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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1911
Page
2
A deadly blast at a coal mine near Littleton early in the day kills workers. The majority of the 115 victims are reported to be African American convicts. Authorities investigate the incident and assess safety measures at the facility.
Rescue teams in Littleton Alabama fight black damp after a 6:40 AM blast in the Banner coal mine. Of 275 convicts and free miners, at least 100 feared dead with 45 living and 5 dead recovered so far. The No 2 shaft fan was destroyed hindering efforts.
Justice Huser sought to keep criminal proceedings secret after Miss Thelma Franke filed a surety of the peace against Henry Herbst alleging threats to her life. Herbst bonds were set at 500. Franke denied elopement with G W Griffith and said she has been staying with her brother H W Franke in Indianapolis, accompanied by her mother.
Community notes record attending meetings, movings, and social visits. Prof Henry and J B Swartz attended an N L T A meeting in Indianapolis, J P Buckingham moved to St Joe to run a butcher shop, and Solomon Yoder bought a home there. George Moody visited Wm Hursh's family for Sunday church, Edith Lochner stayed in Spencerville, and Mrs Merton Kimes shopped in Robinson Chapel. A grade error is corrected and other local households visited relatives and attended a funeral in Fort Wayne. A birthday surprise for Mrs Jerome Gloyd completed the week.
Littleton Alabama April 12 up to this morning more than one hundred twenty bodies of the 128 victims of Saturday's disaster in the Banner mine near here had been recovered. The work will be completed today. Nearly all victims are convicts to be buried at public expense in many counties.
Public tribute was paid Sunday night at Church of Christ for two Fort Wayne United Commercial Travelers members who died. About eighty members and wives gathered at the Odd Fellows hall and marched to the church, wearing white carnations. Rev. Earl M. Todd spoke on Brotherhood, stressing unity charity and temperance as core to true brotherhood, and urged self control and aiding those in need.
Assessment of Allen county lands for taxation this year ranges from 44 dollars per acre in Wayne township to 27 dollars in Absite. Townships listed include Wayne 44, Washington 33, Springfield 30, St Joseph 81, Perry 28, Madison 30, Monroe 30, Marion 28, Maumee 30, Milan 32, Lake 29, Jefferson 32, Eel River 29, Cedar Creek 30, Adams 38, Absite 27, Pleasant 30, Scipio 81, Lafayette 29, Jackson 31.
Canton resident C Williamanton faces execution by electric chair on April 21 for killing his wife's parents, with the Ohio Supreme Court denying a petition for error to overturn the Stark County conviction. The governor alone can intervene to stay the sentence.
Noted puzzle expert Samuel Lloyd died in Brooklyn from a stroke at age 76. The New York reporter dated April 11 notes Lloyd rose to national fame with his newspaper and magazine puzzles and built a fortune estimated at more than $1,000,000 through his unique calling.
The former mayor of Cleveland Arthur Johnson dies peacefully after more than a year of illness. He had recently returned from Nantucket and suffered a relapse on March 15, remaining unconscious except for brief moments when he spoke a final smile and hello. He had pursued three cent fares in Detroit and Cleveland and was survived by wife, a son Loftin, and daughter Ressie Mariani.
Tom L Johnson 57 died after long liver cirrhosis. He was a Cleveland mayor and four time congressman known for street railway advocacy and Henry George single tax ideas. Born 1854 at Beaver Bayou Ark he rose from boy paper seller to managing owner of street railways and leader in Cleveland transit consolidation. He later left Cleveland to pursue national politics.
Washington April 11 A Henry George representative recalls Mayor Tom L Johnson as a great man who chose equal rights over wealth. He praised Johnson’s single tax advocacy linking his ideas to Henry George and Count Tolstoy and said many will continue the fight he led.
The record lists multiple marriage licenses including Clarence W. Bradbury, 31, carpenter, with Lillie V. Buskirk, 27, and Fleury Delagrange, 25, farmer, with Katie Graber, 16. Other couples include David F. Armstrong, 36, harnessmaker, with Marrie M. Ferguson, 31. George E. Kohlmeyer, 41, cizarmaker, with Eva J. Badic, 34. Frank K. Hills, 29, clerk, with Bertha Fern Warner, 21. Jesse Anderson, 22, teamster, with Lile Ve Buskirk, 27. J Hartman, 26, laborer, with Edith Moss, 23. Adolph Roggen, 1:.48 photographer, with Pearl Grougey, 29.
A lone bandit robbed about ten passengers on Big Four Train No. 27 as it entered Muncie Indiana. The masked robber demanded cash, fired shots, and leaped from the vestibule near Elm Street, vanishing into darkness. Police ordered deputies to shoot to kill if cornered, and a city-wide search followed with no trace found by early morning.
The North Indiana conference meets in Wabash next year after a fourth ballot. Fort Wayne trailed by one vote, Simpson church led early ballots, and Kokomo’s Grace church barely received a vote. Major assignments and ministerial placements were largely settled, with final notices pending tomorrow noon. The conference also attacked Governor Marshall over wet territory policies, adopting the resolutions. The list of admitted probationers and appointed trustees and visitors for churches and colleges followed, with Milton Mahin elected president of the conference corporation.
The Perfection Biscuit company reports a monthly output of four hundred thousand pounds of wafers, the largest among independent bakers. The firm ships regularly to Los Angeles and now plans expansion via a carload monthly to California. Hugh M. Beaver to manage a new Denver retail shoe store starting Sunday night.
Fort Wayne secretary Co L Biederwolf is named secretary of the Indiana Federated Commercial clubs succeeding W B Campbell who resigned. President H S Norton made the appointment with Fort Wayne hosting the convention this year. He seeks data on Fort Wayne imports to support a Fort Wayne customs sub port of entry to save time for importers. He asks for cooperation from importers wholesalers and jobbers with figures on volume and goods value.
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