South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 160, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 9 June 1915 — Page 4

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H BROKEN NECK IS PUZZLEFOR MOUTHS Jackson Lumberman Makes a Startling Discovery After Long Illness. JACK?ON. Mich., Juno 5 nc of the TrK-M peculiar medical rases in thcountry has just como to liiht in Jackon. W. A. V r.co, years old. a lumbt'mian, for two years has hul a broken neck, and just became aware of it. Two yp.-ir. a no IV-no went swimming at Wolf l ike and doe into what he bollewd was Zi fett of water. I.ut which proved to be only three. He struck his hf'.ul on th" bottom and was rendered unconscious. At the time ho was belie wd to p suffering from concussion of th- brain. He has worked as usual sinof th- ac-ident. but has suffered violent headac hes at frequent Intervals, in nn effort to secure relief he treated with sonu of the most famous physicians in the country and all of tht in worn under the impression that he was suffering from an Injury to hia head, and "ro unable to relieve him. Recently Pence bst the sight of his left eye. and the hearing of his bft ear. and became unable to walk. Ho M&rtM ireating 'vith Dr. M. N. Steware of Jackson, who made the discover that Pence was suffering from a broken nock. Dr. Stewart, when making' an examination of Pence, lifted his head up. and the terrible pain which he was suffering stopped immediately. Surmising that the trouble which had defied a score of physicians was in the spinal column, he mad an X-ray of Pence's neck, and discovered that the second vertebrae was fractured. Pence's neck was placed in a. fast to Ftrctch it. and his sight and hearing are being gradually restored. ADDRESSES FORESTERS Key. I t. Do (irooto I'rgcs Catholics to Do Iutp at polls. LAPOIITI'. Ind.. June 0. Tho members of the Catholic Foresters of Indiana, who are attending the annual convention here. Tuesday morning attended hlch mass at St. Peter's Catholic church and Heard Rev. Father I'Groote of h'outh Rend deliver a sermon, in which he impressed on the Foresters their duty toward the church. He urged Catholics to do their duty at the polls. He said that unfortunately Catholics had in some instances been chosen for office whit were not good men. He asserted Catholics had been first in the dclense of their country. Ho urged his hearers to support the Fatholic schools. He said the Catholic church had no quarrel with the public schools, and it was not because of onv un-American trait that they preferred to send their children to the Catholic schools. The llrst session of the convention was held Monday night, but it was brir-f and informal. A smoker and informal reception followed. The first business session was held Tuesday afternoon when Mayor I. H. MeGill delixered an address of welcome to which Thomas Honan. formerly attorney general, responded. MAN PLEADS OWN CASE (i. l Hamilton TVIN Supremo Court Conition Tor I.ifr Was Mistake. bANSING. June U. The rare spectacle of a life prisoner pleading his own case before the supreme court was enacted here today. George F. Hamilton. sering time in Maniuotto for assault with intent to commit murder, appeared before the court in answer to a habeas corpus writ, which he himself had asked for. Hamilton sent an infernal machine to August Reck, at that time sheriff of Houghton county, in ir0s. He was sentenced by Judge A. D. Streeter to life, with a minimum of 10 years. Ho contends that the Michigan court had no jurisdiction, as the machine was sent by him from a point in Wisconsin and that the crime, if any, was committed In that state. The only thins? he cnubl be convie'e for here is fending explosives by exp. Then he claims the judge made a mistake in his sentence, as no minimum can be attached to a life sentence. -mm You Feel Clean and Refreshed! i after a bath with Soap because its bubbly0 lather has opened and thoroughly cleansed the Cs - pores. leavinscnly a ' nil. . f j iinsie ai perfect cleanliness. Ck riaffu mnrnin(J fv bath with this pure soap Is a Joy and makes the day's work easier. VOL'R DEALER SELLS IT 1

