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THIRTY-SIX.
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928.
No. 116.
lN
10NED BY
RIM REAPER
INJl RED IN ( RASH
Relatives in this city have receive*! word from Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Younjr of Columbus, Ohio, that they were seriously injured in an accident which occurred in Columbus, Tuesday evening. Reports were that Mr. and Mrs. Young were in a collision with another car, and that the car in which Mr. and Mrs. Young were riding was overturned twice. Mr. Young was reported unconscious this morning and
in a serious condition.
' Mr. Y'oung is the son of Mr. ami , . Mrs. Milligan Young of this city. Mr.
I Wan Prominent ^ ^ a,H Mrs. Young left this city today
for Columbus.
EXTRA DAY IS WITH US ONCE AGAIN FEB. 29
( ALL BXNNER OFFICE
A
' )C KRIDGE PASSED AM \X HOME here TUESDAY
NIGHT.
«. TO BE KRIDU
STATEMENTS OF DR. DROWN
ABE u. \in im BUSHED- - GIVES REASON FOR DAY.
<11 \RTER
DAY
ctive in Republican I’nluic*
For Many Year*.
Every Four Years Leap Year Is Inserted To Put I s Dark At The
Place of Beginning.
No telephone calls will 1><* answered at the high school gymnasium during the sectional net tourney Friday and Saturday, according to an. announcement by Principal F. L. Busen- , berg. Any information concerning the outcome of the various games can be obtained by phoning the Daily Banner Office, number Do. Thi> news paper has installed a special telephone for tournament service,
INSERTED thiough the courtesy . . o|KTation
of the (inenca.-tle Telephone Com-
pany.
ASSESSORS TO START WORK ON THURSDAY
MILL MEET IN THE OFFICE OF CHARLES MARSHALL ON THURSDAY.
SUFFOCATES INFANT SAFINA, Kan., Feb. 29. (UP)—A charge of first degree murder today was placed against John Cramer, 20, who confessed he suffocated his in fant son “b*cause he was too poor to ■ support a child.” The infant’s body was found in an alley here last Saturday. Mrs. Cramer, 21, wa^ reported in a critical condition allegedly but to \ lack of proper medical attention at
SEVERAL FLANS WERE MADE BY CREDIT GROUP
M M PI \\> ID BE i ORMI 1 \TKI> FOR COUNTY CREDIT ASSOCIATION.
KF< FIVE INS! RUCTIONS the child - birth.
<;Roi p
STRONG
HERE
on Fairow Lockiidgi. [ , passed away Tues at the home of Mr Mi x W. Walnut St. The funbeheld from the Methodist Friilay at 2 P- m. Friendv the remains at the Dakin Home until 1 P »> Friday.
; sia, by request.
ochridge was born on Jan ‘ 1846, the son of Andrew M
i, one of the i <
HONOR ROLL FOR SIX WEEKS IS ANNOUNCED
Coonty. He was a veteran of l War and when he received p .rable discharge from th.
o. diana Volunteers, he had the f laV( , announced, sergeant. He saw service u , M js as fo | ll)WS
After a four year absence Leap Y’ear is again here. Leap Year is the result of intricate calendar markings which cause an extra day, every
four years.
Every person is aware of the exis-
tence of such a day but few know the ■"'I.N I I'll.N I
real reason why such a day is a nc-
ALSO HONOR ROLL FOR STUD- oessity. Dr. W. V. Brown of this
ENIs A I (OMPLF.flON (II- city, wrote a letter to the Banner in I I RSI SKMES1ER. December describing the ‘‘shortest day of the year,” and “lA'ap Y’ear”. The Honor Roll of students in the I)r - Brown’s statement in regards to Greencastle high school for both at l-eap Year follow-:
the end of the first semester and the Starting with the well known fact
SENTIMENT IN FEBRUARY NOW THING OF PAST
Total of Thirty-two Persons To Be Engaged in Assessing Work— Seven in Greencastle Tw p.
TWO SHOT IN MINE WAR AT PITTSTON, PA.
