The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 March 1924 — Page 1
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GRREENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18. 1924.
NO. 128
SPLENDID MEETING
F4R MERS. BUSINESS MEN AND , aNNERS GATHERED HERE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
to grow rank and be turned under some seven inches in the late fall. To get this soil in the best condition the following spring for good tomatoes, it should be disked very
11T A C Um| || ! deep several times, fertilized and ▼f HMJluLr a g00{ j gee( j ^ e( j nla j e rea dy f or the o ! tomatoes. The turned-under clover
will form the needed mulch of moisture and strength for the tomatoes
during the dry season.
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A MUSICAL CONTEST WAS HELD TODAY
MEETING HELD AT RUSSELLVILLE, MONDAY
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County Agent Harold McNary Attends Wheat Pool Meeting ot Farmers on Monday Night
ENGLAND
ENTERS THE
BIG RACE
MODERN WOODMAN LODGE WILL HOLD INITIATION
MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST HELD IN ASSEMBLY ROOM ON TUESDAY MORNING
hoagland the speaker
A SMALL EIRE
Scott County Man Gave Principal Talk of the Evening. l>ocal Men Spoke. W ant Quality Tomatoes
The fire department was called to I the home of William Cook on east Washington street, Monday night at
near 7:30 o’clock.
Sparks from the flue had set fire to the roof and it had a good start by the time it was noticed by one the I neighbors. The fire department i made a quick run and in a short time I
hail the fire extinguished
PITTSBORO a winner
Hendricks County Team Won High School Honors for this District with High Score. Interest Shown
The meeting held Monday evening ■n the Greencastl Canning factory for the farmers of the community, business men of the city and local can-
ne rs was a complete success.
Carl Butterfield, one of the junior I members of the plant, called the meet-1 ling to order at 7:45 o’clock and then! (opened the gathering with a few j
I well chosen remarks.
\ G. Brown was then called upon i jand’he told of the interest and con-j Lienee manifested by the people of j
MjTnThhwrtl'own'.n.lopeH DETECTIVES MAKE FOVR Ad- ,»hil e A. different team, were t.kfield and ius sons L. ! RESTS IN CHICAGO, MONDAY 'ing the memory test.
Twenty records were placed on a
DIAMOND TRUST IS REVEALED
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POLICE AND INTERNATIONAL
The Music Memory Contest of the Fifth District was held in the assembly room of the local court house ! on Tuesday morning beginning at 10:15 o'clock. Prof. Ralph C. Sloane, instructor of music in DePauw Unii versity and the city schools, was
in charge of the affair.
The various high school teams were the first to take the test. They were followed by the grade school teams and then' the rural school pupils. Only the judges and thofy* in charge were allowed in the room
A wheat pool meeting was held at Russellville on Monday evening and , was attended by a large number of farmers who are interested in the project. County agent, Harold Me- I Nary, of this city, attended the
gathering.
The speakers were: H. R. Nevins i and Mr. Hall of the State Federation who is also county manager of the ' wheat pool organization movement. A number of pointer' were given by both speakers to the assembled group.
OFFICERS
! Members of John Hopkins Drive to be Initiated into Local
Order.
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o Approximately fifteen members
! solicited in the John Hopkins mem-
IHRLE ENGLISH XIRPLANKS Ml bership drive will be initiated into AIIEMPI KOI N’D I HE mysteries of the Volz Camp MOULD I RIP number 3449 of the Modern Wood-
men Tuesday night. The drive for new members has been on for two
WANT TO WIN FROM U.S- weeks under the direction of C. L.
I.awrey and in this time the local lodge has climbed from twenty-third place to first place among the lodges of the fifth district. The initiatory staff has been arranged and at least fifteen members will be taken into the lodge at the meeting Tuesday
1 . , night. C. L. Lawrey, director of the , iriei >y ,j r j ve U rges that all members he
present at the initiation.
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A. E. DURHAM WILL BE A CANDIDATE
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT LOCAL ATTORNEY WILL ENTER ( ONG RESSIOYA I, RACE
TOTAL
THREE
American Aviators Have Started But The English \irmen Have Hopes of Finishing Long Trip, First
ARE NAMED
LONDON, March
the start of American airplanes on a world flight, Great Britian is rushing plans to enter the race and beat the Americans around the world, the Evening News declared today.
