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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
7
A Perry Creek flood following a cloudburst drives 1000 from homes in Sioux City Iowa and floods 500 residences along the creek. The Sioux City Traction plant is inundated, thousands walk to safety, and Leo Bethschider 21 of Dodge Nebraska is reported lost.
President Taft praised the Ingram Memorial Congregational Church project in Washington for integrating gymnasium, pool, bowling alleys, and clubrooms to make religion a part of daily life. He urged churches to blend duty and happiness with rational recreation, praising civil servants as the government’s steady backbone. The event, marked by Taft’s mortar work, highlighted a modern church‑community approach.
Washington July 12 Prof Simon Newcomb 74 renowned astronomer died at his home. He will lie in state today and Tuesday, funeral with military honors at Arlington next Wednesday. Survived by widow and three daughters in Washington and New York. He directed the Nautical Almanac 1877 to 1897 and helped equip the Lick Observatory and the Washington naval observatory telescope. His work shaped eclipse calculations and planetary data used worldwide.
Edward N. Detzer, paying teller at the First National, confessed to siphoning about 7 800 dollars from the bank over years starting with a 60 dollar loan. He plans to repay the money from future earnings while serving a Fort Leavenworth term after November.
Carl Fisher about seven years old of Grant street and William Heine aged fifty of 2100 Maumee avenue were badly burned on the hands by a loose hanging telephone wire at Maumee and Wabash avenues Sunday evening around six. Fisher cried out after touching the wire while Heine, who tried to explain the incident, touched the wire and was knocked unconscious. None of the burns are serious.
Deputy sheriff reports Schoenefeld went to Berné Monday afternoon to obtain William Cotner who is charged with stealing a bicycle.
Madarlal Dhinagri, Indian student, was committed for trial at the Old Bailey for the killings. He claimed his act was patriotic and justified by English oppression in India, denying mercy and urging a death sentence as vengeance.
Jacob Swaidner, proprietor, resisted police entering rooms at his house on Monday morning. Captain Kelly filed an affidavit for assault and battery. Two young guests, using assumed names, were fined and bonds posted. Several other defendants faced fines, jail terms, or dismissals in related cases.
Henry Rohleder age 24, married one year, hanged himself yesterday afternoon in South Bend Indiana. Officials say heat may have caused temporary insanity. Rohleder was a well known county figure due to his prominent family connections.
Washington July 12 President Taft and cabinet lawyers move to rework the corporation tax amendment to set the net earnings tax at one percent rather than two. Attorney General Wickersham drafts the change as lawmakers weigh constitutional objections and administration control of collection. The inheritance tax feature and a customs court proposal also face conference scrutiny.
Washington July 12 The conference on the tariff bill faces possible changes with bagging moved off the free list and placed on the dutiable side, jute and jute butts likewise shifted. Coal duties are likely to be set at 40 cents, while House and Senate conferees reopen disputes over card clothing rates wool content and petroleum duties.
Washington July 12 The House scheduled a 4 o'clock vote on a joint resolution to amend the constitution to permit levying an income tax without state apportionment. The House also rejected all Senate amendments to the Philippine tariff bill and granted the conference requested by the Senate.
William Horstman reported to Sheriff A. M. Reichelder for Saturday that a horse and buggy hired to a stranger Friday afternoon had not been returned. Cards were sent to sheriffs of adjoining counties. The man claimed he planned to drive to the Peter Certia farm and would be back.
Kansas City July 12 trains of Missouri Pacific, Burlington, Rock Island, and others were detoured or halted as floods and high water crippleed service between Kansas City and Chicago. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe canceled Chicago trains. Missouri River stood at 26.2 feet, while the Kansas River peaked at 18 feet 10 inches before easing.
Floods in the Kansas City area disrupt railway lines into Chicago causing mail delays. Railway mail service reroutes with the Chicago and Alton and Santa Fe lines affected. South of Chicago trains continue with some delays. Burlington, Santa Fe, and Rock Island expect full service within 24 hours. The postal department cites the floods as the most troublesome disruption in years.
The Mississippi River gauge stood at 31.9 feet at 9 am with forecasts of 33.5 feet tomorrow and 34 feet on Wednesday. Levee areas flooded as water backed into buildings, while Illinois lowlands also experienced flooding.
Official readings show Fort Wayne received 1.52 inches of rain in the 1 to 2 pm hour, among the heaviest for that duration. The downpour followed a sultry morning with wind, lightning, and many telephones out of service, but little other damage was noted.
Rumors claim former Venezuelan President Castro is funding Colombian revolutionaries to regain power in Venezuela. Colombian troops are reportedly sent to Honda on the Magdalena to stop uprisings suspected of moving toward Bogotá.
General Castro, former Venezuelan president, declares a statement predicting Gomez’s government will fall. He criticizes Venezuela US France treaties as onerous, claiming sovereignty is weakened and the United States could take possession under the Monroe Doctrine.
Gen John Holguin acting president of Colombia reports to Figaro that the July 4 Barranquilla uprising is confined to the city. Leaders of all parties deplore the outbreak and urge revolutionists to lay down arms as government troops maintain peace. Government seeks European funds to meet the Colombian debt.
Naivasha July 12 The Roosevelt expedition arrives at Captain Attenborough's farm after a five week hunt in Souk district. E J Cunninghame leads the march, provisions run short, plans to bag hippo antelope and baboon then proceed to Lord Delamere's ranch for ten days of hunting. Major Hearnes provides aid after three natives mauled by a lion, two killed.
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