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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
4
A heated Indiana House discussion centers on Representative Branaman's bill prohibiting intoxicating liquor on trains and interurbans except in buffet or dining cars. Support cites public nuisance and offense to travelers, while opponents call it a liberty issue. The committee split is likely, with a majority favoring the measure.
A Goshen Democrat report claims the New York Chicago Air Line will start a Laporte to Fort Wayne division, paralleling the Lake Erie and Western and the Pennsylvania lines. Fort Wayne hopes the prospect becomes a substantial reality despite past railroad rumors.
A senate committee on a bill by Senator Hauck favors expanding the Indiana railroad commission power to remove grade crossings outside cities. The measure, acceptable to railroad attorneys, would share costs 25 percent county and 75 percent railroads, allow one crossing per year per company, and limit to one grade separation every two hundred miles of track annually. The plan aims to reduce crossroad accidents, especially where watchmen are scarce.
County Treasurer Bueter notes tax delinquents respond to notices but thousands remain unpaid yearly in Allen County. Enforcement limits and citizen duty burdens are debated as drastic laws helped but a shift in attitude toward tax paying is urged to avoid the persistent delinquency.
In replying to a labor delegation, President elect Wilson said efficiency and merit should guide office appointments rather than partisan politics. He warned spoilsman politics won’t win endorsement and emphasized that good service records matter. The public likely backs his stance. Meanwhile Helen M. Gould's marriage to Finley J. Shepard draws widespread interest and praise for her philanthropy and public regard.
Washington society reacts to the announcement that Vice President and Mrs. Marshall will reside in a hotel rather than in elaborate quarters. The social season hinges on the vice president setting the capital’s pace, a tradition rooted in past nominations of wealthy gentlemen. Marshall is not rich and will not pretend otherwise.
Public library efforts to enlarge industrial, business and municipal departments are praised. The move expands use beyond leisure reading to practical technical knowledge and real help for individual business or trade needs, with strong public support.
John D. Rockefeller Jr states that men drive the organized social evil and profits are large. He outlines the Bureau of Social Hygiene aims, its studies by Kneeland and Flexner, and that women are largely victims. preliminary work proceeds without publicity as efforts expand.
The article reports Mayor Thomas E. Knotts opposing an amendment to the Gary cities and towns bill that would bar the present officer from re election. It notes Knotts travels to the state capital to oppose any measure that would discard him while boosting Gary toward Fort Wayne's city status.
Official figures show Indiana’s average life expectancy rose by 5.6 years in one decade amid public health measures. The remark questions health reform skeptics who yearn for “good old days” before health campaigns.
Coal dealers urge Congress to require railroads move coal at least fifty miles daily and impose penalties for delays. They argue the plan would prevent regional shortages by stopping excessive diversion of shipments to one district, forcing broader distribution or higher prices nationwide.
The Indiana legislature weighs substituting electrocution for hanging as the state’s capital punishment method. With few hangings in ten years, officials question whether the electric chair offers any evident improvement over the gallows or a person’s risk of selection.
Fragmentary text describes hotel staff protests and tensions with patrons in New York. It also references former Senator Beveridge and a speech in St Paul predicting Bull Moose victory for 1916 in a progressive political context.
In an address before the Knife and Fork club at South Bend Miss Annie Peck urged that within eight years Indiana women will win the ballot. The speaker suggested time may prove her forecast accurate.
President-elect Wilson drops plans for a grand inauguration ball while the senate seems wary of a general reception. Meanwhile the suffragette parade maintains strong support, holding its position amid mixed official sentiment.
A well dressed young man in Marion Indiana entered M Meyer’s jewelry store, hurled a stone wrapped in newspaper through the plate glass, grabbed diamonds and watches, then fled. Bystanders were slow to react as the culprit disappeared with a substantial haul.
London reports Emmeline Pankhurst declaring a guerilla warfare plan by suffragettes including sorties and riots to begin immediately. She urged supporters to provide names and addresses of those ready to participate, while shops boarded up windows in response.
Judge James A. Collins of Indianapolis will be among the principal speakers at the annual meeting of Associated Charities Friday evening January 31 in the assembly room of the courthouse. He will discuss Indiana jail system and the proposed state penal reform measure now before the legislature.
Washington reports the American Woman's Suffrage association won Senate committee approval to erect a reviewing stand opposite the treasury for the suffrage parade. The inaugural committee had previously refused official stand use the day before inauguration. The move prompted talk of a White House reception March 4 with President-elect Wilson as guest.
The westbound train No. 21 broke a rail on new track west of New Haven. The engine and mail cars passed safely while two rear coaches derailed, leaving the coaches in a ditch. Passengers moved to baggage cars. no injuries reported. Wreck crew restored coaches to rails by 7 pm. The train reached Fort Wayne about twenty minutes late.
Laevina A. Hurd of Garrett files for divorce in Auburn circuit court claiming fear for life from husband Garrett Indiana. They married April 23 1872 and separated January 18 1913. She asserts habitual drunkenness failure to support and cruel treatment.
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