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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1922
Page
1
Ten organization leaders notify U S officials they will sanction a strike over pay cuts and profits above living wages. They pledge support from Viners and claim constituent rights to censure courts while aiming to restore cordial carrier employer relations in a contested labor dispute.
Ten unions with 1 225 000 members plan to strike if railroad action begins July 1. Boilermakers Blacksmiths Machinists Sheet Metal Workers Electrical Workers Carmen Maintenance of way employes Clerks Stationary firemen and oilers Signal men are listed among affected unions.
Ten railroad unions served notice to the railroad labor board of a possible strike by 1,225,000 workers if wage reductions take effect on July 1. John L. Lewis pledged miner support to rail workers and planned a joint meeting with union leaders to consider action. The rail leaders asserted legal grounds to refuse board decisions and warned of a strike if their members vote against the board.
Chicago June 18 The railroad situation is hopeful and by fall many difficulties will be smoothed out says Ben W Hooper chairman of the United States Railroad Labor Board In a review before the board he notes rates and wages are not permanent since the conditions they rest on are not permanent He believes railroads will soon voluntarily stop contracting out work
Paul Jones of DePauw scored two and one eighth points as the sole DePauw entrant at the national meet in Chicago. California won with 28 percent points. Notre Dame 16. Butler 3 1/8. Earlham 2. Purdue 0.5. Jones competed in broad and high jumps, setting a collegiate record in the broad jump at 25 feet 3 inches and finishing third. he tied for fifth in the high jump.
A Greencastle man recalls the old days when residents danced the waltz and two step in local gatherings. He reflects on social life and community rhythm from earlier years.
The weather man in Greeencastle is criticized for not delivering the forecast. The piece notes a tense mood among locals and references danger looming for some residents.
A caller offers ten dollars for the return of a familiar old fashioned horse used to scare cars. He also asks about the old horse hair lounge that resembled a slide and later became fish hooks, hinting at nostalgic items and curious transformations.
Putnamville baseball team edged the Color ed Giants of Brazil 4 3 after Kennedy lined a safe hit scoring Sutherlin to break a 3 3 tie with two outs in the ninth. Sutherlin drove in two runs earlier with a two run clout as Putnamville built a 3 1 lead before Brazil rallied. The game drew a large crowd at the Putnamville diamond.
Sam Zouanikas, once of the Greek Candy Store in Greencastle, is reported ill with typhoid fever in Crete, Greece. He left Greencastle in November to visit relatives and has served several months in the Greek army.
Dr Abraham Cronback of Chicago will lecture in Meharry Hall from Monday through June 23 under the Jewish Chau Tauqu a Society. The talks are free to townspeople and students starting tonight at seven thirty. Lectures cover noted Christian Jewish friendships, Maimonides as Guide to the Perplexed, the Jewish Conception of Saintliness, and Jewish Roots of Christian Creeds.
American Zine Plant 8 Portland Mills 6. Putnamville 4 over Colored Giants 3. Cloverdale hammered Stilesville 14 to 7. Cement Plant did not have a game scheduled.
At the Court House the Putnam County Wool Association offered wool to the highest bidders. Shelby Moore of Clinton township was elected chairman. Cross & Appleman bid 45 cents per pound for the best wool and 35 cents per pound for rejected wool.
Claud J. Hunt, DePauw graduate of 1911, is reported to become the new football coach at DePauw, succeeding Fred M. Walker who resigned. Hunt has led athletics at Carleton College Northfield Minn for five to six years and once defeated Chicago University. An alumni athletic card meeting in Indianapolis could announce the choice next week.
Rev A F Bridges writes to correct a press notice about his DePauw gift. The $52 000 endows a Chair of Roman Languages with $2 500 for supplies and a $40 annual prize poem contest in memory of their daughter Evelyn May Bridges. His wife Ada Craycraft Bridges shares naming rights. the couple’s gifts reflect Bridges life in literature.
William Thomas faced charges of possessing white mule and operating a still on his farm. Sheriff deputies attempted to arrest him in May, he surrendered a week later, and a mayoral court fined him for illegal liquor possession. On circuit appeal a second charge was added. A petition from eighty two prominent farmers urged his release.
