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OUTET BEPCO NEWS-TIMES 12 Tiimjm.vr, snrrninrn 2, 1013. NEWS OF INDIANA and MICHIGAN 0 I CP Tl eome And Pre V. fn ft fi r STATE GEOLOGIST IS Ml raRTHE PLAGE Work Has Froven of Great Benefit to Farmers In diana is Third. CRUSHED UNDER IRON Marlon Man Killed When Cupola at ronmlry (Jiics Way. posse ss d the quahh- thf. intr n st in the worK the 1( mocratie party an the candidate, and tjuaintance It M s, either pe-rs selected his ac- Sp'eial to The News-Times. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. -'-In se lecting the man for .state geologist th peop of Indiana, were fortunate 1:. .t curing the strvi--.s of a man so well htted as Rd.vard Rarrett. He in not only M'lalihed hut exhibits the right enthusiasm in his work and so i-..t. r(KiiH tha? are worth whii". It r ' 1 v. ------ was beoau.-e he rations and the that him in the farming commutJ- -onaiiy or iniuami work, has brought to him an unusu ally strong and inrrea: intr support. Mr. Rarrett lias had the coopera tion of the agricultural department of the state, university and also of the federal government in his work of completing soil surveys. The value of th: work has been Thoroughly le:iten-trated ; the farmers as an ad junct to the practical crop work being dor.-; hy the demonstration depart ment of the state university. For a . . . m f A. t kii.,vvlf lge ot trie soil composuion iw-i! and tirculiarit ies are fully as lmpoiaart as the selection and testing' of scii'.i and methods of cultivation afer it has been determined what cro, shall be planted on this farm or thai. "niflcts Ills Rcimrt. Mr. P.arrett has completed his an nual report and it will soon be in print. In his introduction lie calls attention to the importance of the portion occupied i,y Indiana among I'-'r 'i'liir.'! states. This state i" third In the l-st in the percentage of total acreage in farms and fourth in per centage in what is designated "im proved farm lands." Of the total ac reage of th-1 state '.2.." per cent is farm land and 7::. 7 improved farms. MA III OX. Ind., Sept. 2. Jack Dil lon, 0 years old. a laborer, was killed and three other laborers were se verely injured when the floor of n cupola at the Atlas foundry gave way. Dillon was crushed beneath tons of iron. The three injured men were hurried to a hospital. They are: Joseph Bluzis and William Chlnski. Ora Wallace, colored, was the most serious the three men. His broken between the hip. He will survive. Chinski ' fflSK LAW PENNY ZONES" WOULD MEAN MORE REVENUE (Investigation Shows Intcrurhan Com- panics Lqc? G Percent of Ilcv cnue Through 'Jitneys.' Austrians, and Ora Wallace ly injured of right leg w;n knee and the The injuries of Bluzis and consist d of severe bruises. The charging scaffold from which the cupola of the Atlas foundry was tilled with pig iron was overloaded, it is believed. The .scaffold gave way. Dillon was working beneath it and the injured men were on top cf the , scaffold. Jack Dillon came to this city only two weeks ago from Lima, O., wh"rc his father. I 'rank Dillon, lives. The father telephoned instructions last evening to Fend the body of his son to Lama today. Gov. Ralston States Objections to Section Covering Es caped Prisoners. EXPECT VALLEY LINE FO IOLE0O BY NOV. 1 si l I INDIANAPODIS, .Sept. 2. Gov. Ralston yesterday made public the first of the recommendations he has decided to make to the 1917 legisla ture. He will ask the general assem bly, he said, to amend the 11)15 law, which provides a prison sentence for persons escaping from the Indiana state far at Putnamville. The bill for this law was introduced in the last house of representatives by Huber HIckam of Spencer, whose lather was a member of tho original state farm commission. The law provided for a prison sen tence of from two to