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OREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1929.
No. 131.
TER RATE earing won by company .... fOURT JUDGES KI LE F4VOK OF LOCAL WATER COMPANY.
PENDING for months
/ To War Department
a j r Valuation At $.'130,000 And turn Will Probably Be 6 1-2 Per Cent. United States Federal Couit at apolis Monday handed down an n in the rate case of the GreenWater Company against the n d the corporation won the ,. a ce was heard last November Ee Federal Court judges, iuf Samuel Alschuler, of the Fedppeal Court of Milwaukee, , W. Slick and Robert Bultzell
SELECT JURY FOR TRIAL OF 12 LOCAL MEN
COURT ROOM CROWDED FOR DE-LINQUENCY-SODOMY CASE ON MONDAY.
HAYS
ASSISTING
ABRAMS
SENT TO PRINTER
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INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. is (UP)— I Two hundred and sixteen bills were in i the stack that went to the State print-iC-r today for incorporation in the acts of 19211, representing the legislative enactments of the 76th general assembly of -Indiana approved by Goviernor Harry G. Leslie. Except for measures bearing emergency clauses to make them operate immediately, the new laws will not become effective until th-- acts are printed, probably about May 13.
DEATH CALLS GREENCASTLE CONTRACTOR
CHARLES WILLIAMS PASSES AW AY AT HOME OF SON, MONDAY.
Post for Southerner
FUNERAL
W ERNES I) AY
Special Attorney Aids Prosecutor. Defense Employs Three Attorneys.
Special Venire of Jurors.
I Twelve of the fifteen men indicted | by the Putnam county grand jury last week on charges of contributing to l the delinquency of a minor and a 1 sodomy, went on trial Monday morn- ; ing in the Putnam Circuit court be-
“NOT GUILTY” FARM CROOKS TELL JUDGE
Mr. Williams Had Been In Failing Health For Many Weeks. Died Early Monday.
, , TWO ALLEGED AUTO BANDITS
Patrick J. Hurley of Tulsa, Okla., who : f " re -Innu s I. Hughes and a. , miKKN THII \ KS \Ksaw service in the World war, be- iury . of twelve n "' n - A 8 P e . cial v, : nir, 'l RAIGNED MON DA).
Charles Williams, age 60 years, died
Monday morning at 5 o’clock at the residence, 209 Olive St., after an illmss of long duration. Mr. Williams had been confined to the Indiana Chri.-tian hospital in Indianapolis the past winter at intervals, but his con-
dition grew gradually worse.
14 LOSE LIVES AS PASSENGER PLANE FALLS
HUGE ALL-METAL AIRPLANE CRASHES !N ATTEMPTING FORCED LANDING.
cit \MI
NEW
JERSEY
Two Members Of Crew Have • hance Of Recovery. Victims Heaped In Fuselage.
comes assistant secretary of war, succeeding Col. C. C. Robbins of Iowa.
AUTO MISHAP PROVED FATAL
of jurors had been called in addition | to the regular panel, and the first!
fight of the trial was on the selection STAND PA I ON of a jury. John H. James, representing the 1 Moore un d w.luon Warned
owing the hearing of the Indiublic Service Commission in the Water Company took an to the Federal Court, asking interlocutory injunction, claimvaluation of $300,000 was con- j ry. The new valuation placed,
property by the ^ GREENCASTLE MAN DIED EARLY i Go<,rKe B,ak< ' ' vh< ’ ha<l not becn ar ’
defendants, opened the case by explaining to the jurors what the charg- i es were and who the defendants were, J
rpY^ | n t fVTO :ls Ju,lKl ' called the roll of | j| 1 ^ l\llS wbo bai * apr, ' e ^ on u Rroup trial.
That He "ill Recomimnd tlaviimim Penalty If Found Guilty.
