The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-02-04
INDIANA
BREVITIES

IndianapollS.-George Celts OF Nun
Gle was chosen president, II. T.
S~howalter OF Wabash. secretary. and
r. S. Southworth of Plymouth. vice
president, at the annua convention OF
the Indiana Monument Dealers.
Hammond.-The state board OF ac-
counts filed with the governor OF
report charging Thomas Grant. for
mer Lake county sheriff. with a short
age OF S9,523.65. which IL is said is
overcharge mileage for taking inmates
TO state institutions and as excess sal
airy.
only checked by sprinkler system,
threatened at the time TO destroy
tie Standard Steel Car plant. makers
OF war munitions here. Blaze started
In the s~torehouse. Firemen are in
clined 10 suspect il was a touch-off.
Three coaches containing strike break
ers were switched on a siding al 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. An interesting
program is being arranged which will
include a discussion of draft horse
production. colt shows. the ~organiza-
ton of local associations and the work
of the stallion enrolment board.
Farmers and draft-horse breeders OF
the state are invited to attend.
Observation-Disclosures 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 xt Sep
TENDER. Members of the CO .amittee
are John l.. Thompson, Gas City; Glenn
Graves, Bunker Hill; Dan c. Reed.
Attica, n Charles II. Anthony, Mum
Gle.
lndfanapolis.-The State Florists
association held its annual meet
ing and election OF officers at the
chamber OF commerce. w. ]. Vesey,
Jr., of Fort Wayne. was elected presi-
dent; Irwin Bertermann. first vice
president: Theodore Dorner. Lafay-
cite. second vice-president; o. z.
Steinkamp. secretary. and II. 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
IN rnnnrtC rannfund hnra o. farsls1.
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.
fled 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. Il. 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 N of his pockets. said:
T whom II nay concern: This In q
clear case of suicide. intentional and
premeditated. Incurable iilness and
misery. etc" Rumsey was sixty-six.
and lived with HIS daughter. Mrs.
George Summers. I'm indianapolis.
Indianapolis.-Many OF the old om-
GERS of the tanclera' association
of Indiana were reelected nj the or.
ganization's annual election nj tho
Denison hotel. Officers named are:
President. u. II. Hshel. Hope; treas
jrcr, Frank u. Johnson, indianapolis;
secretary. Charles X. Milhaus. Indian.
apolis, first vico-prosidcnt, a. Is Car
ter. Carmel. second vice. president.
Roscoe Mckinney. indianapolis; third
vico.prcsidont. Mason J. Niblaek, Vim.
cennes. fourth viee-proaident. G. ~.
spaugh. Rugby: NTH vlco president.
George w Tobln. indianapolis.
Lafayette.-Nowt Brown of Frank.
lin has been elected president OF
the state Corn Growers association
at IA meeting held In connection with
tho Purdue university short course.
j. NJ. McMahan of Liberty was elected
vice.presidont; Professor George l.
Christie Of Lafayette. sccrotary.treas-
District ylco.prcsidents were
elected as follows: First district. j.
q. Littlejohn OF kcntiand: Second,
Carey Sunderland OF Muncie: Third,
John Lux or Piainnold: Fourth.
Charles pirtle Of Sullivan. Fifth. Grant
Johnson OF Dale.
Observation-Disclosures OF tho I'm.
diana State optometrical society
officers for the coming year.
after "A program OF addresses before
scmIannual meeting nj tho Sow.
crin hotel Tho 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.
Onicers elected were W. r.
Mccullough OF indianapolis. presi.
dent: Homer orgette Of Button. first
vice president Earl Berry of indian
apolis. second vice president: William
OF kokomo. treasurer. and
Woodward OF indianapolis. sec
Gary.-The cold weather was re-