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TEACHER JrUJG ASSISTANT I ii r in 1 1 1 1 1 l l ll IMIlllii . -i - curcd h'y IVron Who P.oro Hole. ThrowgTi Oiling. HARTFojti, CITV. Ind. Iuno The long, long vigil of patrons of the luseman sehool in Licking townsliip was. at last rewarded when, from tho attic of the school, they saw Albert Pursley. the t'acher. hug and kiss his pretty assistant. Miss Mildred Doughert y. This was revealed by the testimony in Pursley's trial for alleged "public indecency" now in progr.-s in Die circuit ourt. It develope d that several patrons of the si hool enteivd the building early :;i the morning, bond hobs through the ceiling, climbed into the attic and remained in hiding all day long. They took lunch wPJ them and whib-d aua.v the tedious ho-jrs. while recitations were in progress below by the light of a kerosene lamp. This method was employed several days and at last the patience of the attic dwellers was rewarded when they saw what they characterized as "undue friendliness." Pursley's arrest followed and he and Miss Dougherty resigned. Miss Dougherty is the daughter of Frank F. Dougherty. Parsley is the brother of A. X. Purs ey, a prominent business man. and formerly president of the State Trustees' association. Albert Pursley is married. Pursley contends, it is said, that his conduct with the tear he- could not have offended public decency because he and hi-- assistant supposed they were unobserved. The trial will last several da vs. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE .Mrs. Morton Raker of Frankfort Drowns Herself in Creek. FRANKFORT. Ind.. Juno lb Mrs. Morton Raker, 4" years old, co multed suicide by drowning in Prairie creek, a small stream in the rear of her home in Green st. ,he was found lying face downward in 14 inches of water by Mr. Raker and a son. Mrs. R.iker had brooded over the death of her two daughters, both dying within a year, and had threatened to end her life. Her husband awoke at Z o'clock and his wife was asleep. He awoke at r : :'. U and his wife was missing. A search was begun at once. HANGS HIMSELF ON PORCH Shelby County rainier Kills llinwlf While Demented. .HFRLV YILLF. Ind.. June J. Tobias Ford, oo years old, a farmer, was found hanging by a rope on the back porch of his home east of here. The body was seen by a farmer who was plowing in a tield a short distance away. Dr. George I. Inlow, the coroner, said the body had been hanging sinew Saturday evening. Ford lived alone. He was married several yeara ago, but his wife left him soon after their marriage. He became demented and was treated at a hospital for the insane. Since his release he had attempted to hang himself several times but each time has been found in time to prevent his dying. WANT TOWNSHIP DIVIDED Henry County Residents Have Controversy Over School Ruihling. NEWCASTLK. Ind.. June 9. Three petitions signed by farmers and residents of the northern part of Prairie township, Henry eounty, have been riled before the county commissioners usking that tin- township be divided. The petitions are the result of a controversy w hie- arose two 'years ago over the question of a high sehool building. The citizens in the northern part of the township desired a building at Springport. and the residents of the southern part of the township desired the building located in Mt. Summit. . The township is now eight miles long and five miles wide. THOUGHT ORDER WAS JOKE Hay City KoadhouM Keeper IKlies Sheriff I riend and Is ArroMetl. HAY CITY. Mich.. June 9. John livers. roadhouse keeper. pleaded guiltv to a charge of selling lbjuor on Sunday, in Justice Cowan's court Monday afternoon, and was bound over to the circuit court. livers is the first victim of Sheriff William M. Fitzgerald's erusado audinst liquor violators in the county. He is a close friend of the sheriff and did not take the latter's warnings seriously. WINS SUIT AFTER DEATH Judgment on Note Is Aunt'tidl .Man Two Days After He Is Killed. ir i I) iwll Tn.l Tone Q i III V in the circuit court here Tuesday returned a verdict awarding John Cmphrrss a judgment of $J,. I no trial was held Saturday. Uinphress w ! i q killed in an automobile accident near Warren in which his wife and j two children also were serious. y hurt. The action was on a note. LOCATE MISSING WOMAN DiapiM-areil from Home 10 Days Ago and N I'ounil in Water Near Pock. TRAVERSE CITY. June The body of Mrs. Antoine Rartlett. who disappeared from her home in Northlort 10 days ago. was found by searching parties so rods from the Omena dock. ciRht miles south of the village. She htd 1'oon in ill health and ery tiesponder.t. A bottle, half rilled with carbolic at id. was found in the woods near the shore. She was years old. and had lived in the rrcion for 25 years. She leaves a husband and three f"nvn children. two hurt!naccident Car Strike- Auto in Which Father and Sou Are Killing. I.oC.ANSPnRT. Ind.. June (j. William Sprinkle and son. Leonard. 13 years old. of Galveston. Cass county, wore serious! iniurod when ar Indiana Colon Tractiin r ir:ek ;heir automobile a crossing ir; Qnl cston.

