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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
2
Oliver Francis Gray died in Terre Haute from burns suffered Friday when he fell with a teakettle and was scalded. He was the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Gray.
Arthur Shaw aged seventeen died and three others were injured when the car they rode was hit by a Monon freight train after stalling at a grade crossing in Delphi. Mrs Roscoe Slusher aged thirty seven died at Bluffton county hospital four hours after a kerosene explosion at her home five miles south of Warren.
Miss Rosamond Greenlee of Clifford won the annual discus competition in Hope. High schools from Bartholomew County outside Columbus sent representatives to the event.
Morris Claussen, five, son of Mr and Mrs Claussen, was killed at Valparaiso when a bicycle struck a rut, overturned, and the boy was run over by a delivery truck.
Governor McCray announced Eph Dailey of Fort Wayne to a four year term on the state industrial board. Dailey will begin at once with an annual salary of four thousand dollars. He succeeds Isemen Dresser of Peru whose term has expired. Both appointees are Republicans.
The Indiana free employment bureau at Port Wayne reports a tight labor market with 340 open men’s positions last week and 290 people placed. Of those, 230 filled common laborer roles. In the women’s department there were 15 calls and 5 were placed.
Northern Indiana farmers near La Porte struggle to hire help as laborers demand from $830 to $40 a month with board and lodging. The shortage is blamed on farm boys migrating to cities for factory and office work.
Walter Capdinger of Madison, president of the organization, chaired a Franklin district gathering. Representatives attended from Madison Greensburg Seymour Columbus North Vernon and Edinburgh with A J Taylor of the Franklin Chamber giving the welcome address.
The city council will consider a special zoning ordinance to shield the AYun cie campus from new development. It would restrict building permits to dwellings and private garages within specified distances of the school, preserving the area around the institution.
Willard Swartz age 48 and Arthur Wolf age 23 were found guilty by a jury in the Clark county circuit court at Jeffersonville. Each was sentenced to six months at the Indiana state farm a $50 fine and four years disfranchisement for allegedly stealing two dams valued at $10 from Edward Clappeart a farmer in Utica township.
A jury of architects including Milton Bennett Mecary Jr of Philadelphia Tibnry Bacon and Charlies Adams Platt of New York City chose a winning plan from 26 submissions in the Indiana World War Memorial trustees competition to determine the designer of the memorial plaza development in Indianapolis.
Laurel Welch and Harry Buckley of Shelburn who were convicted in Sullivan circuit court for stealing from a filling station, sentenced by Judge W. F. Wood to ten to twenty-one years in the Indiana reformatory, have posted $10,000 appeal bonds and been released pending Indiana Supreme Court review.
Rochester high school principal Harry F. Miller will assume duties as Roosevelt Junior High School principal in Elkhart this September succeeding Frank McGeath who died March 2. Indiana sees improved finances across 251 companies reported to the state securities commission, analysis submitted to Maurice Mendenhall by auditor John Powell.
Miss Kate Irwin, a stenographer, was seriously injured when struck by an automobile driven by a young girl in Columbus. She was dragged several feet and suffered severe cuts bruises and a badly lacerated scalp.
A Shelbyville gathering of business and professional men explored plans to organize a local branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. The meeting focused on steps to establish leadership and community outreach in Shelbyville.
Mrs. William Delcamp aged fifty and her niece Electa Hardesty seven were burned to death while William Delcamp fifty was seriously burned in a house fire at the edge of Goshen.
Deputy state game wardens with Jackson County fish game and forest association members launched enforcement in Seymour area. Several arrests made for illegal possession of seines and nets.
Sheriff Milo Maley and deputies confiscated about 20 gallons of whisky and a large amount of rye mash from Mrs. Ora Lightner’s farm home near Crystal Lake. Harvey Spencer, a farm employee, was arrested.
The Rev. H. L. Liddle, formerly of Arcadia, becomes pastor at the Middle Street Church in Wabash, and the Rev. E. B. Megenity, previously of Fairmount, takes duties at Lafontaine.
The Wabash Valley Electric company petitioned the public service commission in Indianapolis for authority to acquire Putnam Electric Cayuga Electric Martinsville Gas and Electric Spencer Light Power and Water Gosport Electric Morgan County Light and Tower and Roachdale Electric companies. Prohibition officials in Indianapolis discuss Indiana Supreme Court rulings on liquor possession and consider urging a special legislative session if investigations confirm the prohibition law is weakened.