live years at the Indiana state prison at Michigan City for those who escaped from the state's penal farm. But It failed to provide that the .'rial judges might send the persons in question to thei In. liana reformatory for tho tprm in-l INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 2. One million dollars or more will be paid into the treasuries of the interurban companies from increased fares in any one year of the future, through computation of fares on the "penny zone,' according to persons familiar with the matter. Owing to opposition by some inter urban patrons, who claim that they arc charged excessive fares, an inves tigation was made and may lead to the filing of petitions with the Public Service commission asking that fur ther hearings be held. The operating expenses of 2 4 roads in Indiana for the fiscal year ending July 30. 1914, were SS.211.S34.S0. Automobiles, "jitneys" and the like have made inroads upon the interur ban revenue, however, the compara tive statements of the companies showing a decrease of G per cent. It is believed that the operating revenues in the state of Indiana will exceed $10,000,000 and the increase from six to 12 per cent will more than likely pay the roads more than 1,000,000 in increased faxes. matory would be preferable to incar ceration in the state prison. i Greencastie Case in Question. ( The governor said he would recom- ,.., -r .. mend to the next legislature that the NeqOtiatlOnS VVlttl TraCtlOn .law be so changed that-trial judges in un tiwus jici eai lei wuum iwi e the privilige of sending the escaped prisoners either to the state prison at Michigan City or the Indiana refor matory at JeffersonViUe. Young men under the age of 30 years ought to be sent to the reformatory, the gov ernor believed, rather than to thf: dicated in the law. if their ages were ' TWII IN 1 1 IK FN N WKFLK ----- W W - w w - am such that incarceration in the refor- Through Companies for Terminals Under Way. Knsine and Caboose Plow Freight Train at Carlcton. has :r,.l ncr cent and S2.9 per Illinois lias HO. 7 and Ohio has 92. "i These are the four ercentage of farm Iowa cent nnd i v2 per cent md 7". 7 percent, leading states in respecti v ely. lands and improved farms. In his comment Mr. Barrett says: "When we think that the average yield- in most cereals is enly one-third to one-fourth as much in this state as in som of the host agricultural rtatrs of Rarope, we can see the ncees:i!y of added kno.viedge and more effective methods of soil im- prov ment. not only through experi ment.' throw; I'oini TT .!- : fort!!.: so! the ! loir : eh r -so h ! Chi it - n ore 71' V'. des ti r I cNt'n.'ioii work. but d work from the stand-mo'.-v. There- is no i;ood a sarv-y of the topmost Indi "ia. the soil and a Wo '-r function of of irciiov, and :t -'lit in'Miml-ent is ill? i rt tnent, it sliall as in ho T d ''.ivis If?procl. ' , i i n . i lit ' j: of the 1. :(:: '! i". tho IS s';it p r KBKIIART. Sept. 2. That the Val ley line will have through service be- state prison. tween Blkhart and Toledo by Nov. 1 is the statement accredited by II. E. Bucklen, principal owner of the trac tion company. Negotiations with one of the ti-action companies running out of Toledo for terminal connections have been completed, it is said, and all that remains to be done is to build to its terminal, a distance of about nine miles from Columbia, O., the present terminal of the Valley line. Mr. Bucklen was not in the city this morning but it was declared .that work was being pushed east of Colum bia and that it was Mr. Bucklen s plan to connect with a Toledo interurban either at Baton or Montpelier, O. A local representative declared that he knew Mr. Bucklen was negotiating with the Wabash railroad and the Toledo &. Western Traction Co. but was not awaro that negotiations had been closed. It is said that it is Mr. Bucklcn's plan to use the bi gasoline type of car for the through service, as he has sa;iiud himself that the gasoline car os superior to any other including the t lecinlication of the line. A complete u i -phone dispatching system has been completed. "arm lavd. while !i i'-'proved farm? !m-; one pr !)'