Township assessors and deputies in Putnam County w ill meet with Charles Marshall, county assessor, Thursdav morning and receive their necessary
books and pamphlets and instructions si \ | p. POLK F P VTKOI STRFFTs w h' cl1 the directors feel w ill Is- an
Membership Includes Four Towns In Putnam County and Also Mem-
bers In Other Districts,
At a recent meeting of the directors of the Putnam County Credit \ssociation, plans were formulated for l'.i28 consisting of several new ideas.
IN REGARDS
LE \P X EAR H XS Bl I N I X< l\
!NG FOR Y I XRS.
and
high
mi
first six weeks of the second semester y ,,:ir >-'• longer than B(>5 days
The Honor approximately a quarter of a day,
we find that all astronomical points
In lh«- Fifties, Sixties and Seventies The Month of February Over-
Shadow*vd Famed June.
for the assessing of real estate
TO property.
The instructions will be given on Thursday morning and the actual work will be started in the county on
SIXTIES Friday morning, March 2. Not count-
ing (ireencastle township there are tws Ive township assessors and twelve deputies or two assessors to u town-
ship.
In Greem-astle township, Roy Ab-
XFTER DOUBLE KILLING TUESDAY NIGHT. MEN SHOT FROM XMIUSII
Killers Leatc No Trace But Abandon ed Car Is Found at XX ilkesbane. Believed Their ( ar.
le years, 1862, 186:5 and 1861 a prominent memb< r of th< rmy of the Republic here, th# war, Mr. LockridgJ
0 Greencastle and
University, graduating in 1 constant application to lii-
Six XV *-eks
Freshmen: Irma William.-, Henry Stone, Benjamin Jones, Mildred Crav-
entered ' 7'™* ^ I tra day is' introduced, whU-h jumps the
bert Cord, John Thomas, Win. McGaughey, Mary Gillen, Caorrine Owens, Charles Brown, Mary Vaughan Cropper, Virginia Mathes, Mary (I
I rams, township assessor, will be asSflitimcnt must be a thing of the sisted by seven deputies.
in the calendar are made to come past. At least from all indication- l o-
nearly six hours later each year, un- > s regaroing Leap Year .nnl the month til in four \ears this amounts to a of February, of Is-ap Year, in parwhole day, and the ‘‘Leap Year” ex- ticular. Nine marriage In-en.-e- wer ■
issued from the clerk’s office in the
calendar back to the place of begin- Court Homo duiing the present ning. | month and in February l'.i2-l only
It will be noticed that the change -“i* "ere issued.
Hut back in the da> when senti-
hours. To be exact, it is 6 hours, 48 merit was high, the month of Februj minutes, and 51 seconds, and those ary, in regards to tin issuing of
marriage license.- over hadowed tie-
< 11 ARLES RH( TOR YIOVING Cliarles II. Rector is engaged in r<moving hi- undertakii g establish
advantage to the members. One plan discussed was for advertising accounts listed in the rating book for sale. In order that there be no errors in listing the secretary is asking all the members to go over their accounts and to have their reports in for the new rating book by April 1st. This makes an opportune time for ones who know their names are listed to arrange for settlement of accounts. There are over 800 names listed in tile Rating Book which have been handed in by the various members. The Putnam County Credit Association is one of the most beneficial or-
' - - y of law but soon changed . .
##» to the producing of pure Sophomores: (.wendolyn 1 hompson, odd minutes and seconds iiave tn- ^ jj one 0 f found -F-hn Zook, George Johnson, Leota mendous consequence. Setting the cal ■We(So Shorthorn Bree Mullins - Pauline Hostetler, Elizabeth endar back a quarter of a day each oistion He served as a direr- Frdman, Julia Murnane, Irma Julian, year, in four years we over-do it by •MDresident and also a Uubv Webstpr . Hubert Dirks, Vincent j 44 minutes and 36 seconds, and in a in th# organization during f on H ,r . Richard Knight, Robert Dirks, century this amounts to three-quar
" Hannah Gough, Robert Monnett. ter.- of a day. So Leap Year is omit-
' 1I . . .. Juniors: Nellie Steele, Dennis Mat- ted on the century year, again "tsny years, Mr. .... thews, Bes-ie Henry, Virginia Ran- tj,,,, us forward b> a whole-day and
e prominent in po ‘ • den, Louise Robinson, Eugene Ruark, again over-doing it by a quarter of ' i" I -luring February f 1868.
