Berry Asks New Trial in Court for Edward Berry
Edward Berry, serving a life sentence in Michigan City Prison, seeks a new trial in Floyd Circuit Court New Albany claiming trial errors. Attorneys Douglass and Otte filed a 16 paragraph motion within thirty days of December 4 verdict, alleging insufficient evidence and improper witness and evidence rulings. The January Floyd Circuit Court term will hear the motion under Judge John M. Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theouetic Dlaurant A. Douglass
W. Clarke Otte
Louisville
Edward Berry
Millivan City
Mary Brookbank
Floyd
New Albany
Berry
Simon Freeht
Brookbank
Samuel Bottoms
W. W. Faugh
J. 2. Brooks
Elain Perkins
William Mitchell
Robert Bailey
Peter Madden
Earry
Madden
Vno
Pearl Rodgers
Joha M. Paris
Report of Poor Farm at Charlestown
Joseph L. Carr reports on the county infirmary for Oct 4 to Dec 31. Inmates rose from 24 to 32 with 1 death and 4 departures leaving 27. maintenance 451.96 and other expenses 369.56. weekly inmate cost 2.92. The farm produced 27 acres of wheat. 60 hogs, 2 horses, 2 mules and 414 cattle remain. Carr and wife praised for management.
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Joseph L. Carr
Charlestown
George W. Stoner
Board of County Commissioners
Helping Man Attacked Near Elyria After Robbery Ruse
George Tattersol and Leo Kennedy found an apparently unconscious man on the road while returning from Cleveland and stopped to help. They were attacked by three men who attempted to rob them, but Tattersol and Kennedy fought back and escaped in their auto.
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Elyria
Geo. Tattersol
Leo Kennedy
Cleveland
Elyrians
Pupils to be weighed in Columbus schools
Columbus public school children will be weighed and measured to keep health normal. The board of education will buy scales and measuring rods after adopting Dr. H. M. Platter's recommendation. Subnormal children will receive individual treatment to improve physical condition.
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Columbus
Board of Education
IM. H. M. Platter
French airman with wooden leg downed seventh German plane
Paris reports Paul Albert Pier re Tarascon the only French airman with an artificial limb has been noted for shooting down his seventh German airplane. The term ace is earned after five victories, with only twenty pilots reaching that rank so far.
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Paris
Paul Albert Pierre Tarascon
Commissioners Accept Road in Monroe Township
The Board of County Commissioners accepted the Ezekiel German croach in Monroe township Tuatu by Edward T. Mageard. The board instructed County Auditor George Wo Stoner to draw a warrant for Shazao1 for the amount still due on the road construction.
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Board of County Commissioners
Monroe Township
Tuatu
Edward T. Mageard
George Wo Stoner
Berlin Replies To Wilson Note On Peace Terms
Berlin signals willingness to share general peace terms with the United States and push for a peace conference. Germany would not block talks over Entente reluctance to enter a conference with prior knowledge of terms. Indications suggest a German statement to the U S may be communicated or soon released.
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Washington
Germany
United States
German reply to peace effort favors neutral venue
The German government accepts President Wilson's peace initiative and suggests a rapid assembly of delegates on neutral ground. It favors direct talks and says cooperation with the United States is possible after the present war ends. County von Bernstorff relays Germany’s position and a confidential offer to discuss terms later at a round table.
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Cermiany
United States
County von Bernstorff
Germany
Giermai
Une
Harrison County Couple Wed in Local Ceremony
From Harrison County Charles W. LeMay a farmer and Miss Clara O Conrad daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Conrad were married on Wednesday.
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Harrison County
Charles W. LeMay
Clara
Reception and Dance for Calumet Club by Apollo Ghaut
The Apollo Ghaut hosted a reception and dance for the Calumet Club last evening. The hall featured a red color scheme with guests from New Albany, Jeffersonville, and the local city. Music by Wheatley Glascock and Joe Crandall and a carabet toneh provided entertainment.
