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fl 1 1 WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publiihtr. JASPER INDIANA Tho European weather man is strict ly neutral. Tho size of from sinking. a ship does not gav it Add to tho pleasures of war th pneumococcus. Sometimes it rests something foolish. a man to do U you hato yoursolf, it is seldom that any ono olso will lovo you. No ono has auch a tlialilco for hin own modloino as tho political doctor. Tho government haa decided how bad water may ho and not ho too hud. Oottlo your troubles, On no no count ladle thorn Into tho ouch of your neighbors, No man's education in oomploto un til ho can tall when a woman's hat in on straight, It Ih dlllloult for tho individual with flat pockothook to ho knoym as k Rood inlxor. Wo can't onvy tho pnnmraphor who said Turkey had proved ItHolf a goat by butting In, Evolution novur ceases, Kor in f.tnnou, thuro Ih tho now typo of bur rowltiK soldier. Gold wonthor warms tho utmklos of thto coal dealer's huartwimtovuf ctiokloM may bo, NfcWH ?from tho front Hayn tho auto truck Ih taking the army mule's occu lmtlon, Tho mulo is not kicking, Mill MMHBUMBMEIHBKBS H costs a groat doai nowadays to Kill k man in battle, but tho loss of )iGr8 oi ft mule in moro HrioiiM. Tho so-called better half of the mal rtmonlal combine never censes trying to And out bow the oilier half live. '"The bird of lime has but a little way to flutter," but the dove of peace lis h long, rooky rood abend of Mm. I i i iu-hiu iu jiii I i hi mm ii.i i Jupiter PluvhiH sooms Intent on (muting a damper on tho npewhonn of Mars In THuropo's western theater of war, A returned missionary says living Hi India is ohonp, Hut H is aimoRt too rnr to ko in tho hopo of oQonoml'.ins I I ' E vln. this winter, nu. i i . . , ihu uuiy arm 01 mmtary son to which tho torm "llyhiK squadi Is now strictly appllcablo is tho av( Ktion corps. Unfortunately, tho provalo'ico of tho foot-and-mouth diaoano doosn't mako buslnos any bettor 1'or chlropodlata and dontlstH, .Tho mail carriers in Portugal de liver lottora in tho churches on Sun day morning. Yes, but do thoy also visit tho golf links? Somcono miggosta that tho war correspondents got tho news with aeroplanes, uut aro tney not "in tho air" enough already? uno-Ktop rnoumatlsm and tango 1 k ... sciatica are among tho latest devel opments, tho aristocratic relations of tho humble housemaid's kneo. a uisßustca rcauor assorts that much of tho war news is puro Action. A good deal of other fiction nowadays is anything hut puro. Tho president of Harvard would shorten the courso of study. All right, so long as ho does not try to tinker with tho dimensions of tho gridiron. Those peoplo who prefer to have their pumpkin pie mado of squash would not know the difference if it was concocted out of turnip! Thoro is famo In store for the pho tographer who will tell a foothall play er what to do with his arms when having his picture taken. Railways aro said to bo planning to charge a penny for their folders. While most railway time tables are Chinese puzzles to the avorago citizen, it can bo said in their favor that they make first-class fiy swatters. Three women einnlovod in Mm nncf office at Kienak have been given gold en crosses by tho Austrian emperor for remaining at their posts during the Itusbian bombardment Ic's won derful how they will stick to a post office appointment in anv part of tho world. One difficulty about this war is that the makers