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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
4
Attorney General Honan clarifies voter registration for foreign born sons of naturalized parents. Sons who came as minors may register, with restrictions based on parental naturalization status and papers. A minor son voting in good faith before formal naturalization faces no criminal prosecution, though some technical violations may apply.
The Indiana centennial memorial commission begins active work for a 1916 celebration of Indiana statehood. Citizens propose monuments museums and a multi day historical program led by Corydon officials who urge transforming the old state house into an Indiana historical museum. The commission members are Charles L. Jewett Frank M. Kistler Joseph A. Cravens Charles W. Fairbanks and Demarchus C. Brown.
Governor Marshall, in a New York interview, emphasizes service over the pursuit of the presidency and says he will not seek votes or place his name on primary ballots. He argues the office should be elevated and earned with dignity, not a free-for-all fight, strengthening his standing with many Americans.
The piece contrasts the rapid Titanic disaster hearings by the American senatorial committee with the slower English wreck commission. It cites alleged decorum lapses and hasty witness口 gathering, while noting serious failures in life safeguards. It also critiques Pennsylvania politics and the Penrose machine as well as Roosevelt's influence.
Indianapolis Mayor Shank defends the status quo, saying business men won’t risk names on office as a primary nears. The piece hints he believes someone must save the country and questions patriotism amid evolving trolley plans. Fort Wayne may gain a new trolley route via Marysville and Hicksville, reviving a long delayed project.
In a California telegraphed speech, Colonel Roosevelt used the phrase powers that pillage while cataloguing foes. Indiana Republicans recall Senator Beveridge two years earlier with a similar line during his notable campaign for Mary and the vine clad cottage in the state.
Donations in the United States and England surpass 1.5 million for Titanic survivors and dependents of the deceased, reflecting widespread public sympathy despite people being absorbed in their own affairs.
An Indianapolis man paid 104000 dollars to purchase the old church where he was married years ago. He was moved by sentimental associations and wanted the property kept from strangers, a gesture the writer deems fine and affordable given his means.
The statement asserts the voluntary and peaceful resignation of Assistant Superintendent Leaf at the Jeffersonville reformatory, denying any internal disruption. The note laments readers expect dramatic upheaval with such changes at Jeffersonville.
The piece notes that Indiana's literacy rate has improved over the past decade with a steadily falling percentage of residents unable to read or write. The author argues Washington need not wait for census data to acknowledge the change.
The Indiana Apple Show commission fixed the week of November 13 for the annual exhibition but has not yet selected the host city amid competition among Indianapolis Fort Wayne and South Bend. A suggestion favors Fort Wayne.
The text asks which candidate would be vindicated if the Republican convention in Chicago rejects both Taft and Roosevelt and supports Gerepares for the presidency, signaling a decisive party realignment.
In a House of Representatives speech given a day or two ago, Uncle Joe Cannon commended Indiana roads as the best in the country. He is noted for kinder expressions than many critics at home.
The Olo state board of agriculture plans a June inquiry into the rising cost of living, promising an exhaustive review of contributing factors and potential remedies. The move signals heightened attention from state authorities amid concerns over consumer prices.
Albert Jacob Piepenbrink longtime chief engineer at the traction company's power plant on Spy Run avenue died Monday morning at Lutheran hospital after an operation. He was 47, born August 1 1864 in Fort Wayne. Survived by wife two children mother and siblings. Funeral Thursday at 2 from his home and 2:30 from the Scottish Rite Cathedral Lindenwood Cemetery.pending details
In McNeal Arkansas on May 6 Miss Ruby Cook, aged ninth grade student, was found disguised as a hired man on the John McAlester farm near College Hill after three days of search along Doreheat bayou. Reverend Agan identified her, and she was returned home with stated reason of wanting to quit school against her parents' wishes.
Salvatore Candido an Italian laborer was executed in Sing Sing prison for the murder of Reginald F Ralls superintendent of a Rockland county stone crushing plant. Candido struck him with a pipe on October 3 1910 causing fatal injuries.
Shelby Hills Ind May 3 enumeration shows 7228 children in the county, a decrease of four from last year. Shelbyville reports 2425 children, up four. Union township, among Shelby counties smallest, records a loss of forty compared with 1911.
Representative J A M Adair of Indiana outlines how the conference produced a final pension bill. He notes the House pressed for a dollar a day rise, the Senate compromise, and that the bill increases old soldiers pensions by about 26 million annually while removing the previous income denial clause.
Testimony began in New York today on the Sherman act case to break up United States Steel. Hearings, led by examiner Henry T. Brown, will span two months here and likely a year before the Trenton circuit court rules. Defendants include J Pierpont Morgan, John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, George W Perkins and Daniel G Reid. Witnesses summoned include Daniel G Reid, W H Moore and James Gavley.
Mr. and Mrs. B J Funk of Butler Indiana visit Bluffton police to trace their 17 year old daughter and her one year old baby. They say she married a man named Myers but ran off with horse trader Fitzgerald known near Fort Wayne. A letter from Huntington says she was misled and asks for funds for return passage. The mother returned home while the father chased inquiries to Huntington.
In Logansport Indiana on May 1 Monroe Yantis Cass county farmer pleads that his son is a town boy and cannot farm claiming no farming skills and unfinished field work. The court excused him from jury service.
William Kruse 74 a Fort Wayne resident for forty years and father of Coroner Edward H. Kruse died Sunday at his home 231 East Jefferson after a three week illness from cerebral embolism. Born November 19 1837 in Hanover Germany he moved to America forty years ago and settled in Fort Wayne where he married Dorothy R Busching. He was a longtime St Pauls Lutheran member and prominent in German circles. Survived by wife three sons Frederick Edward H and Walter all in Fort Wayne, three brothers and two sisters in Indiana and Germany, and two grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 pm from the residence and 2 30 pm at St Pauls Lutheran with interment at Concordia. Flowers omitted.
Jackson Kentucky May 6 Ed Callahan a Breathitt county feudist shot in an ambush last Saturday at Crockettsville is reported by physicians to have a good chance for recovery. If he survives he will be crippled for life. The search for the ambushing party continues.
In Valparaiso on May 6 seventy six Pleasant township dairymen formed the Co operative Creamery Company of Kouts with 415000 capital to build a modern creamery. They seek higher prices from Borden’s Milk Trust after shippers rejected current rates. the plan could divert milk into by products and cut Chicago supply.
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