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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
6
A sweeping year in review noting relatively few catastrophes, major political shifts in the United States and Mexico, assassinations in Europe, rising aviation and science, Panama Canal progress, and significant labor disputes, with leadership changes and notable deaths shaping a turbulent 1913.
In Miller Indiana a Mich City police squad mistook barber Mel Ostrander for thieves and fired. Ostrander hid in a chicken coop until town marshal John Nelson rescued him. Captured driver C J Lerns of Cincinnati claimed two Chicago partners misled him into driving the horses. In Granger South Bend two masked men beat telegraph operator Jack Orich and dumped him in a cellar after a robbery attempt.
In Boonville on January 2 Judge Caleb J. Lindsey of the local juvenile court sentenced four boys aged nine to twelve, members of a "bandit club," to attend Sunday school weekly for a year. They were charged with petty larceny and barred from poor districts, with weekly probation visits and a directive to avoid streets and report to the probation officer.
Jan. 2 report says George T. Beebe will receive an inherited 21 cent error when he becomes Madison County treasurer, the 21 cent discrepancy traced to 10 cents misposted and 11 cents unaccounted. Crim handled over 4 million dollars in taxes without new errors during his term. The article notes odd local notes about snowy payments and a cow bought two years ago tied to weather.
Shelburn Jan 2 Robert Ladson, 43, of Sullivan, was killed when a Terre Haute Indiana & Eastern traction car rolled over him after he lay on the track. A widow and two children survive. Jeffersonville Dec 30 Herbert Exchenfeld, who escaped from the state reformatory on Christmas Eve, was arrested at Salem for a robbery and returned to the reformatory.
Terre Haute on January 2 Jeremiah Anderson aged seventy five a noted old colored Mason in the state and his wife perished in a blaze sparked when an exploding oil lamp set their home afire.
Adley C. Wilson twenty six, a senior at Mores Hill college, was assaulted by two Negro men near the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern tracks from Aurora to his country home in Clay township. They struck him with a sand filled rubber pipe, robbed his gold watch and a pocketbook containing 37 dollars, then left him unconscious on the tracks. A track walker found him as a train approached and police and farmers search for the suspects.
Muncie health board issues second warning as scarlet fever continues to spread. Children under fourteen are barred from public gatherings and public schools are unlikely to resume after the holiday vacation.
Citizens of Hope protest county commissioners against reappointing Dr. James H. Morrison of Hartsville as Bartholomew county health commissioner. They urge the appointment of Dr. B. F. Dudding of Hope. Morrison’s supporters say the protest stems from his strict health law enforcement.
Newcastle Mr and Mrs I W Pit celebrate their fifty fifth wedding anniversary Tuesday. Greenfield Judge Earl Sample appoints Mrs Martha Elliott and Mrs Collier to county board of charities. South Bend Grice Methodist Episcopal women hosted banquet prepared by male members. Bedford A Baltimore & Ohio train derailed on a high fill at Dodds Station. passengers frightened but no injuries. Shelbyville Protestant churches hold nightly prayer services at different churches each evening. Evansville Erwin C Sholtz fourteen receives a decade long Sunday school award at Bethel Evangelical church. Connersville John Quinn and wife celebrate golden wedding at Fayette street home. they immigrated from Claire County Ireland in 1851. eleven children living. Jeffersonville Dr Sallie C Jackson speaks at joint New Year’s Eve reception by Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah. installs officers. Lawrenceburg George C Phiya an agriculture instructor completes large frame house. Peru Milton West pleads not guilty to leading band of thieves. bound over to circuit court with $4000 bond. South Bend Judge Walter A Funk notes Miss Winifred Greenwood marries George Field in California despite earlier marriage obstacle. South Bend Reorganization of congregation under Trinity Hungarian Episcopal Church led by Rev Victor von Kubinyi. 300 members expected. Peru Peru Ministerial Association contracts to bring Bob Jones Alabama evangelist in February. plan tabernacle for four thousand. Columbus Albert N Roland injured last Sunday near Hartsville. unable to recall injuries. nose broken. eight teeth knocked loose. face cut.
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