The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-21
INDIANA
BREVITIES


Gle was chosen president. II. T.
Showalter of Wabash. secretary. and
F. S. Southworth of Plymouth. vice
president. at 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 $9,523.65. which IL is said is
o~vercharge mileage for taking inmates
to state institutions and as excess sal
airy.
Hammond. "A suspicious blaze.
only checked by sprinkler system.
threatened at the time TO destroy
the Standard Steel Car plant, makers
of war munitions here. Blaze started
in the s~torehouse. Ffremen are In
clined to suspect 1T was a touch-on.
Three coaches containing strike break
ers were switched on a siding at the
Edwards Valve plant at East Chicago.
Indianapolis.-The Indiana Draft
Horse Breeders association will
meet in room - of the s~tatehouse.
Friday, January IS. IN 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 or
the state are invited TO attend.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 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
tember. Members OF the committee
are John l.. Thompson. Gas City: Glenn
Graves. Bunker Hill: Dan G. Reed.
Attica. and Charles H.. Anthony. Mum
Gle.
Indianapolis.-The state Florists
association held its annual meet.
ing n 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: q. u.
S%teinkamp. secretary. and IL. l.. Vie
gand. treasurer. The majority OF tho
florists had flowers ON exhibition In
the hall.
Evansville launches were busy In
the Ohio river below this city
taking families from houses threat.
oned by tho rising water. According
20 reports received here. % families
were removed from homes In tho
vicinity OF Mount Vernon, Ind. Tho
river was Mt a. feet. Suffering among
families In the low lands was intenai.
fled by tho lowest temperature OF tho
year. Three degrees above zero was
registered.
Fort Wayne.-With "A rope around
his neck. the body of J. u Rum
dragged from the Maumec river
here. Death probably was due 10
strangulation. A note. dated January
4, found In one OF his pockets. said:
ITO whom II may concern: This In "A
clear case of suicide. Intentional and
premeditated. %Incurable illness and
misery. etc" Rumsey was sixty-six.
uIu ilNtu Will III uahkhh'AF -
George Summers. In indianapolis.
lndianapolis.-Many 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. II. Fishel. Hope: treas
lrer, Frank +. Johnson. Indianapolis:
gsIaala. AftIlnsn adam
apolis: first vice-president. A. Is. Car
ter. Carmel: second vice-president.
Roscoe Mckinney. indianapolis: third
ce-president. Mason J. Niblack. VIM
cennes: fourth vice-president. c. Il.
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 n meeting held I'm connection with
the Purdue university short course.
J. NJ. McMahan OF Liberty was elected
vice-president: Professor George l..
Christie OF Lafayette. secretary-treas-
l urer. District vice-presidents were
elected as follows: First district. j.
u. lslliAtJOhn VI htiiiahds tOh
Carey Sunderland of Muncie: Third.
John Lux of Plainfeld; Fourth.
Charles Pirtle of Sullivan: Fifth. Grant
, Johnson OF Dale.
Observation-Disclosures OF the In.
diana State Optometrical society
| elected officers for the coming year.
? after a program of addresses before
their semiannual meeting at the Sew.
Grin hotel The principal address OF
the afternoon session was by w. A.
I Cogshall. professor OF astronomy OF
Indiana university. on THE Produc'
E tion 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