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VOLUME FORTY-TWO

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 18. D>3V

NO. 54

SANDERS TRIAL OPENS MONDAY BEFORE JURY

Her Eye on Senate

defendants request .urm A1 I.A^I MINUTE, CA|IS1N(; DELAY

BEsrn OF ALTERCATION

William S. Sanders and Alpie Sanders ( liargrd With Atlempted Murder

Trial of William S. Sanders and his son Alpie Sanders, of Barnard, on charges of a-saidt and baitery with inlent to muider Solomon Kiddle, also ui Barnard, opened Monday morning before a jury in circuit court. Because the defendants in the case i.|,id for a juty at file last minute, several of those selected to servo were not of the regular petit jury

panel.

As a result of an agreement lietween attorney John II. James, repre--enting Bandera, and Prosecuting Attorney Theodore Crawley, who was being assisted by attorney F. S. Hamilton, the two Sanders were tried jointly instead of separately. Separate verdicts will lie required of the

jury.

An affidavit filed by Solomon Riddle alleges that on ot about last June 114 the elder Sanders assaulted Kid die with a brick hat with intent to kill, while another affidavit charges that the son on or ahotit the -ante lime 'hot at Kiddle with a shotgun with intent, to kill I ie affidavit' have lieen (lending seveial months and resulted from at ivution who h occurred at Barnard i.i which the Sanders and the elder I dj|e and hi -oli Roy Kiddle were

involved.

Jurors eh . cm to hear the evidence sre l (tester Kuaik, Frank Vaughn, Roy Rrarkney, Charles l.oUlell, kugwte llubnr, Alva Carrington, Jasper VfeFenan, t harles M Wethy, Harley Pritchard, Nelson Taulman, IVank Farmer and Henry H. Phillips. 1NDI AN ATOMS LIVESTOCK Hogs tl.OOd; holdovers HU; getter ally 111 to lb cents higher; Hit) to 225 His., Cl.:id to $3.35; 22b to 275 lbs., $3.20 to $3.25; 275 to 325 Ills., $3.10 to $3.15; 32.i lb-, up, $3.o0 to $3.25; 140 to 1«0 Ih , $3.15 to $3 25; 120 to 140 lbs., $2.7,, to $3.00; 100 to 120 His., $2.00 to $2,50; packing sows

$2.00 to $2.65

t attle 000; calves fiOO; slaughter classes steady except possible 10 to lu cent he on few leers, hulk $3.50 to $5.25, nio-t heifers $3 00 to $4.50, '■mall lot $5.00 t ( , $5.25; mixed teers ind heifer $5.75; cows largely $2.00 to $2.75;; low cutters and cuttars $1.00 to $1.75; vealers opened 50 cents lowei, d'HOO down; closed -teady, $0 50 ,iown. Sheep 201,. lambs around 25 cents lower than Friday; ewes and wethers $6.75 to $7.00; hulk $6 00 down; ihrowouts down to $4.00. WH.Hl K A. H ANN A DIES PLAINFIELD, In<t, De, 18—Wilir Ashland Manna, 7!» years old, romiutiit fainter, died Saturday tning in St Vincent’s hospital in Indianapolis after undergoing an operation Mr. Hanna was Inrn in (Ireen- , ;i't|e. Survivors are the widow; two . Wilbur Hanna »f BMMng*» Moot . and Frank Hanna of Plainfield; a iughter, Mi- Helen Hanna of Sacramento, Cal., and two hrother- ami

tliree sisters.

U)l \l. SINLF.K IN ORATORIO Perry It,I h, of tlie First-Oiti*ens Bank and Tnmt c nay any, will sing the pan Ilf narraitor, in the new oratorio “Sainte Therese,” which will havi its American premiere Tuesday evening in S' John’s church in Ind * unai|«i|i.' About 200 musician- wall ; uiticipate in tlie jierformance with Mr Kush, lyric tenor, and Mrs Robert W Blake, cmtu-alto, the two prin-

ipal soloi'ts.

srm KS STROKE

\M\S RlAINL IS SPIRITED IN CI TY STORES

Escaped Conviel, His Vietim tSc Woman Held in Slayiiuv

S ATI RD AY MVS ONE OF 1 HE Hi slEST DAYS OF THE Ol i» IK Alt KOK STORKS BIO CROWD SAM RDW NIliH I

\ isil By Su ita ( Ians Hel|»eJ Hriug . Out Vn I nimual Number ut Shop pens.