of history are trying to write it as they go. It is said that piano makers use 60,000,000 feet of lumber a year. Just about that many human feet are kept busy operating piano play ers. There are some dressmakers who should be called by another name than modistes. Is the opinion' of the com mon, everyday observers of their "creations." BRITISH TOWNS B BY GERMAN SHIPS Invaders Escape After 143 People. Killing TEUTONS ARE AIDED BY MIST Many Buildings Are Wrecked and tensive Damage Reported English Ships Engaged the Enemy. London, Doo. 17. Qormany daring ly nttnokod IQngland herself early WodnoHday morning Aftor ft diHh across I ho North seu on n misty nlitht. a Gorman flotilla bomhardod Hartlepool, ScarboroiiHh and Whitby, unforiinod eitles on tho oaHt coast of lOuglund, uarly In tho morning Ono hundrod and forty-thro men, womon and children woro killed and 5.r woundod Churches woro rulnod, liotohi, dwellings and Moron woro do Htroyud by tho bombardment, whloh ondurod -10 mlnutoH, artor whloh tho Germans stuamud northward from Boarborough and escaped pursuing British oruhiurH. Tho gun Hashes Indloatod that four big warHhlpH woro tiring Hundreds Med In panlo whllo ihu in vadors' projectiles thundorod and burnt, Holling on Uro tho strncturos thoy had Mot In ruins Others, nf frighted, took refuge In collar, Tho exploding liells of tho bold cruisers who slipped through Um UrlL lab Hoot and tho tfmtrd ships and dodged tho mines ihluklv strewn in tho North Hen, dug holes In the streets lt Urioul , , , i , or Mt ii'tioi'oiiHh so wlilc und Am) Hint limm Vl)m,. ,'iüP" couln I"" ll,l'0llH" e.' , T ilpUen oiiNiinllleH were re. ported horo Warships Repel Raiders. Hurriedly called by wireless, Drltisb warships hastened from tne nearest points to attaok the enemy lint tbe Herman orulser force, made up of their fastest cruisers escaped in tbe mist of the nritlsb squadron 'nie attack began at Mart enno I. was ae a hum orhoU fmm n nionn ci. ,,1 ' " " SnmrtopifArm nnS,Un5 ? fnundorstorm had orison. Tho rst aUnll nvn,U,l . sboij exploded near a man who sa d I! L l n 1 1118,1 T""' ion wna prnotlolnt gimnory nnd whs mn c nu iimi inni.i,Hn.r,i,0i,in ii nmiUiiK bad markHmanshlp of it, Tn nil nnn.ulln i I i . nba nit blrlv i oi R Bt . ? nPrl 30 WOl'llllod Tl.n , ! 1,1 M uohi reports, bor ynrda woro hqL nlh-n At Whitby two hnttlo crulnon flrn.1 shots, doing damago to sovoral build lugs. Two persona woro killed and two wounded Whon tho Gorman flotilla sallod from llarllopool it dropped mines with tho purposo of preventing pursuit. Scarborough English Resort. Scarborough, whim was shollod by tho Germans, is a soaport and fash ionablo resort or England, in tho northern part of Yorkshire on a hend land extending Into tho North sea It is 37 miloa northeast of dio import ant English city of York, It Is a little moro than two hundred miles from London . . r - - " 1 t Scarborough has boon popularly ylod tho -quoon of watering place" styled ri no permanent population I Ol IUO I placo Is moi o than forty tl.ou.nnd 1l - . . . i ri i r i r l w m m m mm - m a . .wKvwi m i uc ucmcr. I J boS'of jSnSnT. '"If n,,,n,(C,, LrE a,,f' " . h" 8" h crhi portion o t no countv nf nur, ----- -w ' m ham. Its population la about twenty five thousand. Adjoining Hartlepool is West Hartlepool, a city of moro than sixty-fivo thousand inhabitants. Tho Hartlopools aro provided with a vast system of docks. Whitby is In tho north riding of lurituiiire, on ino coast, and about half