The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-06-25
State


Jenersonville.-D G. Peyton. super
intendent OF the Indiana reforma-
tory. has arrived home from a
" months vacation IN the West. lie
brought with him an alleged parole
~violator. Roy Jarboe OF Perry county,
said 10 be the only inmate OF the In
stitution OF recent years who ran
away when on leave OF absence 10 Wis
IL sick relatives.
Huntington.-The Eel River Chris
tian conference institute convention
viii be held in the First Chris
tian church at Huntington. June 1. 2
and 3. The program will be opened
on Tuesday with an address OF well
come by o. w. Whitlock OF Hunting
ton, conference president The re
Spouse will be by Rev. c. b. Kershner
OF Warren.
Good Roads association. which IS
arranging for an old trails" cele-
bration July 4. announced that Sena-
tor Kern probably would make the
principal address. Senator Kern. In
a letter to a member of the commit
tee. said IL was his desire 10 attend
the celebration and he hoped he would
be able 10 send his formal acceptance
in a few days.
AndersoN.-Robert A. Harris. age
ten. died OF conclusion OF the
brain. the result OF being hit on the
head by the branch OF a n which
had been sawed on by his father. VII
son A. Harris, a week ago. After a
windstorm Mr.. Harris and his son
we're removing loose limbs OF trees
The boy was under the trees. picking
UP the smaller limbs. when a large
one fell, hitting him on the forehead.
Marion.-A charge Of assault and
battery with intent TO XIII has been
placed here against Sherman Bahr.
nineteen years old. OF Kokomo. Bahr.
who is driver Of a truck for Mikalas
Bros. candy manufacturers OF Koko-
mo. while driving the automobile along
the road at Sims. struck a hay baler
IN which James NJ. Brown was seated.
breaking both OF Browns legs. Bahr
gave bond OF $1,000.
Sullivan.-WIllis Russell. bartender
OF the saloon near Lewis known as the
"Neversweat. paid a fine and costs OF
S90.15 in Justice Watson's court for
six violations Of the liquor laws. Prose
cutor Fred +. Bays Is holding courts
OF inquiry IN Justice Watson's court In
Sullivan. and Justice Duncan's court
in Dugger. gathering evidence OF al
legged Gill township election frauds.
concerning which a number Of indict-
ments were returned by the last grand
jury.
Anderson-The police continued
to search IN vain for a prisoner
who escaped after being taken to
police headquarters. He is said 10 be
William Cramer. age twenty-seyen. OF
Toledo. o He is accused OF stealing
two tires from Harry Harter's auto
mobile IN Anderson. He was arrest
ed when taking the tires from the
place where he had hidden them.
Cramer was taken to police h~eadquar-
tiers while the police went TO the resi-
dence TO question another young man
who represented he was James Pro-
bert. also OF Toledo. o. While the in
v~estigation was being made at Pro-
bertis home, Cramer slipped out a
side door OF the police station and
when the officers returned with Pro-
bert 10 examine Crsmer they were sur
prised to find that Cramer had es-
capped.
Marion-That Marion forever will
remain salOoniess was the univer-
sal belief expressed by the dry
forces following their victory. with a
majority Of over seven hundred votes,
at the local option election. Every
ward In the city was carried by splen-
did margins. over FIVE thousand
votes were asst The great triumph
Of the drys is attributed to a concen-
trated effort OF business men. factory
proprietors and a strong antisaloon
league. Many former wet advocates
Joined In working for the dry move
ment this year. including the wet
NamlaAtA nAdnDttl " AarN -NaAs
victory was celebrated by a parade OF
some four hundred men on foot and
many women In automobiles. Re
hgious songs were sung along the
principal streets.
Observation-Disclosures leads all 9th
er counties in the number OF
prisoners now at the state penal farm.
Marion county has sent ffty-hve pris-
oners 10 the farm since April. The
counties from which the prisoners
have been received and the number
from each follows: Allen. 2; Black
ford, 3; Bartholomew. 3; Boone. 1;
Cass. 4; Clark. 3; Davies. 4; Dekalb.
2: Dearborn. 8; Elkhart, 1; Fulton.
J.: Floyd. g.; Gibson. 3; Grant, /; Ham
ilton, 3; Howard. IL; Jay. 1; Johnson.
2; Jefferson. 2; Jackson. 8; Knox. s;
Laporte. ?; Marion, SO; Lawrence. 4;
Morgan. 5; Montgomery, 2: Monroe.
s; Madison. g.; Marshall. 6; Miami.
4. Noble 1. Putnam a Rush 2. ST.