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GRHENCASTLt, INDIANA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1934.

Killed by Plunge

;AL SCHOOL enrollment reaches 1421

.pi) TO BE HIGHEST IN STORV OF GRKENCASTLE P t BUG SCHOOLS THIRTV SINCE MONDAY an d Senior IliKh School Has ' Total of H40. tirades Have 781 Enrolled

ticiaJ enrollment fiRures of the , n ,-astir public nehools. taken a y show probably the bigRest jUnient in the history of the local u Paul Boston, superintendent, lounced. The total enrollment as

riday is 1A21-

the high school there arc 640

ents enrolled, while in the Rradea J pioror and curator of are a total of 781. j at the Field Museum hese figures show an increase of killed in plunge from a Chicago hoin the junior and senior high j tel. A native of Cologne, Germany, ol and and an increase of 10 in | he came to the United States in 1898 grades, since the preliminary en- later becoming leader of numerous nent was taken last Monday. j scientific expeditions,

i the high school there are 89 in [jenior class while the enrollment hther classes is as follows: juniors, [sophomores, 117; freshmen, 109; Sith grade, 104; and seventh

Lie. 134.

Lpertnten dent Boston said the inL,,l enrollment had caused some Test ion in the various class rooms that this situation had been reLd ami that the schools were now Lrating smoothly. 130 ra PERC etaoin shrdlu etaoin

Bcrthold,

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famed author, ex-

anthropology in Chicago,

PHOT, ONE STABBED IN CHICAGO

DISTRICT <;. 0. P. MAPS CAMPAIGN IN FRIDAY MEET

PARTY OFFICIALS \\l> WORK ERS ATTEND MEETING AT

CRAWFORD HOTEL

FRAYS

CHICAGO. Sept. 15, (UP)—Three n were shot and a fourth stabbed t night in Chicago shooting and King affrays. One was expected ■die. ■We Bcsbes, 52 years old, wounded fti men who, he said, attacked him he lay in bed at hia Congress ■ret lodging house. He accused list Demos, 53. and Harry Kallas, lof entering his room and stabbing ii about the face and body. Seshes fired five shots from a rover he removed from beneath his low. wounding his assailants. None b critically hurt. 1 half hour previous Paul Cuprea, lyeara old, cigar store proprietor, la wounded critically by three men lo shot him from an automobile as J walked through the north Loop ■riet, scene of many gang slayp It was the city's first "spot” Irder attempt in months.

id i m Escapes Ills Abductors

|!> KNELL, OKLAHOMA. FREED ACCIDENTALLY IN FALL FROM AUTO

PAN ANTONIO, Tex . Sept. 15— paped. tortured and held for $50.I ransom, H. D. Snell, 42 years old, K°rdell, Okla , was freed accidentp late yesterday when his abductautomoblle, hounding along a

Pway north of San Antonio, threw | duct a vigorous campaign

Republican leaders of the Sixth district, met here Friday afternoon in a district caucus to arrange speaking dates and make other plans for the coming campaign. The meeting, hold in the luncheon room of the Crawford hotel, was largely attended by district and county officials. John C. Taylor of Danville, Sixth district chairman, presided. He was assisted in conducting the session by Mrs. Donald Jenkins, vice-chairman, of Noblesville, and John T. Hume, secretary-treasurer, of Danville. Fred S. Purnell, former congressman and the party nominee for representative in congress for this district at the fall election, attended the conference and discussed his plans for the campaign. County chairmen that are in attendance included: Warren Rue Alexander; Fountain Ben B. Gray; Parke Frank Hayworth; Vigo — Hugh S. Cuthbertson; Montgomery - John Warbritton; Putnam Gilbert Ogles; Boone Larkin Scmptcr; Hamilton Ralph Waltz; Vermillion —Curtis Lowden; Hendricks -Charles V. Sears. Vice-Chairmen that were present are: Parke- Mrs. Mayme Britton, Vigo Mrs. Conrad Hcrber; Montgomery Mrs Mabel Bible; Putnam Mrs. Clara Jones; Boone Mrs. C. C. Cassidy; Hamilton Mrs. Helen Thompson; Vermilion Mrs. Ida Lewis; Hendricks Miss Leora Walls James Call of Clinton and Miss Florence Evans of Greencastle represented the young Republican groups of the district. The meeting was openeil with a luncheon and was attended by about fifty officials and party workers. Mr. Taylor expressed himself well satisfied with the response and said that the Republicans intend to con-

in the

PROMISE WAS BROKEN SAYS GEN. JOHNSON

Witnesses Give Views of Morro Castle Disaster

NBA LEADER ALLEGES BREACH OF FAITH IN TEXTILE STRIKE UNIONS AKOI SKD AT CHARGE

ville Review.

