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jUME FORTY-FIVE
0HEENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 19:57.
NO. 67
[E TRAPS
'IVE MEN ON LAKE BOAT
PREVENT RESCUE SHIPS FROM REACHING BLAZ-
ING TUG
kl.I.NE
CAUSES
BLVZE
[ Att'PmplinR To Remove (»a»o-
Itne From Hold WHpii Explosion Occurred
ter and treasurer.
LAST EVANSVILLE G. A. K-
MEMBER DIES, AGED »4
EVANSVILLE, Jan. 1 William Warren, !)4 years old, last surviving member of Evansville’s G. A R- Po ' ,, died at his home here yesterday af-
ternoon of pneumonia.
Until his last illness a few day 8 a fl 0
he appeared daily at his work as custodian of the safety deposit vaults of a bank. He also was piesident of
a savings and loan association Warren entered the Union Army at
the age of 18 and served almost three years until lie lost his right arm in the battle of Champion Hill,
near Vicksburg, in May, 188".
ICAGO. Jan. 2, (UP)—Eighty- Hc S( ’ rve:l Vanderburgh County as eot of ice separated three coast audttor al,d reorder a numbei of crews from a flaming tugboat y cars a "° and alSo wa3 citJ LUl
imons reef in northern Lake fan, they reported to regional
Harters today.
Ileast five men were believed to the tug. the Harold Bird, of
evoix, Mich.
guard boats from Charle- : Beaver Islands and Mackinac circled the burning tug helptrying to find a channel in the sheet of ice surrounding it. ice was too heavy for light
t guard boats to break, but not ! Twenty changes of deeds were reenough to support the weight corc j et i during the past week in the in if they ventured across it on 0 ff j ce of County Recorder Elizabeth A narrow band of open water O'Neal, several of which involved the dec! the hull of the tug. changing of owners of largi tracts of ly headquarters here dispatch- ! i an( j j n Clinton Russell, Franklin
and Washington township. The com-
plete list of deed changes are:
U. S. A. to James Moe!:, patent deed, 80 acres in Jefferson township
$1.
U. S. A. to Jenniah C. York, patent deed, 80 acres in Jefferson township,
$1.
Henry Nelson ct ux tc Russell Mahan et ux, property in Raccoon, $650 Herbert Thompson et ux to Thad Wood, lot in Greencastle Commercial j
place, $1.
Everett J. Acrec et al to Mary Ethel McCullough. 38 acres in Washington township, $1.
SUSPECT IN KIDNAPING CASE HELD
Holland in Festive Mood for Royal Wedding
man resembling description OF BOVS ABDUCTOR
TAKEN AT TACOMA
BOY MISSING SINCE SUNDAY
Fingerprints And Photo of Former Convict Sent to Federal Bureau
of Identification
Deeds Filed
For Past Week
SEVERAL LARGE PARCELS OF
LAND CHANGED HANDS
IN COlS’TV
airplane to aid in the rescue, vas believed the tug’s crew may [ventured out in the ice field in its. Smoko from the flaming | and the abandoned gasoline liter, J. Oswald Boyd, defied ding attempts before dawn, and guardsmen concentrated on eft° brca k a channel through the af ice separating them from the
Rd Bird.
tug was identified as the Harlird, which has a regular crew live. First reports to coast fesmen said there were additional
an board.
Bird apparently caught fire as sought to remove gasoline
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 2. — Police seized a suspect in the Charles Mattson kidnaping case here last night, j took him before federal bureau of investigation agents at headquarters and then sent him to the identification bureau for finger printing and
photographing.
Persons who saw him said his appearance corresponded closely with : the description given of the man who broke into Dr. W. W. Mattson’s home last Sunday night and carried away the 10 year old Mattson boy in the j presence of his brother, sister and
| her gir! chum.
Whether federal agents had ordered the man held, or whether he would be held after being subjected to the identification procedure, could not be
! learned at once.
Later police said he had been identified as a former convict in Washington state reformatory where he i served a. term for automobile theft. His age was given as 33, but authorities would not reveal his name. He was placed in a cell for at
least temporary detention.
