Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — W. H. TAFT WILL DELIVER ADDRESS [ARTICLE]

W. H. TAFT WILL DELIVER ADDRESS

Accepts Invitation to Speak at Rockville August 15. TO STOP AT TERRE HAUTE Charles W. Fairbanks, Former VicePresident of the United States, Will Be Invited to Preside at Meeting. Terre Haute. —William Howard Taft telegraphed from Point Apex, Quebec, to the Chautauqua association of Rockville, accepting an invitation to deliver an address there on Sunday, August 15, stopping over on the way to Denver, where he will speak before the American Bar association on the following day. He will be met here and taken to, Rockville in an automobile. Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice-president, will be invited to preside at the meeting. Hunt for Two After Murder. Noblesville.—The police in all Indiana cities were notified to be on the lookout for Frank Taylor, nineteen years old, and Inez Burk, sixteen, who have not been seen since Sunday. It is believed they may be able to throw light on the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Arthur McClain. Mrs. McClain was found in her apartments with her head crushed from ax blow's and her face slashed. Miss Burk is a daughter of Mrs. McClain by a former marriage, and Taylor is an admirer of Miss Burk. It is said Taylor and Mrs. McClain had quarreled on several occasions when he was denied permission to marry Miss Burk. Pastor a Nervous Wreck. Hammond.—Rev. C. J. Sharp, pastor of the First Christian church, who started to build a church in a day movement; has gone to the Michael Reese hospital, Chicago, to submit to an operation as a result- of a nervous breakdown because of overwork. Mr. Sharp became ill while dedicating a church at WiniinaC. During fourteen years as a minister in Hammond he has built up a congregation of 1, 000 members, and l as built a new church each year In the district. He is president of the National Efficiency Congress of the Disciples of Christ, which is to be held in Hammond two weeks, beginning August 30,

Accidental Shot Fatal. Greensburg. Frank Armstrong, fifty years old. farmer of this county, was killed while attempting to climb' a fence with a shotgun over his shoulder. The gun was discharged, the shot taking effect in Armstrong’s breast. He died within a few min utes. Armstrong was one of the largest men in the county, weighing more than three hundred pounds. A few months ago a man of the same name was killed near the same place by the accidental discharge of a g m Vast Shipment cf Horses. Hammond—One hundred and fifty thousand horses have been shipped to the English and French fronts in Europe from the Calumet yards in West Hammond since the war began. The record shipment in one day was made when 2,000 horses w’ere sent to Windsor, Ont., for transshipment across the Atlantic. Rushville Couple Found Dead. Rushville.—Orville Andrews, twen-ty-three, and Manda McElsrech. nineteen, were found dead in a rug factory in the northern part of the city. Both had been shot through the head. It is supposed Andrews first shot the girl and then killed himself, as the result of a suicide pact. Automobile Kills Indianapolis Man. Laporte;—While on an automobile outing, Frederick W. Brandt, Indianapolis, retired manufacturer, was instantly killed when his automobile turned turtle twelve miles south of Laporte. Three other Occupants of the car escaped serious injury. Chicago Man Suicides. Winchester.—Worth Ward, thirtyfive of Chicago, is dead at the home of his cousin, near here, from a bullet wound self-inflicted, following a artery. He used a butcher knife to complete the job. Business worries are held responsible.

Struck by Engine and Killed. Plymouth—Martin L. Thomas, farmer, fifty-three years old, while driving over the Vandalia crossing, •was struck by the locomotive of the evening sotjth-bound .train and fatally hurt He died In the hospital. Tipton Has $6,000 Blaze. Tipton.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed the entire stock of the Tipton art store, valued at $6,000. The stock consisted of wall paper, paints, oils and novelty goods. The building was damaged about SSOO. Poth were Incured. Indiana Man Drops Dead. Evansville.— While planning to attend a Fourth of July celebration Thomas Downs, a well-known farmer living just east of here, fell dead in the presence of his wife.