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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
3
In North Collinwood near Cleveland a school fire killed between 160 and 170 pupils aged 6 to 15. Panic and inward opening doors trapped children on the stairs as teachers and parents watched in horror. the fire burned beneath a furnace and only three hours later were all bodies recovered.
Clayton attorney T S Burnett filed for a pro forma incorporation of the National Gypsy Association of America in St. Louis County Circuit Court. First officers include Joe Adams as king for life and John M Adams as treasurer. The group aims to unify Gypsies, encourage naturalization, taxation, and civic duties, with St Louis named as national capitol.
Officials state that Japan issued no ultimatum or threats to China regarding the steamer Tatsu. They rely on the Chinese Government to release the vessel, offer regrets, and pay damages.
Emanuel Cedrino drove a sixty horsepower Italian car 300 miles at an average 77 mph to break the world record for distance speed. Nazzari’s Grand Prix average was 70.8 mph.
Chicago special report states a $1,006,000 payment to Cook County treasurer John R. Thompson settles back taxes on the estate of the late Marshall Field. The sum covers overdue assessments and closes the tax claim in probate.
A Wilmington group forms the Independence Republican League of Delaware to oppose Taft and Roosevelt. Rev Dr Carruthers, organizer of the Foraker Independent Colored League, says 500,000 black voters would back Bryan if Taft is nominated, and would back Roosevelt if renominated. The group backs Fairbanks or Hughes, with Foraker as first choice.
China refuses Japan's call for unconditional release and for compensation on the Tatsu Maru cargo seized at Macao. Japan backs force or arbitration. China claims neutrality violation and warns of further action while preparing to sell the seized arms to cover losses.
Minneapolis Salvation Army workers round up stray cats to ship to the Punjab region in India. The cats are to prey on plague carrying rats and fleas, following reports that cats are immune to the disease, with cat farms once established in Gujarat and thousands imported from England.
Colonial Secretary Dernburg told the Reichstag that the German East Africa campaign caused 75 000 native deaths from starvation. He attributed the deaths to troops seizing supplies to feed soldiers or starve the enemy during the campaign, alongside losses from fighting and disease.
A Sharon Pennsylvania man announces plans to start a company to manufacture rubber pop bottles for baseball parks. Umpires may be pleased as the bottles can be tossed onto the field without hesitation.
In Hawkinsville Georgia two men named Tyrees Curry Robertson and Henry were lynched and their bodies burned after being charged with murdering Mr and Mrs Warren Hart. One suspect confessed the crime claiming robbery as the motive.
Ten thousand people were removed to clear space for the approach of a new Manhattan bridge. Trucks and vans are in short supply as preparation efforts proceed.
A report claims John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie have not socialized or done business together since last fall. A disputed golf score, 85 to 86 versus 86 to 87, triggered a rift that deepened after a financier tried to bring Carnegie into a new stock venture. Rockefeller refused to participate, citing the Carnegie involvement.
London reports that King Edward announces he will be godfather to Morgan’s grandniece Burns baby, citing kinship through Miss Cavendish-Bentinck and the Burns family. The gesture reflects the monarch’s esteem for J. P. Morgan and ongoing counsel between the royal circle and the financier.
Secretary Hurty of the State Board of Health says nearly twenty five Indiana schoolhouses are fire traps and unsanitary conditions kill many children yearly. Following Cleveland’s disaster last week where 170 students died, 26 schools face investigation for safety and seating issues.
The Democratic state committee of Minnesota adopted a resolution endorsing Governor John A. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination and recommending his selection by the national convention in Denver next July after a bitter internal fight.
August W. Machen a former official in the post office department in Washington D C was released Saturday after serving several years in the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville and left for Washington.
John Wickliffe aged 69 walked from his Xenia Ohio home to Jasonville near Terre Haute Indiana to visit his daughter Mrs Joe Heck due to a religious scruple against riding railroad trains.
Report says Shanghai would apologize to Japan and punish the commander of the navy in Kwangtung who oversaw lowering the flag of the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru.
Herr von Bohlen Halbach, husband of Bertha Krupp, heiress of the Essen steel works, with an income of five million dollars, has been summoned by military authorities to six weeks training as a reservice in the cavalry regiment where he served before.
Word from snowbound Alaska speaks of a unique race set for early April with dune harnessed sleds. The field will include some of the Klondike’s speediest teams as a $2,500 prize confirms the event’s prestige.
James W. Hensley of Indianapolis was found guilty of manslaughter in the October events near Noblesville that killed Walker McClintock and Enoch McClintock. Under indeterminate sentencing he faces two to twenty one years at Michigan City Prison.
