Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — CONVENTION OF MEDICAL SOCIETY [ARTICLE]

CONVENTION OF MEDICAL SOCIETY

Brookville Picked for Session at Greenfield Meeting. SESSION IS WELL New Officers Are Elected at Annual Gatherlng-L.' F. Ross of Richmond Is Chosen President—Banquet Is Held. Greenfield.—At the annual meeting of the Sixth district Medical society, held here, .Brookville w’as selected as the meeting place for 1915. Officers were elected as follows: Counselor, O. J. Gronendyke, Newcastle; president, L, F. Ross, Richmond; secretary-treasurer, W. H. McDonald, Newcastle. Seventy-five physicians were present. Rev. Joshua Stansfield of Indianapolis was a speaker. The meeting closed with a banquet. Fire Causes $40,000 Loss in Marlon. Marlon. Fire lb the Wyandotte block in the business district here caused loss estimated at more than forty thousand dollars. The department store of the Hall & Cochrane company was gutted, the entire stock, valued at $40,000, being flooded. The firm carried only $20,000 insurance. Other losses, by water chiefly, were J. W. DeFord, ladies’ tailor; E. V. Barney, grocer, and the Butler Music company. Most of the music company’s stock of pianos was removed, but the large stock in the basement is almost a total loss. It was reported that .the fire was caus*ed by the explosion of a gasoline tank In an alley at the rear of the building. To Hold Convention June 4. Lafayette —Chairman Glen K. Stimson of the Progressive county central committee announced that June 4 was the date decided upon as the time for holding the county convention. Thia date was named In order to make it possible for those attending the county convention to remain and enjoy the Tenth district congressional convention, to be held In Lafayette the same day. 3 Killed, 4 Hurt In Automobile. Indianapolis.—Three were dead and four seriously Injured, the toll taken by an Interurban crossing near Fort Benjamin Harrison, pronounced dangerous by , Coroner Durham. When the automobile, carrying the family of T. O. Stout, attempted to cross the tracks, a Union Traction car struck It amidships, Instantly killing Stout, his son, Claud, and his son-in-law, J. C. Shaffer. Lad Loses Life In Pond. Lafayette.—A raft on which Joseph Conway, Bert Harriman and Joseph Million were riding turned over In a gravel pit near New Richmond and Conway was drowned In ten feet of water. Million and Harriman clung to the raft and succeeded in reaching the bank. Conway was .fifteen years old and his father is a farmer. Church Falls; Five Hurt. Peru.— The framework of the Pleasant Hill Methodist church, 14 miles north of Peru, collapsed and five carpenters working on the building were -caught under the lumber. Mlles Norman, Perry Shaver, Daniel Dillman. Benjamin Powell and Alvin Seldner were Injured, the latter seriously. Train Kills Autolst, Injures Two Boys. South Bend—Richard Boutel of Mishawaka was killed and Samfjel Quick and Frederick Boutel, boys, were seriously hurt when their automobile was struck by a Grand Trunk Western passenger train, at Granger. The party was en route to Diamond lake, near Cassopolis, Mich. I • District Orator Chosen. Evansville—lrvin Well of the Evansville high school will represent the First district In the state discussion on "Indiana’s Need of a New Constitution” at Bloomington May 29. Every county in the district with the exception of Pike was represented In the district debate here. SIO,OOO Demanded In Sult. Goshen—Charles Curtis Carmlen, seventy-five years old, a pioneer Goshen resident, filed suit against the Chicago. South Bend & Northern Indiana Traction company, asking $lO,000 damages. He alleges a car split a switch and he Was knocked down and Injured. Clergymen Oppose Divorce. South Bend.—Members of the South Bend and Mishawaka Ministerial association, numbering nearly three hundred clerygmen, voted unanimously to oppose divorce.