Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — Indiana News Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Indiana News Tersely Told

The Aridersoq chapter of the American Red Cross society realized $575 from carnation sales. By co-operation between township organizations the county agent, chamber of commerce and Columbus Council of Women, the middleman in Bartholomew county is to be eliminated. 11. H. Parkhill, veteran at Indianapolis, aged eighty-five, spaded a garden 40 by 110 feet, jHarry Baujgnend, on the 1916 football team, has been chosen captain of the military company of athletes being formed at Notre Dame university. A great patriotic day for Wayne county was celebrated at Richmond, with thousands of flags waving, bands patriotic airs, whistles blowing and men marching. 'Die State convention of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was held at Franklin with a big attendance, Thirteen marriage licenses have been issued at Greensburg so far this month, with only five issued during the entire month last year. Monroe county, with 350 miles of improved road, received $71,866 in auto license money from the state treasurer. « - Edgar I. Higgs has resigned as eity editor of the Greensburg Review, to join the, staff of the News. John Tankersley, seventy-four, prominent v Republican of Tippecano comity, is. dead at Lafayette. Twenty-five thousand marchers were in a patriotic parade at Hammond. The Cass Oil and Gas company has been incorporated at Logansport with a eapital-of $30,000. At South Bend Simon, aged four, was burned to death by fire she started with some matches. Rev. P. J. Carroll, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, and Rev. Howard R. White, vicar of St. James’ Episcopal church, at South Bend, have offered their services to the war department. ,

A nitroglycerin bomb was found on the B. & O. railroad at Wellsboro, evidently intended to blow up powder trains passing from Aetna to the Jack Burke and William Robinson, lifers who escaped from Michigan City penitentiary, were captured in a railroad yard at Elkhart., Sheriff Orville Hale at Sullivan has issued a proclamation to foreign residents assuring them that they will not be molested if they obey the law. At Sullivan verdict of SSOO damages awarded to John Headley of Linton in his suit for damages for slander against George Sage. The annual county institute of the W. C. T. U. held in Methodist church at Elwood. Thomas Fitzgibbons, forty-five, fined SSOO at Vincennes and sentenced to jail six- months for trampling flag and assaulting a guardsman. Eighty-six-foot flag pole erected at Plainfield, from which a 13-foot flag was floated. Big patriotic mass meeting of county held in the Adains county’ circuit court room at Decatur. New railroad to connect with one at Lawrenceville, 111., to be built at Vincennfe.

__ Christian C. Lueke indicted at Indianapolis on charge of threatening life of President Wilson. Judge Crumpacker of superior court, Michigan City, has ruled that mayor has ho authority to revoke a saloon license. ~ Charles Wyatt, druggist at Gaston, arrested oh charge of running a “blind tiger.” Contract for new high school Marshall township let to Heiter & Garrett for $18,400. Elwood fair grounds of 40 acres sold at auction for $8,375. Laurel citizens dumped beer found in basement of drug store of Dr. W. E. Ticen and ordered him to leave town. The F. E. Hoover Furniture company at Columbus has bought the Fayette Furniture company’s store at Connersville. Work on the Tipton-Frankfort traction line stopped owing to inability to secure rails. Summer resort is to be established in the Sank bottoms, near North Vernon. Annual Indiana open state tennis tournament to be played on Indianapolis Tennis association grounds week of August 19. American Citizenship league of Monroe county elected Dr. J. A. Woodburn head of history department of Indiana university, president. Marion is planning a big celebration for “Baby week,” May 1 to 6. Susan Strabala, live, and ’ her sister Helen, fifteen, burned to death at Hammond and the home burned from flames that caught the little girl’s dress at a bonfire. Postmaster Simon Doengas of Connersville has announced thaf he will give the $5 enlistment fee he is entitled to, to the enlisted man. Sullivan high school building cleared of 400 pupils in one minute and eight seconds at fire drill, a state record. Immense elm, three hundred years old, cut down in yard of Cineas Ryman at Princeton. Forty-first annual meeting of Woman’s Missionary society of Indiana Presbytery jfor this district held at Bloomfield. . . Twenty-eighth annual conference of paid officers of Y. M. C. A.’s of state held at Lafayette. - - Rest room for soldiers established by Ministerial association at Jeffersonville. ■ ■ '' ■