The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-16
INDIANA
u STATE NEWS


Governor Goodrich that paroles be
granted three life-tertn murder prison
ers In Indiana's penal institutions. Ii
also has recommended q pardon for n
paroled ''lifer." III the strongest re-
port sent 90 the governor In many
terms the pardon board. following It's
June session, has recommended two
pardons. eighteen paroles and four
combinations of sentences. Govern
or Goodrich has approved the recon-
men1ations. The three life prisoners,
for whom parole Is recommended, are
Rufus Warren. convicted as party to
killing a policeman I'm Madison county :
George Stroud, sentenced 10 prison for
life from Madison county. and who
saved the life of guard at the Michi-
gan City prison some time ago when
another prisoner sought 10 Kill the
guard. and John Eenninger. sentenced
from Vanderburg county, December i,
1902, for life for murder. Oscar Saw
age, sentenced from Knox county In
10lC for life for murder, will obtain
release under a communication Of SEN
tence recommended by the board, the
sentence being two to twenty-one
years.
Accommodating men of the city
In mass meeting adopted resolutions
declaring that various industries I'm
the city of Kokomo are employing
women In large numbers under pretext
that there is a shortage of male labor,
when IL Is known that the only reason
for such employment is obtain cheap
labor. We deem it disgrace TO the
fair name of KokOmo that women be
forced into industries because their
husbands and fathers have failed to
obtain work ut fair wages ut the same
plants and good many have been
forced To leave town TO find employ
ment at decent wages. We call upon
the patriotic manufacturers of the city
TO desist from the employment of
women In their factories on mems
work at a wage lower than that asked
by men, and that idle men be given
preference"
indianapolis. Alleged maladjust-
ments and discrimination against In
diana shippers. existing under the new
freight tariffs effective June Is, were
discussed at n conference of the Pub
lie Service commission. 1t was brought
out that there had been heavy in
crease In switching charges, that
there was an increase of 100 per cent
I'm short hauls of milk and cream, and
that there had been flat increases in
hauling of some commodities, such rs
brick and gravel, regardless of what
the old rate had been. To protest
against these unjust features of the
present freight rates, John w. McCar-
die and Edwin Corr of the commission
and o. Z. Gothlin, a rate expert en-
ployed by the commission, will 90 10
Washington July Z.
Indianapolis-Coun school super
intendents have been instructed by
Horace Ellis, state superintendent OF
instruction, to discontinue using school
money to pay teachers engaged I'm ag
ricultural instruction In the summer
vacation. Mr.. Ellis has received ar
opinion adverse 10 this practice from
Ele Stansbury, attorney general, who
takes the attitude that although fed
eral necessity is apparent for the con
servation of food products. no such
necessity should break down tn,
statutes of the state. The attorney
general is of the opinion that public
schools can be maintained only wher
they are open TO all pupils, and this
instruction were afforded children or
farms and I'm gardens.
Gary.-An unknown person entered
the home of John Forsgren I'm TOlleS
ton and attacked his wife. Myrtle. and
his three-year-old son with an ak. Mrs
Forsgren is dead of her injuries anC
newborn son also is dead. The
older boy Is in critical cond ion.
neighbor found the mother q child
and reported the discovery to the 20
lice. a man about forty years old. Will
kaiser mustache. was seen TO leav,
the Forsgren house.
Lafayette. = More than 500 wheat
fields of pure varieties, free from
disease and weeds, have been 10
Gated In every county In the state an(
will be used for seed purposes thi:
fall. These fields were located and In
spected by representatives of the ur
due Department Of agricultural exten
sion United States department of agri
culture, and county and emergency
agents and wheat committees. This 4.
the first step I'm the 1919 wheat pro
duction campaign.
Terre Haute.-With the end of tn,
fiscal year, collections of internal rev
enue from the seventh internal rev
enue district totaled S21 .5S5, 1892
the largest collection of any year II
the history of the office. Collection
during the month of June this yea
were the largest of any month I'm tn
history of the office. total of S.. 739
Bloomington. = Eight collector
from the state tax board have beer
sent To this county TO collect delin
quent taxes amounting 10 many thou
sands of dollars from more than 800