The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-04-02
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HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


Hammond.-Fire routed so guests
from the Semloh hotel here and
drove them down burning stair
ways and ladders clad In night appar-
el. John Ritts. a fireman. was badly
injured in fighting the fire; Paul Stew
ems, a Waterman. jumped through a
window and was badly cut b. glass
The loss is $4,000.
ndianapolis.-Lester Mitchell. twen-
ty-seven. dope" fiend. was found
hiding in the basement of Schopp's
drug store. after robbing the cash
drawer OF S45. When placed un-
der arrest he cried that the police
could kill him, but that he must have
done" Raving. he was locked In
padded cell. after a terrific fight with
his captors
Eyansville-Mayor Bosse has is
sued a statement to citizens. ad-
vising them to refuse to pay their gas
bills. which the Public Service com
pany has sent out computed at the old
rate. He declared that the So cents
maximum rate with the sliding scale
fixed by the state public service com
mission has been in effect since Febru-
airy l last and citizens should tender
this rate and no more.
Laporte.-The $4,000 breach of
promise case brought by James
II. Fort of this city against Mrs.
Catherine Bowers Williams of Cleve-
land was settled here. Attorneys
for plaintiff and defendant met
behind closed doors to arrange the
terms of settlement. and while the
amount paid by Mrs. Williams to Fort
is not known, it is understood that the
neart balm was considerable in
amount.
indianapolis. = Opposition workers
were slugged. challengers were ar
rested on absurd charges and vile
epithets were applied TO women
who sought TO stop fraudulent voting
in precinct of the Sixth ward Of
Terre Hsute last November, according
to stories told in Judge Andersons
federal court in the trial of Mayor
Roberts of Terre Haute and q other
defendants, for alleged election frauds
Hammond-Sheriff White of Gin
ton county was amazed to find SO
many of his male prisoners accu-
noisy jags during the past
month. and racked his brains to find
out how liquor was Struggled into the
jail. He discovered a jug of whisky
outside one Of the cell house windows
with a long rubber tube extending
from the jug to the bars and tied 10
them.
Laporte.-In the bankruptcy hear
Ing of Max Barnett, clothing
it was developed that
Barnett conducted travelling store"
shipping goods from his Laporte
store to PEORIA. Ill.,; Detroit, Mich.
and several Indiana towns. Bar
netts petition in bankruptcy is
pending in the federal court in Indian
apolis. and the hearing is being con-
Quoted by Referee Sheridan of Frank
tort Barnett claimed liabilities OF
$4,000 and assets $4,000
lndianapolis.-ln an effort to in
-erpret the provisions of the new
y enacted Jones-Burns statewide
primary election law and determine a
course of action with regard to its con-
the Republican state
central committee convened at the Ho-
el Severn. Confusion of ideas exists
Is TO the exact meaning of various
.lauses of the act.
The clause creating the greatest
mount of criticism is that which COM
'els qualified voter in the event OF
| challenge TO make affidavit that at
he first preceding general election he
Inflated with the party holding the
primary election and that he voted for
It least 60 per cent of the regular
nominees of the party, and that he in
ends to vote for the regular, nomi-
lees of such party at the coming cleo
ion
While contending that this clause
S unconstitutional, although il has
een in effect in cities only through
ut the state since 1907, the Republ-
oil SOlOuo luleuu 10 CONFORM 10 the
ew law because it requires the APP
ointment of more committees and the
onsequent development of a better
Official machine. According TO we'll
sources, there will be more
andidates for Republican nomination
t the state convention next year than
yer before in the history of the state
Frankfort.-Oryille Hodgson. who
vas arrested in Pittsburgh after
long search, was sentenced to
wo to rourteen years Imprisonment
4 the state reformatory at Jefferson
lille, on his plea of guilty to a charge
forgery. Hodgson is the son OF
-ealthy farmer near Marion. He con-
essed forgeries in 2S cities in the
fiddle West. The young wife and
lother of the prisoner were in the
Ourtroom when Hodgson was sen
onced After the court had finished