Not content with being Indiana’s first woman Representative in Congress, Representative Virginia E. Jenckes has confided to friends that she will shortly announce her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Senator from the Hoosier State. Her flood control work made Rep. Jenekea a national figure. BOARD l«’i:iTSES TO EMPLOY V ( Ol vn NURSE

Saturday was a busy day for Green ! castle merchants and there was i .- plen bd inlying public down town ; throughout tlie day. In fact many i' - ported it one if the best 'Saturday \s for many n omtlts. Practically all m« i chants report that Christmas littyuu' was brisk during the day and the lug crowd remained until late Saturday evening following the distributation of gifts by Santa Claus from the court house The holiday shopping crowd began arriving down t own early and increa id as the day passed, and there was never a (utter demonstration of the nee, of additional parking space around the square than on Saturday, when ever available inch was needed to care for the visiting motor car-

I0HNH. NICHOLS IS CHAMPION CORN GROWER

COM PI IMKNTKD BA JUDGE FOR SHOW CM■ BKST EAR OF CORN AT SHi t\V

AAA ARDS \KE ANNOUNCED

Peter Lux of Shelby County Judge* Entries Saturday. Banquet Is Teature.

I.lati,, lii Kent I left ),<-» i paniun of John Ha.niltm ( right), es*' i| ed Indiana tale pri n fugitive, who wa t-i/.ed when the desperado i scapeit aftei slayi 110 ScrffL William Shanlev (center) in a Chicago garagd, 2 igt. Shanley, who hail lieen on the Chicago poh.a- foivi for se\ n years an I citid t >r braverv many thii, . had gone to the t ,arage to tiuestion Hamilton Hamil! >n is tn* of John Dillinger’ band ot

1'inpeii I 3,.Ula covicts-

Limllii rj'hs Ait 1 r lloillr\A.ini Itoiiml

I I A INI. t Ol I I I DKP.ART I Id 1 At Ml AMI Al I I K LONG AF.RI VI

ItII KNEY

MIAMI, Fia, Dec. 18, (UP)

APPROVE It F.DKCt (RATION ol ( (H’RTHOI SF. AS (TATI WORKS I’ROJECT TO MEET At. VlN OECr AIBF.R ?«

Will Allow I laims and Salaries Pending for Past A ear at That Time

Members of the board of county flcmmisai*ners at a special se- ion I Satunlay refused to approve (tie em (iloyment of a county nurse for the | fun three months of 1!I34 as a civil

I works project.

Under the proposal made by C. C. Gautier, local civil works administrator, it was understood that the salary of such a nurse would lie paid by the fedetnl civil works administration hilt that they county would have to provide an automobile for use of the nurse. The commi- loners turned down the proposal because they have po funds available fot the automobile Redecoration of the courthouse a u a civil works project wa approved

by the conuni sioners and the nece ! 1 H1CAOO, Dec Hi, (UP)—An at sary papers were signed to put the j p.mpi to extort $10000 from K belt

Many remarks were heard 'luring | Speeding horn, ti spend Christmas the shoe ing day that values were J w jn, t | IHr y m „ u , .1,4,Col ami never lower nor quality higher than | \| rs rl, al |es A Lindbergh left here f ir this Ghri-tnias season Greejicastl, ,,.5^ n n | s'|’. today in their merchants have a fine stock of qual j-globe trotthu ied and black mono-

ity merchandise and people are takiup | lMI ,

advantage of the seasonable sale ol ,, w;ts a8 , u „„. ( | ,1,0 famous flying

n.itple was ini, mi 1,11 making the final 1,400 1, ile flip:,1 to New York today , hut they w> ii secretive as usual about their plau- and destination, and the possibility was they might make

one 't ip euro at,

The LincU,, ig s, who left New York last July , n an aerial survey of the north Atlantic air routes, progre sively eft tended their lesitlrely flight until it embraced 21 countries on f, ur cnsritinents 'They arrived here Saturdny after an 880 mile hop

from Santo D nningo. ■ --Jk

this merchandise.

