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HKEENCASTLE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1928.
No. 133.
.xH^E^portlandmills
moct tomorrow, it was announced tov. y. Mr. Smith is teacher of geol-
ogy at DePauw University.
PICTURES OF DIS \S 1 KR
FiONEER WAS INDIAN CAPTIVE
-ODFKEY AM) ERNEST VlCllMS OK TRA1N-
U TO CRASH.
Picluies of the St. Kranci.s ,:ani disaster in California vsei shown at the Granada Theater last night an.;
-— a Fox News iuel, was delivered fiom CEMENT PLANT the west coast to Indianapoli. by air ADOPTED
mail and sent here by special delivery At Crossing Just " in b « show ' 1
Auto rhu <icene * w ete taken by a Fox New..
camera man who reached the flooded area while the water from the reser-
— 1 voir was still sweeping through the
te,*, mill foreman and Har- stikken valley. master mechanic of the o
Cl IMPELLED TO DANCE WHILE HIS COMRADE WRITHED IN
FLAMES AT STAKE.
cuss what they would do with the fugitives when they overtook them. Torture was to precede death. But they 1 were not found by the Indians and regained their homes at Portland Mills ultimately. Alexander llarbison's mother attended school north of Portland Mills where the present Sender church was later erected, reaching it over a path through the forest. One evening, returning from school, she found a
good or better than teaching under ordinary conditions, it becomes the ' duty of a community in close proximity to a college to furnish facilities for student teaching. These teachers in training are to become the teachers of boys and girls through-
out the state.
The next meeting of the High I School Association will be an evening meeting at which both the fathers and mothers can be present. At
this meeting some of the questions VARIOUS QUESTIONS which wore received will be dr-cus - • OOi IDGK ed in an open discussion for both
MRS. DIRKS LEADS P. T. A. DISCUSSION
HIGH St'HOOL PARENT-TEACH-ERS’ ASSOCIATION HOLDS
MEETING MONDAY
WILSON AWARD is PRESENTED 10 LiNDKERGH
PEACE MEDAL AND $25,000 GIV-
EN 11 ! \ MERH \ S I LY-
ING ACE.
U Occurs
jpf Cement Plant.
Considerable Distance.
very young bear cub and took it 115 INDIAN QUEEN home with her. It wa ensconced in DISCUSS the chimney corner for the night, but
Escaped and Overheard Pursuers Plan while the fami,v sl |,t ’ crickets President Of Organization Presided parents aml tL ' UCherS -
His Terrible Fate When He Should • swurm " d out ,,f th '’ ] ' K ' : walis of th '' Be Taken Captive. cabin and devoured th. soft tissue of
the cub’s eyes, so that it died. Bears were easily tamed, Mrs. Harbison
said. Deer were very plentiful. Tht! High School Parent-Teachers’
PRESENTAT ION
And All Present Had Very
Profitable Time
-ortland Cement Company .,tly killed by Pennsy train No. 21, at the cross-
Limedale and the Cement
Is,lay afternoon. They were t, the plant "hen the fast di? their automobile on the ifhe train ia one of the fast C Pennsylvania passengers jr the wrecked automobile Sice. Both men were dead
were reached by persons ^.-td the fatal crash.-
jakes the fourth fatal acci-
crossing within a few
YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SOON
PLANS VIRTUALLY COMPLETED
FOR ANNUAL RELIGIOUS
CONFERENCE.
EIGHT BODIES REMOVED FROM SALVAGED SUB
Col. Charles Lindbergh Receives Award Monday Night For PanAmrerican Good Will Tour.
FLAG DRAPED
COFFINS.
