Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — BIG DEMONSTRATION FOR JULY 3 OR 4 [ARTICLE]

BIG DEMONSTRATION FOR JULY 3 OR 4

Civilians and National Guards Are to March. —■ —_—. . LAPORTE PLANS BIG PARADE ___ Movement Started to Have Gigantic Preparedness Celebration to Include All Cities of Northern Indiana—Notable Men to Speak. —A movement took form here to have, a gigantic preparedness parade in this city July 3 or 4, embracing il of the cities of north- , ern Indiana. The parade will include the National Guard companies of South Bend, Valparaiso and Gary, lavish decoration of the city and speeches by men of national reputation. It is planned to bring 20,000 visitors to the city. I Asks $3,000 Damages. Marion. —Earl F. Trook, a farmer of Richland township, has filed suit against his ; neighbors, Leroy N. and Ida Highley, demanding $3,000 damages because of the alleged fact that the defendants carelessly and negligently permitted sick hogs to carry cholera germs into the herd of hogs of the plaintiff. The farms of the two families adjoin. Trook says the acts of the defendants were with knowledge that there was cholera in their herd. Trook says his loss of hogs was $2,000. and that he was required to employ a. skilled veterinarian to vaccinate his hogs at an expense of S3OO. Goes to Plattsburg. Bloomfield.—Paul Y. Davis, candidate on the Democratic ticket for prosecuting attorney of Greene coun-1 ty, has gone to Plattsburg, N. Y„ to take military training for several' weeks in the citizens’ military training camp. Mr. Davis is a graduate of Indiana university and received his diploma last June from the Harvard law school. He is now associated In the practice of law in Bloomfield with his father, Cyrus E. Davis, former state senator. Sues for Heart Balm. Laporte.—Claiming that the shock of estrangement caused her to take to her bed to which she was confined for several months and that she is still suffering mental anguish, Lulu Keasey, a South Bend society girl, is plaintiff in a breach of promise case brought here in which Clyde H. Smith , is named as defendant and in which I SIO,OOO damages are prayed. Miss \ Keasey alleges that she spent SSOO in ' preparing her trousseau. Fight for Child. Covington.—The little son of Ed Smith, who nftirdered his wife and then committed suicide, was the bone : of contention in the courts this week. | The grandfather of the child sought; to be appointed guardian and adminis- j trator. Walter Anderson, brother of the mother, and his wife, Winnie An derson, wished to adopt the child. De- ’ cisicn was given in favor of the brother and his wife. Officers Must Explain. Indianapolis.—Twenty-nine National Guard officers over the state re- ■ ceived letters from Adjutant Gen- ■ eral Bridges demanding an explana-1 tion for their failure to take the corre- • spondence course for guard officers in-' augurated several months ago. Fail*ure to give a satisfactory explanation ' will mean reduction. General Bridges refused to make public the names of the officers. z Must Pay Taxes. Brazil. —When 20 applicants for renewals of saloon licenses ap ; peared in the commissioners’ court for I their licenses they were surprised when the commissioners announced that no licenses would be granted to applicants whose poll and personal tax ' had not been paid. There was a rush to the treasurer’s office and more than $450 was paid in by the applicants. Lucky Escape. Connersville.—Mrs. David Smith and four woman friends went over I a 15-foot embankment in Frank-1 lln county, when their automobile ! struck a ridge. Mrs. Smith was driv- i Ing down Boundary hill when the mis-| hap occurred. The machine turned two somersaults in the fall. All the [ passengers were hurt, but none seriously. Family Reunion. Covington.—The annual reunion of the Bonebrake family will be held at ' the Bonebrake Corner church i Sunday, June 11. There will be a Sun-I day school sendee, a basket dinner and a program.

Fall Injures Woman. Elkhart The mother of Clyde Ivens, a farmer, after a fall which Injured her left hip, lay two hours before she was able to attract: his attention. He was planting corn in an adjoining field. Her condition is serious. Boy Fatally Injured. Laporte.—William Rude, thirteen, was fatally injured when -a sledge hammer with which Louis Gruenek, a farmer, was driving a post struck the l on the head, fracturing his skulL •