This is t.he last week of shopping f ir Chri-! 1 a ; and indications Monday were that it will he a liusy week for

the merchants

M ARK! AGE I B ENSE Owen McCullough, laborer, and Marjorie Rumley, housekeeper, both of (Ireenca 1 tie. Alex T Kurt, clerk, and Opal V. Winkler, at home, both of Indiana-

polis.

I O. (). F. No. 45

Putnam Lodge No. 45 will meet Tue- lay night at 7:30. All memhei

are urged to attend.

Police Reveal Kxlorlioii Plot

I VR Al IlI RK \1 I I Ft I s Officers of the Putnam County | Farm Bureau elected ,t a meeting in the assembly 10,11) of lb, couithoust, Friday evenin)^ were ann,,uii ed Mon- | day as follows: President Ralph H,,-i, tti i. Koachdale. Secretary Grafton I ngden, Gieencastle. Treasurer, Wayne Branneman, 1 ’loverdale. Social and odiicational director VI r . Elmer K. Mannan, Clover lale Assistant social and educational di rector Mis Raymond Wngtit, Green castle. Reports on the present drive for members, which is lieini, continued throughout thq (ounty, also were made at the meeting.

V. M. ARMSTRONG LEGION HEAD HEBE Till RSDAY

John Henry Nichols, of Fillmore, was cr wired single eai corn champion of Putnam c >unty Saturday at the ninth annual Putnam county com show. Otis Clodfeker of Russellville > on the sweepstakes award for the

best ten ears exhibited.

Peter Lux of Shelby county, reserve champion at the International Livestock and Grain show at Chicago this year, yvlu, judged the corn show entries Saturday, < implimented Nichols for producing ,,no of the best ears of corn he hud seen in his many years

of growing champion corn.

Lux also complimented Putnam ~ county fartnes for their interest and AMI KH VN LEGION TO HOLD I industry in the pruhiotmn of high I Vs 1 MEETING OF THE YEAR Mass coin. The cla f corn shown VV I I H HIGH OFFB I VI S |at the show this yv .r yv:is said to have | lieen f ir -uperior tti any hPiTtofor^ Wild II AYE BIG SESSION ' xhibtte) 1 . A han((uet Saturday noon at r.lms Inn was another feature of the corn Ih'‘re VVill He Kats And l.ntertain ' bow, being attended by twenty-eight meat Vt The* Meeting To Be , , wnn( . r s, club members, and others. Ib id In Legion Ha I j ^ llss(? ]| grown, president of the Firstji itizens Bank and Trust Company, The last melting >,f the year for sponsors ,f the '-(tow, acted as chairPutna n, county I’ , ! No. 58, American I man, and talks were made by Ora U gion, will lie held Thursday even-I Day, W N McMullen, K. W. Baker,

( iiIkiii M0I1 Wm ks Ne\vs|>a|><T Plant

EOCR DEAD; SEVERAI AFT IK I. ATESI OC I BREAK

IN HAVANA

ing at eight o’clock in the legion hall nit the south she of the iquare Ajn ,ng the visitor at this meeting wil tie V M Al nisi rang, state coinman ier, and Harry K. Hall, ‘--talc service officer, who yvtll be here The local I egion Post is making

H1 iRT ‘ luborate plans t , entertain the tale

commander and there will lie plenty ,,f eat and free entertainment at .this session, which wjU, he the last

HAVANA, Dec 18, (UP) A n|0 |, legular one „f th. present yea. Every , . ransacked and set t i.,, to the news I moniiber is urged to attend this wet- " 1 ***** 01 SBAND ipapei El • terday n * ' '

VV t)M \ N i l l s 14 A I VK TERM

rilAP EVILS. HOWEVER, WHIN nr AIM A H \< K AGE OF MONEY

IS I NTOI < HKD

project before the tatn civil work board. As soon as the pioject is approved work is expected to -tan «,n cleaning and repainting the interior of the eouithouse, a move that has he«n badly need*',! for a number *<f

} ear".