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Apollo Ghaib
New Albany
Daneins
Wheatley Glascock
Joe Crandall
Jane Wells Bolon
Wm. Freeman
H. Everett Hopkins, Jr
W. W. Ingram
Jack Spieth
Jack Driscoll
J. Duffy Hancock
Homer CC. Neeley
Burke Voit
Givde Sylvester
Jack Schwaninger
Forest H. Humphrey
Warren Po Weber
Richard Myers
Homer Ingram
Thomas LB. Bohon
Jeffersonville
Messrs
A. M. Floyd
Andrey Borgerding
Edward Kraft
Claude W. Rowe
C. H. Hammersmith
Huston Mitchell
Lioniel Rowe
T. H. O'Donnell
Raymond L. Bettmann
Calvin Hillon
George Finnegan
Ben Strepey
Theodore Meinhart
Glancoe DeWeese
Roy F. Cook
P. N. Morris
Ray E. Brucker
Stuart Gaugh
Farl Dierking
W. J. Dannreuther
George Stevens
Vaughn Atz
Edward F., Stager
Herman E. Robertson
Robert Prosser
Edward M. Zapp
Ira Fk. Wilcox
A. C. Hinkel
Robert R. Kolle
F. Shirley Wilcox
Maurice Daniel
John A. Baer
Alva Hassenmiller
R. P. Young
The Heart of the Bells Christmas Play at St Pauls Parish House
A Christmas play by local talent at St Pauls Church Parish House on Friday at 8 PM. The legend of a Bell rings again when a gift is laid on the altar with Ben Hur and Orpha named among the offerings. Cast includes J J Morris, Thomas B Bohen, E W Brooks, Imogene Tolmes and many others. Rev A W Brooks directs, Miss Sue May Whiteside assists, music by Mrs AC Worrell, scenery by Joel Hunt and Lawrence Woillians. Free will offering to cover production costs.
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Ben Hur
Orpha
J. J. Morris
Thomas B. Bohen
E. W. Brooks
Imogene Tolmes
Alice Williams
Katherine Whiteside
Arimenta Want
Catherine Fitch
Elizabeth Morris
Catherine Baird
Charles Hunt
Frances Williamis
Martha Baird
Mabel Bergman
Maurice Hebner
Thelma Watson
Mary Mathews
Margaret Mathews
Anthony Newkirk
George Hunt
Granville Watson
Samuel Derry
James Hebner
Samuel Hebner
Alta Williams
Magdalene Newkirk
Janette Holmes
Golda Hebner
Alene Hunt
Jennetta Derry
Thelma Oller
Jane Wells Bohen
Masbelle Baird
Evelyn Berry
Lillie May Tinsley
Pauline Williams
A. W. Brooks
Tax Commission Reports Cite Defects in Indiana System
Members of the tax commission appointed after the last Legislature filed supplemental and minority reports. They largely agree the current system has defects and need remedies under present conditions. They favor regulation of tax ferrets and maintaining exemptions for small household goods and municipal bonds while warning future lawmakers will face choices between opposing views.
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Tax Commission
Indiana
Jacob Dunn
Dunn
Rising costs hit Jeffersonville marriage licenses
Jeffersonville residents face higher marriage costs as license fees rise from 3.00 to 3.50 while certificates gain 1.50. Circuit Clerk Fruest Jacobs says eloping couples require witnesses and late-night processing, with about 2,000 licenses issued yearly generating roughly 2,000 in revenue for the Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Fruest FE. Jacobs
Board of County Commissioners Postpones January Meeting
Due to New Year’s Day the regular meeting is moved from Monday to Tuesday. Marion Martin of Charlestown township becomes a new member at the January session.
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Board of County Commissioners
Marion Martin
Charlestown Township
Kerrigan Plans Holiday Tour Across Nation
A card from J Warren Kerrigan the Hollywood star says he will tour the United States Canada and possibly England after Christmas. He notes his mother Mrs Sarah Kerrigan has been ill for some time from grip and mentions relatives and friends in New Albany where he spent his boyhood.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
Hollywood
Cal
United States
Canada
England
Sarah Kerrigan
Kerrigan
New Albany
Quackenbush Released from Indiana Reformatory
Delbert Quackenbush, jailed for forgery in Clark Circuit Court in May 1912, has been fully discharged after a year of mandated reporting. He obtained $600 by posing as traveling salesman J A Coleman, sending a bad check to Citizens Bank of Bedford via American Express Company’s agent at Borden, then traveled to California before returning and being arrested.
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Delbert Quackenbush
Indiana Reformatory
Clark Circuit
Quackenbush
J. A. Coleman
Citizens Bank of
Bedford
American Express Company
Borden
County
Prison Labor Report Expected For Indiana Institutions
A special committee appointed by Governor Ralston will present a plan on prison labor contracts expiring within two years. The next meeting in Indianapolis will include trustees and superintendents of four state penal institutions to finalize proposals. The committee includes Demarchus Brown John S Holiday C F E Talkington Major David C Peyton Edward J Fogarty Charles Orbison and others.
