The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-16
RANDOLPH GRAND JURY
INDUCTS JUDGE Bales.
SMALL P0X SPREADS

WINCHESTER, Ind, Nov. 16.-TLe
Randolph county grand jury composed
OF three women and three men made
their report Saturday before an assem-.
blage of 500 people who had gathered
TO witness the induction into office of
A. l.. Bales, recently elected as Judge
of the Randolph circuit court. Mrs
Wlnifred Milligan of this city, foreman
OF the jury, read the report.
feature of the report was that the
grand jury had witnessed the destruc-
tlon of 12O gallons of whiskey, and
285 bottles of beer at the county jail
which was poured into the sewer in
the basement by order of Judge Shock
ney. Mrs. Milligin poured the first
Jus1ul into the sewer. The spirits
were destroyed under the direction of
Sheriff U. N. Davisson and his deputy
Kay DaSlsSOn, and was witnessed by
the grand jury and the prosecuting
attorney. One hundred and eighty
quarts are still in the basement of
the Jail, awaiting federal authority to
turn over to the Randolph county hos
pltal to be used in that institution
this amount having been found to be
pure, after an analysis by local chem
lists
This whiskey was obtained by Sher.
if Davisson from booze runners all
ter Indiana went dry and Ohio was
still wet. After April 2, 1918, when
the state went dry. number OF
strange machines were noticed going
through Winchester and Randolph
county and Sheriff Davisson had his
suspicious aroused and began an in
Vestigation, which resulted in the al
rest of over $50 people and the de
tanning of 81 machines during the
year following. The arrests disclosed
people in all walks of life, both men
and women, and on one occasion MA
chine was found to contain whiskey,
the occupants being one man and
three children. One colored man was
arrested with a barrel of whiSkey in
his machine. while at another time q
machine loaded with Fort Wayne pol.
iticians was held up and three cases
of beer confiscated and each man
paid fine of $50 Three booze run
ners lost their lives in automobile aC-
Cidents and one man was shot and
slightly wounded when trying to elude
The officers. During the period of
booze running the Jail always had
from six to eighteen inmates, while at
the present time there is no one in
jail
Return From Council.
Mrs. George f. Leggett, of this city,
who recently returned from two
months trip to Europe, where she at
tended the International Council of
Women at Christiana, Norway, has
given an interesting account of her
trip to the Women's club of this city.
Together with Mrs. w. Clark also of
this city, they, with so other delegates,
left New York Aug. 7, 1920, and arriv'
d at Christiana September Sth.
Mrs. Leggett said: I'VE were Impress
ed in most places by the feeling hat
we were not quite welcome, this be-
ing especially so in Italy and Ger
many" The general belief in Europe
S that Germany is preparing for an
other war;" she said. 'When we
stopped at Essen, l counted seventy.
wO smoke stacks at the great krupp
gun works, all of which were showing
activity"
The International Council Of WO-
men was formed in 1888. its object be-
ing a means Of communication and Of
common action between WOmen's or
ganizatiOns in all countries and oppOr
tunites for women to meet together
from all parts of the world and con-
fer upon questions concerning the vel
fare of their several countries, the
home and the individual. The first
quinquennial meeting was held in Chi
cago in 1898, the second in London.
In 1904 the meeting was held in Ber
lin, when Mrs. May Wright Sewall,
now deceased, of Indianapolis, was
nial Lady Aberdeen of Scotland, pre-
sided, as she has done for the three
preceding meetings. This was Mrs.
Leggetts second trip to Europe.
Coal Crisis
While the coal situation in this city
is critical no action has yet been
taken by the mayor to locate a COM
munity coal yard, yet the matter has
soft coal in the bins of the dealers and
numerous families who formerly had
their coal in for the winter have only
a couple of tons in their Easements.
The dealers say that they will have
a supply in few days. The recent
cold weather has caused considerable
suffering among the class who have
been in the habit of buying half ton
at a time.
The Woodbury. Glass company. the
largest user of coal here, has been re-
ceiving a supply regularly and has
furnished local dealers with coal in
several Instances when they were
short. Wood is selling at from 500
to 5000 a double cord with not enough
to supply the demand. The gas COM
panies are pressed to supply enough
for cooking purposes without furnish
ing any for heat.
Flowing Ceases
With feeling weather fall blowing