All labor cost of the project, will he (laid by the government, the county furnishing; the material . A total of $1,20o was appropriated by the county founcil fot materials for the redecorating last weetk but all of thi money may not lie needed. 1 he coun ty expects to save more than $5,0(10 by having the work done as a civil works project. Mi. Gautier also informed the commissioners Saturday that state high way engineers will only need 40 j inches of the five feet of extra ( ground all,(ted fot widening of park mg ■ pa, e •around tho public square. The five feet of exit a ground was al lotted last Thursday bv the county

council.

Members of the hoard of county commissioners wdl meet again Dec 26 to allow claims and salaries for the past year and al'O to let contract for burial of pauper dead and applies for tlui county farm I tiKMIR >«> At HO ALE GIRL • DIES A l KOKOMO HOME

A Gardner, foimer national amateur golf champion, on the lineal of kil milling his II yeai old son, was re

vealed by police today.

A trap for the extoitionists failed when a dummy package left at a place de-ignatel in a letter was not picked up Federal authorities work mg on the cam believed the letter was the work of amateurs It was written in pencil and mailed in an envelope addi, ed in purple ink. Toe letter, received last I n lay, directed I hut $10,11(10 in $100 lolls he placed in a can at the entrance to the J. Ogden Armour drive. "If you don’t we will take ymn little boy, Henry, fot a ride,” the letter warned,

KK< II VI I ON It, HI

* lence broke out in ninny sections of

ROrKK'dlD, 111., De.-. |8, 1 UP) | Havana. h Mrs. Mav Hanson today faced a It Heavy firing at the now-paper ' year team 1 the state penitentiary plant and vicinity tesulted in numer-

for the ‘torch murder" of Yer di ous casualties.

voiced hit?hand, Fail Hanson, la ,; t 1 Four dead and ix or mote, wound August. 1.3 ed were listed In the ensuallies at The sentence wa- the lightest Emergency hospital The dead in available under a finding of guilty. A eluted :■ linotype operator named

Iornailo Kills Four: 211 Hurt

Peter Lux, and Simpson Stoner, the latter being in charge of the exhibit in the trust department of the bank, A total of 107 entries were exhibited at the corn show. In (’lass Four, which a is won by John Henry Nichols, the judge neglected to turn in a complete list of prize winners. For this reason the hank was unable to atm lunce the winners hut stated that those .dr.fc ,floes could obtain then checks by presenting their ribbons at the bank. Mr. Stoner announced the list of winnar- in the various cla""es as follow the fits! name, I winning first,

and so on:

jury of |2 men deliberated font hours Saturday Frank Hall, defense att rne.y, pre-> nted a motion f,,r a new trial immediately after the verdict wa" read Judge Arthur Fisher set next rtutday as. the date for heai ing of arguments for a new, trial. Mi Hanson heard the verdict calmly llet mother and 12 year old daughter, Line, however, were grief

stricken.

SI 11 I II KD To tOl I Ft I UN ( IV II. VV VK BONDS WASHINGTON, De, 18, (UP)

There will be a Melody Way recital

tonigat at 7 o’clock in Music hall.! ———

I hose taking pait are Marian and INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18, (UP) Virginia Havens, FJizahaih Ann Can-J Congressman James Montgomery non, Kathryn Boston, Betty and Bar-i 3<rk, Philadelphia, will he principal bara Yuncker, Mary Dale Owens, peakei at the Indiana Republican Eleanor Blown, Barbara Bartlett,, K litorial As xciatinn’s midwinter

Keith I yon, Dick Gale, Randolph meeting here

Dju'sh, a newsboy and one unidenti fied mulatto. I lio wounded included two p . sen by and one printer The fighting at El Pai began at 4:15 p in Hundreds of hoi: were fired and sniping continued Pede trians fled to covei and the (reels were almost in tantly ch ared. A l istant Chief of Police Salvadot Dia/ told the Unite,) Piv-■ tiiat boating broke out in many >■• tions of the city almost inmltaneoif ly He aid the police "don’t know who is d< ing the - hooting or who iarte l the

fire."

