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LUMliTiHKTY-SlX 1) ALUMNI HELD hN SATURDAY

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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9. 1928.

No. 203.

C. K. PRIEST DROPPED DEAD

WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF MONROE TOWNSHIP HAD FELT

I N USUALLY WELL.

10 KANSAS tm

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K»;.inord Wright, Mi.disim v. ii-

ship, nres-ident of the Putnam conn ty farm oureuu, will Mtend th»* R<

I A TC FPinAY P u ^^ can natiomil aaarentioi I ■-« I 1\ lls J. sas Lit; next wtvk. Vfiin .-I'l ' _ J farmers of the county. Mr. Wright'

will tuK? v'th him a list of -,p.xill cation ' ui..th state genera !h i' tlie Putiiai". farmers ant a pn ^i-, '(iential i.oni.nee who is in l.e.-y ,,f

a strong n^vicultural }■ -itfoi

NOTED ORATOR WILL SPEAK AT LOCAL CHURCH

.MAJOR EBHERT COM I Mi 10 I HE FIRST CHRISTIAN ( HI Rt H MONDAY EVENING.

COMING HERE MONDAY. • ' 9

El NERAL TO HE SUNDAY

PKOIUUITION

HIS

SUBJECT

MEE I AGAIN MON DA \

Mr. Prie>-t Wag Born on Farm On Which lie Died. Had Been Blind

For Four Years.

Ljay, alumni day at the eighty Lniuial coinim'inenient at O' iL'niversity, proved to lie one of days of the university an 1 (lumni, former students and the campus during heather was clear, but threatL,| v in the afternoon. How. vi r bi quit falling and many came Ifht othei v ise ha\ e ren ■Alumni chapel and a business |{, and the unveiling of the [Curhart memorial which folinunediately featured the morn

lirvuni.

the meeting, Mrs. Charlotte played seveial selection on a and the meeting was opentlie devotional e\em>e.> by til Edwin Dunlavy ’00. W jMil.ean welcomed the visitors L'- M. Ogden wa- electetl ig rlmii man Dwight Ritter, pt uf the Alumni a.'Sucia ien -ii k and could not appear. Jl ay I!. Longiien, -|i"ke n 1'resident,” and staled that Ip Ili-Pauw w.i- I'lltei me nil

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MAJ jlOUN Q. JU SnYU

MURLIN QUIT “IN INTEREST OF HARMONY"

Due to the fact that .'C'i d witnesses were unable to appe Saturday morning, the Putnam county grand jury was adjourned until Mon

t atrol K. Priest, age 07 years, died j t | a y 9 j, f m, 'I'Rc juriors, wim wei • ' u ’* 1 '.' country home in in session Thursday, were < Mnaroe township, east of Brick Chap-' Sutim |;,v. Prosecutor Clifford Dicker1 ll ‘' * rida y- Mr. Priest had been g on> however, could not presi t all unusually well and was in a cheerful his evidelfrc without the testimony of mmd throughout the day members the w itnetses and consequently ad

Speaker Is Del’auw Grad And V eteran of World War. Brother-in-law Of Bishop Hughes.

One of the most powerful orators on the American platform will be heard in the person of Major F. B. Kbbert, who will speak on Monday evening, June 11th at 7:d0 p. m. in the First Christian Church in Green-

■ f his family said and his sudden ditiona | Jnvestigotion was postponed. ,:at ' tlc - Ma J or Kbbert is « and

loath was ly as well

'riends.

Last winter Mr. Priest suffered

gloat shock to the fam- From unofficial sources it is said is to his wide circle of ^at the jury is probing i" .dition-

existing in south Putnam, in iuding

alleged chicken thefhs near

■were illness and at that time it was j a | e

bought he would not recover, but he

FOUR AIRMEN WELCOMED BY AUSTRALIANS

BRISBANE CELEBRATES SAIL ARKIV AL OF GIANT MONOPLANE ■‘SOI 1HEKN t. RUSS"

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lallied and apparently had completely recovered. Four years ago Mr. JTie-t lost his eyesight. Friday aft-

PKESIDEN! ''' n " 011 after joking with -ome neigh-

(.IV ES HIS CAUSES FOR RESIGNATION.

