The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-19
INDIANA !
u STATE NEWS


ers In Indiana's penal institutions. 1t
also has recommended pardon for a
par0led "lifer." In the strongest re-
port sent TO the governor in many
terms the pardon board. following It's
June session. has recommended two
combinations of sentences. severn
or Goodrich has approved the recon-
mendatlons. 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 TO 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 70 kill the
guard. and John Fenninger. sentenced
from Vanderburg county, December i,
1902, iJr life for murder. Oscar Saw
age, sentenced from Knox county I'm
1910 for life for murder, will obtain
release under q Communication of SEN
tcnce recommended by the board, the
'NhachSc peihS lNO W lWehts -ohe
years.
Working men of the city
In a mass meeting adopted resolutions
declaring that various industries in
the city of Kokomo are employing
women I'm large numbers under pretext
that there is shortage of male labor,
when it Is known that the only reason
for such employment is obtain cheap
labor. We deem Ii disgrace TO the
fair name of Kokomo that women be
forced into industries because their
husbands and fathers have failed to
obtain work at fair wages at 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 ut wage lower than that asked
preference"
indianapolis. Alleged maladjust-
ments and discrimination against In
diana shippers, existing under the new
freight tariffs effective June %, were
discussed Ut II conference of the Pub
lie Service commission. 1t was brought
out that there had been n heavy in
crease In switching charges, that
there wa. an increase of 100 per cent
In short Eauls of milk and cream, and
that there had been fiat increases in
hauling Of some commodities, such as
brick and gravel. regardless of what
the old rate had been. TIC protest
against these unjust features of the
present freight rates, John w. McCar-
die and Edwin Corr OF the commission
and o. L. Gothlin. rate expert en-
ployed by the commission, will go TO
Washington July Z.
ianapolis.-County school super
fntendents have been instructed by
Horace Ellis, state superintendent of
instruction, TO discontinue using school
money TO pay teachers engaged In ag-
ricultural instruction in the summer
vacation. Mr.. Ellis has received an
opinion adverse TO 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 the
statutes Of the state. The attorney
general is of the opinion that public
schools can be maintained only when
they are open 10 all pupils, and this
would not be the case If faculties for
instruction were afforded children on
farms and in gardens.
Gary.-An unknown person entered
the home of John Forsgren In Tolles-
ton and attacked his wife, Myrtle, and
his three-year-old son with an az Mrs
Forsgren Is dead Of her injuries and
a newborn son also is dead The
older boy is in a critical condition. A
neighbor found the mother and child
and reported the discovery to the po-
lice. a man about forty years old, with
n kaiser mustache, was seen TO leave
the Forsgren house.
Lafayette. = More than 500 wheat
fields of pure varieties. free from
disease and weeds, have been To-
Gated in every county in the state and
will be used for seed purposes this
fall. These fields were located and In
spected by representatives. of the ur-
due department of agricultural extern
sion United States department of agri-
culture and county and emergency
agents and wheat committees. This is
the first step I'm the 1919 wheat pro-
duction campaign.
Terre Haute.-With the end of the
fiscal year. collections of internal rev.
enue from the seventh internal rev.
enue district totaled SCI ,5S5, 1852.
the largest collection of any year In
the history Of the office. Collections
during the month of June this year
were the largest of any month In the
history Of the office. a total of 81, 49,
Bloomington. - Eight collectors
from the state tax board have been
sent 10 this county TO collect delin-
quent taxes amounting TO many thou
sands Of dollars from more than 5000
uerSouS County Treasurer u 7