Officers said his fingerprints would be given to federal agents for comparison with those found on the $28,000 ransom note the kidnaper I dropped on the floor after seizing
| Charles.
Friends of Dr. Mattson’s family j expressed belief it might be some time before the outcome of prelim-
BRITAIN AND ITALY SIGN AGREEMENT
PACT CALLS FOR COOPERATION IN MEDITEKKANEAN WATERS
.MONTHS
NEGOTIATIONS
"pRoyal palace at Amsterdam
| Queen Wllhelmlna]
It isn't every day that Holland has a royal wedding. so preparations for the union of Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard von LippeBiesterfeld started long before the gala event. They are shown above as they appeared at the burgomastBr's office to obtain their license. Re-
ports are current that Queen Wilhelmina plans to abdicate in favor of her daughter within a short time. Streets of the city of The Hague presented a festive appearance after citizens had decorated the city with flags and banners carrying the initials of the newlyweds and the royal colors.
■Die Boyd, which was abandoned i ship, $500.
Martin Luther Poor to Chester E
Phillips, 100 acres in Clinton town- | inary negotations W i th the kidnaper J
pvember after unsuccessful salattempts. A spark of static (icity or the tug’s engine or exignited the film of gasoline lay over the ;vater. voman in the village of Espousix miles from the reef, saw shoot in the sky, and smoke up over the water. Villagers I fishermen watched the drama fh tyeld glasses until smoke obtho scene. Bir own fishing tugs had been lip for the winter, and villagers to venture out on the choppy in the only small boats availBoyd, owned by the Dunham e Corporation of New York, aground Nov. 8, in a blinding Btorm as it raced through Mackinac Straits from Detroit to Indiana HaMk>r, Ind., with 2,000 tons of gas-
oline.
tfJHpast guardsmen from Mackinac,
Beaver Island and Charlevoix, Mich., acres in Washing'on township. $1400. sought, to refloat the freighter, but Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank gave up on Nov. 9 and removed the to James W. Mitchell, 60 acres in captain and crew of 20 to Mackinac. Russell township at d 227 acres in Abandoned for salvage, the Boyd’s Clinton township $1. cargo became! free booty for all call- Samuel Ratcli ct ux to Federal era. Fishing tugs with a short Land Bank, pr pe ty in Monroe
Harvey P. New to H?nry M. Wilson, property in Jackson township,
$650
Nancy E. Fields to Eva L. Culley, 24 acres in Jackson township, $1 Charles E. Jones et ux, 62 acres in Jefferson township, $1. Lona Larkin et con to Ghlcc E Hurst et con, 36 2-3 acres in Jefferson township, $1. Vera Adella Sutherlin Cherry et con to Robert Henry Sutherlin, 40 acres in Jackson township, $1. Anna D. Robe et con to John Gillispie Thomas, 30 acres in Marion township, $1. Anna C. Brothers to Ida B. Steele et al, 181.19 acres in Russell township and 97.03 acres in Franklin township, $1. Anna C. Brothers to Leslie CBrothers, 115 acres in Franklin town-
ship. $1.
John T. Sutherlin, sheriff, to Citizens National Bank of Terre Haute, 70
Pius Rests After Day Of Suffering PONTIFF’S CONDITION REPORTED AS UNCHANGED BY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN VATICAN CITY, Tan. 2 The ill Pope Pius XI slept through the early morning hours today, his condition “unchanged,” Vatican prelates re-
ported.
The latest announcement, issued shortly after midnight, did not elab-
orate further.
The pain, from a varicose condition in the left leg, which has caused the holy father much suffering since he became ill a month ago, re-
turned last night.
Dr. Aminta Milani, the holy fatli-
old, the elder son, got into a green er ’ s physician, previously had exprescouple and drove away on one of the aC( | re lief at a clearing up of the lounexplained trips they have made ; ca [ circulatory condition affecting frequently during the last several t hj S i e g.
of the boy is known. Basis for the belief was not expressed, but it came as an air of pessimism appeared in the lengthening wait for a “break” in the case. In one quartet- fear arose for the safety of the boy, seized in his home Sunday night by an armed abductor who tossed a note demanding $28,000 ransom before the eyes of Charles’ frightened brother, sister and the lat-
ter’s girl chum.
