Logansport Journal (Newspaper) - March 12, 1907, Logansport, Indiana JOURNAL BULLETINS ARE ALL THE NEWS FIRST THE LOGA YEAR NO 61 Rain and wanner Wednesday colder LOGANSPORT INDIANA TUESDAY MARCH 12 1907 All the News TWO CENTS 65TH ASSEMBLY CLOSED MOVE WOMAN CROOK ELUDES POLICE Domestic Who Sought to Sell Employers Household Goods Dis covered Escape Representing herself ay Mrs Wil liam High street for whom she had been employed as a domestic a woman known as Mrs Kauffman applied yesterday at the Joan company office Stet tiner buiMing to obtain a loan on Mrs goods Police were later but the woman to gether with a man who passes as her husband had fled the city have been unable to get a trace of the woman or man but invest shows neither obtained any money by their alleged deceptions here Mr and Mrs came to Transport about two weeks ago They took rooms at Mrs C A Duck worths 409 North A week ago the woman applied to Mrs VanSteenberg for a position She a letter said to be from the pastor of the Christian church In admitting her to the IO Christian congregation Last Friday the woman telephoned the Loan Company say ing Mrs VanSteenberg and they would be in that she taik with them Yesterday morning at oclock she applied in person to make the loan She was r fused i Parker having no family mean while A few hours later Mrs Van asked Mrs Kauffman re garding when slip denied nll knowledge of the call at the loan offici Police were notified but Mrs Kauffman and husband left Their rooms at the Duckworth home were vacated At Mrs the woman claimed to he a widow and the mother of one child WILSON TALKS ON HONOR SYSTEM MANY TRY FOR OLD AGE PALM Many Pioneers Near Century in County TWO BIG PAPERS ARE HEARD BY BIG CROWD AT CITIZENS CLUB MEETING D C HUBBS HAS TREATISE Considering disagreeable weather there was a goodsized attendance at Hie club meeting last night at Library hall Two papers of in terest wre read The Evolution of Institutions from a previous meeting was read hy D C Hubbs It was largely a study of social problems T H Wilson had a paper of interest lo educators The Honor System of School and College Examinations The next meeting of the club will be held March 25th B F Long attorney will occupy the attention of the organization with a paper on Tendencies In Local and Party Government o CASS BUTTER MAKERS ELIGIBLE Cass county butter makers are eligible and may enter the butter making contest to beheld In Indian apolis March 28th The contest is In charge of O F dairy department of Purdue University o SURPRISED ON 11TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY A number of the friends of Gladys The Journals query Who is the oldest person in the county is being met with many and prompt responses Mrs David Barnett is named as one and she numbers 76 years to her age Noble township numbers besides Mrs David BarneM two other claim ants Booth Barnett 73 and Eliza beth McMillen also 72 years of age Walton comes up with a patriarch in the person of David Engler born December 9th 1S16 and 91 years of age Logansport comes up with not so old but still a pioneer in the per son of Allen born in Ohio 76 years ago At present the aged man is seriously ill He is a prominent retired capitalist There are two other brothers W S Richardson 19 years old next April and Dick Richardson 81 years old May All are sons of Thomas Richardson who located here in 1S31 Clinton township has two claimants in the persons of Jonathan Shideler born in 1S24 and located here in 1S32 and Mrs Zacli who came here in 1832 The aged ones are many and there will be quite a number of people dis covered in the county who are near the century mark before it is definitely decided who is the oldest person in Cuss county Do you know of any older than the people listed above If so send or bring the Information to The Journal A to Circuit Court ap pealed his case to the circuit court last night after Judge Smith of the city court hud handed in a decision finding Mullendore guilty of allow than himself in his sa loon during closing hours He was fined and costs Mullendore was tried for Feb 12th for the misdea tried Feb 12th day Feb 10th he was slated Sun PERU MAIDS ARE VICTORS AT BASKETBALL Miss Helen Hughes Star For Local Team Dance Fol lows Tourney The high school basset ball girls were defeated at the Broad way rink last night before a crowd of 250 by the Peru high school girls The score was 3 to 4 the home team losing through the Perus excellence in team work For the home team Miss Helen Hughes center was the favorite mak ing three of the four scores tallied by the locals and putting the bail in the basket from the field one other time after time had been called Floy the captain and Hazel Lee also excelled for the home team Of Peru girls Miss Whitenberger who made all the scores for the vis was easily the superior of all the players Undismayed hy last nights defeat the local girls are negotiating to play Peru a return game at are planning to go to Lafayette to play the L H 3 girls team Tor char ity Following last nights game here was a dance for the girls of the local team at Stettiner hall given by the LH S boys The lineup last night was as fol lows Pos Peru Helen Hughes C Marie Gross R F Whitenberger Hazel Lee 1 F Lucretia Farnsworth Floy Champe R G Mildred Gamble L G Johnson Field goals Hughes 1 Whiten berger 1 Goals on fouls Hughes 1 Lee 1 Whitenberger 6 Teeter and umpires o FROZEN INSURANCE LEGISLATION HAS NOT BEEN ENACTED SHELVES WOODS LAST Governor Hanly Hands Old Friend a Lempn on i Last Day BY KENT COOPER