way between Scarborough and Hartlepool. It is h town of about iweivo thousand peoplo, and also Is soasldo resort. f, mTi t i r . . a oim.n cngagea tne Haiders. Iho admiralty announced through the official press bureau, that tho light cruiser Patrol and the torpedo do- stroyor Doon were among tho British warships that attacked the German laiuors. I hey woro heavily engaged and came off with somo nnsu.nlHpQ Aboard the Patrol four men were killed and four wounded, whllo on the Doon or.e was killed and 11 wounded, tngland Roused by Raid. Every agency of the army and navy is co-operating along the British coasts to prevent another attack as that directed by a German fleet against Scarborough. Hartlepool and Whitby, on the North sea Flotillas of torpedo boat destroyers steam up and down the coast; fleets of hydroaeroplanes wheel through the sky; throughout tho night powerful searchlights swqop the waters, and soldiers in the fortresses and trenches along the eastern coast sleep upon their arms, ready at a moment's no tice to spring to their guns to repel another surprise attack. Tho North sea fle.et will probably bo strengthened at once. All of these precautions of the land nnd sea branches of tho British mili tary establishment show that England has been aroused as never before In centuries. The war has been brought Jwmt to England'! threshold. 1 MAJ. DWIGHT E. AULTMAN Major Aultmmi of Ilm Sixth Flalil 11 II Ii I t J t A I IL L. ?..of '. r,l;d f"tB." Ä,".,y lit ovb" lä nl Mhi. ti l ZlnZ Sf ih L L I, 1 g LT n !? tile olttHi or 1800. GEN. SCOTT SEEKS TO STOP WAR NEAR BORDER Chief of Staff of U, 8. Army on Way lo Naoo-Troou Riatly to y Washington. Dec, 17. Gloaeiv mi. lowlnp tbe dispatch of more Unltod Htates troops to Naoo, Aria,, where residents have been killed and wound. ed by the lire of Mexican soldiers fioross the border, Becrelary of Wnr Gai'i'lsnn rmlmmrl On., ihmi, I. Rnnii nhinp P n. h..i..i m" r y( o p roooe to iNaoo at once, o will try to induce the war 111x1" nnn fi J" i fL .. .. . . WM" HIV M H IW mll IIUI M lis HVÖH Ln,i M a ' ... ' l'i horrtor. N(l0n Ar, Dnn ,nnnvnnn m,. noo,rtn.., woo, iu, uoirornor May- fn,.n,m , i, i.A . . . i toi'Qiia nnnniinrtoil ihnt Im umnlrl mtrinn oxloan troops to fall back from ,UI'11 MIIIIUllllüUl II Hl. I U WUl ( arilQr 1,,B A,0lon ll,0"s t0 f ao from ,nOr0 0fl0,'lH 10 n,' ll,t0 NCt ftllttrwl 1st ...I. 1 I. i I. - n... , lu wore mini 'Zu?. . . . . I i it i i in nn imiiinit iimiiiai 11 ti . i -...www uiuun uuiuui jitiuui nu I oor command Ol Uritr. UOII. TUR COr ll. UIIhb, complotod its tolophono linos, connecting hoadouartors with llio bomhnronr nnd n ,fnniu n,wi iun ' w.,v,.wMv.,, hihi uiu tn ory established positions for tholr (,f tho Russian rosistanco after tho hold ploces commanding tho two Moxl- most bitterly fought battle of tho cam can camps. Tho rango was ostab- paign," is accoptod In London as hull lishod and tho ploces woro thon with- eating that tho Germans havo inflicted clniwn- tho most crushing dofoat of tho war on Washington, Doc. lG.Ordcrs woro Russia. lssuoo oy secretary 01 war Garrison aftor a cabinot mooting that throe regiments of infantry and threo bat torlos of artlllory, aggregating 3,000 men, bo sent at onco to re-enforco " ,8, Ä .r ?1 , R?n" ' ,1 C,00 SOl;'0rS " nh uonorni uiiss nt Naoo. Ariz. Wl WOW IIIIUl 1.. ni,lMIIWlln 41,1 n.lllA O . M tn " n"""r T,.' "In vlow of conditions on tho hor- i, Ä. ii r i in,. Ä to- liXn y and artlllory b .ont him. In compll- wvji, 