The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
ENROLMENT Is CUT
Big Falling OF In Students at Purdue
University = Sunday Schools
Hold Convention In Wa.
bash County.

demning the sending OF tobacco 10 the
soldiers abroad.
The French class of the Indiana
State Normal school ut Terre Haute
presented Madame Sarah Bernhnrdt
with a silk American flag and many
boxes OF roses I'm the reception she
rendered following her appearance
here In Camille" and "Portla."
After voting 90 return TO work at n
mass meeting. miners employed In the
Clinton field, Glendale and other local
mines, changed their minds and the
local situation Is regarded graver than
ever.
1t was officially announced at Wash
ington that Doctor Garfield has APP
pointed Evans Wooden as state fuel III
rector of Indiana. Mr.. Wooden has ac-
cepted the post.
August Dubois, elghty-six, we'll
known pioneer of northern Indiana,
died at his home at Crown Point. He
was born in Alsace-Lorraine.
With the $5000,O00 mark passed In
Liberty bond sales at indianapolis. the
bankers and woman workers redoubled
efforts 10 reach the quota of $4,000
900.
Because statistics show Il slight fall
ing OFF in the membership of the
Friends church of America. the finan-
cial committee of the five years meet
ing at Richmond urged well-to-do
QuakerS TO give to a great fund To be
used in church extension work.
Appreciated as they were about to
leave for Detroit, Mich, Miro Mitio-
vich and Elise Paretichovich were ar
rested at Gary, charged with having
engineered propaganda and attacks
against the M0ntenegrin mission TO the
United States.
Two thousand buyers stormed the
Woman's Food exchange ut Indianap-
oils to get fish caught in streams un-
der the direction of the state fish com
missioner for five cents pound.
La Grande county passed its mini
mum quota In the Liberty bond cam
paign, reporting total sale of $780,
900 with quota of $4,000.
One case of infantile paralysis has
appeared at Fort Wayne.
The National Evangelistlc society of
the Christian church will hold its 1918
convention at Columbus In August.
Basement of Jacksonville high
school building flooded to extingulsh
fire in 200 tons of coal stored there.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Ii. Robbins cele-
sary at Hartford City.
Drastic action has been taken to
check the smallpox In Bicknell.
At New Albany, Louis Soergel dug
Il turnip in his garden which was en-
circled by n gold ring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander S. Sayers
of Covington celebrated their tiftieth
wedding anniversary In the house
where they were married
At South Bend, Mrs. Anthony Mir
ocha robbed of $145 by thieves whc
forced her To reveal Its hiding place
in the mattress.
Merchants of Bloomington are do
mating their space in the newspapers
to advertise the Liberty bond sale.
Northern Indiana superintendent
club held It's meeting ut South Bend.
The Monon road has named the pay
car of the road Bloomington"
William C. White has accepted S170
in settlement for Il horse and mule
killed by a traction line at Shelbyville.
The Monroe County Bar association
has subscribed $1,000 for the second is
sue of Liberty bonds.
Liberty loan campaign is on in earn
est at Elwood, having already sub
scribed $125,OOO of its quota of $685.
900.
Membership campaign Of the Green's |
burg Y. M. c.. A. netted 90 new mem
bers, making total membership 553.
Knights of Columbus of Elwood will /
erect twO-story lodge home next year.
Claude Sanders, nine, killed at |
Woodville by train while driving a cow
across the track
Steve Fox Of Bicknell fell from an
apple tree and broke his leg and was
not found until evening.
John w. Siersdorfer, forty-four. was
seriously hurt when team of mules
ran away with him at Aurora.
At Evansville, William Watkins,
thirty. instantly killed when the taxi
In which he was riding overturned. The
driver, who was not injured, was ar
rested.
DR.. Peter 3. Dick, seventy-nine, was
married at Muncie for the fifth time
when he took as wife Frances f. Clark,
sixty-six, a three-times widow.
John w. Shields, for seventy years
member of the First Presbyterian
church at Peru and for sixty years
choir leader. was elected an elder even
though he is now an inmate OF the Odd
Fellows home at Greensburg.
Rev. w. T. Pearcy of Ontario has
been installed as pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at New Albany
The funeral of Frederick ID. Roeb1i.
young Muncie business man, who was
shot dead in the police court room at
Hammond by Oscar Landmesser. an
evangelist. who was crazed by jeal
ousy, was held Thursday at the hon g
of Boehm's uncle J. khine..eart Hum |