Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1917 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. DRAFTED MEN TO GO SOUTH Five Thousand Indiana Soldiers to Be Transferred to Hattiesburg and Little Rock to Fill Up National Guard Quota. Louisville, Ky„ Oct. 12.—Indiana drafted troops will be sent both to .Hattiesburg, Miss,, and Little Rock, Ark., it was learned here. About 5,000 Indiana men In all will be transferred, part to fill up the National Guard units at Hattiesburg and part to help form a new “rainbow division” at Little Rock. No colored men will be trained here. Rich Farmer Held. Shelbyville, Oct. 12. —James Samuel Atwood, slxty-nine, and one of the wealthiest farmers in Shelby county, has been ordered into the custody of Alvin O. Baker, sheriff, by Judge Alonzo Blair. The judge held, following a hearing in circuit court, that Mr. Atwood was dangerous to be at large. Mr. Atwood owns 300 acres of good land in this county and has much personal property. Following the hearing a sanity commission found that Mr. Atwood is of unsound mind and recommended that he be committed to a hospital for treatment. He is alleged to have threatened to kill his wife, daughter and son. Sentenced to Go Home. Muncie, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Etta Baker, the choice between paying a SSOO fine and spending six months in the Indiana M Oman’s prison, or going, to her old home In Pennsylvania, having been given her, chose the latter, and William A. Thompson, judge, suspended the maximum penalty that was assessed against her on the charge of operating a “blind tiger.” She admitted her guilt, and gave as her excuse that she had seven children to support and thought that was the easiest way of doing it, especially as so mikiy other persons Seemed to be making-money easily by selling liquor unlawfully In Muncie.

Held as Auto Thieves. Warsaw, Oct. 12. —Five young men, ranging in age from eighteen to twen-ty-one, are in the Kosciusko county jail, on suspicion of being automobile thieves. They were arrested Tuesday when they appeared at a local garage driving a touring car, and sold a new tire, mounted on a rim, and worth S4O, for $5. They explained that they were on the way from West Virginia to California. They had several other extra tires, none of them fitting the machine which they drove. The youths are being held pending an investigation. Gets Change of Venue. Bedford, Oct. 12.—Earl Richardson of Mitchell, who has been held in jail here awaiting trial on a charge of murder, has been taken to Salem, where the case has been sent for trial on a change of venue.from this county. Richardson, who is nineteen years old, is said to have confessed killing Bonnell Edwards, a schoolboy, age fourteen, whose body was found in a thicket last February.

Paris McCord Convicted. Columbus, Oct. 12.—Paris McCord, twenty, was convicted in circuit court here on a statutory charge filed by a young woman who is his first cousin. His father, James McCord, fainted in I court when the verdict was read. Carl i J. Carter, prosecuting attorney, who j was assisted in the trial by Attorneys Kollmeyer and Sharknock, testified for the defense. Heads Lutheran Synod. Fort Wayne, Oct. 12. —E. V. East of Three Rivers. Mich., was elected president of the Brotherhood of Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan General synod of the Lutheran church, in session at the Christ Lutheran church, in this city. J. E. Rice of Elkhart was elected secretary and George Garber of North Manchester treasurer. Alleged Pro-German Discharged. Laporte, Oct: 12. —Because Fred Schmidt made an'alleged pro-German speech to his neighbors he has lost his job as the best paid employee of the San Pierre post office. Schmidt was notified of his discharge after patrons of the office had wired charges against 'him' •to tfre -post office •■department as Washington, I). C. Will Look After Church. Brazil. Oct. 12.—Rev. Father David Fitzgerald of the cathedral of Indianapoljs will serve as administrator of the Church of Annunciation during the absence of Rev. Augustine J. Rawlinson. who has been appointed chaplain in the National army, stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor.

Woman County Agent. Fort Wayne, Oct. 12. —Miss Mabel E. Erwin has been made county agent for Allen county by the Purdue university extension society. She will co-op-erate with the agricultural agent, her work being home economics. Pastor Accepts Call. - * Princeton, Oct. 12. —Rev. St John Halstead of Jamestown has accepted a call to the Broadway Christian church here, and will begin bls work I* Princeton December 1. 1