«dl£te dilator on ' Eva Gloe Thomas, Martha Vaughan, a day. This occurred in J900. In WfT, U uo U T 1 ,1 Ju,i ‘ Crawley, Anne Nichols, Nellie four centuries (the year 2:500) we are i county in 18 am si-id 'I g uinton> F rances Brown, Ethel Marie ahead a day, and the l eap Year will _ O’Hair. lie introduced, setting us hack tliat
Seniors: Mildred Goldsbery, Orian I i ay a nd making u.- square with the
Acree, Hale Cowling, Mary Kathryn stars.
Vawter, Joan Durham Charles Before that date gets here, it is Strain, John Voliva, Wilford Ellis, 1 probable that the whole system of the Jeanette Moore. | Gregorian calendar will he discarded Semester. ami .something radically different sub Freshmen: Mildred Graver, Philip t'tuted. There are numerous ocie-
famed month of June.
In the Sixth-- and Reventie- during the Leap Y’ear, tin nundier was perhaps the largest totaled in Kebiuaiy, since the existance of the first lie enso book. During the month of February in 1876, twenty-one licenses wen- 1 m il ami the sam nutubei wn
YVILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 29. (UP —State police today patrolled the streets of Pittston, Pa., after a fresh outbreak of the Insurgent Mine Union difficult!* - which resulted last
night in a double killing.
Alex Campbell, 45, and Peter Ionizations in the county, both to Keilly, 25, were slain from nmbusb. lh, ‘ nierchanta and the customer. The
ment from ea>t Wushinj^ton street l in y w • re thr third and' fourth men Association was formed about five to tbe new fum ral home be recently to be killed met* tbo Insurgent diffi- V c ’ al ®K 0 » a nierchant owned institupurchased and has remotlt*lle«l at the cultie- started everal months ago. tion, organized for the henetit of mercornt'i of Washington and Locust Nn trace of the killers was found, chants to control the retail credit sitstreet,'. | although a motor car- in which the nation. It was first known as the The largr residence at this location gunmen were believed to have escap (ireencastle Credit Association, but has been completely remodeled in to a ed was found on the outskirts of year changed to a ( ounty organmodern funeral home and will give Wilkesbarre. mition, with a membership of 88 re Air. Hector one of tin* be t homes in Campbell was a leader of the group aa( l professional men. I he Put-
of Insurgents which several months nam County Credit Association is a
trills Required
The Stale
itle Containers
(G SENT OUT BY HUME, STATE POLICE
CHIEF.
John Thomas, Charlotte Tay lor, Wm. are before congres.-os ami parliamonts RuB- M Gaughey, Mary GOlen, Carritu Ow ■ 1 t will be don* When
Cr ippc-r, Mary Grogg Bruner, Char
Pope Gregory had .sufficiently wide
lotto Fitter, Mary Rose Harlan, Irma s l’ roa ' 1 authority to do it, but today
-ts who use container omobile certificates of in those obtained from
for
title
Williams.
Sophomores: Gwendolyn Thompson, Benjamin Jones, George Johnson, Ir * b ' mu Julian, Leota Mullins, Julia Mur nano, Ruby Webster, Hubert Dirk , Vincent Confer, Richard Knight, Robert Dirks, Hannah Gough, Robert
Monnett.
J a mors: Dennis Matthew: . Loui.-e Robinson, Fiugene Ruark, Martha Vaughan, Julia Crawley, Anne Nich-
d automobiles in Indlanapo- nh SiAUr (iuintoMi Frall ,. js n ro wn,
veek, and found the titles in Ethe| Marj( . o’Hair.