Indianapolis March Hanly this afternoon refused to re another of Senator Woods bills which act caused the senator to ex press himself in a manner against the way in which he said the governor was endeavoring to show his disapproval of the manner in which the senator had voted on the Farber the bitter feeling between the two men has not lessened is decid edly more evident o A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE SESSION OF THE GEN ERAI ASSEMBLY WHICH CLOSED LAST NIGHT IS THE BUL LETIN SERVICE WHICH THE JOURNAL HAS GIVEN ITS PAT RONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEVER BEFORE HAS LO BEEN SO THOROUGHLY AND PROMPTLY SERVED WITH NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF STATE GOVERNMENT EVERY ACTION OF EITHER HOUSE HAS BEEN ON THE JOURNALS BULLETIN BOARD 2 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS MADE THE AVIDITY WITH WHICH THE PUBLIC CROWDED TO READ THE NEWS IN THE JOURNAL WINDOW IS AMPLE EVI DENCE THAT THIS EFFORT TO FURNISH THEM WITH PROMPT SERVICE WAS DULY APPRECIATED LOO KING FOR MOTHER Little Johnny Boyer 3yeursold son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Boyer Wilkinson Wheatland avenue was found thinly clad and almost frozen in the street near his home Saturday night The child was cry ing for its mother who had gone to the Scoville revival meeting and had left the child In the care of an older aged 12 Spectacular End of Legislature Block ed by Sudden Adjournment of Representatives BY CLAUDE S BURR Indianapolis Ind March General Assembly of the State of Indiana is a matter of history the house of representatives adjourning at 5 oclock this afternoon and the senate a few minutes be fore 7 oclock this evening The senate was forced to adjourn through the action of the house which by suddenly adjourning left nothing which the members of the upper house could transact legally Never in the history of the state has a session of the legislature ended with such depression and a feeling that the work of the ers had not been completed It was with gloom that senators left the state house tonight to attend a of all members at the Claypool and even Lieutenant Governor Miller in summing up the work of the legislature pointed with pride to only two measures although he stated that much had been done The events which lead up to the sudden ending of the general assembly can be traced to the day when Republicans failed to pass the Metropolitan police over of the deliver Inspection Tram With Supt Gear and Aboard Hits Hand Car Six Panhandle section men escaped death by jumping from a handcar last Saturday afternoon just as tile car was hit by the Panhandle officials was sprung by the immediate read rri iro rtf t P From that instant things were do ing in the were taken block such a move but promises were made that if the Democrats would assist in the passage of the Farber over the governors veto that the Republicans who favored such a move would put bills which the Democrats desired enacted through especially those acts which the governor had vetoed When the house of representatives convened this morning a surprise train running at a rate ot CO miles an hour just west of Kenneth The accident occurred curve and the men had but a moments warning of their danger None of the men were injured except for slight bruises The Panhandle inspection train had been out inspecting divisions all last week and was on its return from the ing of the governors veto of the ber insurance The Democrats had been promised that no early ac tion would be taken or at least un til after the promises made had been fulfilled As a result of this the Democrats to o man voted to sus tain the governors veto This left the matter just where it final trip over the State Line when the had stood Saturday night and the accident occurred Over the last few The parents did not know of their i miles Engineer W V Hayes in babys episode until the next morn charge of the train let out the IN CI N CHILD IS BURIED The body of the 3yearsold son of Mr and Mrs Evans Sheets burned to death Saturday night while play ing with matches was taken to New Waverly yesterday for burial It was accompanied by the parents and by Mrs Richardson Mrs Sheets Coroner Miller held an Inquest yesterday morning Neighbors did what they could to help the afflicted family which Is in straightened cir on account of the al misdoings of the father WABASH EMPLOYE M J Joliff a Wabash railroad Tamm Chicago street surprised her J man whose home is in Ashley was last night the occasion being her killed while hanging out from his The evening car His skull was fractured by a hog schute which struck him birthday anniversary was In fames irig The child was put to bed early in the Mr and Mrs Boyer left for the meeting A smaller child was taken with them Johnny being left with his brother who thinking his baby brother would be safe in bed also retired The child however was awake and soon after left his bed He call ed for his mother no re sponse went down stairs Still searching he left the house in his night gown and bare feet prodding In the cold snow There was a snow storm at the time and the child was nearly frozen when up by Mrs j C S Jones colored Bates street who FORMER STREET RY left him in care of Mr and Mrs a neighbor later returned the child to Its home before its parents return home tie and the train was going at full speed At the curve west of Kenneth view of the tracks for any long distance is shut off The men on the handcar were rounding this corner when the train a few rods from the