Trial tensions flare as priests and lawyers clash in court
In Mamie Smith trial proceedings break into heated exchanges. Defense attorney Barry accuses prosecutors Bailey and Young of insulting the court and witnesses. Judge Remster admonishes overzealous conduct while Father Gavish objects to alleged nodding at witnesses. Other defense attorneys report cutting remarks from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Smith
Barry
Bailey and Young
Remater
Addison C. Harris
Sisters of the Society of the Good Shepherd
Bailey
Remster
Young
Bailer
Father Gavish
Orward
Harris
Thieves Break Into Laundry Cash Box
A broken side window at Model Laundry, 608 E Ohio street, was found by a merchant policeman at 2 am Thursday. Burglars opened the cash register but the amount taken is unknown. Unknown burglars also entered Frank Hn McCray’s home at 211 BE Twenty third street through the basement and carried jewelry valued at $400 while the family was away. A man nearby asked about paper hanging. B J Havey, 18% N West street, reported burglars took a gold watch and a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Street
Frank Hn McCray
Twenty-third Street
McCray
B. J. Havey
N. West Street
State Scores Point In Benzoate Case
A witness testified that two-tenths of 1 percent benzoate of soda can harm plant life, in a hearing before Master in Chancery Daniels. Dr A W Bitting questioned manufacturers claims on preservatives for catsup. In tests on 17000 bottles, most spoiled lots used benzoate. W P Hapgood of Columbia Canning disputed dependence on the drug. Mrs Bitting, assisting her husband, will testify next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
A. W. Bitting
United States Department of Agriculture
W. P. Hapgood
Columbia Canning Company
Bitting
Sweeney Must Be At Commencement
Dr Sweeney fish and game commissioner frets over delay in appointing a replacement for fisheries and game duties. He hopes to attend his daughter’s June Northampton commencement and receive a diploma. He pressed Governor Marshall to learn if a suitable candidate for the post could be found and stated he must be there for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. T. Sweeney
Fish and Game
Department of Fisheries and Game
Dr Sweeney
Northampton
Mass
Dr. Sweeney
Ocratic
Indiana
Sweeney
Marshall
Governor Marshall's Spring Oratorical Tour Across Indiana
Governor Marshall has delivered speeches at multiple venues this spring including Jeffersonville St Joseph's college Rensselaer Auburn Owen county Lafayette Worthington Indianapolis and New Albany. He kept to diverse topics from commencements library cornerstones to a pulpit sermon reflecting his duty to address the people and is expected to continue until his dates are fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Marshall
Jeffersonville
Rensselaer
St. Joseph's College
New Albany
Auburn
Owen County
Lafayette
Worthington
Indianapolis
Marshall
Death report shows better health exists in April
The April bulletin of the state board of health reports 2,836 deaths and a 12.5 rate, down from 3,212 deaths and 14.3 last year. Measles tops diseases with 80 deaths, TB 431, pneumonia 236, and violence 175 deaths. Births total 4,002, rate 20.9, with Warren county the highest at 30.7 and Jasper the lowest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Warren County
Jasper
Half of eye lid cut off in fight at auto plant
Alexander Lang of 2212 Broadway reported eye lid loss after a Thursday morning assault at the Overland Automobile plant at Drover and Oliver avenue. George Hiatt of 1515 Madison avenue struck Lang with an iron bar after Lang declined Hiatt’s company. Hiatt charged with assault and battery with intent to kill by officers Goliniech and Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Lang
Broadway
Overland Automobile Company
Drover and
Oliver Avenue
George Hiatt
Madison Avenue