In the preceding article dealing
with days in Putnam county a cen-1 'fy, e t , ar iy 4 „ w .s were necessarily as Association met Monday afternoon at tuiy ago, icier, nee was made to the hardy as their owners. I hey nearly the High School building. Mrs. L. stirring adventures of the grandfath- starved during tha tint winters, hut H. Dirks, the president, was in er of a Greencastle woman. The lat- ear ly j„ the spring a soon as the charge of the meeting. At 'the last
ter is Mrs. Robert S. Harbison, who buds on the elms and beeches began meeting of the association the chair- . lives on south Jackson street, in to swell, their ownersWould cut down man of the program committee asked > H l LM.s til- I \ I Er i L .vi KL. I
Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. Harbison trees of these species, and the cows thu teachers and parents present to moved to Greencastle some time ago lived on the buds until the meagre • <u Kgest some of the questions which from the vicinity of Portland Mills,' g ras s appeared. One large tree would thu >' think should be discussed at the where they had resided during the lust one cow a couple ,,f days, if meetings. Mrs. Dirks led in the dispi(‘ceding portion- of their lives. she were sprv enough to get all the cussion of the following questions on j Mrs. Harbison’s father was W. M. buds. The milk manufactured from I Monday afternoon; Everman, who wu the son of Andy such food was said to have produced The subject of dress for High Everman. Andy was young when he some mighty tough babies among the School pupils: Absence from school
WILL BE HELD AT ROACHDALE reached the Portland Mills region, hi.- pioneers. for trivial reasons; Prevention of
family being among the first who (This i the third article of the gossip among pupils; How can home
INSPECT
SI BMAR1NE
Authorities Will Continue Investigation of Sub's Interior. No Last
Message Found in ( raft.
NEW' YORK, Mar. 20.—Co’. Charles A. Lindbergh last night received the Woodrow Wilson award, i nsi. ting of a medal and $25,000, for ‘his services for the cause of international friendship” during his Good vYiil flight to Central and South Ameri<0L Th presen.ation w-as made at a iinner of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation. Cel. Lindbergh, ••vas th, third recipient of the award, vhich was given in i92l to Viscount Cecil of Chelwood for his services to i... L, ague of Nations and in 1926 to Eiihu Root for his part in the inception of the permanent court of inter-
brand, Mrs. Stair, and Prof. Mitchell Will Be Speakers.
a train caught William . i> ul ,i f u ..j went there, mor, than one hundr, ,1 s, lies dealing with one hundred year- work be encouraged; and Why do we
• HiWe ago. rnnt:, by G. E hav. , , The Indians were common us tran-I ®' ack ‘ n< ’ x ^ ald * c ' ( ' will appear! The discussion of the fir.-ft question dent visitors, Portland Mills being on w ’Uiin a short time. It will present brought out the fact that High school the well-beaten trail by which they K °me of the interesting things con- students dress a great deal more sen-
The Young People’s Division of the p a>;e( j f amous Tecumseh nec f e( l with pioneer life in the Put-,sibly now than they did a few years ( ounty Council of Religious Educa- ^ ra j] a i on( , vV’aliash river and the namville locality.—Editor of the ago. It was pointed out that the
updated a groerry store tion will hold a conference in Roach- lndian town north K oach ;i a i e .
and had been <la ‘ L 0,1 March 30, 31, an I April 1. A
Stephen Flynn on this crus.-:-y afternoon, August 29, men were killed outright, |»iew of the crossing was been obstructed by an-
BOSTON, Ma s., Mar. 20. (UP)— national justice, or “world court.” The lust (ight bodies recovered from John W. Davi , former ambas-ador the sunken submarine S-4—including I” Great Britain, in an a,, .ress exthose of six men who for time days plained that Lim.beigh was s lecte : hammered out messages asking for • ;l rocip.ent for the award, not as a relief—today lay in flag draped cof- victorious soldier, nor as a successful
fins at the Charlestown Naval Ho
Banner.)
