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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
4
The Democrat publishes weekly from Bloomfield Indiana with editor W L Slinkerd. Subscriptions are $1.50 yearly in advance six months are 75 cents and single copies cost 5 cents. Advertising rates are 5 cents per line with a 25 cent minimum.
Official directory lists Congressman W A Cullop of Vincennes County Representative Clyde O Yoho of Bloomfield Ind and Joint Senator James H Humphreys of Linton Ind for the Second District and Greene Owen counties.
Terre Haute mayor Gossom leases a coal mine and uses 200 teams to deliver coal at 2.75 a ton, while dealers sell the same coal for 6 a ton. Interstate Commerce Commission probes idle empty cars blamed on coal operators and railroads amid suspected price manipulation.
A historical proposal envisions alcohol powered autos requiring redesigned tanks and stations. It urges a keg shaped tank with a draining faucet and a collapsible cup style filling cap, plus a car bed sans doors.
The article describes dispensing intermediate gear as extra inspiration for a car to run at forty miles per hour on low. It notes no lights for the model and a bed based on an undercut buggy bed to allow circular running. It mentions an unsolved automatic steering mechanism allegedly controlled by alcohol drawn from a draining faucet.
A list of states including California Colorado Idaho Utah Illinois Washington Arizona Wyoming Kansas Montana Nevada and Oregon is given as places where women cast ballots. It notes Wilson supported woman suffrage while Hughes claimed prior support but has not commented since the election.
President Wilson walked to the polls and voted for woman suffrage. Western women voting helped re elect him, signaling support for the reform and further progressive legislation for the masses, as supporters urged four more years of his leadership.
The piece notes New York and Indiana once dominated national tickets but the 1916 election shifted power westward toward Wilson and Marshall. It highlights dry states delivering electoral votes, Wilson's large popular vote, and calls Indiana Democrats to unite on prohibition and peace.
Lakewood New Jersey November 22 Charles E Hughes Republican candidate sent telegram to President Wilson congratulating him on his re election He notes the close vote and the official California count and wishes a successful administration.
A French designed room heater uses a woven wire carpet to draw current from a light socket and distribute heat evenly. The device combines a carpet element with electrical wiring to radiate warmth across a room.
Philadelphia physician E Kilbourne Tullidge, former Austrian Army captain surgeon, discusses wartime surgery focusing on amputation over splints, improvised splint methods, and hospital progression from Hilfsplatz to verbandplatz. He notes rapid, massed casualties strain surgeons and questions unnecessary amputations despite brutal battlefield injuries.
Chicago couple Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Benedict, separated, decided to retrieve their three children from a nursery. Mrs Benedict rushed to the nursery and boarded the taxi their husband had hired. They reconciled during the ride.
Yonkers Stephen Polow, who had pleaded not guilty to an assault charge from 1897, appeared in city court and then pleaded guilty, requesting to be prosecuted as the case is too old to hear, but the court dismissed the charge.
A reflective verse excerpt questions liquor advocates and those who seek open bars. The speaker contrasts honest workers, active seamen, battlefield volunteers, and devoted families with voters who support open bars, implying disapproval of such stance.
A famed preacher in a London bus engages a driver and an elderly passenger in a dialogue about temperance. The preacher explains a 35 year conviction against liquor, recounting a past American hotel chat where a bottle could have bought land that later became a bustling town center, an idea he calls horribly memorable.
The Oakland businessmen's league with 500 plus members blasts the saloon as an economic folly. They argue liquor traffic harms industry and state revenue and urge passage of two California amendments to curb liquor licenses.
In Chicago supporters of organized labor clash with brewers over personal liberty. Fred Haberling of the Cooks' union denounces the brewers and the liquor trust for treating workers as individuals while opposing labor organization. He notes hypocrisy in reactions to license denials and union recognition demands.
Samuel McRoberts of National City Bank of New York recently traveled in Russia and arranged a 50 million dollar loan to the Russian government. He asserts Russia offers a vast market for American capital and predicts a thriving postwar trade once vodka is prohibited and the war ends. He cites fertile lands visited during a three day tour and urges American interest in future Russian resources.
Dr. Edwin F. Bowers in the American Magazine cites modern science arguing beer is disproportionately harmful compared with wine or liquor. The Bremen Anti Alcohol congress, a gathering of European physicians, concludes liquor dulls judgment and brutality, beer makes men slow minded, and wine or brandy in quantity drives madness.
The Home Light and Water Company completed the sale of its Bloomfield plant to Indiana Power and Water Company, which purchased plants at Bloomfield Worthington Odon Elnora and other towns. The new firm will extend lines to Bicknell Edwardsport Newberry Lyons and others while supplying Bloomfield from existing facilities. A. C. Keene will lead operations with offices and supplies at Bloomfield.
The death of Francis Joseph ends a long eventful rule. He witnessed the rise and fall of empires across Europe and the world from the French Second Empire to a united Italy, the German empire, and tensions involving Russia Turkey and Persia.
New cases include Sophia Vanderburghe v Vanderburghe divorce and Margaret Pirtle v Willis Pirtle divorce. Claims include Evariste Vanderburghe estate $30, Kidd estate $100, support for Louvina Mees, replevin and foreclosure actions involving Pennsylvania and Indiana Coal Company and others.
Letters awaiting collection as of December 8th will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Named addressees include Mr. W. L. Teany Mr. Chas Shultz and George E. Endres postmaster.
Seventeen of twenty two prohibition states cast for Wilson in the election on November 7. Wilson also secured ten of twelve states allowing women to vote, reflecting broad geographic support.
Clayton Fuller an 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harley Fuller was instantly killed while hunting with his brother in law Ear nest Bays near Bloomfield. The shooting appears accidental as Bays returning from a brush pile heard a gun report and found Fuller dead with the shotgun wound entering the throat and exiting the neck. Undertaker George E Kidd and the coroner were notified and the body sent for autopsy.
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