J. A. Red To

through a door he had managed 1 Sixth district this fall. Crawfords-

lopen. 1 r" lay unconscious for several Fs on the unpaved road until a I |rial Policeman saw him and took

n police bsadqtuutm There . iol<| how the kidnapers ehoked i A I III 1*1I,Do’ll III ^ "topped on his neck an.l poked! /AUUI ' ' ' T

|t ,| ls in his side. They did not take

m his pockets. • FORMER SENATOR FROM MIS- [' told them to go ahead and kill sol'KI TO BE CHIEF SPEAKI wouldn't sign anything." he \r T. II. MEETING

F officers.

f' ls -tones, a department of just ire r 11 ! who aided in the solution of

Leader of Mill Workers Agreed to Abide by Code According to Recovery Director NEW YORK. Sept. 15—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA administrator, last night said the present textile strike was called in direct violation of an understanding reached with him last

June.

At that time he said, a strike in the textile trades was threatened, but he reached an agreement with textile leaders and it was called off. “If such agreements of organized labor are worth no more than this one, then that institution is not such a responsible instrumentality as can make contracts on which this country can rely.” Addressing a meeting of the code authorities in Carnegie hall, Johnson said the strike "was pulled in contravention of the solemn agreements of the federation.” "Men circulated among the delegates and told them the government would feed the strikers. Nonnan Thomas appeared and urged the strike. He is a politico. Whenever a strike becomes political it has no place in the lexicon of the NRA. "The cotton textile industry is the very last place in this country in which a strike should be ordered. It was the first industry to come forward with a code. That code increased employment by 140,000 or nearly 33 1-3 per cent. According to our studies it increased hourly wage rates by 70 per cent. "When I think of George Sloan, president of the Cotton Textile Institute, my heart weeps. I know what opposition he went up against. He overcame it all and got these concessions for labor. It is a pity that he now has to take the rap in the dissention between labor and management of the whole proposition.” Johnson discussed President Roosevelt’s plan to remodel NRA on the form of a political government, separating legislative, pudical and executive functions. "I agree with Judge Louis Brandeis," he said ."that what is too big is found to be wrong. NRA is too big. I don't know whether breaking it up will satisfy this idea but 1 think there is such a thing as too much power in the hands of one man. I have said this over and over again. And the quicker it is divested from me the better 1 will like it.” NEW YORK, Sept 15. (UP)— Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, early today issued a statement scoring a speech made here last night by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson in which the NIUY administrator said that the textile strike was in violation of an agreement textile leaders made with him last June. Woll said he was confident that "the textile workers can and will answer Johnson." Johnson spoke at a meeting for the code authorities in Carnegie hall. Woll’s statement said: "When invited to address the Carnegie meeting by understanding was that it was for ttie purpose of discussing the NRA and to be advised by General Johnson of the new procedure and policy aiioiit to be arranged. Of course. I had no knowledge that General Johnson would use the occasion to attack the textile workers and laud the textile employers and bitterly denounce organized labor in general. "I am confident that the textile workers can and will answer Johnson and despite Johnson's attack on the organized labor the latKir movement

will go on.

"I am more disturbed, however, by the fact that Johnson, by his unwarrantable utteraAce and prejudiced intrusion of the textile situation has made for greater difficulties in com-

posing existing differences.

"Representing as he does the president ;t ill becomes him as administ fa tor of the NRA to manifest his personal feelings and prejudices

matter of such

NO. 266 TAX ADJUSTMENT BOXRDTOMEET IN CITY MONDAY

GROrP TO GO OVER KATES SET BY VARIOUS UNITS IN COUNTY

Al l. BUDGETS TO BE SC ANNED

Arthur Stamper

Here are three of the witnesses appearing before the board of inquiry investigating the Morro Castle disaster in New Y’ork City—left, Arthur Stamper, third assistant engineer, injured about the eyes in the blaze, who told of starting the pumps in the engine room when the alarm sounded; center, Mrs.