TOOK ADVICE OE FRIENDS

boi- and members of his family, he s aiti d towards the bam, and as he neared the yard gate he collapsed and was dead when he was reached. Mr. Priest was born and reared on

the farm on which he died. He is ATTENDS REUNION

GOV. GILMORE OF PHILIPPINES VISITS IN CITY

Major F. B. Kbbert.

ANTI-HOOVER MEETINGS AT

"Serious Differences of Judgment In Executive Council" Prompted His Resigning Dr. .Murlin States.

survived by the widow, four sons, I P ml, Clifton, William and Edward, a. d three daughter.-. Mrs. Curtis Minniik, Mi,-.- Gertrude Priest, Long

Dr. I.. H. Murlin, retiring president [‘f 01 ’’,*: ‘ 1 “ Jlar ^''' of Del’auw who spoke before tin ^ Mlch ’ H /' ' vas a lnembcr of Kiwanis Club on Thursday, sent us u Church and the Modern and that the new president communication on his address, in ooinuiia 0 gi

I) umly Oxnam, was the right. wilich hc . savs he fears we missed . ,c f un l ral t!orvi ‘ :es W,U be hellJ the job. He said that Dr. lhe sl)irit of his la | k . Ur Murlill ,, ft ^om the Buck Chapel church Sun-

or 18»J.l AND VISITS WUH

LOCAL RELATIVE.''.

ISLANDS

he knows the law and the facts on Prohibition in the United States. For | eight years he was General Counsel I

lover- and Legislative Director of the llli-

i nois Anti-Saloon League. Later lie became Associate General Counsel of I the National Anti-Saloon League. He l now has charge of all the legal work ! of the League on the Pacific coast. Major Ebbert is a veteran of the j World War. He is also a veteran of the Spanish American War. For several years he was professor of Law of Contracts in the Chicago Law I 1 School. Greencastle people will be | I interested to know that Major Kbbert is a graduate of DePauw Uni1 versity and is a brother-in-law of ‘ Bishop Hughes. He will speak on the j V eyrs '' ub j ( ‘ ct > “The Unfinished Battle."

"Pussyfoot” Johnson, world foe of i signed by the opponents

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Smith. I Im, Warner and Lyon Complete ’Trans-Pacific Flight From ( alifornia to Australia, BRISBANE, Australia, June ff. —- Wild wiln joy at his same return, Brisbane welcomed Capt. Charlc s | KingsfoM-Smith back to his native

| land today.

The triumphal America-to Australia | Might— the longest ever attempted j over ihe sea—was ended, and the Australian rce and his three comrades j were,idolized as national heroes. The big monoplane Southern Cross glided to oaith here at 1U:4;> a. :n J <8:ir> p. m. Friday E. D. T.). Stepj ping from the cabin, Captain Kingsj i'ord-;S't"t.i, Capt. tT. P. Ulm, NoviI gator Henry Lyon and Radio Operj dor )'iiiu.-. Warner were surrounded

A A C f ITY ''y tbou ;,Mds cheering Australians

Vrl 1 » j mil bonu from Brisbane airdrome on

; the shoulders of their admirers.

. . .. The VR.M ALI.IANt I.

Ol’ ( LASS

l'A( TION OP-

ENS V IGOKOl S t VMPAlGff

.SATURDAY.

And Is Home On A Busiues

Has Been In Conference With

( oolidge In Washington.

|wn.' thiity seven years illd, i"' iliildren and a wil c unn c, - l .' i in ne' jt ha- an A. B deg I of fi m Ifc;-ity of Califoinia and wa I letter man in athletics, a L coll.-go profr • ■!. b c tun 1. , an author and a man of

jrsmud "magnitude."