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Indiana
Ralston
Amos W. Butler
Board of State Charifies
Indianapolis
Demarchus Brown
John S. Holiday
C. F E. Talkington
State Farm
David C. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Edward J. Fogarty
State Prison
Charles J. Orbison
J. B. Elam
Margaret M. Elliott
Woman’s Prison
Reformatory
Dream Theater Presents Liberty Serial Premiere Tonight
The second episode of the serial Liberty will be shown at the Dream Theater. A five reel picture accompanies it, making a total of seven reels for the program tonight.
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Dream Theater
Ady
Weather recap for Jeffersonville area turns cooler tonight
The forecast calls for generally fair skies with colder temperatures tonight and Friday. Low readings are expected between 20 and 25 degrees, with a colder night ahead for Jeffersonville and surrounding areas.
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Jeffersonville
Gienerally Fair
Reformatory Arrivals From Lake County Prisoners
Rankin McKay convicted of burglary receives ten to twenty years. Charles Forsythe Jr. wife desertion sentenced to one to three years. Ellias Johnson second degree burglary two to fourteen years. Edward Smith and Edward Kennedy petit larceny one to eight years. Prisoners were received at the Reformatory yesterday.
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Rankin McKay
Charles Forsythe, Jr
Ellias Johnson
Edward Smith
Edward Kennedy
Lake County
State Tax Board Meeting Delegates Gather in Indianapolis
The sixteenth annual conference program of the State Board of Tax Commissioners is issued. The meeting takes place in Indianapolis January 2 3 and 4. Erasmus T Sage County Assessor chairs the Committee on Instructions to Township Assessors and will attend the meeting.
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The
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indianapolis
Inquest Ordered On Infant Nettie Zipp
Coroner Froman M. Coutts to hold an inquest on Nettie Zipp a 44 week old infant of Mr and Mrs Henry Zipp at St Josephs Hill Carr township. The child developed pneumonia the day before death and had been suffering from a cold before a physician could be summoned.
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Nettie Zipp
Henry Zipp
Froman M. Coutts
St. Joseph's Hill
Carr Township
Preparation for Peace through Scientific Resources
New York December 28 Preparedness for peace via the nation’s top scientific measures was outlined by Gagree F Kunz retiring VP of the social and economic science section before delegates at the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. He argued that a museum of peaceful arts could harness projected advances and cited that if a power had spent 500 million dollars on science the current war might not have occurred. Co operation and efficiency are the price of peace and the key to success in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gagree F. Kunz
American Association For the” Advancement of Sciences
Unclear Naval Buildup Proposals Cited in Speech
Mr. Kunz urged rapid naval expansion with two fleets of 200 submarines to guard Atlantic and Pacific coasts and routes to the Panama Canal. He also called for intensified air power with hydroplanes and Zeppelins and proposed universal card cataloging to classify men by vocational fitness up to 100 percent.
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Kunz
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
United States
U S Troop Trains Urged for Peace and Defense
A government owned railway system is urged to include troop, cooking and hospital trains with double tracked trunk lines. The piece argues science enables peaceful progress and urges use of technology for defense of the United States against aggression.
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U. S
United States
Damages Sought After Collision on Gravel Road Near Dead Man's Hollow
Grover C. Fleming sues Jacob Patrick in Clark Circuit Court for 119.78 claiming his six cylinder Studebaker was struck on a narrow gravel road near Dead Man's Hollow on July 16 1916. He reports $109.78 damage plus $1 tow, due to opposing car crossing the road.
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Grover C. Fleming
Clark
Jacob Patrick
Studebaker
McCulloch
Conscription in Canada debated with voluntary service aim
Ottawa reports Premier Borden told organized labor that national service is a voluntary appeal to avoid conscription, yet he warned that if conscription proves only way to save the state he would act. Bennett notes nationwide service card, while labor leaders urge compliance without penalties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Organized Labor
Borden
Canada
R. B. Bennett
National Service
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
River Rise Boosts Rivermen as Coal Stages Fall
A heavy river rise eases low water effects on Kanawha trade. Tow boats and packets were curtailed but coal at the river mouth may flow soon. Ferry service aimed at a James E Burke float landing while an excursion dock replacement nears use. Ice floes broke but drift subsided as warmer weather melts remaining ice.
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Kanawha River
James E. Burke
Wall Street
Louisville
Yesteray
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Michigan City
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Berlin
Wilson
U.S
America
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Calumet Club of
St. Paul's Church
Warren Kerrigan
California
Weather Repgi
State Tax Board
Convention of American Association
Circuit
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