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GREENCASTLK, INDIANA. TUIvSDAY, FKRRUARY 21,1928.
No. 109.
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A. HOLDS MEETING
:RE MONDAY
:ld in the vocation \i
( ATION BUILDINGVIANY ATTENDED.
it
WAS
SERVED
The BuHinesH Session. The ng Was Turneil Over To
Rev. B. H. Bruner.
arent Teachers’ Association '!■ .|>artni<’ntal and Hi(;h School rlendid jret-togethcr meeting ocational Educational Build l,|k day evening. Nearly one 1 1 school [rntroius attended and • r;ir '.rogram was held after th 1 i as served. Theie was an of food and food-fellowship ut the evening, nner was served in the Do cience rooms, where werynt off in splendid shape and rad a good meal. Mrs. I . president of the Assoeia she presided at the general meeting which followed the Aig the busine>s so-don, the ze^vas turned over to the Rev. •*; . inner, chairman of the pro *A“j'mittee. Every one mixed i-tayone else ami lues me betAinted as a result of tie ipt. Warren J. Vount simiK n the value of such an 01 n as the Parent Teachers o> c schools ami showed th ■ such a connection to botii !W||ers and th) school patrons. L. Busenhurg also spoke ' E. Durham, another spoak0 apologise for his appearte was emlmiiasHed in speak ic intelligent crowd instead noeiatie nveting, where he of being applauded everynentione I Bryan's name. lari also spoke of the valio ^^atherings. The meeting 1 bo one of the fine-t the on ha- cv' r held and it i IVialieve tl- .aii'-e sm h u'-*a be held. nairnian of the program e pawed out slips of pap r each parent and traehi I to state one problem whied and which they wouhj lik( Parent Teachers Association - ut one of its moetings. The of those present responded ‘<iuest and two program- for of this year will be in the f discussions of the no -t Idem- which were suggested.
1 WONDER? You may or may not hear o lot concerning “The Wonder of The World," bu' here are seven wonders that \ou encounter every day: 1. I wonder if I’m on the right road ? 2. 1 wonder if this detour has any end? 3. I wonder when they’re going to tart hanging back seat drivers? 4. I wonder if that motorcycle cop is chasing me? 5. 1 wonder if I’ll make that green light? (i. I wonder if there's enough alcohol in the radiator? 7. I wonder if that fellow ahead, with his hand out, intends to stop, turn to the right or left, or just keep on going.
MANY ENTERED IN CONTEST IN LOCAL SCHOOL
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1 11 I KEN Id l\\ I N I V SIT DENTS WILL PARTK IP M E IN CONTEST.
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Orators Will Have Pick of Two Subjects Both Dealing With The Constitution.
Fifteen to twenty students tlreencastle High School will their oratorical ability in a : oratorical contest, to be held
in the showlocal in the
High School auditorium on Tuesdav evening, March Id. The contest will start at 7:30 o'clock. This year students in the high sc hoot have been taking much interest in the various forms of public speaking, such as debate and oratory of all kinds, judging from th*' number that have already entered the
contest.
The (jreencastle High School has always been well represented in the annual oratorical contests hut this year the number entering exceeds the number that participated in the con-
tests in the past years.
The winners of the local contest will be pitted against the winners of
of the Valley Camp Coal ( ompany lhp olh( , r scho()ls of county in a
BLAST WRECKS MINE; 5 BODIES ARE LOCATED
SIXTEEN MEN BELIEVED IN
(DAI. MINE PRIOR TO
EXPLOSION.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., Feb. 21 With two bodios located, five rescue squads fougl t their way through smoke and gas in the Kinlock Mine
EVANSVILLE, Ind„ Feb. 21. (CP) —Mrs. Lola Riddle, 38, suing Edward P. Riddle, 80, for divorce after being his wife six months, testified in court here that he wa "a gay dog" and trilled with women hearts, having booti sued for breach of promise on at least ono occasion. The husband came back with testi mony that his wife had a “sugar daddy" in Detroit and kept his picture on the mantel in the Riddle home, and that she conspired to get Riddle’s property, valued at $4,500.
