17 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
1
The piece notes Democrats aim to revise tariff and clip wings of the speaker as they seek influence in the lower house to favor the president and Senate in the upcoming election.
Representative Champ Clark releases a platform for the next Democratic speaker stressing committees chosen by a caucus rather than by the speaker and tariff revision by separate schedules. He favors caucus selection of committees and argues for unified Democratic support to influence a future administration.
A fire at a barn on the premises of George Keiser near Wilkinson Street and Melbourne Avenue started when electric wires dangled close to the flames. The barn and some outbuildings were destroyed with about 300 dollars loss. Keiser released several dozen chickens and firefighters aided in saving neighboring barns. The melted wires created live fire in the street until police and firemen secured the area. An incendiary cause remains possible.
Snow and bitter cold grip the coast as Blizzard Racing to Coast is battered by intense storm. Seamen face vessels in distress but no loss of life reported yet.
Boston reports a blizzard wrecked four schooners along the Massachusetts coast with another towed disabled and a barge foundered. The Gresham rescued crews from two sinking vessels and aided others, with no definite loss of life reported by night. Vessels named include the Thomas B. Garland Abbie Cole H B Ayer S A Fownes Stephen G Loud Annie F. and crews were saved by Coskata Mononery life savers A. W. Perry and Be masted schooner Annie F.
Mrs. Sarah Smith and siblings of the murdered woman urged Indiana’s board of pardons to keep William E. Hinshaw jailed. Deliberations followed testimonies alleging threats and past proposals, with supporters citing doubt and opponents stressing danger if released. The board’s decision will come in a few days.
Willie Jackson Jr the New Jersey youth who confessed to street car holdups in New Orleans was sentenced in the District Criminal Court to five years hard labor in the state penitentiary. He said its all right as the sentence was handed down.
AP reports from Paso Tex that at La Junta near Minaca on the Mexico Northwestern railroad, 150 federal troops surrendered at 4:30 pm after hours of battle. Generals Navarro and Hernandez led the forces, numbering over 1,000, with insurrectos in control of the region and trains unable to run due to cut telegraph wires.
Jacob Walters shot and killed Alpert Johnson of Warren Ohio in a barn behind the Kouts hotel near Panhandle tracks. Walters testified he would kill Johnson if he pursued his wife, and the coroner ruled the shooting justifiable homicide. news spread as Panhandle trainmen reported the village in excitement.
A fragmentary OCR snippet shows stray punctuation and incomplete words, offering no coherent event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a full news item. The readable content is minimal and does not specify any actionable facts for a headline or summary.
Nine teen arrests were made in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as part of a federal mail fraud crackdown. The Chain Shoe Stores Syndicate led by Louis L. Rice and others face hearings for using the mails to defraud. Arrested individuals include Dr J B Hornstein and J S Lepsch, with charges ranging from fraudulent stock representations to improper charity collections. The postmaster general ordered the action, with inspectors active for over a month.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a person named Thomas Stone with a nickname bell boy connected to an incident at a location on Edgerton Street and an elevator. Limited readable details prevent full context.
President Taft authorized cabinet members to increase clerk hours in Washington by 30 minutes at start or end of day. Implementation rests with department heads, faces mixed reaction among officials and public protests from merchants and concern over summer baseball games.
Roy Titus pool room owner assaulted his divorced wife at the Clifford cafe on Fourth near Market. He dragged her into the street, showed a razor, and threatened her throat. She escaped to the street but was beaten. Titus was jailed on charges of intoxication, assault and battery, and drawing a deadly weapon. Police intervened after Captain Stoltz arrived.
The jury in the bribery case involving Attorney Charles B. Erbstein was locked up at 10 o’clock after being out for six and a half hours without reaching a verdict. Report from Associated Press dated December in Chicago.
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