The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-16

surgeon, were destroyed. The building
was owned by Hazel Smallwood of
Bloomington. Mr.. Phelps. who carried
$4,000 insurance, has not estimated his
loss.
GENTRY'S SLAYER. ACQUITTED.
| The jury in the case of Henry W.
Meyer. of Rockport, who was charg-
ed with the murder of William Gentry
near Rockport last October, brought In
verdict acquitting the accused The
attorneys for Meyer set up plea of
self-dcfense. The jury was out all
night. On the first ballot the jury
I stood six for conviction and six for
acQuittal
GIVE $4,000 TO MILITIA PLAN.
| While the active campaign to raise
$4,000 for the purchase of the old Col
lege Avenue Methodist church. to re-
build into an armory for Company H
of the Indiana national guard, at
Blooming. has not yet started. more
than $4,000 has been subscribed by
business men OF Bloomington, and the
prospects are good for the remainder
of the amount required. Plans have
been prepared for the remodeIing of
the building and bids have been taken
for the furniture and gymnasium
equipment. DR.. c. p. Hutchins, athletic
ldirector OF Indiana University will as
sist in getting the gymnasium feature
/ started.
| An organized attack with snowballs
was the new method of fire fighting
used at the Policy schoolhouse in
Washington Township In the north
end of this county near Bloomington
just before the school was adiourne
Friday evening, and although the roof
twas half burned off before the blaze
was discovered, the children and
Teacher. Mrs. Alice Yoho. succeeded in
saving the building from destruction
Mrs. Yoho directed the unique work By
telling the boys to pelt the roof with
snowballs. while the girls lent as.
distance In carrying snow in their
laprons The blaze had its origin from
a defective fue
LOSES MIND WHILE sLEIGHING.
| John Hopkins well-to-do farmer of
Barr Township, near Washington, is
Suffering from a complete loss of
memory caused. 1T is believed. by over
lexertion. Hopkins and members OF his
family started on a short sleigh rioe.
when one of the runners became loose.
The went to a farm house. borrowed
1.-THE necessary tools and made the re-
ipairs When he returned a changed
depression was evident on his counter
lance and he was found unable to re-
call any incidents of the trip
WILL PRESS SALOON CASES.
Prosecuting Attorney r. y. Smith
denies the rumor that the Michigan
fCity saloon cases. in which there We're
l1ss indictments returned against more
than fifty saloon keepers. were settled
lbv compromise, the saloon keepers
lagreeing to plead guilty to one charge
lif the others were dismissed He says
other charges will be brought at the
next term of court, and there viii be
no leniency on the part of the state.
sneciaI yenire of fifteen taiesmen
was summoned to appear yesterday.
when charges of selling to minors viii.
lie ,ressed bp the state against several
saloon Keepers.
nEcoyERs LONG LOST MEDAL.
Madison Walsh, or Washington. a
Young attorney. yesterday received q
, pold medal lost six years ago on the
4 streets of Chicago. Young Walsh was
awarded the medal by the University
~ CT Mary,s at st. Mary's Kas.. on
The occasion of his graduation in a
contest in oratory. On his way home
he lost it in Chicago. A few days ago
the received letter from Miss Eliza
beth yetsch of Superior. Wis. who was
Visiting at 1918 Harvard street, Chi
cago. telling that Charles Laur OF that