4io nu cjuv. liiuiii, uuiiuriu miss uns unco with this request, tho troops aro being dispatched and placed under his command. Tho ro-enforcomonts aro being requested and sent as a meas ure of precaution." GERMANS KILL 1,800 FRENCH Berlin Says 1,200 Prisoners Taken Somme 7,500 Captured In Ar gonne Forest. on Berlin (by wireless). Dee. in Tho following official statemein was re- ceived by wireless from Berlin: "The fighting at Nieuport continues favorable, but no decision yet has been reached. The French attacks between La Bassee and Arras .-ind nn hnHi oirio t??,. c? , resulted in failure, with severe losses to tho enemy. On the Somme the French lost 1,200 men in prisoners and at least 1.S00 in dead; our own losses were under 200. "In the Argonne forest our success ful attack resulted in the capture of some 7,500 prisoners in addition to war material. There have been no important developments elsewhere on the western front." NAME NFW SU! TAN IN EGYPT Great Britain Appoints Prince Hussein Kemal to the Post With New Title. London, Dec. 19. It is officially an nounced that Prince Hussein Kemal has been appointed to succeed the khedive of Egypt. Abbas Hilmi. Prince Hussein Kemal will take the title of sultan. The new sultan is an uncle of Abbas Hilmi and is a son of Ismael Pasha, who was khedive from 18G5 to 1179. GERMAN CI FSAYS VICTORY OVER ROSS S NOW COMPLETE Von Hindenburg Tells Kaiser Warsaw Is Near Capture. MANY MUSCOVITES CUT OFF 40,000 of Csnr'a Troops Reported Sur rounded by Toutona Northcaot of Lodis Dofcndoro Rondy to Evacuate CMpttnt. iJorlln Doo. 10 (By Wlroloia). Wariaw, facing capture by tho army of General von Mindern burg, la panlo- stricken. Reports from German com- mnndors at tho front nay that minora httvo roaeliod tlitrn thai tho Pollnh capital Ib to bo ovacuatwd and that tho ßuna of (ho roriH Ihoro havo ulraady boon takon away to provont tholr fall Into tho ImndH of iho luvudoru. following tho arunt victory In Po land iho tlorman army Ih utoadlly pur nullit iho rolronlluK UiuujIhuh, accord III)' to llio olllclnl MtiilDiiHJiit trlvun nuL horo, and It hpoiuh only a maltur of tlnio until (ho Uurnmmt will havo oo cuplod Warna w, -"f MIUIIUIIIIM ll(ll)ldlHIII) HIV I 0 l'01'1"'1 tu Imvu huun out olt rroiu Iho 1,11,111 ul'"iy 1,11,1 '""'i''!' I'V öo'" ,,ml,M bolwuu ',0,low l,ml ölOon.l. woro trannod b.v a darlnu llanltlnü movomoiit or Uurnian cavalry, who urovontod tholr rulruat until Infantry Qamu up. Vlotory Ii öomplöUi KalHor Wllhuhn rucuivod pornoually lv UliMinuuu from (Jonoral von Hin Vl IK-HIUIU1 II Ulli V415IIIM (Jenbwii Ihu iiuwh or the buole. Von lilinkmbiii-H w IiiIIh und thu wnr lurd m IlllBBllUl do mil mo i a. ßeuerai discimsed stralegy, but the war ollkm has nor given out any of 1110 Heuernl's Information beyond the mpl m vioiory over the Hub- whb complete, J,v üblishln their main position ft,mUi Hfadmcw Iba Husslans already had retreated 1n miloa l'rnin ihoii Ilnw. tuii lin mi ni uaanpü.u.hnnxm.i i,..ii. 1 ,..... huhphiph ninuer auvaueu omuo uur The war odlco statement that um i),,cin.. wnUi nninBi an 'iihhiimi MIuhmuh HpIMIIPI- MIICHIH ,nui nnn iino nnmwtnu, unu down Ima I Kronl vlotni" feti V.01.01 boon noooptod horo hb n y and Horlin is mad with inv. wMnh i,B h imi hv 1oV. wllloh lins linoii finonn I um i nil hv Von HIndouburg's mossago, London Accepts Report, London, Doo. 10, "Tho victory of tho Gorman arms in Poland Ih com- I i i mow." . TI,Ib mossn- trom 0onwn vol W' nun ou ig io poroi wuiiam, in tno ,i . i . 