Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1908 — BARI BADLY NEEDED [ARTICLE]

BARI BADLY NEEDED

And ths Man in Need Wasn't a Politician; Just a Plain Young Man. HE HAD GONE IN SWIMMING Some Other Citizen Swappe-t Clothes with Him, Not Forgetting His Valuables—State Items. Indianapolis, June 26.—Russell Gaar, of 2250 Ashland avenue, about nineteen years old, got into an embarrassing predicament, and for a time he was searching for a barrel, as one was badly needed. The day will live Jong in the memory of the youth. He was a mile from home, in the middle of a sunny afternoon, and he did not have an article of wearing apparel except bls bat and shoes. And there was no barrel to be had for love or money. Gaar’s clothing was stolen while he was bathing in Fall creek', a few blocks east of College avenue. i Had to Obey the Slate Law. He put his clothes on the bank and plunged into the coo) water, with no thought for the safety of his property. When he came out only his shoes and bat were on the bank. A gold watch and some money that be left In bls pockets were also missing. It is a violation of the state laws to walk through the streets without a barrel when one has only one’s shoes and one’s hat, and Gaar’s predicament was serious.

ft Finally Finds a Rescuer. Some clothes were left In place of those stolen, but Gaar concluded that he didn’t want them. He decided to remain in the water until a boy who volunteered his services could go to the Gaar home and explain matters to the members of the family. Fortunately the messenger found some one nt the home and be returned to Fall creek an hour later with other garments. Gaar went to the police with his troubles. The police searched for the thief but they failed to find him. Cyrus J. Clark Arrested. Indianapolis, June 26. Cyrus J Clark ex-county auditor has been arrested and held In $5,000 ball, which was promptly supplied. The indictment was returned against Clark by the grand jury charging him with “making out and presenting a false and fraudulent claim for an allowance and receiving payment thereof.” Doctor Catches Smallpox. Indianapolis. June 26.—Dr. E. Oscar Llndenmuth, professor of dermatology and electro therapeutics in the Ibdlana University School of Medicine, whose practice Is limited to diseases of the skin, X-ray and electro-therapeutics, is a patient In the detention hospital, ill with smallpox which be contracted from a patient.

WILL FILE ANOTHER SUIT

Southern Indiana Railway Company Will Continue to Fight That Coal Rate Mauer. Indianapolis. June 26.—“ We’ll file another suit,” said W. T... Abbott, of Chicago, special representative of John R. Walsh and the Southern Indiana Railroad company. Abbott was at the Columbia dub and he was considering the question of rates on coal shipments from the southern Indiana field over the Southern Indiana and Big Four to Indianapolis and the gas belt, a ques tion, he says, which is causing him about as much trouble as anything he has encountered for a long time. “This Indiana railroad commission and the shipment of coal,” said Abbott, “is causing trouble and gray hairs Maybe John R. Walsh isn't worrying so much, but his attorneys are having the time of their lives—yes, the time or their Ilves Look at that,” and be pointed to a pile of official looking doc uments about six inches high.

Beware How You Roll Over. Princton, Ind., June 26.—Thomas Mesick*, nf Mount Carmel, aggravated by the heat which prevented his sleeping, rolled over in l>ed suddenly and dislocated bls shoulder. The Injury •was so painful that a physician was sumnmned at once, and chloroform was given Messick while the dislocation was being reduced. Witness SstdyHe Was Afraid. Newcastle, Ind.. June 26.—One of the witnesses in the Deavers estate case, on trial here, told the sheriff that he feared an attempt on bls life To allay bls fears the sheriff placed armed guards in the courtroom. However nothing out of the ordinary occurred