[this address the Alumni seirave a ii.port whic I, sli iw.-d

- tfii a ■ i.ciuLi^o i... ,, .0

|i-t few yeais. He tn --.-il Itud although the university ballots and subscription I it only fove pccent of the I- : 0 -ellt out had I' .-|>"in|ed. I 1 the printing fur exceeded biait -ub.sciibed which w 1bi 2,000 from ‘28'J people. 1/ the must interesting peaklie program was Major John bn who is the oldest living 1 graduate and the holder of ieu- .Memorial Cane. Major I gave a very interesting talk r -ome clear lemini cnee.- ut tl .mil collego dill , lie w 1 t'd by Silas Hays who first |i the cane five years ago and I'i' i'ii it to iiiin again with •' that he might keep it an i' years. As it i> now Major • kept il long' 1 1 ban any

Iho Inis held it.

|l ■ r of pel son- weie int 1 1 |i' ,,i.M)r Pie-id'nt Murlin ■ I'd Di. IMaucliaid nr.

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no doubt in thr- minds of those who

heard him, a

the only criticism we believe possible on the report of the meeting was its!

brevity.

However, we aie printing Dr. Mur-! lin’s version of his talk, which he seni j u> as follows: I fear that your reporter yesterday did not catch the spirit amt meaning , • f mv talk at 11^. Kiwani- Club this’ week. .Sometime ago I indicated that befot' I left Gicencastle 1 would tate my reason for resigning which was not due to ill-health. Perhaps this i- an appropriate time to make such a statement. In ni\ address, I said, among other things, "when I came to the University it wa veiy explicit that I was not to have any responsibility for raising money, nor for field representation; both of these had been

One of the most distingui.-ie . vi

day afternoon at two o'clock, and

to what he meant ’ind bu '' a * w ‘ d be ' n lbt ‘ Chapel cemetery. | itois on the eampu.- Saturday wa.r

Eugene A. Gilmore, Vice Govcinor

tr p. which was made from

I Suva, Fid Islands, in 21 hours and ' 20 minute® was the thi'd leg of their

.rail-blaring voyage over the Pauli'.

| It was 1 795 miles long

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 9. (UP) j Seldom has this country been so The farm alliance movement, de- | stirred as by the courage of the two

of Herbert j Australians and two Americans in

the Liquor Traffic, will also speak at!Hoover as the only possible means of their dramatic conquest of the unIriP'ithis meeting. eliminating the cabinet member from ; tried ocean air line. Kingsford-Smith 0 the Republican presidential nomina-, was hailed as “The captain cock of THE WEATHER lion, began functioning in earnest to- the twenteith century” and like trib

Generally fair tonight and Sunday, day.

cooler tonight and extreme southeast The alliance, combining the strength

portion Sunday.

of four candidates, Frank O. Eowden

ates were paid each of his comrades. “Your (light marks a new era in the history of aviation,” Sir John

LOST ITALIA BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED

AFTHEN'ITC RADIO MESSAGE FROM DIRIGIBLE HEARD BY RESCUE SHIP. RUSH RELIEF PREPARATIONS Airplane Pilot "ill Fly To Where Nobile And Crew Report I heir Position.

General of the Philippine I lands. Mr. Gilmore .-topped off here Saturday to visit with Mrs. Frank Gilmore Miss Margaret Gilmore and Eu- , i gene Gilmore and to attend the reun ' 1 ion of his class, that of 1K9I1, at De Pauw University. Mr. Gilmore was accompanied by Mrs. Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore ha.' bV.i in Hu.-hmg-ton in a conference with President Coolidge and is enroute west. He will probably stop off next week at Kansas City for the Republican National convention. Mr. Gilmore has been Vice Governor General of the Philippines for the last six years and has I been one of the outstanding succe-s-ful men to be sent to the I-land from the states to govern those people.