Mr». Governeur Phelpa Eben S. Abbott Govemeur Phelps, wife of a New Jersey doctor, who joined her husband in the accusation that no alarm had been sounded aboard the boat; right, Chief Engineer Eben S. Abbott, who was questioned regarding the actions of the engine room

workers.

List Transfers Of Krai Estatu

SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY CHANGE HANDS IN LAST

WEEK

LONE STAR CEMENT CO. TO • OBSERVE CONSTITUTION DAY In connection with the observance of Constitution Day a general plant safety meeting will he held at the

Many Entries In I’lower Show

plant of the Lone Star Cement Com-' TOTAL OF T: ENTRIES IN PLACE

Real estate transfers for me period September 5 to 13 showed a decided increase in number according lo deeds filetl in the office of the county recorder. Real estate transfers for this period follow: Albert J. Williams and wife, to Oliver H. Hammond and wife, quit claim to land in Greencastle twp. $1. Perry C. Hoopingarner ami others, to Joseph Neesc ami wife, land in Washington twp., $1. Oliver H. Hammond and wife, to Gerard Baorg and wife, land in Greencastle twp., $1. Wesley Curtis and wife, to Clyde O. Cain, lots 0 ami 7 in Commercial

Place. $1.

Honus W. Graham and wife, to Joseph E. Graham and wife, 129 acres in Floyd twp., $1. William S. Harris, and others, to George Gregory Buis, 25 acres Floyd twp,, $1. Auditor W. A Cooper, to James S. Albin, tax title to one-half acre in Clinton twp., $2.96. Elza Hapney and wife, to Irwin Hapney and wife, 38 acres in Washington twp., $1. Roy D. Smytlie and wife, to Roscoe C. Smythe, 80 acres in Jackson

twp., $1.

James L. McKee, to Clarence J. Ferrand, land in Monroe twp., $1. Roy Nuttle and wife, to Fletcher Hunter, 21 acres in Warren twp,, $1. Dora Hunter and others, to Fletcher Hunter and others quit claim to 21 acres in Wairen twp., $1. George Gregory Buis and wife, to Ernest F;. Dobbs and others, 07 acrea in Marion twp . $4,500. David R. Jackson, to Wesley Curtis and wife, lots 8, 9 and 10 in Commer-

cial Place, $800.

Wilson T. Handy and wife, to William E. Smith and wife, 91 acres in

Franklin twp *1.

Anna Oliver, to Dexter Oliver, quit claim to 15 actes in Monroe twp., $l. Pearl F’,. Thompson and husband, to Merrill Hood Lelia Taylor and J. W. Thompson, one-fourth intereat in

certain property, $1. MARRIAGE LICENSE

George McClure Rissler, Washington twp., and Tressa Odctta Braun, at home. Putnam County. AN UNI SEAL ACCIDENT Tom Holland of south of Morton took his gun and went out to shoot crows Wednesday. On returning home he heard bis horses fighting in the barn ami went to investigate. While separating them one of the horses kicked him. The gun went off and the discharge struck the other

horse and killed it.

pany on Monday, September 17th, at 11:30 a. m. G. FI. Pierson, vice president of the company, will be the principal speak-

er.

Corn-Hofs Clinks Receivnl Here

PAYMENTS MADE ID SIGNERS IN FIVE TOWNSHIPS

SATI'KDAY

AT 10 O'l LOCK SATURDAY MORNING

Signers of government com-hog control contracts in five townshiph were being handed their checks Sa> urday by members of the Putnam county corn-hog committee. Townships ih which checks were received Saturday were Russell, Franklin, Jackson, Madison and Washington

townships.

Farmer signers of corn-hog contracts in F’loyd and Cloverdale townships will receive their checks Monday. It was said at the local office Saturday that checks of other townships have not yet been received but will arrive soon. A total of i,105 farmers in Putnam county will receive approximately $350,000 for curtailment of corn and hog production.