Indiana street amt had won «**. ““ 1 -vpru i. a T | u . white a!, , lived in log cab1 for several years. He wa, very full and well developed program ins> which, at IF t. lucked mean, of v-r the mill and was wide- l l ^ >( 111 I* an,1< closing doors and windows. The Kv in the community. Mr. God- The registration fec-for each per- crman - s first home for a time was Id on Park ,treet and had atUm.mg the conference will be fitted w ith an old quilt over the door jing at the Cement plant ore dollar which will provide for a W ay in the winter. The wolves were
so daring in the lean, hungry months that they put their heads through holes in the quilt, and howled at the people within the cabin. Firebrands from the open fireplace alwavs were
|i« st home for dinner, it there will be a general meeting of all uffjcUmt to frighten them, but the custom to drive home in ’he nelcgates at which session Dr. defense of the home required conothfis automobile for their Haitlett will speak on the theme of stant vigilance. Panthers were also each day. I hey were re-[ the conf, rence, Religion in Conduct, among the animal visitors. . their work at the time of Saturday morning and afternoon Andy Everman married, but he wa •
It,ir, it wu . aid. H, tichaiiic of the plant
nportant place in the perjthc orgaai/.ution. Both men 45 or 50 years of ag>
was loom, breakfast, entertainment, and and f" r admi-sion to the banquet. Plan, for the entertainment are b ing made
for 200 people. Friday night of
conforenc-
FINISH WATER RATE HEARING LATE MONDAY
( ITY HAS TOW M EEKS K) FILE BRIEFS AND \R(,I MENTS IN CASE.
Home Economics and the Physical Education departments of the school are having a great deal to do with this. The students are laugh: howto dro s for the best health and also from the point of economy. It is not any more expensive for the parents now than i was hi the past. The matter of uniform dress for high
pital.
As night settled over the bay, salvage worker, went down into the battered craft, which sunk afLr it was rammed by thr Coast-Guard destroyer Paulding, and on- by-ore the bo - 1 ies were r moved. No messages were found but salvage woikit and the oftieial bear..
liplomat or -tau-man, nor as a noted poet or orator, but as “a mere tndivi ual,” wh.i had “the gr at fortune to serve peace in most effective
ways.”
I I S Id MON 5
! NTERESI
schoolTtud nts'wiu thought’ wiH i thr 1 0Ug1 ' practical the submarine uv an attempt to learn
In the discussion concerning the natter of absence for trivial reasons much of die blame was put upon the parents who give their children excuses too readily and who often keep them out of school for a pleasure
more about the disaster.
CASE VENDED FROM PARKE
SLACK AGAIN AT FACKED BY CITY COUNCIL
are to Be divided into lour class per away much of the time, taking trad- Lawrence Carter, Engineer For City, trip. Thr f gossip
-0
Dumped
ay Morning matdy five gallons of
{Ming, brew, white mule Reid.
iods. The delegates will be placed in jpg trips of several weeks duration thr. o different classes, composed of ( ) ow „ tj,,. river to Torre Haute and HfigjgfrJes who have not attended Vinoem . . His young wife <va.« leP a former conference. 2. Delegates alone in their citbin home at Port-
who iiave attended a former confer- | an j Mills.
once, and3. Adult leaders. During one of these prolonged abI In- topic* and the speakers on the ence . he was in the American army (; ri ,J^je Saturday schedule are: which fought the Indians near VinReligion in Education —Paul centres. On his return, he wa. ac-
Savw Company Is Oidv Entitled
To $209,000 For Rates.
Final < . idonce wa
to be a.- much of a home problem as a scho'd problem, and one of the •c-e u. -c*-.*t“d tba'* if some way could be devised to keep the elders
DATED FROM NOVEMBER 11. 1911- -AGAINST CITY OF TERRE HAUTE.
subnuti- I l.it< f rotn govsiping the teachers could
Monday afternoon at the hearing tor han(j|( . the |(ro|)1( , m in the ^. hoo i,. ln the proposed rate increase by the th(i matter ()f hfjme work it wa> !jUfr .
Water Works Company,
which was held in the circuit court room before Frank T. Singleton, of
“Religion in th
Hildebrand.
companied by John McQueen and an- . h{ , i mi j ana llub ij c .service commiss-
Home” Professor „ther man whose name has been jon The state | )()ar ,| w iU take the
lo.st. While traversing a trail evidence given at this hearing and at
“Organization for Religion”—Mrs. through the woods near Terre Haute, two previous .'.c.dons, one of which Stair. they blundered into the camp of a w . ls he id in Indianapolis, and decide ‘•Young People and the County Pro hostile body of redskin,. There was whether the inen a e . hould be grantI have been confiscated by gram”—Mr. Mitchell. a big camp fire burning, with the )' officials during the past “Religion in the Schcol”—Paul Rt-'.d chief by it, and si ting on a log ncaroth‘r part of the liquor: “Jesus and the Problem of Pleas- by hi, two ; quaws, or (|uecnr, as 'n away . everul week- ago. urea”—B. H. Bruner, which .session the pioneirs called tie on. Other In-
st amount contained in one Hie whole group will atten i. dian>. wi‘re with them.
