18 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1910
Page
1
A peace conference gathers many figures including a diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Spain at the time of the Spanish American War. The event unfolds as global statesmen seek pathways to stability amid financial crisis.
Washington reports the International conference of the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes closed with a Taft banquet. Speakers urged abolition of war and cited Carnegie's gift of 11.5 million to aid peace. Taft was honorary president. Hammond elected president. Cochran warned against armaments. Grant read a 1879 Grant letter urging a permanent court of arbitration.
Following December elections the Government Coalition Liberals 2683 Laborites 433 Nationalists 72 Independents 10 total 393. With the election over calmer councils prevail and Parnellite Home Rule drops from talk. Liberals seek safe government for Ireland under imperial Parliament while Unionists may accept a parliament bill to end the Lords veto, risking royal Peer appointments to outvote them.
Wilkinson shows as president of Western Motor Works and Digan as vice president. The company will move motor building equipment from this city to Marion though the foundry remains for now. Offices shift to Marion with a new factory, while Digan retires from active management to run Logansport Radiator. No change in overall control.
An internationally managed New York hotel ends its ban on women smoking anywhere in the building. A guest reported seeing several women smoking in the palm room and the manager replied there is no law against women smoking.
An Atlantic liner endures a perilous voyage returning home after a record twelve day crossing. The incident disrupts travel plans as crew and passengers face extensive delays and navigation challenges. Local authorities monitor the situation and assist with arrangements on arrival.
A London journalist completes a whirlwind 38 hour assignment titled Tour of America. He travels on the racing liner and returns to London Friday bringing back Christmas gifts and reports.
The Mauretania docks in New York after 38 hours, preparing to sail for a 12 day round trip to Liverpool. Captain Turner anticipates a world record as W. R. Holt, a British seagoing journalist, files a continental report and meets Governor-elect Dix.
Mrs. Frances Blodgett, stepmother of W H Blodgett, died Friday in Indianapolis from heart failure after attending her son and wife’s thirtieth wedding anniversary. Funeral set for this afternoon at Anderson, with the party leaving Indianapolis earlier.
Press report describes a Dec 18 plan by seven men to raid the Tenderloin club. Leaders moved past a lookout, shouted Hands up, and fired about a dozen shots. one man jumped from a second story window and later lay on the pavement with a broken arm. A stray bullet wounded another man. police found blood but no arrests and the wounded man’s identity remained unknown.
Local Democrats Shirley and Hammontree contest the elections of Harry Burkit and Marvin Minnick for recorder and treasurer. Grant county returns support their claim while four Republican recount complaints were dismissed for lack of Indiana statute authorizing recounts. Attorney Yarlett explained papers filed are for contests.
Marion Ind December 17 report that Judge Carry Cowgill dismissed a Democratic recount suit alleging improper results. Plaintiffs sought a recount rather than contesting the election, arguing jurisdiction and statute issues amid changes to ballot handling and voting laws.
A report notes a dispute over trimming the head of prisons salary while others secure positions. The directive to remove Dr. Milligan is mentioned alongside a discontinued payment and Fogarty's instruction to oppose removal.
Edward J Fogarty former South Bend mayor is elected warden of the Indiana State Prison succeeding James D Reid. He must sign a contract and post a 50000 bond, with a 30000 warden bond and 20000 binder twine plant custodian bond. Board reduces warden salary to 2750 with residence and utilities, and assigns deputy warden Milligan to remain.
Labor commissioner Charles P. Neill began efforts in Chicago to avert a strike by about 34 000 engineers on 61 western railroads. He held secret talks with railroads’ managing committee and then discussions with engineers, aiming to open arbitration under the Erdman Act.
Memphis, Tenn to Paris and London flyer John B Moisant reached a height near 9 346 feet though not the record. He flew a monoplane for 42 minutes and 57 seconds with ice on metal parts as Simon Drexel and Ralph Johnstone contributed to the near record attempt.
Clarence Kenyon leads the Goodro l Association ticket selections for other offices announced amid a terse slate. No prominent Logansport figures appear among the nominees.
Indianapolis officers and legislative committee of the Indiana Good Roads Association discuss a proposed state highways commission for vehicle taxes and convict road work. The leadership slate includes Clarence A. Kenyon as president and Carl Fisher among officers and committee members from Indianapolis Terre Haute Richmond and other cities.
Fragmentary text advises a fortification for the Panam Inas and mentions nations and Mave ment, giving a glimpse of a historical debate or slogan without clear names or dates.
AP reports Taft spoke on peace and arbitration, stressing the Panama Canal's strategic value. He warned war risks from canal control but urged fortifications and a legal framework to preserve commerce and ocean passage.
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