With Mr. Durham's Entry, Three Democrats Will Be in the Running in th e Fifth District
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECTORS BOLD 'll i i |\<;
ON MONDAX NIGHT
The Britishers will fly eastward, whereas the course of the United D|. States army fliers is taking them
westward. Three royal air force
ate the local canning factory. The ■next speaker was Fre<r L. O’Hair who
t aimen, one at least using a Napiers- | Vicker amphibian plane similiar to that which Sir Ross Smith flew to Australia, are hurrying secret prepaations for a start, the News states.
INSURANCE ADJUSTORS AT WORK
tated that the time was now ripe for the thorough cooperation beween the farmer and the business man. R. P. Mullins spoke next and briefly endorsed the ideas presented by both Sir. Brown and Mr. O’Hair. George £ Harney was called upon and told ow the tomato growers in Montomery county were having splendid
access with the annual yields.
The principal speaker of the evening was S. C. Hoagland, of Vienna, mliana, who gave interesting and |thorough explanation of how to preare the soil for the growing of tonatoes. Mr. Hoagland spoke for «me time on the use of fertilizer and time in his talk, he touched on the abject of proper plowing and har-
rowing in the tomato fields.
The speaker stated that the best •ay for the farmer and canner both » make money on tomatoes was hrough quality and quantity. He tated that at the same time the armer was working to have quality |n his tomato crops he would eventuill get quantity. Thus the farmer ould make a profit on the crop and [he canner would also make money on ihe good quality and quantity of the
matoes that were canned.
Mr. Hoagland explained just how e had increased his yield of tomatoes Vow about 5 tons per acre to 20 to the acre in only a short durafon of time. Jiis address was highly ppreciated by Ihe Ittrge crowd of irmers and business fn^n who wens resent for the meeting. The Messrs iutterfield are to be commended for eir work in holding such a splendid
thering.
The growers were told how to the best results from Putnam unty soil. It has been demonrated that the soil need* lime and ith a good liming, any local soil ill grow clover, which can be raed tinder, forming a mulch that iil! hold moisture and this combiition will produce quality tomatoes ich the trade is now demanding, e time seems to have passed when wple will buy any kind of tomaMr. Butterfield says their trade 'ants the best, or the first grade fancy tomatoes. For this kind crop, they are contracting for 024 at $12 per ton. The second M third grades. Extra Standard if Standard will come near this ice, hut they say the farmer can fancy tomatoes at a much Iter profit than he can grow a fcond or third class tomato. A crop of 10 to 12 tons per acre | [ill he fancy tomatoes, while a crop four or five tons will he lower lan a third grade, they report. BeMse of the demands for a higher la lity, they are attempting to show 'e people how to get this kind of crop, which is more valuable to le farmer as well as to the can-
er.
Mr. Butterfield is advocating a fenr crop rotation for best results. % il on which tomatoes are grown 1 i s year, should be followed with “cn, then wheat, with clover in the 'heat This clover can be cut the rs t season, and a full crop obtained 'i 1 next season and with the first fifing, the clover should be allowed
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the local Chamber of Commerce on Monday night, R. P.
table and numbers corresponding to Mullins was elected president of U>« the records were written on slips of or Eanization f or the ensuing year.
paper and placed in a hat. An as- *f°^ n Cartwright was chosen as vice- ators have a schedule calling for | sistant to Prof. 91oane then drew P res i ( lent and Fred L O’Hair as completing of the globe girdling
Beautiful Girl Said to be a Ring Lead- a number from the hat and this ms ( treasurer. .flight in three months, which would er in the Diamond Trust. . Sus- or d was placed on the victrola and T ^ e chairmen of the various com- bring them home ahead of the Ameri-
A WOMAN IN THE CASE
It had been planned to start the BritLh flight April 15, but the date has been put ahead. The British avi-
LOSSES ON MALONEY A: YOUNG ROOM \ N D BARBER SHOP BEING ADJUSTED
TO REPAIR BUILDINGS
pects Are Being Watched played for five seconds. The boys rmttees will be named at a later cans.
