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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
1
Twenty US battle ships end a 45 000 mile world cruise at Comfort Virginia with a royal welcome. President Roosevelt praises the crews aboard the Mayflower Connecticut and the escort flotilla as the fleet salutes and heads to Hampton Roads.
New York Feb 19 heads of subsidiary companies of the T S Steel corporation met to discuss trade conditions. Indications point to sweeping steel price reductions excluding rails, to be matched by wage cuts, as independent steel firms organize for self protection.
A federal grand jury indicted Press Publishing of New York Joseph Pulitzer Caleb M. Van Hamm and Robert H. Lyman editors of the New York World and Delavan Smith Charles R. Williams owners of the Indianapolis News on libel counts related to Panama Canal coverage. The World faces five counts and the Indianapolis News seven counts. targets include Roosevelt Morgan Taft Root Cromwell.
Fort Wayne opposed plan to cut city access to 26 000 dollars of school funds annually as the Babcock bill failed in the Indiana House by 61 to 81. The measure would have altered statewide school revenue distribution.
Governor Marshall faces strong doubts over two bills, the Hallack measure for an extra Hammond superior court judge and Senator Bland’s Linton bill. He said any action will require the assembly to decide if his objections are valid, while Bland foresees moves to push the Linton bill past a veto.
The Fort Wayne rivers reached nineteen feet this morning, four feet above flood level, prompting residents in lowlands to prepare to evacuate if temperatures fail to curb the rise. Observers differ on final height, with Mohler doubtful it will exceed twenty feet while Smith in Columbus predicts twenty feet.
In Indiana many counties reported dry majorities with Adams showing about 600 and Daviess around 1,300. Saloon opposition mobilized funds and transport to boost turnout while temperance workers used limited rigs. Decatur led with 75 percent of ballots by noon as Fountain Hendricks and Fayette prepared to vote dry.
Five more Indiana counties Newton Daviess Howard Grant and Adams joined teen counties in voting dry. Campaigns in Howard and Grant counties were intense with clashes in Kokomo and reports of suspected fraud thwarted by police and a minister. Rainy election day did not dampen temperance workers or turnout.
In Indianapolis on February 24 the senate committee on public morals voted to report on the Proctor Tomlinson county option repeal bill today unless opposing ministers demand another hearing. The majority supports indefinite postponement while the minority favors passage. Republican and Democrat senators split over amendments, including a high license feature, affecting party support.
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