Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. RIVER DANGER STAGE Flood Water* of Waba»h at Lafayette. Logansport and Conner»ville May Force Resident* to Flee From Home*. Lafayette, April 23.—The flood waters in the Wabash river at this point reached an alarming stage, although the government station at Terre Haute sent word to Purdue university that the crest of the flood appears to have been reached at Bluffton. The Lafayette ball park is inundated, and traffic on the battleground interurban line has been abandoned, the tracks being submerged in many places for a depth of three feet. In Connersville, a settlement in the south part of the city, many families have moved from their homes and many others are packed ready to leave at any time. If the waters should rise a foot more all residents of Connresville will be compelled to abandon their homes. The Wabash river has risen three feet and is still rising at Logansport Residents in the lower sections of the city are ready to leave' their homes. Several families whose homes are on Biddle’s Island have already moved out The Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction comimny has annulled its schedules between this point and Fort Wayne.

Maj. A. C. Rosencranz I* Dead. Evansville, April 23.—Maj. .Albert C. Rosencranz, seventy-eight years old, head of the Vulcan Plow company here and one of the best-known citizens of Evansville, died here from the effects of a stroke of paralysis suffered about a year ago. He had been In failing health since that time. Major Rosencranz was born in Germany in 1842 and caine to Evansville with his father in 1851. Major Rosencranz served irf the Union army during the Civil war and attained the rank of majoh He served terms as member of the city council and was active in civic affairs all his life. He way a member of the city school board and a few years ago was made an honorary member of that body' for life. He gave the site to the Young Women s Christian association and was regarded as its founder. He also founded the colored Young Men’s Christian association and gave liberally to other organizations. Crop Outlook Discouraging. Valparaiso, April 23. —County Agricultural Agent Stanley B. Sink of this city has Just completed a 200-mlle trip of crop inspection in northern Indiana and reports the outlook for the future as distinctly discouraging. He says that more than 50 per cent of the wheat crop will not be worth cutting, owing to the destructive ravages of the Hessian fly and the damage done by winter freezing. He says the situation is rapidly growing worse because it is flow too late to sow oats and barley in place of the wheat. Would Eliminate Jazz Dances. Richmond, April 23. —The task of making America musical can be accomplished by the co-operation of private music teachers, the public schools and the women’s clubs, Mrs. Frances Clark, member of the executive committee of the National Association of Music Teachers, said in an address here before the state Music Teachers’ association, which opened its annual convention in Grace M. E. church. “Jazz” will be eliminated by a process of education emanating from these factors, she said. Lineman Electrocuted. Worthington, April 23. —Grover Marshall, twenty-nine years old, employed by the Indiana Power and Water company, while loosening a guy wire was electrocuted. Twenty-three hundred volts passed through his body. He had been employed by the company about six weeks. The body was taken to the home of his father, G. L. Marshall, near Spencer. His brother, Milton Marshall, was working with him at the time of the accident. • Negotiations Resumed. Anderson, April 23.—Mediation efforts were resumed between striking switchmen and railroad officials here. It is rumored that there Js a break in the walkout here and that some of the Pennsylvania switchmen may return to work. Some Big Four men also may go back, it is said. A brotherhood representative was here conferring with local yardmen. Ordered to Find for Defendant. Decatur* April 23.—Judge R. H. Hartford of Portland, acting as special judge in the trial of Will Hammell, former clerk of the Adams circuit court, charged in a grand jury indictment with embezzling funds paid into the clerk’s office for Jennie Mast, instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant County Roads Washed Out Shelbyville, April 23. —All the rivers and creeks in Shelby county are out of their banks and the situation is extremely serious, roads to the north of this city being completely under water. The road between Marietta . and Bengal, south of Shelbyville, has been washed out.