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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1934.

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0 attend REPUBLICAN rally here rl IT coTbtkoom is packrD F 0K SPEAKING FRIDAY 1 evening EE SPEAKERS ARE HEARD S purnell, Charles F. Zeis and 0 ||. une Deliver Campaign Addresses crowd that taxed the capacity be circuit courtroom attended the ublican rally held in Grecncastle jay night. Speakers for the ocwe re Fred S. Purnell, candifor congress; Bruce Lane, cante for joint senator, and Charles da, candidate for mayor, junty and city candidates were oduced by Gilbert Ogles, Putnam irman. Mr. Purnell was presento the assembly by J. G. Campbell, was his neighbor in Attica for years. his address. Mr. Purnell stated he had nothing but respect for old-fashioned Jeffersonian Demobut that today it is not a Demoic administration in Washington time, he said, that American Unship must be supreme in the Titry. There are two issues bethe people: first, assorted ecohics, which includes money, food clothing and second, liberty of individual. Ie said there are now sixty more *aus at the capital than when the publicans were in i^ver and that national debt is now billion i while it was 16'j billion when new deal took over the reins of ice in 193d. ir Purnell also stated that the U. stands twelfth in the point of reWy among the 15 leading nations the world. Approximately eleven jion men are out of work and acting to the speaker the whole |ry of this campaign in his estimacan be told in three words— k of confidence.” le asked to be sent back to Washdon along with Senator Arthur R nson “to right the grave injusdone the disabled American sol-

Yugoslav Premier

SLACK SPEAKS AT FILLMORE FRIDAY NIGHT

FORMER MAYOR OK INDIANAPOLIS DISCUSSES ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN

CAMPAIGN

LAST WEEK

Paul \. McNutt To Be Final Speaker Of Democratic Party November 5

Nikola T. Uzurovitch Nikola T. Uzunovitch, above, is the new premier of Yugo lavia, now ruled by 11-year-old King Peter II, following the a.. assination of his father, King Alexander.

Enter Local Farm Bureau EIevator

COMBINATION KNOCKED OFF SAFE BI T DOOR IS NOT OPENED

L. Ert Slack, former mayor of Indianapolis, addressed a Democratic audience at the Fillmore high school building Friday night, discussing issues of the present campaign and appealing for a Democratic victory this fall. The speaker gave one of the best addresses heard during the present I Democratic campaigns in Putnam

county.

Following an address by Mrs. Lee Amsdon at Groveland Saturday night tlie Democratic party will enter the final week of the campaign next week with meetings scheduled at Fincastle, Clinton Center, Maple Heights and New- Maysville. Democrats will climax their cam-

Govcrnor

Paul V. McNutt in Grccncastdc Monday afternoon, Nov. 5, the day before the general election when the governor will discuss his administration and answer any questions put to him by the audience. The Fincastle meeting is set for Monday night with Faye Smith Knapp as the speaker. The Clinton Center meeting Tuesday night will bo addressed by Dr. Smith, one of the outstanding men connected with the state speakers’ bureau. No speaker has yet been announced for the Maple Heights meeting Wednesday night. Next Friday night Mrs. Esther O. Keith from the state bureau will address the New Maysville meeting.

WHAT, AGAIN? CALLANDER. Ont., Oct. 27 - Reports that the stork is again hovering over the home of Mrs. Ernest Dionne, mother of the internationally famous quintuplets, were confirmed by authorities today. The quintuplets may expect the arrival of another addition to the Dionne brood some time in April, it was said. The five baby daughters of Mrs. Dionne were 151 days old yesterday.

