Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1917 — STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS

Compafiy E, just returned from border, given banquet by the KokrimO chamber of commerce. William H. Conner of Indianapolis, former Butler college star, killed near Dayton, Gl. „ Three Bloomington houses strUjCk oy lightning during thunderstorm. Indianapolis citizens have petitioned for a lowest rate than 85 cepts for a mixed naturaj-and artificial gas supplied by tlje Central States Gas company. Heavily loaded wagons crossed the Wabash river on the ice at Terre Haute for the first time in 20 years. The Indiana Democratic club will take prominent part in the inauguration of Wilson. ' The state has-7,000 horse power water resources as shown by investigation. ■ ' ■ . ' . . . Tipton, with less than a carload of coal on hand, is on verge of a famine. Notice at Anderson that wage scale of all trainmen of Union Traction company of state advanced. The Indiana Society of Architects formed at Indianapolis with A. T. Wickes of Gary, president. Six Frankfort Republicans arrested for alleged election frauds. Mustering out of the federal Service of the Second Indiana lias begun at Indianapolis. Artie Coleman, negro boy aged thirteen, killed by stray bullet at Indianapolis. At the Monon-rail road shops a» Lafayette -1(M» machiiusts have demanded a 5 per cent increase in wages.

Capt. Edward F. Otto, Company C, Second 1 Indiana, has been appointed quartermaster general of the National Guard, with rank of major. John Wood Effis, age ninety-five, pioneer 'resident of Elkhart, is dead. Plumbers and sanitary engineers will meet in state convention at Logansport March 12-14. At South Bend eggs rose to 60 cents -a dozen, the highest in the history of the city. An automobile was struck by a B. & O' Southwestern train at Aurora and Esther E. North, eighteen, and Benjamin H. Kelley, twenty-seven, were hurt seriously. William Henry attacked by angry boar near Logansport. F. A. Wanna of Kewanna, elected president of Indiana Butter Makers’ association at Indianapolis. ? John S. Park of Rockport has Invented a submarine. \ Simeon Thompson of Shelbyville and his. two sisters have recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversaries. Alfred B. Dickson, Y. M. C.,A. secretary at Yale, has accepted a similar position at. Gary. * „ Factories are shutting down at Goshen owing to coal shortage. At Princeton a Gibson county “Better Farming association” has been formed. Of the women applicants at Fort Wayne for jobs 20 per cent are married and 40 per cent of the rest are widows or divorcees. All of the Studebaker plants at South Bend have been placed at the disposal of the government in case of war.

Council of Woman’s clubs is planning to elect a woman member of the school board of Shelbyville. Breweries are planning to convert their plants into fruit juice factories at Evansville. With 182 charter members a commercial club formed at Winchester. April 1 work on the $125,000 armory of Purdue university will begin. Jesse G. Donnell’s SIO,OOO country home burned at Greensburg. Aurelius N. Gale of Madison, last surviving veteran of the Mexican war in this county, died, aged ninety-two. Over $51,000 pledged for ERchart Y. M. C. A. building. Rev. Frank,, Hovis of. East Chicago has been called as pastor of the Methodist church at Monticello, Near Fillmore Ray Carver was gored by a bull and seriously injured. At the Soldiers’ home at Lafayette Capt. Alexander Lawrie died after painting 159 portraits of Civil war generals. » The state school examiner, Gilbert H. Hendron, has ruled that school funds cannot be used to, pay military drill instructors. At Idaville schools and churches have opened following abatement of smallpox. South Bend. —There are 48 known cases of scarlet fever at South Bend. The Ohio Valley Veterinary Medical association held its twelfth annual meeting at Terre Haute. Dean Charles I. Fleming of the Terre Haute Veterinary college has •been appointed state veterinarian. „ Because he called his wife “a fool,” Marion Benner of Elwood was arrested. Mishawaka has established an openair school. ' _ W. L. Davis of Frankfort has purchased the farm of 231 acres belonging to Governor Goodrich in Randolph county. Evansville chamber ’of commerce directors have indorsed universal* mili-tary-training., Z" A( Tipton a celluloid comb exploded in the hair of Mrs. T. W, Longfellow, severely burning her. " , ‘ , The first annual session of the Indiana Butter Makers’ association was held at Indianapolis. At Anderson, the sixtieth wedding anniversary :of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson was celebrated. * <