22 May 1916
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
1
The May term of the circuit court began here this morning and is scheduled to continue until Saturday July 1. Members of the petit jury were sworn in to hear the cases.
Matthew T. Kinney of Goshen obtained a divorce from Elizabeth Hall Kinney who did not appear to defend. Kinney testified she favored other men and kept late hours, with a morning dispute after her return home. Several circuit court orders were also issued including dismissals and new petitions.
CHICAGO May 22 Special Chas P D Willes chairman of the national republican committee is in Chicago arranging details for the convention to open in the Coliseum on Wednesday June 7. The arrangements committee meets May 31 and full membership June 1. The convention will comprise 985 delegates and begin at 11 o clock am on June 7.
Indianapolis May 22 Special Hawks Electric Co asked the public service commission to approve purchasing a plant supplying Bristol with electricity for 4561 dollars The plan would serve Bristol from the Goshen plant.
Victor Rohrer won the gold medal with 15 points for locals at Notre Dame in a big Saturday meet. Laporte athlete Kirby held discus record for five years in South Bend contest.
Orlando Amsden Frank Bailey and John Flowers were arrested after a trip to Elkhart. Bailey was a star witness in a liquor case and Amsden received 100 days in the penal farm while Flowers paid a fine of 11 dollars after pleading guilty. Weaver an ex city fireman and Alfred Martin face assault charges as neighbors fight during a dispute among parents and children.
Henry E. Krutz and Roy P. Trump escorted Isadore Natchett to Jeffersonville to begin a prison term ranging from two to fourteen years for stealing money from Wells Fargo Ex Co in Elkhart.
Edward Fredeke and Gerald Greene report a 30 mile search yielded no mushrooms despite extensive foraging.
The Middlebury High School begins commencement week with 16 graduates. The class play Free Bird Cages drew a large audience at the opera house and was praised as the best yet by a graduating class. Rev Bream delivered the baccalaureate sermon. Junior banquet is planned for tomorrow night and class day Wednesday. Goshen attendees joined the exercises.
The Burridge Ford of William Burridge and driven by his daughter Harriet struck a telephone pole near Waterford yesterday afternoon. The collision damaged the front lights and radiator while Miss Burridge and passengers Theldon Lamb and Catherine Beery escaped injuries. The car was moved to Goshen for garage repairs.
Auto driven by H. B. Ferverda of Leesburg struck and fatally injured a cow owned by Ola Harris of Whitley County as it passed the Harris farm. The driver and accompanying passengers were Mr and Mrs F J Gilbert. Harris demanded 100 dollars for the Holstein heifer and caused the arrest of Ferverda.
The Boston shoe shining parlors on North Main Street are installing new fixtures after securing a patent. Sam Husmas of the Olympia Candy Kitchen becomes a stockholder in the firm.
The Hawks Electric Company building, owned by Mrs Ray S Greene, will be lengthened due to increased business.
The final examination for county school graduates was held here on Saturday. The class will consist of about 275 students.
In Mishawaka, Michigan City, Crown Point and South Bend events the Oak Sense Trophy and Relay Trophy were awarded. Rohrer of Goshen and Smith of South Bend won individual gold medals, with Sweeney and Snyder of South Bend and Magnuson of Laporte tying for third place.
South Bend High School captured the Northern Indiana Athletic Association track meet at Notre Dame on Saturday, their fifth straight title. Magnuson of Laporte set a new discus record with 113 ft 9 in, while De Rohrer of Goshen starred in the sprints and Kreuzberger was disqualified in the 440 final, shaping a crowded event. About 1,000 spectators attended a ceremony followed by a gymnasium dance and Notre Dame students joined local supporters.
The will of Susan Miller who died May 1916 at Union township was probated this morning. Administered by A J Pickering of New Paris with a $1000 bond. Husband David B. Miller to have life interest in realty. rest of estate divided equally among eight children: Aaron E Miller John S Miller Samson S Miller Mary A Sinning Milton Miller Matilda Grant Lydia Whitehead Amanda Saunder. Upon the death of Mr. Miller, the real estate passes to the children in equal shares.
Russell 8. Berkey is among the United States Naval Academy class graduating in Annapolis Maryland. The ceremony runs through the week with the main program Friday morning June 2. Mrs. Berkey of Goshen plans to attend and copies of the class book Lucky Bay include a notably fine portrait of Berkey.
The Rose of Panama music comedy company featuring Vera Hassen and Joe Mall opens at the Irwin opera house in Goshen for a one week run. Evening shows and Saturday matinee. three reels of high class motion pictures included. Prices: main floor 20 cents, balcony 10 cents. Come early for good seats.
Tm. Guy P. Becknell son of Dr and Mrs I J Becknell of 112 South Fifth street was notified last night that he had been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the annual meeting. This is the largest science body in America having thousands of members.
Large attendance filled the campus for the annual Missionary Day at Goshen College with high turnout Saturday night and all-day sessions Sunday. Speeches were delivered by college president J. E. Hartzler and speakers D. S. Gerig P R B Whitmer Mary Burkhart W B Weaver J N Kauffman E Aligger and others.
Mrs C K Staudt of Tacoma Washington, formerly of Goshen, will address the vesper service at the First Presbyterian church next Sunday on The Need of the Coast. Rev Mr Staudt, formerly pastor here, now serves as a Presbyterian minister in Tacoma.
Weather permitting the Messenger Boys of the First Presbyterian church will hold a 6 o clock weenie roast at the dam. The regular meeting of the organization is planned to be held around a camp fire.