Boy King Sits on Shaky 1 krone

in closing, Mr. Purnell said, ''let's our feet on the ground. The key (success is good, honest, hard work not living on federal charity.” fhc large audience was deeply intested in the discussion of local isss by Mr. Zeis who quoted from a iliphlet which was distributed durthe evening. He said in part: [My opponent has, at various tcs. written articles for publicaon what he terms ‘his acconijWimcnts' as mayor of our city. He has published them in pamphlet n for distribution to the voters, jsnmch as he overlooked some very ortant items in his campaign lit.iture I beg leave to call attention some of the items he so over-

fed.

none of these articles does he jhmend his duly appointed officers employes Arc we to understand jt he is not satisfied with them ? ill he re-appoint them if elected ? ‘Another oversight is the ques*of the tax rate. In 1933, the tolas rate for the city was 63 cents e»cli $100 valuation; for 10,'M it raised to 76 cents, and for 1935 *as fixed at 78 cents, making an jtrease of 24 per cent in the three ■r* notwithstanding the fad that the last two years they have been Reiving increased gasoline and nuFaus other taxes, as well as fedj 41 aid for many projects. In the newspaper of August 29. 1934. •Peaking of the tax rate for 1935,

( |Uotes Ibe administration as say- i.iy I s in establishing a rate for the 1 lnl1 ' 1 " n

r of cents we are reducing the >U thre c cents,’ but this is Incorj* 1 for th c present rate is 76 cents ^though taxes were increased 24 P tnc ne t taxables were decreased l:: P cr cent, so there is still an

Burglars forced their way into the Putnam County Farm Bureau office on Elizabeth street in north Greencastle Friday night and knocked the combination off the office safe but failed to get the door of the safe open. Farm bureau officials said Saturday morning that nothing had

been taken.

Marshal Otto O. Dobbs reported that entrance was gained to the office by forcing up a bar holding double doors on the south side of the farm bureau building. Some instrument war. used to batter off the combination but the safe door withstood

attempts to open it.

Robert Moody, fingerprint expert from the Indiana state farm, was

called shortly after the robbery at - j day evening, found that their home tempt was discovered early Saturday ! had been ransacked during their abmorriing and took fingerprint impres-1 sencc.

HOME IS RANSACKED

City ofieials reported Saturday morning that Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Briggs. 712 east Seminary street, who returned home from Attica Fri-

sions loft about the office. The weapon used to batter off the safe com-

bination could not be found.

Mr. Briggs reported later in the morning that the burglars had taken an overcoat and gloves belonging to him. a watch and two rings belonging to his wife, and several old coins val-

ued as relics.

Rev. Briggs said the house evident- | ly had been entered by a thief who used a skeleton key. The home had 1 been ransacked from top to bottom

HERDER! HINKLE AND I.EMi El on (y u le clothing and jewelry had

been taken.

Elder Kohinson Details kidnap

EXPLAINS PART IN RANSOM NEGOTIATIONS FOR RETURN OF MRS. STOLL NASHVILLE, Tcnn., Oct. 27. - Fighting the government’s efforts to remove him to Louisville for trial in the Stoll kidnaping case, Thomas H. Robinson. Sr., detailed his part in ransom negotiations. He testified that he had withheld information from authorities "in behalf of Mrs. Stoll’s safety.” Appearing before U. S. Commissioner Julian Campbell at a preliminary inquiry into charges involving him in the kidnaping, Robinson told of events which followed the abduction of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, beautiful society woman, from her Louisville home. Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., Robinson's son, has been accused as the kidnaper, but has not been apprehended. Robinson testified he received the $50,000 ransom for Mrs. Stoll and sped the money on its way to his son at Indianapolis by ids daughter-in-law. Mrs. Frances Robinson, because relatives of Mrs. Stoll had insisted that he do it. Mrs. Robinson is the wife of Thomas Robinson, Jr, and along with her husband and Robinson, Sr., is under federal indictment in connection with the abduction. "I wanted to do anything I could with authority,” Robinson said, "to effect her safe return."

Youth Believed Rohiiisoii Freed

CALENDAR FOR DEPAUW WEEK IS ANNOUNCED

FRANCES PERKINS AND DR. KLEINSMID HEADLINE PROGRAM FOR week

CHAPEL SPEAKERS ANNOUNCE

Local Men Fined For Tossing Docks

TELLS OKLAHOMA OFFICERS OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ABOARD BUS

PATTERSON FINED si 1.95

EACH AT BRAZIL

For heaving rocks throngli windows at the home of Lonnie Ball in Brazil, Herbert Hinkle and Lemuel Patterson of Greencastle have been fined $14.95 each at Brazil. Sentence was passed in city court by Justice W. V.. Gates. Both went to jail in

default of payment.