id in bond, which has been ii by county officials for brar, w.,. dumped Tut sday r or i- a part of the intoxi-
«>F DCRATIC MAYOR AT INDIANAPOLIS TARGET OF LATEST COUNCIL FIRE. INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 20. (UP) — The In ianapoli City Council has again lirerted its fire a^ain.'t Mayor
L. Ert Slack.
At present investigating charges of “Melfea ance in Office” against Slack th council last night received a resolution whiF attacked the Mayor of he ■ emoticn of Jesse Outsell, fire
chief.
The resolution declared that “Political It a on ” were ctusing the Hutscll demotion. It urged that Slack be
juilloii of wnite mule whi -h
1 1927.
A’cst total amount of liquor a y taken from a single per-tweney-four pint bottles of
Transcripts and papers were file,', in the Putnam Circuit Court Tuesria;
gested that the parents assume more morning from the Parke Circuit responsibility for their children keep- Court, with the city of Terre Haute ing their work up to standard. If being the defendant. James A. Noil it takes home work to do this then et al, general contractors of Terre it ought to he encouraged by the Haute are the plaintiffs in the case, parents. The case was venued to ;he Parke
Prof. Oscar Williams of DePauw Circuit Court from the Vigo Circuit called upon to produce evidence of the University was present and made a ’ ourt on January ”5, 1928 and on chid alleged in 1 fficit ncy. most interesting talk on the question March 10, the motion to venue the Hutsell, according to present or 1-
od. The city has two week, in which ^ t>ractjce toac bj n g j n the schools, case from the Parke Circuit Court era, will be released a chief, April 1,
The chairman of the program com- was sustained. The case was filed in Cn y E. Yoshell. mittee asked Prof. Williams to lead the Vigo Circuit Court on April 20, 0
this part of the discussion. Prof. 1922.
Williams indicated the importance of The case dates from November the student teaching in the prepara- 1914, when the property owners of tion of'teachers for public schools. He street being improved in Terre Haute showed that in other comparable pio- filed suit in thr Vigo ( rrcuit ( our. fessions such as nursing, dentistry, alleging that the assessment agains
to fib briefs and arguments, however, which will bo pn -en ed to the board for consideration before defi-
nite action is taken.
In testimony offered by Lawrence
From 4:00 to 5:00 theie will be a Everman and McQueen both had in
Rated from Ben Fopo of recreation hour led by Paul K id, a large measure the ability to think (• ur (,,. r engineer for the city, the val Mte, who was arrested on director of religious education at the quickly which wa, so valuable to the ua tjons for 1914 and 1921 were tukFirst Trinity Church of Indianapolis, white men of that period. They real- cn p ron , these figures, Mr. Carter
. Chat 1m Mull, a tudent at i- 1« 1 th Ii b. t chance was te appeal Brrived a , the end,.-don that the . • tlu . Uke u , ual _ the rty owners contained in the Pnuw University. to the red men s fear of the super- works comnanv was not cntitl- an< * U1 ’’ rn g, a u . . . , “ 4 IK). , , UdUI worK! ’ cornpanj »as not (own 0 f nractice work is involved fi’ial ‘ -s me lit nil w- re invalid and
Following the banquet at 6:00 th( i natural, which included evidences of C( | t() m()re than $299,000 for rate J a year oi | a
•’!; Sepaiate Probes Ol Dam Disaster Started Tuesday
Jill and Hill bottled in bond. w i|| be stunts, an address by Mr . unbalanced minds. Everman laughed mak ; nf j
Jfi w i taken from Phillip Stair on, “Religion in the Social Li. cf Terre Haute. l an <l the annual election of officei — o Sunday a. m. there will be Sunday
Schcol and worship with Mi . Sl.dr •w the main speaker. At 2:00 j). m. a
purposes.