Ward en Frank Conley of the Montana State Penitentiary was dangerously wounded on Sunday morning and Assistant Warden John Robinson was killed when three life convicts led by George Rock and W H Hayes rushed a liberty dash. Conley fought back, wounding the attackers and shooting two of them after being stabbed. Hayes and Rock were killed. Conley is believed to recover.
Ft. Wayne Indiana report says C Budd a Pennsylvania railway engineer saved a young girl from a live wire at a boarding house when the broken Central Union wire fell to the ground. Budd pushed the girl aside and then collapsed saying Ive got it dying instantly.
Two baby girls born on different days in Shelbyville Indiana were presented by Mrs Roy Sexton to her husband on Thursday night and Friday morning. One birth occurred about 9 PM Thursday, the other about 8 AM Friday. Weighs were seven and a half and eight pounds.
In Norfolk Virginia the Special reports Rabbi Edward B. M. Browne of New York asserted Jesus was betrayed by the Apostle Peter, not Judas, drawing a public sensation during a lecture before the Jefferson society.
Enos T. Taylor, 68, Huntington Indiana businessman and banker, president of Citizens' State Bank, died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart. He was worth at least a million dollars.
Lexington dispatch reports negotiations almost complete to end the three year tobacco war in Kentucky. The conflict included riots and arson and is expected to be settled immediately.
Nashville Tenn Special The Supreme court upholds city segregation law restricting saloons to a defined district in Nashville.
H C Watson editor of Dans Review says the nation will recover gradually from the recent financial flurry. He notes price declines across commodities with grain and cotton less affected, wages resisting declines, and unemployment rising at manufacturing centers. He warns against high hopes for business until after the June and July nominating conventions and cites strong domestic resources and cotton exports as economic ballast.
Mrs Margaret Deland lashed the new woman as responsible for loose divorce laws and selfish individualism. She argued universal suffrage weakens marriage and that race death by own action could be justifiable in some cases. Her words warned that prioritizing personal desire endangers civilization.
The Stork Club of Detroit formed 14 months ago and has five members, each mother now with a baby. President Roosevelt commends the group for its fruitful results and expected growth during early 1907.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the Bureau of Chemistry at the Department of Agriculture issues a signed denial of recent claims including the remark that a man who never drinks is a mollycoddle.
A statement that a leper was cured by Christian Science was made at a legislative committee hearing on the Peabody bill aimed at banning the practice of healers.
Robert H Hollowell and his wife Mary file separate $50000 damages suits in federal court naming 28 alleged Kukluxers in Lyon and Caldwell Counties. They allege on May 2 1907 the defendants whipped and beat them harmed Mrs Hollowell’s face and were threatened with arson if they did not leave the state, prompting relocation to Vanderburgh County Indiana.
In New Orleans on the last day of Mardi Gras thousands of children in fanciful costumes filled the streets as the era of King Rex closed. Adults wore humorous outfits while two allegorical parades and two grand balls marked the finale, capping with the Mystic Krewe of Comus procession featuring twenty floats depicting gods and goddesses from across history.
The House committee on naval affairs endorses a 3 million dollar appropriation for a Pearl Harbor naval base Hawaii. It argues Pearl Harbor must be impregnable to deter enemies and protect the Pacific coast as a strategic buffer and source of Pacific supremacy.
New York reports the death of 19 year old Mitzel Morok who was pouring tea for a friend when Miss Antoinette Defframme mishandled an antique pistol. A cartridge lodged in Morok's neck and she died within moments.
Lisbon papers say negotiations proceed on a royal wedding with a planned visit of condolence to the queen mother Amelie. Public officials decline to comment on the report.
Charles Hickey, manager of a beef packing firm, testified before Justice Greenbaum and a jury in the Supreme Court that he had gambled and lost on horse races for the last twenty years. He estimated total losses near a million dollars, with one year showing as much as thirty thousand dollars.
Louisville liquor men say 1908 whisky production in Kentucky will fall by more than half from 32 million barrels in 1907 to about 15 million or less due to higher grain and cooperage prices and a tight money market.
The first move to secure Harry Thaw's release will be made April 1 after sixty days in the Matteawan Insane Asylum, the observation period required by law for new entrants.
Prof. EB Dillon, arrested in Harrisburg on a charge of fleecing local talent in a poker game, sues Mayor Byington for $5000 claiming intense humiliation and physical agony from being chained to a pole in public view.
Since the 1906 fire, San Francisco issued building permits totaling 97 million dollars to spur recovery and rebuild the city.
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