Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1920 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

Indiana State Gapitol, April 17. —'Governor Goodrich is considering plans of distributing in Indiana, at retail, surplus stocks of shoes that are being manufactured at the State prison. Samples of the first shoes made at the prison were received today at the office of Maurice C. Shelton, secretary of the state purchasing committee. Goshen, Ind., April 17.—Loss of approximately $50,000 resulted when the wareroom of the Hawks Furniture Company here was damaged by fire late last night. The blaze was confined to the roof of the three-story structure, but 980 pieces of finished bedroom furniture were ruined by water. The loss is covered by insurance. The fire started from spontaneous combustion in a vent pipe from the spraying room, which had become clogged with sediment from paints and varnishes. The factory sprinkler system extinguished the fire. Lafayette, Ind., April 17.—The law firm of Jones & Jackson today dissolved partnership. Ed Jackson, the junior member of the firm, found it necessary to retire from the practice of law because of his duties as secretary of state. The firm was organized in December, 1918, and enjoyed an extensive practice.

LaPorte, Ind., April 17.—The loss to farmers in this county through destruction of the winter wheat crop by the recent cold snap and snows is estimated by County Agent Buechner at $1,030,560. The agriculture situation in this county is acute, and in wheat fields it is so serious that the yield has been cut 50 per cent. Shelbyville, Ind., April 17.—Grover Borders, 10 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borders, north of this city, has been insensible since an accident this morning when he fell from a horse, alighting on his head. Physicians attending the boy say that concussion of the brain from the fall may be fatal.

Columbus, Ind., April 17.—Mrs. Mary M. Bennett of Jackson county was given a $2,400 judgment by a jury in Circuit Court here today in her SIO,OOO damage suit against the W. T. Thompson Veneer Company of Edinburg. The / demand was for alleged personal injuries, received by the plaintiff several months ago, when a buggy in which she,was driving was hit by an automobile driven by one of the defendant company’s employes. George Bennett, husband of- the plaintiff, has a $5,000 damage suit pending against the same defendant. x Terre Haute, Ind., April 17.— Twenty mines in the Terre Haute coal fields, a large number of which were in the Clinton district, were idle today due to the miners refusing to work on Saturday. The twenty idle mines had been marked up and supplied with sufficient cars for full operation throughout the day. The tonnage loss reported from the mine fields from this cause amounted to 28,500- tons. The lack of cars caused the idleness of 103 mines, reducing the number in operation to about sevent mines. The tonnage losses from this cause aggregated 83,240 tons.

Richmond, Ind., April 17.—When the mandamus action of Esther Griffin White to compel the county board of election commissioners to place her name on the primary ballot as a candidate for delegate to the Republican state convention from the Fourth ward came before Judge Bond of the Circuit Court today, both her attorney and the attorneys for the county . board agreed there was nothing in the law to prevent her name going on the ballot. Judge Bond took the case under advisement until Monday. Winchester, Ind., April 17.—The oil fever in this county is being worked up to a high pitch and leases have been recorded covering several thousand acres of land. No one seems to know the cause, as no oil well has been opened in this part of the county. A few old wells have been cleaned out near Union City and they show a small flow of oil of a poor grade, yet enough to pay at the prevailing high prices. Drilling is now going on near both Winchester and Upion City and leases are being written daily.

Seymour, Ind., April 17.—The Srice of potatoes is unusually high ecause of a serious shortage and not because o's speculation or market manipulation, according to local retailers in answer to the movement started here among housewiven to refrain from buying potatoes until the price is reduced. The potato boycott is growing here and many housewives have pledged themselves not to buy them until the pricj drops. Spuds are retaking around $5 a bushel. Farmers who have raised potatoes for commercial purposes in former years declare that they will plant only enough for their own use because of the exorbitant prices charged for seed stock. ______