11 1 t .1 ffon nf mlm uulnna (Vm DnlxniriMwl that tho assaults of tho Austro-Gorman n.mv ..iinmniin ihn iui..lrtr Zl ' 0 T 1 " V1III1IIY CUII1NUI1UU U1U U IHUUIÜI1 IllOU L Tho Bilonco of Ihn Polrncrnii wnr of. - w - 4 I, 11 lice and the suppression of nearly all newspaper advices from Russia is con sidered horo as significant of a Gor- man victory. kulsor's army moving ngulnst Wlirsl,w ,s ri)l,orlC(1 t0 lll,1bor 7C0.00Ü men. GERMANS L0SF IN FLANDERS Alllei Claim Teutoni Are Being Forced Back With Heavy Losses. London, Dec. 30. Tho allies ad vance in Belgium is fast gaining mo mentum. Tho Germans aro being io Germans aro being all along tho Flanders sroAt losses in killed, forced back front witn g wounded, prisoners and war mate rial, according to reports reaching hero. Marked gains have boon re- corded in overv forward mnvnmnnt- attempted by the allies, and tho conn- ter-attacks of the Germans have been snprnssfnllv mot fhronphmif At the extreme left of tho allies' line, where two days ago the French and Belgian troops broke from Nieu- port and advanced as far as Lorn- baertzyde, tho allies reached the Lorn- hnortzvde road nnd hv .i hrillinnt nf. n n. trenches to the east of Steenstraate, capturing 100 prisoners and threo quic'--firing guns and gaining nearly 3S0 vards. To the northwest of Lombaertzyde the allies have made considerable progress with the aid of the British ships, which directed a severe fire cn the flank of the Germans. . siloncine; their artillery. GREECE TO WAR ON TURKS? Report Circulated in Rome That tion Will Join Allies in Fight Against Sultan. Na- Rome, Dec. 19. In diplomatic cir cles here a report was circulated that Greece would declare war on Turkey within twenty-four hours. Big Fire at Pottsville. Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 18. A large part of the business section of Potts ville was destroyed by fire, with a Ion estimated at nearly $2,000,000. FRITZ KREISLER Frltx KrolBlor, the famou vlollnlat wlio iervod In tho Austrian army early 'In the war and, having been wounded, has come to America, LIONS ESCAPE IN THEATER: POLICE SHOT IN BATTLE An,, Oah Prom 8tnoo In Gotham f,,ul Injure GovernI Parsons Now VoHt. Ijou. is.-HMvu IIoiih uh- el,0 f" Hi" IUIlilil.v-Hl.vlli Strut tlumtor, ihruwhiB thu mulloiicu Into n luiudrod horaon. I wo of whom VVlH'tl Nil badly liijurud that thoy woru lakon to a houpiial, Othora Injured woro ablo to no homo. Twenty womon and ulrls rainiuil, rhu aiiimalö had .hißt been nul throuah their part of the performance and should havo returned to their uuHt'B m iiic wiuuh, ina eao. tney bounded down into the orchestra. , TIim iuhIIpiipp plied pell mull out of Ll l" B,u" Pl m uio umaier, ine b nnviiiH ; nifliw through the ,uhp u" " i'our 01 J . vmc cm m cu in i e ion. " lur 11111 " '"re Pnnee re and theater employees could I,HVJ ',,,an uacu m (UOir Cages, ft any snots wore nrort a hem n toon thom tori' fled. n" , , , n th an mal dashed for tho street and attacked and c awed aovornl . Ä. . a , persons boforo ho bu ots of iho no, "."S,0"' itB1,f10' I 110 0U Ol 11111)0(1 the Rlnii'wnv nnrl wniiwi into oiasor's photoßranh ah lory, a woman Hitting for hor portrait tainted, nnd it was roportod that she had boon terribly, clawod, rho lion then returned to tho at wot, Tho police bogan firing at Iho animal. which had become savago. Fifty-four shots woro 11 rod Into lis hndv hni it was killed. Sergoant Samuol Glynn was struck ' and seriously woundod by a bullet di- cted at tho Hon. Two othor officers ,.