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Newspaper
Canton Evening Times
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1910
Page
5
In Kington on July 20, lawmakers debate Speaker renewal and naval armor tests. Norris challenges rules changes while questions arise about outside explosive shells and their impact on armor piercing, with implications for the next naval construction plans.
As of June 25 the house judiciary committee had two administration measures pending. The anti injunction and federal incorporation bills were referred to a subcommittee and not acted on. Whether they move depends on party control after November.
Fragmentary text shows officials of a foreign committee pressed a congressional panel not fully aligned with the law. The excerpt hints at tensions between executive and legislative branches and raises questions about legal adherence.
The law signed on June 25 requires publicity of campaign funds 30 days after elections. Critics call it a gold brick with loopholes enabling private funds to influence multi state races and personal travel expenses free from the act. Some fear it won’t curb money in campaigns despite reporting due 206 days after November elections.
Pope Pius and cardinals presided at a Rome memorial in Sistine Chapel honoring the late Pope Leo. Diplomats, nobles, and Catholic pilgrims attended. The body will remain in St. Peter's due to anti clerical tensions delaying removal to St. John Lateran. no date set.
Preparations underway as Canton Gas Light and Coke company removes lighting fixtures from city hall and other buildings. The firm plans to discontinue business on August and likely replaces gas lighting at City Hall with natural gas for emergencies and other uses.
The report notes that London consumes about four and a half million gross boxes of matches each year. It highlights the scale of daily use and the impact on local trade and households.
Massillon officials expect a decision next Friday evening on building a four room school on West Main Street to be named the Harvey building. The board has wavered on size and style for some time and remains unsure what to choose.
City Sealer Martin plans to begin testing weights and measures used by local merchants next Monday. He will urge the council to pass an ordinance requiring ice companies to equip wagons with scales before delivery and to test measures by which ice cream is sold.
The steam dredge resumes operations on the canal south of the city after two new locks and two spillways were completed in spring. A dredging crew now travels south from Fulton to finish the remaining work along the waterway.
A new shop baseball league is forming in Massillon with teams from the Massillon Sign and Poster Company, the Massillon Rolling Mill Company, and the Massillon Bridge and Structural Company. Other local employers are encouraged to organize teams.
The local Knights of Columbus lodge plans an excursion to Cedar Point on Thursday with about 1000 members expected to join the event.
W H Morgan Cincinnati Post managing editor visits his mother in the city. Harry Richeimer of Chicago stays with his parents Mr and Mrs A J Richeimer. Thomas Dudley spends the week at Turkeyfoot Lake.
In Washington a friend greeting to Collector Loeb on treasury business triggers talk about the next New York governor. The reply pins down no definite candidate, reflecting cautious political maneuvering.
Leiton Potter a 15 year old book agent from Oberlin Ohio was found dead in a Decatur park Tuesday night with a bullet wound to the temple a revolver nearby and a photograph of his sweetheart. He was reportedly despondent over a broken romance.
Three young white women in Washington state their case to police as victims of Rev. Jonah Sturdivant, a jailed black preacher. Gertrude Monsen, Hilda Johnson, and Addie Codding suffer pellagra amid claims of fasting and religious frenzy. Authorities cite incantations and neglect, with Monsen near death and Johnson wasting away in a hospital.
Miss Lucy Page Gaston founder of the anti cigarette league of Chicago travels to New York to organize the anti cigarette league of America She aims to curb sales of cigarettes to boys under 16 and to pressure dealers barring women from public smoking she says elder smokers oppose child addiction and cites growing use among women.
Infants' foods accounted for a notable import value of 41000 dollars in 1908, reflecting a significant segment of consumer goods entering the market. The data points to sustained demand for baby foods amid broader trade movements of the era.
Charles G. Gates, son of John N. Gates, underwent an appendicitis operation in New York. The operation initially succeeded and he was taken abroad, but treatment by a specialist failed to prevent renewed illness. He became gravely ill again aboard the returning ship and another operation was deemed necessary.
About 2000 people from Cleveland and Forest City Catholic societies arrived in Canton by rail to enjoy Meyers Lake with sport programs and a major ball game. Additional groups from Mt Vernon and Akron plan visits with thousands expected, tied to local factories and Welch society celebrations at Meyers Lake Park.
Canton O markets publish buying and selling prices for eggs butter flour vegetables and fruit with wholesale and retail meat costs. Included are poultry hay grain and produce rates, list of prices for cantaloupe onions tomatoes cucumbers and various meats.
Market notes show butter prices with extras at 30 30% and 51 31% for prints and firsts. Cheese ranges include York state full cream 17c and Swiss No 1 28 21c. Eggs quoted Easy at 18c and poultry alive steady with spring chickens 18 20c and spring ducks 17 18c.
As Mahoning River water recedes after a freshet a large amount of sewage and garbage lines the banks above the dam. Alliance officials plan to ask the state board of health to inspect the situation.
A fragment notes women between ages 26 and 25 are more numerous than at other life stages, suggesting demographic emphasis on mid late twenties. no further details.
The Union Avenue Methodist church undergoes a major overhauling. All services Sunday will be held in the college chapel.
The Salvation Army in the city is collecting donations to provide a picnic for underprivileged children at Rock Springs Park. Solicitors are busy gathering contributions to cover the event.
McCaskey Register Co of this city will open bids for a new building at their plant measuring 50 by 200 feet. When finished the addition will nearly double the plant’s capacity.
The Christopher Columbus talia Mutual Benefit society of the city is arranging an elaborate Columbus Day celebration on Oct 24. The group counts 49 members and promotes old age insurance compulsory in Germany.
Paris July 20 world famous anthropologist Jacques Bertillon warns France is losing ground in population. He cites 40 million inhabitants versus Germany 65 million and notes last year births fell to 770000. He urges parliament to back policies favoring marriages and larger families.
John B. Newell a former Canton city police officer sails for Europe with his wife daughter Elizabeth and son James Patrick. They travel west to Genoa Illinois to meet Patrick Hurley and plan a journey to Los Angeles to sail around Cape Horn then reach Dublin Ireland in the early fall.
Oscar T. Tamm, a wealthy St. Louis native now based in Tamms Illinois, crossed the Arctic Circle on July 2 with the American flag flying from his automobile. He had written friends here about his achievement.
New York detectives searched two inbound liners, the Kronland from Antwerp and the Carmania from Liverpool, for a man resembling Dr. H H Crippen, sought as Belle Elmore's alleged murderer in London. No match found aboard either ship.
A garden rosebush in Freiburg covers 99 square yards and bears 19 buds at a 1 percent yield. The report notes the unusual density of buds per area and highlights the plant’s productive potential in a small plot.
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