Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — Hoosier News Briefly Told [ARTICLE]

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Indianapolis.—The supreme court handed down a decision In which it upholds the constitutionality of the Indiana employers’ liability act of j mi. Elkhart.—Earl Dollman, eighteen j years old, son of John Dollman, was killed when he fell into the bearing of a calendering machine in the mill of the Elkhart Paper company. South Bend. Edward Roach, thirty-six years old, and' Dennis Griffin, twenty-one, who were captured by a posse as they were looting the post office and grocery at Cromstown. pleaded guilty in the circuit court to burglary. Each was given a sentence of from two to fourteen years and disfranchisement. Fvansville. A hat and coat, found on - the river bank here, were Identified by Mrs. Henry Miller as belonging to her husband, Henry Miller, seventy-six years old. She thinks he ended his life in the stream. He had been ill for two weeks and was despondent over a mortgage loan of $1,600 he could not collect. Richmond. Ernest McDonald, twelve years old, Bon of Samuel McDonald, was shot and almost instantly killed by his playmate, Robert Creager, also twelve, at the Creager boy's home. The shooting was accidental. “Another case of didn’t know the gun was loaded,” said Coroner Pierce after an investigation. Michigan City.—Howard Brown, a policeman employed at a factory, was placed under seven dollars bond for shooting and wounding Joseph Madginske, an alleged trespasser. The wound is not considered serious. Brown had led Madginske to an office to call a patrol wagon. When Madginske broke away and ran Brown opened fire.

Hartford City.—The annual session of the Blackford County Sunday School association ended. Rfev. H. T. Walker of Montpelier was elected president. State Secretary Burnie and C. E Alberson of Indianapolis were the speakers. Resolutions were adopted, urging that Bible instruction be added -to the public school curriculum. Logansport.—Fire destroyed the Streckler wholesale bakery here. The fire started from an overheated furnace and soon spread to large quantities of flour stored in the basement. The entire fire department fought for four hours before the fire could be extinguished. Large quantities of flour stored on the second floor of the bakery were ruined. The loss is $.40,000, almost entirely covered by insurance.

South Bend—Philander W. Halliday, a railroad flagman on the Grand Trunk Western railway here, who has been working for the last 20 years for S3O a month, has just learned he is heir to SIOO,OOO, and has only to go to Denver to claim it. Halliday will receive the- money from the estate of a sister. Mrs. J Crow, who died in May, 1913. leaving her fortune to him.

Columbus. Raymond Webber, seventeen years old, son of Charles Webber of East Columbus, was drowned here while riding in a canoe on White river with Ralph Shireman, eighteen years old, also of East Columbus. The canoe was capsized when Webber reached over the side for a floating piece of ice. His body was recovered In 20 minutes. Shireman swam to shore.

Goshen.—Post" B. 8., Travelers’ Protective association, was organized here with about 75 members. State officers present were A. D. Gorrell of Marion, president;" W. J. D. Counts of Indianapolis, third vicepresident; W. D. Chambers of Terre Haute, secretary, and Harry Zimmerman of Terre Haute, E. E. Lebo of Richmond, L. P. Colenbaugh of Vincennes and C. A. Bronenberg of Anderson, members of the state board. Laporte.—What is believed to be the first organization of its kind In Indiana was perfected at Knoz, Stark county, when 76 Hebrew farmers organized an association for the purpose of buying supplies and disposing of their farm products. This organization Is a branch of the Jewish Agricultural Society of America and similar organizations are to be undertaken in counties in Illinois and Indiana where Jewish farmers' communities have* been introduced.

Fort Wayne. - The decomposed body of Edward Homer, twentyeight years old. of Payne, 0., was found in the intake basin at the city water works station. Homer, who had formerly been employed as a brakeman on the Nickel, Plate railroad, had been missing for the last eight weeks. An examination of the body failed to reveal any wounds. In the pockets of the dead man’s clothing were found his watch, $lO and identification cards. The intake is covered with 4 tight roof and entrance is gained through a small hatchway, scarcely large enough to admit the body of a man. Bloomington. Fourteen Indiana university students, who were charged with illegal voting at the local option election here Thursday, February 24, were in the court of Justice John D. Morgan to answer the charges. The students were represented by their attorneys, but there was no trial, as all the cases were dismissed upon motion of Prosecutor Joseph K. Barclay. The students were jubilant over their acquittal. They marched up Walnut street together and gave the college yell to show their pleasure over the sudden turn of the case.