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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
2
A Kansas banker recounts a tale of a Southern gentleman who loaned money 85 years ago. The banker says the statute of limitations would have run out, but the gentleman's character kept the claim alive. The story, told by the Kansas City Journal, ends with the repayment.
About two hundred new deputies in the French chamber protest the flood of elder oratory. A proposal suggests a maximum sixty minutes per speaker per day a generous rule but still could curb speechers like M Jaures whose speeches since last June reach over 59 thousand words across the official reports.
A Wide World Magazine description details an open air Rome school that travels from district to district with a ten pound satchel desk. Lessons set on the ground with a portable blackboard show practical schooling and aim to reduce illiteracy. A later item recounts a Southern town dialect exchange about a neighbor and a dead man, ending with a quip about whitewash.
A family scene from the Washington Star recounts Maude crying over a matinee play while Magmie sobs for not being able to attend. The father returns home from work and asks what caused the distress.
A humorous exchange shows a banker bewildered by an applicant who proposes mortgaging his automobile to buy a home. The wit underscores the old fashioned misread of financing schemes.
Indiana lawmakers push to report liquor bills and a slate of measures. Proposals include referendum for public service franchises, anti corruption and worker protections, and October 12 Columbus Day holiday. News on coal freight rates prompts legal action by Indiana Manufacturers' and Shippers' association. A pending interurban safety bill seeks automatic block signals, double orders, and stricter crew rules.
Senator Proctor proposes replacing county option with city town township and territory units for local option in townships outside cities. The move faces Democratic platform objections for not mentioning incorporated towns. He plans to remove incorporated towns as a unit and later limit saloons to one per thousand people, which would bar smaller towns from having a saloon.
Proctor, a Democratic senate leader, advocates a straight thousand dollar liquor license fee and a cap on the number two licenses at one thousand. He plans to fight for these provisions, arguing the approach will strengthen Indiana liquor laws. He has long been a vocal participant in wet campaigns across the state.
Co. E. Pittenger of Muncie, president of the Indiana State Trustees association, is in Indianapolis to push a bill for township trustees. Henry Seyfried prepared the measure, but the group has not chosen which legislators will carry it. Trustees statewide are organized to gain support from their lawmakers.
At the closing session of the Indiana Retail Monument Dealers association annual convention held at the Denison hotel in Indianapolis officers for the coming year were elected. Charles E. Jones of Shelbyville was named president with J. H. Brooks of Greenfield as vice president. Executive Committee members are Louis Schiessman of Lafayette as chairman, Tony Schrietie of Rushville, and George Wemhof of Decatur.
The state board of tax commissioners recommends sweeping reforms to the general assembly with governor approval. They urge laws to govern stock and bond issues by domestic corporations to prevent fraud and protect depositors. The secretary of state sits as an ex officio member, but the board seeks authority to approve issuances before they become legal.
The legislature will consider fish law changes including a bill by Senator Yarling from Shelby county allowing limited seining and several Miles backed measures to codify laws, create fishermen licenses to fund protection and propagation, and assign duties to officers. The Miles bills, supported by Marion County and other associations, aim to gather scattered statutes into a unified code with new licensing provisions for fishing and hunting.
Edwyn E. Watts of Princeton, president of the Indiana Engineering Society, opened the annual meeting and outlined a push to awaken the state on roads. A three day session will focus entirely on creating a state highway commission and providing state aid for road building.
Indiana legislation considers a new fish law package by George W. Miles centering on a Fisher man’s license to fund fish protection. The Yarling bill relaxes seizure provisions and allows spear ing of certain fish without a license from June 15 to November 1, with landowner consent and property owner arrest powers. The bill bans unauthorized use of seines, nets, and spears outside permitted periods and methods.
Elwood stockholders elect Joseph Fide as president J L Clauser as vice president H M Brown as treasurer and Mrs A D Moffett as secretary. Efforts to raise library efficiency underway. Police recover three sacks of harness stolen from Gallagher Broyles barn near Elwood Hidden near Newby's crossing Tipton county two miles west of Elwood.
John Worth Kern of Indianapolis was elected United States senator from Indiana to succeed Beveridge with formal announcement to come at a joint session. Democrats backed Kern. Republicans supported Beveridge as ballots were cast in both Senate and House, setting up a joint session tomorrow to declare the result.
Bloomington Jan 17 Frederick K Cornman sues Matthews Bros Stone Co for 10000 alleging permanent injury from a stone weighing more than 1000 pounds that fell on him crushing his hips and abdomen and causing blood poisoning due to negligence by the company.
A man who called himself Harry Miller a 28 year old American said he was robbed of $1000 while being lured from Berlin by a stranger in Paris. He was found bound to a tree near Joinville le Pont half frozen and injured after being held in a squalid house and given a liquid to drug him. Police report he ran an employment agency in New York and arrived from Berlin days earlier. London reports Dr Champlain of Kansas City was mistaken for a spy at Guernsey and released after visiting Fort George with a camera.
Messina Sicily January seventeenth marks the laying of the cornerstone for a group of public buildings to be raised by the municipality This ceremony led by Sig Sacchi minister of public works and Signor Cluffelli minister of posts and telegraphs drew a large crowd and widespread optimism The city plans durable stone and concrete structures and officials head to Reggio for a similar inauguration following the ceremony
More than 400 delegates from 187 congregations gathered at the Hotel Astor for the twenty second annual council of the Union of Hebrew congregations. Rev Dr Kaufman Kohler of Hebrew Union College Cincinnati delivered the keynote address on American Judaism. L L Solomon of San Francisco is scheduled to speak this evening along with a concert.
A Niantic school fire in the basement caused ten pupils to be injured as they fled from rooms above by jumping from windows. The worst hit was sixteen year old Miss Ethel Stinnet who probably will die. others named include Miss Jennie Stinnet Frank Martin Fern Taylor Ernest Loftus John Moriarity Verna Stahl Joseph Varley John Kith and William Ficker.
The Middle West Clay Manufacturers convention opens with delegates from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Missouri. A large exhibit of clay products is featured. After welcome by a Mayor Busse representative President D C Haeger speaks and papers are read. Delegates will tour city clay plants by automobile before the banquet Thursday evening.
Brand Whitlock, the well known author and mayor of Toledo, is seriously ill at his home in Toledo Ohio after suffering appendicitis. Doctors say an immediate operation is not required.
Prof. James S. Edwards of Notre Dame University in South Bend Indiana died of paralysis and Bright's disease affecting the kidneys. The obituary notes his death as a solemn loss to the university community and highlights his academic contributions.
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