Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — MUST ANSWER TO MURDER CHARGE [ARTICLE]

MUST ANSWER TO MURDER CHARGE

Alleged Craps Game Leads to Double Killing. ..i. SALOON MAN KILLS TWO MEN .T , ' ■ 4. ; r " .v.'.; .■-■■■■■ . '.fr-. S Charles Irwin and Ollie Duckworth Shot by Corby Howe at Wilfred, a Small Mining Town Near ■ Sullivan. } . ; Sullivan, —Two men are (lead and Corby Howe, a saloon keeper at Wilfred, a small mining town near here, is under arrest, charged with the murders, as a result of a fight at his saloon. The dead ihen are Charles Irwin and Ollie Duckworth, both of Shelburn. It was reported here that the shooting resulted from a craps game. After his arrest, Howe said the two men entered his saloon and, when Irwin said to Duckworth: “You start It and I'll finish it,” he drew a revolver and fired, fearing Jje was to be attacked. ■■ May Appoint Taggart. : Indianapolis.—Thomas Taggart probably will serve as Democratic senator from Indiana, succeeding Senator Shively, who died in Washlington, until the fall election, according to the opinions expressed here. Governor Ralston said he would not discuss the appointment until after the Shively burial. l . Worried About a Tramp. j Whitehall.—The family of E. J. Eckenberger, chemist of the Lehigh Portland Cement company, was poisoned by eating food that was im pure Members of the family are thought to be out of danger. They fed a tramp with the food and are worried for fear he died. Hart Goes on Tax Board. Indianapolis.—W. 11. Hart, former auditor of state, will succeed Eben 11. Wolcott as member of the state board of tax commissioners. Hart is an Indianapolis man. Wolcott resigned to become an.officer in an In dianapolis bank. £ Erect Hospital Bungalow. V Wabash.—Members of the Wabash County Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis have let the contract for the erection of a bunga low at the Park hospital. Other build ings of a similar type may he erected later. r “ — ' - Asks for Divorce. Vincennes. —Mrs. Etta It Oliphant has filed suit for divorce against John T, Oliphant, former president of the Vincennes Bridge coni pany and now head of the Oliphant Johnson. Coal company, alleging cruel ana inhuman treatment. Gets SSCO Judgment. Boonville.—Miss Sylvia Wiih.oyt.of Evansville received judgment <>f SSOO against George Bate in a breach of promise suit venued here from Evansville. She demanded $lO, 000. • . .x~ . ■ ~ ~ Bued for Divorce. Goshen —Lulu M. ltlatichard of N- w Paris has sued William A. Rlauchard, owner and manager of the Blanchard hotel at New Paris, tor di vorce, alleging cruel treatment and nonsupport. Going Back to England. Anderson; —\V. O. Kennington, chief engineer for the Retny Electric company during the last five years, will return to London in April and offer his services to England: Cap Explodes. Bedford. —The seven-year-old s.m of Frank Lahtz found a cap of the Kind trainmen use as signals, antt struck it with a hammer, causing an explosion that seriously injured him. Pharmacists Lose Licenses. Muncie. —Five Munch pharmacists charged with selling liquor illegally are without their licenses. The state board of pharmacy heard evidence and immediately took action. Law Books in ‘‘Hock." Valparaiso.—H. H. Lori eg. judge of the circuit court, found 27 law books. Which v-er stolen tram the courthouse here, in a Chicago pawnshop. Diphtheria Closes Schools. Rockport —Diphtheria at Enterprise, In this county, has made necessary the closing of the schools. Farm Home Burns, n Milford. —The farmhouse of James T. Shepard was destroyed by fire. The loss was $3,500. More Land for Parks, , South Bend. —More than one hundred acres of land were added to the village’s park system by the purchase of Rum village, the city council having authorized the purchase. ; Farmer Hurt. Sullivan. —James S. Stevens, a farmer living near Carlisle, had a narrow escape from death when hia horses ran away. He was dragged a quarter of a mile and seriously In-