After hearing the evidence Judge Hughes fined Thomas 250 dollars plus costs over 300 dollars and sentenced him to six months at the Penal Farm. The sentence was suspended after a corrective speech and he was told he would be closely watched by the police, liberty granted due to his wife and baby.
Roy Newgent age 27 and Alta Crump age 25, both of Greencastle, obtain a marriage license. Raymond Young age 22 and Dollie Stegar age 21, both of Neoga, Illinois, receive marriage licenses.
Elijah N. Houck aged 72 died at his North Elizabeth Street home Sunday night near 11 o clock from injuries in a fall while painting a house and a stroke. He leaves a widow and three children Mrs Sam Bell Indianapolis Mrs Stone Terre Haute and Ezra Houck Peoria Ill Burial will be in Forest Hill Tuesday at 2 with Rev C L Airhart Crawfordsville. He was a respected local painter and paper hanger.
Marshal O’Hair responded to a report from a south Greencastle second hand shop on Central Avenue and found George Gallier intoxicated. Gallier pleaded guilty before Mayor Zeis, was fined five dollars plus costs totaling fifteen dollars, and warned that future offenses would not be tolerated. He works at the Cement Plant and has a clean record aside from this incident.
The Greencastle Band will hold a rehearsal Monday at eight o'clock sharp in the American Legion Hall. All members are urged to attend.
Roy Newgent and Miss Alta Crump were married at the bride's home on West Hill Street. The ceremony occurred Saturday at four oclock with Rev. J. E. Porter of College Avenue M. E. Church officiating. Only close family friends attended. The bride is daughter of George Crump and the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Newgent.
Dusiekd Bowman, 16, of 27 East St. Joseph Street Indianapolis, was injured at the Big Four Station when a switch caused a coal car loaded with 90-ton iron rails to pin him between rails. Workmen failed to move the rails, the engine jolted free him, and Dr. W M McGaughey treated him. He was sent to City Hospital.
Frank Byrd, 45, was taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for an appendicitis operation and died Sunday afternoon after medical attention. He resided on the Harry Randel farm northeast of Brick Chapel.
The Frednmsa high school announces two additional names on the honor roll Ruth McCullough and Emilouise Gerhard both credited with averages above 90 for the past semester. Prospects for Putnam County peach crop look good this year trees heavily laden and only disease or pests threaten a record yield. Miss Rose Joslin of Fillmore visited the city today teaching in Evansville and spending the summer near Green Castle.
Health updates from Mr. Noble Farmer in Color ado with improved condition. Social mentions include Penelope Club meeting Tuesday at 2 30 with Mrs. Rose Knauer and Mrs. Jesse Grogan in charge. Several relatives travel between Indianapolis Peoria Terre Haute and Lafayette for visits and work.
Water soaked letters recovered from a small stream reveal mail dumped recently. A rifled sack suggests theft, but dates and identifications are largely illegible, providing few clues for investigators.
Charles Chasteen and his mother Lily Chasteen along with Sherman Trout found a water soaked U S Mail sack two miles east of Crawfordsville while fishing. The sack dated May 11 12 had been rifled. its contents mostly removed. Police have no clues to theft or misplacement.
County federated and unfederated clubs plan a picnic at Bainbridge on Wednesday June 21 with Bainbridge federated clubs hosting. Miss Gaddis from Purdue University will speak in the afternoon as part of an arranged program. Mrs John McCabe county chairman urges all eligible club women to attend and to bring as many automobiles and participants as possible.
Allen Young son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Young near Walnut creek north of town catches a two pound bass on Friday the first day fishing was legal. He regularly lands bass and catfish from the stream near his home and is called the luckiest little fisherman by regular anglers.
The 89th birthday of Mrs. Ellen Davis, a Putnam County resident, was celebrated Sunday at her son W. O. Davis’s home near Clinton Falls with a family birthday dinner. She remained active in mind and body, taking a leading role in activities.
The Domestic Science Club will meet with Mrs Warren Newgent at her home on North Jackson Street Friday afternoon instead of Wednesday. Members are asked not to change the meeting time.
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