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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
Kokomo Mayor backs Halloween observance on Friday to aid local business. Police captain George H. Graham issues a lighthearted but firm list of Donts for youths, warning against carting away objects, blocking streets, toppling wagons, delaying streetcars, tampering with bells, false alarms, and roughing candidates.
Superintendent A H Douglass informs that McHale Champe and Wagner are eligible to play against Oakwood high school of West Lafayette after conditions previously barred them. The district plans park attendance and public works officials arranged extra streetcar service for game day.
Mrs. Clara Ohl, once a social figure in Oak Park, was arraigned in Chicago before Judge Decker for the second time in weeks. She pleaded despair over drink, lamented disgrace, and was led from jail to court with a man described as the Negro companion. Her husband was absent due to illness, and friends said she would be placed in a sanitarium at Plymouth, Indiana.
The final campaign week promises daily addresses by leading figures. Thomas R. Marshall will speak at a Democratic celebration Monday, Senator Beveridge and John W. Kern will address Republicans Tuesday, and Vice President Fairbanks is expected midweek with several minor speakers also plans.
The local Pythian Sisters temple marks the order’s twentieth founding anniversary tomorrow with an evening session. All members are urged to attend.
County Clerk Harry Elliott travels to Indianapolis to secure ballots for election day as probate issues surface. The widow Mary Stevens seeks a larger share under law, not the will, while Elizabeth Gifford is named guardian for Lola Gifford in court. Gideon, Chidhester, and Gearhart suit quiet title in separate actions.
Cornelius Coughlin, son of Mrs. Ella Coughlin of 114 Helm Street, is seriously ill after being struck in the face with a log chain at the Routh packing house. Doctors warn he may develop lockjaw from the injury.
Election commissioners and a representative from United States Standard Voting Machine Co. instructed the Bethlehem township election board on operating the machines. The group reported smooth operation after practice and predicted no delays on election day, while city voters lagged behind farmers in mastering the new devices.
New York reportsIsrael Zangwill and supporters of the Jewish territorial movement plan Africa as a new Zion replacing Jerusalem. He says scholars and engineers have explored African lands untraveled by whites and expect a large Hebrew migration if conditions elsewhere fail.
In the carpenter shop several new skids are being produced, with work underway to complete the batch. The item list includes multiple units ready for final assembly and inspection.
On the Red Star steamship Kroonland, Susanna Roop, a twenty year old Luxembourg girl traveling to North Dakota, described as having limited contact with the suspects, witnessed a stabbing. Henry Muller, twenty eight, stabbed fellow passenger Nicholas Trausch, twenty two, over the heart during a dinner argument and then jumped overboard. Trausch survived briefly and Muller drowned, body not recovered.
A letter under the byline A Protesting Woman Who Is Not a Slut attacks hipless fashion, condemning Paris dressmakers for forcing women to slim hips, calls hipless figures unnatural and unattractive, and claims men prefer curves.
Ray Malay and his brother in law L E Hampton of Clare Michigan traveled to Linton yesterday on business. They toured a coal mine and observed a former local man employed there.
President James H. McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad stops in Logansport briefly aboard a special train. Gal Claeston links the president’s private car to the Central Union line with 1,060 feet of cable and a phone installed for Eastern business. wires stay for future inspections before McCrea continues to Columbus, Ohio.
R G McCloskey of this city learned from Dudley Swigart son of Captain Frank Swigart and brother of Mont Swigart that Mont Swigart died Sunday evening. Dudley is in Prosser Washington with an engineering gang and did not learn of the death at the time. He remains unaware of the event.
Mrs Lyman Yantis and son Frank and Miss Ruth Yantis return from California where they visited Charles Evans and his wife in Los Angeles. They also saw San Francisco Salt Lake City and Chicago. A rock fall delay kept them detained about twelve hours on the return trip.
Seven physicians from the area traveled by Valley traction to Wabash for the second semi annual convention of the Eleventh Councilor District Medical Association. Dr. J L Gilbert spoke, Dr. John Bradfield planned a banquet toast, and Dr. C H McCully was elected president. The group discussed establishing a national health board, which Dr. Good pledged to push if elected to Congress.
Commerce Motor Truck Company of Detroit may locate here after founder interest shown by KE N Hopkins a Detroit lawyer and investor. The firm plans a plant expansion and seeks local stock subscriptions as it moves from rented Detroit facilities to owned premises with 100 to 150 workers and two truck models.
Dennis Uhl and the city have filed a demurrer to Dr. M A Jordan’s petition seeking an injunction to stop tax collection for first year’s rent on the West Side sewer. Hearing set as September term ends with vacation upcoming and November term to follow.
Democrats along the state line arrange a special train to bring Thomas R. Marshall to this city next Monday. The train will reach the city at 3 PM and depart about 1 AM for the return trip.
The Roman candies torches and large W. J. Bryan set piece have arrived for the Marshall demonstration planned for next Monday night.
Senator Aldrich after returning from Europe denied holding letters with public implications but later softened stance and invited publication if any letters exist. He praised the monetary commission abroad as highly successful and said a sub committee report would be presented in November.
Mr. D. J. Reagan of Indianapolis spent Monday in the city as the guest of his daughter Mrs. C. B. Purcell.
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