Henry Smith, colored, of Indianapolis. driver of an automobile which collided with a truck west of Manhattan early Wednesday morning, was fined $16 15 by Justice Gates on a charge ot operating the wrecked automobile with improper license

plates.

Smith iiie I other colored occupants of the automobile were injured and taken to Brazil for treatment, where j Smith was placed under arrest hy police of that city. He paid his line.

BIG FIRE 60 4 EARS AGO

Sunday, October 28, 1874, marked a

the history of Green-

castle. On the evening of that date, the big fire started in the Kimball chaii factory, located now where The fire department and city hail building [>t ' I stands. The blaze started between seven and eight o’clock in the evening

MOB LYNCHES NEGRO MARIANNA, Fla., Oct. 27, 'UP' The body of Claude Neal. 23, negro, confesed attacker and slayer of a white girl, swung from a tree on the courthouse lawn here today, victim of an enraged mob. A crowd of 100 men, women and children silently gazed at the body, nude except for a sack reaching from

(he waist to knees.

The negro had been shot at least 50 times, burned with red hot irons and dragged through the streets be-

hind an automobile.

GERMAN ART EXHIBITION

Boyish King Peter II, un ( oi lo his a a -mated father’s perilous seat on the Yugo lavian throne, already i finding it necessary to k"i p a firm grip on hi- new crovri to keep it from lipping otT Vt tli the death of King Ahwand* r, a regency eon i ting of the Iain king's cousin, I'riiKo Paul, and t ./o politician w.i formed to help the boy king rule until he bi coiitvs of ag o I he rbian army staff, however, assertedly di lik' - the Idea of a child monarch during the present turbulent > edition in Europe, and loo! to Prince George, elder brother of At xander, a- the more appropriate ruler. Prince George gave up liio righto to tlie throne several j«.ars agoi

MRS. SAN hi 4 A< QUITTED

ill I MORE URE REGISTERED FOR THIS FALL

SIOUX FALLS S. D . Oct. 27— Mrs. Fern Mae Sankey, widow of the late Verne Sankey. gangster, last night was acquitted by a federal jury of a charge of conspiracy in the Charles Boettcher. 2nd kidnaping. It was Mrs. S inkey’s second trial on this charge, a previous jury hav-

ing disagreed.

Mrs. Sankey smiled as she heard the verdict, and clasping her hands

together said, “Oh. good

Her two children, Echo 16 and i ■ David. 5, had come with their mother Registrations For Last Spring Show

EVERY PRECINCT IN COUNTY SHOWS INCREASE OVER

SPRING FIGURES

TOTAL OF 13,071 REGISTERED

PICKER, Okla , Oct 27 Police today investigated the possibility that a young man arrested here might be Thomas Robinson. Jr., wanted for the Stoll kidnaping in Louisville, hut a check disclosed his description did not fit that of Robin son as given out by the department

of justice.

Chief of Police Harley Jennings said the youth ' somewhat resembled" newspaper pictures of Robinson. However, the chief described the prisoner as about 22 years old, five feet nine inches tall, and having brown hair and brown eyes. The department of justice description of Robinson is 27 years old, six feet, black hair and grey eyes. The youth gave his name as Lyle Radtke, 22, of Woodbine, lu.. and said he had jumped from the window of | a bus on its arrival from Kansas City j from fear of two fellow passengers I who is accused of trying to obtain I $60 he had in his possession.

when it was announced a verdict had j been reached, but were in another | room as the acquittal was announc- ] cd. The jury deliberated four hours and forty-four minutes before reaching a verdict Tn her previous trial the jury was hopelessly deadlocked after 28 hours and was discharged.

Will Eclrbrate Cabin Completion

That Only 12,263 Were Eligible to Vote at That Time

Violin Recital liv Herman Berg And Football Game With Georgetown

U. Other Headlights.

The calendar for the coming week at DePauw University is of unusual interest. Two national figures will be on tlie campus. The first will be. Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of Labor in the national cabinet, who will address the University Vespers program Sunday evening at eight o'clock in Gobin Memorial church. Admission will be by ticket until 7:50 p m. when the doors will be open to

i the general public,

j The second prominent person will be Dr. Rufus B. von KlcinSmid. pre.-ii-dent of the University of South-rn California, who will address a special convocation of DePauw students Tuesday morning at 1:40. Following his address President G. Bromley Oxnam will confer upon him the hon1 orary degree of doctor of laws. Dr. KlcinSmid was a member of the De-

Pauw faculty from 19C5 to 1914.

