The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-09-19
STATE NEWS

miners of the United States Will strike
November unless their demands for
a shorter work day and higher wages
are agreed To prior To that date. The
tieup of bituminous mines Of the coun-
try. even Cor few days, in the face of
the present depleted production, would
plunge the nation Into "A condition that
would make former "heatless Mon
days day In June compared To II.
John l.. Lewis. president of the United
Mine Workers in Il statement issued
AT Indianapolis said the Cleveland
convention would abrogatc The nonsus-
pension policy heretofore in effect,
pending the settlement of the new de-
mands lie declared hat the present
agreement. known aS the Washington
award. which provided that the con
tract now in force should continue un-
I'll peace was officially promulga by
the president Of the United States,
would be- cancelled by the convention.
Mine leaders hold that 81 days, from
September - Ia November I. j. ample
time tu negotiate basic working
- i''lil'iA W. INV VIII NA 'AhFl''NNAlf'
field and that due to the unrest and
dissatisfaction among the miners. the
workers could not be- held in line long
en- Than he time specified
I.afayctte-P A. Vaughan 300
South Seventh street Lafayette.
was nccced out of $4,000 in conf
dcncc game az Denver. colo. August
Il. according 90 story that became
public here. Vaughan T. said 10 have
met three strangers in "a Denver no
tel. who told allurng tales of wealth
10 bc made on the stock market.
Vaughan was made to believe that he
could make from $1,000 To S1O.OOo in a
day II he only had $4,000 To invest.
He thought il over and sent home for
the money and turned II over 10 the
shaIpcr>. Vaughan was unable to give
the Denver or Colorado Springs police
a definite idea of tho investment.
NeWcaStle.-Th high cost OF fish
was lowered substantially in Ncwcas-
tie and Henry county when the siX-acre
pond. ON the farm of Walter Hogue.
four miles west of Newcastle was
drained. and hundreds of pounds Of
fish were distributed free OF ~ barge.
When Mr. IIogue decided to reclaim
The land he gave the people of the
county an opportunity 10 obtain the
free fish More than 1000 persons were
supplied with fish. Some had To be
content with carp. which is not recog-
nized as the best kind for eating. bur
black bass were distributed equally a
freely. one man who knew nothing
about fish except that II was being Civ
en- away without charge. had To be con
tent with suckers" He took about n
bushel and seemed satisfied
Indianapolis-Al attendance rec
orhS for n Thursday at the Indiana
state fair M Indianapolis were shat
tered September 4 by the Presidents
day crowd Of between $1,000 and 20
coo persons Last years attendance
for the same day was "a. l12 The fact
that President Wilson was to speak I'm
the evening drew thousands To- the
grounds early to obtain advantageous
positions tn hear and see him. Conces-
NlftltHfN anu NlfflMN NN the lUlI were
swnmpcd throughout the day All dis
plays and exhibits were visited by a
continual stream of IIooSiers bent ON
seeing the states best in agriculture.
animal hushmdry ana industry.
EyanSville.-Iud Philip &. Gould
Of the circuit court here. instructed the
grand jury 70 probe into the al
legged Irregularities Of the commission
er~ of Nanderburg county. Frank
GricSs member of the city council
and Democrat. is foreman OF the
grand Jury The principal acts of the
commissioners which are TO be lnves-
iigatcd hy the grand jury are The let
ting of the contract TO Philip Enler for
the Improvement of The Slaughter
avcnnc road. when lac was the highest
bidder. ana The purchase 90 motor
truck from the factory az what IS said
to have been Il higher price than was
offered IN Evansville.
indianapolis Bishop Arthur :.
lloyd. president Of the Episcopal board
of missions. is chairman OF the cxecu-
tive campaign directing the nation
wide campaign Of the Episcopal church
progressing in this and other dioceSes
to extend the church's missions re-
ligious education and social service.
Every agency Of the church is In
Guided ia the nationwide campaign
Rev. William Burrows of Bloomington
and Rev. James A. Miller of Michigan
City are the Indiana committee mem
hers.
Richmond.-Plans are under way for
a series of preliminary conferences of
prominent Friends. who will arrive I'm
this country soon In the interests of
the nll-world peace conference, IL was
announced at the American Friends
headquarters. Edward Grub and j.
w. Harvey Theobald are two promi-
nent Quakcrs among those coming
The Richmond conference may be held
close TO the date of the annual Indiana