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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
4
The Weekly Truth from Elkhart Indiana announces weekly Thursday publication with foreign and local news. It lists a subscription rate of one dollar per year for delivery to U S or Canada post offices.
The Chicago News urges a full inquiry into charges by President Shea and Albert Young of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters against leading businessmen and John C. Driscoll. It notes supposed bribes to trigger strikes, calls for public prosecutions, and warns that conspiracies between employers and union leaders harm rivals and the public.
The piece notes Japan's rapid rise from a perceived barbarian people to a world power driven by military prowess and national spirit. It cites European anxiety and England's concern as Japan shifts the balance, with the London Statist predicting Europe’s ascendency ending as non European powers rise, and discusses the Chinese empire partition amid European rivalries.
A Chicago Journal piece warns that Japan’s rise could redraw Asia, driving Germans from Shantung and expelling Europeans from China and India. It questions America’s serenity as Japan’s expansion risks detaching the Philippines and uniting East Asia under a new power.
A cablegram reports the Czar fears for Russia as war bleeds through society. The text accuses Nicholas of a cold heart and demands sympathy for his suffering people, warning of Japan pressuring Russia toward heavy indemnity and loss of Vladivostok.
Dr Charles G Pease resigns from the First Church of Christ and its Boston mother church and denounces Christian Science as self-hypnotism. He decries healing practices, calling the faith a deceptive, hypnotic philosophy and a danger to the spiritual mind. He cautions that belief harms only if used to deceive for gain.
The public refused to tolerate attempts to profit from Nan Patterson’s notoriety after a famous murder trial. Breckenridge also failed to draw crowds on the lecture circuit, retreating from sensationalization of scandal.
Mayor Dunne of Chicago angrily rebuts a grand jury accusation that he failed to curb violence in the heated strike area. The document reports his denial and emphasizes his stance on maintaining order amid unrest.
The passage criticizes Mayor Dunne for delaying decisive action to disperse mobs during the strike, noting police inactivity and sympathy toward strikers before President Roosevelt's Chicago visit. It claims his stance shifted after Roosevelt's Iroquois Club banquet remarks about state and national support for peace.
The passage defends Japan as gallant and enterprising, rejects the idea of a yellow peril from Japanese sources, praises Japanese conduct toward Russian prisoners, and recounts Admiral Togo’s report to the Mikado. It lauds the Japanese faith in ancestral spirits guiding their virtue and national conduct.
Admiral Enquist reports escape with three vessels from the Korea Strait slaughter. He says the Japanese attack was sudden and fierce and urges a prewar code to govern speed, action, and halts for refreshments. He notes Russia fights well with snowballs.
An editorial denounces graft in Chicago labor leadership, claims strikes were prearranged for profit, and urges compulsory arbitration to fix abuses. It argues unions should protect workers, not be bought, and that tribunals must hear both sides to correct wrongs and prevent further harm.
Governor Hanly calls for ending free passes for public officials, arguing they threaten public safety and violate law. He cites past experiences to support a statutory ban on accepting complimentary passes from quasi public corporations.
The text describes free passes as a mild form of bribery used to influence public officials against strict railroad laws. It warns that accepting passes creates an implied obligation to protect railroad interests and discredit officials opposing Governor Hanly’s enforcement of the law.
The piece argues Japan demands Russia initiate peace talks through a neutral mediator. It contends Russia’s leadership is distant and unyielding while Japan cites mounting casualties, warning of further deadly battles in Manchuria and urging an end to the conflict.
Attorney General Sturtevant plans an active war on the paper trust of Wisconsin. The Gen eral Paper company unites western manufacturers with eastern rivals to fix fibre paper prices and curb competition. It is said to have ruined an Oregon competitor and charter revocation may follow. Publishers show interest.
Indiana officials vow an immediate campaign against labor law violators led by State Factory Inspector McAbee After Evansville protests Governor Hanly orders thorough investigations in major cities and prosecutions for child labor abuses The move targets manufacturers employing underage workers and signals broad reform in state labor enforcement
Mrs Frank Coe visits with sister Mrs Samuel Cenvffman and returns to Chicago Monday. Everett Burtrick visits sister Mrs Bert Smith in Plymouth. Jessie Bickel Bessie Hazel Dills Charles Itrick Verle Markel and Ear Swinehbrat spend Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Charles Replogle. The Boyers visit Ed Boyer and his brother. L H Welter and son Floyd visit with Bickel Chapin Cauffman Coe families. Raymond Irick visits uncle B F Stultz in Elkhart. Mabel Hilbish leaves for Chicago to visit brother Edwin. Mrs Henry Wall of Elkhart visits daughter Mrs Maggie Wells.
Wide interest surrounds the trial of Oswald Blum and A C Stifler for involvement with a Sunday merry go round operation at Highland Park. The jury was impanelled at 2 o clock to hear the case.
Washington dispatch reports Hungarian painter Miss Irma Komlosy envisions a national salon fund to build a permanent Washington art capital. Rich donors from all forty five states would finance a gallery with annual exhibitions and free duties for artists. Forty five paintings would be chosen by public checks at the door. Her scheme includes life annuities funded by capital for artists families. Miss Komlosy’s father and brothers were noted Hungarian painters.
Dover farmer I Ridgely Harrington operates a novel egg collection scheme for New York and Philadelphia soda water dealers and big stores. He gathers up to 12 000 dozen eggs daily, facing losses from horses that back, stop abruptly, or dash away with wagons. He believes a pneumatic stopped autocar could streamline egg handling.
London cable dispatch reports TW G Strutt has created a clock designed to run 30 000 years using radium. A small electroscope and aluminium wire system are charged by radium to trigger a bell, reset, and repeat.
A wartime verse extols a small fleet’s potency against larger ships. The narrator praises the hornet‑like destroyers and calls out battleships and cruisers as less effective, noting the tiny ships’ persistent attack and potent venom amid a steel-armed, distant foe.
Francis E. Leupp outlines a new approach for Indian supplies and labor policy. Bids for medicines and hospital goods were tested for quality and fair pricing. Agents report ration cuts and a shift to paid work, improving independence and material purchases among Sioux and other tribes. Major Brennan at Pine Ridge and agents like Hatch, Chamberlain, and McChesney praise the program’s progress and impact on self reliance. President Roosevelt’s policies shape these efforts, including labor contracts and agency funding.
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