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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
Peter Sobeski, 22, convicted of robbery in Laporte Indiana, sentenced to life under a statute for habitual criminals after three larceny offenses. He had two prior robbery sentences and a sensational Sonneborn store raid with dynamite, a stolen horse drawn wagon, and a plan to murder the sheriff.
A fire at New Castle Indiana damaged Paul Jamison’s large livery and sale barn by about 2500. Three firefighters were overcome by smoke, two were cut by falling glass, and one was seriously shocked by a live wire. Volunteers aided as regulars were injured.
The Arkansas river eroded a neck of land at Douglas, Arkansas, forming a new 340 foot wide channel that leaves Town three miles inland. Three men died when a light engine collided with a freight train in Mars, Pennsylvania amid dense fog. Indiana Lt Governor Frank J. Hall remains seriously ill at his Rushville home after a prior stomach ailment.
Count Zeppelin flew his new airship for twenty two hours in Germany without landing, then struck a tree and wrecked after covering 850 miles. The incident follows reported test flights and raises questions about airship reliability.
Kansas becomes legally dry as the new prohibitory liquor law takes effect at midnight Saturday. The statute book shows acts of the Legislature enforceable on publication introducing closures for bucket shops and new workplace rules. The measure also restricts child actors, limits messenger service for boys under 14, and mandates railroads to build hog tight fences.
M Cruppi, France's commerce minister, hopes for an accord with the United States on tariffs but warns Washington must avoid obstinacy or retaliation. In Britain, Commons approves a tax plan at 258 percent on unearned incomes over 15 000 and 12 percent on excess above 25 000.
The Winnipeg report for Canada’s fiscal year ending March 31 notes a 117,081 drop in ocean port arrivals from Britain and Europe due to restrictive laws. In contrast, US settlers surged, totaling 159,832 with an estimated $60,000,000 value, marking a northern border migration peak.
Promoters Frank H. Horn S H Snyder and Raymond P May received a year and a day in Leavenworth and 500 dollar fines each for promoting the Two Queens mine fraud in Arizona. John E Horn was fined 500 dollars in Kansas City. E Horn remained ill. sentencing to follow. The judge leniently reduced John K Horns penalty to a fine and costs citing youth.
The incorporation of the Imperial Steel Corporation at Dover Delaware with a charter to boost capital from 3 million to 750 million is seen in Wall Street as potentially influencing reports of a merger among major independent steel firms into a powerhouse rival to United States Steel.
John Mitchell former president of the United Mine Workers of America and now national secretary of the Civic Federation has left Spring Valley Illinois with his family for New York where he will reside permanently.
Indianapolis financier Jesse Fletcher, a prominent Indiana family member and longtime banking figure, died by suicide at Turtle Lake near Alpena Michigan. A middle aged, unmarried man with a retiring lifestyle, he was invested in multiple ventures and respected in the state’s financial development. His vast fortune remains undetermined, with the loss cited as unlikely motive.
President Taft spoke at Petersburg VA for the bronze memorial to General Hartranft and Pennsylvania volunteers. In a later open air address at Center Hill mansion he urged unity on tariff issues and predicted two strong national parties, while Governor Swanson and Ambassador Jusserand also spoke to a vast crowd.
A tornado struck Zephyr Texas at 1 am Sunday causing widespread ruin. Thirty two deaths and fifty serious injuries are feared as thirty plus homes and key buildings were demolished. Fire and rescue operations moved fast with nine surgeons en route from Brownwood.
G. P. Alexander, instructor in physics, calmed 1,600 pupils at an Akron Ohio high school when a lab fire set woodwork alight. He guided a controlled exit as the fire drill was used and the building filled with smoke.
Three men died when a B and O engine running right crashed into a freight train near Mars Pennsylvaniaon the Pittsburg and Western branch. The engineer A W Fowler of Cehlery Pa fireman FP L Carneski of Bakertown Pa and brakeman Edgar Guthrie of Cablery Pa perished. The wreck was blamed on dense fog.
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