-n,.r, Dlmf woro snot. Tho lions woro being exhibited by a woman wiling horsolf as Mino. An dreo. DARING BANK THIEF KILLED Auto Bandit Makes Raid In Cincin nati $13,000 Dleappearo After Battle. Cincinnati, O., Hour oaroor of Dec. 38. A throe crlmo by one man, which Included the ro.bblng of two Cin cinnati banks, pistol shot accompani- mo"(8, t.h0.lh0.r.t. of two automobiles and a duel with policemen marked tho most sensational day In Cincin nati's criminal history. Tho bandit Is Frank Hohl, whoso homo is In Phila delphia. Ho was mortally wounded In a sensational street duel with Policeman Edward Knaull and died shortly after being taken to the city ww , v 10S1) taK Kna1ul a,s,? WftE fatal y 0Jl!nc!oTdf 1C,crg( as probably go winter, cashier of the Liberty Savings bank, was slightly injured. Hohl robbed tho Provident Savings bank of moro than seven thousand dollars, and at tho Libort? Savings bank ho got moro than six thousand dollars. What be came of the loot remains a mystery. U. S. TO GUARD CANAL ZONE President and Cabinet Decide to Send War Vessels to Enforce Neutrality. Washington, Dec. 16. President Wilson and his cabinet decided on Tuesday to send American warships to the Canal Zone to guard against vio lations of neutrality there ,by belliger ent ships. Just how many ships and whether destroyers or cruisers or battleships shall be dispatched will be deter mined after a full report has been re ceived from Colonel Goethals. mill tary governor of the Canal Zone, aud Captain Rodaian. naval officer of the canal. APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED Measure Carrying $36,500,000 Wins House Agricultural Census Eliminated. in Washington, Dec. 19. After elimi nating the $2,000,000 item for an agri cultural census in 1915, the house on Friday passed the legislative approb ation bill carrying approximately $36-500,000. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Valparaiso. Andrew Schuessler was fined $50 by a circuit court jury for selling liquor without a license. Evansvillo. Homer Thornsborrr, go eighteen, attempted suicido by swallowing a dose of bug poi son, following a quarrel with hia brother over tho possession of an over coat Physicians cay ho probably will dlo. invansviUo. Tho thrco-yoar-old son of W. W. Hndloy was scalded whan ho turned a kettle of boiling wa tor ovor on hlnmalC Physicians my tho only way hin lifo oau bo savod Is hy grafting akin ovor his logn and body. lnvauBvlllG. Tho annual Flrnt dis trict labor conforancu oponod hore with ilolugntOH pro8out from the mvauHvlllo unlouH and from unions In virtually ovory county in tho district. Louis linrty of this city Is tho secre tary of tho conforonco. Tho question of BtahllHhlng a district union ooop onitlvo store In ICvansvlllo was tils cussod. Hotlford. Tho Jury iu tho onao of iQlinor Howoll, ohurgoil with first (logroo murder for tho killing of Jefferson Jones, was filschurgud, aftor a failure to ugrou. Tho Jury was out 10 hours. Howell's bond was llxutt st $fi,000 and, um hu was unable to pro vide that amount, tho prisoner was remanded to Jail. Sholbyvlllu. Uuy MoAhorn. son of Viiruu iMcAlmru, living near Bt. Paul, heads tho list in a oornralsln contest, inaugurated last spring In ln dlaua, Ohio and Illinois hy a fertlltoor company, and Is winner of $100 for tho bust aoi'o nf ooni, Ills hum yield ed lift bushels. Ten acres, on which he used the fertiliser, yielded iC'ß bushels