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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
12
A Tokyo cabinet conference including Prince Katsura discussed China with secrecy. Reports say China’s revolutionary leaders demand a republic, and peace talks in Shanghai may break unless imperial Beijing yields. Japan Britain avoid intervention. others favor stability and a unified China.
Archie Shinn 27 of East Pontiac street, foreman in the store department at Fox Brothers & Co., is hospitalized at St Joseph's after an elevator cage dropped during repairs. He suffered facial lacerations and scalp injuries but is not believed to be fatally hurt. Doctors say injuries are painful and confinement is expected for several days.
Telegrams from Waycross Georgia report Mrs George Geake once Miss Douglas Metzgar is in extremely critical condition. Physicians hold out slender hope for recovery after she fell ill a few days ago.
New York December 26 Theodore Roosevelt said he would take no part in state politics and had not been asked to back any candidate for governor next year. He noted he is not in politics and unlikely to be involved. Roosevelt then met with Darwin P. Jones Jr. president of the Young Republican club of Brooklyn for an hour.
Arrangements are under way for the April dedication of the new Pythian home on Washington boulevard west, jointly owned by Phoenix and Fort Wayne lodges. Phoenix lodge has elected officers led by Chancellor commander F. Switzer and includes vice chancellor W. E. Met calf and master of work W. A. Felger. Other officers cover prelate A. Mitchell keeper of records William H. Ward and finance C. J. Lose.
A group of Nickel Plate firemen promoted to engineers after passing examinations by Train master Kirby and Master Mechanic W Black on November 21 1911. Names include A Robbins G Fred Seymour Thomas Jones J Thin nis Joseph Egolf Nelson Garwood Thomas K Conway Robert Trenner, with Garwood as president of Anthony lodge 804 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. They work on Nickel Plate Fourth district between Fort Wayne and Chicago. The photo by Charles Miner captures the moment they learned of their promotion.
A mangled man, about 28, was found between tracks 2 and 4 in the eastern Pennsylvania yards at 6:55 AM Monday. Conductor W M Gaskill reported the scene, the coroner took the body to Schone Ankenbruck parlors, and an envelope with the Akron Ohio address Ador Bauer was found on the coat.
Spencerville Indiana reports amid holiday travel. Local students return home for vacation and a basketball schedule is being set with guard Erick and Davis at guard center Wearley at center and Treece and Walter at forward. Fort Wayne St Mary's schedule and a reference to District matchups follow as the season progresses.
President Taft sends a letter of appreciation to C. H. Piatt the engineer who ran the special train over the Western division of the Pennsylvania line during the president and party's Pacific coast tour. Taft commends Piatt for careful handling without accident and wishes him a merry Christmas. The note is dated December 18, 111 and signed William H. Taft.
Harry G. Pinninger announces resignation as local ticket agent for the Lake Shore and Lake Erie and Western railroads and as Ninth ward councilman. He will become claims agent for the Ohio lines of the New York Central with Toledo headquarters, starting January 1. He has a long record of railroad promotions and public service in Fort Wayne.
For Christmas the city’s saloons shut down for the first time in years with no turkey lunches or Tom and Jerry drinks. Chief Abbott dispatched a flying squad to monitor the scene and by noon no attempts to breach the blockade were reported.
Kendallville Indiana reports a sensational runaway on Main Street yesterday afternoon when a team owned by Thurlow Shaffer and driven by Orbie Lehner bolted after a broken line. Lehner leapt from the wagon bed to the tongue and guided the frightened horses until a pedestrian stopped them in front of the gas office. No injuries or damage occurred.
Jesse Masterson aged 24 was arrested at Anoka near Logansport Indiana for trying to wreck Pennsylvania railroad passenger train No. 33 on the Bradford division. He admitted placing a tie on the tracks but gave no reason. The obstruction was removed just before the train passed.
A series of real estate transfers and administrator deeds are recorded, including Emily A Brown from Adams township for $1.00, and multiple Graber and Swift trades in Milan township. Notable parcels include St Joe Park in St Joseph township and Lake township lots. Several deeds reference section 29 and 30, with prices ranging from $1.00 to $4,000 and a $3,000 Milan township sale.
Telegr ams from Teheran reported fifty Persian deaths in street clashes between Russian troops and Persians in Tabriz, with Russians seizing government offices and telegraph stations and shelling the governor’s palace. In Resht several officials were also killed. Aji Chai near Lake Urumia saw renewed combat as Cossacks guarded government buildings and the road into Tabriz.
William A. Campbell announces candidacy for Republican chairman of the Twelfth district. He faces incumbent James M. Henry and Louis N. Litman of LaGrange, with Henry likely seeking reelection. Campbell, a Noble County native and Kendallville lawyer, says he seeks the post to aid the party ticket and will work for GOP success.
An employee at a Greek fruit shop on 1512 Calhoun Street found an unusual animal in a banana bunch on Monday described as a banana mouse. The creature resembles a mouse in color but is three times larger, with a nine inch tail and sucker-like toes that let it climb glass jars rapidly.
A switch near the Blake farm failed on Christmas day, tearing down six trolley poles and the overhead wiring, leaving service tied up for most of the day. Two passengers aboard the inbound car escaped injury beyond a shake, with Motorman Dillinger and Conductor Yaney in charge.
Patrolman Frenzy Harkenrider misplaced his watch after days of family jokes. He reported a theft, pawnbrokers checked for clues, and the case stayed secret until Christmas morning when his daughter revealed she had swapped the old works into a new gold case as a Santa gift.
Catholic churches across the city and diocese collected funds on Christmas Day for orphanages in the city and Lafayette. While totals are not yet known, reports indicate unusually liberal collections. Father W. C. Miller is handling the diocesan reporting, with city rectors still compiling figures when contacted by The Sentinel.
John Henry Martin gave himself up to Baltimore police confessing to the November 17 murder of Washington store keeper William Mickle. He cited robbery motive and said a priest prompted the surrender to avoid innocent suffering. The suspect described himself as a nervous wreck.
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