in the training of the worker. Be- illegal and asked that the assessment fore the present plan was innaugur- be enjoined and set a ide. In the case coroner OPENS th ' ated, Mr. Williams pointed out, youiss <b' plaintiff, in this suit and the city
. TINCHER S AT HOME Oil WEBB
insanely, and McQueen crowded like a (),, e () f the last witnesse:
rooster. citv was ex-mayor Charles F'. Zeis. , , , . .. ........ ..f rn , It happened that each • f the .-quaws JIe was asked regarding the condi- /'‘"^X.ut 'Lnv' practical "work/’aml fendants. had lost a son in the recent fighting, tion of the drinking water following ■ , ' , , , , rni .. .-I, ...I i . ... consequently Hounded around two er the c
It was tribal usage that a bereaved a ]. a jn aa d answered that in the nia-
llaute were made the de-
was venued to Parke
FORMYL !N-
()( EST. POW ER LIGHT ( OM-
PANY TESTIFIES.
Council meeting will lie held in the mother could adopt anyone she chose jonty of the cases it was muddy. He Christian Church. They hope to haw to take the place of a dead child. Th” a j M1 answered other questions in conpresent one adult, a young man, and untie; of Fu-<> white men so pleased noc ti 0 n with the locd water work., a girl from every church in the coun- the du.-ky mothers that one of them ducing his term of office.
took Everman under her persona! 0 - —— in the present care, and the ither adopted McQueen.
three years with the children as the county and the axsesmont against
sulferers.
D-
The officer, active
Now
only has a full
chool course, but is expected to
at least half a year of carefully plan- from collecting. 1 ned teaching under a trained super- A; cording to
LOS ANGELES, M r. 20. (UP) — Sepaiate investigations by the govern ment, state, city and county were un-
young teacher not the property owners was held illegal college or normal and void and .he assc-sment was set
do a ide the plaintiffs ' M r F /* nk Na "' - ®
opened the formal inquest into tho
the complaint the'
iUMDKNT OF PUTNAM N| ’ ih;\i> AFTBB
long ILLNESS.
Hl(i land owner fi'n* \nd Two ItrotherH Of li,e • aniily Survive. Death ^rae luvsday Morning.
Goff—Russeli-
The third white man, having nothing to recommend him to mercy, was tied to a stake and burned to death,
Whittaker— the savages dancing around him in an
abandonment to joy. In this dancing the other white men, Everman and McQueen, were compelled to join in
Urlana Herman is the chairman of order to save their own lives.
for entertain- Everman had a deep si re on his
leg when he went into the camp,
which was noticed by the Indians.
the
conference are: President, Mildred
villc.
Secretary, Esther
Putnamvillr.
Treasurer, Harold Slower—Coats-
ville.
r
the Roachdale Division
ment.
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Wodrieslay. Slightly wanner Wednesday.
bieaking of St. Francis Dam. The entire personnel of the Bur: au
thu
Tincher, aged 85 years
HEAVY REBEL TOLL TAKEN BY MARINES
visine- teacher. plaintiff perfected an appeal to the . , , . Mr. Williams read statements Appellate Court of Indiana from the <>f l”" ir a ' Kl U involved in
' ent teai f ’he 1
regular critic teachers in the Green- and that the judgment was affirmed, ca.-itle High School, and pupils in The plaintiffs allege that $24,000 is classes under student teachers. The due them, trend of the letters brought out the 0
benefits of student teaching, not only t > the teacki • in training, but the pupils in the high schools. “It is clear,” said Mr. Williams, “that under the Strict guidance of the critic teachers, student teachers are able to
Warning Issued By John Goddard
give more individual help to pupils WAKNS MERCHANTS \ND KESI-
to clear up their difficulties, to find
was call d to testify. Findings of engincers and geolrgi ts appointed by district attoiney A n Keyes will be n • 1 rue at the inquest tomorrow,
Coroner Nance said.