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN ESSAY CONTEST
WILL OBSERVE FOUNDERS’ DAY ON WEDNESDAY
HANKS TO CLOSE The Banks of the city will ho closed t< morrow, in oln-eivunce of Wash ingson s birthday.
ii im;e hknrv m. dowling to
BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
OF DAY.
COTNc II.
MINEs DISAGREE
DES MOINES, Feb. 21 (Unpractically all hope of settling the wage controveiscy between Cnioo miners and the Iowa Coal operatorassociation was abandoned today wlun Geotge Heaps, .Irs,, Pie idc t of the operator., announced the point
MEET meeting had adjourned aftei "Di-a OEFSEI
greeing completely.”
NEW MARK WAS REACHED IN P. 0. MONEY ORDERS
MARK IN EXCESS OF $2,000 W AS Rl ACHED 'X MONEY ORDER
D1 P VR1 MEN r.
PRI VIOl S
M VRK
the Meeting Of The Wumni Council \t 0 O’clock Will Be Feature Uf Day’s Program.
DePauw students, faculty, alumni,
CHIDRKN \RE KOI M»
INDIANAPOLIS, K.h. 21. (UP) Fear of another Hickman case w.:dispelled today following discovers of Elmer Poyn’cr, 4, and hi si-ter,
as More Than $000 Higher Than The Previous High Mark Set Two W cektf Ago. The bigge-: money order business
officers, and friends will celebrate Thelma, 0, who had been missing ( ' v, ’r experienced in the Greencastle
the ninety-first anniversary of the for 24 hour. T - \ were found at the founding of the University W’ednes- home of an Aunt, Mr Marie Ware,
day. Judge Henry M. Dowling of In-
( OXDKI III* I NDKK I HI \l >
Pit KS m THE M <»M ws
RELIEF CORPS.
Ill
\W \RD
PR I/I s
Winners In the Various Wards As Follows Seven Were
Awarded Prizes,
near here today in an effort to find nin other ropoite I explosion victims. Hours after the explosion occurred at !):30 o’clock last night the first
county contest. Following the county contest a district contest will bo held, composed of the winners of various county contests and those sur-
crew of rescuers entered the mine, viving will then be eligible to enter
Th* y reported seeing the disfigured bodies of five miners about a mile and a half from the mine entrance. Official- of the company aid sixteen men were in the workings at the time of the explosion. Five came out safely, leaving eleven unaccounted for, officials say.
M’BRIDE GIVES STATISTICS ON BIG INDUSTRY
COMPILATION HE STATES THAI IMPORTATIONS ARE MIT H LARGER.
I OKM
DISIINI I
MIN \( E
I oreign Importations Force Eastern Vnd Southern Manufacturers Farther Inland.
18,000 FIRE IN EEP0RT, ILL.
fee
Growing importations of foreign cement, which have become a serious competitive factor on the Atlantic seaboard and in the gulf states contitute a distinct menace to the future of the Indiana content industry, which employs thousands of workers, in the opinion of D. S. McBride, of the Indiana Portland Cement Co., who has completed a survey of the indus-
try.
In six years 7,!t22,2!K barrels of foreign cement have been received on the Atlantic seaboard. Produced at pauper wages and protected by government price fixing, trust agreements, railroad rebates and otter fnr- < ign devices to stimulate exports, this volume of cement is displacing Amor ican production and driving Eastern and Southern manufacturers further
were guests at the time of inland to cek a market, Mr. McBride mous debate. All the guest-* ays, introducing a new element of aped from the hotel, which competition on interior <li trick.
IC BREWSTER HOTEL IS >MEI> BY SPREADING
FLAMES.
( PORT, Ilk, Keb. 21 (UTl kulting from an explosion tonent of a clothing store business block here today, jdanrag estimated at $l,(mn, was still burning unchecke I it hour the flames had sprea i [dstorlc Brew ter Hotel, who Lincoln and Stephen I
the state. Prof. Tomlinson, teacher of public speaking in the high school, has had several pupils get as fur as the state contest, and is making every effort to produce winners from the Greencastle school. Prof. Tomlinson and Profs. Skelton and Sturges of the history depart rr.ent of the high school, will he in charge of the local oratorical con-
t. l.