SPANISH WAR VETERANS TO TERRE HAUTE

and Senators Watson, Curtis and Goff Goodwin, governor of Queensland.

j opened the drive w ith mass meetings which

series ol aid in greeting. “Your achievement

STATE MEETING ON SI N DAY. LOC AL VETS AND FAMILIES TO ATTEND.

they hoped j will go down in history for all time

would crystallize sentiment against I because of the courage, skill and eu

Secretary Hoover. I lurance it required.”

At the same time, Governor Adam I Colonel Brinsmead, director of civil McMullen, of Nebraska, leader of the I lvUltl °n. one of the first to greet the proposed “mass revolt” of middle ll "' r ' s > * ald th '-’ lr achievement had western farmers who are converging ' sbl, ' va th,i rt ' al closeness of Australon Kansas City, said the delegation of ^nu-r.cu by bringing the two Hoover would lead, to a split that ,' lat, o"* ,l '- arei - geographically and

would make the Republican party “helpless and ineffectual” for many

years.

McMullen said Hoover or any other candidate could not be elected without the support of (lie farmers

KINGS BAY, SpiUbergeu, June 9.

amply provided for; 1 had stated . (Up)-The supply ship Citta Di Mil

that I would not come nor consider the proposition under any other coiidition; that I had spent enough time in nii.-ing money and in traveling; but if, under these conditions, they

Dogs Killed A

Flock Of Sheep

C LYDE GRIMES LOSES EM IRE Ml M II I ROM SHEEP KIEE1NG

DOGS FRIDAY NIGHT.

Dogs made a clean sweep in the Hock of sheep owned by Clyde Grim-

expedntion es, living east of the city, "me time

C ontinued on Page 3).

ano at noo today received a radio message from the lost polar dirigible Italia saying that all sixteen members

of the crew were alive.

Th> Jtalia’s message gave the air-

wanted me to come and help them ship’s :xact position as 80 degrees 15

in theii campus problem 1 would be minutes north latitude, 22 degrees

vry glad to do so. 1 came at gn at oast .o igitud near Brandy Bay on sacrifice out of loyalty to DePauw the n th const of North East land. and in response to eagerly expressed [ 0

urgency for me to come. KINGS BAY, SPITSBERGEN,

You well know that in 1DZ3-21, the June 9 (JJP) A relief

fearful aftermath of the War . was'prepared today to 1 u-h into the ter-, Friday night. Mr. Grimes had twelve reaching its climax. You know what ritory north of Northeastland ufter ewes and fourteen lambs and they happened in your homes, your com- the -learner C ttu Di Milano had re- killed or maimed all of them, niunities, your churches and this very ' ceived a radio message believed un- The lambs weighed about 75 pound--eiiou- situation had its most diffi mlsUkably to have come from the! each and are worth about $19 per cult complications in ai' our Ameri- lo-t polar Dirigible Italia. hundred pounds. The ewes were all can College-, DePauw no less than The rescue vessel intercepted the in fine shape, and the flock made one elsewhere. It was a time that re-j message shortly before midnight last! of the best bunches of sheep in the

quired skilful, progressive and rapid night. The message was an “SOS’ ;county,

action. In DePauw the.chief question and started with the word “Italia.”

were as to the Fraternity situation, Immediately then after it gave tin jz- pv Ml kTI^ Athletic-, the Duii'iy case, the Admin position of 80.30 degree- north and litis I INUIEj

I - - istration of the law of the church on 28 degiees east which would be at |BN ". MOORE Ol ( IIK VGO an)UM nients, including dancing; the | about Yoynoya Islnml-, ten natutical

r' ’•'’CORING PROFESSOR rai-ing of the tuition fees to meet | miles from land.

| J ( 'SEPH UARHAKT. ( | 1( , nK eds of the University, in in- Captain RUmi-lausen, in charge

(leased salaries, increased teaching of the relief work for the Norwegian 1

tiiivciling of the Curhart Me- force, and increased equipment. These Government, announced he would donated to the University by had long been promised and there start immediately on a flight over the

I'" -"ii Walkei of New York, wa- no evading them. We also met territory.

