Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

[The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. WANTS ORDER SET ASIDE : >■ v. . ■ v State's Attorney General Stansbury I Asks Judge Anderson to Change 1 His Ruling on Two-Cent Rail \ . Fare Decision. if ■ " 1 Indianapolis, Oct. 26. —To stop a general move of Indiana railroads, especially those in receiverships, to have the two-cent fare law’ and the power of the public service commission to fix fates nullified, Attorney General Stansr !bury has tiled a petition in the federal Court asking Judge Anderson to set Cside his order allowing William fcappes, receiver for the Evansville & Indiana railroad, to make indeterminate increases in rates. The public Service commission has refused to allow Kappes to impose new’ tariffs and to charge approximately 5% cents a tttiile per passenger.

Family Destitute in Fields. ■! Lafayette, Oct. 26. —Mrs. Jacob [Webb and her four children, ranging ifrom twelve to five, were found near ihere existing in primitive state. For [Weeks .they have been living much as ido the beasts of the field. Destitute (nud poorly clad, they were without [shelter, sleeping on the ground at (night, cuddled close like animals, to absorb the heat from each other. Their ionly sustenance was corn, which the (mother grated on tin, a few kernels at la time, and from which she made corn■meal. They wefe discovered by the Salvation Army and are being cared for.

Indiana Soldier Injured. Meridian, Miss., Oct. 26 Private IH. P. Mabb, Coatesville, Thirty-first Indiana depot company, One Hundred (and Fifty-ninth Indiana infantry, is in ithe hospital here following his injury jin the collision of a troop train and a Ifreight in the local yards. He tost the (use of his low’er limbs. Mabb says that [he also lost $45 and a pair of eye [glasses, which he had in his shirt when (hurt. Ills body shows bruises but (nothing, physicians claim, that gives (any outward indication what causes paralysis of his legs. They say he may Recover.

Bank Bandits Escape. Lafayette, Oct. 26—Following a (thrilling chase In which four bank (robbers and a posse of citizens exchanged lively shots at San Pierre, the bandits made their escape in an auto without having taken any loot. The idesperadoes had severed the phone (cable prior to the attempt, and this (secured their escape. It is believed Ithat the quartette Is the same gang jthat broke into the bank at New Riehimond Wednesday 1 . ■ (io»l Supply Low. w "South Bend, Oct. 20.—Because the (city’s coal supply has now dwindled so 'that less than a week's supply regains, Mayor Keller lias called ft meetling of retail coal dealers to attempt tc j&rfange some co-operation by which r&e small amounts of coal are (received here may be most beneficially (distributed. The state fuel ndminisjtrator has arranged to furnish a ten Mays’ supply, provided proper arrangements can be made here.

i Football Games Cancelled. i Elkhart, Oct. 26— Following protests (from patents who objected to theii eons playing football, the faculty of the (Elkhart high school cancelled the (schedule of the high school football Iteam for the remainder of the season. (The protests were the result of a serijous injury received by Howard Spauldilng, star tackle, in a game with Gary. ißpaulding is in a critical condition. Rob Hotel Auditor. Indianapolis. Oct. 26.—Two burglars [held up Dolph Moore, auditor of the (Washington hotel, in his office on the ■seventeenth floor, extracted $2,00C 'from a safe, and escaped. One burglar ‘held a revolver at Moore’s head while Ithe other escaped by way of the elevaItor. The second escaped in an unknown manner. More Men to Go South. Louisville, Ky„ Oct. 26.—Anothet unit of about 350 men will leave in a few days for Hattiesburg, Miss., tc join the Indiana National Guard forces Detachments of troops will leave at intervals during the next month until 3,000 men have been sent. Men are I allowed to volunteer for the transfer

Seek Alleged Murderer. New Albany, Oct. 26.—A dragnet was spread to catch Harry Bailey, a telephone lineman, who is said to have shot and killed Miss Leona Byr ley and jher mother, Mrs. Thomas O. Byrley, iwhile they were alone in their house IFonr soldiers rushed to the house but •Bailey had fled. Masterson Trial Opens. Laporte, Oct. 26. —Charged with the murder of Lant, Masterson, a veteran iof the Civil war, in a quarrel over a debt, Oscar Elder of Knox went on trial here. The state will ask the 'death penalty. Name Meatless Days. Indianapolis, Oct. 26. —Tuesdays will !be meatless days in Indianapolis. Hotel and restaurant keepers have agreed pot to serve fresh meat on this day. Cltisens will be asked to follow the