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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
2
Youssouf Zia Pasha in Washington says Turkey does not seek US mediation in the Turco Italian war. Official Turkish statement claims Derna and Tripoli have fallen after heavy fighting with 505 Italians killed and the remainder of the expeditionary force captured.
Secretary of the Treasury will press Congress for prompt banking and currency reform. The appeal stresses a decisive financial dawn and confident belief that essential legislation will be enacted.
A sprawling montage of reports spans politics, crime, industry, and disasters. It mentions Taft, Lincoln memorial, Harvester trust, Standard Oil, legal actions, fires, ship treasure, and Seattle Alaska league efforts, with numerous named places and persons interwoven.
Foreign Saburo Shimada, a member of the international peace commission, urged a Japan Britain United States alliance for world peace at a Seattle banquet. Chinese reports claim 50,000 killed in Hankow. two thirds of the city destroyed by fire after Imperial troops attacked. The loss is at least 50 million dollars with 400,000 destitute and hundreds of charred bodies among ruins.
Indiana library leaders discussed school bills and funding at Indianapolis as the Indiana Library Association approved opposing measures. Officers were elected. pending issues include library school aid, employment for graduates, and city government forms to be studied by the Commercial Club and federations.
Governor Marshall opens the first Indiana Apple show in Indianapolis to boost statewide apple culture. Speakers include Stanley Coulter of Purdue and Charles J. Jewett of New Albany. Hundreds visit as over forty locally grown varieties are displayed. Only half the exhibits are in place with plans for full display for public inspection. The event marks a centennial since Tippecanoe and Indiana’s first united effort to produce apples in abundance. The governor supports making the display a state affair and emphasizes conservation and resource care. Myron King calls a Democratic committee meeting in Indianapolis for November 28 to plan district conventions and organizational steps.
The annual Indiana Chiropractors association adjourned at Anderson after selecting officers: President O. J. Kellogg, Wabash. Vice President W. A. Thompson, Muncie. Secretary F. L. Carey, Anderson. Assistant Secretary F. J. Carmody, Muncie. Treasurer G. W. Myers, Kokomo. Board Chairman L. Ef. Fuller, Indianapolis. About forty practitioners attended, roughly twenty. Carey said a resolution claims medical men persecute chiropractors and proposes licensing questions extend to barbers and masseurs if trouble persists.
The Indiana Rationalist association convened for its third annual meeting at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. A resolutions committee comprising Bruce Calvert of Pigeon Roost Thusa Pempller and Robyn Hawkins of Indianapolis was named, along with a nominations panel listing J. Wesley Whicker Attica M. W. Lee Muncie and Benjamin Lukens Anderson. David W. Sanders of Indianapolis spoke on The Constructive Philosophy of the Iconoclast stating the brotherhood of man requires free thought. Dr J. T. Bowles of Muncie, president, delivered the annual address.
The board of state charities at its annual meeting at the statehouse announced the appointments of Miss Eleanor Foster of Evansville and Mrs. Adelaide Storey of Columbus as agents. Mrs. Storey succeeds Miss Leila Thomas who recently resigned. Governor Marshall spent the day with the board listening to officers reports. The session continued because of routine work.
Indiana pensions awarded to several residents including Wallace Cortney receiving 30 dollars and Elijah Justice along with others such as Charlies G Brown Lemuel Engle and Jefferson Hurlock with varied payments ranging from 12 to 30 dollars for service or relief.
Indianapolis report says Edwad Nelson confessed to visiting the Central police station and naming detectives after an attempted robbery at Samuel L. Carey’s feed store. He and Walter C. Smith, both former independent detectives, are tied to multiple robberies including horses and buggies in Knightstown and Anderson, gas meter thefts in Indianapolis, and the Carey attempt. Nelson was jailed on loitering charges and the pair face highway robbery counts.
Nashville reports that William M. Yoder, once local, is serving a life sentence in Oklahoma for a murder now disputed. His wife claims his innocence, citing Oklahoma City dispatches and her discovery of Feneyck who could prove Yoder’s innocence.
In Loganport on November 11 George Wecht found his saloon floor flooded as beer leaked from kegs due to a gnawed rubber hose. About a half dozen large rats lay dazed on the floor. He killed three with a club as they staggered and tried to run, while the others escaped. Two half barrels had drained onto the floor.
Laporte Indiana November 11 the Warren county grand jury will convene Monday to hear cases against Frank Amick station agent and A J Lions conductor tied to a fatal wreck on the Chicago Eastern Illinois near Attica both men trying to throw blame onto the other and the coroner could not determine responsibility from the evidence
Michigan City November 11 grand jurors presented a general report to Judge Hl. B. Tuthill. They blame the police commissioners and police department for saloon conditions and say if laws aren’t enforced a next term grand jury should be called to place further responsibility.
Miss MKeatrice Rice of Mount Ayer, daughter of a physician, was located at 183 Indiana avenue in Hammond after a state wide search. She refused to explain her departure, but investigators concluded she had been lured from home by Chicago white slavers and escaped, fearing to return home.
Kokomo Nov 11 David Edwards workman on the turret of the Monitor of Civil war fame is dead at his son's home Rev E R Edwards He formerly lived in New York and worked at Delamater Ironworks where the Monitor s turret was built He was an intimate friend of John Ericsson the inventor.
Covington November 11 reports Mrs. Pearl Mitchell fatally burned while trying to start a cook stove with gasoline. Her husband was also burned, likely fatally, in the same incident.
Awful backache and kidney trouble described with painful morning stiffness and sleepless nights. Dr Derby's Kidney Pills are claimed to remove the cause of kidney derangements, aiding diabetes, dropsy, Bright's disease, inflamed bladder, and urinary difficulties. Packages cost 25c and 60c, with a sample free from Derby Medicine Co. atiton Rapids Michigan.
A brief quip: Gentle Willie asks if the bull terrier bites. Mrs Subbabs replies the dog swallows everything whole.
Miss Sarah Calkins of Waukegan Illinois reports a severe winter breakout that covered her body and caused intense itching. After four months using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent her skin healed and she slept normally again. She praises the products and notes samples are mailed from Boston.
In a brief exchange captured from the Boston Transcript a farmer nicknamed Hayseed asks for an eating house in the city. A pedestrian asks if he seeks a particular place and the farmer replies with a string of rustic humor.
An old advertising blurb urges avoiding liquid bluing and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the superior blue powder. It claims the product washes more clothes, leaves laundry happy, and costs only five cents for a large package, urging readers to ask their grocer.
A punched dialogue from a social note depicts Miss Mandy and Mr Lumley joking about filling a program with humor and food analogies. Mandy suggests a simple snack and olives would suffice to fill the program, highlighting light social banter.
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