The choir of the First Presbyterian church sang at the Elkhart Presbyter ian church last evening and Rev. Vannuys the local pastor preached the sermon.
Northern Indiana Boy Scouts will participate in a swimming contest at Froebel school in Gary on Saturday June 10.
A clash near Verdun is reported with details from Paris Court Wood outlining the incident and its immediate consequences. Officials say the confrontation involved multiple combatants and prompted security responses.
Berlin reports 1,300 French captured in Verdun assault with 13 officers, 16 machine guns, and eight cannons. French Grenadiers seized block houses in avecourt Wood as fighting raged along the Verdun front. War office saying German infantry attacks were repulsed. Meanwhile Sixth Cavalry detaches move toward Boquillas to reinforce Col. Sibley.
Reports from Kalmar Sweden on the Baltic describe violent cannonade last night and indicate a sea battle between German and Russian warships is underway with no mid reporting on outcomes.
Miss Lena Leidner daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Leidner will marry Fred Naylor son of Mr and Mrs John Naylor of Lagrange formerly of this city on Wednesday June 28 at the bride’s home 424 South Fifth street Both are graduates of the local high school class of 1913 They plan to have the Franklin orchestra Fort Wayne play at the Senior Junior prom in Spahn hall Friday night June 2 no outsiders allowed The Audubon society will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs George R Harper.
Gravel shipped from the Deeter pit near Milford to Nappanee for highways built by Northern Indiana Construction Co. of East Chicago Crown Point and Hammond was condemned after county commissioners inspection.
The cement curb and gutter on Seventh Street by the S. S. Saxton Co of Chicago claims to be the best ever placed in Goshen. The company will lay asphalt pavement as part of the project.
The $50,000 James C. Eberhart home in Mishawaka was sold by Fred G. Eberhart ex of the James C. Eberhart estate to A. D. Warner superintendent of Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co. for $15,000.
The Moose club rooms host a social Tuesday evening May 23. All moose members and their families are invited with a reminder to bring a friend. Warren Cline serves as secretary.
Hans Brandt a six year U S Marine and six weeks South Bend policeman lies in a hospital after being shot by John DeBean formerly Belgian army officer. Brandt attempted to arrest DeBean who was drunk when DeBean fired hitting Brandt above the stomach and lodging in the back. Brandt returned fire hitting DeBean in the side.
Ambassador Page in London reports to the state department that Jeremiah C. Lynch, a naturalized American, will serve ten years in prison after the British government commuted his death sentence for complicity in the Irish insurrection.
Washington sent a fresh note to Great Britain on May 23 protesting interference with United States mails. The note signals continued U.S. dissatisfaction with maritime and postal disruptions affecting American communications and commerce.
In Waukegan Illinois on May 22 a special report states that out of 400 jurors questioned for the Will H. Orpet murder case only four have been tentatively accepted.
The death of Gen Georger of the Hungarian army at Buda Pest is announced from London in a special report dated May 22. including the location and status of the war effort.
A severe earthquake was felt in Athens around midnight causing alarm across the city. No injuries or damage details are reported in the brief dispatch.
The Coop & Lent circus, which performed here last Tuesday, proposed to the Elkhart County Fair and Agricultural Association to winter at the fair grounds. Cedar Rapids businessmen who own the show plan to build several buildings if the deal closes. In Peru recently nine car loads of equipment were added, expanding the circus to 29 cars.
Havilah Beardsley died at his home in East Orange New Jersey aged 38. He worked in the electrical business and will be buried in Elkhart where his body will be brought from East Orange. He leaves a wife six brothers two sisters and his mother Mrs Martha Beardsley.
Mrs. Alice Kendrick aged 58 of Glenora N Y died at her brother in law Ned Kendrick's home in Elkhart after illness. She had lived in Elkhart for ten years and was removed there from Glen dora by Mr and Mrs Kendrick. She is survived by two nephews and one niece.
Anthony Deahl and William Mutschleh of Gosher attended the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity picnic at Lake Wawasee Saturday. A chicken dinner was served. Arrangements for the group outing at Lake Wawasee in June have been made.
The strike of Chicago express wagon drivers continues to hamper transit and delivery. Gosden picture theatres report ongoing film shortages and have resorted to using automobiles to obtain showings.
Horace H. Pegg, 30, a clearing house clerk at the Studebaker Corporation plant in South Bend, collapsed and died at work from heart disease. Survived by his wife, parents, two sisters and a brother.
Democratic members of the House Committee take action on the pension bill for widows of war veterans. They recommend moving the measure forward for consideration.
Democratic members of the pension committee report a bill to raise widows pensions for Civil War and later soldiers' widows. The plan sets $20 monthly for many widows past 70 or who remarried, with variations for other groups and eligibility rules. The measure, already advancing in the House, could become law this session or the next.
Earl E. France aged 30 resided with his mother Mrs A G France in South Bend. An organic heart ailment caused his death while at the family home. He studied osteopathy at Kirksville Missouri and would have graduated next January. Funeral services were held this afternoon. Surviving are his mother and one brother Edgar G France helped gain entry after neighbors heard no response.
The Indiana Historical Commission warns residents about a purported fraud tied to a Century of Indiana observance. A so called Pioneer Society of Indiana based in Indianapolis is mailing towns statewide offering a one day centennial celebration for profit under the banner of humanity.
The Democrat cited a misprint claiming Howell post No G A R had 10 members instead of 70. The record shows the post once numbered about 150 members, correcting the membership figure.
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