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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
1
Emma Baldwin eighteen arrested on perjury charge after testifying in city court was released on her own recognizance with reporting requirements. Demurrers to two damage suits are heard as circuit court weighs validity of the public offense claim.
Figures by Edgar Erenger, clerk of the state tax board, show a sharp statewide rise in taxable property for 1913 over 1912. The gain totals $43,296,904 with 71 counties recording increases and 20 reporting decreases, listing Bartholomew, Brown, Carroll, Daviess, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Johnson, Kosciusko, Martin, Morgan, Owen, Pike, Posey, Rush, Scott, Spencer, Switzerland, Union and Whitley among those with declines.
The Silver Creek improvement contract in St. Clair County Illinois goes to R A Brown & Company of this city for about 79000. Cross Company operates in Davis County. Leases include Snyder Alexander 716 acres in Lowes Vincennes and Johnson townships for the same purpose with other leases listed in Palmyra Harrison and Lower Vincennes townships. The Vin cennes Sun reports detailed leaseholders and acreages including Wesley Helderman J B Adama Elisha Reel W H McCormick Mariah McCormick and others.
Henry Haberfield general secretary and treasurer of the International Association of Machinists visited Washington railway workers Tuesday night. He spoke at Moose Hall after attending Kansas City AFL railway employees convention, outlining key convention points and sharing lessons for locals. Haberfield, of Wheeling WV, planned further meetings in Cincinnati en route home.
Claude Aikman of Suxarland leads by adopting a tile silo as the first Daviess county farmer to embrace the idea. Warren Routt is building one. Neighbors in adjoining counties know the tile silo, and this purchase signals a broader countywide adoption of the farm improvement.
Hugh McKernan Jr was declared of unsound mind at an inquest held in the county jail Friday afternoon. An application will be made for his admission to Evansville State Hospital for the insane. The commission included Drs G I Parr Vance May and J W Kellums justice of the peace.
About one hundred Republicans met at the Alfordsville schoolhouse and nominated Trustee Jesse Godwin Assessor Robert Arms Advisory board Thomas J Canolwy o Benjamin F Potts Road supervisors James Dor te Haden Arms O E Conatty Justice of peace James W Giller Constable Charles F Cole.
Charles Backes of Batesville and Miss Anna Bradley were married Tuesday morning in St Peters church Montgomery by Rev. Father J. P. Matthews. Attendants were Leo and Mary Bradley, siblings of the bride. They will reside in Batesville. Mrs Backes is daughter of Frank Bradley of Montgomery.
Mrs Bridget Heffernan Hart, known in the community, died Friday at her home near the Agan school house at age forty one. She is survived by her husband two children four half-brothers and one half-sister. Her maiden name was Bridget Heffernan.
Dean Hart, second daughter of Charles and Mrs Hart, fell on the sidewalk and broke a bone in her right forearm. Dr. H C Wadsworth reduced the fracture.
An infant son of Mr and Mrs Morton Horrall died in Chicago after birth on April 21 and death on April 24. The burial was held in Chicago.
Sanitary Officer Dosch disposed of a large quantity of confiscated liquor Monday. Bottles jugs and cases of beer and whisky were taken to the catch basin at the city hall corner and poured into the sewer under legal requirements.
Diocese of Indianapolis reports a March 1 collection for Indian and negro missions across Daviess county parishes. Cannelburg contributed 5 dollars Montgomery 4 St Marys 9.50 St Michaels 7 St Patricks 2.50 Washington St Simons 11 Immaculate Conception 21.75.
Engine 1471 arrived from Mt Clair shops and Engineer Robinson took charge of trains 55 and 4. Engineer Spink moved to trains 3 and 12 after others displaced on trains 47 and 48. Engineer McLean shifts to trains 1 and 2 operating out of Washington.
The Eureka lodge degree team and several members traveled to Montgomery last night to attend an initiation by the Montgomery Rebekah lodge. Three candidates were received into the order.
Monday May 4 marks the last day for tax payments with a ten percent delinquent fee due after. County property owners from across the area visit the treasurer’s office seeking settlements. Staff report heavy crowds from opening to closing each day as the rush continues toward the final hours.
J T Layman announces the Airdome will open Monday May 11 as weather permits. Extensive improvements are to be made at the open air theater and work will begin tomorrow if conditions allow.
A list of town names and individuals from a news text showing common and tricky pronunciations. It provides phonetic renderings for Huerta, Villa, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Querétaro, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Texcoco, Tehuantepec, Tampico, Torreón, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Aguas Calientes, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Tuxpan, Chihuahua with approximations to aid readers unfamiliar with Spanish spellings.
Cayers postpone the payment until the latest hour. Some heavy taxpayers settled with the county before March 1, so they will not be assessed for this money. However, this op tes to only a few majerty owners and the majority delay the payments as long as they can.
William Pett, the Washington bus guard accused in the death of John Loftus at Longview hospital for the insane in Cincinnati, has been released and returned home Tuesday morning after an investigation into the case.
