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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1923
Page
2
William A. Hough, member of the state board of tax commissioners, invited to speak before the Kiwanis club in Wabash. He is expected to discuss presiding over the hearing on a petition opposing a bond issue for three proposed hard surface roads.
Charles P. Borders purchases the Arlington hotel property in Washington from the Wabash Realty and Loan Company of Terre Haute. He plans a modern two story brick hotel to replace the old frame structure, razed for the project.
Fifty captains and team workers launched the drive for the new Methodist hospital in Gary. The facility opened for patients three weeks ago and has raised about 125000 of 350000 dollars toward debt, with the remainder supplied by the Indiana Methodist Hospital association.
Articles of Incorporation were filed at Terre Haute with Vigo county recorder. Capital stock is $60,000. Incorporators include Crawford Fairlinks of Terre Haute Charles A. Walsh of Fort Lauderdale Fla Thomas N Stilwell of Anderson Crawford EE Failey and George Mater of Yerre Linute.
Willis P. Stalr was re elected agricultural agent in Jackson county for the third consecutive year by the county board of education at Seymour. A movement to abolish the office failed as the Jackson county farm bureau endorsed the agent and sent representatives to plead for Stall's retention.
About 2 500 participants joined the Ku Klux parade in Evansville as part of the Klan celebration. Organizer Joseph M Huffington said the crowd size was limited to prevent street congestion.
War saw county commissioners grant a time extension to August 7 for contractors in Waltz township to finish the Stout road project. The work was due last April and contractors were questioned Tuesday. they were warned the contract would be canceled if not done by August 7.
Shelbyville board of county commissioners awards contracts to C. S. Jefferson of Indianapolis for Wortman road and Mahan road improvements in Hanover township. Wortman road length two and a quarter miles with a bid of 10,998 dollars. Mahan road length two and three four miles with a bid of 12,487 dollars. Both roads to be gravel surfaced.
A suit filed in Evansville Superior Court by the Warrick county Ohio township board of finance targets George FH Vanada Wilson Bradley John C Ettinger Anna M Allen as administrator of James Allen estate and Evpeene C Sargeant receiver of Farmers Trust Bank of Newburg. The board seeks 20000 damages claiming the bank failed to honor its bond and failed to keep public funds deposited with it before the bank went into receivership months ago.
Fred O. Staats administrator of Howard L. Cook's estate sues Pennsylvania Railroad for 10000 damages in Wayne Circuit Court Richmond claiming a Centerville crossing collision on July 4 1920 killed Cook and seriously injured Mrs Cook who later received 5000 from a jury appeal filed by railroad to the Appellate Court.
A fierce storm swept Franklin and Clinton counties delivering 4.66 inches of rain in two hours and causing thousands of dollars in damage across the area. Local authorities reported swift flooding and property losses, with residents assessing damages and crews working to clear debris.
Martha Shields Davis files in the Delaware Circuit Court at Muncie for annulment of her marriage to John Davis a few weeks after marrying him. She contends she was not legally divorced from John Shields at the time of the second marriage.
Fred Brooks aged nineteen died after being caught between two cars at the Vermilion mine near New Goshen. The death resulted from a crushed chest injury in the incident.
Two unmasked men held up A. B. Rich, the Edwardsport bank cashier, in the Edwardsport bank. Rich was alone in the bank when the robbers obtained more than 2500 dollars in cash.
Laurence J. Lane, chief of police, leads a drive to banish baseball pools in South Bend. Police will visit cigar stores, poolrooms, and soft drink places to enforce the crackdown.
The Evansville port commission decided at a meeting to take no expenditure steps until the Vanderburgh County Probate Court resolves the pending suit testing the validity of the law.
Four townships Union Harrison Ohio and Jackson in Bartholomew county have exceeded their bonded indebtedness under a new law. The law allows a township to spend only 2 percent of its income on gravel roads.
About four hundred masked members marched through Pendleton streets and Falls Park to initiate a large class of new members. The crowd included three hundred Klan members and one hundred members of the women's auxiliary.
Dr. Lynn H. Harris of Franklin College and A. E. Winston of Boston will lead lectures at the Bartholomew County Teachers Institute in Columbus from August 27 to 31.
Kosciusko county where Warsaw sits ranks as one of Indiana's dry counties per federal agents E. H. Kimball and W. A. Ray who report seven raids in the city and vicinity in recent days found no liquor.
Leon Ford of Elwood found guilty of issuing fraudulent checks on banks at Anderson. Judge W A Kittinger of the Madison Circuit court imposed a sentence to the Indiana reformatory with a $100 fine and costs. The sentence was suspended pending payment of the fine and restitution of two worthless checks.
The Cowan village post office six miles south of Muncie is discontinued due to Mrs. C J Gilbert resigning and no successor found. A substation is now under Muncie post office with Mrs Helen Grooms in charge. Requests to take the postmaster role cited excessive workload for the salary.
