Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. TO PROBE MINE EXPLOSION State Inspectors to Investigate Cause of Explosion at Bogle Six Men Were Killed and Three Injured. Clinton, Dec. s.—An investigation of the explosion at Bogle mine No. 8, where six men were killed and three injured, will 'be made by state mine inspectors to determine the cause of the blast. The dead are: John Stark of Terre Haute, clerical man; Herbert Campbell of Clinton, office man; Joe Robertson of Clinton, S. G. Stephens of Terre Haute, civil engineer; Charles Watson, assistnnt mine boss; John Yogsren of Terre Haute, room boss. The injured are: William Wable of Terre Haute, assistant electrician ; Louis Price of Clinton, mine boss; Scotty of Clinton, mine boss. The explosion was caused from a “windy' 4 shot, placed by one of the men, who were all In the mine, attempting to get coal for the boilers. All the men caught in the explosion were company men. The mine was not badly damaged, and/it will take only a few days to have it In shape for work "again, should the miners return to work. The Injured men and the bodies of the dead were all brought to this city after being recovered, the dead being taken to the different morgues and the injured to their homes.

Auto License Plates Ready Dec. 26. Indianapolis, Dec. 5. —Deliveries of 1920 automobile license plates will not be made until December 26, It was announced by Howard D. McClelland, assistant deputy secretary of state. By that time between 15,000 and 20,000 applications for plates Will be filed he said. Although the new plates are ready for distribution the department will not start mailing them until after the Christmas rush, because of a request by post office officials. The 1920 plates have a buff background and olive-green numbers. A distinctive plate has been prepared for trucks and delivery cars. On these plates the Word “truck” is stamped perpendicularly on the left side. Application blanks have been distributed to all notaries public, automobile dealers and garages in the state and may be filed at any time with the state department. The total receipts for automobile licenses this year now amount to $1,558,000. In an opinion submitted to William A. Roach, secretary of state, by Ele Stanbury, attorney general, it was held that the 1919 act providing that license fees shall be turned over -to the state highway commission, did not rqpeal the provisions of an act of

19TB which permitted deduction from the fees to pay the expenses of the automobile registration department.

$125 Job Goes Begging. Wabash, Dec. 5.—A job paying $125 every 30 days, which calls for very little work Is going bogging In Grunt county. Will Alber, census supervisor for this district, has been trying to get an assistant to take care of Grant and Blackford counties for the past month, but can find no one who wants the position. He has asked several Marion men to take the office regardless of their politics, but they have all declined. The work, according to Mr. Alber would last for almost a year. Census enumerators for this district are expected to be named this week. Names Muncie Prosecutor. Indianapolis, Dec. 5. —Governor Goodrich Issued a commission to Clarence E. Benadum of Muncie to succeed Horace G. Murphy as prosecutor of Delaware county. The governor Issued the commission immediately after receiving the resignation of Mur phy, who was convicted In federal court In the Muncie fraud case and will depart Monday to begin a twoyear sentence in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. Illegal Practice Charged. Indianapolis, Dec. s.—The state board of medical registration and ex amination has filed affidavits against tfo Indiana physicians, alleging that they are practicing medicine without a state license. The men foamed in the charges are B. C. Hendricks, chiropractor, Kendallville, and Dr. A. J. Newman, Gary. Indianapolis to Hear Carols. Indianapolis, Dec. 5.—-Groups of singers will visit residences in tn dlun ‘ apolis Christmas eve and sing old-time carols. Ten or fifteen singers will comprise each group, according to the present plan. A campaign is under way to get enough singers to make it possible that every community be visited.