The FI Pai- building burned fierce- • ly and effort , to axe the plant were

The tiny principality of Monaco, | f lltl | P . police and .oldier continued famed for it gambling casinos, today hooting at sniper on n< u-hy roofs formally petitioned the upreme | Xhe building wa attacked, looted court to help it collect $574,300 | a , u | f j re |,j ||ie crowds of cnveinfr, m t ,e late of Mississippi on j m( , n | syarpathizors The newsp'ipei $100,tKH) worth of bonds on which the | ia ,| consistently against the .tale defaulted at the outbreak of the government of President Ramon Gran Civil war. I San Martin and was the only one to

j give letiring Unite, | States Ambassador Sumner Welle a cordial send-off when he left lecently for the United

States.

The crowds rushed into the streets after the pajiei was looted, carrying typewriters, furniture, etc. The-sack-ing was practically a rejietition of the Heialdo do Cub, la < Alien 1

CLASS ONE (Ten Ea-i White) — Otis Clodfelter, Ru ellville; Lewis

| Hutcheson, Reel ville J. 1 Wilson,

Russellville; J, s Seat . Fillmore;

MISTER BRINGS 111 VIII AND Darien ."-’ear , Fillni r,

SIH FRINT. IN I.OI ISI VN A

(OVIMUMTIFs

SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 18, (UP) An off sea-on toinad > which cut a swath through two Caddo parish com tnuillties oX'ei tin weekend killed foil)

( ONGKESSM AN TO SPEAK

Bartlett, Mania Hamilton, Florence and Helen .lome, Anna Marie Eitel, Bobby Hills, Mary Louise Brown, Emma Jape Conklin, Billy Kocher, Babhy Lou Owiyis, Marguerite Erd

The selection was announced here yesterday by the a -ociation’i execu^ tivq committee. March !l and It) w-ere set tentatively a the midwinter meeting date, de-

man, Jean Th, mp- ,n, Jack Gillespie (rending on convenience to Rep, Beck.

Tlie Irodv of MIks Irene Randall, 22,

, | IM' ID u l V "i i #

I -VlryGA, Dec. |8 Mrs W. I A - - fiirntPr f^sident of the Roachdale vic|WI offered a stroke and a heart u, -| injtv> who Sunday morning at he k a her h me here Saturday night j (h( ,’j' k)W , |P ® 0 f |„, r ,,arents in Kokomo, •hr condition is replied as critical to the Chastain funer-Be-ides the nurse, Mias Rc"s Allen ’ L| ))omP R.rachdale at 3 o’clock Mrs. Arlie Bymaster and Mrs lame- W( ,j nPS< j a> aftenioon The casket will Nutt are at her bedside. )(<l ,,,^,^,1 a t that Dime to the friends.

The decea-ed, whu is tlie daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harry Randall, moved with her parents from their farm southeast of Roachdale to Kokomo

about three years ago.

Tlie funeral services will be conducted at Id o’clock Wednesday morning at Kokomo- iBmrial will lie in

the P.oachdale cemetery.

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Jfhoppinq JDaqa till QthrijBtmaa

20 Years Ago

IN GREENCASTLI

NEGRO < H Al FT El R ADMI TS HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT CHICAGO, Dec. 18, (UP)—James M,-Knight, 33, nqgro chauffeur, was

held today after admitting he was the j John Keightly is in Elwood on a hit and run driver "f an automobile j business trip. which stimk and killed Mrs. Mar Mr. and Mrs. Henry Runyan were garet Gra e, 63, wealthy widow and visitors in Indianapolis.* prominent club woman. , Ford Lucas and Fred Bryan spent Mi Knight was surrendered to po the day hunting near Vivaiia. lice several hours after the accident, I Mr«. Raymond Riley and son Donby his employer, Arthur G. Stress- aid were in Brazil, helm. The negr» tol l hi - employe! New drinking fountains Siax’e l»een about the accident upon reaching installed on the north and south sides home and then Consented to go itb ot The ooutthouse and were in work him to the station. ing order for the first time today.