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Kalamazoo Man Mouly Itevo riing from SUama- Period of Sleep. KALAMAZOO, June fj. Charles Knek.ird, the plumber who has been sleeping since last Wednesday night, is slowly wakiir- up. and doctors belie; e that he will n cover. Kriekard does not remember what has happened since last Wedmsdav, and his memory is also" hazy as to events of ' several weeks past. Doctors say his itondition is similar to one who has suffered from a lapse of memory. FEAR BOYSARE DEAD otliing ! Heard from Youth Since Rurning of Ro Car. PRAZIL. Ind.. Juno '.. The parents or Lee Rbdsoe. Fred Stearley. Clem Rbdoe and William Gumm. all of Asherville. southeast of Frazil, fear the boys lost their lives in the box car fire reported in Kansas, in which five bodies were found. The young men left May 2." for the harvest lields of Oklahoma. Although they promised to send frequent letters home, not a word has been received from them. SHOWS EDUCATION COST (ratio mid Higli svlwxd Work Amount to Nearly $-.00. COLFMHFS. Ind.. June i. T. F. Fitzgibbon, superintendent of the Columbus schools, has prepared fig- ' ures by which he shows that the cost ; of sending a child through the grade and the high schools here, a period of 12 years, is $1,353. 10. This includes the salaries of teachers, repairs on buildings, insurance, supplies. et ., but it does not include i interest on the investment the city has in school buildings. It includes the money the parents pay for books and lor their children's schooling. CANE SAVES TWO LIVES Prevents an ()crturiicil Auto from Crushing Two Men. FLINT, Mich., June y. A hickory cane which received Die weight of an overturned automobile saved V. C. Floriday of Detroit, and J. Levy of Royal Oak, from being crushed to death in an accident near Fcnton. The men wcr c imprisoned under the car an hour. Mrs. Floriday and two daughters were thrown clear of the car when it overturned. Mrs. Flori- ' day's right arm was dislocated. Tho : others escaped with minor bruises. MAN FALLS FROM WINDOW Walking in Sleep Proves Dangerous for Ann Arlnr Man at Kalamazoo. KALAMAZOO, June lb Loo Malley, Z. years old, of Ann Arbor, is in Rronson hospital suffering from serious injuries received when he fell from a hotel window. Malley is believed to have walked through the window while asleep. He struck a sign, and then dashed to the sidewalk, landing on his head. Ho is suffering from concussion of the brain and other injuries. ASK FOR CARNEGIE MEDAL Columbus People Want Young Man Kewardoil for Saving Lics. (Obl'MIirs, Ind.. June 0. After Lawrence Ilinkky, 10 .years old, of Kendallville. who is visiting his uncle, J. J. Lash, here, had sunk the third time to the bottom of White river ho was rescued by Charles M. Carrett, L'o years old. who has recently rescued four children from drowning. An application has been made for a Carnegie medal for P.arrett. The lad, who was in bathing, went beyond his depth. BRIEFS. t'olll XX A. Samuel Korsythe. 77 years oltl, of Corunno, lia. entered upon his third matrimonial venture with Mrs. Klla Stinnett. ol years old, previously married once. C.UKKNYILia:. Pan Picket son is i t Yt 1 i t i i n .'if )i i linm in here as th e as the result of being struck by lightning. A I III AX". Four teen-year-old John Moore, near Ihitton, was killed while ridintr a colt. He was aione on his father's farm at the time, his parents having gone away to attend a funeral. I' AToV ft T I ft S The npiinormint ' .... . . i I growers of i.aton county nave nau very good success this season and a good yield is promised. The European war has reduced the demand for peptprmint oil. API II AN". Mrs. Eydia Wyman, 9 7 years old. is dead at the home of her daughter, near this city. She was the mother of nine children and has 21 grand-children, 3." great-grandchildren and 1.1 great-great-grandchildren. MAROt'ETTE. The E. J. Long years company of this city has been ! awarded a contract to sink a shaft! feet deep near Christiana. Norway, for a Norwegian mining concern and June 11 a party of 70 upper peninsula mining men will said from New York. AXX ARIbiR. Michael Conley. s: years old. one of the ebst known citizens of this county, is dead at his home in Webster township. Just a month ago he and his wife celebrated their r"th wedding anniversary. JA'KSX Enraged when he found John Weznak seated on the front porch talking to his wife. Ygnacy Plaga seized a club, struck Wezr.al; over the head and the d ragged him into a nearby lot. vothing was known of the matter until noon next day. whn We-nak. still unconscious, was found. 11 mav tlie. MA KQFETTE. Fred Humoral. H years old. and Frank lliclns. '? years old. obth of Escanaba. were arrested hero after they had al-andoned an automoiil- belonging to E. J. MoMartin of Esoannda. They were taken back to Eso.vnaba. POTTEHYII.Li:. Former Village Pr. s t Earl Gilbert is lead up with , a broken arm r.s the result "f hi? au- j tomobib b.ick-firing when he tried to crank it. Try NEWS-TIMES WANT ADS

