Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1920 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

'—'4 The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. STEAL WHISKY FROM TRAIN Unidentified Men Flag Grand Trunk Freight, Break Into Car and Escape Before Trainmen Ascertain Trouble. Laporte, Oct. 22.—Unidentified men flagged and stopped a Grand Trunk line and before the trainmen could astrain near the Laporte-Porter county certain the trouble, one of the cars wfls broken into and robbed of a large quantity of whisky. The liquor was loaded into waiting nutomobiles. the raiders getting away under cover of darkness. Teachers Discuss Rural Problems. Terre Haute, Oct. 22.—State school superintendents from Indiana. lowa. Missouri, Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin answered roll call at the Tuesday session of the Federal and Interstate Rural Teachers’ conference being held at Indiana Stale Normal school. Samuel A. Parker of the Missouri bureau of public instruction emphasized the necessity of educational advantages in rural districts. Mr. Barker said the old way of taking the best teachers for the city positions and giving the poorer ones to the country schools should be done away with. lie said that in many localities the method lias been abandoned. The speaker said .that in order to keep the young farmers on the farms better educational advantages must be made possible for children. — “Begin at Home" Program. Muncie, Oct. 22—Many members of the Muncie Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club were compelled to take the witness stand in self-defense at a banquet meeting when they were •charged by other members of the club with having violated the city traffic ordinance. Attorneys prosecuted and defended the accused members, while other members served as jurors. The meeting was promoted by the department of transportation as a move in enforcing the tratfic ordinance. The club has adopted a “begln-at-home” slogan,'and the meeting was preparatory to the “safety-first” campaign which soon will be made here. Liquor Act Violator Jailed. — -Logan sport, Oct. 22—Policemen raided the home of Elmer Fawcett, confiscated a quantity of liquor and arresting Fawcett. A half hour later he was taken before Judge West In ,clt.v court, where he received a fine of S2OO and a jail sentence of 90 days. Fn,weott was unable to pay the fine and the judge instructed the sheriff to receive him to the Indiana state farm near Greencastle. Five hours after the arrest the defendant was at the farm, more than 100 miles from Dogansport. Fawcett was arrested two weeks ago violating the liquor law, this being his second offense.

“Dates" Are .Permissible. — Greencastle, Oct. 22. —Joy is unbounded at DePnuw university. The cause is that a “date” or -social engagement may he l\a<l any night in the week. New “date” rules were unanimously adopted In a mass meeting. Accompanying the new rule are two recommendations drawn up by the Woman’s Self-Government association. ' They are: “We recommend that the girls use self-control in the numher of their social engagements, and secondly that each house of residence have a standard of'scholarship for regulating them.”

Office Ransacked by Thieves. Munc,ie, Oct. 22. —The office of John ’O’Neill, a local attorney, was ran-. , sacked by thieves. O’Neill had been acting as attorney for Halford Johnson, a prisoner at. the Indiana reformatory, whose testimony resulted in the return of indictments charging ■-■burglary against Gene Williams and Thomas i r . Miller, local attorneys, and Court Asher, a machinist. It is believed by 'the' authorities that the thieves may have been seeking copies •of signed statements, said to have been made by Johnson.. Plan Municipal Coal Yard. Newcastle, Oct.' 22.—A municipal coal yard will be established here, If the state food and coal commission will .supply the coal, George A. Elliott, mayor, has announced. He would establish the yard on a vacant lot. adjoining the water ami- light plant, owißhl by thp city, and, believes is a demand for such proj'ect. 5 Two Unidentified Boys Buried. ... Laporte, Oct. 22. —The bodies of two unidentified young boys, ages twelve and fifteen, were burled in unmarked graves at New Buffalo. The remains were so badly mangled that Identification was impossible. Whether they fell from a Michigan Central train or were walking on the tracks is not known. Rosston Bank Robbed. Lebanon, Oct. 22. —Three unmasked men entered the Bank of Rosston, in this county, held up Adolphus Wy•song, one of its directors, who" was the , only person in the room at the time, and escaped with from S3OO to *ain which was in the cash drawer.