Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. RECRUITERS ARE INJURED Their Automobile Turns Over Twice When It Strikes Soft Ground. Monticello, June I.—Harry Warfel, Lieutenant Floyd Tharp, Russel Jenkins, members of militia Company C; Reed Vanvoorst and Glenn McMullin, were Injured in an automobile accident west of Rey- ; nolds last night. Warfel’s jaw was broken and his face badly cut. Van- ’ rorst's face was cut. Three men in I the back seat were slightly hurt. They were returning from Wolcott, where they were recruiting. The men , were speeding and ' struck fresh gravel at a turn in ' the road. The automobile ran ■ through a barbed wire fence and turned over twice, pinning Warfel and Vanvoorst under it.