St-niors: Mildred Gold.-bery, Orian Arree, Halo Cowling, Mary Katheryn Vawter, Joan Durham, Albert Pari.-,
b- of state’s office were warn| »’( ate Police Chief, Robert I iat they are viotatim.. the
subject to fine.
said that state poliee fid complaint made to the seerestate’s office, made a check
containers in many instanc-
ntainer issued from the state
he only one that can be use.l, Ch;irl ,., Slrain j ohn Voliva. . *ted. > „
IDES HOME TO DIE
IL, Ind„ Feb. 29. (UP) /. Pittinger, a retire*! travelsman of Chicago, came back 1, his home town to die. He ^ son tablets in his room at a el. He had b^en in ill health ars. Pitting* !) formerly op* i - ' iundry here.
REPORTS GIVEN ON CONVENTION
ROTARY ( LI B HEARS REPORTS OF IMS I RK T CONFERENC E HELD AT YX ESI BADEN.
t Eagle In )amaged Plane
The Rotary rlub heard glowing reports of the Twentieth District Rotary Conference, held last week at West Baden, as their program at lit'; Wednesday afternoon luneheon. Dr. 0. F. Overstreet and H. 11. Ellis who were the official delegate
we lack any such universal authority.
HIRAM REED REPUDIATES CONFESSION
DEFENDANT OF SCHOOL HOUSE BOMBING TO < HANGE HIS STORY. OTTAWA, III., Feb. 29. (UP)— Hiram Reed, 24, on trial for the bomb ing of Pleasant Valley Schoolhou.-e, was expect* d to give testimony today to aid his attorneys in their legal battle to prevent the state from introducing his confession a- evidence. Defense contended Reed’- confe.--sion, in which he admitted placing dynamite in the -choolhou-e stove in an attempt to kill his school teacher , -weetheart, Miss lola Bradford, wa obtained illegally. R. e*l was expected to as»-crt befor ■ Judge Frank Haye- that the confession was made under promise of immunity and because he thought su- h an admission would save Miss Bradford from publicity. He -inec has repudiated (he confession, saying it wavirtuall) dictated by state’s attorney
The first lie* n
", in th* fn t ici-o. 1
ever kept in tbe
local court, was is-
sued on May 6,
IH.’tl and during th*
month of February in l s :!2, the fir-i l,eup Yiur, following th- cxi luniT of
the records, six
marrRigi.. licence •
were issued, th
same v > were is
sued in February, 1921.
In 1916, eighteen license.- were i sued and from 1916 the number dui
ing February of
th. 1 ap Years fol-
lowing wa- on the dcciiase. The total number of lie* uses i
sued fiom the Court Hou.-o in Felnu ary during the Leap Y • ar 1 since the
fir t records are
as follow :
1832
(5.
i8:j(i
11.
18)0
13.
|K4t
13.
IK48
t:5.
1852
17.
1856
16.
I860
18.
1864
19.
1868
21.
1872
18.
1876
21.
188(1
18.
1884 15.
1888
1892
14.
1 him;
1904
12.
1908
13.
1912
14.
1916
18.
1920
14.
1924
1928
9.
this section of the state.
o—-
A. R. Robinson For U. S. Senate
SI \ XTOU XNMM NCES < AND! D X< X IN PRIM X K X R X( £ TO SI ( ( FED HIMSELF.
ago overthrew the local mine organization of the No. 6 colliery at the Pc iiisylvaiiia Coal Company at Pit j tston. Ho hud been warned lie would b - killed. Tbe first In urgent upn.-ing wa ruled out by the United Mine worker of America. A .-econtl election wn ■ i held and the Insurgent Slate was in i .-tailed.
member of both the State and National Associations, ami in this way it i.- not only able to give to their members reports on people in Putnam County, hut can secure reports from any i I the 900 bureaus belonging to
the National Association.
Thi is very valuable to the member in having reports on new people I moving into Putnam County, and on (hose who move away owing accounts.
Then Thomas Lillie, an Insurgent Statistics show that «7 per cent of WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. -Arthur and flieml of Campbell, was killed, .he merchandise in our country today R Robinson, junior United States Gunmen attempted to ambush “Big > s handled on credit, and this tun senator from Indiana, announced last Sam” Grecco, another Iimurgcnt. mude the Credit Bureau development night that he will be a candidate for Frank Agaty wa- killed and three one of the largest movements in the
n- nomination. Mr. Robinson’s an members of the In urgent group
nouncement was simple and informal, were arre ted for the imii .u r.
and so far as i.- known, he will have no opposition for the oiTice to which
he aspires in the primary.
