Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Riports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL ■ —— I. • Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. SIMMER MEETING OF I. D. E. A. Will Be Held at Hammond, Gary and Hast Chicago. Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—After the election of officers at the winter meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association at the Denison Hotel yesterday, the editors a/ccepted the invitation of S. T. Swaim of Hammond, to hold the sumnier meeting of the association at Hammona, Gary, East Chicago and Chicago, including a lake trip. The following officers were chosen: President, Lew M. O’Bannon, Corydon; first vice president, Henry F. Schriclg?r, Knox; second vice president, Henry B. Wilson, Delphi; secretary, G. H. Hazen, Boonville, treasurer, George Saunders, Bluffton. Members of the executive committee —First district, lllioward Roosa, Evansville; second, George R. Griffin, Spencer; third, E. W. Plckhardt, Huntingburg; fourth, R. B. Cass, Aurora; fifth, G. J. Arnold, Greencastle; sixth, W. S. Chambers, Newcastle; seventh, A. D. Moffett, Elwood; eighth, John H. Heller, Decatur; ninth, J. O. Behymer, Tipton; tenth, E. J. Steinbach, Kentland; eleventh, B. F. Louthaln, Logansport; twelfth, A. J. Moynihan, Fort Wayne; thirteenth, J. B. Faulknor, Michigan City. A committee consisting of Dale J. Crlttenberger, auditor of state; S. E. Swaim of Hammond, and A. B. Crampton of Delphi, was appointed to confer with the officers concerning plans for the summer meeting. Addresses were made by H. B. Wilson of Delphi, and Paul Poynter of Sullivan. A committee was named to meet with similar committees from other editorial associations looking to the organization of a non-political state editorial association.