Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVEIU INDIANA. ' i MARSHALL TALKS ON MESSAGE Governor Tells Democratic Members of Legislature Some of the Recommendatlons He t <Will Make * to Them.

Indianapolis, Dec. 13.— Governor Marshall told the Democratic members of the legislature in their confer* ence that in his forthcomihg message: he would recommend an extension of jurisdiction of the state railroad commission so as to cover all public utilr ! ities in the state, thus making the railroad commission a public utilities commission; a workmen’s compensation law; a law to abolish county jails and create a state workhouse for; short-term prisoners, where they could' work on roads or make road material;! a law to prohibit the sale of bonds; by any corporation unless the bonds; are secured by real estate and havej been examined and passed on by the, state; a law to prohibit the sale of watered stocks and securities. These he said will be the main features of his message. He urged the Democratic members to enact progressive legislation. Gov-ernor-elect Ralston in a speech told the members the Democrats should go beyond their state platform and enact beneficial laws, whether declared for in the platform or not. Senators Harlan of Indianapolis, Yarllng of ShelbyvUle and Netterville of Anderson were appointed members of the senate "plunder” committee, and Representative Spencer of Indianapolis, who presided over the house members, \vas authorized to appoint a “plunder” committee of thirteen, one from each district. Ho will announce his appointments soon.

Workingmen Buried in Cave-In. Terre Haute, Doc. 13.—Although hope has been abandoned of finding George Horsley and Frank Smith alive, workmen continued digging away the tonß of sand and gravel that buried the men in a sewer cave-in. Electric lights were struhg to thei scene and the bodies were reached. Horsley and Smith were working twenty feet below the surface in the| excavation when the earth walla collapsed. Jesse Lawhead hoa'rd the supporting timbers crack in time to es-, cape with severe bruises. C. E. Blood,: city inspector, who was standing at the side of the excavation, was car-: ried Info the hole and seriously injured about the legs. Horsley has at family. Arrested at Girl’s Bedside. 1 Marion, Dec. 13. —Mrs. Robert Foreman of Van Buren, was arrested by Sheriff Tony George on a charge of. breaking a quarantine. Mrs. Foreman was placed under quarantine several days ago in the home of William! Walker, whose three children are victims of diphtheria. It is alleged that' when Mrs. Foreman learned that her own daughter had been stricken by the same disease she left the Walker home and went to her child. The health authorities say Mrs. For .man, will be prosecuted. There are several cases of diphtheria at Van Buren and an, epidemic is feared. Will Address “Ad” Workers. South Bend, Dec. 13. —Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, former chief of the bureau of chemistry, will be the principal speaker at a banquet of the Ad-Sell: league of Northern Indiana, to be held! here on December 23. Several hundred advertising men from Illinois, Indiana and Michigan will attend the session. In addition to Doctor Wiley, addresses will be given by R. O Eastman of Battle Creek, Mich., and Charles Eugene Powers. A unique' feature of the banquet will be the fact that every article on the inenu> will be a standard advertised product. Falls From Car Thirty Feet. Wabash, Dec. 13.—Henry Bealer, a t - Wabash conductor, was knocked from, a moving freight train while passing' through here, and seriously injured by* the fall to the bed of a creek thirty' feet below. Several rif>s and his armi were broken and other were sustained, which may cause death.; Bealer was hanging on a side ladder and his body a water barrel on the trestle. Blaze Causes Heavy Loss. Tipton, Dec. 13. —Fite caused a loss of several thousand dollars in the vil- 1 lage of Goldsmith. Green & Richardson’s bakery, Parke & Thompson’s l meat market and the home of Mrs. Lulu Hardwick were destroyed and' several dwellings damaged. Aid was sent from here, as the village has no fire protection. The blaze, of unknown origin, started in the bakery. Asks Divorce and $5,000. Valparaiso, Dec, 13.—Because her husband refused to longer permit his stepdaughter to remain a member of the household, Mrs. James D. Hollett, a prominent society and lodge woman, filed suit in the. Porter circuit court for a divorce from James D. Hollett. She asks five thousand dollars alimony. Hollett is a retired wealthy pioneer business man.