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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
3
Over 11 000 Indiana soldiers are encamped at Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville as the last units arrive. South Bend men led the procession to the camp and found hot meals awaiting them. Major General Hale and officers plan the training schedule in Louisville Kentucky.
Indianapolis Oct 9 The Second Indiana regiment will depart for Hattiesburg Mississippi to join the remaining National Guard units. Commanded by Col Coulter the unit is ordered to leave the state and will be stationed previously in Jeffersonville and East Chicago with a machine gun company at Fort Harrison. Departure leaves Indiana without National Guard troops.
Indiana National Guardsmen in Hattiesburg start a 40 hour week training program to run four months. The course aims to prepare men to sail for France when orders come. Daily routine includes two hours of physical exercise and extensive trench warfare instruction with long hikes limited.
Marion October 9 Speedy trials will be granted to Oscar Hruneld John Frazier and Adam Cline members of the Grand county board of commissioners who are under arrest on grand jury indictments charging extortion. The charge says they solicited from 7 to 18 for inspection of certain highways. The commissioners say the charge is legal.
Thomas Leo Perry twenty four a soldier from Camp Taylor came here to attend a friend's funeral and was struck by a Central Indiana railroad train. One foot and ankle were crushed require amputation just below the knee. His parents live in Anderson and he left with one hundred twenty five men for Camp Taylor on September 5.
Cyrus McGregor reports a freakish corn stalk in Princeton that reaches 12 feet tall. The single ear grows at ground level width and is large and well developed. A second root has begun about two joints above the ground.
The Anderson Council of Women at a luncheon with 99 attendees pledged to dispose of 100000 dollars of Liberty bonds and approved adopting Tuesday and Friday as meatless days.
In Clay City on October 9 Mrs Henry Whitmer and her four year old daughter were fatally burned when a coal oil can exploded while she tried to kindle a fire. Their clothing was burned from their bodies and the home suffered severe damage.
Anderson residents report that on October 9 farmer James Martin was struck and killed when his automobile bus collided with a passing vehicle.
A Milwaukee Sentinel commentary argues jazz music is rhythmic and inspiring not noisy chaos. It notes jazz blends syncopation, improvisation, and contrasts in dynamics while any legitimate instrument may be used and true jazz requires skilled musicians with swing.
The Tidewater, a steel collier built at New York Shipbuilding Camden, moved from coal trade to Boston harbor in five months. Built for about 570000 dollars, it sold for over 2600000 dollars, delivering a profit exceeding 2000000 dollars. The vessel measures 868.6 feet by 55.2 feet by 30.5 feet with net tonnage 8354 and gross 5266, previously owned by Castner Curran and Bullitt, now sold to the American Italian Steamship company of New York.
The New Republic notes southern Mexican Indians see Mexico as an Indian country and view Spaniards as cruel conquerors. They object to leaders like Madero and Carranza for not being Indian, with even northern Huerta echoing Indiano pride. Carranza’s unpopularity stems from not being Indian rather than Diaz’s southern roots.
A 515 year old Douglas fir specimen, harvested near Portland Oregon, was found on the root of a cedar that had grown from a log for 208 years. Woodsmen determine age by trunk rings, and the fir is believed to be the oldest of its kind in existence.
The article notes that despite French rule in Morocco, witchcraft remains deeply believed and practiced as in ancient times. It attributes persistent belief to local culture and claims witchcraft sustains a savage state in the country.
Conscripted men at Camp Taylor begin ascent toward commissions with six sergeant majors and many high non commissioned officers promoted. Officers predict many will win commissions as training enforces military bearing. Strict injunctions demand soldiers act with proper courtesy. Camp population exceeds 30 000.
Bedford observers mark Riley's birthday with a school program in the high school assembly room. Mary Alice Emery spoke on the new Indianapolis Library building funded by Riley's generosity, and Prof. E. W. Abbott recalled the cornerstone ceremony with the Indianapolis schools.
The wounded were carried to field and base hospitals as medical reserve officers in training here duplicated battlefield care for France. The maneuvers were held for the American Association of Military Surgeons meeting at the base.
In Elwood on October 10 the school denied privileges to 12 pupils who refused vaccination against smallpox as conscientious objectors. After Lester Helms contracted smallpox, the remaining students and teachers complied with vaccination.
A barn on C. W. G. Johnson’s farm three miles south of Bloomington burned, with three horses, two mules, 40 tons of hay and several hundred bushels of oats lost. Cause unknown, $3,000 loss fully insured.
Thieves opened the safe at the Cline Wilt Lumber company on South Meridian Street in Portland today and took about $60 in paper money with the remainder in silver. Several notes in another drawer were left untouched.
Indianapolis officials warned gas users to limit heating use amid coal shortages and an early cold spell. They may invoke police powers to enforce conservation measures to protect the gas supply.
Claude Thornberry aged nineteen was found guilty of assault and battery on Samuel Gappen in Greenfield Indiana. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days at the Indiana state farm by Mayor J Q Johnson.
In Hammond on October 10 Ralph Dunlap a speedy wing from Rensseleur high school broke his leg and sustained internal injuries during kickoff against Kirklin high school. He was hospitalized for an extended period.
Monterey October 10 S L Bringham William Bringham and Bank Dunkel barger were fined by Justice Graves in Minainae for spearing fish in the Tippe canoe river, amounts $5.10 plus costs.
Daniel C. Boggs an oil operator and former resident of Littleburg committed death by his own action by taking carbolic acid in Vincennes on October 10. He was despondent over several bad financial investments.
Indiana National Guards have subscribed to half of the $400,000 Liberty bonds taken by the soldiers at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg Mississippi. The figure reflects strong enlistment support and public backing for the national effort during the war.
The birthday anniversary of James Whitcomb Riley was celebrated in city churches with special services on October 10.
Fort Wayne report of John Smith thirty five a laborer who committed suicide by hanging himself to a bedread in a rooming house on October 10.
The jury in the Castleman versus the Erle railroad suit returned a verdict for the plaintiff amounting to four thousand eight hundred dollars. The decision was announced in Winamnnee on October 10.
The Supreme Court overruled a motion for rehearing in the constitutional convention case ending the legal battle. J. W. Morrison named county attorney at Frankfort to fill an expired term. Alexander Kendall of Logansport, twenty eight, killed himself fearing draft.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt discusses how a happy fifty year old wife aligns with her husband’s practical love. It argues men show affection through acts and that a devoted wife channels love into domestic work, planning meals and home making as a respected profession.
The National Geographic notes repeated Russian famines show severe hunger among peasants. It cites a 1600 famine lasting three years with 500000 deaths and cannibalism in markets. It also mentions 1891 1906 and 1911 famines with relief funds allocated but poorly spent.
The passage describes extreme famine with destitution across a European country. Food sources are scarce with weeds bark of trees and bitter bread mud from acorns forming the main diet. It notes this as the most widespread and severe famine in modern times.
The article notes Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi as the first woman admitted to the Ecole Medecine in Paris and the first woman member of the New York Academy of Medicine. It mentions her birth in London 75 years earlier to George P. Putnam, her Paris degree in 1871, marriage to Dr. Abraham Jacobi, and her death in 1906. It also recalls Elizabeth Blackwell as America’s first woman physician, MD in 1849.
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