be impossibl* to get any measure out of the committee without a compromise A group of seven Republicans led by Representative Mills, New York is standing squarely behind the Mel- : Ion plan providing for a maximum
sur tax of 25 per cent.
Another Republican group led bv Chairman Green inclines to 35 per cent. Representative Frear. Wisconsin, lone Progressive on the committee insists there be no reduction of g]
the present 50 per cent. rate. (f^ g
The police in this city received a telegram from the News Metropolis at Miami, Florida, stating that Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis prize fighter
was to meet Tommy Gibbons in Mi- fuel when a ladder on which they ' ;imrL 111 “ ,u,a,la * JU1,a ‘““t" ""' ami on January 31. The paper want- were standing broke. ' 1 of the mai,s in a scheme to ,lefraU ed to know the facts about Wiggins The fire started in a 10,000 barrel 0 being wanted in Greencastle to serve tank. Ten other 10,000 barrel tanks ! THREE ARE HELD a refonnatory sentence for escaping were reported in danger. NEWCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 21from the penal farm. Three SUS pe C ts held in connection
with the investigation of the robber)' of a pirvate bank at Springport last week were free today after having es-
tablished a complete alibi. The three men, David Sheets, Sr,
David Sheets, Jr., and Cleveland Laupin, were arrested Saturday a!