Fewer persons visited in the house today than any time since smiling, freckled-faced Charles was stolen. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher, the children’s grandparents, arrived late
Friday.
Dr. Mattson and William, 16 years'
enough draft to clear the reefs frequently stopped beside the Boyd and ■^phoned off a supply of gasoline.
ESCAPES FROM JAIL
PAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 2--Nine J|||poners sawed their way to frecfrom Montgomery County Jail heart of downtown Dayton tly before 7 o’clock last night, ht of them fleeing amid the exciteP of u minor fire in u nearby Mhirant. hie member of the escaping g'oup iped in descending an improvised e of blankets extending from theii ■ floor quarters, broke his leg pwas recaptured.
Drmer Resident Called By Death ROSIE M. CALLENDAR PASSED AWAY AT ANDERSON
township, $1 Roachdalc Ba k and Trust Co (executor) to I >b. rt E. Stevenson, property in Roichlale Grantham’s addition. $375. Quaker Oil t >. ,f Plainfield to Quaker Oil Co., r. ,, property in Mt Meridian origin ! ; | a t. $1 Alonzo Cook m to Alonzo Cook 5 lots in Green is i e Old plat, $1. William Staley Died Thursday DECEASED W \s PROMINENT FARMER IV BELLE UNION COMMUNITY William S. Staley, age 82 years, prominent and widely known farmer, died Thursday afternoon at his homo southeast of Belle Union, following an extended illness. Mr. Staley was well known in both the Belle Union a’lid Eminence communities, his home being located near the Putnam-Morgan county line. Hc is survived by the widow and
days. They returned within an hour and the doctor drove on alone. Returning, he grimly told newsmen, “Not a thing.” and strode into
the house.
Paul Sceva, mentioned ns a possible intermediary for th« family arrived soon after and went inside. So far as could be learned, the family of Dr. Mattson had received no word from the kidnaper.
ty. P. Wingert (M Cloverdale Dies
His optimism was restrain’d, however, and it was known he feared the arterio sclerosis 'hardening of the arteries' with which the Pope is af-
RETURNS HOME HUNGRY CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Physicians extracted splinters of seven Christmas tree bulbs from Joseph Varga’s mouth and stomach Friday. Police said his wife told them Varga came home in festive mood and unscrewed and ate the bulbs one by one when she remonstrated with him.
Call Troops To Take Over City
WOMAN MAYOR, BARRICADED IN DAYTONA BEACH CITY HALL, DEFIES GOVERNOR
DAYTONA BEACH, Jan. 2—National guardsmen mobilized here and in two nearby communities to assist in enforcing a gubernatorial ouster against Daytona Beach’s defiant woman mayor and five other city offi-
cials.
Adjt. Gen. Vivian Collins hurriedly issued the mobilization order after Mayor Irene Armstrong, middle-aged housewife, replied to Governor Dave Sholtz's removal order by filling the
Rebel Ships Stop British Steamer
ENGLAND’S WARSHIPS IN SPAN ISH WATERS ON ALERT AFTER INCIDENT
Diplomats Relieve Agreement Will Have Important Rearing On Future Developments ROME, Ju- UP' An ItalianBritish agreement for cooperation in the Mediterranean was signed at noon today after months of negotia-
tion.
Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, and Sir Eric Diummond, British ambassador, signed the tieaty. Premier Benito Mussolini was still db.' -nt. resting in his favorite ictrer.t at Rocca Della Caminate. It was expected that the agreement, officially called "exchange of assurances," would be published simultaneously in Rome and London Monday or Tuesday. Diplomats believed that the agreement might have Important boa. ng later on the general European situation and particularly on Italy’s r la- } lions with Nazi Germany. Under it, Italy and Great Britain define their interests in the Mediterranean in such manner as to show that there is no clash of interest.} - Interests such as sent a gigantic British battle fleet to the Mediterranean during the Ethiopian crisis and caused tens of thousan is o! soldiers to be sent to Italian Libya and 1 to Egypt, adjoining it. Some diplomats feel that the agreement may improve chenccs for a general European understanding. They believe that Mussolini may seek to make himself meditator between demiany and France.
flicted was so far advanced that there j city hall with heavily armed police could be little hope for real recovery. an d refusing to produce municipal
Nevertheless the fact that the pon- | records.