M this morning at eleven o’-. ceitain current deficiencies that came — ,

fiorn the Rockefeller Board and from

| main speaker, Addison W. the World’s Service and the failure |" f the University of Chicago, to realize a luige increased income ‘ oduced by Henry B. Longdeii. from the new endowment. The total ‘‘kcr had been a pupil of Jos- falling off of the u-ual income wa fdtart and gave a wonderful .ippioxiniately I his had to be

overcome.

In the solution o£ these problems there were serious differences of judgement; some were very acute

within

The Department of Indiana United •Spanish War Vetrans and the ladies Auxiliary will hold their .State En-

campment at Teire Haute beginning an( | t | iu , a |j })U ^y |i ne8 W0 uld be ob■Sumlay afternoon June 10th at 3:00 |i tcl ated by the cause of farm re-

l‘. M. at the Central Christian Church |j,,f

There will be u memorial service at

the same church at 8 P. M.

Evoiy Spanish War Veteran and his INDIANAPOLIS LiV ESI Of K family should try and attend tin.- *— service. INDIANAPOLIS, June 9. (UP)~ I'lie business meeting will begin Hog prices advanced 15 cents on the Monday morning and will be at the Indianapolis livestock exchange toHotel Doming, lliose going chm get day. Bulk (170 to .I00 Jb i boginformation desired by calling the cleared the pens at fit). J hc top Hotel office. A large attendance is prices paid was $10.10. Receipts, in-

TILING OF

IS. CARHART WORIAL HELD

and

SPKAKKK

■cessing the belief, character'"l the whimsical manner ami 1 "f professor Carhart

F> and life.

CAR DAMAGED ON EAST ROAD

YESTERDAY

PROFESSOR PIERSON AND FAMILY IN FORD COUPE SKID ON

PAY EM ENT—HIT POST.

®l»eaker stated that the genius and created marked division *Ph Carhart was in the fact the Executive Committee.

* rt, duced abstract to the con- It was reported to me by my best — ‘"d one u f j,i h lm ,. st f amoU8 jt_ 1 H |„j nearest friends in the Executive An accident occurred late Friday Ions w as (| | ( | C()W Anoth- Committee—friends whom I trusted ; afternoon about four thirty when 1 W;is his “application of the most, that these differences were ir- professor Cohen G. Peireson, driving amt “stuck in the partic- reconcilable; they advised me to re- a Ford coupe skidded on the slick

"j n the interest of harmony." pavement east of U wn and hit «

fs,or Moore’s talk was very The work was hard enough when I j post.

:tlv " and enlightening, us he was conscious of the united support The car was damaged considerable bri «f insight into the life and of the entire committee. "In the inter and could not be driven in. Mr. Pierc-

re- son and his wife and two children were in the car when the accident oc-

■ x pec ted from Greencastle and imm County. Those planning to tend from the locul camp are <ind Mr.-. H. O. Irwin. Dr. and Mrs. E. Hawkins.

Mr. and Mrs. A. .1

ter Helen.

Mr. and Mrs. Fay Davison. Mr. and Mis. Jesse Heemer. F*>m Earl Fisk Camp No. 18. Mr. and Mrs. Art Williams. Mr. and Mr.-. Frank Ashworth son Forest. Mr. and Mrs. C, F. Donohue. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Black

children.

Mr. ami Mrs. Benton Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conklin and

children.

<;. Will Conklin and cliiidren. Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Evans uni

daughter Florence.

The Terre Haute Vetrans are arranging a fine entertainment gram and a huge attendance

peited.

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The I'utiiain county fair board mot Friday afternoon and plans are now unden . y to hold the 1928 i.i; r on

j> u t_ eluding 129 holdovers, totaled 3,0(8). a t- The cattle and calves markets closMr. 'd nominal and lower respectively.

Cattle receipts numbered 100 and the i calves 200. Beef steers sold off at

Duff and duugh to $11.5(1. Vealer- went a:

$14.50 lo $15.50 and heavy calves commanded a price of $7 to $11. The sheep market closed steady.

'initing them in an undertaking of

great valor.”

