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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
6
A scattershot column surveys aviation fever famine of the era with quips on aviators, balloons, weather, divorce law abroad, and social fads. It riffs on court cases, a New York wedding’s dogs as bridesmaids, and the paradoxes of technology, politics, and manners, through playful vignettes and commentary.
A Harvard professor argues that late and loveless marriages are causing the disappearance of real Yankee blood. He contends that many blame this on widespread importation of other blood.
A Los Angeles woman tried to use a stick of dynamite on her washboard thinking it was soap. No explosion occurred, prompting comments on the impurity of dynamite and calls for purer products.
A Chicago professor suggests women gossip to produce a pleasing vaso motor shock and proposes finding a substitute to prevent innocent diversions.
The Western Union acquisition by AT&T prompted a full asset audit revealing a surplus drop from 18.9 million to 5.1 million. Theodore Vail led a policy of accuracy and publicity, boosting stock as public trust grew, signaling a new era in corporate finance.
The passage argues that reform measures lose effectiveness as corruption deepens and cannot recall wandering minds. It criticizes modern philanthropy for remaining passive until a critical point, letting the sick perish while efforts scramble to revive the dead and reform the nation.
The Ballinger Pinchot committee released its final report exonerating Secretary Ballinger after eleven months. The Republican majority said evidence failed to prove any offense and condemned critics for alleged animosity over conservation policy. Democratic members released a contrasting report condemning Ballinger’s conduct.
In a clash between 390 union and nonunion workers Domingo Navarro president of the Ship-sealers' union was shot and killed by Augustino Navareso a nonunionist. A number of others were badly beaten in the riot.
Mason City reports John S. Shearer was denied a new trial and sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Kelley amid protests of innocence.
Third day of general election polling yields Liberal gains in Whitehaven Coventry West Southwark Burnley Woolwich and a lone Unionist win in St Helens Lancashire. Net shift reduces Unionist majority and sets Liberal whips eyeing a 150 to 175 seat horizon.
DeKalb set of moving to Sycamore leads to tragedy as two Brown children die within hours after a bottle of tartar emetic was given as medicine. The mislabelled bottle, used to fight ants, was mistaken for epsom salts, and the grieving mother collapses from shock.
In Washington the first tariff act change drive of the current session began with Representative Sulzer of New York introducing a measure to repeal the duty on meats and cattle.
Mrs James McKinney wife of Congressman James McKinney of Illinois Fourteenth district died in Washington on Wednesday from paralysis.
Thousands fill the capitol for the opening of Congress as Republicans brace for a Democratic transfer of power. Speaker Cannon faces a coming Democratic majority while Rev. Couden, the blind chaplain, may keep his post. Senate vacancies and retirements foreshadow a reshaping of staff and offices in Washington.
New York art dealers Duveen Bros face a government claim of 5 million dollars in tariff duty losses over twenty years. Investigators compare book values to inverted entries at the New York customs house to measure alleged fraud. Attorney John B. Stanchfield is negotiating with the Treasury and Justice departments to settle, proposing payment to halt criminal proceedings.
In Muncie Indiana Charles Conway stabbed William Meyers sixty three and fatally injured him over a $1.92 debt. Meyers a well to do contractor suffered a severed nose and fatal injuries after the Tuesday attack.
Batoh Rouge La Judge J R Thornton of Alexandria was Tuesday elected by the Louisiana general assembly United States senator to succeed the late Senator McEnery.
Indianapolis hosts the seventh annual American Road Builders Association meeting at the German House. Organizers highlight accessibility, exhibit space, and a full program designed to showcase highway improvement expertise. Governors from multiple states and Canadian provinces send delegates.
The senate privileges and elections committee plans to submit the Lorimer seat question before the Christmas recess. Robert E. Wilson of Illinois testified as the alleged distributor of the last Illinois legislature jackpot denying personal profits from Lorimer’s election and refuting payment of $900 bundles to White, Link, Beckemeyer, and other southern Illinois figures.
Secretary MacVeagh delivered the fiscal year 1912 appropriation estimates totaling 748,414,861 to Congress on Tuesday. The plan compares with 745,294,513 for the current year and includes major increases for the Navy and construction. The navy would gain 28,294,048 with funds for new buildings, machinery, armor, and armament, plus 3,000,000 for armor on existing vessels.
The second cotton-pool indictment returned by the federal grand jury in August was opened. James A. Patten Eugene Scales and William P. Brown appeared before Justice Hough in the U S circuit court and entered tentative pleas of not guilty.
About 20 000 striking garment workers led by 20 000 sympathizers marched from their headquarters to Jackson boulevard and Ashland avenue in a snowstorm. They moved to the West Side baseball park to hear speeches and were told this was the greatest parade of hungry workers since Coxey's army.
Mrs. Minerva Williams eighty five a recluse died in a fire that consumed her home in Caldwell. Rumors say she hid five thousand dollars in currency and thieves are believed to have robbed her and set the blaze.
In Memphis Tennessee Wednesday Rent Barrier achieved a new world record by flying 16 miles at a distance of nearly 88 miles per hour during a public aviation rite.
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