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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
5
A rough pedestal of turf from Ireland becomes a moving shrine in the La Salle hotel lobby. Visitors bow and kiss the sod, some recalling Gal ways, others seeking memory for loved ones, as a Taft speech looms the next day. A guard is unnecessary as devotion and curiosity mix amid shamrocks and midwinter turf.
In Cincinnati on March 16 a national strike by coal mine workers appears inevitable as no agreement was reached at today's session. Both sides remain firm against compromise, with no signs of a settlement in sight.
The Rev. Austin W. Mann will conduct a confirmation instruction at St. Alban's Mission and Christ Church on Monument Place this Saturday evening at 7:30. He will interpret the Sunday confirmation at 10:20 a.m. with Holy Communion to follow. An evening service with sermon is at 3 p.m. Trinity Church in Anderson hosts a 7:30 p.m. service, and Grace Church in Muntie hosts a Monday 7:30 p.m. service by the same minister.
In Watseka Illinois on March 17 the Sayler murder trial faces a twist as Golda Sayler, daughter of Byron L Sayler, has disappeared while a key witness. Prosecution and defense seek her return as relatives fund specialists to argue the case. Two revolvers and differing angles of fire are claimed by investigators as part of the emerging evidence.
Melville L Wilson sues Hitz Bakery and National Biscuit for 15000 in superior court Room 5 after a Supreme Court remand for a new trial. The 1905 jury awarded 4000 to Wilson before appellate reversal, with the suit alleging he was rendered permanently invalid by a badly repaired elevator collapse.
New York March 16 The trial of Charles R Heike and other officials of the American Sugar Refining Company was postponed today until May 10.
Edward Ettridge also known as Beppo of Dartford England died by self inflicted gunshot in his berth on the Adriatic as the White Star liner left New York. A brief record named Alfred Burgess of Camden New Jersey as the deceased, later identified the body as Beppo. The tragedy prompted police to contact vaudeville agencies and arrange potential burial options in England or America.
Albert Nier of San Francisco was arrested at a German Lutheran church for obtaining money under false pretenses. He admits using church memberships to borrow cash from pastors, claiming to have joined about 20 churches in a week. Authorities note a similar arrest in San Francisco two years ago.
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a Marion County ruling awarding length of service pay to National Guard officers. Capt. Alvin W. Dudley, who served in October 1907, earned extra pay under a 10 percent per five years formula, and the state owes him $10.50 more than originally paid. The decision notes guards officers are paid only for active service, unlike the regular army, and commends Indiana guards for deserving full compensation.
New York March 17 A bomb shattered a moving picture theater at 2007 First Avenue injuring one and frightening many. Aristide Carbone runs the theater in Little Italy. A shed nearby hid from view as the fuse-like flash preceded the blast. Five injured were treated at Harlem hospital. Police report this as the second attempt to destroy the venue after a kerosene fire set last Saturday night.
Karl Knoblaugh, a young man from 25th Street, chased by Bicyclemen Hett and others from the W St. Clair substation, after taking a loaded shotgun from a loaned motorcycle intended to pay a police court fine. Libby, superintendent of International Tool and Machine, had loaned $10 to Knoblaugh.
Howard Francis of New Lenox township addressed a firmers banquet in Joliet praising the hog as a sympathetic animal. He argued that clean quarters and kind treatment improve growth, noting hogs thrive when kept in proper surroundings and become fatter as a result after years of experience.
Home remedy promotes a laxative cough syrup free from whiskey to treat coughs bronchitis and hoarseness. Instructions include mixing wild cherry bark cordial and white pine syrup then taking twenty drops every half hour for four hours followed by smaller doses. Suitable for children with dose adjustments.
New York March 17 Mrs M E Edgerton of Plainfield New Jersey who recently inherited several million dollars ordered a veterinarian to shoot her coach horses rather than let them be used by another. James Clausen left his fortune to her. Douglass her coachman trained in auto work and tells how the horses were killed. The horses, valued at about 1500, were buried and the stable misery caused tears for many.
At a council executive meeting in New York, Mrs Helen Hartley Jenkins pledged 100000 for a chair of medicine at New York University and Bellevue Medical College. The gift, offered through Dr A Alexander Smith since 1878, will name the Marcellus Hartley chair of medicine in honor of the donor and her father.
In Muskogee Oklahoma a Rollers Club of 14 fashionable women, aiming to shed flesh, gathers in a billiard room converted into a rolling studio. Members, in loose garments, roll over bed quilts for up to a hundred repetitions each morning, a practice started after a matron claimed she slimmed by rolling.
A woman requests aid for five boys ages 7 to 13 after her husband, injured and hospitalised, cannot provide. Despite refusals elsewhere, the Salvation Army provided a large food basket and clothing enabling the children to start school again. The mother works washing clothes to support the family while the father remains in poor health.
In Yorkville magistrate court Horace D Lahr of the Bronx praised his spotless record as a horse owner as driver Scam Wilson faced cruelty to animals charges after a mule hauled load of trunks went lame on Third Avenue. Despite the offense the magistrate discharged Wilson, citing Lahr's twenty year clean record and kindness to animals.
Huntington Indiana March 17 Newell Hoag a farmer is accused of stealing a cow and two calves from Mrs Jennie Freel who is ill at a relative home Hoag allegedly tried to buy them and later loaded the animals into a wagon after Mrs Freel refused his offer
A bungalow built of green maple logs at Kiamesha Lake in Monticello is finished and furnished for occupancy by VD S Yoakum of Brooklyn. The sap from the logs caused flooding as the sun started the sap running, resulting in notable damage to the building.
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