.: the soil reports S7S.- cent is but 2.-..1 some of eont or less. survey work are maintained, one he other in cooper d ral department. grid')gist's time dvop d to pro tter in which per eent ; the ; t h.r Iri py-i'Ci two j. , o.iit!' s Py tfe v-r.-tt" and -.Itio-I With tbe f. Mi?eh of the state In the . ;ir 1 ! t wa -tMotin ; ro.ul v ,i:uls: a the , ,,.,.. ,,f Indiana are deeply and rnthUM-'stieaijy ir.vres'ed. During the er. Mr. Barrett dtliered soni 2e aililrtMN :it different points in th 4 state on road construction and on tho ecid!ent road materials of Indiana. He has also written several circulars and magazine articles on the subject. Jn addition to these he spent eonsid cra'ob time it farmers' moetin-gs and lnstnutes T.s t hat xuls ami J-Tate. V..r k : o n t i n i ! i d d i : r rett's term. dj.-cu.-sin- ir.-0j0:(. jrob ar- los.lv related to the farming interests nf the rig these lines v, ; the rest of Mr. ill bo Bar- CHILD TAKES TRIP l)iir- car-old Prom Home to Seymour Boy Wander I.ouls nic. si:vMor::, ind.. l nei ; u tour yea i s Mrs. Henry Tiori; liorne. h.ai'led a: j.oui.-viiic trat livirv.r in I.i'ii' old. crowd at the hild went to op. and it w lay in u n ar ept. 2. Jimmy of M r. and u;i!iii( rt-il frc.:; 1 an Indianapolis and tioM line oar. -.nd ar-s- i!U was hst in a t' rmitral station. The hi- father's blacksmith is sapposed that he wan t I'lysses Grant lake, a well known X. V. C. melianic, whose home was at li02 W. i-ranklin st., is dead of alvulur heart trouble from which he had suffered for several years, al tnough not seriously until two months ami. He was taken to the hospital a week ago, at which time he was able, to driss himself and walk to the physician's automobile in which he was conveyed to the hospital. Mr. l'ike was a member of Pulaski lodge, I. O. O. P.. of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias and of the Bake Shore Belief association. 'While you irls are in a movie we'll play pool," remarked Wallace Ciook-. 4. and Robert Zones, 27, upon parting from their wives on Fri day eening. Aug. G, live weeks ago. Nothing has been heard from them since, except a note which Crooks left at home telling his wife that he and his companion "were going to find work". On last Friday evening Mrs. Crooks K;ivo birth to a daughter, and has since been seriously ill at the General hospital, her condition being due, the physicians say, to her husband's de sertion of her. Mrs. Zones has gone to the home of relatives in a middle western city. W. Cm. Bussard, assistant cashier of the Citizens Trust Co.. and Mrs. Bus sard went to North Manchester Wed nesday to attend the funeral of C. H. Mook. who was the father of Mr. Bus sard's first wife. Mr. Flook died Tuesday evening from tiie effects of injuries received two weeks ago in an automobile accident. The matter was brought to his at tention yesterday while he was at Greencastie. He and Judge James P. Hughes discussed the sentence that must be imposed on several boys in Putnam county for escaping from the farm. Their ages range from IS to 21 years. They are in jail at Greencastie. The officials hesitated when they thought of the boys being sent to the state prison, and it was understood that the sentences might be suspended during good behavior. The governor, on returning to In dianapolis, said he would seek to have the new law remedied hy the next legislature. McCorkle Cae Considered. The governor also said he had told Putnam county olficials that if they presented a