Rooms Will Be Made Over for Reopening Just as Soon as Work Can Be Done
Andrew Durham, local attorney and joint senator to the state legislature from Putnam and Montgomery counties, will he a candidate for the nomination as representative of the Fifth District on the Democratic ticket subject to the coming primary election, it is understood here. Although, Dr. Dunham has not as yet officially announced his candidacy intimate friends state that he will make this announcement in a day or so. This will make the second candidate from Putnam county entered in the race as David B. Hostetter, Democrat of Roachdale, has made known that his hat is in the ring for the seat in Congress. Bidatnan of Terre Haute is also in the race and keen competition is expected in the primary by the supporters of the three men.
and girls were then given fifty-five, < ^ ate ’ secretary for the club will
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| Calif.. March 18.—(UP)—With the first lap of their 30,000 mile flight
seconds to write the name of the also ^ employed in the near fu-, MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENTO,
CHICAGO, March 18-Four per- f iece and When the tu £
. . .. . . twenty records had been played, the 1 1 ollow ing the election of the
sons an ln ui ar i i members of the different teams hand- dicers, the meeting was adjourned around the world completed, three pec s are mg w ‘ l c e< ln a la ed in their papers to the grading un<1 the members went to the United States army airplanes were mom ro rs rust inves \gii ion un committee composed of DePauw mu-!Greencastle Canning factory to at- here today ready to take off on the der way by two internationally known 9ic (tend the gathering of farmers, can- second leg of
CITY ORDINANCE
WILL BE
ENFORCED
! Trailing Fire Truck too Close to be
Prohibited by laical Officers. Other Laws to be Enforced
The Brazil high school team wasl ners an<1 busin ess men.
private detective agencies and police
of Chicago and New York. ’accompanied by their instructor. The operations of the trust netted Mif,s Kathleen Campbell, daughter of
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their long journey.
condi
WILL REMODEL LOCAL CHURCH
Today’s flight, if weather tions are favorable, will be I ther Field to Vancouver
> Washington, where the big Douglas air cruisers will he fitted with pontoons to prepare for their flight over
land and water to Asia.
BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAS PLANS WELL UNDER M AX
The planes arived here without mishap at 2:05 p. m. yesterday after leaving Cloverfield, Santa Moni-
ca, at 9:32 a. m.
Lieutenant Howell Smith was tha
some $8,000,000 in gems and insur- ® r - an(1 M™. J. G. Campbell of this ( ance money, states attorney Robert cit y- The team from Staunton high | E. Crowe estimated. • ch 1 ° o1 ' vas char ? e of their music !
_ . v atid art teacher, Miss Helen Purcell, |
Morns Levinson Chicago diamond ^ Kra()uatpd from DeP;iuw ^ merchant, Lawson Jaffs .salesman em- Sprinp Mjss p Urcell is a membcr played by Levinson, James Probasco, of th(? A)pha chj ()meKa ,^1
former maberet owner, and Miss Julia ig weI] known hpre
Smith, companion of Probasco, were 0np men , ber of thp winn i n>? teanl taken into custody last night. goes to the State Meet to be hold Other Chicago diamond dealers and Shortridge high school in Indi-
salesmen are under investigation, anapolis on Saturday.
Detectives also investigation a beauti- The list of teams entered in the ,. - . XT .
ful young woman of Oriental caste, contest were as follows: Staunton. I church building whereby it will he- Hnt , V^ Ck , If 011 ’. ’ ’ ’’d.
