Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — ANNUAL MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS [ARTICLE]

ANNUAL MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS

Twenty-Fourth Convention of United Mine Workers. MAYOR J. P. BELL WELCOMES Prominent Citizens and Labor Leaders of the State Deliver Brief Addresses at the Opening of Gathering. Indianapolis. The twenty-fourth convention of the United Mine Workers of America was opened here under the rule for holding the convention every two years, adopted at the session here in 1912. The only bminess on the program was the appointment of a committee on organization by President John P. White. Mayor Joseph P. Bell welcomed the miners to Indianapolis and prominent citizens and labor leaders of the state made brief addresses. Pleads Guilty; Goes to Jail. Marlon. Dr. A. A. Shanahan pleaded guilty to selling xnorphine to those addicted to its tfte and was fined $25 and sentenced to 90 days in jail. Mis arrest was the result of activity by the police of this city and Muncie, who learned from young men and boys in those cities and in Alexandria that they had obtained the drug from Shanahan, who had an office in West Marion. James Townson, drug clerk in a store at Home Corner, was fined SSO and costs for selling liquor without a license. Judge Paulus also overruled motions for appeals in the cases of Lase Kennedy, John Eltzroth and “Rhoda” Rhoadhamel, fined on “blind tiger” charges, and they must serve jail sentences. Library for Mishawaka. South Bend. —The convention of the librarians of district A of tfie State Library association, which adjourned, gave assurance to Mishawaka that a public library will be established there soon. Plans for establishing libraries in several other northern Indiana cities were discussed at the convention. The librarians decided to meet in Laporte in March to make additional plans. Among those who spoke at the meeting were Miss Carrie Scott of Indianapolis, a member of the Indiana library commission, and IL N. Sanborn of Indianapolis. Jewish Women Hold Meeting. Terje Haute. The reciprocity meeting of the State Council of Jewish Women closed a two days' meeting here. No selection of a place for the next meeting was made, this being left to the pleasure of the different councils. Miss- Sadie American of New York. Mrs. Cabbon of Evansville, Mrs. Dauby, Miss Anna Mantell and Miss Gertrude Feibleman of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Harry Schloss of this city were speakers at the meeting.

Escape From State Village. Newcastle.—Gilbert Duncan, eighteen: .lames Knapp, and Earl Black, sixteen years old, inmates of the Indiana Village Epileptics, escaped from the village and have not yet been found. The boys were given permission to take a walk and it is presumed that they jumped a freight train and went to their respective homes. Black was sent here from Terre Haute, Knapp from Bloomington and Duncan from Madison. John Finn Is Sentenced. Martinsville. —John Finn of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in court to passing a forged check and was sentenced to state prison for two to 14 years by Judge N. A. Whitaker. He was also fined $lO. Finn said drink caused his trouble. He passed a check on J. C. Woods, at Morgantown. January 10, for sls, drawn on the First National bank of Bloomington, and signed J. N. Blair. Finn is thirty-one years old and has been a contractor. Age Said to Have Been 108. Losantville. —Mrs. Mary Weaver, a colored woman who lived northeast of here, is said to have been one hundred and eight years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Barricks. Mrs. Weaver was born in slavery and came to Indiana many years ago and took up her residence at the Cabin creek colored settlement. She was the mother of several children. ' . Decides to Build Temple. Lafayette. —At a meeting held by the Masonic lodge of Battle Ground it was decided to build a temple at that place that will cost $15,000. A newly organized bank will occupy the first floor and the second floor will be used for lodge purposes. Find Stolen Mail in Swamp. Hammond. —A swarm of federal officers was here investigating the robbery of a pouch of valuable mail from the east, stolen from the Erie railroad station in a fog January 7, when being transferred from an Erie flier to the post office. Gary Steel Worker Killed. Gary.—Joseph Matcheck, age twen-ty-two, was killed at the Gary steel works. He leaves a widow, who was his bride of four months.