22 May 1919
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
1
A home building company announced its initial directors and plans to begin business. The group named executives to lead operations and oversee development projects in the region.
The Logansport Home Building Association organized through the Chamber of Commerce adopted by laws and articles of incorporation and elected its first board of directors. Seventeen stock subscribers were present as the group plans active operations to address local housing needs. The articles will be filed in Indianapolis today and stockholders will be notified when initial payments are due.
Cass county delegates joined hundreds from Marylands and abroad at the Orchard Lake stock farms sale near Kentland Indiana. Fifty animals sold for an average of 5097 with four bulls totaling 87500 and top bulls at 25000 23000 20500 and 19000. Cow top was 10500 with buyers from the United States Canada Argentina and Europe. The sale continues today with six more cattle and yearly totals approach half a million dollars. Since 1909 Orchard Lake farms Herefords have produced about 31000000 in sales and grown into a northern Indiana event.
Swedish press reports from Petrograd via state department say a committee for the defense of the proletariat has broad powers. Mobilization of men up to 40 and requisition of horses and arms are ordered. owners who refuse are to be executed.
In Carroll county, the jury found for Charles Brosier against Richard Wolf on a $3,000 damages claim arising from an alleged May 1912 assault. The verdict came within 30 minutes after a weeklong trial that drew many spectators and featured speeches by Hon. Patrick O'Donnell. One ballot produced a unanimous vote for the defendant.
William Frank a well known grain broker of Frankfort committed suicide Monday by drowning in Kilmore creek between Flora and Frankfort. His body was not found for hours. He reportedly lost about 50000 on oats on the Chicago board of trade after selling long. He had recently bought grain from Flora elevator men and Royal Center grainmen paying with checks returned for lack of funds. He was about 33 years old.
The county council resumed its session and voted $9,000 for road repair. The major action was a $5,000 appropriation to repair the Gugie-Bingham road, with other minor matters discussed in the afternoon.
Sergeant Harry M. Baird son of Mr and Mrs J K Baird of 1904 Broadway has been discharged after serving with the 42nd Rainbow division in France He returned to his home in this city The division also patrolled German territory after the armistice signing.
In Judge Tucker's court Henry Ford is labeled an anarchist by Elliott G. Stevenson for the Chicago Tribune libel suit over a June 23 1916 editorial headline. Stevenson tied Ford to wartime outrages and copperheads while Lucking argued the case should focus on whether the headline was libelous and not Tribune policy.
Two men appeared for the civil service examination to fill the Galveston postmaster vacancy after H. S. Fickle resigned. Howard R. McKinney, acting postmaster, and John W. Bev ington, a rural carrier, are the two candidates. The winner will be certified by the United States Civil Service Commission to the president, based on highest grade, with residence and moral fitness considered. The process typically takes weeks, with a decision possible by late summer or early autumn.
In Ponta Delgada May 21 Commander A C Read announced the NC-4 engine trouble was fixed and the flight to Lisbon would start at daybreak weather permitting. The NC-3 wreckage was brought to the beach for dismantling and shipment to the United States. Commander Towers estimated a hundred mechanics need three months to restore the machine.
A massive blaze in Mobile Alabama on May 21 swept twenty blocks of the residence area near the riverfront, causing 500000 dollars in damage and leaving 1500 people homeless. About 200 buildings were destroyed as strong winds fanned the fire before it was stopped at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co. property. A local relief group formed to aid those affected.
The city ordinance prohibiting card playing in pool rooms took effect yesterday. Police visited affected venues, served notice to proprietors, and provided copies of the ordinance.
Associated Press reports from St Johns Newfoundland that Captain Frederick Raynham asks English builders to appoint a replacement navigator for Captain Charles W. F. Morgan, who is deemed out of the race due to injuries. Repairs to the Martinsyde craft proceed, using spare parts. Fliers offer a single theory for the Hawker Sopwith disappearance, suggesting the craft sank soon after launch.
The House endorsed national women's suffrage for the second time by a 304 to 89 vote, with 200 Republicans 102 Democrats 1 Independent and 1 Prohibitionist in favor. Supporters plan to push the measure in the Senate, despite earlier defeats, aiming for a two thirds majority.
Chairman Hays announces no single donation over one thousand dollars for the coming campaign. The plan decentralizes fund raising to small contributions from party members, with a general committee and Upham handling statewide and local efforts. Contributions will fund year to year and remain publicly disclosed.
Chinese students in Tokyo have signed a resolution written in their own blood calling 4,000 Tokyo students to return to China to protest the peace conference decision on Shantung and against Japan and China's alleged ambitions.
John W. Talbot supreme president of the National Order of Owls was struck on the head with a lead pipe in front of a downtown hotel. The assailant fled, Talbot’s condition is critical, and police have no clues. Talbot had previously been targeted in attacks linked to his pamphlet The Owl and was fined $1,060 in Indianapolis federal court for misuse of the mails.
A maroon touring car labeled unknown manufacturer arrived at Third and Broadway at 7:30 pm with two men aboard. The driver said the car is his own creation made in Muncie and touring Indiana to advertise it and seek a possible plant site. The vehicle left at 8:20 pm via the Royal Center pike. Occupants’ names were not disclosed.
Winnipeg May 21 Industry and the municipality began steps to end a general sympathy strike that paralyzed the city since last Thursday when over 30 000 union members from eighty locals walked out. Provincial engineers took charge of the pumping plant restoring water supply while deliveries resumed. A planned conference between iron works leaders and union reps was not held as employers refused to meet the workers.
German parties receive seven additional days to submit their response. The extension follows a request for more time amid ongoing negotiations and procedural deadlines.
Paris May 21 report that Germany seeks seven more days to study the peace treaty and prepare arguments. Berlin officials say Germany unwilling to sign, warning the pact could ruin the empire. The German delegation asks for time to submit practical notes on territorial questions in the east Alsace Lorraine and occupied territory.
Fifteen thousand Jews packed Madison Square Garden on Memorial Day to demand U S action to end pogroms in Poland Galicia Lithuania and other eastern European states. Charles Evans Hughes urged America to speak while Nathan Straus Abram Elkus and Stephen Wise led as resolutions urged guarantees of civil religious and political rights for Jewish communities and pressed the peace conference and President to intervene.
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