HEART TROUBLE FATAL TO SOUTH PUTNAM COUNTY RESIDENT William P. Wingert died at. his home in Cloverdale Friday afternoon. His death was caused by heart
trouble.
Mr. Wingert was born near Lynchburg. Va., and his parents moved to Montgomery county, just east of Whitosville, during his boyhood. Hc attended the Whitesville school and joined the Christian church at an early ago. He belonged to the Cloverdale Masonic lodge, Eastern Star and Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Ida E. Kelley, of Cloverdale; a son, Fred W. Wingert, of Cloverdale; one daughter, Miss Gail Wingert, of Indianapolis; and two grandchildren, Virginia Jewell and Fred Arend Wingert of Clover-
tiff slept virtually all last night for the first time in weeks aroused hope in the Vatican that he might once again take over full administration of the holy see. Today the holy father listened to early mass said near his bedside by one of his secretaries, talked with Eugenio, Cardinal Pacelli and received the New Year’s wishes of his sister, Donna Camilla Ratti, who was permitted to visit him briefly. New Year’s telegrams arrived from all parts of the world expressing devout hope for the pontiff’s recovery. Sources close to the pontiff reported that special treatment was being applied to forestall any threat of
gangrene.
They also reported the Pope’s capacity for nourishment has steadily
increased.
NO EXTENSION ON PLATES INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2 Frank Finney, state motor vehicle commissioner, announced today no extension of time would be gi anted motorists for purchase of 1937 automobile license plates. State police had made
no arrests however.
several neices and nephews.
fford has been received here of -7—
death of Mrs. Rosie M. Callen- , widow of George M. Callendar,
nerly ly at
let, Anderson.
Ihe is survived by three children, previously had been ejected, returned Edwin C. Headley, of Roanoke, Va son Harry G. Callendar of Indi- an ,i fired a volley of pistol shots into and Miss Ella Wingert, of Craw-
jtpolis, Mrs. E. R. Pruitt of this a panic-stricken crowd at the bar. fordsville.
and Miss Elillian Callendar at ^ The bartender. Harry Walraven,
and Howard Hall may die, physicians Miss Edna Ferrand, city, entered
|urial will be at Ea'st Maple Wood said. Sarah Thompson and Hans the county hospital Saturday morning
letery Sunday afternoon. Spauling also were wounded. for treatment.
20 Years Ago
IN GREENCASTLE
CELEBRANT Mor.NDS FOUR dale. Three brothers, John W. WinPEORIA, III, Jan. 2 (UP) A bar- gert, of Whitesville; Charles of New
of this city, who passed tender and three tavern patrons were Ross and Joseph J. Wingert of Craw- Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Tucker returned her home, 1129 West 9th wounded Friday when an unidenti- fordsville; and three sisters, Mrs. , to their home in Boston. Mass. fied New Year’s day celebrator who Magdalene Long, of Cloverdale; Mrs. M. J. Murphy was in Danville on
legal business.
C. C. Gillen was a business visitor
in Brazil.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gautier returned home from a visit in Vernon. Charles Kelly went to St. Louis on a buying trip.
Troops were summoned on the double-quick by shrill blasts of the fire siren bore after Collins ordered companies of fifty men each to proceed here from nearby St. Augus-
tine and Sanford,
Sholtz summarily removed Mrs. Armstrong and her entire administration, with the exception of commission member, on charges excessive expenditures and lack of “sound judgment and ability.’ Mrs. Armstrong went to the closely guarded city hall early last night and said she would stay here until
“this matter is decided.’
She added that she had obtained j an injunction from Circuit Judge Herbert R. Frederick to restrain the adjutant general from carrying out the ouster order. Judge Frederick declined to say whether ho had acted 1 and attorneys said they would not comment unless an order is served on the adjutant, reported enroute
here.