Seventeen residents sign a remonstrance opposing the $80,000 bond for the 17th street road project. The filing, heard by county commissioners who set the contract days earlier, argues the improvement is not a public necessity. Hearing date not yet announced.
At Anderson a meeting of cantons of the Patriarchs Militant IOOF formed the Third battalion 1st regiment Indiana. EK Fr Spradley of Muncie was elected president Charles Benbow of Anderson vice president and J G C Sipe of Muncie adjutant H T Moore of Terre Haute addressed the assembly as colonel of the regiment.
County Auditor Harry Hardie received notice from the state tax board that authority to issue 52000 in bonds for the Cather paved road west of Anderson has been granted. The Madison County Construction Company won the contract, and the bonds will be sold by the county treasurer. The decision ends a long fight over funding amid tax concerns.
Labor organizations of Terre Haute plan to buy a building two months away. They secured a 60 day option on the Phoenix club property at Fifth and Walnut. The Labor Temple hopes to sell its Eighth and Cherry street lot. Proceeds from the lot plus on hand funds will enable payment for the Phoenix club property.
The White County board of commissioners at a Monticello special session approved permission for the Norway dam bridges and road repairs. The Indiana Hydro Electric Power Company will fund all costs, ending a dispute with farmers in the county's north part.
Cc H Hurd of Indianapolis a consulting engineer signed a contract with Seymour city council to survey a new drainage system. The project will cost about $100 000.
Revenue officers with four Franklin officers arrested William Haskell 58 for operating the still after a raid on the Kruz farm in the hills of Hensley township southeast of Morgantown. The authorities seized a 200 gallon still and charged Haskell with operating it.
Senator La Follette denounces the world court and world order plan as a trap to entangle the U S in European affairs while Republicans vow to oppose the League of Nations. In Europe, France and Turkey clash riskily as Angora hints at peace concessions. Turks maintain a firm stance at the talks.
President Harding reaffirmed support for American entry into a world court during a New York address to the Associated Press. He stressed it aligns with U.S. ideals, denies entering the League of Nations, and urged unity while noting mixed Republican views and Democratic support potential.
Prospects are bright for early recognition of the Obregon government of Mexico by the United States. A joint commission to discuss all disputes has been appointed and meetings will be held in Mexico City. Mexican officials expect conferences to end in four or five weeks. American commissioners include John Barton Payne of Chicago and Charles Beecher Warren, former ambassador to Japan.
Sugar prices keep advancing despite government action and advise consumers to buy in small daily amounts. The federal tariff commission denies a tariff role, while Cordell Hull argues the tariff wall and differential favoring Cuba drive the recent surge.
The Lausanne talks reopen amid dispute over the Chester concession, with France accusing infringement of Turkish grants and Britain opposing any encroachment on Mosul oil rights. Joseph C. Grew leads U S observers vowing to defend equal commercial opportunity for all nations. Washington reportedly found the concession non monopolistic and will back Admiral Chester’s rights.
The Reichstag crisis centers on whether Chancellor Cuno will present a definite reparations offer. Early German reports of Curzon speech suggested British intervention but Curzon clarified Britain would not mediate. Berlin’s socialist press notes industrialists’ heavy foreign exchange buys undermine the mark and fear an inquiry could implicate Cuno.
Reports from Rome say Mussolini will purge non fascists from his cabinet and propose embodying fascisti into a national militia as a reserve naval force. The militia would be an army of 500000 with no new spending, usable only in emergencies.
The case tested the constitutionality of anti alien land laws before the U S Supreme Court. Attorney General Webb faced questions from the bench with Chief Justice Taft pressing on how Japanese occupants affect assimilation and citizenship. Webb argued whites reject assimilation and fear Japanese landholding undermines state and national institutions.
The article notes X rays now aid jewelers in detecting flaws in diamonds and stones. A 7 000 000 cubic foot gasometer, claimed largest in the world, is being built in Belfast. A 60 inch telescope awaits completion for the Argentine National Observatory. A tiny flashlight on a safety razor helps campers shave quickly where light is scarce.
A cryptic aphorism set suggests that education is a swift kick and fame follows purpose. The text hints at envy and happiness as fragile ties, naming Tielman Ciaes-LHapatebl as an unusual figure in a fragmented line.
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