The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-06-04
State
Happenings

stitution OF recent years who ran
away when on leave OF absence TO Wis
II sick relatives.
Huntington-The Eel River Chris
tian conference institute convention
will be held in the First Chris
tian church at Huntington. June /,
and g. 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.
Richmond.-Th Wayne County
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 member OF the commit
tee. said II was his desire to attend
the celebration and he hoped he would
be able TO 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 tree which
had been sawed of by his father, VII.
son A. Harris. week ago. After
windstorn Mr.. Harris and his son
were removing loose limbs OF trees
The boy was under the trees, picking
up the smaller limbs. when large
one fell. hitting him on the forehead
Marion.-A charge OF assault and
battery with intent 10 kill has been
placed here against Sherman Bahr.
nineteen years old, OF Kokomo. Bahr,
who is driver OF truck for Mikalas
Bros, candy manufacturers OF Koko-
mo. while driving the automobile along
the road at Sims. struck 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 fine and costs OF
s9O15 in Justice Watson's court for
six violations OF the liquor laws. Prose
cutor Fred f. Bays is holding courts
OF inquiry in Justice Watson's court in
Sullivan. and Justice Duncan's court
in Digger. gathering evidence OF al
legged Gill township election frauds.
concerning which a number OF indict-
ments were returned by the last Grand
jury.
Anderson--Th police continued
to search In vain for a prisoner
who escaped after being taken to
police headquarters. He is said TO be
William Cramer. age twenty-seven, OK
Toledo, O. He is accused OF stealing
two tires from Harry Harters 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 headquar-
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
vestIgation was being made at Pro-
berts home, Cramer slipped out
side door OF the police station and
when the officers returned with Pro
bert to examine Cramer they were sur
prised TO find that Cramer had es-
capped.
Marion.-That Marion forever will
remain saloonless 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 cast 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
campaign manager OF last year. The
victory was celebrated by parade OF
some four hundred men on foot and
many women IN automobiles. Re-
ligious songs we're sung along the
principal streets.
reencastle.-Marion leads all 9TH
er counties In the number OF
prisoners now at the state penal farm.
Marion county has sent fifty-fve 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, l.;
Cass. 4; Clark. 8: Davies, A; Dekalb.
2; Dearborn. 3; Elkhart. /; Fulton.
/; Floyd. 8; Gibson, 3; Grant. 1; Ham
ilton, 9; Howard, IL; Jay. 1; Johnson.
2; Jefferson, 2; Jackson. 8; Knox. o;
Laporte, 2; Marion. So; Lawrence. 4;
Morgan, s; Montgomery. 2; Monroe.
s; Madison, 8; Marshall, 6; Miami.
4: Noble. 1; Putnam, 4; Rush. 2; St
Joseph, 10; Steuben, /: Tippecanoe.
4: vanderburg, 8; vigo. "a: vermilion.
1: Wayne 2: Wells. /. and Washing
ton, 1.
afayette.-Kenneth w. Hurst OF
Indianapolis, freshman In the
agricultural department at Purdue
and a member OF the Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternity. narrowly escaped
drowning in the Wabash river when
canoe in which he was seated upset,