ILi|islMir" Heir Hans Return

Entries in the Putnam county flower show sponsored by the county home economics clubs were coming in fast at the old Kroger room on the south side of the square Saturday morning. At 10 o’clock a total of 72 had placed their bouquets of flowers on display. Because more entries were received than were expected, additional tables had to be secured Saturday morning to take care of the over-

flow.

Entries will be judged by J. J. Eitel of the Flitel F’loral company and ribbons will be awarded the win-

ners.

Take Chickens At Countv Farm

Action of Bii'ird Awaited With Some Trepidation by Officials \\ he Spend Money Members of the Putnam county tax adjustment board will meet in the commissioner's room in the court house Monday to go over proposed budget estimates anil pass final judgment on levies of the various taxing units for next year. Action of the board is awaited with some trepidation by officiati who have pared their proposed expenditures to tile limit and who feel that any further cuts will leave the: i deficits at the end of next year. The board Is composed of William Compton, trustee of Russell township; Clarence Steward, president of the board of the town of Bainbridge; Emmett Green, member of the board of education of the school city of Greencastle; C. B. Havens, Greencaatle, Jesse McCoy, Cloverdale, and Omer Stoner. Greencastle township, resident freeholders, all of whom were appointed as provided by law by Judge Wilbur S, Donner; and John Sinclair, a member of the county council, selected by that body to represent it on the adjustment

board.

All budgets will be scanned carefully and decreases in the levies will he made where advisable. Declarations of emergencies will also tie studied by the board to see if the estimated expenditures which exceed the amounts fixed by state law are justified. County Auditor W A. Cooper stated Saturday that total rates (or each of the townships and towns of the county have been computed in his office although levies for the Roachdale library and Bainbridge town have not yet been filed. County officials in figuring the total rate* estimated the levies for these two units at the same figure as last year. Comparative rates in effect this year and proposed for next year as computed by the auditor follow;

Members of the Putnam County

kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, ^ N " 58 ' nTJl 'ahoma City oil millionaire, a year to Terre Haute next ' questioned Snell briefly then TuM<Jav ( ' v '' nin * ; fnr a l,lK ni, ' otin R h »" to a hotel to sleep. Jones'^ ‘he Fort Harrison Post No^ 40. a ' fr turned his questioning behind I whlch f " rm, ' r "T ” TT u H The department likely Mi “" url ' Wi " ^ f "m he a 1,1 h *ndl P thp investigation because T " ( ’ mf " tinK nn " ^ transportation from one state P» rt " f ,h< ' " f ( "nriher involved a federal statute ! t'°n week by the American Legion »"*'l said he recenUy haT found i Th0 mcf ' tin « *' lil hCl " thr Rym ‘ n demand, f V.Tilf f ' nasium of Indiana State Teachers

•ked t0 , * 0 ' 000 ° nc WaH . oIIcl-c located at 7th ami Eagle ; against labor in a matter of such Ed Eiteljorge waa here from Madi-

,n " oarn and the other came h ' ,, vital public Interest and grave public | son township.

concern.”

20 Years Ago

IN GREENCASTLE

l ""’' 1 ' the mails.

"Blackie." Pi' 1 said

They were sign-

streets, and will open at half past

seven o’clock Tuesday evening.

; r

two masked men seized

11 J'Mterday morning near his WOMAN FOUND MURDERED ^ and drove him away in his 1 CHICAGO, Sept 15 (UP) Lashloniobilo Tum x j pH to a bod pout and Garroted by

«' - - Mantari’t | which mW. ,n began torturing h „ Roumel 35 was discovered today in , civil war*this year, cause g

.uvored hua- i emmenl to Uko I'xtraonllnary armed

NAZI OUTBREAK THREATENED VIENNA, Sept. 15 # 'UP» Reports tnat another Nazi outbreak impends,

c heck for $50,000.

band.

[ precautions today.

W. D. lyovett of Roaehdale was a visitor In the rity. Miss Zclla F’urmer of Indianapolis is visiting Mr and Mrs. Henry Run-

yan.

The S C. C. met with Miss Lulu Shildmyer. • J. P. Allen was in Indianapolis on business.

ARCHDUKE OTTO, EMPRESS M \THEIt RITA WILLING TO ADOPT "CITIZEN" ROLE BRUSSELS, Sept. 16. The Hapshtirgs, at long last, are going home

to Austria.