NEWARK, N. J. Mar. 18 (UP)— Delmont Parsons, one of the two per--ons who escaped death yesterday when a sightseeing plane crashed into a freight train near here yesterday, died shortly after 8 A. M. today of New Orleans is m xt. James Hospital, secretary of the 1 — 0 —
Mi. Williams was well known in and j navy, succeeding Theodore Douglas 1 NEWARK, N. J., March IS. (UP) around Grerncastle where he had Robinson of New York. He is wealthy j—The crash of the Fora plane late PLEA spent his life-time. Before his health and has been in the shipping busi- yesterday indirectly caused the death j compelled him to quit, he was a road ness. of a fifteenth person, Mrs. Uuigarde 11 1 1,, contracto, ' — ; Grunting, 61, it was believed by po-
lio is si vived by the wife, Laura; ¥*'1 T\1I"‘IT) A I fYlT 'ice today,
one son, \.. lter; one daughter, Imo-j f VJ— Police found her body at Wilson
Bert Wilsi 11 and Jaim
liarnett! tuckians, who were arre-ted .it Mart-
j gene; th. oe sisters, Mrs. Jesse Jones j Cloverdale; Mrs. James Mullis, Terre I
Moore, Ken-! Haute and Mrs. Clifford Joliffe of |
California; four brothers, Janies and 1
i w-ho are at liberty
bond, and
$350,000 and will mean an in-
in local rates.
matter will be remanded back ft Public Service Commission for Adjustment of rates, it was stat- ■ those in connection with the
juling.
Water Company is owned by 1 Edwards, Benjamin Perk and H. Alexander of Indianapolis. Jtostified that it cost them .$271,lading stock, outstanding lia- ■ and assumed obligations. They
SUNDAY AT (UUN’TY HOSPITAL.
WRE(K OCCURRED FRIDAY
Earl Paris And Brother In Auto Accident Near Spencer. Brought Here Saturday Noon.
rested Monday, were the three who were not on trial, as the Barnett boys had asked for a separate trial. Assisting Mar-hall Abrams, prosecuting Attorney, was Silas A. Hays. Representing the defendants were I Mr. James, Theodore Crawley and
j Fred V. Thomas.
The defendants of trial included | 11
insville last Thursday on (barge, fil Thomas Williams of Putnumvillc; ed by north Putnam county farmers, Albert of Cloverdale and Hayse o!
were arraigned before Judge Jame Terre Haute.
P. Hughes Monday morning and both I The funeral services will be held
J. W. WRIGHT MONDAY P. M.
, avenue and Qomorn street, a short I distance from the scene of the acci- ! dent. They said Mrs. Grinding probI abl> witnessed the crash and was not
i able to stand the excitement.
entered pleas of not guilty to the from tin Putnumvillc M. E. Church 1 charges of auto banditiy, which had Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock been filed against them. with burial in the Putnumvillc Ceme-
The men were arrested near Mart- tery.
insville after evidence had been found - ■ — 0
WELL KNOV. N MARION TOWNSHIP FARMER PASSED AWAY
SMI RDAY
Ash, James Skimmerhorn, Robert
Earl Paris, age 24, passed away at , Joward( v . E. Girton, Louis Slots, ; eluded chickens, the Putnam County Hospital Sunday K ic h a rd Miller, Francis Moran, James : " u * other farm equipm. nt.
ftstified they had refused an of-1 morning about 2:30 o’clock, as result
ft more than the valuation fixed Public Service Commission. 1 L. Carter, representing the city lencastle, in fixing a fair valu- ■ 11 the local property placed it Jl,657. It was said the company operating on a rate fixed in jo a valuation of $170,000, and is the ra.-e, the new rates may "lilile those now in effect, company was taxed on a ba-is >,741 in 1927 and on $211,470 the opinion recites. It was out both the commission and joy attorneys agreed the rate lie fixed in 1928 weuld produce annual income of $58,737, <1 return of $11,814. The opinrld rates fixed actually would 19,000, from which federal inItax must be deducted, which be inadequate based on a jK) fair valuation.
planes Bomb ebel Stronghold
01 I TIONARY HEARQUAR- ,, TORKEON, Mexico, Mar. IK. -Rebel forces have mounted maguns in the hills surrounding jm to return the lire of the fed* limbing planes which were exto make fresh attacks upon the
Pxlay.
