Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1916 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

News Items From AU Over Indiana. INDIANA GUAfID IN MANEUVER Hoosiers Take Up Position as Part of Army of 12,000 “Whites" to Defend Valley Against Equal Number of “Browns." Llano Grande, Tex., Nov. 17. —TJhe camp of the Indiana National Guardsmen is the scene of great activity. The Hoosier guardsmen took up their position as a part of an army of 12,000 guardsmen, known as the “white” army defending the lower Rio Grande valley from an equally large force of the z “Brown” army, composed of guardsmen and regular army organizations. The maneuver probably will continue several days. Burglar Pleads Guilty; Sentenced. Seymour, Nov. 17. —Joseph Miller, twenty-one, of Reading, Pa., pleaded guilty to burglary in the Jackson circuit court, and was sentenced by Judge Oren O. Swails to serve from two to 14 years in the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville. Miller was arrested a week ago in Cincinnati, when detectives found him in a pawnshop trying to sell several rifles and revolvers he admitted he had stolen from a hardware store hereBlaze,Attacks Hospital. Brazil, Nov. 17. —Several patients in the Dr. James Rawley private hospital were forced to lie in bed while smoke filled their rooms and hospital attendants fought a fire which started from an overheated furnace. Some of the patients had just undergone critical operations. Others in less serious condition were carried out of the smokefilled building. The building was not badly damaged. -- Seek $200,000 for Y. V/. C. A. Indianapolis, Nov. 17.—A campaign for $200,000 for the erection of a new Y. W. C. A. boarding house opened auspiciously here with the announcement that Arthur Jordan and George Snowden had contributed SIO,OOO each, conditioned on the raising of the entire amount of money desired In ten days. Accused of Stealing Hogs. Anderson, Nov. 17.—William Gorman, forty-five, and Oscar McAlheny, twenty-seven, are under arrest on a charge of larceny, being accused of the theft of two hogs from the farm of Thomas Ford, near Pendleton. The police said the prisoners have confessed stealing three hogs. z Hunter Kills Big Gray Eagle. Bloomfield, Nov. 17.—While hunting on the Hanegan Rainbolt farm, near the Greene-Lawrence county line, Elwood Holmes killed a gray eagle that measured seven feet, two inches across its wings. The bird was brought to Bloomfield and will be mounted. Burglars Cut Off Ear. South Bend, Nov. 17. —Miss May Sumpton was found gagged and suffering from a fractured skull in her home here. She was attacked by a burglar she surprised when he was searching her home. Her right ear was cut off by one blow. Fifty Shot in Leg. Alexandria, Nov. 17. —Ten days after Leo Vogel, a farmer residing near Summitville, was the victim of a hunting accident and was brought to the Alexandria hospital for treatment, Dr. L. F. Schmauss extracted 50 small shot from the man’s right leg. Celebrate Harrison Birth. Sullivan, Nov. 17. —O. P. Badger entertained at his home, northwest of Sullivan, in celebration of the birth of Benjamin Harrison, pioneer of Fairbanks township, who died recently. Dinner was served for 85 persons. Ask Salary Increase. Elwood, Nov. 17.—Stating that the high cost of living has made their salaries insufficient, the members of the police and fire departments have filed a petition with the citv council, asking for an increase of $lO a month. To Save Waste Paper. Indianapolis, Nqv. 17. —A campaign to teach the schoolchildren of the state to help conserve the paper supply was launched by Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public Instruction. Falls Thirty Feet; Unhurt. Logansport, Nov. .17.—Ralph Hunter, age twelve, fell 30 feet in the city electric light plant to a cement floor. He suffered only slight bruises, as his fall was broken by a projecting board. 1 Burglars Get SSO. Evansville, Nov. 17.—Burglars stole SSO from a small metal box In the Underwood typewriter office here. A rear window in the building was pried open. 'S Rat Bite Serious. Lagrange, Nov. 17.—William Davis Was attacked by a rat he was releasing from a trap and developed blood Dolsoning. His condition is critical.