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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
4
Edgar F. Metzger publisher of The Logansport Daily Tribune swears the paper's September 1908 circulation as shown in the table. Notary E V Hillhouse attested on October 3, 1908. Commission expiration noted August 28, 18712.
The Pharos claims W. E. Burns sidestepped a question from Geo. Burkhart about the sixth amendment. Burkhart provided the query to be published Monday. the Pharos allegedly delayed and later printed it after Burns left town. Burkhart says Burns knew nothing of the query. the Pharos says it possessed the copy and published only after labor press pressure.
The passage lauds Judge Taft for uniting civil and clerical authorities under a nonsecular, cordially supported administration in the Philippines. It praises his integrity, tact, and statesmanship in separating church and state, resolving property and taxation issues, and fostering Christian civilization. History may hail Taft as a great missionary of American influence in the Far East.
Walter Wellman forecasts William Jennings Bryan will win Indiana. The comment echoes his earlier claim of an airship voyage to the North Pole, a prophecy that did not come to pass.
A Whitley County correspondent reports Thomas R. Marshall Democratic nominee for governor and Cycline for congress faced backlash over a $3,000 attorney fee in the Pigeon Creek ditch case. Marshall served as counsel for petitioners with Cline assisting. court approved $1,100 amid protests and accusations of undue gains.
W. S. Widener, former Walton marshal, sues the town board of trustees to recover $15 in back salary. He alleges the board refused full payment and will not settle, threatening legal action and levy to satisfy the claim in the Court of Justice Hane.
Delegates of the American Street and Interurban Railways Association in Atlantic City argue electric railways provide faster mail transport than steam roads. Arthur W. Warner, third vice president of the traffic section, urges strong publicity including posters and literature, but says daily newspapers best reach potential passengers.
The Pullman company files a new nationwide schedule that reads as an advance rather than a reduction. The changes affect berths in Pullman sleepers with few broad cuts, except for seat rates, and many areas show higher rates overall.
Washington officials say George Otis Smith USGS invites leaders of major railroads to discuss a cooperative plan to gather river flow data to quantify flood risks and aid both industry and government. Timing to be set. plan already endorsed by several engineers and may be reviewed by the national conservation commission at its December meeting.
Reports from multiple regions say railroads are concerting efforts to prevent a looming car famine. Locomotives and serviceable cars are being prepared, shops operate overtime, and roads urge agents to utilize foreign cars when feasible amid recent months.
This morning a private car train carrying James McCrea president and other Pennsylvania line officials will depart Union Station Pittsburg via Ft Wayne to the Pittsburg and Cleveland division. The party will tour the western division for three days then return to Pittsburg via Panhandle before heading to Philadelphia and likely west again to cover Panhandle Ft Wayne and Vandalla lines.
Frank Hardy, superintendent of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley system, told the American Street and Interurban Railway association in Atlantic City last week that steam road engineers do not make satisfactory motormen for interurban service. He added few engineers want to work for the interurban wages offered.
The Wabash adds an electric power complex at Moberly to run the foundry washout plant turntable coal elevator and pumping plant with dedicated boilers engines and lighting. A 500000 gallon daily pump uses automatic level control and an anti freeze heater to operate without attendants. Big Four employs about 1200 workers near Indianapolis with additional crews at Brightwood Beech Grove Shelby Street and Peoria and Eastern shops.
Engineers and local officials led by Superintendent Worthington spent a day examining Michigan division of the Vandalia. Repairs continue with Engine 304 in shop and track reballasting underway in yards while staff changes and layoff notes surface among crews and managers.
Railroad men from Union Pacific Great Northern Burlington and Wabash were in the city to aid home seekers. Dee Lockwood a Wabash flagman from Peru is jailed awaiting Longcliff admission and has been declared insane.
Mary B Kistler has filed a divorce suit against George Kistler charging abandonment. The couple married October 29 1905 and separated June 4 1907.
Democratic headquarters and the Elks club room have contracted with Western Union for special wires to receive election returns. The arrangement aims to provide prompt results on the night of the vote.
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