The following are the two general subjects, between which the pcakers must chose and then write their oral on. “Siunnicunce of the Constitu tinn,’’ “Development of the Constitution." 'I he following are the names of the indents who have entered n far: Eileen Scobbee, Lenta Mullins, John Talbott, Kenneth Evans, Anna Gough, Hubert DirM, Janet Moore, Nelli'* t,H-mton, Harold Vawter, Ruth Cif ford, Gretehen Handel, Glen Woodrum, France* Hamilton, Wayne l’< Ik o Completes Air Mail Delivery LINDBERGH H\< K IN ST. Id MTS AFTER FLYING OLD MAIL ROUTE. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Fel. 21 (UP)— Completing anothi r journey of good will, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at rived in St. Loui at !t Itt! A. M. to *lay afti r a record breaking air mail flight to Chicago and hack over his own former air trail. ———-o—— L1NDY LETTERS RECEIVED HERE
Prize winners for thf* Patriotic Ks say contest, which ha been being conducted under the au pices of the Woman's Relief Corps have been announced. Prizes will he awarded February 22nd in the auditorium of the High School when a patriotic meeting will he held there to the hirthda) of Wash i glon
Lincoln.
Winner of tin four iliff* rent
vard.
1st. 2nd.
1st. 2nd.
1st. 2nd.
tst.-
follows: First WaK/l Dorothy Eudaly. Leonard Hatnan. 4t*cund W a J Louise Satterlee. Dean Stewart. Third Ward Mary Jane Irvin* Mary I .noise ii - mini. Maple Hciglii Pearl Smith.
p h J . t TV* Shakespeare s nay 'As You Like It’ To Be Presented Here
PI \\ W ILL BE SHOW \ '\ LIT I I K T HE \T K.K OX I RIDAY
AND S \T ( RDAY.
The magnitude of cement manufacture in Indiana and its economic importance to th state are shown by omo of Mr. McBride - figures. In Ifiliti the industry contributed $20,102.081 to the . lute's industrial revi nue. It engaged capital of $tr>,lfiH,7r*0; supported 3,858 employes and paid $17, 420,272 to other industries for materials and advice*.
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EDI RT KEN ARE DEAD
doomed. ire started at 3 A. M. o- — | MMITTEK APPOINTED ATUR, Imh, Feb.. 21 (I’Pi w/ nittee to lay plans for noration of the work of (.* * T n Porter, and to preserve th* jU'iT of Geneva’s most illusl i was appointed at a me t ug Geneva Chamber of Comnu n* the Masonic hall and att' nd flilO Decatur men. rsl plan* were discussed, l.ui ;„«n which drew the most f n 'C which provided that tin * t Tion be incorporated under (I . laws for 60 yearn hk a n-f *?i sharing erganization, and t > - fgt effort to preserve the ten round Geneva made famou by :: riting* of Mrs. Porter and 1 IMthing a* a memorial to Iv J writer. 1 ■ o
■t
, l to foreclose mortgage in many
iote, has been filerl in the PutTrcuit Court, Elmer E. Allen
William Hardy, Daisy Hai y, A final ^Dement t y* and Murphy, attorn*\s fur m.-it'r i nj
aintiff. A judgement of $25o
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 21. (UP)—Fourteen persons were dead today anil many were missing in what were believed to In* the worst floods in the history of Australia. Many persons were homeless and hungry. Other ; were isolated. Land-
T WEN TV SEVEN LETTERS KKi I i\ ED HERE st* l AR VIA
LINDY.
Twenty-seven letters were reccivi I in Greencastle via the Lindbergh Air Mail route. Several more letters were expected later on Tuesday from
Chicago.
Although an accurate count was nA taken many more letters were ent out from Greencastle destined to go via this route, than were received. However the second hatch was expected to more than equal the first. All told many thousands of pieces of mail were mailed from all sections of the United States in order to be sent to their final destination via
Lindy’s plane.
