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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
2
A digest of political moves from Taft and Lorimer across the nation. Taft supporters triumph in several state and national party decisions. Clark wins key backing in Ohio and West Virginia. Roosevelt issues a defiant statement from Sagamore Hill challenging Taft allies over the convention chair.
Unanimous House vote sends Berger resolution to judiciary committee seeking impeachment of Federal Judge Hanford. Senate action on Lorimer election remains tied to national convention negotiations. Court cases include Archbald probe and interstate commerce ruling reinforcing ICC jurisdiction. Funerals, appointments, and lodge honors conclude the day across Iowa Wisconsin Kansas and New York.
Samuel Gompers is said to have sent money to Clarence Darrow linked to alleged jury bribery in the McNamara cases, per Bert Franklin during Darrow’s Los Angeles trial. The testimony also touches on extensive customs undervaluation frauds over a decade and a separate arrest of Harry T. Turtle.
A Sells Floto circus horse car burned in Pendleton Oregon killing 22 horses. The blaze marked a disaster for the traveling show as personnel fought the flames and secured the remaining animals.
The 1912 Indiana chapter Daughters of Liberty held in South Bend elected Milly Davis Hammond as state councilor and Estelle Derland Muncie as state associate councilor. Other officers include Mary Hays Whiting as vice-councilor and Mattie Burge Hammond as state associate past councilor. The next meeting will be at Bluffton in June 1913. Representatives to the national convention are Elizabeth Scott Hammond Florence Helman Whiting and Mattie Burge Hammond.
The April 18 combined report for 314 Indiana state banks shows deposits down about three million dollars since February 20, while loans and discounts rose by roughly one million. Key figures include resources totaling 86 594 264.57 and liabilities of the same amount, with heavy withdrawals from city banks noted to meet borrower demands.
Washington dispatches orders for a 5000 troop expedition to Cuba with four large army transports at Newport News to be commissioned provisioned and ready. The fourth battle division including the Minnesota Mississippi Missouri and Ohio under Rear Admiral Usher is sent from Key West to Guantanamo with maximum urgency.
Foreign Society folk of London staged a masque ball imitating the Brussels event on the eve of the Waterloo battle. John Ball of the Liverpool club defended his amateur British golf title in Westward-Ho finals, defeating Abe Mitchell at the thirty-eighth hole for his eighth title. Five Mexican rebel conspirators were executed by federals after a suspected plan to poison Mazatlan’s water supply.
Secretary J. M. Ward of the Indiana Automobile Manufacturers association announced entries for the four-states tour will close at noon Saturday June 15. The run starts in Indianapolis July 9 with 34 cars currently listed including 15 Hoosier manufacturers. Studebaker entry of four cars was rejected as not Indiana made and Toledo was dropped from plans. Nyberg Autoworks of Anderson enters four cars with Jack Ewing handling publicity.
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state list C. E. Negley Gravel Company in Indianapolis with 25000 capital stock and directors C. F. Negley E. Z. Sigman and H. H. Hawkins. The Beneficial Order of Mystery of Ft Wayne plans a mutual benefit insurance association with no capital stock and directors Albert Lothamer C B Aldrich C W Koenig M R Long Oscar Wingerter J A Lechler and J G Templin.
The 33rd annual commencement exercises at Indiana Dental College in Indianapolis featured Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks delivering The Best Samaritan, music by the Temple quartet and soprano Beulah Parker Eckert, violin by Marie Dawson, diplomas by Dr. George E. Hunt, DDS by Dr. John N. Kurty, and an invocation by Rev. Wicks. The graduating class includes James Octave Bythe, R Russell Bradshaw, Clyde Clifton Briges, among others.
Charles A. Greathouse as chairman of a special committee has issued a circular seeking ideas on establishing a state school for training librarians. The panel will report to the State Association of Librarians for action by the next general assembly. A September meeting will invite participation. Miss Merica Hoagland serves as secretary. An 1909 and 1911 defeat of the effort is noted.
Two hundred delegates and many veterans gathered in Terre Haute for the ninth annual Indiana division encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans. Survivors of the 159th Indiana Volunteers reunite as Army dinner, parade, and demonstrations unfold. Percy N. Garrett and Frank B. Walsh vie for department commander. Fort Wayne hosts strong delegation for next encampment.
The fifth Evangelical Lutheran conference for central Indiana churches opened in Noblesville. Delegates from Lutheran congregations gathered to discuss regional church matters and activities.
The railroad commission in an Vincennes station order defines depot as a place where passengers board or alight trains or wait. It must have separate comfortable waiting rooms for men and women, clean sanitary toilet facilities, a ticket office, parcel check, and a news stand.
The twentieth annual Young People’s Christian Endeavor union meeting opens at Normal City United Brethren church with an entertainment. The Muncie district Christian Endeavor convention starts at Eaton Christian church with state officers Grace Lanham and Lillilan Hayes attending.
A humorous ad note asks if culture can stop snoring and promotes Paxtine Antiseptic hot douches for pelvic catarrh, claiming success. It advertises 25 cents a box at druggists or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston, Mass.
A Detroit Free Press cartoon caption imagines a client seeking a stylish Modern house. The client wants a living room oversized for warmth and a kitchen too small to cook in, prompting the architect to probe for design ideas.
An elder baptizing converts at a revival is challenged by a tall onlooker who warns that one dip won’t help the old sinner and suggests anchoring him out in deep water overnight, a quip reported from Life.
In Oklahoma the Midland Valley rail line is noted for slow trains. A Tulsa youth asks a daughter’s hand. parents refuse citing youth. The father, a traveling man, plans a brief Pawhuska visit for his daughter, joking she’ll be older on return.
Philadelphia anti vivisectionists relay remarks by Hon Stephen Coleridge on English reports abolishing live bait. Coleridge recalled opposing views on worm pain when hooked, quipping the worm’s writhing is its way of laughing at being tickled.
A Los Angeles physician with forty years of experience praises Grape-Nuts and Postum as digestible for all, noting daily use with rich cream for mental work and brain support. He claims the foods improve digestion, nerve and brain function, and travels with them to avoid stomach trouble.
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