Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1914 — Hoosier News Briefly Told [ARTICLE]

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Rising Sun. —Preparations are being made here for the centennial celebration of Rising Sun, Aug. 10 to 16. Manilla. —The Rey. S. G.i Rothermel of the Christian church has resigned to accept a call to Cynthiana, O. Bedford —Robert Russel was found guilty by a jury of stealing chickens from Lawrence county farmers. Greensburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kramer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in the St. Maurice Catholic church, four priests participating in the ceremony. Evansyille Roy Cain, eighteen years old. of Webster couyty, Kentucky, is under arrested here, charged with trying t® pass forged checks at the Citizens National bank. Rochester.—Mildred Fultz won first prize of S2O in a total of SIOO awarded by the Indiana Bank and Trust company for the best essays by school children on "Good Roads.’’ Tipton.—The gasoline tricycle used by the L. E. & W. section men collided with an east-bound traction car and was demolished. The men who were running the tricycle jumped and escaped injury.

Evansville—Mrs. Ethel Osborn, sixteen years old, has filed suit for divorce from Tony Osborn, seventeen years old, alleging her husband made her arise at all hours of the night to wash his feet. Fort Wayne—M. E. Beall of this city, who is collector of the customs for Uncle Sam at the port of Monte Cristo in Sonto Domingo, has arrived here to visit his son. Dr. Charles Beall. Evansville. Arthur Kinkle sixteen years old, was found guilty by a jury of assault and battery with intent to kill. The boy shot George Schmitt last March when Schmitt refused to turn over his money. Shelbyville.—The report on the enumeration of children of school age in Shelby countv shows the total to be the same as last y£ar—7,22l. There was a gain of twenty-seven in Shelbyville. Covington—A Mothers’ Club has been organized here with twenty-two charter members. The officers are Mrs. C. W. Dice, president; Mrs. Elmer Bowers, secretary; Mrs. W. A. Davis, vice president; Mrs. A. L. Spinning, treasurer.

Fort Wayne—Ten young women, who completed the four-year course of training In the Hope Hospital Training School for Nurses, received their diplomas at the annual com,mencement exercises of the institution Friday night. North * Vernon.—Residents of Scipio have organized a church and are perfecting plans for the erection of a $2,000 building. The site has been donated by A. B. Kiefer. The Rev. W. S. Whitsett of Franklin will become the pastor. Hartford City.—This month will witness the shutting down of many glass factories throughout the country. The wage agreement with the glass craft expires May 29, but owing to slack business, it is probable that many will close before that time. Boonville—The ministers and* undertakers of Boonville have formed a ’trust,” and have announced in a card to the public that there will be no more funerals in Boonville on Sunday. The ministers have been agitating the movement for some time. Shelbyville.—Jesse Canaday, thirty years old, of Farm Ridge, was bound over to the circuit court and sent to Jail here on a charge of forgery. He is said to have signed the name of Alonzo Phillips to a check to get $lO of H. F. Gray, representing himself as an employe of Phillips, who is a road contractor. Booe has filed suit for, SIO,OOO against Robert H. Kerr of Villard, Minn., former sheriff of Fountain county, alleging that Kerr arrested Mrs. Booe and placed her in his automobile and that the woman was, injured when thrown from the car because of careless driving by Kerr. Kokomo.—W. A. Ketcham, an at-, torne-y of Indianapolis, has been selected as the principal speaker at the Memorial day exercises of the local (r. A. R. post. Mr. Ketcham was formerly state commander. The Memorial day sermon will be preached at the Catholic church on the Sunday preceding Memorial day. , Hammond. —In rounding a dangerous , turn near Crown Point five. Chicago people were hurt when the automobile in which they were riding overturned. The machine is owned by J. Lawson, who refused to give his address. He and hjs wife were badly bruised. Mrs. John D. Wotell, Forty-third and Beverly avenue, was unconscious, her eight-year-old boy hurt internally. Mr. Wotell received slight injuries. The party was taken home in another automobile. Worthington—James Gray caught a catfish weighing sixty-five Bounds in

Eel river here. Larger fish than this have been caught here. Kokomo. auto and a buggy near Forrest four persons were injured. Perry Allen of Brlnghurst, Carroll county, tried to pass a buggy driven by George Fleming of Forrest, but his machine skidded Into the buggy. Fleming was thrown out and his horse ran away. The auto toppled, over Into the ditch, pinning Allen, his wife and a woman friend beneath the car. All were badly bruised. Block Owned by Girl Burrs. Attica.—Fire destroyed the only brick block in Newton, an old village six miles east of here, owned by Miss Margaret Kiss, a co-ed at Indiana university. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The flames were discovered in the rear of W. R. Robbins’ drug store and soon spread to the entire block because of the lack of fire-fighting apparatus. The store . rooms were occupied by Chamberlain & Bennett, hardware dealers; C. E. McQuegg, harness, and W. R. Robbins, druggist. The upper floors were leased by the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias as lodge rooms. The two secret orders lost all their records and paraphernalia. Most of the stocks from the hardware store and harness shop were saved. : ; Z. • Two Die When Waves Tip Boat. Vevay.—Eugene Simonton, thirtytwo years old, and Edward Bromwell, fifteen, were drowned at Florence, nine miles east of this city. Simonton and Bromwell, with five companions, all of whom were employed in a furniture factory at Warsaw, Ky., just across the river from Florence, were crossing the Ohio river in a skiff. After finishing their day's work they attempted to ride waves of the towboat Boaz, which was passing, with the result that their boat was capsized. Simonton and Bromwell were drowned, but their companions clung to the overturned boat until a rescue party from the Boaz took them out. Gavel Made From Mill Wheel. Evansville. —Over fifteen hundred persons took part in the Audubon wood jaunts here, when delegates and visitors to the annual state convention of the Audubon society followed guides through the woods near Evansville and near Henderson, Ky.. where the great naturalist once roamed in search of information. While at Henderson the delegates visited the Audubon mill and William Watson Woollen of Indianapolis was presented with a gavel made from one of the cogs of the old wooden mill wheel.

Youth Deserts From Army. Columbus.—Harley L. Gable, who on April 18 enlisted in the United States army at Indianapolis, wag arrested here and is being held for desertion. From Indianapolis he was sent to Jefferson Barracks at St. Lo'Uis, Mo., but came home to see his sweetheart a week later, keeping in hiding. He enlisted as eighteen years old, but he and his grandfather, Joseph Gable, now insist he is but sixteen. His grandfather gave his written consent for his enlistment. ■— • Ground Broken for School. Fort Wayne. monies marked the breaking of ground for the new school of the St. Peter's cathedral. The school will cost SIOO,OOO, and will be ready for occupancy by fall. Rev. Charles Thiele, pastor of the church, threw the first spadeful of earth. Soldiers Name Reunion Dates. Petersburg.—The old soldiers’ organizations of Pike county met In Winslow , and selected 4, 5 and 6 as the date for holding their annual county reunion. The reunion will be held at Winslow. Three Killed During Carousal. Terre Haute.—One woman and two men, members of a gipsy camp located near this city, were shot and killed following a drunken carousal in the camp. John Demetro, a giant Brazilian and the husband of the woman, Is under arrest, charged with the shooting. The other victims are Joe Rista, his son-sh-law, and the latter’s father, John Rista. In broken English Demetro told the police he shot and killed Rista and the others after he had discovered intimacy between them and his wife.