curve whis tled The men had just time to jump to safety when the car was struck Instead of being smashed and from the tracks the car rode upon j the tracks and the pilot of the engine I until the train could be stopped It I was found that neither car nor men were injured Republicans commenced to their promises First the Logansport sewerage was passed over the veto of the governor Then crime Sweeneys Tell City flag station and following then a motion to reconsider the Farber and lay on the table by Representa tive Hanna The Democrats were not ready for action on this measure and again used their flub They voted against any such action and the Farber was still open for At this instant Representative Hanna moved an adjournment until 2 oclock this afternoon The motion carried and Speaker Branche announced that there would be a caucus of Re publican members at 1 oclock When the afternoon session com Vice President Fairbanks was introduced to a joint session of the legislature ahd for a half hour Continued on Page 4 Columa 3 JEROMES FAILURES INDICATE HARRY THAW WILL BE FREE REV GREGORY PREACHES IN KOKOMO j railways SUPERINTENDENT HERE E C Folsom formerly superin tendent of the local and Wabash Valley interurban lines Is visiting in the city He Is now located in Michigan of city Rev E E Gregory pastor of the A M E church and a party of twenty of the local congre gation were In Kokomo Sunday at tending quarterly meeting services Rev Gregory delivered mental sermon there W TT MESSENGERS RESIGN Andy Michaels and Chester Larmore hive resigned their positions as mes sengers at the Western Union Tele graph office White and Oscar baye v BY BADGER MOORE New York March days sessions of the Thaw trial dur ing which District Attorney Jerome made an effort to Introduce evidence in of the story told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has ended with no great benefit to the state and it is admit ted that unless the district attorney dares better tomorrow that the case has been lost and that Thaw will walk out of the court room a free man In a few days Almost every point of the states at torney was met by Delmas with a obj milled by the and few Indeed were the inj thought of nei stances when Justice Fitzgerald failed to sustain the objection of the Califor nia attorney It is expected that tomorrows ses sions will be made more by the calling of Mae to the stand Just what the district attorney Dopes to develop from an examination of Evelyns companion Is not definitely known and It Is barely possible that there will be a sudden change in plans again and that Jerome will go into argument An endeavor was made to reopen the case of the state and Introduce new evidence by the defense fought off such an Issue successfully It Is ad state however that new examinations has not been abandoned and should such be Continued on 5 6 TO CARRY ON SEWER STRUGGLE Pre pare to Take Fight to Su preme Court Instead of the passage of Sewer No 298 ending the Westside sewer fight as had been predicted it is said the passage of the is only the be ginning of a long hard struggle which wil be waged and which will ultimate ly reach the supreme court for settle ment who have stood in the fight throughout all the various phases of It declare that by the time the sn preme court has finished with the mat ter there will have been another ses sion of the legislature at which Sen ate No 29S will have been repeal ed George W Iuey Lewis Ray Fred Hanke John Stewart William Elpers Dr M A Jordan Dr Bozier J A Newby and other residents of the intimated as much to Rep Kleckner yesterday when they waited on him at Indianapolis According to Jjohn Stewart her and George were with Rep Kleckner yesterday when another representative unknown to them ap and called Kleckner aside A man who stood near tells me that the man who called Kleckner away did so after being hurriedly instructed by A G Jenkines said Stewart last night Already a neat sum has been raised among the to defray the expense of legal battles which they in tend to wape against ihe settlement of the sewer question on the basis laid down by the contractor There in general comment on the fact that it was a Logansport measure the sewer which brought about the attack on Governor Hanly by Sen ator Wood In his speech supporting the Senator Wood declared that he drafted it to meet an anticipated condition in Lafayette and that the only people opposing it were ine hired from Logansport paid lo oppose the measure There is much comment in Logans port about this statement based oa the fact that Attorney B F Long is the only paid representative of the who opposed the all others including Dr M A Jordan are property holders in the zone ef On the other hand those favoring the from Logansport were Atty A G Jenkines hired Atty M F Ma honey hired Atty Stuart hired Atty S H Stuart hired Atty B C Jenkines hired Democrat Coun ty Frank V Guthrie hired Atty Judge Winfield hired B F Louthain interested Police Commis S B Boyer interested but not owning property In zone affected Postmaster J M Johnston interested but not owning property In the zone affected In the light of this array contend that Sen Woods information that the only persons opposing It are hired was bawd on Incom plete returns from the They also doubt the correctness of Senator statement made In supporting the measure thai 99 out of 100 people la the Anent Sen Woods statement that be drafted the to meet anticipat ed conditions In Lafayette ers content themselves with declaring Wood a falsifier and offering to score oa Fift
