The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-17
INDIANA
BREVITIES

Il
Gle was chosen president. II. T.
Showalter OF Wabash. secretary. and
F. S. Soutlworth of Plymouth. vice
president. 1T the annual convention OF
the Indiana Monument Dealers.
Hammond-The state board OF &C
counts filed with the governor OF
report charging Thomas Grant. for
mer Lake county sheriff. with a short
age OF $9,52365. which IL is said is
overcharge mileage for taking inmates
10 state institutions and as excess sal
airy.
Hammond "A suspicious blaze.
only checked by sprinkler system.
threatened at the time 10 destroy
the Standard Steel Car plant. makers
OF war munitions here. Blaze started
in the storehoase. Firemen are in
clined to suspect it was touch-on.
Three coaches containing strike break
ers were switched on a siding at the
Edwards Valve plant at East Chicago.
indianapolis. Indiana Draft
Horse Breeders association will
meet in room II of the statehouse.
Friday. January IS. An interesting
program is being arranged which will
include a discussion OF draft horse
production. colt shows. the organiza-
tion of local associations and the work
of the stallion enrolment board.
Farmers and draft-horse breeders OF
the state are invited TO attend.
ianapolis.-Warren T. McCray.
president of the state board OF
agriculture. announced the appoint
ment of the boards executive commit
tee. which will be the governing body
for the state fair to be held next Sep
TENDER. Members of the committee
are John l.. Thompson, Gas City; Glenn
Graves. Bunker Hill; Dan c. Reed.
Attica, and Charles II. Anthony, Mum
Gle
Indianapolis.-Th State Florists
association held it's annual meet
ing and election OF officers at the
chamber of commerce. w. J. vesey.
Jr., of Fort Wayne. was elected presi-
dent: Irwin Bertermann. first vice
president: Theodore Dorner. Lafay-
cite. second vice-president: o. 2.
Steinkamp. secretary. and III. l. Vie
gand, treasurer. The majority of the
florists had flowers on exhibition in
the hall.
Observation-Disclosures were busy in
the Ohio river below this city
taking families from houses threat
ened by the rising water. According
to reports received here, % families
were removed from homes I'm the
vicinity of Mount Vernon, Ind. The
river was at AZ feet Suffering among
families in the low lands was intensi.
fed by the lowest temperature of the
year. Three degrees above zero was
registered.
Fort Wayne.-With a rope around
his neck. the body of j. T. Rum
sey, salesman of indianapolis. was
dragged from the Maumee river
here Death probably was due to
strangulation. A note. dated January
4, found in one of his pockets. said:
ITO whom il may concern: This is q
clear case of suicide. intentional and
premeditated. Incurable illness and
misery, ETC." Rumsey was sixty-six.
and lived with his daughter. Mrs.
George Summers. in indianapolis.
Indianapolis OF the old OFF,
GERS of the Fanciers' association
of Indiana were reelected at the or
ganization's annual election at the
Denison hotel officers named are:
President, U. r. Fshel. Hope; treas
drer, Frank p. Johnson, Indianapolis:
. ID n
apolis; first vice-president, A b. Car
ter, CARMEL second vice-president,
Roscoe Mckinney, Indianapolis; third
vice-president Mason j. Niblack, Vim
cennes; fourth vice-president. c. z.
Spaugh. Rugby; fifth vice-president.
George w. Tobin, Indianapolis.
Lafayette-Newt Brown of Frank
lin has been elected president OF
the State Corn Growers association
,, at a meeting held in connection with
the Purdue university short course.
]. NJ. McMahan of Liberty was elected
vice-president: Professor George l.
Christie of Lafayette, secretary-treas-
urer. District vice-presidents were
elected as follows: First district. J..
| VI. LllllcgOun VI
Carey Sunderland of Muncie; Third.
John Lux OF Plainfield Fourth,
Charles Pirtle of Sullivan; Fifth. Grant
Johnson OF Dale.
ianapolis.-Members OF the In
+ diana State Optometrical society
elected officers for the coming year.
after a program of addresses before
3 their semiannual meeting at the Sew
erin hotel The principal address OF
the afternoon session was by w. A
Cogshall. professor OF astronomy OF
Indiana university. on The Produc-
ton and Testing OF Large Optical Sur
faces" officers elected were W. T..
Mccullough OF indianapolis. presi-
dent: Homer Orgette Of Button. first
: vice-president; Earl Berry OF Indian
. apolis. second vice-president: William
: Haseltine OF Kokomo, treasurer. and
) Harnie Woodward of indianapolis. sec
rotary
Gary-The cold weather was re-