properly signed petition and the showing in the case was proper he would commute the life imprisonment sentence of Roy Mc Corkle. sentenced from Putnam coun ty for life for murder, to manslaught er, thus makinpr McCorkle eligible to parole. McCorkle was convicted of killing an Italian in Greencastie eight years ago. CABBKTOX. Mich.. Sept. 2. II. C. Kelly of Sand.isky, O., Pere Mar quette brakeman. and Fireman Ed ward Imerson of Port Huron, were seriously injured and the Pere Mar quette depot on the main stret hero was nearly wrecked when a Pere Marquette train consisting of a loco motive and caboose, plowed through a D. T. and I freight train at tho junction here at midnight last night. Kelly's face and head was badly lacerated and Imerson sustained a broken arm and other injuries. Both will live. The Pere Marquette engin eer Jumped and escaped unhurt. The target was against the Pere Marquette train. HAD FAKE "PERMIT" Gypsies at Indianapolis iay Dearly For Scrap of Faicr. IXDIAXAPOBI.S Ind., tept. 2. When Judge Decry demanded of Min nie Stevenson and Minnie John, two gaudily attired pypsies, whose busi ness was fortune telling, that they ex plain why they violated the statutes of the state of Indiana, both pro duced an alibi in the form of a pink slip of paper hearing the signatures of city olficials and known as a "per mit." The permii cost the gypsies $25 and Judsje Decry ordered them to return to court later and receive further orders. RATTLER CAUSES FRIGHT ( BOYS TAKE POWDER CANS and Snake Fscaies From Caqt Children Are Kept Indoors. All BLOOMIXGTOX, Ind.. Sept. 2. Every child in Maple Heights, an ad dition of Bloomington, has been kept indoors the last 4S hour.?. A big rat tlesnake escaped from John Altop, a Brown county man, who was visiting in this city, and it is thought to be in the weeds at Maple Heights. Altop Place Kxplosives on Railroad Tracks and Are Arrested. BAY CITY, Mich., Sept. 2. Four boys ranging in age from 14 to 18 i years, were arrested last nigrht in ; Monitor township, five miles west of ! Bay City, on a charge of breaking into the powder house of Handy j Brothers' coal mine, Sunday night, nriil stenlinfT two rnn of pi.int nrr caught the snake in Brown county. ier and when he came here to visit his; fhe theft was (liscovercd whon tho brother Isaac he brought it with him coal mlners. traln on the Midland in u uox. im- nk k, .Su,pn, .u . division of the Michigan Central now ecioue in iapie ueigius iS'intn looking for it. The snake has 15 rat tles and Altop says when it is alarm ed it can be heard three blocks. re traction :.vay an. st n.;ers. lie was lah.iii. tl the car re was l it r Simmon him home f the l.tiy's turned hop.u I'll Th lie saw the a short distance fill i It With other l'MS- the conductor thought hi parents. V u-k Cal iduotur !'o and hi:;, when svil!e. The bov V Miss B.r.ma . nil,, hreuuht at did not know until lie was rr- ear arrive d ' .I-; rd. a an' with i e i i d Bon ::r.i;:. .1 this tit pare rnc- FARMER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE GKAND BAPID. Mich.. Sept. 2. His crops ruined by frost, John Treniethiek, an aged fanner residing i, ear Ishpeming. hanged himself in his nam late Monday. Boys found him alive and informed a "oliceman, who cut him down. The di-couarged man will be given a new start Jn life bv friends. LEAVES HOSPITAL; FALLS Man With Bullet Wound in Head Will Remain in Bed Several Weeks. CAD IBB AC, Mich., Sept. 2. Wil liam Gildie, whe was shot through the head by his uncle, six weeks ago, following a quarrel and who has been in the hospita' here since that time, two can, Monday ran morning, on the way to the mine from Bay City. FEAR BABE WAS POISONED Autopsy to he Held Mother Child Dyins on Bed. II nils V w V Saturday Sept. 4th V ca Oi II I I It il Vv Q) Cafipets mm Diraperias 2:30 to 5:307:30 to 9:30 Third Floor Music 55th A mimverssunr Now On REAL "old time bargains" are being offered in departments throughout the store in celebration of this our fifty-fifth birthday. Wg Mention a few of them: Silk Velvet Hat Shapes $1.55. 