South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-16
STATE BRIEFS

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CARBON, Ind.-A moving picture
theater here is owned by David Butts;
Mrs. Butts sells the tickets; Orville
and Arthur Butts alternate at the
player piano, and Miss Waneta Butts
takes tickets at the door. During the
day Mr.. Butts operates truck.
NEW CASTLE. Ind.-After having
one pin removed from her throat Mrs.
Lon Broadway discovered that she still
had another pin imbedded in that
channel and a second operation, more
delicate than the first, was performed.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.-The beauty of
Indiana girls was recognized when
statue in the Court of Palms at the
Panama-Pacifc exposition was model
ed after Miss Bessie simpson, former
ly of Evansville. The young girls
mother brought the good news here
while visiting relatives.
EVANSVILLE. Ind.-Mrs. Fred w.
Packard, secretary of the Evansville
Humane society, has been sworn in
with special police powers. She is the
only humane worker in the United
States having such privilege.
NOBLESVILE, L nd. - Charging
alienation of the affections of his wife
and daughter, John w. Reagan has
filed a 5000 suit against Elmer I'm
derwood, a wealthy farmer.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. - Charging
that he sold liquor to her husband af-
ter warning him not To do so, Mrs.
Charles Lawson has filed suit for
$4,000 against Pete Brown, a saloon
ist.
ANDERSON, Ind-The municipal
water plant MANAGEMENT has arranged
to set free two alligatOrs, each nine
feet long, which have been kept at
the plant for several years. The rep
tiles will be placed in White river and
the farmers along the stream have
raised strenuous objections.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. - Charging
that it has but $S0.61 TO meet out
standing obligations, Atty. Gen. Mil
burn has filed suit asking for the dis
solution of the Union Building and
Loan association, an organization cap
italized at 100000
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.-Three times
married TO the same man, twice di-
vOrced and now seeking the third di-
vOrce, is the peculiar attitude of Mrs.
Andrew Mute whose hubby is a rural
route mail carrier. Among the alleged
cruelties charged in the third suit is
that Andy chased her out of the house
by throwing potatoes at her.
NUSKEGON, Mich.-Meut. Her
man Beukema of MuskegO1 has Just
received word of his appointment to
the Third regiment Of the field artil-
lery, L. $. army. Beukema graduated
in June from the ". :. military aca-
DENY at West Point and is now spend |
ing a three months furlough here.
LANSING. Mich.-The attorney
general holds that Midland county
cannot spread a tax for supplying
water TO a state institution. and the |
legislature has said that branch of
the Howell sanitorium for tubercuI0- |
sis must be established in Midland.
HOLLAND. Mich.-Ten newspaper
celebrities. including Sid Smith, crea-
tor of "Old Doc Yank;" Briggs, who |
draws Indoor sports" and John T. |
McCutcheon and others from New
York and Chicago, are the guests of
George Getz at the Lakewood farm, |
near here.
MUSHROOM. Mich.-Careless hand !
ling of a gun narrowly missed causing !
the death or either MT or Mrs. {. T.. /
Whitney. who were seated on the |
porch of their home when a bullet
crashed through nearby window. !
The person firing the gun is not
known.
HOLLAND, Mich.-Rev. James T. |
Neneklassen, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Grand Haven.
has been offered the chair of Biblical
literature at Olivet college. He was
a former iceland boy and is a grad
uate Of Hope college.
HASTINGS. AIich-Samuel Roush.
IS years old, a pioneer Of Irving town
ship, and one of the founders of Free
port. is dead. He was appointed the
first postmaster of the village and was