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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
2
London and Paris telegraphic service halted by a French operators strike. In Paris the post office square is filled with gendarmes and soldiers as mail wagons move under military escort. Streets patrolled after bivouacking guards amid fears of further violence. Public telegraph service remains totally disorganized.
Italian police anticipate Franklin D Roosevelt arriving in Naples in April. They learn his wife and three children plan to stay in southern Italy until June. Authorities vow to deter any visit to Sicily and the quake region while he travels in the area.
Dr Ludwig Wuellner the German lied artist brings a dual gift as actor and singer to Maennerchor hall for a Friday recital. He blends dramatic interpretation with song from Schubert Schumann Wolf Rubinstein Sinding Strauss and Loewe with accompanist C V Bos. Baldwin piano store seat sales signal strong attendance.
Dr. Francis John McConnell, recently named president of De Pauw University, was warmly welcomed at the Indianapolis Methodist Ministers Association. He spoke on Christ as a Factor Toward Religious Certainty. William L. Elder offered to fund a new church in southern Indianapolis, proposing a lot plus a $2,500 building and $160 cash.
Auburn New York March 16 Salvadore Randazzio died in the electric chair at 6 am for murdering his cousin Pietro Randazzio in 1908. Before execution he gave Father Roberti four letters to mail to his family in Sicily. The priest declined to share contents but quoted Randazzio saying I am ignorant and I am innocent.
George Upp, once the premier American Association pitcher in 1907, says he prefers singing in a moving picture show to baseball and will not return a Columbus contract. He claims he never received a square deal, noting other pitchers got extra pay while he delivered stronger work for his salary.
The contracts and franchises committee did not report on the Indianapolis Water company franchise Monday night. The Brightwood waterworks gate proposal was not discussed. An amendment targets package lot dealers for short weight or measure. School health inspectors to be paid $3,000, covering half the medical inspection cost.
New Orleans March 16 Tyrus Cobb the champion batter of the American League stopped here today en route to join the Tigers at San Antonio. Cobb predicted Detroit would capture this year's AL pennant in far easier fashion than in the two preceding years. He said the club batting average will be well over .250 this season. He is in good shape after playing ball most of the winter near his Georgia home.
A dark lantern flashed in Mrs. Lucius Mendenhall’s face as a negro burglar looted the Dinwiddie flats at 826 N Illinois Street. He took $3 after a 20 minute rummage and fled through a side window. Another resident, A Z Zaning of 149 W Pratt, reports a man leaving with his $8 purse. Police link the two incidents while a separate break in at Po liceman Stultz’s home yielded several dollars.
George R. Scrugham former manager of the International Policyholders committee faces a trial in New York on a conspiracy charge arising from a 1907 indictment. The case stems from efforts by policyholders of New York Life and Mutual Life to overhaul trustees and remove officials tied to Gov. Hughes Armstrong inquiry. Scrugham, a Cincinnati resident, is represented by M. Ellis Kinkaid.
Captain Harry S. New publicly refuses to consider entering the mayoralty race on the Republican side. His return from a duck hunt on the Illinois river prompted quick efforts by hopeful Republicans, but he asserted he would not entertain the proposition.
Terre Haute March 15 Manager Knoll of Evansville says he has more signed contracts for his lineup than any other Central league manager. Pokorney is the only hold-out and players are ordered to report March 30. Sandy Murray, ex-Indianapolis, of the Newark club, has been signed for the infield.
Lexington March 16 Horace Wilson secretary of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association said the Kentucky Futurity entry total will exceed 1 000 mares. Up to Saturday night 487 entries had been received and the closing time is midnight.
Lexington Ky March 16 Col Milton Young has leased a 16 acre farm on Newtown road from John B Gorham. The thorovehbred stallion Woolsthorpe and 3 mares, retained from the McGrathiana dispersal last fall, have been moved from Tate s Creek road to the new location.
Mrs. Mary E. Vehling aged 50 wife of Henry C. Vehling died Monday at the family home 706 Virginia Avenue after a long illness. She was active in St Paul German Evangelical Lutheran Church and leaves a son and her father Frederick Struckman as survivors.
A man named Jalar Gotti, once a Brooklyn resident, is arrested in Palermo and believed to have fired the fatal shots or to know who did. The 25 year old Palermo native lived in the United States last year, joined two brothers in Brooklyn, was wounded five months ago, and then returned to his brothers.
Ex-President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill dictates articles for the magazine where he is associate editor before his departure for Africa next Tuesday. He plans to address several important national questions with his ideas, assisted by his secretary Mr Harter from the publishers.
Vienna reports growing belief that peace can only come through war as Serb and Austrian tensions escalate. A council met, Hungarian premier Weckerle arrived but avoided comment while mobilization moves loom. Traps and detachments deployed on the frontier toward Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Marietta March 16 warning a preacher to "square himself with the people" or face tar and feathering was sent in an email to Rev J F Mills pastor of the First Baptist Church. Trustees forwarded the letter to postal authorities.
The Protestant ministers of Indianapolis met to plan court action against Sunday baseball. They contend the law is unconstitutional, a view shared by Gov. Marshall. Rev. Joshua Stansfield reported on the legislative committee’s role and possible laymen who could handle the matter in court.
Three towering evaporation towers will be constructed by the government in the Salton Sea to aid the Weather Bureau in experiments and formula development.
William Newby 73, of Sheridan Ind, died of paralysis at his daughter Mrs G W Tysinger's home 2201 S Meridian St in Indianapolis after a brief visit. He leaves a son and two daughters.
A loud advertisement touts a cancer cure saying patients report rapid, complete remission in days. The letter invites readers to mail coupons and names, asserting a sanitarium and home treatment, and that Lebanon banks or firms endorse the method.
Publicized appeal urges cancer patients to mail personal details to Dr. Curry Cancer Cure Co. at Curry Sanitarium in Lebanon Ohio claiming a safe at home cure with no risk. The text lists dotted lines for name and address.
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