Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — Hoosier News Briefly Told [ARTICLE]

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Fort Wayne.—One hundred delegates attended the opening session of the annual convention of the Fort Wayne District Christian Endeavor society at the Grace Reform church. The delegates were welcomed to the city by Glenn A. Smiley, the president of the Fort Wayne union, and the response was delivered by Howard Wisehaupt of Decatur. Indianapolis.—The state board of pardons, which concluded its quarterly session, will make its recommendations to the governor soon. Among the petitions for clemency considered were those of Charles Radley, Floyd county, burglary; Robert Russell, Lawrence county, petit larceny; Ernest Reed and Daniel Abraham, Monroe county, arson. Lawrenceburg. Oliver T. Weis, aged twenty-six, was adjudged to be of unsound mind by an insanity commission and will be taken to the Southeastern Insane hosiptal at Madison for treatment. Weis was a well-known athlete. He was injured on the head during a football game last season and was hit on the head a few weeks ago in a game of baseball Peru.*—Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith have a son, their first-born, and the youngster hks six great-grandpa-rents living. They are: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bergman, Mrs. Katherine Foxel and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of Peru. Conductor William Smith of the Lake Erie & Western passenger service is the new baby’s grandfather. The new father is cashier of the First National bank in Peru. Greencastle. —Word was received here that Albert. Allen, seventy-two years old. formerly a prominent drug gist here, had been instantly killed in an automobile accident" near San Diego, Cal. His wife was Injured seriously. No other details of the accident have been received. The Smith family left here ten years ago and i Mr. Smith had been engaged recently in the real estate business in Los Angeles. A son is Bennett Allen, a professor in the University of Kansas. Mrs. O. H. Smith of this city Is a sister and Robert Allen, a local druggist, is a nephew of Mr. Allen. ■ Logansport.—The state convention ,of the Indiana Equal Suffrage association will be held in the Broadway Methodist church, in this city, October 12 to 14. Convention headquarters will be established at the Barnett hotel, but arrangements have I been made to accommodate visitors •In homes throughout the city. The opening session is to be known as "voters' night.” Dr. Frank T. Stockton of Indiana university will deliver an address on “Does Indiana Need a New Constitution?” Miss Laura Clay of Lexington, Ky., will speak on "Woman Suffrage and the Home” Tuesday evening. Miss Clay Is a’ descendant of Henry Clay, and personally manages the farm of 275 acres which she Inherited from her grandfather, General Clay. Among the others who wifi discuss some phase of the suffrage question are Florence Wattles, Antoinette Leach, Harriet i Houser, Kate Wood Ray, Margaret Cai sanges and Anna Dunn'Noland. Mrs. O. P. Smith and Mrs. S. T. McConnell have charge of the convention arrangements. Katherine Hoffman Is secretary-treasurer of the association. The state headquarters are situated In thia citv