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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
8
Treasury officials in Washington argue over Congress intent of a new tariff provision allowing a five percent reduction for goods imported in American ships. The move could shift revenue by about ten million dollars and risk a treasury deficit.
The annual convention in Chicago heard remarks from Gen Thomas J Stewart as president with Gen Leonard Wood and Secretary of War Breckinridge among speakers. A police confession from James Barke details multiple murders arsons and robberies witnessed by fifty people. The note mentions Mrs Mildred Alligon Rexroat and Florence Louse Brandt in relation to a large inheritance dispute. Surrogate Fowler issued deeds and officials discuss a potential merger of independent telephone firms. A Boston judge ruled on payroll deduction legality. An engine room update cites Panama Canal transit delays due to a slide. A Scranton streetcar accident injured twenty four. Mormon Church President Joseph F Smith condemned modern dress at the semiannual conference.
Reports include J G A Leishman leaving the American ambassador post in Germany with Gerard taking charge. Maj George Chariton Merrick dies in a crash over Salisbury. Tssad Pasha aims to form an autonomous Albania under Turkish suzerainty. Gen Felix Diaz sails from Havre to Vera Cruz aboard Conservado. Porfirio Diaz rents a villa in Biarritz indicating stay in France. U S fleet greeted in Naples Genoa mid November. Paris hotels robbed. American travelers among victims. A Brooklands 20 horsepower car sets a new world record averaged over 84 mph for 12 hours.
Personal Judge Jolu EB rlumphries of Seattle began the day in belligerent mood with an armed guard around him and a docket full of contempt charges against Socia iste. He denounced his brother judges as plotters and adjourned court after pardons and remissions.
Leslie Steffy, 35, once of Multon county now in Pulaski jail, faces murder charges in the death of Pearl Hettinger, 18, at her Pulaski home on November 16 1911. Steffy defends innocence amid jury verdict change from accident to murder and faces trial after a delay in county jail.
Jeffersonville reports the second death in 24 hours as Samuel W. Taylor, aged 70, dies of cancer. A former two enlistments soldier in Company 13, 1st Indiana regiment, he ran a saloon for thirty years and was noted by police for always obeying the law. He leaves a widow and a son. The confiearse is serving in the regular urns.
Evansville on October 1 reports council member Charles Meyerhoff plans to urge passage of an ordinance restricting women's dress. He frowns on the slit skirt saying such attire shocks the public and questions how a man would appear in heavy overcoat with a skirted outfit.
A jury in a county court convicted Mrs. Anta Gray of first degree murder. The trial revealed a complex series of events leading to the death, with testimony from neighbors and medical officials. Sentencing is slated for a later date.
Lawrence Drakey, of Newcastle Cot, found last night after two days missing from home. He lies in a coma tone condition, physicians say he may recover.
John Van Blaricon, 56, brother-in-law of John Totten, 52, confessed to killing Totten after a feud over an old estate. Totten’s body was found with a bullet wound near his heart. Van Blaricon claims self defense and is in sheriff’s custody while bond terms are pending. Totten left three sons aged 18, 16, and 12. he was a widower.
Multiple Indiana items include a child scalding incident in Togansport, a venue change in Kendallville with Frank Bougher named district deputy, and court remarks in Terre Haute. Other notes cover labor furloughs in Jeffersonville, divorce filings in Shelbyville, alienation verdicts in Versailles, a street accident in Marion, and various charges or trials across Evansville Bedford Hitchcock Starr and Gresham.
Nome endures a savage storm that wrecked the electric light plant and cut telephone service. The Pacific cold storage plant, key meat supply, was engulfed as front street flooded and seas battered wrecked houses. Losses run into millions as foundations fail and homes are washed away.
Fourteen passengers die and 28 are injured when the Kiev to St. Petersburg express collides with a stalled locomotive near Dvinsk. Among the dead is Alexander J. Guebkoff, former President of the Duma, reported in city dispatches.
Harrisonville Missouris Mrs Tha May Keller was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing her husband and seven year old daughter Mar surrel. The jury, which took a single ballot, fixed her punishment at life imprisonment.
Sidney, O. three railroad workers David H. Goodwin and Tony Fardo were run down and killed instantly by a C., H. & D. freight engine. Harry Trunks, a farmer, fell from a C. H. & CO. trestle and died.
Market report lists prices for corn, oats, wheat, timothy and clover feeds, mixed feeds, and eggs. Also includes cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry values with ranges for quality grades and weight categories from Cincinnati market sources.
A Westbound Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern passenger train crashed into a slower freight near Summerfield, Missouri, 35 miles east of St. Louis. Two were killed, the engineer seriously injured, and three passengers wounded as fog obscured the engineer’s view while traveling about 60 miles per hour.
A report catalogs 1624 languages and dialects used across the American continent, highlighting extensive linguistic variety and regional variation in communication across nations and communities.
A New York Knickerbocker club scene recalls a clubman exchange over leisure. One quips that his summer took him to Bad Nauheim while another claims Naughty Newport, highlighting social chatter and city society humor.
A recent political scandal is discussed with an official accused of dishonesty. Richard Harding Davis is reported dining with theatrical stars at a fashionable New York roof garden. A bystander laments the idea that every man has a big price, while a comedian notes the speaker’s skepticism about the official’s integrity.
A speeding automobile and a rushing train approach a level crossing on a country road. The driver asks the chauffeur if they can clear the crossing. the chauffeur replies they will make it, but the collision occurs.
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