William Briggs, chief of the Shelbyville fire department, reports sixty one fires in six months since January. Fire losses total 4378 dollars. the Kennedy Car Liner and Bag plant near the city burned in February with estimated 250000 dollars loss. Sparks caused 37 percent of the fires. Six month fire department cost amounts to 7611.87 dollars.
The Old Academy Girls' association held its first meeting in nine years on July 12 at Mrs. Kate Bogart's Franklin home. The group comprises former Franklin academy students from over fifty years ago, formed in 1907 with 36 members and now numbering 140. Officers listed include Lydia Brown president Sarah Sloan first vice president Martha Johnson second vice president Sallie Ragsdale secretary and Belle Jones treasurer all of Franklin.
Sullivan hosted a Sullivan County Sunday School association convention with state leaders in attendance. F E Albertson and Miss Nellie C Young spoke as officers were elected for the next year: President Fred Dillingham, vice president Tella Haines, secretary-treasurer Arthur E DeBaun, and department superintendents J F Douthitt Emi Sites Eunice Drennan and Mrs Charles Walston.
Albert Wyeth age sixty eight died after being gored by a bull at his home four miles east of Jasonville. The tragedy occurred on his farm as he tended livestock, with authorities reporting the fatal injuries.
Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette publisher of the Journal and Courier files a claim for 29000 dollars against the estate of Benjamin Bosse former Evansville mayor who died in April 1922. The claim asserts the notes were unsecured.
Edward W. Pickard reports Brookhart shapes Kenyon’s path toward a presidential bid as Governor General Wood confronts a Filipino cabinet and France may offer entente options. The piece blends U S party maneuvering with international diplomacy signals.
The editor is asked to explain why cap per-Tinder grain exchange bill and other farm bloc legislation failed to stop wheat prices from slipping below one dollar. The question implies unresolved market pressures and ineffective policy responses impacting grain markets and farmers.
Magnus Johnson of the Farmer-Labor party defeats Governor Preus as Carley draws little Democratic support. Minnesota gains a second Farmer-Labor senator aligning with La Follette, strengthening the bloc in the Senate and challenging Harding administration policies. Johnson opposes the world court and supports a soldier bonus funded by excess profits taxes. Republican leaders react with dismay and call the result a protest against farming-area conditions.
Observers of Johnsons win argue it may shape the 1924 race more than causes. LaFollette and Senator Brookhart of Iowa hint at Harding's possible renomination defeat and a renewed push to urge him to decline a second term. Brookhart backs Judge Kenyon of Iowa while LaFollette hints at his own candidacy, despite expectations Johnson of California will be a leading name.
The speaker returns from Europe amid a warm welcome in New York and urges immediate congressional action on measures like the Norris bill. He links European labor ideas to U S economic reform and argues the Russian soviet's stability masks minority control while Belgium sua supports British policy against Quai d Orsay influence.
Philippine leaders led by Manuel Quezon and Speaker Roxas resign in protest as Governor General Wood tightens control, amid a dispute over secret service personnel and intrusion into insular and local governance. Wood denounces the charges as unfounded and defiant.
Britain has submitted its draft reply to Germany’s reparations note to the allies and the United States. France may concede to avert a rupture in the entente, while Poincare’s Senlis speech challenges Britain to push Germany to halt Ruhr resistance. Italy reportedly backs a Rome conference plan on reparations.
Pasha authorized by Angora to sign the Lausanne peace treaty set for July 61. The accord is framed as a Turkish and American triumph with Grew dropping prewar concession demands and the open door principle. Turkey gains major traction as their objections to wartime naval limits are reflected in the final text. Separate U S peace talks are nearing completion with remaining issues to be settled diplomatically.
In the mixed claims commission the German government is pressed to provide official records of spy activities in the United States during the war. A Kentucky Elevator Co elevator burned in February 1917 seeks 1,000,000 dollars, claimed as part of a German plot to control or destroy grain supplies, justified by a Versailles treaty article.
The Italian parliament approves a redistricting law allowing gerrymandering as Mussolini asserts power. He warns liberals he will discard the measure unless it obeys him while claiming progress on national restoration though many Italians view his dictatorial tactics with suspicion.
Governor Proctor of Vermont calls a special election for November 6 to fill the vacancy left by the death of United States Senator William P. Dillingham. The primary is scheduled for October 9.
Attorney General Daugherty asks the federal district court in St. Paul for a decree dissolving International Harvester into at least three independent corporations. The move accuses the company of restraint of trade and monopolizing harvesting machinery and commerce in violation of the Sherman act. Proposed entities would include two implement companies and a third for steel and coal subsidiaries, aiming to foster competition.
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a guaranteed way to keep linens pristine and white, recommended for use in laundry at all good grocers.
A London Daily Express excerpt recalls a wealthy profiteer amid Moscow’s expense carelessness. A friend probes how one can gorge while millions starve on the Volga. The reply signals the era’s wartime or postwar tension and the joke of Soviet wealth.
A batted ball cleared the fence triggering a scramble as players chased it. A visitor asks why and the gatekeeper explains a watermelon patch on the other side draws them.
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