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START NEW GYMNASIUM Corner Stone of $1(10,000 Ho Pauw Building Is Laid. GRKENCARTLE. Ind.. Juno 9. The cornerstone of the Bishop Thomas llowman memorial gymnasium, which, when completed. will cost 100.000. was laid here Tuesday with elaborate ceremonies as a part of the commencement week activities at DePauw university. Pres't George It. Grose of the university was in charge of the event. Special representatives present were Charles Warren Fairbanks, trustee; James i:. Watson, alumni; Prof. H. P. T.ongdcn, faculty; Silas A. Hays, Greencastle citizen, and Charles "W. Jeffra, student. Many class reunions were held throughout the day. A memorial tablet in honor of Reuben Andrus, a former president of the university, was presented to the university at chapel exercises by the class of 1S75. Rev. Freeman D." Hovard made the presentation speech. Bishop William A. Quayle will deliver the commencement address on the campus Wednesday morning. Tlie circus parade, on the morning of June 10, at 10 o'clock, will leave the Oliver field, following Sample Ft. to Michigan, north on Michigan to Colfax Avenue, west on Colfax to Main, south on Main to Washington, west on Washington to Chaptn. south on Chapin to Oliver field. The pageant showing the Evolution of Transportation, as arranged by the Smith Rend people, will form on St. Joseph and South streets .resting on the corner of Michigan .and South, at which point it will follow the circus parade through the route as described, from the corner of Michigan and South sts.. notl. to Colfax, etc. Under the marshalship of Nelson Jones. All vehicles must be stationed not later than 10 A. M. so thev mav be properly placed. Advt. ONE PAIR OF GLASSES For near and far seeing without that objectionable line in the center of the lens, is possible with my Improved method of fitting glasses. Eyes examined free and satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. G. C. Paul, optometrist, 2'"3 J. M. i. bldg. Avd. Until Juno 19th Our S12.50 We haf bren In South Ilrixl 15 yr n.-,rk as fto! at our prices as you can HKIIX.r. VOKK v&O (i(H)I) SET

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mew ff v 5.00 . . 0W0SS0 MAN IS JAILED UPON CHARGES OF WIFE Mrs. C. II. Miller, Near Death, Says Husband d'ave Her Mercury Pills. OWOSSO. Mich.. June 0. Haggard and nervous, but uncommunicative, Charles H. Miller, the Owosso real estate dealer whose wife charges that he tried to poison her by substituting bichloride of mercury tablets for medicine she had ordered by telephone, was remanded without bail to the cemnty jail Monday after demanding examination. The hearing was set for June HI. Miller has not yet consulted an attorney. Mrs. Miller passed a bad. night. Her physicians -were still doubtful as to what the effect of the three poison tablets she took would be. One of her daughters is a member of this year's graduating class of wosso high school. The Millers resided for many years on a farm near St. Johns. Miller was a member of the Salvation Army there for a time. He had asked for a position with the Owos.o lire department several times. JUMPS FROM THIRD FLOOR Woman Declares "Something Mack" Struck a Ught in Her I led room. JACKSON. Mich.. June 9. That she saw something black enter her bed room and strike a light, ard that she then jumped out of the third story window, was the story told by Mrs. Blanche Burton. 2S years old. to the sherii'f last evening. When arrested she was dressed in her winter clothing, .he was slightly hurt. GUARD AETNA PLANT G A RY, Ind.. June 0. Twelve former T'nited States army privates and noncommissioned officers were assigned today to the duty rf guarding the .Aetna Eplosive Co. plart at Aetna. A bert) wire fence charged with clectricltv ho teen strung around the plant, which is producing guncotton. Set of Teeth for S5.00 US IN THE SUCTION Don't pay any .et r.ywkf nt mor; guarir.t ou: any prlc. (m:xlng TLETH W V (L11NLG J J L, CO. 113 .!onth Mirhima Mrrt. hrr Mayr'a Jewelry Store.

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iu:-i:li:ct Pim-xnxms. The annual election of three directors of the Building and Loan Association of South Rend was held last night at the association building. Those elected to servo for three vears were William R. Baker. Elmer Crockett and Charbs Crockett. All of them succeed themselves. Election of the association oUicers will take place at the association uihiing at 12: E. Jefferson blvd. this evening. ai.lkgi: $.of.r,i dpi-:. Action to collect ob." 1 alleged In bo duo for building material used on a church edilice was brought in the superior court Tuesday afternoon bv ID) Waist Section,

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7 Q be excelled. Dresses suited the .National Lumbr Co. again-t Taylor's chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion c1imi h of America and others. n is sought to foreclose a mortgage on a I.t on 'ampa I St. WANTS MoR . Ethel l'.yriui petition d the i r t : i t court Tut mI.iv aftoinoon to grant !) r a divorce ;roni Walter I'.yrun and to allow h r ?."n'i alimony and t year for the support of her two i hi!dren. The petitioner sas that the were married in 1:mi. h, r on! charge is that of cruel ami inhuman t rea t mellt. Try NEVSflMES WANT ADS Second Floor 11 i Imrsaay We Will Place on Sale 24 iirt t at SL 00

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