The petition necessary for his name to go on the primary ballots, ha.. been circulated and will be filed by his law partner, Garth B Melson of
Narrow Escape For Girl Flier
SKILL OF PILOT >N LANDING
SAVES STUNT FLIER
FROM DEATH.
United States. A few years ago there were a few organizations scattered throughout the country, who fought valiantly to help the merchant help himself, now there are over 900 efficient re port ing stations comprising the Cndit Service Exchange Divis ion of the Retail Credit Men’s National Association covering every
state in the union.
This proves conclusively that the merchants of the country demand adequate protection for thoir account) and that there must have been a ter
PETERSBURG, Flu., Fib. 29. rifle demand for the service to in\n 18-year old girl stunt fli croa.-a- the activities of the reporting er narrowly escaped death yesterday bureau 500 percent during a few
in a hazardous misln p far above this years.
city. The Putnam (’ounty Credit AssoWhen .Inline Duran, flying with elation now has members in GreenDr. R. L. Ellis of Minneapoli , Minn , ca tie, llainhridge, Fillmore, Ulovert> pped out of the plane with a para dale and a few members in the rural chute .-trapped to te r ha. k, b line- districts. The directors arc anxious • aught in a wing strut. to extend the membership into the ”1 realized the only U ing to do other towns of the county, and the with Mi Duran dangling below tbe ecretary, will be glad to answer any
ST.
(UP)
RIVER DYKES BREAK; MANY CHINESE DIE
( ONDFI IONS IN SH XN I UNG PRO VINCE ARE MOST HORRIBLE, REPORT,
ed about two and one-half years in I In- senate and is one of tbo hotter known younger members of (he sen
ale.
CITIZENS AID IN SEARCH FOR LOST AVIATORS NO’I I D N XX XL I MLR XND COMPANIONS MISSING MORE
THAN 18 HOURS.
XVASHINGTON, Feb. 29. (UP) -
civilian bunting parties today joined a "'' a w ’ n 6 * 1 the search for Commander T. (». El a:i b,,|, l ,, l-
on, noted Naval fliei ud two hundre*! feet. She wa companion-. Aft* r score- of army and um-onscious when bystander, nached I navy planes had -ought th<‘m in vain ^'‘ r > wa> (•a.'ly l.urt.
for more than 48 hours. i ^
A radio app<-al last night calb-d for citizen's aid in > xploring swnmpi along Cbe-apeake Bay between Hampton Ron is, X'a , where the av-a-toi- took off at 2 A. M. Monday, and Annapolis, Md , the destination th* y
failed- to reach.
soon as pos inquiric-
plane was to land silde,” Ellis -aid.
Watcher- saw him glide to a field.
b- ni Ilii impa"t Duran was diag-
DTAUW CHOIR TO MAKE TOUR
Navy Dirigible Battles Storms Enroute To U. S.
BIG AIRSHIP “LOS X NGELES" LFAYKS ( ANAL ZONI FOR HOME HANGAR.
MU8T LAND ON TWO «T WHEELS AT ALBANY,
MEW YORK.
gave the detailed reports. Dr. Over- Rus-oll O. Hanson.
naw field, n ^■■Wikrding da
The legal battle over the confession has been waged two days with
the jury i xcluded.
i street was detailed to report on the ! entertainment activities, and he did a good job. For fear of being mis- , quoted, he wrote his report and it
N. Y., Feb. 29. was a masterpiece. It dealt with all _ damage t" f t he GreeneMtl# m#m 1 * buapy take-off, Col. Chas. beis. Some of th<‘m interviewed ‘Mr:
^^••Btinui**! to Albany to- Brown and it wa- even - ed some Federal grand jury, meeting in fnakl an address on aviation came hofne with more than they took fir-t night session here
down. Others borrowed from the World War, indicted
"tat# legislature.
Aging a Ryan brougham
I HREF INDK I ED.