Lang
Ja Iper
Hiatt
Bicycman Goliniech
Sheridan
Woodward County sheriff Woessner defends voting record in reelection bid
Jacob Woessner challenges opponents who spread a report he did not vote in the last city election over his views on Mr Gauss. He recalls voting for Gauss, notes witnesses in precincts, cites 39 years in Indianapolis business, and asserts no religious bias in deputy hires. He offers $100 to prove the claim false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sun
Gauss
Charles A. Gauss
William Champion
Thomas Quinlin
Thomas Clendening
William F. Moore
Frank Broden
James E. Berry
Gause
Atlanta
Henry
Abattoir
Mr. Gauss
Mr. Shank
Indianapolis
Jacob Woessner
Lunch Wagon Rules Discussed With Mayor Shank
Restaurant men met with Mayor Shank and Supt Hyland to review an ordinance licensing street vendors. Vendors may sell only with owner permission and police approval, with bans on busy corners such as Washington Street intersections with Illinois Meridian and Pennsylvania. The Merchants association and Commercial Club back the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Hyland
Supt
Washington Street
Illinois
Meridian
Pennsylvania
Merchants’ Association
Commercial Club
Indiana bids open for new school geographies
Five geography producers plan to bid on Indiana school geographies when the State Board of Education opens bids May 24 at the statehouse. Companies include Scribner's, Rand McNally, McMillan, Warner & McMurray, and American Book. A June 6 vote will decide which geographies are adopted, amid calls for new, better suited texts and criticisms of last year's mixed content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Statehouse
Indiana
Charles Scribner's Sons Company
King’s Geographies
Gina & Co
Frye
Rand, McNallry Co
Dodge
McMillans
Tvarr & McMurray
McMillan
American Book Company
Morton
Traction Company Amends Articles Amid Dividend Plan
The Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company amends its articles to provide 5 percent cumulative dividends on 12.5 million dollars of preferred stock from July 1, 1910. Common stock dividends accrue after preferred dividends are paid at 5 percent, with a 5 percent excess when common exceeds 4 percent. Total capital stock is increased to 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apolis
Rubens to Fishels Takes New Saks Role
George B. Rubens, longtime Saks & Co. manager at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets, will become general superintendent for the W. J. Fischel company next Wednesday, succeeding the Saks firm. Rubens has been with the business at that corner since 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Rubens
Saks & Co
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
W. J. Fischel Company
Saks Company
Rubens
Dentists Oppose Titles Granted to Leaders
Dentists voice discontent over applied titles for officers including President Dr John H Baldwin of Jeffersonville First Vice President Dr H C Thomas Kokomo Second Vice President Dr J W Jordan Wabash Secretary Dr Louis Runnels Indianapolis Treasurer Dr C Roy Armstrong Thorntown Censors Dr John Webb Indianapolis Dr Joshua A Compton Indianapolis Dr D Hager Dean Rushville and Dr John N Taylor Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
John H. Baldwin
Jeffersonville
H. C. Thomas
Kokomo
J. W. Jordan
Wabash
Louis Runnels
Indianapolis
C. Roy Armstrong
Thorntown
John Webb
Joshua A. Compton
D. Hager Dean
Rushville
John N. Taylor
Crawfordsville
London Physician Endorses Physio Medical Spread to Britain
Dr. W H Webb of London stated at the Denison hotel banquet that physio medical ideas gain ground in Great Britain. Other speakers included Dr. Schaare, Dr. Harold, Dr. Spurgeon, and Dr. Stevenson. Officers were named as Johnson, Hammer, Eales, McCandless, and Stafford. resolutions for sterilization laws and a paper on Eugenics were discussed. convention to close Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Great Britain
