20 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Logansport Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
1
Industrial notice warns accountants to employ a road roller method to prevent exposures during material handling. The brief outlines safety steps and urges compliance with regulatory guidelines for site operations.
Congress opens a hot debate on fortifying the Panama Canal with estimates ranging from 12 million to over 100 million dollars. Proponents urge neutralization limits and strategic need, while opponents warn of wider maritime vulnerabilities and treaty implications.
In the Indiana senate chamber a clash pitted Proctor-Keeney bill supporters led by the German Alliance against Anti-Saloon League ministers and manufacturing groups opposing changes to the county option law. Senator Stephen Fleming defended the bill as regular and aligned with the Democratic platform. Philip Rappaport argued that the American saloon is an American institution and urged conservative regulation.
A legislative committee report trims Longcliff insane hospital and other state institutions, cutting regular maintenance by 900 and reducing overall requests from 32 million to about 3 million. The plan to build a hospital colony and farm is dismissed as impractical, while some salary requests and a few items are kept or adjusted.
Champ Clark of Missouri, Democratic leader, was nominated by acclamation for speaker of the house in the sixty-second congress. The caucus also formed the Ways and Means Committee to push tariff legislation early, aiming to speed data collection for a bill to boost national prosperity. Clark accepted with a pledge to discharge duties impartially.
A Roumanian laborer Shanuski Frazeko was murdered at the Kingan packing plant area in Indianapolis. Thugs dragged him under West Washington street bridge over Eagle Creek and cut his throat while failing to find 350 dollars concealed in a belt. William Lambert heard cries and alerted police. bloodhounds pursued the assailants who fled along Eagle Creek. Fraze ko died before officers arrived.
State finishes Shenk defense after three days of testimony. Prosecutors and defense argued over key facts and timeline as the jury prepared to hear closing statements.
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 19 the state rested its case against Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk accused of poisoning her husband John O Schenk Judge Jordan overruled a defense motion to strike the state's evidence noting the husband's testimony would be admissible if allowed The state argued Schenk plotted poison with arsenic sugar of lead and a detective nurse being offered a thousand dollars for poison while evidence also suggested infidelity and indiscreet relationships and the defense prepared to call witnesses to counter the case
An insurance head collapsed and died from a hemorrhage while in his office at a New York hotel. Authorities investigated the sudden death, with colleagues recalling his tireless work ethic and leadership at the firm.
Paul Morton former secretary of the navy and president of Equitable Life Assurance died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the Hotel Seymour New York. Family relatives and close friends arrived as doctors determined death from natural causes with no autopsy planned. Joy Morton recalled their luncheon and events that day while describing his brother’s deteriorating health.
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