Sources clone to the royal family that once ruled the mighty empire of Austria-Hungary said this evening that former Empress Zita, widow of F1mprior Charles I. who lost his throne in tli«' upheaval that followed the world war, experts to he living in Austria by Christmas. Preparations are already underway at Steenockerzell castle here for the return of Zita and her eight children, including Archduke Otto, the Hapshurg pretender to the thrones of Aus tria and Hungary. Permission has been granted the family, it was understood, to reside in Austria as plain, ordinary citizens of that present day republic. Last night Zita, her mother's stay at Villa Planore, the Bourbon-Panna estate at Viareggio. Italy, at an end, wan hurrying back to Brussels, while Otto, too. was enroute to the castle here after his tour of Scandinavia. At Viareggio, just before her departure, Zita received King Victor Emanuel and Queen Elena of Italy, and after their call the “unofficial" engagement of Otto to Princess Maria of Italy was made known. If they go hack to Austria, it was stated here. Otto must expressly promise that he will in no way seek to bring about the monarchy's restoration unless Europe's great, their interest focused on Austria by the past year's events, consent.

BETWEEN 120 AND 125 PLYM Ol TH ROCK III NS TAKEN FRIDAY Nli.lir Poultry thieves raided the hen house at the county Infirmary, four miles east of Greencastle Friday nigiit. and escaped with between 120 and 125 Plymouth Rock hens, Mrs Clarence Crosby, wife of the county farm superintendent, reported to the loe.'tl sheriff’s office It was said the theft occurred between 12 o’clock midnight and 1 o'clock Saturday morning, the thieves first driving south toward Mt Meridian and later driving back past the county farm and going east on the Indianapolis road. The chickens were carried from the county farm hen house to the road which runs north and south in front of the county house, it was said. County official:: Saturday were working on the ease but due to the difficulty of tracing chickens hail little hope of capturing the thieves. Mav \<lull Eduralion Hrir Miss Florence Bunder, of Indianapolis, director of the nursery school project of the F’FIKA educational program in Indiana, was here Friday afternoon for a conference with Roy E. Jones, county superintendent ol schools. Mr, Jones stated following the conference that a survey will be made soon t" determine the desires ol adults of Putnam county with regard to their inlerests in adult aducation and the kind of work they would like.

1934

1935

Jackson twp.

$2.14

$1.77

Franklin

1.88

1.92

Roaehdale

3.60

3.76

Russell twp.

2.49

2.40

Russellville

2 M

2.79

Clinton

3 29

2.36

Monroe

211

2 07

Bainbridge

2.26

2 22

F’loyd twp.

2 64

2.13

Marion

1 8 t

2.00

Greencastle

3.64

3.25

Greencastle twp.

2 68

2 47

Madison

2.15

2.08

Washington

2.58

Warren

2.59

2 58

Jefferson

3.72

2.99

Cloverdale twp.

3.05

2.45

Cloverdale town

3.93

2.95

FATHER Ml LLEN Wil l, FILED The last will of Father John J. Mullen, former priest of St. Paul's Catholic church of Greencastle, was admitted to probate in circuit court FYiday. The will provides for several personal bequests and then divides the balance into three equal parts, one of which is left to the Society of Precious Blood of American Province. one to Rev Joseph Schaefer, via Poll No. 1, Rome, Italy, and the third part to Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Indianapolis to create a .fund | to secure masses for the Catholic ; church of Greencastle. The document, executed Nov. 12, | 1928, names Rev. I. Wagner, C. P. P. | S, Carthagenn. O.. and Rev. A. G. ; Wleke of Brazil, as executors. The estate, valued at $. r >.(H>0. con- | .lists of checking accounts in banks at Greencastle, Chicago, and RcnsseI laer.

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I' N IDEN ril'TED M\N INURED INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 15, 'UP' | An unidentified pedestrian about 25 yeans old lay unconscious In City hospital here today, suffering serious in-

juries received when struck hy an Generally fair and slightly warmer automobile' driven by Melville Haw- 1 i n central and north portions. *

kins, 38, Indianapolis. Hawkins and thre companions, Eugene Ruark. Greencastle, Stephen Wood, Shelbyville, and George Smith. Indianapolis, | said lights of an approaching car j prevented them from seeing the vie- I

tlm. They were not held.

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