It was pointed out that the (light from Oakland airport to Brisbane, including the two stops at Honolulu and Suva, hud taken only eight days, I'wenty days are required by the fastest ocean liners. Miss Caroline Smith, an aunt of Captain KingsforU-Sinith, was tlia first relative to greet the lliglil commander in his native land.

GYPSIES GET POLICE ORDER TO “MOVE ON’

Bit VDEN I ELLS TWO GROL Pci in 1.1 I 111 I in l m COUNTY.

NO I "WILD

PI I NAM

Old Truck Travels Thousands Of Miles

Robbery of Going Home Near I fin May Hare Been "oik Of Gypsy Band.

•PASSENGER" HI S CAR It IKS MEN TO AND FROM THE PLANT

MANY TIMES DAILY.

ito.-s Estep, drivel- of the ger” bus of the Indiana

Chief of Police Dave Braden was a lni-y man Saturday morning keeping two separate bauds of gipsies on the move, getting them away from Gieen

rustle and community.

Braden received information that a group of swarthy wanderers were

I’ortlann ramped near the Jesse Young home

pa- i'ii

pro- 1 Lenient company is

is ex

firm believer

that the “old bus” is a good one, but he is of the opinion that he may be driving a successor to it soni' 1 time

soon.

In the meantime it might be well

"it State Road 43, north of the city. He motored out to this camp site and gave the campers orders to “mova on". Hi' then went west of the city and issued similar instructions to another group of gypsies who were

to report on the history of tlii- fam- apparently enjoying the scenery of

CMC, truck, which has been constant operation since 1922,

Putnam County. At the second camp, Braden found quite a delegation,

at j eels in the vicinity of the high years. It i- used in transporting some tbt ' le b,dn K three wagon loads of

PVlM.

great teacher who taught ests of harmony therefore, 1

h Diversity, and to whom signed at once.

"'etiiorial tablet placed in a The address occupied neatly l^!' -’ bu ' e m Meharry Hall was — 0 —*

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Chairman Cess Senator Simon D. Fess of

school gymnasium wheie the vaiiou.- of the workmen to and from the j township exhibit* will be on display, plant. It makes many trips a day, J If th - is carried out the publv seven days in the week, 52 weeks in ■ square * It be open tor the exhibi- the year and it makes us many spection m' livestock. It is planned !■. ial trips as it does regular ones. 1 have an unusually large horse shov.’ Often, the truck probably makes this yn*. according to Robert Stev- twenty or more round trips from the inson, c unty agent, an i an equirine' plant at Liniedale to Greencastle in

i exhibit >7'll be held on tho square

1 each mvht during the fair.

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HOMEWARD BOUND SOU!HAMPTON, Eu;, Juno 9. (UPl —riarrv K. Thaw, barred from 1 Englan I by an order of tho home Ohio, office, lailc i for the U i't"d States

gypsies. The gypsies band, north of town, was small, the group using an old Ford us their means of transport-

ation.

The chief saw to it that the two groups got started and kept going. He stated that the gypsies might

a day. It is believed by Mr. Estep have had something to do with the that the truck has gone as many as robbery of the l.ouis Y'oung heuie, 200,000 miles in its six years of use, near Fern, on Thursday night but he and this is considerable farther than found no evidence at either one of any other vehicle in this community the camps. Mr. Young’s residence has gone and is more than eight times wa.- entered and a feather bed, six the distance around the woiln. Its pillows, two bolxteis, ten old hens some record, and the true* is still in and 34 young chickens were taken by

an curied, but noae of th"m were serious | temporary chairman and “keynoter” today ibc.'.'i the 8. S. A uUnnia up- running condition and if need be, the thieves. The theft was reported ly hurt, althotifh tliei sustained min- of the Republican national convention 1 n which ha J.j been held a virtual probably could duplicate its pad feat 10 Sheriff Eiteljorge who is invest!or cuts and btWatfc 'at Kansas City next week. prisoner most cf thi» ws K of six years’ service. gating.

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