A special mark is used on Jill envelopes and pieces of mail to differen-
dides were occurring at many points. tjaU , thjg niai , frnm a |, oth ,. r air mai | Property damage ut the town of deliveries. A mark in the form of Grafton alone was estimated at $•!,- horseshoe, with the words .“Lindbergh mor
750,000. Air Mail Route," on the margin, and Afldrey, Robert Wade. Water was 20 feet deep in some the time and post mark in the center, Rosalind, daughter of the banished
"As You Like It”, one of Shaki spiare's best eomedit will he pi - rented b\ Dim r Du in Little Thaler on Friday and Saturday evening - of
this we k at 8.15 p. m.
It is a five act plav mid ranks i nn tig tin* choice works of Shakespeare. Prof. II. B. (i-'Ugh and Prof. R. K. Williams, who I ve been directing the work on the play, completed tin c.i t and also her u work on Hein t act during the pa t week. The costume to he i ed promt •«' to he .-urprising in Uxor plendor. Dorn thy Axtill, Lucy Mm Roelle and It-mice Camptiell ha - been winking for week preparing me of the cos
liinn - and other that are too heavy Jm e.
and intricate will In rented from a
theatrical costumer.
Walts r Bullock and his a i taut have been bu.-y preparing the cen ' ry and stage settings while Harry Gough as business manager has tak on care of the advi rt i mg and ah* of
i tickets.
AH -eats are revet ved and may he bought at the U-rhop every afternoon from 2:00 to 4:30 !’. M. Seat in tinla L rife rows will ' ll for fifty cent ami rdl others will I"* seventy-five The complet'd ca t is an follows: Duke in banishment, Robert Kmi-on Duke Frederick, hi brother and u - urper of hi dnmininr . Jo-xe Johnson; Amiens and Jaeque , lords attending the banished Duke, Richard Crowder and Darrell Gooch, l.'-Hcau, courtier attending Frederick, Richard Crowd
I '' r *
Charles, a wrestler, Charles Shu-
maker; Oliver, Oris'do, and Jacques, and
-ons of Sir Rowland de Bays, Dolph Vcatch, Theodore S'dam, and Hollis Hull, Touch-tone, a clown, Chester O good; Coriri and Silvius, shepherds Rockwell Smith and Charles E. PulWilliam, a ru-tic in love with
dianapolis, a graduate of the class of 181*3, mi mbor of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Hcta Kappa, will he the
principal speaker of the day. Clas es will be tlismis-cd after
chapel hour, according to Dr. Blanch and, to enable all to participate in the piogiani of the day. The chapel ex crciscs will In* held in Mchariy hall at 11:00 o’clock with Dr. L. H. Murlin, president of the University, pre--iding. Judge Dowling will give an addre - on ‘ American Optimism.” The m n's and women’s glee club will
futni-h the music for the occasion. The nn . t important event of the
day's program will he the annual meeting of the Alumni Council at 0 honor o’clock in the morning. The Rev. U. and ^* 'Aadi, '1*8, chairman of the Alumni
Council and executive eeretary the World’s Service commission
the Met hoi -1 I Epi-copal church, will
he in charge of the meeting. All alumni officers, representatives
of local alumni a- Delations, and dassocretarics will he pre out at the Alumni Council meeting. Harry G. Leslie, Katherine Graydon, and William Howard, alumni secretaries of Purdue univei ity, Butler un i W iha-h colleges respectively, will explain tee workings of the alumni organization of their schools. In addition, further ( la- room facilitii s, building
maintenance, and the athletic situation will
The Rev. W. Henry McLean, alumni eeretary, will give his report to the Alumni Council on the progress being made in alumni work. Commit tee will he appointed, and camli'latrnoinmated for election to succeed Mr. Chailes W. Jewett as trustee. The senior faculty alumni Pre*>i dent Muilin. Addresse will he made by th" R verond R. J. Wade in behalf of the alumni; and b\ I'tnf, Francis Tihlen in behalf of the faculty. William Smith, president of the senior class, and Dorothy I’olcr"ti, '28, will peak for the stielents. The afternoon session of the Alumni Council meeting will be resumed at 2:00 p. m. in Evan- hall of Bow men Memorial building, at wlii'h time I lie I'ouncil will adopt a program for the establishment of the DePuuw \ Ip in i d fund. Kerim th Lawyer, alumni -eeretary of Knox > ollegr, Gale, burg, Illinois, will acquaint Hr* Council with the methods and procedure used in the maintenance of the Knox Alumni fund. Plans will al-o lie drawn up for Commencement in
