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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
1
The Indiana Legislature faces debate on state highways and Good Roads, with calls for clear education and streamlined laws. North Carolina’s 1965 measure cited as model, detailing commission composition and member terms, includes governor appointments and expense coverage.
The forecast calls for a sharp drop in temperatures tonight to 32 degrees or lower with much colder air moving in. Expect colder conditions tonight and Thursday across Jeffersonville and surrounding areas.
A charity ball to benefit the hospital fund will be held Thursday evening at the Knights of Pythias Armory. Grand Master Harry B. Tuthill of the Guana Ladue of Masons of Indiana will be the honored guest and lead the grand march. The event aims to rally Jeffersonville residents to support the hospital project with Masonry members invited and preparations underway.
John W. Argenbright a Kokomo machinist married Miss Mary Wilbert of Louisville on Christmas night in Jeffersonville Indiana. The prior marriage in 1942 triggered a bigamy case leading to a term in the Indiana Reformatory and a subsequent series of legal actions including a Kentucky move and a West Virginia claim by a woman identifying as Marian Frances Supple. He was discharged from Kokomo in 1915 and later claimed a 1916 divorce.
Arrangements by AKwasind Tribe No 268 Improve Order of Red Men for a New Year’s night meeting. Bonds totaling 200 dollars on the wigwam on Spring street will be burned. Officers of the Great Council of Indiana expected to attend.
Texarkana reports another chapter in the Verry Hays Perry Barkman feud with shootings linked to Hall Hays and Clifford Barkman. Ed Hays killed Clifford Barkman at Boston New Boston crossroads. Barkman wounded in back and legs. Jim Perry dies in a taxi crash after a day’s service amid the same feud tensions.
Ice jams above the city push heavy floes toward the dam while river traffic is halted. Small boats seek haven as wrecking ice moves downriver, with no steamboat movement for days and precautionary riverfront clearances reducing property damage near Towhead Island.
A letter from Chas H Larrabee to Chas Moser references a Pershing Punitive Expedition near Villa and hints at a future return. It discusses being censored at Columbus Ohio and mentions an Army Bank draft at Fort Sam Houston. No location or station news is provided.
Miss Anna Bower of Owen County and Edmund T. Fifer a New Washington farmer wed in this city. Miss Mattie Shanault of this county and Martin W. Patterson a Montgomery county farmer also tied the knot here. William S. Baftman 25 of Milltown and Iva May Hays 21 of Frederickshburge eloped and married yesterday afternoon. Wiley Simpson 28 a Jackson county farmer and Fern McMahon 18 of the same county wed here Saturday night.
The annual report of the State Board of Charities proposes abolishing trustee salaries for penal and correction institutions including the Indiana Reformatory. It recommends paying trustees only actual expenses instead of $300 yearly plus travel costs. Current expense limit is $125,000 per year, though not to be capped by the board.
The 1913 to 1914 period saw 33 disputes with 28 settled and five not. fiscal 1915 logged 41 disputes with 26 solved. In the latest year 227 disputes occurred with 178 adjusted, affecting about 125 600, 138 100, and 350 800 workers respectively. wage gains accompanied rising strikes as prosperity grew.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Anderson, who died at noon yesterday, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the residence of her sister Mrs Isaac Pery, 422 East Court Avenue. Rev W C Williams of the Advent Christian Church will officiate. Pallbearers include James F Tageart William Willcox Jr William Stout James Marra Tyler Coons and Ben Smith of New Albany.
The Rev W H Wyte district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church will conduct a quarterly meeting at Columbus and Seymour churches on Sunday and finish his first visitation of the district He will preach at Wall Street the following Sunday and begin the first of his second quarterly meetings there
Scarlet fever at the Orphans' Home on Meigs avenue shows no new cases for two weeks. The quarantine, in place since October 25, will not be raised until late January. Matron Mrs Trisler and all children stayed to prevent contagion. donors were thanked for Christmas gifts.
The Louisville and Jeffersonville Ferry Company announced a new dock is being completed and will replace the sinking dock soon. Ferry service abandoned Sunday will resume tomorrow with boats running from Louisville to Wall Street foot and James F. Burke’s coal fleet landing. Traction cars between here and Louisville have been crowded since Sunday.
Samuel I. Gray whose bid for County Commissioner from the Second district was defeated filed his expense account in Circuit Clerk Ernest E. Jacobs’s office. The report lists a $30 donation to the Democratic campaign fund and $2.75 for ecards. Marion Martin of Charlestown township will succeed him next Monday on the Board.
The Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church schedules an every member canvass at the church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock and urges full attendance. Bible study tonight centers on Reward while Pastor Clippinger speaks on What Reward I Love Ye in a year end meditation. A watch night service is planned Sunday night with Rev Becker and his congregation, with Epworth League involvement.
New Year's Day a holiday with banks closed Monday. Observance planned, though watch parties may be fewer due to New Year’s night being Sunday, potentially dampening city celebrations.
About 800 worshipers at St. Augustine's Catholic Church faced danger when a fire broke out in the choir balcony during the Christmas Eve midnight mass. Firemen exposed the blaze by removing plaster while the organist played Silent Night as Rev. J. H. Lehnen continued the service. The fire traced to crossed wires in electric fixtures. choir members briefly evacuated then returned to their posts.
Next Tuesday night the winter basketball schedule begins at the K of P Armory. First Presbyterian faces Calumet of New Albany while St. Luke's meets Baptist Tabernacle of Louisville. Apollo Club meets Baptist Tabernacle first team of Louisville on January 5.
Myrtle Lodge No. 19 Knights of Pythias elected officers for the ensuing term. Jesse Hill C G, Wm Griffin W G, Wm Swartz Prelate, Claude Myers Master of Arms, Henry Brendel Inner Guard, W B Veasey Outer Guard, Stuart Patrick Trustee, B C Watt Keeper of Records and Seals, F E Andrews Master of Finance, Addie Clegg Master of Exchequer, Edward McPherson Master of Work.
Dream Theater presents Idol of the Stage a five reel picture featuring Malcolm Williams as Philip Van Kort land also Edwin Hargrave. Doris Morton elopes with the actor but illness and addiction wreck his career. A nurse cares for him after imprisonment and a scandalous report poisons Doris. Porter the trusted man exposes the truth and Philip and Doris reunite after redemption.
A Franklin theater listing notes Edwin Hargrave alias Philip Van Kortland and Malcolm Williams Van Kortland among onstage stars. The bill includes Gloria's Romance with Billie Burke, a vaudeville act, and a season appropriate film The Life of Our Saviour described as an elaborate moving picture production shown in Jeffersonville tonight.
In the partition case involving tliram and Peeler against James K. Stalker administrator, James A. Stalker conveyed 35 acres in Grant 199 to Elmer Dunnlevy for 1400 dollars. George W. Jackson and Eula Jackson conveyed 3 acres near Carwood in Carr township to Albert H. Murray and Graige Murray.
Scald two cups of milk then simmer with rice and salt until soft. Stir in butter sugar melted unsweetened chocolate vanilla and raisins. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and cream. Bake in a buttered dish twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
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