who played the siren and lured dia- Brazil, Pittshoro high schools; Clo-, come one oi the most complete ^ <>r< yers ” pfv mond salesmen into submitting to verdale, Bainbridge and Stilesville churches of any in the smaller cities ■ a " . Iep0 ‘’‘ ay
fake robberies 'grade schools and Sambo school, of this section of the state. H. C. ,a "' s In ° ' iri ! . laKe rouueries. __ _ . , , „ n i . . i zu ■ was delayed bv late delivery of
The robbers trust used salesmen Brown township. No. 7. rural school; CaUendar, Jr., is completing the plans ’ thp manufVUm , rs and shaky diamond stores. The sales- from Hendricks county. ; for the remodeling of sections of the ' men would he induced to submit to ' The Pittshoro team won the high j building. The reconstruction prorobbery. receiving a percentage of ' school contest by making the score of [ pnim ca lls for a basement under most the loot If they refused to enter in- j 40f. to the 357 points made by the 0 f the building. This will be made to a conspiracy, they were robbed just! Staunton team which ranked second. | into a banquet room, one of the larg-
Insurance adjustors from Indiana- j polis were in this city Tuesday morning to adjust the loss on the Malone and Young Billiard Parlor and the Palace Barber Shop and their con-
tents. i In a statement issued by Mayot A statement irom W. C. Murphy, i Charies F. Zies Tuesday morning, from Ma- owner of the two buildings was to the pertain city ordinances such as trailBarracks, effect that as soon as the insurance ' n * firc t™ck to ° close . dri ™K over
could be adjusted, he would have the
buildings repaired in order that thej , . . . ... ,
billiard parlor and the barber shop could get started cleaning their plac- '
The Christian Church is perfecting hrst to land, followed I y Major Mar- damaged roofs to start wdth and
plans for the remodeling of the tin and Lieutenant Wade. Lieuten-
hose, and parking too close to
now
on and violators of these laws would be subject to prosecution. In sev-
. eral instances firemen have narrowly
es and prep.m or uture op<n,i . escaped being run down bv racing Mr. Murph stated that he would ge ; who try ^ thp fire supplies anil carpenters to uoi . .o the fire and any more vioonce following the finishing <> ‘ lations of these laws will put the work of the insurance adjustors. j drivers under a heavy fine. The
Mr. Murphy proposes to replao t • tatements issued by Mayor Charles
join his comSeattle. He
THE BONUS BILL
then
the work of cleaning up the interior of both places can follow. Both businesses propose to continue in their same places. Several new billiard tables will he installed in the Maloney and Young room to replace those destroyed by the fire, also new fi\-
the same and their reward was a beating instead of part of the loot. The trust also kept watch for stores on the verge of bankruptcy and approached the proprietors with a fake robbery proposition. Many small jewelers agreed, with the result that the trust secured the diamonds and the proprietor collected the insurance. The girl with the "Oriental caste" resided in a fashionable South Side hotel, detectives declared. She had an unerring nose for salesmen with valuable consignments, and after a round of dances and flirting, would
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EARTHQUAKE
IN JAPAN
The Stilesville team won the right to represent the grade schools of this district at the state contest by finishing in first place and Sambo, School No. 7, of Hendricks county won first place in the rural school test. Hendricks county schools won the three
places last year.
The county unit plan of music is used in Hendricks county and Charles
est and most complete! yequipped of any in the city. A new heating plant will be installed. It will be fully
lieved the work of remodeling will
he started by the first of the week and j
it will be pushed to completion as
Greene, a boyhood chum, of Prof. r\n A 117' T TTY Sloane of this city, is supervisor of | J(J DixAW Ul
music in that county.
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WASHINGTON, March 18.—The new bonus bill carefully drafted to avoid interference with tax reduc-
. . ■ . . tion and to secure favorable con- „ .„„ •i.|„ adequate to heat the entire building in sieration hy p^dent Coolidge was > a P" lly as
any and all kin,Is of weather. The en- brought up for passatrp in the house
tire building ma y also be redecorated today . I)ebate is to be lifted to D|i"« DA DED C according to present plans which will forty minu tes and the opportunity to Dlu I ArHiViJ
probably be completed and adopted amend" will be denied. The princiwithin the next .ew weeks. pa j fe a t,un> of the measure as drawn ■ 0 - . by the ways and means committee (
F. Zies Tuesday morning are as follows: (1) Autoists trailing fire truck closer than two blocks will be subject to prosecution. (3) Motor vehicles are not to be parked within 200 feet of the fire or fire truck, (3) Autoists are not to drive over hose, or attempt, to pass where hose is
tures, new floors and new counter.--. lain. These statements were issued The loss in the barber shop was Tueday morning following a narrow covered with the exception of about escape of one of the local firemen $500, Charles Ewan, stated. It is be- Monday night.
ANDERSON IS NAMED 0
GRAND JURY
OIL SCANDAL EVIDENCE
IN TXV'O WEEKS
ANOTHER SEVERE Ql AKK TAKES TOLL ON LITTLE JAP ISLAND TOKIO, March 18—Another earthquake disaster has visited the Japanese islands. This time Kashiku, a small Japanese colony on Saghalien island, has been the center of the shake^ Meager reports reach.ng here said that the shock occurred Sunda night. Houses were shaken down and there were many casualties the reports ^Great fissures opened in the earth, the description, of the "hek. rMching here said. Immediately following the shake the Nayari river began rising rapidly. started Relief measures have been started
INDIANAPOLIS, March 18 -Judge FEDERAL JURORS TO CONSIDER
A. B. Anderson was in a receptive! mood toda toward a possible o' er to j appoint him as successor to Judge Francis E. Baker, on the bench o: the | United States court of appeals at,
Chicago.