W. H. Webb
American Association of Physio-Medical Physicians and Surgeons
Denison Hotel
W. F. Schaare
Physio-Medical College of
Chicago
C. N. Harold
Indianapolis
W. A. Spurgeon
Muncie
J. A. Stevenson
Chillicothe
Schaare
Association
J. H. Greer
N. L. D. Johnson
T. P. Hammer
Des Moines
J. J. Eales
Belleville
J. C. McCandless
J. C. Stafford
Newcastle
Ind
Legislative Committee
Question Before Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to Be Determined
A puzzling question faces the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows on Wednesday as to whether a Syrian qualifies as a pure white Caucasian, raising debates over membership criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Grand
City Births and Notices From Local Record Book
City births list numerous families with varying addresses showing a girl or boy born to Claude and Grace Smith. Knack and Mary Feirstein. Walter and sta Olsen. Walter Nuncie and Antonium Branda. Alexander and Rosa Drake. Grover and Ella Sturges. Charley Watts. David Maddock. Walter Mazelin. Theodore Jamey. Charles Brickett. Jackson Shepherd. gate and Anna Shay at City hospital. Also listed are acute cardiac dilatation cases, accidental injuries, toxemia, colitis, broncho pneumonia, mitral insufficiency, accidental fall injuries, and other hospital notes. Marriage licenses issued to multiple couples. Building permits granted for additions and repairs with various addresses and estimated costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude and
Grace Smith
Spann Avenue
Knack and
Mary Feirstein
Chestnut Street
Walter and
Sta Olsen
S. State Street
Nuncie and
Antonium Branda
Harmon Street
Alexander and
Rosa Drake
W. Wabash Street
Grover and
Ella Sturges
Yandes Street
Charley and
Katherine Watts
S. Noble Street
David and
Bertha Maddock
Harlan Street
Mary Mazelin
Home Place
Theodore and
Bessie Jamey
Burton Avenue
Bor
Charles and
Sarah Brickett
Lambert Street
Jackson and
Lorena Shepherd
Oakland Avenue
Gate
Anna Shay
City Hospital
Quinn C. Blocher
Chester
Hill
Yancey Helm
Deaconess Hospital
Cordelia Middaw
Noble Street
Francis Wilbur Gise
Reisner Street
Susanna Hess
Center Street
Lottie Carter
Harvey Milner
Lobar
Ellen Cook
Alabama
Keturah Jane McCullough
New Jersey
Indiana Odd Fellows session faces eligibility issue
The lodge of Indiana convened Wednesday with a Syrian applicant causing doubt on eligibility for membership. A. L. Miller, grand master, cannot decide. The grand secretary W. H. Leedy reports resources of 3,625,024.27 and about 80,000 members. Fifteen hundred members went to Greensburg for the annual I C O F home inspection. A special Patriarchs Militant meeting and evening degree work occurred in Tomlinson hall. The sovereign grand lodge meets in Atlanta next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Patriarchs
Franklin Lodge No. 35
Tomlinson Hall
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Atlanta
Baby girl escapes modern juggernaut on crowded street
In Greensburg Indiana on May 19 a traction car bore down on Bertha Longnecker a child under two who sat unconscious on the track. The car struck her and miraculously pushed her aside before the vehicle ran over her. she suffered only slight bruises as bystanders gasped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Bertha Longnecker
Real Estate Transfers Reported Across City Properties
Multiple transfers listed with buyers and sellers including Wesley Cottler, Erin J. Duffy, Lucius B. Swift, John F. Reynolds, Thos. C. Dow, Ransom Griffin, Carl D. Lucas, Edward F. Claypool, Irwin Betterman, Griffith W. Williams, Zimri C. Lewis, Earl M. Ogle, National Investment Co, Geo. W. Flood, Jas. W. Noel, Mary F. Githens, J. E. Robins, Eliza T. Edwards, Ross R. Dyer, and others. Entries show tracts and parcels with lot sizes, additions, streets, improvements, and recorded prices ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. Properties span West and Walnut streets, East Capitol avenues, Clifford Place, North Eastern Park, and other city plats, with notes on vacants and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Cottler
