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Newspaper
Hobart News
Location
Hobart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
2
Sunday reports say Oklahoma City secured the capital amid a rate dispute with commerce commission and railroads seeking a rapid settlement. The era saw a flurry of transport and political events including aviation feats and international tension.
President Taft delivers a brief address at Trinity College for Girls in Washington with Mgr. Falconia presiding. In St Louis Dr John G B Murphy is elected president of the American Medical Association and Dr George H Simmons is re elected secretary. Mrs M C Gardner dies in Rens Nebraska from pneumonia after rib fractures caused by an auto accident.
The conference report on the administration railroad bill was presented in Washington to the Senate and laid before the House. It preserves many original features, rejects pooling and stock power provisions, and creates a commerce court of five judges with broader rail and telecom regulation under the Commerce Commission.
The House approved the Postal Savings Bank bill 191 to 101 with no Republican opposing and 22 Democrats voting for it. The bill creates a board of Postmaster General, Attorney General and Secretary of Treasury to regulate deposits up to 500 dollars, with 2 percent interest and government bond options. Deposits are secured and a reserve of five percent is retained in the treasury.
A merger agreement creates a new Chicago bank with $22.7 million capital and surplus. The Continental National Bank, the Commercial National and the American Trust and Savings will consolidate. George M. Reynolds named president of the unified bank following an hour long conference with ten signatories.
J. H. Stimson of Indiana warned the National Hardwood Lumber Association annual session in Louisville that reckless timber waste will lead to a hardwood famine. He proposed reforestation and tax exemptions on standing timber as remedies.
Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co, found guilty on one count of conspiracy to defraud customs on sugar. Ernest W. Gerbracht, former Williamsburg refinery superintendent, convicted on all six counts. James F. Bendernagel, former cashier, acquitted on seven to five and to be tried again. The trial began May 16 with six defendants including three minor employees who pleaded guilty.
Wisconsin Republicans at Milwaukee endorse President Taft and his administration in a unanimous platform. Gov. Davidson is praised and the tariff law, max and min schedules, and future revisions are commended. Vice President Sherman attends, a campaign committee is named, and William D. Connor is chosen state chairman.
The Arlington corporation at Lawrence Massachusetts will shut its Bis Cotton Mills from June 30 to July 11. The Everett Cotton Mills nearby will close for two weeks in July, affecting about 1 200 workers.
The steamers A. L. Hopkins and Syracuse collided near Southeast Shoal lightship on Lake Erie. The Syracuse, undamaged, towed the Hopkins to the Detroit River mouth where tug Aldrich met them.
A Black man named Robert Mathews was fatally wounded by a posse in a swamp near Beulah Florida after an alleged attempt to harm a white 12 year old girl, daughter of C. E. Snowden.
A Montreal fire at the Herald building kills about thirty five, mostly bindery staff, as a water tank crashes through floors. Crowds hear the dying cries from inside while editors escape unharmed. Firefighters cannot stop the blaze despite strong winds.
The standings list games played and outcomes for W L teams across the American Association Western League and related clubs. Standouts include Philadelphia Cleveland New York Washington Detroit Chicago Boston St Louis in the American Association and Wichita Lincoln Denver St Joseph Sioux City Des Moines Omaha Topeka among others with current win loss records.
President Taft signed a proclamation adding sixty million feet of merchantable timber to the Dati] national forest in New Mexico and opening nearly 100000 acres of land to settlement. The action expands federal holdings and aims to boost development and resource access in the region.
At a special Board of Trustees meeting Princeton University was told it would gain roughly 1 150 000 dollars. The dispute surrounding the graduate college is reportedly resolved.
A severe storm struck St Louis with lightning igniting fires and many buildings losing their roofs. Across Arkansas Mississippi and West Tennessee torrential rains wind and hail caused widespread damage including a fatal drowning near Fort Smith and a bridge collapse delaying a Frisco train. Crop losses foreseen with corn and cotton severely affected.
Police search Lombardy and northern Italy for Porter Charlton after the body of Mrs. Porter Charlton, formerly Mrs. Mary Scott Castle of San Francisco, is found stuffed in a trunk near Moltrasio. Constantine Spolatoff, the Russian who rented the villa, is under arrest in Reggiano as authorities fear Charlton is dead.
Circuit Judge Williams ruled that $2,000,000 in taxes sought by St. Louis on stock held by residents in foreign corporations is unlawful. The stock could not be assessed where the company is incorporated as that tax had been assessed already in other states.
Private Benton Fortney of Troop I Fourth Cavalry U S A died after being shot in the back by an unidentified person June 4. His body was shipped to Effingham Oklahoma.
Mrs. T. C. Domer wife of Seaboard Air Line vice president was robbed of jewelry valued at $1,000 while asleep in a train berth from Washington to New Jersey. Washington police report the incident.
Charles K. Hamilton flew a biplane from Governor's Island to near Philadelphia in 113 minutes, a round-trip 86 miles, averaging about 46 mph. He tracked a fast Pennsylvania Railroad train along the route, passing near Trenton and Princeton with crowds watching commencement week.
Oklahoma City supporters claim a 50,000 plurality over Guthrie and Shawnee in a special vote to locate the state capital. An injunction halted removal plans, and Governor’s secretary W B Anthony seized the state seal in Guthrie early morning. The governor’s daughter Miss Haskell faced jeers and missiles as crowds protested the result.
Canada told the secretary of state it wants to begin negotiations on a trade treaty with the United States as soon as feasible. Formal action may wait until autumn due to the anticipated absence of Finance Minister Fielding and Customs Minister Patterson. Baldwin's estate valued at about 10.93 million, with earlier estimates of 25 million proving far high after probate appraisal.
E H Cowell a mining man shot and killed his 20 year old wife in Los Angeles and then committed suicide. Jealousy was given as the motive.
R G Dun weekly review notes little change in prominent activities with a more confident tone about future production and distribution. Transportation rates may rise, weather improves demand for fashion goods, and vacation needs plus house furnishings see strong sales. bank payments shrinkage and bond market lag. 18 district failures reported. bank deposits rise from the West.
Unreasonably cool conditions curb retail sales and slow crop progress in the northern half of the country while southern districts see modest crop gains. Jobbing demand remains quiet with small, frequent reorders. Industrial output is down, collections vary from slow to fair, and weekly business failures rise to 189 in the United States and 36 in Canada for the week ending June 9 per Bradstreet's.
The government begins its case in U S District Court Chicago with National Packing Company and ten subsidiaries disputing indictments for restraint of trade. Key figures include Judge Landis and counsel for the defendants as the trial opens.
Representatives of fourteen railway systems met in Denver and agreed to raise yard men’s wages by 6 cents an hour and to adopt Chicago and Eastern yard rules immediately, signaling a uniform change across multiple lines.
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