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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
9
Washington reports show J. T. McDermott denying Mulhall and McMichael charges, Speer case postponed, Poindexter denying newspaper allegations, and Mulhall letters proven authentic. Tariff revision sought to tax large fortunes, and Morgenthau nominated to Turkey as ambassador. Senate and house debates, oil leases, currency act passage, and various political maneuvering fill the week.
John Lind, Wilsons representative, said he would not return to Mexico City unless specially invited by President Huerta. He plans to sail to the United States from Vera Cruz after remaining there several days. Lind had intended to resume negotiations, but Senor Gamboa has not requested his return. Wilson urged Americans to leave Mexico at once and directed the embassy and consulates to warn officials in Mexico they will be held responsible for harm to Americans or their property.
Foreign Cable reports the murder of Methodist missionary Rev. Carl Hansen in Ivuique Chill. The Hague hosts a Palace of Peace dedication while Mr and Mrs Carnegie meet Queen Wilhelmina who awards honors. Grants progress on a modern world expo are cited amid a London builders strike leaving twenty thousand idle. The ninth international Esperanto congress opens in Bern with 1100 delegates from 23 nations and a U S delegation marching behind the American flag.
Personal Viscount Haldane becomes the first British official of his rank to visit the U S since Cardinal Wolsey. He lands in New York for a five day round of talks and excursions into Canada and the United States. Estill Winchell fifteen year old son shoots and kills his father James Winchell at the Hartford Kentucky breakfast table after a family quarrel. Harry K Thaw wins three victories against New York State authorities and is jailed at Sherbrooke Quebec after an immigration hold, receiving an ovation from Aberbrooke townspeople.
A Roumanian feud erupts in Indiana Harbor leaving five men dying from knife wounds. Victims identified as John Campenru Samuel Metes Joseph Serbu Samuel Braza and Nicholas Georges suffered multiple slashes and stabs but refused to discuss the fight or its cause. Police report no firearms were used as onlookers watched the grim street clash unfold.
Evansville reports 105 prisoners housed in the county jail with overcrowding and poor ventilation in the bull pen. Sheriff Davis defends feeding costs while Judge Gould calls the facility a health threat and a disgrace to the city and county.
Melvin Goff of Hillisburg was struck on the head by a pitch from an Indianapolis colored team last Sunday and never regained consciousness. Doctors found a skull fracture in three places after an operation by a specialist from Indianapolis and local doctors.
A man from Pine Lake in La Porte county drowned after water weeds trapped him. His body was found at the lake bottom entangled in vegetation. In Terre Haute five auto passengers were injured when the driver avoided a car and overturned in a ditch.
Lawrenceburg on August 9 Omer A Stockman a merchant bought a case of eggs for a customer. Opening the case he found three fluffy chicks and several more peeping through shells. After examination he recovered thirteen chicks from the egg case. The chickens are strong and hearty and show promise of thriving.
Jasper Aug 29 Louis Wiseman a farmer was shot and killed in front of his late son by Crip But kin after ordering Hufkin off the farm. Hufkin jailed in connection with the shooting.
Shelbyville reports the Shalbyville Canning Company was fined 99.30 dollars in a justice court after the manager pleaded guilty to employing children under 16 in violation of the child labor law.
Albert West forty, recently released from the Lebanon police, shot himself in the head at the M. M. Apple poolroom where he worked as manager. He had quarrel with his wife and had been away from home for two days. He leaves a widow and two children. Bulletin Arm 52 Years. Valparaiso note mentions Justice John Matthews Civil War veteran and X ray showing a bullet in his forearm from the Battle of Bealington July 3 1861.
