Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS

Joseph Niggle, a Swiss aviator, has sued the American Aircraft company of Anderson for wages. John M. v Retherford, aged eightythree, of Windfall, gave each of his eight children a check for $1,600 aJt a family reunion. # At a meeting at Huntington the Pocket Publishers’ league of Southwestern Indiana elected Charles Baker of, Grandview president. < The Northern Indiana High School Principals’ association, at at South Bend, discussed military training in high schools. . c Evansville has* just held soul-win-ning conferences of the churches Of the "Uniied States; . For the first time in its history to ' meet outside of Boston, the board of managers of the Baptist Foreign Missionary society held its quarterly meeting at Indianapolis. A $50,000 cracker and bread factory, will be built at Richmond. In September Wabash college at Crawfordsville will start military training. The Cheney block at Shelbyville burned; loss, $60,000. • Porter county will again have a county agent. Moleus B. Green of Madison, war veteran, aged seventy-three, died in Cincinnati. May 19 the northern Indiana track meet and oratorical contest will be 'held at Gary. Dr. Clarence Abbott, prominent Democrat, is dead at Petersburg. President E. A. Hanley of Franklin college is at outs with the college board over a college site. Anderson will start a municipal coal yard. At Earlham the first rural church, conference in eastern Indiana will be held February 20-21. George Metier, aged eighty-one, of Richmond killed himself. The Indiana Dry federation was formed at Indianapolis, with W. E. Carpenter "of Brazil president. A farmers’ engineering short course opened at Princeton. " . The new Mitchell-Martin township library opened at Mitchell. An evangelistic campaign at Hartford City under Henry Ostrom won 500 converts. Rev. Albert J. Brown of Indianapolis has become financial agent of Wilmington college at Richmond. The sale of the Pere Marquette road in the state has been ordered by the federal court at Indianapolis. At the Republican Editorial association banqueU at Indianapolis every speaker pledged support to the president. The United States navy office at Evansville has doubled the enlistments, those for the week numbering 33. The appointment to the presidency of the farm bank cannot be given to Leonard Clore of Laporte, he having had no banking experience, but he wifi be named a director or treasurer. William Thomas stabbed William White jn a South Bend saloon fight, both being colored. Hartford City is making a war on loose dogs following a vicious attack on a little girl.

John J. O’Herron of Lafayette under arrest in Detroit on charge of robbing a drug-store safe of $1,750, and Bruce Jtrown is under arrest as an accomplice. Beginning July 30 the Methodist summer assembly for northern Indiana will be held at the Battle Ground camp. Gary is organizing a foreign legion of European war veterans to be tendered to Governor Goodrich in case of war. , Logansport ebusiness men organized an association with a membership of 173. Brazil capital is sinking a new mine to employ 30 miners. At a cost of SI,OOO Walnut creek ditch will be cleaned for ten miles from Hartford City. The Martin county courthouse at Shoals will have an addition built and a new system of lighting, installed. Authorities at Pierceton will erect a consolidated school building costing $43,900. Noblesville soda fountains have raised drinks to 10 cents. Frankfort has not a single ton of hard coal in the city. With M. E. Bose as president the Pulaski County Honey Producers’ association has been organized at Winamac. -Lawrence county is holding a Farmers’ institute. At Vincennes efforts are being made to get a bridge across White river between Daviess and Knox counties. The quintet Of the State Normal at Terre Haute defeated Georgetown (Ky.) university at basketball. Score, 66-27.

Mayor Patrick Gorman of Huntington is seriously ill from pneumonia. Military training is being considered by DePauw university at Greencastle. At a meeting at Hammond the Farmers’ Horse Thief association has been abandoned «and the Farmers’ Automobile Detective association organized. Because her boy had lost S2O in a slot machine Mrs. Nancy Hampton had a Terre Haute saloonkeeper arrested. The midwinter, annual meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association was held at Indianapolis. Somewhere in France Raymond Combs of Carmel, a member of a Canadian regiment, lies dead. For 18 years Bessie Payne has not missed a single Sunday school class at the Methodist church at Huntington. ,