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Whitw~DemocratESTABLISHED JUNE 16, 1882.MONTICELLO, WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA.SENATE VOTESFOR WAR 82-6Formal Steps Being Taken Which Will PlaceNation in the WorldWar—-Most Moment-uous Days in UnitedStates History.Washington, D. C., April 5. Thn Tlnitpfl States Senate bv theJUDGE WASON FURNISHEDTWO RECRUITS FOR ARMYOne Man Guilty of Larceny and the Other of Forgery Given Choice of Fighting for the Colors or Going to Prison.The regular army of the United Stales has two recruits as the result of an action taken in the circuit court at Delphi last Wednesday by Judge Wason. One man, John J. Mahoney, who was arrested and brought back from Logansport, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of larceny and threw himself upon the mercy of the court. Amos C. Moore, charged with the crime of forgery, also pleaded guilty. Judge Wason gave the men the alternative of going to prison or joining the regular army and they promptly electedTWO DEATHS INSTORM’S WOUNDSCASS TWP. HOME! ARE BEING HEALEDSUNDAY WAS A SAD DAY FOR MR. AND MRS. WM. TOMLINSON-ONE DAUGHTER AGED 2 AND ANOTHER AGED 6 SUCCUMBED TO MEASLES—FIVE OTHER CHILDREN SICK.The epidemic of measles that is sweeping over the county brought a double portion of grief into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Tomlinson, residing in Cass township Sunday morning. Two daughters, oneSTRICKEN CITY OF NEW CASTLE IS RAPIDLY BEING RESTORED AND.RAVAGES OF WIND OBLITERATED—NINETEEN PERSONS KILLED IN STORM AND TWO HAVE SINCE DIED.By Ed F. Newton.The wonderful recuperative power and energy of the American people is strikingly shown in the work of removing the debris left and repairing the homes wrecked by the cy-1 1.feel in diameler were cither broken nil or twisted as you would twist a twig in your lingers. Substantially built houses were swept from their foundations and crushed into a mass of splinters and everywhere in ils path was Jefl a 1 angled mass of wreckage that bnflles description.The freakish pranks of the storm are too many lo write about just now but they will make good reading in Hie future.The post card venders reaped a harvest as thousands of views taken in a few minutes after the storm have been sold. The Bell Telephone Company had photographers here on Monday taking views to show the effects of the storm on their system of wires. Last Sunday the streets were crowded with automobiles loaded with people who had come for miles to see the storm damage.mjiim TFcnnwpnFRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917.AGE LIMIT ISPLACED AT 23FOR THE FIRST 500,000 TROOPS THAT WILL BE CALLED TO THEtCOLORS IN THE EVENT OF WAR WITH GERMANY—SELECTIVE CONSCRIPTION PLANWILL BE USED.Press dispatches Wednesday told of the tentative plan for raising thefirst 500,000 troops that will be asked for in the event of war, as well as to carry out the administration’s preparedness propaganda. Maximum
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Monticello White County Democrat
Monticello, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 06, 1917
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