E. D. Ballard
Wiley’s
West Side
West St
St. Clair St
Erin J. Duffy
Agnes Duffy
Blake’s
East Side
Pratt St
Wiley Et al
Fayette St
Walnut St
Council
Walnut T
Bright St
Ellsworth's
Ellsworth St
Vermont St
Lucius B. Swift
Frank J. Owens
Penn. Co
Charles Ave
Arizona St
John F. Reynolds
Archie Greathouse
Bradbury & Co
S. E
Raymond St
Prapier St
Irwin Betterman
Samuel B. Todd
Deliz
E. Washington Street
Gray Street
Washington Street
Griffith W. Williams
Premier Motor Manufacturing Company
Haldeman Et al
Subh
Georgia Street
Shelby Street
Zimri C. Lewis
Ada F. Mansfield
Lybrand
Dennison Park
Illinois Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Earl M. Ogle
Allen Altizer
Bradley
Epee Avenue
Michigan Street
National Investment Company
Amos C. Weaver
Lincoln Park
Talbott Avenue
Twentyfourth Street
Geo. W. Flood
Calvin A. Reed
McKernan
Drake
Capitol Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Jas. W. Noel
Mark Robbins
Wright
Park Avenue
Central Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Mary F. Githens
Stella E. Berry
Clifford Place
Hamilton Avenue
Tenth Street
J. E. Robins
Coston W. Conrad
Bryan's Heirs
Congress Ave
Bryan St
Catherine Marks
Eliza T. Edwards
Andrew J. Hulse
Northwestern Park
Dye
Eugene Sts
Ross R. Dyer
Albert E. Head
Cooper
Oak Hill
Bloyd Ave
Samuel ©. Leak
Edward Manzey
Kubo
McLain
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Good Shepherd
Mawe
Divine
Franklin M’cray
Dr. Hitting
Stork
Woessner
Tale
Shank and
Board of Education
Traction Company
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Fishels
Daniel Godsey
Felicia Shipman
Joseph Phister
Katherina Vogel
Edward W. Howard
Perle Loree
Warner Jewell
Cora Howard
Charles Woods
Effie Blackwell
John Blazuk
Gezela Malelick
Noah Sark
Lucy Hall
Harry Morrison
Lara Schofield
John Coffield
Marie B. Ready
Jno. Miller
Gray
Richard Gadde
Chicago Avenue
Geo. Fisher
Martindale
Zaise
Raymond
S. Ingram
Deloss
Jene. Schlosser
Sherman Drive
Att J. Shea
E. Washington
M. Steward
W. Eleventh
Baby Girl
Admr
Thos. L. Dwyer
Bhty Bevin
Armstrong Pt
Decatur
Thos. C. Dow
Ee C. Crisswell
Washington Township
Ransom Griffin
Leroy M. Krider
Tenth
Edward F. Claypool
Sarah E. Yaryen
North Eastern Park
Eas Street
Thirty-sixth Street
The
Bell Telephone Directory
Ohio
Mary A. Whettier
Fayette Stree Street
William L Rush
Phinsteirs
College Avenue
First Street
Wilhelm Moeller
Caarle
Hosa
Woodla
East St Street
Woodlawn
Charlies H. Adams
Wildie
Ulysses S. Parker
Thomas Ax
Brown
Thirteenth St
Margaret Schnepper
John A Et Ax
Downey
Sid St
Twenty-second St
Carl P. Muensch
Lillian Gilblot
Fletcher Et al
Fletcher Ave
McCarty
Horace BE. Hathaway
Frank B
Talbott
Twenty-first_st
Rodney B. Graham
Albert
Son
Wm. R. Moore
Brewer T. Clay
Cooper Et al
Eas
Lawrence Township
Gers
Fletcher
Jackson Park
Arsenal
Taft
Dr. Taft
Dr. Noble
Cash
Taft’s Dental
Terre Haute
Plainfield
Greencastle
Brazil
Knightstown
Cambridge City
Dayton
Richmond
Columbus
Zenesville
Rey
Louisville
Dixie Flyers
Greenwood
Franklin
Edinburg
Seymour
Crothersville
Scottsburg
Sellersburg
Watson Junction
L.,c.& S. Traction Company
Indianapolis & Louisville Traction Company
Anapolis & Traction Co
fConnersville
Connersvill
Beth Yee
Geensburg
Lea
Shelbyville
State Ofdiana
Marion County
Superior Court
State of
Atlas Paper Company
Fred Ayres
Oscar Purchill
Synthia
Frederick Kirby
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Frederick Kirk
Synthia A. Churchill
Cou
Jodenensus
Been
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Leonard M. Quill
H. E. Negley
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