22 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1911
Page
1
A wide array of jests and observations from The Tribune Batesville pokes at love, fashion, politics, and culture. Notable asides touch on marriage, deer licenses, ragtime, winter forecasts, and quirky inventions, all delivered in a light, satirical tone.
Dispatches report Peking Nanking fell to rebels after ten days of combat ending with tens of thousands killed and Yuan Shi Kai named premier. Edicts appoint Hsiiang to Jehol as court may retreat. U S seeks mediation while Manila troops head toward Chin-wantung for duty under the Boxer treaty.
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey declares a seven dollar per share dividend for the last quarter before dissolution under Supreme Court mandate. It also announces a twenty dollar per share dividend for the New York company and details stock exchanges of 34 subsidiary shares to New Jersey shareholders starting December 1.
A schooner Washington carrying 47 aboard was towed into Astoria after striking Peacock Spit during a severe gale. The Columbia’s Tatoosh, under Capt. Charles Bailey, slipped in and took nine aboard as conditions eased.
Archbishop Keane announces Rev. John M. Wolfe of Dubuque as chancellor while Monsignor Ryan continues as vicar general. The official move confirms Wolfe in the senior administration of the Dubuque archdiocese.
In Pulaski circuit court at Mound City Sam Meals and Will Meals were each sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary for the murder of Chief Marshall Chastine of Cairo Til.
The Illinois House adopted a sine die adjournment as the governor’s secretary awaited a message. The resolution moved to the Senate where it was concurred. A special session date isn’t set, likely after the December term Supreme Court adjourns around December 20.
Boston Rev Clarence V T Richeson pleads not guilty to the murder of Avis Linnell. He will stand trial January 15 1912 after arraignment and is jailed at Charles Street pending case. Carnegie heads tax list in New York with 10 million personal property and about 2 million real estate. valuation unchanged since 1903.
The Equal Franchise society founded by Mrs. Clarence H. Mackey will open a suffrage reading room and library on a cross street east of Fifth Avenue in New York.
Theodore Roosevelt criticizes the current administration’s trust policy in an Outlook editorial. He argues for federal supervision of interstate commerce and industrial organizations, via a centralized administrative bureau, not courts. He denies misleading statements about the Steel trust case and warns against repeated lawsuits as a solution.
In Lincoln Center pleas of guilty were entered by Everett G. Clark president of a Shady Bend milling company Watson Scranton a farmer and Jay Fitzwater a farmer in the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain Shady Bend school teacher Judge Grover will sentence later Eight million face famine report from St Petersburg says eight million people need relief after crop failures in twenty Russian provinces Premier Kokoyzof announced the figure.
Berlin report states Emperor William abandoned his hunting excursion due to a cold while Kaiseressin Kaiserin is indisposed. Joe Silesia is noted to be affected by the same illness as the disturbance in the entourage grows.
Jefferson City Missouri The state supreme court fines International Harvester Company of America fifty thousand dollars for unlawful restraint of trade. The ruling requires payment and separation from International Harvester Company of New Jersey plus a business statement and future compliance. A 60 day compliance period is set.
Chicago federal indictment targets the packers led by attorney John S. Miller who surrendered nine defendants on bonds. J Ogden Armour remains free. Judge Kohlsaat issued a writ of habeas corpus and released the group on bond, with potential appeals and a delayed trial depending on rulings and permanent writ.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged the thirty-first convention to endorse referendum initiative and recall. He argued real democracy lacks these provisions and attacked supreme court criticism and mob rule in policy debates.
In St. Petersburg Premier Kokoyzoft told the duma that crops failed entirely in twelve provinces and partially in eight others. Of 12,600,000 inhabitants in the affected area eight million need immediate relief due to the widespread famine threat across twenty Russian provinces.
A cable from Italian War Minister San Giuliano to the Italian embassy cites atrocities on Tripolitan battlefields, declaring that blood met blood. The message frames the issue under the caption Italian Heart Arabian Cruelty and defends harsh punishment as fitting.
Wyandotte county judges ban fast track divorces. Effective now no case will be heard unless filed at least 60 days prior. Kansas City, Missouri area courts implement the new rule to slow expedited proceedings.
Philadelphia society notes that Miss Marie Louise Elkins heiress to a $2,000,000 fortune from her father William Elkins wed Chilastian de Gulgas of San Francisco in a ceremony that drew attention from prominent families and social circles.
An advertisement claims rheumatism stems from excess uric acid due to failing kidneys. It asserts kidney pills cleanse the kidneys, banish the poison, and cure various rheumatic forms. The ad touts a money back guarantee, sample offers, and pricing of 25 and 50 cents, with mail order from Derby Medicine Co.
The American Federation of Labor endorsed the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. At its last convention resolutions urged all federation members to promote the drive to fund tuberculosis study and prevention, praising the Red Cross for its wartime relief efforts.
Mrs G A Selby of Redondo Beach California reports a five month old baby who won a prize in a baby contest. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for no sore or chafing and urges mothers to try samples mailed from Cuticura Boston. A separate joke panel notes a Boy Scouts anecdote about a smart son.
In a western city on February 22nd a teacher asks a class who can name a birthday. A timid girl rises and answers Mine revealing a young student’s personal birthday.
A conversation about a play reveals mixed views on its artistic merit and the actresses involved. The scene centers on Gladys and a frank speaker discussing appearances and performance with pointed opinions.
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