NEW BOMBING CASE AROUSES NOTED LAWYER
IKIM I OK R. I t ROW I S RRt IT II I R IX I \\\ I* \ M \(.l I) in
III. VST.
FOUR I H ( lilt ltd) III I R VCK Kortimatclx No tiiu* Was liijuml.
VV iii'ly ( itv Gangsters Blamed For Dynamite Explosion.
CHICAGO, Fel*. 21. (UP) Turning from their alleged intimidation of city „f officials, Chicago', bombers today (1 f answered attack from the stale’s attorney' off ire, with a heavy charge of dynamite, planted at tin* home ' f the brother in-law of State’s Attor-
ney Robert K. Crowe.
The explosion, the fourth which has hcen directed at political figures in the piccnt bundling erics, occurred at the residence of l.awrencc Cuneo. No one was injured, but other residents of the building, in which Cunc* lives, said that glas. and ehinaware
were broken by concus ion
The bomb shattered tin- miter door way and ripped away part, of om*
fraternity and wall of the apartment building. A In* discussed, general exodus of (enantt- ot nearby
buildings followed.
The explosion came on the heels ol the bombing of homes of three city official and was the first at tack at the state’s attorney's offii c. Crowe'.- office recently began a concentrated movement to end the wholesale bombings which were inaugurated recently. The bombing wa - con nlered a direct defy
to this movement.
In commenting on the bombing Cu neo said "If they’re after me, it's an attack on the Crowe political organ-
ization."
Crowe, bitter in hi.; denunciation-, immediately offered a $10,000 reward and immunity to any person who will levcal the identity of the bombers. "I want to make it clear,” ('row' said, “that I think there i something political about the e bombing I have an idea that I In- man who threw (be bomb got $2(1(1 or '.(lit for Idx wink. I’ll give him $10,000 and com plete immunity if he'll come in and till nn* who hired Inin"
I’ost Office was consummated Monday, when an amount in excess of
$2,000, wa received.
This high mark more than offsets Hu* previous high mark which wall s than $f>00 of the mark set Monday. This previous mark was two week ago wlieu lightly over $1100
Was taken in.
Monday r ir ually by far the largest day of the week inasfur as the money order department of the Post • Iffice is concerned a . on this day the total rceeipts are ordinarily larger than the amounts of several other days of the week, taken as a whole.
DE VI. IS ( (tVIPI Kl ED - —o—• It wns announce I Tuesday by ll.it- : y Talbott, teal t ,-tate agent, that C 1 arl s E. /i-is bad traded bis 105 aeie farm, east ef the city arid known a. the Owen-’ farm, to Paul Vlbin. In the deal, Mr. Zei received the fill iug tation and garage on east Washington tfret frnm Vlbin. The service -tatiie i- lea.-ed to th- High Point Oil Company.
Rules For Use Of Flags Published
D VI (ill I KRS III VMERH VN RF V(»H I <<>X H VV I PREPARED III LLETTNS.
CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAY TO BE QUIET
PRt It, R VMS 'N HONOR OF W V' I Xt.T l »X VV H I PR< IB V III V
BE III LI*.
Trawler Sinks; 8 Of Crew Perish;;;
MALL BOV I SINK VITER ( Ol LISION VV FI It Ml VMI R IN NORTH SI V.
LONDON, Feb. member of tin* ere Petunia w ic drown ler wa unk after tIn- team hip Viva,
* I ( C P i Eight w of tin- Trawler d when tin Traw a cnlli-ien with in t he Nor I Ii : * a.