50 in. Curtain iWarquisette (35c regular) 2Sc. $1.00 Wash Blouses 55c. Ladies' Flannel Night Gowns S1.00 ones at 55c; the 50c ones at 39c. Wyman's 3 12.50 sets of Red Fox Furs at $8.55. Our $2.00 Leather Hand Bags 'at $1.65. Wv man's 21c. Insertions 2 5c Wearwell Hose at 2c yd. 3 in. Laces 5c yd. 35c TalTeta Ribbons 19c yd. Ladies' Wool Sweaters $2.50. 16 vds. of Outing Flannel (10c kind) for $1.00. Ostrich Neckpieces at 95c, $1.95, $2.95, $3.95 and $5.95. COLLISION KILLS TWO Intcrur?an Car Strikes Wagon at at Royal Oak With Fatal Results. worth 00 0,000. Tne avowed pur pose of the organization is to "root out ruinous competition and keep prices at a reasonable level." SHOAB.S, Ind Arthur Nicholas, 12 years old. living on a farm near here, was playing with a dynamite cap when it exploded a.id tore off a thumb and three lingers. Ho was alone, but suc- physician. ROYAL, OAK. Mich., Sept. 2. Two men were killed when the vege table wagon In which thev were rid- Inc wns Ktrnrk liv n Knirinaw ;ind Tav CCCued in telephoning a City limited interurban car of the D. U. B. at the 10-mile road cross ing: on Woodward av. this morning. Benjamin Kurdd. who resided on High street near Bivard st.. died in stantly, and his companion, whose, name has not been learned, died while he was being taken to the oltiee of a physician here. The horses also were killed and the rig demolished. The accident took place within ir rods of where Fr. Dominic II. Kola- sinski was killed. AXOKBS'OX. Ind. A horse driven y Arthur t p. n fell dead at the sight of an elephant which was match ing in a small circus parade h'Te. OAKLAND CITY, Ind. Whon Kl mer Cornier, 12 y ars old, dragged a loaded shotgun toward him today tho cartridge was discharged. One of his arms was shot off and he suffered se rious wounds in his side. MOUNT VERNON, Ind. Burglars blew open a safe in tho Wcilbrenner grocery store here last night and got $40 in cash. Several other stores wero robbed. CHILDREM ARE RESCUED Mother Throws Sons IYom Window and is Rescued IYom Haines. GRAND RAPIDS. .Sept. 2. When Mrs. Haspilc returned home after being absent a fe wmoments. Monday, Adams was awakened she found her three-year-old daugh ter. Dartona, dying- on her bed. The child died before medical aid could COIiUNNA. Mich., Sept. 2. Arthur Adams and his family escaped from their burning home through an up stairs window, after flames had burn ed the stairway, early Tuesday. by the erics of his four-year-old son. Allen. lie found the room filled with smoke. He threw a mattress out of the window and If aped to the ground. His wife COLU.Mnr.. Ind. Orville Cowden will lose the siht of one eye as the result of the falling of a hoe from a shelf in a toolhouse which struck his left eye. COLUMIiTV. Ind. John Stingie of Indianapolis came- here to confer with his estranged wife on means of pay ing a small line assessed against their ANDERSON, Ind. When workmen unloaded a car of coal at the Penns ylvania railroad at North Anderson, they discovered a can containing 25 pounds of coarse grain gunpowder. silKLDO.V. Ind. liecauso he mis took the direction in which he was going to fall after cutting loose from hi.-; balloon, Ocor-e Williams, an aero naut, was killed when he crahe7 through the tops of a group of trc s. He said to have made "juo success, fill Uights. WASHINCTi N. Ind. When Jerry Heard and llamy Reach became en-ga-'ed in an altercation. Ueard drew a razor ami slashed I5(ach on th right cs to shoulder, close tile It required wound. IT titch son. Refore they go: through a onciliation had been effect.