South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-24

dTduOn OF % years, his. ftelen VI =
Cullough, a widow Of Toledo. has To-
Gated her brother. ]. D. Bingham, at
Kalamazoo.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-A record
| breaking attendance marked the first
big day Of the West Michigan state
fair Wednesday. The program was
given over TO patriotic features.
MUSHROOM. Mich.-To cut the
expense Of MuskegOn cOunty's rural
routes 500 annually a reorganization
OF the system was ordered Wednesday
by the federal authorities.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.-When a Lake
Shore passenger train hit a GARBAGE
wagon driven by William Bush Wed
nesday, the driver was thrown about
Is feet but escaped without a scratch.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.-A light frost
reported from various parts of the
county Wednesday morning. did little
damage. according to farmers and
truck growers.
SULLIVAN. Ind. - Thomas Dale
wrecked his automobile by driving it
into a telephone pole in order to avoid
striking James Vance. who ran direct
/ ly in front of the speeding machine.
COLUMBUS. Ind. - When Bush
! Cole, a flagman, on the Pennsylvania
railroad, accommodated a highly col
ored and gayly bedecked gypsy wom-
an by giving her a match, he discov-
cred that before the favor had been
| granted the gypsy woman had stolen
a s bill from his trousers pocket. He
recovered the 50 bill later.
FRANKFORT. IDd.-James Powell,
| 81 years old, known as Indian Jim,
who fought in the Mexican war and
later participated in the Civil war
raids led by Morgan, is near death at
the county infirmary where he has
/ been an inmate for the past five years.
/ Powell is the last of his family, mis-
wife and several sons being dead.
ANDERSON, Ind.-The man who
com mitted suicide Monday by laying
his head on the rail OF the Union Trac-
| ton line and was crushed to death by
| an interurban car, is thought to have
been Sumner Wilcutt. who had been
an inmate of the Madison county in
| Urinary. Identification is not certain,
| because the mans face was mangled.
J The body was buried at the Madison
county infirmary cemetery Wednesday.
VINCENNES, Ind.-For the second
| time in three days, Katherine New
comb. Is years old. attempted to take
/ her life by swallowing a quantity Of
carbolic acid. She may die. Despond-
| ency, she said was the cause.
/ PRINCETON.-Out of prison on
/ parole, arrested for ''bootlegging'' and
! facing suit for divorce discouraged
4 Webster Slifer to such an extent that
/ he cut his throat with pocket knife.
Failing to end his life in this manner.
Slifer begged the sheriff to end his
misery by shooting him. They re-
fused to Oblige him, but he may die
OF the wounds in his neck.
! INDIANAPOLIS - After travelling
| 5000 miles from Indianapolis 20 San
! Francisco and return without a mis-
/ hap, the automobile of John d. Ir-
wing of Greenfield collided with a BIZ
I cycle ridden by Robert Bond, Is years
taken to a hospital. Grover c. Gates
of Greenfield was driving the ma
chine.
GREENCASTLE.- Sixteen prison
charged with escaping from the penal
farm at Putnamville, where they
were serving short terms. have been
/ transferred to the Michigan City
prison TO serve from two 10 five years
each. Among them were Israel
! Brown Of Anderson, Earl Anderson
and Carl Johnson of Logansport.
! Mike Strolicu of Gary. Ed. Kelly of
1 Fort Wayne and Albert Simpson and
Charles Williams of Elwood.
BRAZIL-A clever deception in a
slide for life exhibition here nearly
cost "Steeplejack" Edward HOpp his
life. Although he was supposed to
make the sensational slide down a
tight wire while clinging TO strap
with his teeth, HOpp also had a safety
strap concealed under his arms. The
safety strap slipped up around mis-
throat and nearly strangled him be-
fore he was cut loose.
INDIANAPOLIS. - Inspection Of a
hair rat" worn by Mrs. John Middle
ton brought To view S1O3 in paper
money The discovery was made
after the woman had been arrested
on a charge of stealing $1O6 from the
keeper of a rooming house.
EVANISVII1LE.-Beca this city
lis overrun with "bOOtleggers," Frank
- Ds1AleSs CAleSu Se>'0SS ulSOL ~ 1T
torney. has been summoned here 70
help prosecute the Offenders Six
cases against negroes are already
pending.
BOY STABBED IN PLAY
COmrade Makes Resistance Too Real
istic and Uses Knife.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. "a
While playing rough house" at Lud-