One member of tin I’rnwl C erexv
was ave
POST ol I K E
(LOSE
The Greencastle Banks and Several Offices In (our 1 House Mill Be
( loscd Mednesday.
streets at Murwillumbah. Rivers were is the mark used.
sections. o
duke, Margarx t Rohwedder; Celia, daughter of Frederick, Mabel Krucg
R N. Raf- er; Phoebe, shepehdess, Lillian Dal 0 ;
The celebration of Washington 1 * birthday w ill be im ere in Greenca tie if quiet. The P t Office, Bank
number of the offices in the Court House will be closd.
No public demonstration of any kind will be held but special programs will probably be held in tinschools in the city. A number of clubs and other organizations in tin city have held or will hold meeting commemorating the birth of Wash-
ington.
The Auditor’s, Treasurer’s and Recorder's office will be closed as well as several other offices in the
T HE VV I V I HER Imre ing cloudine Ii.night, prob t,|y followed Ity uti ' tiled M’cdin*. - day. Ri-ing Temperature. DEMOCRATIC SIT VK INC Thf re will be a meeting in th'.* Court Room at eight o'clock Satu day i wiling. Waltei Myer amj A1 bert Stump, candidate for the nom ination of U. S. Senator will be the
p* akors.
The mernbci.s of the Democratic (Tub will meet <arly in the Law Library for a bu ine.-s '-.odon at
7:15.
Wn*'imgton’- btrthojfy x$ill lx* i-b-served throughout the United States tomorrow. The Daughters of th Ann r ican Revolution have prepare ! bulletins on the proper display of the Ametican flag tomorrow, which should be of general inti le-t. Om readers are a-ked to read the following general rules which should be followed in displaying tin* flag tomortow: Th. flag should be displayed from ■unrise to -unset, or between Mich hours a. may be designated by proper author ity. When the flag is di played from a staff projecting horizontally or at an angle from tin* window sill, balcony oi front of building, th union of tin* flag should go clear to the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half
mast.
VV hen the flag i> displayed a a manner other than by being flown from a faff, H should be displayed Hat, a In tl i in ooi or out. When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a well, the union should In uppermost and the flag's ow i right, i. e, to the ob..erver'.s left. Mli n I'i -playad in a window, it diould be di-pl iyei in the same way, thi i., ith the union or blue field to the left the nb i rver in the -tieit. VVTien fe tootle, |I ette Ol draping of bill", white at;d red are de-irul, bunting should b - u."d, but never tin flag. When tin* II ,g i displayed over Hr* mid I of the sticet, a between boil ing . tin* flag should be u pended vertically with the union to the north in and ca t and west street, or to the east in a rn rth and outh
stre t.
When ti c d on a peakei platforin the flag i if ' r-played flat, should be displayed above and behind tho -peaker. If flown fiom a staff, it -hnuld b in the po- lion of honor, at the speaki i right. It ■ l.ould never be u *‘d to cover the peaker’ desk, rr to drup,* over th* front of the plat form. — - - o INS’IRUMENIS MOVED The government iherrnonn tei ; and other instruments for getting total tainfall aid .-now were mov'd about noon Tue.duy from the Eire Ilepar'inont buil'.ing to Hn College ol> erva buy. The instillments have bei n kept at th Eire Department for about three years.
report in the
realestate of Maigaret
Grahamfi deceased, was filed in the
Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday.
Born to Mr. ilnd Mrs.
feity of Fort Wayne, a baby boy Audrey, a rustic las . Dorothy Strong court houre. It was decided Tuesday February 21st. Mrs. Rafferty is the and page^ Martha Weaver, Albert afternoon that the Clerk’s office daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crews, He e! Conway, and Frances would also he closed. A- usual the Broadstreet of this city. Eckardt. sheriff's office will be open.
INJURED IN EIRE.
VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 21. (UP)
o .Sant Hit*, 36, wa- seriously injured
The delegation of local Rotary club today while helping fight a $75 (M member- attended the Tuesday <•*- fire in the J. C. Penny department sion of the Indiana Conference a* tore and adjoining building. He fell West Baden. The delegation will re- from a ladder, fracturing his left main there for the concluding session leg, and may have ufend intenul on Wednesday. injuries, according to physicians,
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