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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
2
Washington Lafayette Pence a former Colorado congressman issued a statement in Washington denying his wife Catherine Soper-Pence charges and challenging the New York suit. He also rebutted references to Lillian N. Duke and the tobacco magnate’s ex-wife.
A large suffragette delegation and thousands attend Emily Wilding Davison burial in St Marys churchyard after her Derby Day death. Reports from Bulgaria recount quakes, casualties, and destitution, while Constantinople sees arrests in Shefket Pasha assassination. Moros siege at Bagsag yields American casualties. Also noted are arbitration talks, Columbia yacht seizure in Japan, and a Paris marriage linking Mrs Huger Pratt and Prince Alexis Karageorgevitch.
Personal Alfred Lanowe of Fowler Indiana and Mrs Isaac Leo pold of Wolsett suffered fatal and injured outcomes in a ditch crash. Angus Hamilton, famed war correspondent and English scion, died by self inflicted throat slash in a St Louis hotel. Three year old William C Dalton fell from a second story window and died in Boston. John Hyche of Wagoner Oklahoma shot and killed by his wife after a dispute over a meal. Jimmy Clabby of Hammond Indiana won the middleweight title in Butte defeating Eddie McGoorty in twelve swift rounds. Charles J Dougherty, engineer of a train crash near New Haven, arrested on a manslaughter warrant in Stamford Connecticut. John Jacob Astor estate valued at 86 966 611.42 with William Vincent Astor owning 69 964 596.80. Former Congressman Lafayette Pence of Colorado facing a separation suit filed by Mrs Catherine Soper Pence, with further allegations involving Lillian N Duke.
United States Bureau of Education adopts dispatching of one two and four room schoolhouses as models to guide construction in small communities. Multiple fatal and injuring rail accidents occur across Stamford Connecticut Hammond Indiana with deaths and serious injuries. Illinois passes suffrage bill 83 to 58 sending it to Governor Dunne for signature. Ernest Lindoft of Abingdon Newfoundland under arrest in murder case of Prof Charles A Lindoft in Galesburg after bloodhounds track scent to his room.
Springfield reports the forty eighth Illinois General Assembly will finish by midnight Friday and likely quit by breakfast Saturday as progress pleases Governor Dunne The executive office notes administration program near completion except initial and referendum with no public utilities upheaval anticipated Also listed are civil service exam eligibles for guard and graduate nurse positions and a plan to aid Gettysburg veterans with a $20 000 appropriation and $10 per veteran for transport plus rail travel from their counties The report also notes state work invitations via civil service posters and new incorporations in Chicago and Lansing
Preliminary arrangements outline a July 4 centennial celebration for the Order of Red Men in Illinois at Danville with 8,000 anticipated attendees. Indiana Red Men led by Roy G. Emig will send representatives, while Illinois guards escort 3,000 Indiana members to recreate the Vermillion River massacre.
The state railroad and warehouse commission says Illinois grain car scarcity stems chiefly from railroads not increasing box car supply as fast as traffic grows. Chairman O T Berry notes the commission bulletin reviews the shortage and notes efforts to revive car condition and motive power to a higher efficiency.
The annual state convention of the Illinois union retail clerks was held in Springfield with delegates from all parts of the state. Several speeches were delivered by delegates and by Robert E. Woodmansee and Henry J. Conway of Lafayette Indiana. After a banquet at the hotel the members enjoyed a river steamboat excursion.
President Wilson plans to read a 1200 word currency reform message to Congress next week. He urges immediate revision of banking laws and expects bill introduction Thursday with a June 23 presidential address. Supporters claim broad party agreement while debate focuses on a regional reserve system and central board under government control. I remain cautious on final word.
The U S Supreme Court sustained Missouri rates against six rail companies including the St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern and the Wabash in most cases, while rates were ruled confiscatory for three lines the St Louis Hannibal Kansas City Clinton Springfield and the Chicago Great Western. Missouri wins six of nine cases and the state’s interstate rates stand for the majority of major railroads. in the others the Missouri officials may seek court relief if circumstances change.
In Oakland California on June 18 Miss Natakai Sutliff Joseph Souza and Wesley Hoffelt died when their motorcycle crashed. The woman was hurled over a 30 foot fence from the scene of the accident.
Six of eight San Francisco police officers indicted for conspiring in the $300,000 Italian bunco ring pleaded guilty and were sentenced to nine months in jail.
Reports from southern Chihuahua say six hundred federals were killed or wounded in a May 29 battle at Sausillo, where their forces were defeated by more than twelve hundred federals. The report arrives from El Paso, Texas, dated June 18.
A description explains a sound magnifying trum pet style unit behind a flat shape with a small attachment to support the receiver. When needed to hold the line the user places the receiver on the time saver device to bring the ear piece into position and hear the distant speech clearly. The receiver may stay on the magnifier or be held to the ear. Hands remain free for other tasks.
Bartsch of Shreveport earns a profit by selling flies to the city board of health. He netted 24.20 in two days after buying about 100 traps when premiums were offered for dead or alive flies. His activity lowered the price the board pays, from 50 to 20 cents a quart, and he plans to continue while the treasury endures.
The piece notes London as the most conservative city in Europe, cherishing its lumber and lamp post notices advertising standing for hackney carriages. It laments how, after decades, no vehicles stand there and ponders future relics amid a world of omni-aeros.
Popular Mechanics details New York's new 6 million dollar post office rising across from Pennsylvania Station. The five story granite structure stands 101 feet tall with 165000 cubic feet of granite 18000 tons of steel 7000000 bricks and 200000 square feet of glass. The main corridor spans 280 feet two stories high buff marble white plaster and glass. The building contains 400000 square feet of working space.
A clipped remark notes that the gambler’s son mirrors his father’s traits with mixed push but lacking broader ambition. The dialogue touches on luck, risk, and identity, using sharp wit to imply fate and aspiration within a rough social circle.
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