Thirty policemen and sixty special guards carrying pistols, shotguns and riot guns ringed the building as Judge Herbert B. Frederick studded | the hastily prepared petition. “We will not fight.” said City At- | torney L. J. C. Harton. “If the na- ! tional guard tries to enter city hall, j i they’ll have to break down the door, j I But there will be no shooting.” INTANGIBLE TAX STAMPS DUE Notice has been received from the office of the county treasurer that all 1936 intangible tax stamps are to be called in and destroyed on Jan. 10 and that there after all taxpayers who have not secured 1936 stamps and affixed them to their intangibles will be required tjo pay a penalty of $1.00 for every $).00 of property.
LONDON, Jam 2. British warships in Spanish waters were put on the alert after a new maritime incident involving a British ship, while advices from Berlin indicated Nazi Germany still was reluctant to cut off the flow of volunteers to Spain. The British steamer Etrib, bound for Liverpool from Haifa, encountered Spanish insurgent trawlers in
the Straits of
halted by a blank warning shot,
naval officers said.
Lloyd’s advices said the Etrib was permitted to proceed after the master had refused to submit the ship’s papers to the commander of one of
tho trawlers.
British men o’ war, charged with protecting English shipping off the troubled coast of Spain, were inI formed of the incident by the admirj ally, although it was said no drastic j representations were contemplated
for the time being.
In the face of continuing complications for the Anglo-British plan to stem the influx of foreign volunteers who have made th. Spanish conflict a “little world war,” London and Paris went ahead with parallel proposals to bar arms imports for the on( . | fighters. New and undisclosed sug0 f j gestions along that line were forwarded to both the socialist government and the fascist insurgent com-
mander, Gen. Francisco Franco.
Berlin observers, meantime, heard reports that Baron Konstantin von Neurath, reich'r. fo. eign minister, had told the French and British ambassadors yesterday that it was “too late”
to stop volunteer sailings.
FIND BODIES OF TWO BOYS KNOX, Ind., Jan. 2 (UP) The bodies of two boys who disappeared from home on Christmas Day were .ouitii Friday at the bottom of a laka on their father’s'iU.in. Searchers said that William Shipicck, 14 years old, ai his brother, Fred, Jr., fell through the ice while coasting on their sled.
CREDIT ASSOCIATION .MEETING
The annual meeting of the Putnam
Gibraltar and was County Credit Association will be held
Monday evening at 7:.i0 o’clock at the Central National Bank. This will ba an important meeting and all members are utged to attend.
Eastern Star To Install Officers
SPECIAL GTING WILL BE HELD 1 .1A nOMC TEMPLE MONDAY NIGHT Greencastle Chapter No. 255 G. E. S. will meet in called session Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock for installation of officers. Dr. T. G. Yuncker will preside as installing officer an ! Mrs. Ethel Yuncker will be grand
marshall.
The following will serve as officers for 1937: Worthy Matron, Christine Bcnn tt; Worthy Patton, Ruby Mich,>d; Associate Matron, Helen Brown; \ so. ate Patron, II. E. H. Green- . if; secretary, Sarah Wright; treasurer, Essie Bencfiel; conductress, Value Timmons; associate conductress, Edna Eitcl; chaplain, Clara Reeves; marshall, Ruth Stewart; organist, Edna Crump; Ada, Mary Dcvi.ney: Ruth, Vencta Williams; 1 *h 'i, Flo.enci' Gardner; Martha, Ler.ora Michael; Electa, Flossie McCullough: Waidni Alta Newgent; Sentinel, Lynn Brown. All residents and sojourning Masons, Eastern Stars an 1 their immediate families are invited to be present for the in itallati. n and the danco which follow. is meeting.
Schools To Open Monday Morning
CLASS WORK WILL BE RESUMED FOLLOWING \NNUAL CHRISTMAS V \C.VJTO.N Public schools of Greencastle and DePauw university will re-open Monday following tho annual Christmas vacation period. DePauw students began returning to the city Saturday but the majority were not expected to arrive here until Sunday evening and Monday
morning.
During the holidays, the various ward school buildings and the high school building have been renovat’d and everything made ready for the youngsters upon their return to
classes.
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