■ attacking planes, on both trips reon yesterday, circled the city "us times, killing one non-com-near the American consulate. w,, re finally driven off by the I'dot Antonio Gardenas, in the ^ir battle of the preeeni revolu(■ardenaa was not believed to _'laimij'e<l either of the federal federal planes attacked the city in the morning for the first '"'pping bombs and sweeping J'reet with machine Run fire. "f !" i ons ran to shelter. Ro|be man who was killed outright, J 1 ' fatally injured and two othdghtly Woundod when the life of ^nebinc guns was directed at the
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hour later the planes returned "ther attack, apparently aiming lli'aiy headquarter', from which Gonzalo Escobar is directing r b"ns. It was then that Gardenup and gave chase. The fedI'laiie.' P tn afed toward their own
of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, which occurred Friday i evening near Freedom, Ind., on State Road 67. Young I’aris was riding in a ear belonging to the Wabash Valley Electric Company, at Spencer, which was driven by his brother, Raymond, when the light- on the car suddenly went out, and the ear overturned several times over a deep embankment. Earl was thrown, or jumped, from the car, but was caught in the light side, mashing him. Raymond was pinned beneath the car, and with difficulty liberated himself, and carried his brother some distance to a residence. He was brought to the hospital here Saturday noon. Mr. Paris had just recently returned to his work as salesman at the Waba h Valley at Spencer, from an attack of influenza and pneumonia, from which it was thought Ihut he would not recover. Mr. Paris lived in Greencastlc until the last two years, attended the local high school and spent three years in the army at Ft. Harrison,
Ky.
He is survived by the young wife and two small children, Elaine and Norman; the parent , Mr. and Mrs. Alva Paris, and six brothers, Raymond of Spencer, and Wilbur, Ernest, Albert, Claude and Marion all of Greencastlc. Funeral services will be held from the McCurry Funeral parlors Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Rev. Victor L. Raphael in charge, with interment in Forest Hill cemetery.
that they had collected at their place, large amount of farm property which had been stolen Hear here. The loot recovered by the farmers in-
live stock, harness
Most of
the farmers here were able to recover their stolen property, except those
who lost chickens.
It had been understood the men would enter pleas of guilty, as they
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Warmer Jad told the officers th,-., were guilsouth portion tonight, Cooler Tuesday \' " 11 <um ff U( R e MU 1
Crawley, Harry Howard and George
Ash.
or Tuesday night.
THE WEATHER
1. O. O. F. Putnam Lodge No. 45 1. O. O. F. has an important meeting Tuesday night with business in reference to our by-laws. All members are reqested by the Noble Grand to be present. This means you. This is an official notice and if absent you cannot legally complain of actions on motions
taken.
Signed, J. A. Friend, Rec. Sec.
plead not guilty, but offered to plead I guilty to receiving stolen goods. Moore said he. did not steal the property, hut j got it from the roadside. The affidavit alleged the men entered the farms of those loosing jpuperty and stole the goods and hauled it away in an automobile which carried with
it a charge of auto banditry. This charge, until 1927, carried a
real kick in a penalty of 10 to 25 years in prison, but the legislature of 1927 modified the penalty and made it 5 to 21 years. Judge Hughes told the defendants in open court that if
Francis M. Fisk Buried On Monday
FORMER RESIDENT OF GREEN C ASTLE BURIED AT HIS HOME IN ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
Mrs. Shertey’s Funeral Monday
James Fisk received word Saturday night of the death of an older brother, Francis Marion Fisk at his home in Alva, Oklahoma. Mr. Fisk was 86 years of age and went west many years ago. He was in the Civil war and after the close of the war, married and went to Kansas, where he lived until the new state of Oklahoma was opened for settlement. He and his family made the race into that territory and he had made his home in Oklahoma for a number of years. Funeral services were held from the Alva home Monday with burial there.
