Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1917 — Indiana News Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Indiana News Tersely Told

In the federal court at Indianapolis, 40 Republican politicians of Evansville pleach'd guilty to a conspiracy to debauch the full election in Evansville. Charles Sihler, chairman, and Frank De .Jarnett, secretary of the Republican county committee, and William Benninghoff, capitalist, were, among the ‘•higher ups” who pleaded guilty. Zionville men’s Bible class presented to the Sunday school a large American flag. With four new blast furnaces the American Steel plant at Gary has Increased its capacity 1,000,000 tons annually. Frank Rosebrook used gasoline to start a tire at South Bend with the result that his house was destroyed, his six-year-old daughter burned to death and he was seriously burned. Metal department of Central manufacturing plant at Connersville burned by supposedly incendiary lire; loss, $150,006. Wurs;uv will get the next North Indiana M< ihodist conference. By raising S2S,(MM) Tipton will secure a fiber board box factory. Students at Normal college at Marion painted Hag on face of student who would not salute the Hag. Scipio will celebrate its cGutennlal anniversary this year. Mayor Harris of Bloomington hat*removed William Shinn as head of fire department. Capt. If. A. Talbot, veteran, named postmaster atsJSoldieFS’ National home at Marion. James L. Clark, member of public service commission’, will not accept reappointment. Oil inspection law declared unconstitutional. ' : S Valparaiso business men raised $40,iMM) toward the $200,000 endowment fund at Valparaiso university. Rev. A. E. Hanley has resigned as president of Franklin college to accept pastorate of First Baptist church at Rochester, N. Y„ at a salary of $6,000. Governor Goodrich will be commencement day speaker at Purdue university at Lafayette in June. s. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McQueen of Richmond celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Geniing of Terre Haute asks divbree from her husband, aged seventytwo, because he destroyed an automobile that used too much gasoline. The Vehicle Owners’ association at Indianapolis was organized with W. S. ' Frye as presidents Fruit juice factory at Lafayette will bottle 1,500,000 gallons of apple juice this year.Electric flag to be placed on the city hall at Columbus. Workmen at the clay works of,the National Fireproofing company at Brazil raised a flag on i>ole they had. erected. Albert B. Cline, lumber dealer of Bluffton, has given the-M. E. Foreign Missionary society SIO,OOO for college, tn China. " ■’ . • Charles E. Goodell of Denison university at Greenville, 0., becomes new president of Franklin college at Frank-fln.-s - ■ - —■ hi— -«■•••