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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
2
In Sudbury Suffolk the last hand loom weavers, including the Misses Foakes, work slowly to produce velvet for royal coronation robes. Their two looms craft rich crimson and dark brown textiles as cutters, shuttles, and pedals shape pile under patient fingers, while industry once thrived with 30 or more workers.
The passage defines perpetual motion as a device that runs forever without external power and performs external work. It argues energy cannot be created or destroyed, so a self-moving machine cannot exist, stating the conservation of energy proves perpetual motion is impossible.
In Kerns where power is cheap, a compact electric baking furnace bakes 100 pounds of bread per cycle, eight bakings in 12 hours, using a little over one cent and three quarters per pound. The note suggests hydroelectric energy could supersede coal and wood for cooking and heating as electric ovens gain adoption.
Dr Henry S Willams argues that athletic training yields both physical strength and mental development. Pleasure from exercise enhances disease resistance, and steady effort builds self reliance while tempering ego. Athletics train the eye and brain, benefiting classroom study and practical life.
Miss Laura Clay leads a movement within the Episcopal diocese of Kentucky urging full rights with laymen in diocesan councils. She chairs the Kentucky Equal Rights Association and audits the National American Suffrage Association. Clay won endorsement from the Kentucky Federation of Labor at a recent annual meeting for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote.
A columnist criticizes the newspaper for publishing a personal note about a man named Smartset under the heading Things Worth Knowing. The exchange highlights tensions between reporters and editors over privacy and editorial judgment.
A witty remark praises the hobble skirt as a reforming device. The speaker quips that it forces wearers to tread the straight and narrow path, eliciting a debate on fashion and moral conduct. The exchange highlights social views on dress and behavior in the period.
Washington report: the House approved 3 million for fortifying the Panama Canal as part of a 140 million Sundry Civil Bill, despite 20 Republican defections and Democratic backing for fortifications. The Tawney amendment to delay by treaty talks was defeated 130 to 63. Keifer’s strikeout failed 135 to 61. The vote set a two day passage record, signaling no gag rule and a push to avoid an extra session.
President Taft has fixed April 4 as the potential date for an extra congressional session to act on the Canadian reciprocity agreement after a consultation with Speaker designate Champ Clark and Ways and Means Chairman Underwood of Alabama.
Advices from Port-au-Prince indicate the British consul has telegraphed for a warship to safeguard British interests as a general uprising appears imminent in the Haitian capital. Jamaica’s Kingston reports the same developing danger as tensions rise in Haiti.
In Crooksville Ohio union potters denounce Andrew Carnegie's twenty thousand dollar gift for a Carnegie public library as tainted, prompting protests against accepting the funds.
Reno dispatch reports a collision 60 miles west of Tuscarora as the state police clashed with an Indian band of 12. After three hours of fighting Ed Hoyle and eight Indians were killed, four Indians surrendered. Authorities suspected the group of killing four stockmen whose bodies were found ten days earlier in a Sierra Nevada canyon.
Melbourne reports the Australian government will act against foreign trusts. Sir R W Beat, minister of trade and customs, says American meat trust representatives have visited to extend operations. The government will curb or prohibit trust activity in Australia directly or indirectly to prevent monopolistic scandals.
In Bellefontaine Ohio a farmer posse battle ends in Burr Kerns’s death. Gibson Beers and his father John Beers face charges as principal and accessory. Daniel Kerns is jailed on a counter charge as missing corn tensions sparked a vigilante response.
In the Caspian Sea near Astrakhan a derelict vessel was found with its entire crew of thirty dead from freezing. The ship was described as a mass of ice, indicating a catastrophic exposure to extreme cold at sea.
Five members of Gabriel Geretsky's family perished in a fire linked to a lamp explosion in Hazleton Pennsylvania. The blaze also destroyed two horses at Oneida on Monday.
Indiana legislative action heats up over a liquor regulation bill with a $700 versus $1000 license debate. The Maas loan shark bill passes 84 to 1, barring high interest on chattel mortgages and tightening charges. Other measures include school medical inspections optional, county superintendents on straight salaries, and a new constitutional apportionment plan.
Representative Cravens the majority floor leader introduced a bill to appropriate 5000 dollars for Governor Marshall to prepare a report to the 1913 general assembly on the advisability of presenting a state exhibit at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The bill drafted from a form sent by a Washington committee and endorsed by Representative Cor of the Third district. The form was changed slightly.
State auditor W. H. O'Brien announced six Democratic bank examiners under the new bill signed by Governor Marshall. Appointees include James C. Fletcher Knox Robert C. Houston Frankfort Charles L. Howard Hazard ton Arthur Cravens William M. Whiten Scottsburg and William C. Thomas Logateport.
Indianapolis March 1 A 55 to 40 house vote on the Proctor liquor regulation bill sends it back to the senate with amendments. The bill tightens licenses in townships with mixed dry and wet areas and prohibits roadhouses, while renewal applications become new license applications to curb saloon numbers.
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