The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-19


Of the city. The trees will form a me-
mortal avenue to Huntington county's
soldier dead Of all wars.
Brownstown.-Henry Merrill, age
sev~enty-eight. for many year engaged
in the nursery business Ire, was
found dead In a shack AT the edge Of
town in which he lived neal the
nursery. Merrill had a revolver
clutched in his hand and II is believed
he shot himself.
Indianapolis. = Governor McCray
has ordered a second appointment in
the state oil inspection staff. The
new appointee is Albert Einicke of
Terre Haute. at S125 a month. Ex-
penses OF oil inspectors are paid by
the state. Einicke will inspect oil
In Terre Haute. Clay City, Liberty
vile. ~JaSonville. ROsedale. Clinton,
Farmersburg, Shellburn and Riley.
lndianapolis.-An absolute decree
declaring her marriage to Isaiah
Moore, the "ace of bigamists." 10 be
void was issued in Superior court by
Judge Linn ID. Hay to Harriet f. Evans
or Mexico, the thirteenth wife of
Moore. He was sentenced to the state
prison for tive 70 fourteen years by
Judge James A. Collins of the Grim
inal court April 8 on charges of en-
bezzlement and bigamy.
East Chicago.-King Callahan the
First, is the title bestowed on Frank
Callahan, East Chicago's mayor, by
Mike Untri. a foreigner, who was
being examined for naturalization
papers before Judge Critics. who Is
the head of your city," the examiner
asked. "The king" answered Untri.
"Oh. have YOU a king?" queried the
examiner. Sure we got a king" said
Nike, King Callahan the First"
Newcastle.-Two women won NOM
nations for important Henry county
Offices at the primary. Miss Adah
Granger was the successful Republic
an candidate for clerk of the cir
cult court, n Mrs. Mary Caldwell.
also IL Republican, was chosen for
recorder. They were opposed by men.
Miss Granger won by 96l votes. while
Mrs. Caldwell led the Republican
ticket, polling Abs votes and winning
by a majority of 3,441, the largest re-
ceived by any candidate.
New Albany.-Miss Ellen Jones,
t%eacherin public schools for 81 years
and principal of one school for "a
years. Who will be retired at the end
of the present term, was surprised
by more than 200 former pupils at her
home. a purse containing $500 was
presented TO her. BY resolution OF
the school board the school of which
she was principal will be known
was valedictorian of the graduating
class of 1871 and began teaching tbs
same year.
MISUNDERSTANDING TO prece-
dent. Governor McCray will sir with
the pardOns board when hearings are
held on May Is on a petition for
clemency for William L. Donovan, SEN
fenced to die June / for the murder of
mis- wife ut their home, near Blooming
dale, in Parke county, last July, it
was announced here. Donovan was
convicted by II jury in Montgomery
county January %, after a change OF
venue from his home county. The
governors unusual action, il war eX-
planned. is based on Il desire to have
first-hand knowledge of the facts in
the eleventh-hour effort To ave tie
doomed man from the electric chair.
Inlfar.A,lf- n,lI.rt, NNr;ll;,a,.
age nineteen, of Muncie, who was
wanted us a witness in the trial Of
the Muncie liquor conspiracy case last
fall in the federal court, and who
failed 10 appear in court, told Judge
4. Il. Anderson at indianapolis that
She had avoided teStifying TO protect
Thomas Y. Miller, formerly prosecut-
inc attorney OF Delaware county, Il
shielded Tom Miller before the grand
jury and | am sorry" she told Judge
Anderson. He asked me not To tell
on him and when he was drunk he
threatened me and told me he would
get me locked up if ! did tell. He
lied about a lot of people in the
Muncie cases and made them look
worse than they really were" Every
one in the courtroom knew Miller was
mixed up in this. but such people rs
YOU let him get away" Judge Ander-
son said.
Washington, ID. C.-Passage by the
senate of the federal aid roads bill
received from the house would make
available i'm the next two years more
than S3.JO0,000 in federal funds for
construction of highways in Indiana.
The bill authorizes the appropriation
Of SGj,0OO.O00 for road construction
throughout the United States during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1923,
and S75.OO0.O0O to b. similarly eXpend-
ed during the fiscal year following.
Under the apportionment provisions
of the bill, Indiana will be entitled
10 S3.0j6.1S2 for the two years, Sl.69I,-
927 in 1923 and S1,o5S,s55 i'm 1924.
In addition to authorizing apprOpria-
tons. the bill, would amend the gem
cral rederal aid law In several par
ticulars TO correct defects. For in
stance. operation of the law revealed
that the federal government could
participate in the construction of a