Chapels for the coming week have | been announced as follows: Dr. Benjamin F. SwalTn of tlie School of Music will address Monday’s chapel on some phase of his European ex- [ periences. The worship chapel on Wednesday will have Prof. Warren j C. Middleton of the psychology department, as speaker. The Music ! School chapel on Thursday will present Plot* Vernon Sheffield in a short piano recital. The regular freshman

chapel will be held Friday.

Music lovers will be interested in a violin recital to be given in Mcliarry Hall Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock by Herman Berg, teaching fellow. Mr. Berg has gained many friends in Greencastle through his ac-

complishments on the violin.

The week wyi fie climaxc-l by a football game between DePauw and Georgetown (Ky). University. Saturday afternoon on P.lackstock Field. This will be the only game on the DePauw scTiedule with a non-Hoosier school. The Kentuckians defeated DePauw 16-14 in 1928. the last game

played between the two schools.

H04

SCOUT COUNT II, TO EN IT TAIN AT SCOUT LODGE NEXT TUESDA4

A total of 13,074 persons in Put-

nam county are eligible to vote in the t

general election this fall, according to Jq IXPCltclI

registrations on file with the county clerk. This number is 811 greater than the number registered for the

primary election of 1934.

Practically every precinct in tlie county shows a gain in registrations, some increasing by several hundre I over the number registered in the

spring.

The comparative registrations by wards and townships are as follows:

In Meharrv Hall

HENRY BERG, VIOLINIST. AND HENRY ROLLING, PIANIST,

TO PLAY

and burned all night and most of the

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f th ' present , ' , ' ! the south sent the fire northward and ' Z r Ve T me ni 0U t I everything between Indiana and Vine

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' three blocks was burned, except the ba ’ First National Bank building, tt was

j When officers arrived at the bus

During the coming week, Oct. 2b j station the machine had gone on. It to Nov. 2. there will he an interesting | W!US intercepted by officers at Vinita: exhibit of modern German graphic j who reported the two men in quenarU held In the domestic science ; were "amazed” at tlie youth's rooms, East college, DePauw univer- j charges. Neither was armed. They

sity. This exhibit is brought here by ' W cre not detained,

ty receives its part.

^ us look at the cash balance. r ” a <tmlnlatration inherited

; their predeeessors of J23 '' j aave d by Terre Haute and Indiana-

C un October 1, 1934, the bal-J '

r ln the city treasury was $12,835 i

^ of this must be

designed to show the development of modern art in Germany during the i

past 60 years.

Among the impressionists are such - well known artists as Max Liebcr- , maun, Lovis Corinth, and Max Slcvogt. Among the naturalists are the i works of Kuethc Kollwitz. who is al- | ready well known in this county to : visitors of the Chicago Art institute. !

is well repre-:

was held pending word from Woodbine officers.

j. paid bills for the t f r rt0r M the city budg- ' lift Cal * S * or an ex P en diture 10,^ -This would mean that

! Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde. Max Pech- Allen.

polis fire fighting equipment which!™* expressionist art

played water on the building during the fire. James Merryweather keeps track of the great fire anniversary and said Saturday ifiorn'ing that he

wu W oi.l,ih. . u , recalled very vividly, the night of the btlsnce on IT'**. ° IT met ° Ut ' flre Hc • sai ' 1 110 wa,S 14 yCarS 0ltl and the yeai th an< S °' at the en< : ,h * blue was so big that the countye l th ! ca8h balance Win be ! Hide as fa, north as Bainbridge was

20 Years Ago

IN GREENCASTLE

Miss Geralda Thomas and Miss Catherine Allen entertained with a

What might be called a dedication pep-fest, highly tinctured with hot dogs or similar gastiomonic teasers, will be held at the Boy Scout lodge, east of Greencastle, next Tuesday

ftom 5 to 7 o’clock.