The application for admittance of Hugh McKernan Jr to the Hospital for the Insane at Evansville was accepted and he was taken to the institution Tuesday morning by Sheriff Harman.
The Second Baptist church held an old folks concert that drew a crowded audience and received unusually meritorious praise for its program.
Miss Margaret C Walsh, a Washington public school teacher, informs the city school board she will retire from the corps at the end of the present term.
Members of the Eureka Rebekah lodge degree team traveled to Montgomery this afternoon to perform the initiation. The local team will present the work.
Sheriff Harman takes Hugh McKernan Jr to the hospital for the insane but staff reject him, saying committal papers and certificates fail to meet requirements. McKernan is returned to Washington. papers will be corrected for next attempt.
The sixteenth annual conclave of Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Indiana meets in Indianapolis May 13–14. Activities begin Tuesday afternoon with a reception at the Claypool hotel and the jurisprudence committee meeting at the Masonic temple. The past Grand Commanders banquet is planned at the Claypool that evening. Wednesday features a 1 PM grand parade through Indianapolis and an exhibition drill by Rooper Commandery No. 1 at University Park.
C C Feagans treasurer of the local Royal Arcanum council delivered to Mrs A W Schubert a check for 3000 dollars representing her husband's insurance carried by the order.
The Socialist Labor party of Indiana nominated James Matthews for United States senator to succeed Ben F. Shively. Other tickets include Carl Olsen for secretary of state, Oscar Viewegh as state auditor, Joe B. Trunks as treasurer, Frank Herder as attorney general, Erich Winter as clerk of the supreme and appellate courts, John Burkhardt as superintendent of double instruction, Henry Schumacher for supreme court, and August Efnnermacher and August Steler for appellate judges. The platform denounces capitalists and pledges to back measures aiding workers and to form industrial unions. The convention warns that capitalists exploiters caused strife and that workers may pay with their lives.
Morris Hawkins presents a sample of Pomona oranges sent by his son Huck Hawkins. A note with the delivery mentions the Golden State and the city head Gary City in context of law enforcement.
A youth was critically injured after colliding with a slow moving machine on Thirteenth Street and First Avenue. Braden, who stopped to aid, drove the injured boy to a nearby store for first aid before police arrived.
The Rev. J. A. Barber and Beulah A. M. E. Church members and friends plan the annual rally to be observed next Sunday. The pastor hopes all congregants attend the Sunday services.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Elizabeth Critchlow who died at age 84. The Plainville death occurred on her wedding anniversary at the home of her granddaughter Mrs A M Tarr. She was born in Daviess County and long lived in Bazlesville. Survived by two children John Critchlow and Sallie Haig and grandchildren Carl and Joseph Dearmin. She was 84 years 10 months old at death.
The Rev. W. P. Hosken of Westminster is elected commissioner to the Presbyterian general assembly to meet in Chicago from May 19 to 30. Indiana Presbytery, including 70 churches from Terre Haute to Evansville, chose two commissioners, with the Rev. G. Light of Evansville as the other appointee. Several candidates contended for the honor, and Hosken led on the first ballot.
The Pike and Daviess counties Democratic convention will meet in Washington on May 16 to nominate Senator J. D. Hollon of Petersburg as the sole candidate, as agreed by the county chairmen after a Pike county primary.
George W. Wright of Maysville learns of the death of his friend Ochella Brown at Monitor Washington. Brown, born in Maysville, left behind his parents, three brothers, and six sisters. He visited Mr. Wright in 1910 and again in 1912.
Floyd Wood fifteen son of a widow living at 1220 Fourth Avenue suffered serious injuries when struck by an automobile driven by W A Braden president of the Braden company.
Discussion on country church decline is offset by Antioch Sunday attendance. Seventeen in Bible school with women leading men. Loyal Sons and Loyal Daughters near contest end. Loyal Daughters recorded thirty-nine present and aim for fifty next Sunday under Rev. R. W. Alexander.
At Indianapolis session of the Indiana Mayors conference Major John W. Carty urged an annual cleanup day for cities. Mayors Bell of Indianapolis and Johnson of Gary debated law enforcement amid Gary’s diverse population and ongoing liquor and gambling issues. A permanent Indiana mayors organization to be formed with a governing constitution and officers.
The office of the adjutant general directs Captain F L Snider to muster 120 men for rapid action, with about 75 more needed to reach war strength. Local residents of Davie county are urged to enlist at the Wilson building armory where it remains open after supper. Dr A J Donaldson, the examining surgeon, will operate 7:30 to 9 pm nightly to inspect recruits.
Austin Vest faced circuit court with a not guilty plea after arson charges tied to a straw stack fire on A J Vest’s Barr township farm. Thompson and Denni- Ban to defend. Vest has been jailed for weeks. Girl Baldwin 18 arraigned for perjury linked to last week city court trial. Judge Ogden reserved ruling.
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