Lebanon increases pool table license to 100 dollars and bans soft drink sales. Warsaw reports Carl Thacker, 36, returned to Northern Hospital for the Insane by Sheriff Kintzel. Sullivan dates trial for Samuel Woodsmall on conspiracy. retrial ordered by supreme court. Seymour bound over Louis ville man L. A. Goodbub on theft of 120 boxes of tread. Bedford Paul Shoot, 54, paralyzed after being found unconscious. brother of Rev. Quincy Shoot. Evansville identifies body of Jack Massie of Glencoe Ky killed by live wire. Sullivan Mack Rossiter badly injured. leg likely amputated. Shelbyville charges filed for assault with intent to murder. Brazil motor cyclist William German sues for damages. Linton gasoline stove explodes. house burned. Seymour Cecil Payne, 10, held to answer charge of attempting to wreck a train. Tipton Odd Fellows district meeting in Totoi county with addresses and band concert. Logansport Wilfred Mooney attempts suicide after wife travels to Kokomo. Plymouth Clarence Knox beaten by two tramps. robbed of $50. Terre Haute Anna Powers, 6 months, dies from whooping cough. more cases investigated with no quarantine. Oakland City Harvey Warman, prosecutor, cleans up county with twenty-two warrants for gambling. fines avg 17 dollars. Laporte Leslie Bolster fatally injured after fall from moving car. South Bend Loula Swanson arrested for abducting 15-year-old Leonard Muatske. boy later with Swanson in Michigan City.
At Cumberland Park a 25 mile automobile race ended in tragedy as two drivers died in hospital after cars plunged through the fence and into crowd. Ed Polk and Donovan avoided death by leaping clear in a scene of panic and heroism, while two other drivers perished and two more were seriously injured.
In Cleveland fourteens passengers were hurt when two Euclid Beach traction cars collided at One Hundred and Fifty second Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. Police blamed carelessness of street car employees as both cars, crowded with pleasure seekers, sped toward a curve and closed to twenty yards apart. Eight were seriously hurt.
A well dressed man about 36 was found dead at the foot of a fifty foot shaft where a hotel is being built at Thirteenth and Chestnut. He carried about $1,000 in front of the hotel but the money is missing. Identification relies on a card reading B Atenstein 709 East Main Street Richmond. The skull shows fracture. police say murder is likely.
Pueblo Col. William Chisholm a full-blooded Choctaw from Tishomingo Okla killed himself after receiving a letter revealing a tract he once sold for a small sum had changed hands for 3 000 000 due to oil discovery. He graduated from Haskell and was a former football player there.
President Wilson sent a wireless message and the first National Conservation Exposition opened in Knoxville Tennessee. A large pageant with thousands of participants highlighted the opening program.
In Montpelier Ohio the Toledo section of the Wa bash passenger train collided with a switch engine in the yards. Conductor RE Gebhart of Peru sustained a fractured skull and brakeman E J Richmond was badly cut about the head. Mail clerk H W Hill of St Louis and engineer W H Lefferts of Toledo were badly cut about the face. Passenger P L Lash of Blakeslee received internal injuries.
Eleven year old Tommy declares he will be the best father to his boys, playing marbles and baseball, giving dimes for ice cream, and buying ponies. His mother asks what if his children are girls, and Tommy shows disbelief with the remark that would be the dickens.
Mrs Charles E Brooke of Kingaville Missouri chronicled an eighteen year battle with ankle sores. She reported immediate relief from Cuticura Soap and Ointment and full healing after three months of use. The advertisement notes Cuticura products are sold world wide with a sample offer.
A jokey exchange about saving for travel with a twist. One speaker reveals a hundred dollars saved to fund a vacation while the other mocks the idea, noting humor comes from tales of those who regret trips.
A witty exchange notes a man hoping for crop failure and attributes it to his sowing of wild oats. The dialogue hints at reckless plans and domestic irony in a clipped, period voice.
For 75 years Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have been their own recommendation in upset stomach liver and bowels. If you have not tried them, a test now will prove their benefit to you. Send for free sample to 372 Pearl St New York. Adv.
In a small town residents discuss nature and theater alike. The dialogue muses on trees showing staying power by leaving and jokes about water bills and blue Red Cross bins while noting locals’ mixed feelings toward amateur shows.
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