SPIT I \L ADMINISTRATOR The Citizens Trust Company ol , Greencastle has becn appointed special administrator of the estate oi James H. Brumfield in the Putnam Circuit court. An objection to the probate of the will wa- filed with the clerk last Saturday by the two children of the deceased man by his first wife. According to the terms of the will most of the estate was given to a second
wife.
o D’PAUW TEAM "INS
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The DePauw mile relay team composed of Ramsey, ijutherlin, Spina and Melbourne, copped This event for college teams in the Illinois athletic car- ' nival held at Champaign on Saturday. The ’Tiger quartet paced thi mile in 3:27.6. MAll, Km IKS INSPECTED The si mi-annual inspection of the
I UK FOR SEVERAL
Deceased Was lather of
"right, Greencastle Business
Man. Well Known Man.
NEWARK, N. J„ Mar. IK. (UP)— Failure of one and perhaps two motors was blamed today for the air- ! plane crash that cost 18 lives in the worst accident to heavier-than-air ma-
"EEKS chine in the history of American avi-
ation near here yesterday.
Willis! Officials of the Colonial Airways, Inc., operators of the plane which was knifed in two by a steel freight ear, called a meeting early today, after which they told the United Press they were certain that Pilot Lou Foote, realizing that something was wrong with his engines, was trying to make
the plane crashed
Funeral services were held from the! Christian Church at Fillmore on Mon-1 day afternoon at 2 o’clock for James |
W. Wright, prominent Marion town- : i ant jj n jf when hip farmer. Rev. Day was in charge a g a j ns ^ train,
and burial w.i i i the Mllmoie ceme-j They denied reports that Foote had tery- had only 120 hours of flying experMr. Wright, who was 77 years ol j H(J ha3 been a pjiot f or ten
1 years, they said, with a total of 2,000
I age, passed away Satur Tiy night at
' S o’clock after an illness of several j lgurs ’ jn the air un(J 250 hours ^ti, 'week- He was highly n sported andl thc typ( , of in which he barely
.veil known in the 1 immunity in which he lived and was hailed as “Uncle Jimmie” by all hi:, acquaintances.
leaped death yesterday.
The plane, loaded with sightseers, had ju.-t left the Metropolitan Airport
young and old. H w e a ■'fo-lonff j for a tjjgbt over Ncw York city. Casmemhrr ,T the Methodi t church. - LuMotte j n an automobile
}{e is survived by the wife aim two -ons, Walter Wright, Fillmore, and
Willi'
a | ri,;il and leal eslaG firm of "right
! per
nearby, saw
the huge nickle craft
. , | flash past a chimney, heading sharply
I). Wright, a partner in the lo- f )r th( , ffl , )Un(| H e lost sight of the
they called for a trial and were found mail routes out of Greencastle waguilty he would recommend to the made last week by the post office ofprison authentic' that they he given fieials and the data reveals some in-
the maximum, once they were there, ten-ting facts.
and if this was the ea e, they might One of tin e is that on the day of serve the full 21 year instead t f the inspection, the parcel post truck minimum of 5 year- drove 14', miles and the city carrierHowever, they both stood p it and each walked a distance of 16V, milesaid they entered pleas of not guilty. Other fads show the following: Both were returned to jail, pending Number of possible deliveries 1692
& Shoptaugh of this city. Thice half1 brothers al o -urvive. Tiny are: Sam | Purscll, Gn • nc.i.-th ; Harvey Clark land Omi r < lark, both of Fillmore.
Sherman Stiles Succumbs After Extended Illness
the outcome of the grand jury indictment trials which wi re seheduli d l"
start at nine o’clock.
