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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
1
The Indiana Senate approved a constitutional amendment to abolish electing the Supreme Court clerk and shift selection to the legislature. It also endorsed an amendment letting the governor veto individual items in appropriations and enacted a measure prohibiting sports on Memorial Day.
The London strike situation grows more serious this afternoon with traffic on the London and South Western main line, the London and Brighton, and the Great Western railways paralyzed.
Seattle experienced a citywide strike called at ten in the morning. Between fifty and sixty thousand union workers are idle and thousands more are out of work due to industry closures.
Theodore Lee a sixteen year old lad previously sentenced to the boys school at Plainfield was brought from jail and lectured after being released on good behavior for petit larceny. He admitted several misdemeanors and promised reform with strict future conduct.
Leo Williams, 2nd trick man at the Monon office, is again confined to his home with a second attack of influenza. He had only recovered about two months earlier from the prior illness.
Lieut Paul McCune has been recommended for the regular army after serving since August 1917 with the National Guards. He advanced from sergeant to second lieutenant and will begin Officers Training School at Camp Taylor for four to twelve months. Other local health notes mention Hannigan Rainbolt visiting Indianapolis and Hugh Dodd ill with influenza.
The Oscar Medaris murder trial was continued to April 28 at Bloomington due to the absence of two defense witnesses. The case relates to the Bedford killing of Howard Taylor last October, with defense aiming to prove insanity. Prosecutors say life in prison is sufficient. the defense argues for the unwritten law to protect family honor.
A town merchant visiting a traveling salesman at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis reportedly swallowed part of a front tooth. The note suggests the tooth loss could be due to excitement or salesman enthusiasm. Miss Elizabeth Dodd returned home from Indianapolis after tending to her ill brother.
A Jackson County case centers on alleged profit from labor schemes and a court restraining order. The filing seeks to halt specific operations and enforce financial remedies while pending civil actions proceed.
Revenue agent Kruger warns that anyone making wine or cider at home without federal permits will be blocked unless they comply with revenue laws. Permits cost nothing and are available to any reputable applicant. The notice cites state law permitting domestic production for personal use but reinforces federal permit requirements. Mary Cline sues Dan Cline for divorce and seeks restraint on household goods after alleged cruelty and disputes over property. Tobacco sales in Jackson county show profits from small plots with shipments to Madison and Louisville, reviving historic crop interest. Farley sold $350 from an acre and a half. A second-hand store shift takes Lafe Miller to Elnora and a Camp Merritt telegram confirms Herbert Craig’s safe arrival.
Mr Kruger reports hundreds may violate federal permit rules for home wine making with a 200 gallon exemption. Violations bring 200 percent penalties and federal prosecutions. Separate items include Infantryman Howard Keach’s letters from Germany detailing battles and life, and local influenza recovery and visits.
Both Mitchell cement plants are in operation again with prospects for a steady run for the year. The B&O Southwestern line switched 18 car loads of shale into the plant yards for cement making. The second mill startup is welcomed by labor and business circles, putting many idle men back to work.
Ralph Voyles, who has been building wireless towers for the government in Porto Rico, has returned home. The case Har] vs Co. T. WH. & S B. has been continued in circuit court.
Curtis McPike said his son, Sergeant Leslie A. McPike, is located in a private home at Coblence Germany sleeping on feathers and enjoying good times in the war area with a letter dated Wednesday confirming the news.
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