Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. • • SHORT BITS OF-THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. LAFAYETTE MAN IS APPOINTED Government Manager of the Monon to Succeed Preside’nt Kurrie. H. C. May of Lafayette, sperintendent of motive power of the Monon railroad, has been appointed Federal manager of the C. I. & L. (Monon) railway. President Harry R. Kurrie declined the appointment because the owners of the property felt it necessary for him to retain the presidency to protect the interests of the stockholders during the period of federal control, president Kurrie asks that all officers and employes of the company extend to Mr. May the same loyal support that has been given him, as well as the best there is in the Monoh during this crisis.