The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-01-04
USE WOOD FOR COAL
Vigorous Campaign Going on in the
Hoosier State Under the
Direction OF the State
Fuel Director.

- VI ~ f1oNf 49,
OF Kansas. and n vigorous campaign
Is going on in the Hoosier state. the
United States fuel administration re-
ports. Evans Woolan, state fuel adj
minisrrator of Indiana. has succeeded
so well In his campaign already that
I'm many of the counties the coal deal
ers are refusing to sell coal to those
In the rural regions where wood Is
easily available. The state forestry
department also is cooperating. show
ing where wood may be obtained.
Sale of the Gillette Motors company
at Mlshawaka to NJ. w. Mix. president
of the Dodge Manufacturing company.
has been approved by Judge w. A.
Funk of the circuit court at South
Bend, the consideration being S151 900.
Preferred stockholders of the defunct
company, which has been in the hands
of the receivers for some time. opposed
the sale, contending that an effort vas
to be made to ~reorganize.
Two more Gary soldiers serving I'm
the Canadian army have been killed in
action In France. according 10 word
received at Gary. Arthur Robertson.
formerly Il steel worker. was killed Oc-
tober 81, according To news received by
his sister, Mrs. j. Agen. The Red Cross
chapter has been notified of the death
In action of James Mckenzie. whose
father Is commander Of II United States
army transport and whose brother Is In
the American army. Mckenzie fell ut
Vimy ridge.
Nearly 2.OOO.OOO tons. or more than
has ever before been taken out of the
mines of the state, will he the total
c0al production In Indiana during the
month OF December. according to
Chairman Lewis of the public service
commission This record Is considered
remarkable In view of the fact TINT
during the week of December II II bliz-
znrd cut heavily into the mine output.
Pat carey. sixty-six. employed ut
the S~pcedwell mine, was Injured scri.
ously nt Tcrrc llnutc when he was
struck by Frank Skaters tnxlcnb.
Mrs. Snbon Smith. who lives seven
miles northwest of Fort Wayne. IL In "A
locnl hospital with serious Injuries re-
celved when the automobile I'm which
she WAX riding went Into II ditch. She
IN suffering from n fractured skull and
Internal injuries.
Two eases of acute apinul mcnln.
gifts have appeared In Huntington
county, mud IRE being closely watched
by the health authorities.
A number OF National Guard officers
are due tn lose their chew oas az Camp
Shelby, Miss. ns u result of the deci.
sion Of the division efficiency bonrd. II
ruinofh of n coming hhnkeup In the
stats OF the One Hundred and FIFTY
second infantry nnd One Hundred nnd
Thlrts-ninth infantry and the one
Hundred mud Thlrtysseyenth artillery
carry weight.
M%nyor.elect Charles W, Jewett OF
indianapolis announced the appoint
mcnt of officials who, with him, viii
tnke office lnnunry I. George V. COT.
I'm, sheriff OF Marion county, Viii he
the next superintendent Of police.
Robert II, Iiryson II recommended for
city controller. The new mnyor Will
he sworn In on his thirty.fourth birth
day.
John McG'rcw, n miner In the Ayr
ahlre conl mine ~ Petersburg suffered
the loas Of "A finger when IL wna caught
between two ours.
4 new automobile owned lay the
llulck Automobile company OF lndlnns
npolls, on the why from the factory
NJ FLINT, AinAs., WIS struck by II Like
Erie y Western passenger trnin nt n
crossing ~ Alexandria nnd bndly dnin.
nged, The driver escaped injury.
When his b%rnkestick broke. lsnrl
Stlnehart, n cur rider IN the Lake
shore gravity ynrd NJ Elklurt, fell on
The trnck directly In front Of the q
ing enr. Although his left lex VIA
fractured, he quickly pulled himself
out OF the way Of the ear, thus escnp'
Ing death,
\ htcnm radiator which heais the of
fee of the G%recncnatlc kitchen cnhinet
factory ut t,reeneustle exploded and
purity wrecked the office,
John stephan, nge slSty.clght, died
az his home la ndrews OF injuries suf-
fered The other night, when he fell
down the cellar stairs. lie was known
over the middle West Is n dealer and
breeder of Poland china hogs,
Part OF the brick wall und roof Of
The foundry Of the NJ. \. Sweeney COM.
pany collapsed NJ Jefrersonvllle, Ten
men working inside the plant escaped
WITHOUT serious injury. \ slight fire
started. but soon WITS cNtinguished.
Eleven fine pigs belonging 10 SAM
uel q. Phillips. president OF the Alex
nndra bank, were stolen from his farm
west of Alexandria.
Cyrus W. Heath OF Noblesville and
Carl Spiller of New York, both for
mer residents Of Muncie. are said TO
have bought the site of the old. Ire
mont hotel here and intend 10 erect n
modern building there.
Fort Wayne wholesale grocers are
without Il grain of sugar in their ware
houses. Little relief Is In sight until
the Cuban crop arrives. sometime I'm
January. Persons having ten or more
pounds of sugar in their homes are