CHICAGO, Feb. 29. (I P)
tliree
The
its
the
alleged
more fortunate and all “Reported ring-leader# in the $133,000 Chicago
s’ith four JWs.-engers, started leaving at a late hour after a fine *ve suburban mail train robbery, it was
2 *• W. gfter a run of less ning.” reported today.
>6 yarda, the Uil skid snapped Mr. Ellis gave some of the high True bills charging robbery also l Pin* to the ground. lights on the various speeches made were reported to have been voted >ergh p#ored out the sidu door at the conference and aid it was the against three other suspects still at
Plan#, apparently decided the surest way to get the Rotary Spirit, large.
’ w *s itnmaterial, waved away He urged that hereafter the Green- o
*cs who came running up and 1 castle club attend these conferences
LONDON, Feh. 29. (UP) Thousand- of ('hill*, e W( M repolted drown ' <1 after the breaking of dykes of the Y’ellow River, Peking dispatches to (he Daily Express lid today. Suffering was reported general in Shantung Province, where it wasaid four million |h-isons are suii-is' ing on leave-, gra , weeds and cotton seed*. Children, e penally girls, are being so|,| for a few -hillings or given away the dispatches said.
Community Meet Is Huge Success
I IINKKARY OF TOI K IN< M Di s Ml N< IE AND FOR I XX AVNE
'i\ n \ >
The DcPauw university choir -oin* Jiosed of eighteen voices, will make a tour of several Indiana citie., begin-
..... ning March 27. On tin- date the > hoir Ml- t XKol. HOI LIZ GAV1 „ H
ONE OF PRIM IPAL ADDRESS. (|Mt M „.
KS AT MEETING. , t wi „ on Wednesday, March
WASHINGTON Feb. 29. (UP)
The Navy Dirigible Los Angeles buttled headwind- to*lu\ on its return from the Panama Canal Zone to its
hanger a* I«ikehurst, N. J.
At 6 A. M. today it reported its position to navy hcadquartois here a19 mil* s Miuthwi st of South Negril Point, Jamaica, West Indies. It was not believed tbe Dirigible would ar rive before afternoon at Uanacayabo
Methodist church in Union Bay, wiier.. it expect- to moor to th >
naval tender Patoga’s mast over-
night.
TO ENTER RACK.
*<1 on his flight.
100 per cent and thus get mere out
TO HOLD MEET. meeting for officers,
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 29. (UP) Secretary of State Frederick E.
directors Schortemeier will (ilc his formal do
1 here aald that, without a tail 0 f (ho organization. A. G. Brown, and chairmen of the various com-
28, at the
The monthly Bainbridge community Eity, and on Thursday, March 29, at meeting wa. held in the Hainbridgc the Methodist church in HartfunX
high school gymnasium Tuesday eve City.
ning. One of the largest crowds ol It will give several concert profile season was in attendance. grams in Fort Wayne, singing then. Miss Carol Shoultz, county health on Friday night, March 30, Saturday, nurse, gave one of the principal talks March .'51, and on Sunday, April I. of the evening speaking on “Tuber Lust Sunday the DcPauw choir culosis”. A picture describing tuber sung at the morning ervices of the
culosia and its remedies was shown. Broadway Methodist Episcopal church Howard Count) grand jury investAn address on "Co-operation”, and in Indianapolis. igating the crash of the American
“STEVIE” TEST FI EM.
KOKOMO, Ind., Feb 29. (UP) — D. C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klun grand dragon, went before the
rlaration as a candidate for the Re-
id the rudder damaged, .Lind- N. C. O’Hair and A. B. Hanna gave rnittees of the Kiwanis Club will bo publican nomination for governor reading: by Mis Margaret O’Hair, The University Sextette w ill a. Trust Company Bank today and pre"ould have to land at Alban> reports on other activities of the con- held at the Elms Inn, Wednesday eve- within a week, it w: reliably report' and several ongs by Estun Cooper, company the choir, on all of these sumaldv told th. jumi what hi-
ed today.
two front wheels.
ference.
ning at 6:15 o’clock.
completed the program-
programs.
knows of alleged state banking graft.