The affair is sponsored by tlie (Iicencas!Scout Council and is in '.b( form ,,f a celebration marking tlie comphdrKi of an improvement •ji'ogra.i. begun at the lodge early asl simi. c - . Scout members of the two local .•.live troops and business *i *T. who '. i e donations to the pro —■.in will be guests of tin' council. One "t *, 1 n .iui improvements o' tne lodge iris been the reclaiming of en old driver v\ d! and the installs .ion of a n up. The water from this | well has be n tested and found to be . erlectly mis'c fnt drinking. Another iiijoi imp' er.'.int has been the adi id.on of a screened porch across tlie j entire frant of the cabin. The buiid- , mg lias stso been painted, broken ■ ; loss rep uced in windows and has l in on put mto shape generally to I peeve Greencastle scout organizations

in a very fine way.

! • FREDERICK LANDIS is REPORTED I N( HANGED

Npring

Fall

Jackson

517

550

Franklin

997

1040

Clinton

451

491

Clovcrdalc ... ..

1069

1097

Floyd .

477

491

Jefferson

682

724

Madison

481

495

Marion

766

787

Monroe

756

800

Russell .

688

695

Warren

477

482

Washington

971

1023

Fox Ridge

471

488

Liincdalc

248

261

North Greeiicnstl ■

315

342

Fir;t Ward

806

907

Second Ward

677

749

Thinl Ward

814

892

Fourth Ward

701

757

Total

12203

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7440 NTT DEVI s

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their automobile c.i.

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(o two and injuries

to the

other

Herman Berg, violinist, and Henry Kolling. pianist, of the DePauw School of Music, will give a recital in Meharry hall Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock to which the public is cordially invited. The program is as follows:

Sonata in M Major Brahms Allegro Amabilc Andante tranquillo-Vivace Allegretto grazioso II Concerto in B minor, opus 61 Saint-Sacns Allegro non troppo Andantino quasi Allegretto Molto Moderato c Maestoso-Allegro non troppo II! Chorale: Komm Susser Todd Bach Chorale: Hcrzlish thut mlch Verlangen Bach Hungarian Dance No. 7 Brahms L« Fisanclla Pizzeti-Cortl Tzigane Ravel

A. It. Chenowcth, well known local business man remains in a critical condition at the Putnam county hospital.

four.

The dead are Donald Schulte. 10 and Charles Alvin Bonn ei, 19, both of Hammond, Ind. PRISON EXPOSE PROMISED

1 to about zero.

br mayor In his article failed to

donUaued uu l'n ttr Tno)

brilliantly lighted during the entire night.

stein, Oskar Kokoschka, and others. Even more recent are such artists as Feininger, Barlach. Schlemmer, Albers, and Kankinsky, some of whom have devoted themselves to a

decidedly abstract art.

The exhibition is free to the public and visitors are welcome.

Talbott Christie was host, to a “smoker” for several of his friends at

HAMMOND, Ind Oct. 27. <UP> - The long promised expose of John [ Dlllinger's "wooden gun" escape from ! the Lake county jail waa delayed

LOGANSPORT, Ind.. Oct 27. Frederick Landis. Republican candidate for congress from the second district, was reported unchanged to-

his apartment in the O'Hair home on day at his home where he is being ! again today while I Edward Barce Washington street. Heated for bronchial pneumonia His deputy attorney gen i;d ;• tlcucd to- ' Prof. F. C. Tilden is in Indianapolis I condition is not considered serious. gether the last of hi.; evidence' # The where he will deliver addresses be- I ,is sori ' Frederick Landis. Jr. an arrest of four or five persons, incluelfore the Indiana state teachers con- j Indiana university law student, is lag three public officials and an atference. • I filling his speaking engagements. torney, ha% been predicted.

o o & a o $ ® o a ® <* Today’s Weather 0 ® and • ® Local Temperature o 0 & o ® a o o a a # $ Partly rlou ly with moderate temperature Saturday, followed by colder ut night: Sunday generally fair

anil rather cold.

Minimum 0 a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. in. 9a .m. 10* a. m.

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