The state board of inquiry began its investigation yesterday. The board first met in secret session h.re and then went to the clam site.
NOT TO TESTIFY
S3S MW 0P1 . EN811 ( , v NIC _ ( 4
-®bb, east of the city, at 8:30 1 Prevo Co., have installed a new dress the injured place. ' wuiin(| thf . HuniRTKn ' materials for their lessons, and to '»y morning. Mr. Tincher line in their store which they have a !’ pl ‘^ th °. C ‘* ut r ‘ ! rllt |.,J’ nakc ,{V AM ^ tone up the school generally.” Kt resident of Putnam' named—Emily Frocks— in honor of oil which exu le I fro t| ( ( . i( Sl ( ( ES. I L. 0nc of the critic teachers wro t e counties and was one of their mother, Mrs. Emily Provo. lhat " a * u'l'hn fnuml the -ore had as » follows: “The presence of the stu-
land-owners in this sec- The name is exclusive with the S. and before long he fou MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, Mar. dent teachers is a help. The regular „ , .. •Hiiana. c _ Prevo Co., and the line includes been healed by ^ ‘ liai ; tu _ , J.' 20. (UP)-A nsw offensive against teachers are kept at their best when burning of trash or anything else V to his 19-0 gubernatorial campaign
,om ® in Jefferson town*idresses for every occasion in ab Exerni.in an- - < ’ h the forces of General Augustino Sand- being observed.” Liters from a num- within ’.he corporation lines.
ated his posesaions styles and fabrics in sizes, 14 to 46 ly guarded at firat ’ A ‘ ', h(> jno, which already is said to have her of the pupils in the high school Fires are easily started due to neg- . un ^ Tvn uv khfrIFp Wor k aJid was known for his They claim dresses in this line will was tie< '.v a raw .n ■ inflicted more losses on tho Rebel giving their opinion <»f the student iigent action in starting trash tires i, “ l fair dealing. Mrs Tinch- represent extreme values in qualitv big toe 1,1 an ll ' l ' ul ' 0 nt forces than any engagement einee last teachers w-cre read. Pupils were op- ami often-times large conflagrations " l ‘ J ' ' 1 ‘ - , f.,..nd In he was unable to move n’uch wRh “ July, was under way today. en and frank in their criticiama, but result from the fires. Goddard point- - -
h. tm *i * awakening his guard. But liun , ... , n ..1 .1 nn» iiv.^. g«no. ml out several of the recent biir fires was arrested Monday afternoon by
some stores as high us mnvffmpnts were less
DENTS OF ( ITY AGAINST
TRASH PILES.
Fire chief John Goddard has sued a warning in regards to
WA. HINGTON, Mar. 20. (UP)— Gov. Al Smith will not be , ubpoenaed by the Senate Teapot Dome committee to ascertain if Harry Sinclair, the indicted oil man, contributed liberal-
1 1,1 her husband in death u and style which arc often found 1 wtnrp« as hiifh Us
ir * i.
he was unable to move much without ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pn and frnnk in their criticism*, but result from the fires. Goddard point- Bruce Overstreet of Floyd township ‘ United States Marine flyers al-'many of them pointed out 'the bene- ed out several of the recent big fires waa arrested Monday afternoon tn ready have directed a deadly bombing fits of student teaching. In many | in the business district of cities, that ‘Sheriff Ed Liteljorg. aim brought to , attaclc on tl.c San iino forces near a rases they complimented their rrgu- resulted in many thousands of do!- ‘ 11 Cl,u,l, 5 J ,u 1 n J 1 laI ^ e 1 11 ^ephint* Lambert, Stiles-i found synomym'ous with ^"LT'thrmselvrs " far from camp’, mining region know-n as Murra, 30 lar teachers.
a ‘* a n, survive. ^ Will be
masonk noth i:
lars in property loss. j neglect which was filed against Oversaid Merchants and residents, especial- street and his wife, Lucinda Overpara- ly in the business district, are urged stre.t, bv Dr. W. D. Conn of Bain-
treat-
: .. - :
selves upon that same log and dis- not seriously.
l A di "•''••““is at c