INDUS! HlAI ( ASKS HE ARD William A. Faust of the state industrial hoard was here Monday to heir the cases of Hendrix Bowen vs. Andrews Asphalt company; John L. Stixliz vSlate Highway Connin' "ion and Sally Bqoe vs. (). II BTieti. Mi •.< Mona M’Allisttv, former Pulliam circuit coiiij sten grapher, now connected wit la the stale industrial hoard, took down evideni«- m the t It tee cases.’ Tie healing was held in the law library *on the third floor "f the court housq. FILE AGAINST ESCAPE An affidavit charging Edward Pi ingle, alia" ^Jwam Renaud with escaping from the Indiana state farm July 10 while serving a term imposed at I.ogansport, was filed in circuit conn Mondayomorning.

CLASS TWO iTen Ear . Yellow)— V N McMullen, R a hdale; I.owell Dick , Fillmore; Call Arnold, Green-ca-tle H M. Heavin, Fillmore; Call Hopkin:. Roachdale; Daniel Hutche* run, Gieencastle forest Hutcheson, Reel ville On- t h. Ifolter, Russell-

I” 1 on : "‘' 1 01 " villi . Phillip B I! It Greencac One victim vx„ a white woman, three t|<>; rharlr Hutcheson, Greencastle.

were negro.

The heaviest loss of life occurred at Grayson, 17 mile, north >f heie, wiieie tlile,- persons we,,- killed. An othei fatality <>• uned m the Soda Fount communit.x, near Dixie, l.a. Approximately 20 persons were in | juted at Grayson, and four at Soda

Fount.

A senre of - mall cottage" and some ' LASS FIVE ( Ten Ears, Yellow) — bed), belonging to the Grayson Loin Howard M Mullen, Russellville; hei con pant weie demnli hed by the Walter Pago, Koarhdale; Richard slotni i Lewman, Baitvhrtdge; Ross Coleman, —. -, j Fillmore,

CLASS THREE (Single, White)— Otc i i If, Iter. Russellville; Marion Sear , Ftlimoro; John Scars, Fill-mr-re; Stanley Sears, Fillmore; Lewi".

Hutcheson, Reelsville

<T ASS FOUR (Single, A'ellow)— John Henry Nichols, Fillmore.

SWEEPSTAKES (Ten Ears, White)-

Otis Clodfelter, Russellville.

SWEEPSTAKES (Single, Yellow) —

John Henry Nichols, Fillmore. LADOGA WOM AN DIES

Injuries suffered in a fall Thank,'-

pot LIRA MFETING TONIGHT Putnam county poultry farmers and others interested in increased profits from flocks are invited to attend a meeting in the assembly riant of the court house this evening at. 7:30 o’clock The meeting, which is lieillg held under the ait'pices of the Putnam

County Poultry Association, will >» giving dayTesuIDd ’in «h,‘'dV«Vrstataddressed on the liquc, "Prof,table urday aft( , ni Ml „ „ f y,, Mary p P mltry Production,” by Paul G Riley, ; Ro)i:ers ?7 ^ ar;i oH at hp| . ho(m# in of l.a ayoMf, , She is survive i by two son^p

1 IL rer I and (ieotge W Markev,

DENTES EVERETT SANDERS l(tth U(1 ,, ,, , n . iof3 WPn> VMM. Ql IT CH AIRMANSHIP at Ladog:1 M , n ,, 9y aftprnoon .

«} I?! ^ O O 0 ^ ^ 0 lo,lay’s Weather 0 0 and 0 0 Local Temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 , Rails probable tonight nd Tuesday,

diacuaaing i> 1 that a mova waa turniiii to w hw< i portion uf* t to ,h , lace the fomner Coolidge Tue day. ,-w .i-n - tonight, secretary fr mi the national champion-| colder n o-thu, i |..>rti,,ii I ueaday. ship, “is not going to resign and that j •

is absolutely certain ”

WASHINGTON, Dec. U—-Senator F'ews of Ohm, memlier of the national republican committee and former na tional chairman, last night said that Everett Sanilers would continue to head the national party organization "San er*," T’ess told reporters, in

FORMER GOVERNOR DIES ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18, (UP)— Frederick I)o/ier Gardner, former governor <>f Missouri, die! today after a three eefs illness from an infected jaw He was 68 yea, : old.

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