The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-03-05
INDIANA
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woman was fined $50 and sentenced
TO 80 days in JAIL it being charged that
she was selling more than five bar
rels of beer a day to foreign residents
of the city.
Delphi.-E. ]. Zimmerman, alias
Porter, who was arrested in La
porte while. it is alleged, he was at
tempting to cash a forged check, was
brought to this city by Sheriff Hope
JOY and Harry Sharp. who holds a
check for s4S, given him by thinner
man December % Mr.. Sharp accom-
panied Zimmerman.
Bloomington-A special venire of
80 names was drawn by the jury
commissioners. out of which it is ex-
pected to get jury to try the state
murder of John Ridley, a hotel chef.
last November Judge Robert w.
Miers held the indictment good. Ii
charges murder in the first degree.
ianapolis.-Twelve persons wera
injured, two of them seriously,
In a head-on collision between two
street cars on the South Meridian
street line. A dense fog prevented
each motorman from seeing the other
car approaching on the stretch or
single track until too late TO avert
collision on the slippery rails The
forward platforms of the cars we're
smashed
Indianapolis-Pres w. d. Foss
of the National Paint. Oil and
Varnish association gave an interest
ing address before members OF the
Indianapolis Paint, Oil and Varnish
club in the Florentine room at the
Claypool hotel Mr.. Foss talked of
the trade conditions throughout the
country and commended the local or
ganization for its effort toward making
business conditions better in Indiana.
He also approved of the action of the
chamber of commerce in its Buy Ii
Now" campaign. Mr.. FosS said that
| indianapolis ranks among the leaders
In the twenty-six clubs which are az
filiated with the national association.
Fort Wayne.-Sawing through bars
21b inches thick in the hospital ward
at the county Jail, Emory Yocum.
awaiting trial on charge OF neglect
! ing his children, and Leonard Ben
ward, waiting to be sent to an insane
asylum. escaped from the Jail and
have not yet been caught. Their
escape was discovered when they did
not appear for breakfast The saw
with which they cut through the bars
was found, but the sheriff and the
deputies are at a loss to know how
the instrument was struggled into the
Jail This is the first time that any
prisoners have escaped from the Jail
! since 1908.
Indianapolis.-Edwa Conroy, aged
sixty-one, an inmate of the Ohio state
penitentiary for % years. and James
Hatton, thirty-one, who served five
years in the government prison at
Leavenworth, successfully pleaded
with Federal Judge Anderson for len
iency for Ed Myers, a young man who
was caught with them in robbing the
post office at Avilla Ind, last June.
Prison never did us any good" said
Conroy, land it wont do Myers any
good either. Hatton and | were alone
to blame for this robbery Give us
our medicine, but let Myers off easy.
The court sentenced Conroy and Hat
ton to four years imprisonment and
Myers for only two years.
Terre Haute.-Thomas p. Phillips,
q bellboy in a local hotel was found
guilty of pandering in the cir
cult court. short time later John
Howlet. an accomplice, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to serve two years
in prison and was fined $500. Sen
tence was suspended during good be-
havior. Phillips has not been sen
fenced. The charges grew out of an
attempt of the two men to place Anna
Taylor, nineteen years old, of Wash
ington, Ind, and Josephine Shields
seveteen, Of Vincennes, in disorderly
resort. The girls testified against
Phillips and Howlet Parents of the
Shields girl will take her home, while
Judge Eli H. Reidman has given the
Taylor girl HOlHe DIT nlS HOuoc Al
Terre Haute.
Bloomington.-A conference on sci
entific education will be held at Indi
ana university April 10 and 16. A
number OF authorities on educationa
measurements have been invited TO at
tend the sessions. among whom are
A. S. Courts OF Detroit and l.. 5
Ayres of the Russell Sage foundation
Mr. Courts has done much work II
educational measurements. He is a
the head of the department OF educa
tional research of the Detroit public
schools. He is on the program TO
two lectures and will hold a confer
ence on measuring school products
L. s. Ayres has been active in writin,
educational topics and in making
school surveys. Mr.. Ayres will lee
ture on school surveys and relates
topics and will also conduct a roun,
table discussion with other educators
Spencer-While Charles Murphy