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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
2
A collage of oddities and wry humor from The Tribune notes. Items range from New York water worries to fashion ideas and garden jokes, with light jabs at professors, lawyers, and misers. Multiple short quips reference cities, people, and playful social observations.
Washington sees a second probe into Senator Lorimer’s election as McCormick testifies Edward Hines discussed a $100000 fund at the Union League club in Chicago. Clarence Funk denied contributing and named Edward Tilden as a participant while Kohlsaat’s pledge of secrecy is discussed.
In Vincennes France the opening leg of a cross country air race to London ends in tragedy with three aviators dead and five others injured, over 200 spectators hurt. Sixty entrants, fifty soar, distance about 960 miles with two English Channel crossings and a purse of 94000 dollars.
Louis Strang of the Case team was injured at the new Kenosha motordrome. He suffered a broken right arm and a dislocated ankle but survived, and doctors expect a possible return before season’s end.
Lafayette police quietly moved John W. Poole owner of the Poole farm in Benton county to Tippecanoe county jail amid intense local opposition. Poole remains central to the sensational murder case as authorities seek to secure his safety and ongoing testimony.
Mrs. Hildreth H. Smith, mother of former Georgia Governor Hoke Smith, died in Atlanta at age seventy six. The obituary notes her prominent family ties and local standing.
As the battleship Maine rises in Maine harbor researchers uncover relics from the disaster. Officers quarters yield plates and chinaware from captain and wardroom mess. A spar deck ammo box contains six millimeter clips and short knife bayonets, though bayonets are rusted.
The house refused to accept the direct election bill as passed by the senate and sent it to conference by a 172 to 112 vote. The Bristow amendment was the only change. party lines split the vote with Sella of Tennessee and Burk of Wisconsin crossing sides.
President Taft condemns cure all drugs and urges swift amendment to the pure food and drug law. He cites Supreme Court rulings narrowing coverage and warns of dangerous nostrums and adulterated medicines flooding interstate commerce. Representative Sherley has introduced related legislation.
In a three hour clash the Republican old guard was overthrown by a coalition of insurgents and Democrats. The vote 39 to 18 directs the finance committee to report by July 10 the Democratic wool schedule, signaling a drastic tariff revision and postponing reciprocity.
Fred Ball prominent Bakersfield businessman and Maricopa fire chief died instantly when struck by a live wire while battling a blaze that destroyed half the Maricopa business district. Many firefighters were injured by falling embers.
Army Chaplain Charles M. Brewer has been dismissed on order of the War Department for intoxication. The action follows disciplinary procedures within the military chaplaincy and reflects ongoing oversight of officers. Brewer's status and next steps remain to be announced by army officials.
A White House lawn reception marks the silver wedding of President Taft and Mrs. Taft. About 12 000 invitations issued with at least 6000 handshakes counted. The grounds glow with electric signs and fountains as the couple process to the lawn. Mrs. Taft wears white satin while Miss Helen Taft appears in pink satin.
Judge George A Carpenter denied the motion for rehearing by indicted packers. They must plead to indictments charging conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. They argued the criminal provisions were vague and cited Standard Oil and tobacco Supreme Court rulings.
The U S government sold three percent fifty year Panama canal bonds in a popular subscription. The treasury lists about 1 190 accepted bids with total 50 000 000 issue allocated across multiple price bands. No bonds sold below 102 21, with most bids clustered around 102 25 to 103.
State's Attorney Edmund Burke declares bribery convictions unlikely and drops the pending case against Lee ONeil Browne Ottawa Robert B. Wilson Chicago Louis D. Hirsheimer Pittsfield and Frank J. Traut Beardstown for conspiracy to commit bribery tied to fish legislation during the Forty sixth general assembly in Sangamon County circuit court.
Mrs Ray Trusner of Albany Indiana aged eighty described kidney disease that left her crippled and bedbound. After taking Doans Kidney Pills she recovered in six weeks and was restored to health, with doctors and friends noting the improvement. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo sells the pills. A magazine poet muses that a baby in the house could be a wellspring of pressure and triplets might be a deluge.
Women suffering from illness urged to contact Mrs. Pickhan in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are confidential and answered by women. The advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Medicine Co and its free 80 page Text Book, available by mail to any woman.
The court upholds a Fresno man Willard R Gobbell’s award against the Southern Pacific Railway for injuries after being run over by a train. The judgment totals $70,009, the largest in the state for personal injuries.
Cincinnati Ohio Edgar Cooke was acquitted of embezzling 3450 000 from the Big Four railway after a jury deliberated about three minutes to less than two hours.
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