-d and decided to live together again. r e the: ha v bo obtained. Coroners Lerov and isn t a lucky man. i oung uihiie was i and Hllliker performed an autnnsv ! thon throw-him their two children nn.i dismissed from the hospital as recov- J Tuesday and removed the stomach of ' he then rescued his wife by means of rri and ien as io was waiKing down tnp haoe. This was sent to T.nninsr 1 n ladder. the steps. The fall tore open the wound in the head and as a result tile young man must spend several more weeks at the hospital. FLINT MAN IS KILLED Attempted to Get Off Movins: Train at Davison and Is Struck. PUT NT. Mich.. Sept. 2. Alfred Sca ton. MS years old, was killed at 1 o'clock this morning while trying to tret off a moving train at Davison, 10 miles e.i5t of here. His body wa found at " a. m. by D. T). Poynter, a section man, who was on his work. where an analysis of lt.s contents was made this afternoon. DISCOVER POISON PLOT Muskegon runner Finds Apples With Poison Instead of Cores. way MUSKKOOX, Mich.. Sept. '.Wil liam Johnson, a Cedar Creek township farmer, this morning discovered a number of apples in his bainyard. from which the cores had been re moved and either arsenic or strych nine inserted in an attempt to poison his herd, which is valued at $2,000. to Sheriff Collins is investigating the at I tempt to poison the animals. STATE BRIEFS KVANSVILI.K. Ind. Th- annual convention of the Southern Indiana Raptist association is. in session here with about 20U delegates attending. MART ON, Ind. World war no horror for Robert Matter, 2 2 fdd, son of Philip Matter, local mil lionnire. Young Matt r will sail short ly for a vacation in Ruropo. LANS I NO, Mich. Reports have reached the otfieo of the state board of lvahli that there are 1 1 cases o diphtheria in J-amotte township. Sanalae county. On' of the medical inspectors has been ordered to invest igate conditions. HOLLAND. Mich. Pirn originating from the explosion of an oil stove de- y ars i sti oy d th" home ,,f R. Lanninga i Tuim1;iv afternoon and Mrs. Iippin gaa and her two-year-old child, who were in the house, narrowly escaped. VALPARAISO. Tnd. Thomas I L Heard was the third of a party of m who have died from the effects of eat ing toadstool ivhich they sappo-td were mushrooms at a dinner m.rtv a month ago. Heard was one of the nest Known attorneys in this part of the state. VALPARAISO, Ind. The wets have won in the Westchester township. Porter county, election by a majority of 10S. In an election in 1M! the wet majority was 20J. HOLLAND, Mich. Contrary to ac-tk-n recently taken by the city coun cil, three members of the board of police and tire commissioners ha ordered two new tire trucks for use in this cite. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Acting against advice from the de partment of justice in Washington. Indiana nal operators have formed an organiza tion representing coal properties MRROM, Ind. Following numerous complaints about '"drunks" on the Cha utau'pia grounds, the drug store- of a . .j. 1'aiKer was raaici uy oincers and a considerable' amount of "wet" Mods was eo n li -ca t ed. HAM M i.VI Id. iced a lantern g::so! amc.ti nt in o; of it F i i i . -in a r to contents -Paul Candor tank e-e-nt. lining ascertain th An e-jd:si(n THE BIIJGBM FAMILY rilARL' TTR. the local branch appeared befun ;!sking that 1 1 1 teas of the eir, niglits. Micli.- of Members o! the v. C. T. 1. the council this week moving picture thea- l-e closed on Sunday OILRL iTTI Cemklin of the ( ; . 1 i t i o n to t ende nt churches. Mich. Rev. P. L. f Elgin. III., will have charg ile .!c!!!ori;i church in ad lils durie-i as state s'jperin of Miciiigun Universalis Copyr!c-i 19ir. International Newsservice Strange Sow the Same Excuse Occurs to two Such Kinds occurred which threw him .V) feet. 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