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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
2
North Manchester Ind September 16 The sessions for 1913 of the United Brethren conference of the St Joseph district closed its meeting here Sunday evening and will be held at Waterloo the second week of next September. This was decided at the business sessions on Saturday afternoon.
Rev. GF Byrer of Calvary U B Church Fort Wayne elected delegate to the Methodist Protestant charge. Bishop G M Matthews announced pastoral appointments for the year listing many pastors by town and circuit including Fort Wayne Adamsville Albion Ambia Atwood Battle Ground Bourbon Etna Green Bremen and others across Indiana with several posts indicated as to be supplied.
Hot Springs prosecutors plan to strengthen the Becker murder case in New York by questioning locals who spoke with Sam Schepps after his arrest. They aim to verify Schepps statements and determine if a plot tied to gamblers framed Lieutenant Becker in the Rosenthal shooting. John F L McIntyre, Becker’s counsel, to arrive from New York.
The notice lists Wishave and Heatted amounts per Rudy Seed's wheat varieties and requests special inquiry for pricing and availability. Details are unclear due to OCR garble but indicates inquiry on wheat seed varieties and pricing.
Rev. James Rowe declares Chicago the religious center of the world during the Northern Indiana Conference evangelistic convention at Trinity M E church. Alda Gilliam is elected treasurer. plans to raise 150000 for the Preachers' Aid society are outlined. Speakers include Rev. Rowe and Rev. Charles Lee with others discussing world missions and church expansion.
Chicago dispatch reports twelve naval apprentices died when a thirty six foot cutter capsized in a gale on Lake Michigan. Four of the dead are Indiana youths from Indianapolis Bloomingdale and Tur ner, with others from Pennsylvania Missouri Ohio and Illinois. An inquest jury ruled they died off duty in the gale. Negus and crew allegedly fought to save the party. A formal U S naval inquiry will follow.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Richard Crosby of 1220 Packard Avenue. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Francia G Kilroy of 3605 Broadway. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles J Magers of 1127 St Marys Avenue.
Federal agents arrested Thomas J. Booker and Jesse Beecham in Martinsville Morgan County after a raid on Booker's restaurant cellar where two barrels of beer were found hidden under watermelons. Beecham had reportedly sold beer to agents previously. Both men faced preliminary hearings before Commissioner Howard Young with bonds set at 250 dollars.
Alexander Legg of International Harvester was to be first witness in the Sherman act case alleging monopoly. Other witnesses include Wm. N. Gale and FE. N. Wood, assistant secretaries, with testimony detailing a voting trust and stock control involving George W. Perkins Cyrus H. McCormick and Charles Deering.
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses including Emma R. Smith and Ella E. Dix, both in their early twenties, and several other couples with ages and occupations such as Glenn Carr and Emma C. Blodgett, Theodore Dornte and Cora Benoy, Perry Kikly and Mable Shaffer, among a longer roster. Some entries include occupations like farmer, laborer, theater manager, machine hand, and weighmaster.
In Bartholomew circuit court Columbus Indiana Sept 17 jurors report finding a bed bug in the jury room during Enser Reed case. Jurors requested a new room and moved to assessors office. Objections filed over jurors discussing with others may affect verdict in the Hope school bombing charge.
Battery B troops, 100 horses and 70 men, marched 127.5 miles from south of Peabody to Fort Wayne area in six hours through mud and rain. Officers credit growing military discipline, praise the unit as one of the Midwest’s strongest, with stops at Aboit Huntington South Whitley Claypool Pierceton and Peabody. The march drew hundreds of spectators with no major accidents.
In a campaign speech Roosevelt pledges in a special session of Congress to enact key progressive reforms. He outlines three aims: apply the program to federal employees, the District of Columbia and Alaska, and extend it to interstate commerce where possible. He favors DC as a model city and seeks urban improvements for the poor.
Elgin Til Sept 17 two men died one fatally hurt and a third seriously injured when an explosion rocked Coleman station miles south of Elgin today.
Two Indiana Baptist bodies, the Fort Wayne and Northeastern Indiana associations, voted to unite into one church body at a joint session in Fort Wayne First Baptist Church. Rev A B Whitney of Huntington served as temporary moderator and T E Covington as temporary clerk as officers were elected for the new Fort Wayne Baptist Association.
Albany, Sept 17. The first real test of the new direct primary law opens as enrolled voters statewide cast ballots on party committee nominees and delegates to state conventions. Ballot colors indicate party affiliation with green for Democrats pink for Republicans canary for independents Mandarin for prohibitionists buff for Socialists.
The first statewide primary in Minnesota is held today to nominate state officers, members of Congress, and U S senators. Four Republicans run for governor as progressives weigh their chances to unite behind a ticket.
Budapest opens with a violent parliamentary uproar as Count Stephen Tisza faces derision and threats. Leaders briefly separate deputies after an opposition member taunts a government deputy about carrying a revolver. The unrest echoes June’s violent closing, with Tisza surviving a 1909 assassination attempt and opposing universal suffrage.
A storm off the shore of Lake Michigan capsized a naval training cutter carrying twenty four apprentices and crew. Rescue efforts saved some, but eight youths aged 16 to 20 are confirmed dead while others are missing or recovering. An inquest and roll call will aid determination of the total losses.
Naval funeral services were held today at the US training station near North Chicago for six recruits drowned when a cutter overturned off Lake Bluff. Their bodies will be sent to their homes. search continued for three missing recruits.
J. B. Niezer a longtime Allen County auditor and Monroeville business leader died at 9 15 p m Sunday at his Fort Wayne home aged sixty six He had been ill for months and had recently been treated at sanitariums in Battle Creek and Kneipp Fort Wayne Catholic civic leader leaves a wife six children and several relatives Funeral services are planned at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with burial in the local Catholic cemetery
Limited Fancy Rudy Seed Wheat and other varieties available from Mayflower Mills in Fort Wayne Indiana. Special quality stock offered. inquire for particulars and pricing.
Benjamin West of Belleville marked his 100th birthday by renouncing his 50 year Republican allegiance and declaring he will support a Democrat for president. He recalls Whigs Free Soilers anti Masons and Federalists as his early parties. The Democrat he backs is younger than himself.
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