It was stated at the court room af-
ter lunch that Wilson and Moore had changed their mind and win n brought before the court again, woul I enter
plea of guilty to the charge.
Number made 1275. — Number, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th da.- \\t;U, K \n\\ \ l.'M \U M \N delivered 6510. UASSED \W \Y \T MriTHInsured, 21. i Kirs HOME.
Postage due collected, 4. 1
I Pounds delivered, 2431. , .
Miles Iraveleil, MOi.
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plane when it went beyond a railroad embankment. But he noticed one of the motors was sputtering, he said, and another one seemed dead. Two towermen of the New Jersey (Central railroad were the next to see 1 the plane. It was travelling about 100 i miles an hour, they said, skimming 1 he marsh reeds and heading for the
| railroad tracks.
Next the towermen, Matthew Tor- | han and William Murtagh, heard the | noise of a terrific impact. Sand in 1 the open freight tar shot into the air; gasoline spurted thirty feed from the
plane’s tanks.
Torhan and Murtaugh ran to the spot. They found the plane in two pieces, one consisting of the smashed cabin, the other of the wings and pil-
Richard
o’clock' ot's compartment.
the wreckage.
They were expected to be arraigned , .jay-^Monday^ March 1 rK,u -' | ^ ;ittM ", j|| n ,.' s8 ' 0 f many swayed and toppled into the freight
during the afternoon.
March 15, both dates inclusive.
Tells Chief Justiee He Made Slip
I years. His death asthma and aeut heart. Mr. Stile- was
w.i- attributed to|<ar. Another man crawled out of the
dilation of the ! compartment and stood dizzily on the well known in I smashed and splintered steel.
TNAM BOYS HONORED
FORMER PUTNAM COUNTY WO-
MAN WHO DIED AT BRAZIL, BURIED THERE MONDAY.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Ader Sherfey, age 81 year's, who died at her home In Brazil Friday night, were held from the home there Monlay afternoon, with burial in the
Brazil Cemeteiy.
MARTIAL LAW IN FLOOD AREA
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TROY, Ala.. Mar. 18 (UP)—Martial law prevailed in Elba and Geneva, Ala., today. W. K. Persons, of the Alabama National guard, clamped on the lid after Col. Milton Stone, of Giv. Bibb Graves’ personal staff, reported insufficient guardsmen were
in the flood areas.
Looting was reported growing, and | although the public health service
The Brazil Times Says: „
Mrs. Sherfey was the wife of Jose- had disease well under control, guar.lsnh E. Sherfev, pioneer furniture mer-|men were ordered to instruct all perchant and veteran of the civil war, aims to represent themselves for in-,
tmt she was better known to the peo- occulation.
,1,. n f Braxil and Clay county for the The flood waters in their three day untiring battle for the higher things lampage, have taken in
In life. She was born on a farm in
estimated j
death toil of nearly a score of lives | and caused damage amounting to $15,000,«0(t, according to the most ac-j
(FAYETTE, i mi . ( Mar . 18 _ Tw() I raiser. She Was educated in the local curate reports obtainable.
»' county students at Purdue schools in Putnam county and later
Putnam county, the daughter of David Ader, a pioneer farmer and stock
Waters in the Elba section have
1 'G am on the Distingished '' ,)r honor roll for the past r 'is announced today by Presi-K-lwanl C. Elliott. A place on , n 11 roB means that the student ."""le an A in at lea.-t three '' his other courses during
and nothing below B.
