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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
7
In Belfast on December 10, amid rioting after polling, Orangemen and Nationalists clash. A private citizen John Watson is mortally wounded. several policemen injured. Independent Orangemen voting nationalist ticket triggered all night unrest at Independent Orange hall as windows shattered and arrests made.
London dispatch reports noon counts show coalition leading 254 to 217 with Lloyd George defending his Carnarvon seat against Austin Jones. Asquith wins in Scotland's West Fife, while polling continues in thirteen constituencies as results come in.
New York on December 10. David Nagle, a window cleaner, fell from a third story window onto Miss Millicent Almy. They exchanged politeness after the tumble as a policeman checked for injuries. A taxi driver appeared and Miss Almy left. Nagle bought a 15 cent article with water on the side before resuming work.
Fresno officials faced a violent mob acting to punish Industrial Workers of the World leaders after the group’s headquarters were burned and members beaten. Rioters roamed streets, surrounded the jail, and targeted IWW detainees amid a free speech crusade backed by the national socialistic party, with over twenty arrests reported.
Paul Morton, former secretary of the treasury and head of the Equitable Life Assurance Company, voiced support for the idea that corporations should not be overregulated. He argued that when they seek more privileges they pay a long term price, and past railroad wrongs do not justify public overreach now. His remarks came amid rising calls for corporate regulation and California Governor Johnson's critique of a decade of protecting corporations.
At J F Summer Co department store in Linton Indiana on December 10 a fire in window decorations was extinguished by four cash girls who grabbed brooms and beat out the flames at the hose counter girl’s command The management plans to reward each heroine for preventing a disaster and credit is given to the ready workers
Vernon Ind December 10. William Boggs touts a cow that leads as a calf producer. In eleven months she has four births all twins, her record.
The census details Porto Rico with 958 243 people from the 1890 count and notes a decrease. It records Indian Territory ranked 39 in 1900, with its population included in Oklahoma figures for comparison. The Porto Rico census of 1899 was conducted under the wart department.
Cambridge, Dec 10 Hattie Le Blanc 17 accused of murdering her employer Clarence F Glover will not testify in her own defense. Defense lawyer Melvin M Johnson indicated the girl will rest on statements made after arrest and admitted as state evidence. Trial expected to reach the jury by Tuesday or Wednesday. Witnesses described Glover’s marriage, including Alma Roche servant testimony, Mrs Glover’s warnings about Glover, and a doctor’s note on Hattie’s poor daytime eyesight and very poor night vision.
Ezra Johnson, a Franklin auto machinist, was told by Dr. J. P. Simonds at the state laboratory of hygiene that a dog’s head found with him tested positive for rabies. Johnson, who had a wound on his leg, received Pasteur treatment after cauterizing the injury, believing his corduroy trouser leg caught most of the virus from the fangs.
LaPorte Indiana December 10 The jury in the case of J K Joice a Chicago lumberman charged with embezzlement of Alaska Lumber Company funds reported a disagreement after nearly forty eight hours out and was discharged The case has run three weeks State's Attorney Smith will seek another trial Joice said he would return for trial if needed
Jacob Owens aged 78, once wealthy, died at the poor farm in Kokomo Indiana after a life of family tragedy. He had hoped for a violent death, noting six relatives had perished. on his death bed he wished to die with boots on. His kin suffered as a fire, accident, and battle claimed them, including deaths at Gettysburg.
Terre Haute Ind December 10 Laughing through his bailiff chair Rom Felto 21 a Turk admitted shooting Kid James Demo 30 also a Turk Thursday night Felto mocked the court when asked if guilty and if he had killed before He is a glass factory worker and Demo had recently discharged his brother Felto declared he was perfectly sane.
W A Howerton of St Louis checked into a Logansport hotel and offered two plugged dollars to pay his bill. Clerk refused, telephoned police, and Howerton was arrested for passing mutilated currency. Capt Hulls of the U S Secret Service reviewed the bags of damaged money. He warned such action would be first under the statute in forty years. He is held awaiting action.
Chicago December 10 Mandel Shotts a garment workers strike victim was hurled into the river by foes and found unconscious clinging to a piling at Thirteenth Street. He was near death from cold and exposure as doctors fought to save him after rescue from the icy water.
An unconfirmed Pall Mall Gazette report claims Monaco has been proclaimed a republic by its municipal council. The principality, eight square miles, surrounds by Alpes Maritimes on land and the Mediterranean to the sea, with Prince Albert reigning.
Edward W. Pierce has been named postmaster at Lydick in St. Joseph county Indiana, succeeding H. B. Lindler who has been removed from the position.
A stray OCR fragment shows a bold claim about a product named Carecarts or cascarets, highlighting a weekly sale run and purported world-leading status. The text is garbled but hints at a boxed remedy or treat and a high sales claim with uncertain attribution.
New York health officials confront a threat from Herbert A. Thorpe a customs inspector who vowed to kill any doctor who vaccinates his two children He argued school vaccination laws while the board seeks a new compulsory education complaint to force vaccination Thorpe warned that someone will be killed if action proceeds.
In Asheville North Carolina December 10 a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officer found a goose with its webbed feet nailed to a board to force liver production. Justice Gudger weighs questions of fact and law as the S P C A seeks a court ruling on a goose rights and possible mental anguish.
Lawrenceburg Indiana December 10 W C Pohlman courthouse custodian had never hunted before joining County Recorder Edward T Fox and Sheriff R P White They watched a companion clean a rabbit and set it where Pohlman could see it He fired both barrels and believes he shot out the rabbit's interior arrangements.
In Bloomington Indiana on December 10, Mrs. Villa Scott aged 80 died at the country poor farm. She begged the local charity association to see that her body was not sent to the medical college. Relatives would not pay funeral costs, and the charity board fulfilled her wish.
In New York on December 10, reports say the Spencer Trask estate and New York Central railroad reached a settlement totaling 40,000 dollars for the death of banker philanthropist Spencer Trask. The fatal collision occurred December 31 near Croton, N C when his private car was wrecked.
Sir Horace Plunkett, Irish agricultural leader, urges American farmers to unite and distribute their own products. He argues inaction fuels high living costs and predicts that coordinated farmer action could lower prices and increase farmer earnings by reducing middleman profits.
The Red Cross endowment fund in Indianapolis has reached 2471.29 dollars, with subscriptions reported to treasurer John H. Holliday. The total is expected to surpass 2500 by Monday as daily gains continue. The committee hopes city churches will conduct special collections tomorrow and report Monday, noting four churches already contributed.
William Turner attempted to enter a Passaic grocery through a half opened window but became stuck when his large feet, size twelve, caught on the opening. A passing officer recognized the predicament and arrested him. Turner pled guilty to attempted burglary in court.
Paris observers witnessed a hundred mile aero plane flight by Captain Bellanger of the French army aviation corps. He covered the distance from Vincennes to Mourmelon in seventy minutes, flying at an average altitude of 4900 feet with a strong headwind throughout the flight.
The Salvation Army released a November relief report noting aid to thirty six families with groceries and baskets, clothing distribution, seven meals provided, lodging to fifteen men and women, and coal delivered to two families.
Mrs. Caroline Malant of Cleveland prayed to die before viewing her dying son Maurice Maland. She rose, traveled to Elyria to see him, returned home gravely ill, and died five minutes before Maurice’s body was brought home. Authorities report she died at her home after years of illness.
Advertisement offers a free “prescription” to cure weak kidneys bladder and back pain. Claims quick recovery within a week and relief from scalding dribbling and vesical symptoms. Invites readers to mail for Dr A E Robinson of Detroit to receive a plain envelope booklet with a home remedy.
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