to the average, aoro, Tha company paid ifl.oou in prises. J jiipuiu. M rs, nisrenee Anderson of this city was advltmd by tüle gram that the two children of K, A, llrant of this city had been hunmri lo death in (California. One of the victims Is a boy of two and nnedisU years and tho other a baby glvl of ten months, The house where they were staying caught Are, and tbe children were aiiloop in an upstairs room and woro cremated before uHPitMnnoa could bo summonud, Tipton. iQruoat, Bprong, twenty-nine yoarH old, Ih iu Jail hero, charged with Iho tboft of corn from his landlord, John R, Click, Click had boon missing corn and stock. Neigh bors telephoned him that, a load of corn was on its way to lölwood. Ho startod for that place and mot Sproug, Atn.ayv ilt 1..... .1 1 1 1 t a 4Murtj i nun uiiu luniuroo uusnois or tno grain havo boon tnkon and 12 hogs havo disappeared from tho fnrm. Potorahurg. Tho Jury, aftor delib erating a number of hours, re turned a vordlct of guilty against Carl Morton, charged with llrot dogroo mur der in tho killing of isd Duko in a card gamo at Princeton about throo weeks ago. Morton rocolvod tho vordlct with tho same Indlfforenco that has' marked his attitude throughout his trial. Ho was .sentenced to lifo im prisonment. Anderson. Mary Poor, sixty years old, has filed a suit for d Ivo reo from Harvey Poor, seven ty-t wo roars old. The Poors havo been mar tied moro than forty years and havo 3evoral grown children. Tho com plaint says thoy woro divorced 20 years ago, but on account of young children becamo reconciled. Mrs. Poor charges her husband with failure io provide. Indianapolis. Hurry E. Mcrrlam of Broad Itlpplo must remain on tho outside of tho penitentiary. Ho was brought Into police court horo charged with Issuing a fraudulent check. Judgo Decry allowed him to go free after warning him that a vjalt to a saloon would mean a trip to tho ponltontlary as Judgement In the case would bo withhold ponding his strict sobriety. Crawfordsville. Ralph A. Chitty, county agricultural agont, announced tho pri'.o winners in the Mont gomery County Corn show, which is In session here this week. In tho opon-to-the-woiid class, outsiders won over tho local men, Carl Sniggio of Fountain county taking first prize for one ear, R. L. Stainbrook of Johnson county for ten oars white and Peter Lux of Shelby county for ten ears yellow. Fort Wayne. At a meeting of the Citizens' league of Indiana here, which was attended by representatives from a number of northern Indiana cities, a resolution asking tho coming Indiana legislature to call a special election at which the proposition of having a constitutional convention can be voted on again. Judge Eichorn de livered the keynote address. Other speakers were Cecil Fowler and May or Bauer of Lafayette, J. Kirby Risk of Indianapolis. G. A. Briggs of Elk hart, J. H. McGill of Valparaiso, Em erson Ballard of Crawfordsville and Mayor Keller of South Bend. Alexandria. While coasting. Robert Carlton, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carlton, was run over by one wheel of an automobile driven by an Elwood man. but no bones wero broken and the boy was not seriously injured. Greencastle. Work on the erec tion of buildings on the Indiana Stat penal farm, south of here, is well un der way, according to Superintendent Charles E. Tarkington. Logansport. Sherman Hoffman wa üned $50 for "bootlegging," and a Jail sentence of six months was suspended a toy Judgo Lairy.