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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
3
The article portrays a young Oklahoma attorney general aggressively challenging major corporations. It describes dissolutions and combinations as he places large firms on edge, signaling aggressive reform and potential upheaval in corporate power dynamics.
Guthrie Oklahoma March 26 Chas J West aggressive attorney general vows that a good and honest corporation has nothing to fear and must obey laws He notes actions against Sante Fe Railroad moving grain business to millers halting liquor shipments by railroads stopping Standard Oil gas pumping and dissolving coal trust in former Indian Territory He pursues Rock Island Frisco merger as restraint of trade with other suits pending
D C Arthur of this city collapsed with heart failure at the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis yesterday. B C Jenkins assisted him to the Claypool hotel and returned with him. Arthur arrived here much better.
Police officer David Frick died while splitting wood at his Lebanon home. A strong gas flow was found near St Paul at 370 feet. Two Brazil residences burned, $3,700 loss with $1,900 insured. James Buchoff of Jasonville fatally injured by an engine. Susie M Richardson of Franklin died by self inflicted gunshot.
Washington reports the battleship fleet will tour China Australia and Japan with a return for Washington's Birthday celebrations. The cabinet accepts the Chinese invitation and will decline future ones. An earlier San Francisco departure than July 6 is considered. Admiral Evans notes progress in target practice at Magdalena Bay with nine ships complete.
Hand in Hand Circle of King's Daughters and Sons will meet with Mrs. Louise Nethercutt at 1816 Broadway on Friday afternoon to hear reports from the convention presented by delegates.
New York reports Mrs F F Wieland advances a kaleidoscopic creed claiming predestined life colors determine success. She asserts colors influence temperament and fate from birth, urging mothers to assign shade by birthdate and to name children accordingly.
In Champaign Illinois George Henson forces all hens to sign a pledge after forty drunken birds lay wasted near his door. He dumped fermenting cherries and the fowls grew helpless, suffering headaches and suspended egg laying for days. Each bird now must sign the pledge or face fricassee.
In Ann Arbor on March 26 Chief Apfel testified about student arrests for riot. He identified Oroxille Emenck of Galveston Ind as present in the theatre and leaving with an overcoat. He said Aprel assisted in arresting Meister and Clarence Leete of Detroit and that Main of Midland was there. George Spathelf, half owner of Star theatre, put the total stake at 1430.70. Students were made to stand as names were called amid defense objections.
C. M. Burge, a veterinary surgeon, was injured Tuesday when a spirited horse frightened by a buggy overturned the vehicle at the Elliott livery barn. He was thrown from the buggy and sustained injuries.
The Nelson presents a travel themed program by Lyman H. Howe featuring moving pictures that depict life in other lands. March 25 to 28 programs include London company Ben Greet, George M. Cohan's George Washington Jr., Human Hearts, Henrietta Crosman, and Co hans productions.
A nostalgia filled note praises the melodrama Human Hearts for its enduring appeal and compelling mix of pathos villainy and comedy. The piece highlights its scenic staging and audience attraction at the Nelson with matinee and night shows on Saturday March 28.
George Washington Jr by Geo. M. Cohan and Harris will be staged at the Nelson Tuesday evening March 31. The semi patriotic show is billed as The National Song Show and has enjoyed long runs in New York Chicago and Boston. The cast includes notable musical comedy performers and the chorus is directed by Mr. Cohan. A record-breaking house is anticipated.
Prima donna Kittie Nice Perie age fifty two leads in Around the Clock. Beatrice Morgan of Keith Proctor at Harlem opera house writes a new romance set in George III era featuring actress Mary Ann Clarke. A $100 prize for best title. Worldwide travel notes on Clyde Fitch with Europe and Paris stops. Other theatre news from Boston and Washington includes marriages, society events, and several local visits.
Cleveland police reveal Edith Belfi a 15 year old convent graduate and musician confessed to leading a two year spree with a dozen other youths called the West side bandits. They planned raids including her father home totaling about 25900 dollars. Seven gang members arrested, others under watch as they aimed for New York.
Officers Liming and Morgan arrested a man as he boarded the State Line train last evening after a complaint by Mrs Sheets that he had not paid his board bill. The man intended to seek work out of town. he has a wife and family in the city.
The ad notes beans can be bought as low as 30 cents per bushel, but our product costs $2.10. The reason is we source Michigan beans from soil that yields the best. we hand select only the whitest, plumpest, fullest-grown beans.
Oberlin M. Carter former captain in the United States engineer corps will demand vindication and restoration to the army from President Roosevelt. He says he was unjustly convicted by court martial and sentenced to five years imprisonment for excessive profits in the Savannah river improvement project. Judge Kohlsaat ruled Carter bore no taint though funds received from Westcott were tainted and awarded to him.
The government was assessed $150,000 in total costs after Carter was allowed $45,000 in compensation across the various cases. This allocation covers all expenses tied to the litigation and claims.
Assessors meeting with State Tax Commissioner John C. Wingate asked whether the Farmers and Merchants State Bank would be taxed before its incorporation on March 2. Wingate replied that it should be taxed.
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