Domestic Romance and tragedy in the careers of Mrs. Helen Walton Bishop and Dickson Bishop, Dowagiar millionaire who was her former husband, are again intertwined. Mrs, Bishop (lied in Danville, 111., only a few hours after the marriage in Atlanta. Ga., of Mr. Bishop and Miss Sydney Boyce. * * * Orders were received by United ' States military authorities at Atlanta, : Ga., to immediately reopen the branch recruiting stations in Alabama and Georgia that were closed a year ago. * * * Word was received at New York that Theodore Roosevelt had left Port of Spain, Trinidad, to return to this city from his West Indian tour and that he will arrive here Saturday, March 25, * * * Senator A. B. Cummins of lowa won the Republican indorsement for the 1 presidential in the 'Minnesota presidential primary election. Wilson was the only Democratic candidate for president, and the Prohibition candidates, Eugene Foss and William Sulzer, rftn a close race. The Progressive party candidate, Governor Johnson of California, had no contest. * + * Heine Zimmerman, third baseman of the Chicago Cubs, was granted a decree of divorce from Mrs. Helen Chazar Zimmerman by the New York supreme court. t * * * William Robinson, Grinnell aviator, was burned to death after his aeroplane had overturned and dropped 13,000 feet near Ewart, la. The gasoline tank on the machine exploded. * The names of 200 men, many of them prominent, who have enrolled for the first southern military training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., next month, were given out at New York. * *. * Supreme Justice Tompkins dismissed the case against Thomas Mott Osborn, former warden of Sing Sing prison, who was placed on trial at White Plains, N. Y., on Monday on a charge of perjury. • * • 3 . B Fire originating from an unknown source destroyed three two-story business blocks, the post office, two hardware stores, two meat markets and numerous office rooms at Hobart, Qkla., causing a loss of over $250,000. * • • The recruiting headquarters at 505 South. State street, Chicago, was stirred on receipt of orders from Washington directing the officers to use their best efforts in increasing the enlisted strength of the army to 120,000 men in the shortest possible time.

Another border bandit Outrage at Fabens, 26 miles east of El Paso, Tex., threw the American population into a panic. Eight bandits with sacks full of loot were captured, five by two soldiers and the others -by three Texas rangers. • • • General Funston announced at San Antonio, Tex., General Pershing had seized the telegraph station at Columebus, N. M. Funston said: “The seiz- ” ure of the station was made necessary because correspondents are sending out information about troop movements. The activity >vas proving ruinous to our efforts," • • * j- Eight ydmng women of Atlanta, Ga., who have qualified as Red Cross nurses,- have volunteered their services to the government to go to Mexico with the army. " •* * • • The first section of the aviation squadron that will see service in Mexico left San Antonio, Tex. It consisted of eight machines, eighty men and full equipment. • * * 1 An embargo on arms to Mexico lsi sued at Washington affects only San I Francisco, Nogales and Los Angeles, ' the gateways to Chihuahua, Sonora and lower California. No general embargo on arms to Mexico has been ordered. * * * A strict censorship has been placed on messages from the United States to Mexican cities, it was announced by cable companies at New York. All messages for Mexico -via El Paso must be written in plain English or Spanish. * * *

European War News The deaths of three prominent German generals have just been reported at Berlin. The Bavarian army has lost Lieut. Gen. Eduard von Graf, Wurttemberg has lost Maj. Gen. Wilhelm von Lotterer and Lieut. Gen. von Menges. ; # .<► The British lost 5,000 men in an unsuccessful attempt to relieve the Kut-El-Amara garrison, acording to an official statement at Berlin from the Turkish war office. * * * * According to the Rome Messagero, Russian warships have again bombarded Varna, where seven Turkish sailing vessels were sunk. - + * * »The Russian admiralty at Petrograd admits the loss of the destroyer Leiteran Pushtseheen. off .the Black sea coast of Bulgaria. Part of the crew was saved. * * * J. B. Osborne, American consul at Havre, in his report to Washington on the sinking of tire Norwegian bark Silius, is understood to bring out clearly that the Silius was torpedoed by a submarine. Seven Americans on board were saved.

The British destroyer L'oquette and torpedo boat No. 11 have been sunk by mines, the British admiralty announced at London. Four officers and 41 men are missing, and it is believed , they perished. • • • Washington The senate at Washington passed the house bill amending the postal savings bank law so as to increase the individual deposit maximum from SSOO to SI,OOO with interest and an additional SI,OOO without interest. * * * The senate at Washington approved the joint resolution adopted by the house to bring the mobile army up to its full strength; which would add about 20,000 men to the present establishment. The resolution now goes to the president * * * The United States “readily” granted permission to Carranza troops to cross the international boundary in pursuit of “lawless bands of armed men” in accordance with the reciprocal agreement suggested by Carranza. The agreement was handed by Secretary of State Lansing to Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza’s ambassador at Washington. * • * Secretary of State Lansing, accompanied by .Mrs. Lansing, left Washington for a ten-day stay at Pinehurst, X. C. Frank L. Polk, counselor of the state department, will be acting secretary. * * * An official prediction that the Panarua Caitrt. will pe reopened by April i 15 for the passage of deep-draft vessels was announced by the war department at Washington. • * . * 1 Foreign i ’ i Manitoba voted overwhelmingly for I prohibition, returns show a majority for the drys in urban and rural municipalities alike. * * * An avalanche has buried several houses In the Agordo district. The victims so far reported number 25, says a dispatch from Venice. „W- * * * I German casualties since the outbreak of the war have been 2,667,372, It was officially announced by the government press bureau at London. The German casualties in February were put at 35,185. • * • The marriage of Prince Joachim, the fifth son of Emperor William, Princess Marie Augustine, daughter Of Prince Edward of Anhalt, was celebrated In the royal castle of Bellevue, according to a dispatch from Berlin. The marriage took place In the presence of the German empress.