F r "oi Putnam county were r 1 oofeltet, t i.ior in electrir'^fing, Karl h. utherlin,
[ ' 1 ^Gical engineering
(ram (ha Acad- .aaaded, leaving
cmv. Before her marriage she assist-; Opp, Ala., where 300 Elba n fi g 1 |„, r father in the conduct of the were taken after rescue, is repe j r ni hi- stock raising activities isolated and calling for medical an . hieh had assume.! large proportions ' and food. Selma. Ala., where 1,000 are i
which had a., urn g , usin e,s without shelter, is reported in straits, When „ e ie„ Terwilligtr, 13. bstene. I.n on and in this showe.i ma.Mo u I with the remainder 01 her eighth grade cla ability. On Oct., 20th, 186J, she was almost as s • the F i int idea it would make her almost famous,
united in marriage to Joseph E. Sher-j In Southwestern Unig ., | H „ wari| T aft of the l . S. suprrmi r v who survives and came to Brazil river again is out of its ban )( , nt Hoover he
fey, who ur ;';' To this ! , i( . nls of Newton, Ga., already havmg
uni,m‘was born six children, three of left their homes for the third iY^Uhould be blamed “to the defect of
whom survive. ('h' 8 > ' d,
“Give me a cigarette,” he gasped and then fell Into the freight car unconscious. He was Delmont Parsons, who escaped only because he was riding in th,' pilot’s compartment. Below in the cabin were the bodies
Greencastle, as be had .-pent practically his entire life here. He made many fri, nds through hi- kind dispo-
sition and friendly manner.
.Surviving are the nu.ther, one brother, John (i. Stile- an one sister.
i-... Ed 1 u H of Indianapolis. 1 of the following:
Kunei d . ivi.cs will be held from | Anton Holies, West New York. N. the IV byterian Church Wednesday I Jd Joseph Bauer, Stamford. Conn.; afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev.) Raymond Helmstetter, Irvington, N. Victor U. Raphael in charge. Burial I Jd Thomas Hendrickson, Weehawk-
en Heights, N. J.; Walter (i. Hent- ! .chel, Jersey City; Stephen Hagmasi, Stamford, Conn.; Andrew 'Hagmasi, i Stamford, Conn., his brother; William j Zissor, Irvington, N. J.; Patrick A. I Janussi, Jersey City, N. J.; William Margaretten, Perth Amboy, N. J.; Gertrude Steevcr, Bloomfield, N. J.; W. ('. Steevcr, Bh omfield, N". J., her brother; Reginald D. Woodward,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fairly today it was believed that both Footed and Parson had a good chance to live. The pilot had multiple skull fractures and was talking incoherently at St. James Hospital
will be in Fen .-t Hill Cemetery.
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John F. Burdett Died Sunday At Sen’s Residence
IT NEK \L TO id: HELD TUESDA) FROM BRICK < H M’EL
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radio to the inauguration Walden, N. V., she ha I no
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John P. Ruidett, age 79, died Sunday moripng :it 2:1" at the home of. his son, llugii in Monroe town hip, after an illne of seviial years’ dur-. ation. Mrs. Bur.iett p : .' d away on'
F'lTiruai v 5th. M*. Burdett i.sons, Hugh of M
I HKKK ARE KILLED
CCLUMBIA (TTY, Mar.18 (UP)— .Three men, Heber Pence, 45, Joe Hawk, 60, Frederick Coy, 15, all of
ur. \ il by three.this city, were killed in.-tuntly today ni oc township, Har-1 when their automobile was struck by
_ w court that in gi' ng the oath .-aid ""reserve, maintain and defend", instead nf
ry of Roachdale und Mike of Green-la Pennsylvania passenger train.
She wnte Chief Ju Tice William ca.-th'.
to Presip re serve,
in a long, kindly
i^\ayh,g"rT:.ri:.ri;m was‘ad,9; ; ,rtu;.: from th- teM but not from the
meaning? ^ " n l '“ blamed “to the defect ol an old man* memory. |Biatt.im m Uiaigt
this dents of Newton, (ia„ already having p^tect'and'defend.” The chief justice now has an.-wered
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Funeral services will be held from The fire department made a run to the Brick Chapel church Tuesday 431 East Washington street Mondav at 10:30 o'clock with Rev. | afternoon. A small fire was put out
J before the firemen arrived.