ways
is a twenty year paid up endowment j insurance policy, with a cash payment to ex-service men having less
than $50 due them.
eYsterday a number of Democrats of the veterans hoc vigorously criticised the bill and particularly the manner in which they said house leaders had arranged ‘‘to railroad it
SLIGHT AUTO ( RASH
John B. Thomas of Indianapolis j driving a Buick touring car and I Frank J. Reese of Indianapolis driving a Stutz Touring car collided at I the corner of Washington and Ind- ; iana streets Tuesday morning. Nei-
R r 1 r?i»1RlNr ll ! th|,r *' ar wns dmimgPd badly and rYlAA-J Wh nrccoo,!...) on their way
both men proceeded
to Terre Haute.
OGDEN REID BUYS NEW YORK
HERALD FROM FRANK MINSKY MONDAY
WASHINGTON, March 18.—A federal grand jury will be impaneled
FIND A TUNNEL
VINCENNES, Ind., March 18.— The tradition that a tunnel exists
■o | in the basement of the old Harrison
home was given some basis in fact
NEW \ ORK, March 18. Ihe bere recently when Sam Kirk, local
it-auvia ....v. m _ shades ot ( harles Dana, Horace contractor, uncovered what is bothrough" but none of the critics an- GreeI y and 11116 eccentric James Gor- Rpyed to be the entrance to the tun-
nouneed an intentionof votig against B Pnne t have been blended to- ncl . it. Milligan, Missouri, called the bill « l;ther in another sensational Mun- The a "gold brick” and a “direct insult sey news P a P 0 , r transaction formally
to ex-service men.T Stengle, New announced today.
Three great Am-
Senator Watson, it was reported bere w jt b j n two weeks to consider York, told the house “they-ve only erica n newspapers of f .rmer day? from Washington proposed to I’resi- evidence on criminal conspiracy in as ked you for a square deal and you wllo se historic texture wove into dent Coolidge the selection of Judge, the oil scandal, it was leaned today. ar e giving them insurance. Veter- one ol(>an diet when Ogden M. Anderson for the judgeship made va- j Indictments are to be sought against an ’s leaders in the house said that of New X ork Tribune by the death of Judge Baker three persons as the principals and efforts to add a large cash option bought the New York Herald from
cant
be involved as
to the bill
senate.
would be made in the
Frank A. Munsey yesterday, sey merged the New York
COLORED MAN ARRESTED
MunPress
and the Sun of Charles Dana fame i a t a a few ears ago, then bought the i ar ;, Herald from thp Jame^s Gordon Bennett estate, combining them all in
supposed entrance is located in an offset in the wall. About two feet below the surface of the floor, the workmen ran into a layer of brick. Two layers were removed, revealing an opening 30 inches wide, of circular form. This, Kirk believes is the entrance to the tunnel. Work of repairing the old house
is being financed by the D. A. R.
cost of several thousand dol-
last Saturday. several others may Judge Anderson declared no over- alleged accomplices,
tures had yet been made to him, hut ; Grand jury action is to begin shortthat he would accept the appointment ly after the return from the west if it was offered to him. of Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob-
The Nelson-Whitted and others sale and CalforT , Ia naval oil res erve shal Henry O’Hair for intoxication. , The Herald will pass out with, this the ” c ^ ay and * at the locust Bend farm of James B leaae3 to Harry F . Sinclair and E. Morgan was "full to the top- when morning’s issue and beginning to ' ‘ ‘ np rt h " tTart of thT eoo Nelson was held Tuesday, after hav L Doheny. found and was P laced in jail to morrow the two newspapers will be ‘
Charges of conspiracy to defraud await a hearing before Mayor Zies published as one newspaper from the the government and of bribery set Tuesday morning. Tribune plant. Eventually it will apforth in the petitions for cancellation, When tried Tuesday morning he pear as the New York Herald-Tnh-
ing been postponed a week because of weather conditions. A large amount of farm stuff was sold and a large crowd was present. Prices
were reported good.
the northwest part of the county where he has many relatives.
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There will be a special meeting of
srmt-ir * - in. “