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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
1
The Indiana Legislature adjourned at 11:14 PM after a 19 day special session. The Kiper Cureall Tax Bill and Home Rule Bill were adopted with minor changes, and over 50 bills passed in the session lasting 19 days.
Arthur G. Kaltenbacher of Louisville returned from two weeks in Philadelphia at the United Leather Workers convention where he chaired the Rules and Order committee. He says delegates from nearly every state favored the Democratic presidential ticket and predicts Cox will win Delaware by a large majority. Kaltenbacher is the Democratic nominee for Clerk of the Louisville Police Court.
Magistrate James T. O Neill commits Edward T Stoddart to observation at King's County Hospital for kissing his wife too much The wife Mrs Stoddart 32 years old with an eight year old daughter says he kissed her on street church and home recounting 330 kisses last Monday The court notes the unusual trial as a light moment in a strange world
Two young men admitted to Cincinnati police they came to dispose of stolen property from Howe Bros. in Carrollton Kentucky. They registered as Colling McCloud and Theodore Jackson and face charges for taking six suits and attempting to sell them in Cincinnati. They are held for Carrollton authorities.
William Bross Lloyd and nineteen fellow members of the Communist Labor Party were released on liberty today until September 25th to take appeals from jail sentences and fines for conspiracy against the United States government. The cases had run three months on trial.
The Indiana State Tax Board met in Indianapolis and decided no change would be made to the August 23 order which implements horizontal increases in taxes. The Board of Commissioners will review and re assess assessments in line with the tax law enacted by the Legislature's special session.
Former Indiana governor and 1916 Prohibition presidential candidate J Frank Hanly died in a crash near Dennison Ohio after a Pennsylvania freight train struck the automobile carrying him and Dr C M Baker and Mrs Baker of Kilgore Ohio. The Bakers also perished with Hanly.
A reflection on choosing the right path in silence, resisting public clamor. The wise man weighs the course within his heart and follows it despite the crowd's loud opposition and ridicule.
Paris reports the armistice negotiations between Poland and Russia have broken down after Russian delegates demanded full peace terms discussion. Polish first and fourth armies retreat from the Warsaw front as fresh Russian troops pour through the gap. The Polish envoys said they could discuss only armistice terms and the counteroffensive has collapsed.
Boston reports the Commission on the Necessaries of Life says July prices were the highest in seven years and that meat and provision dealers profiteer. The cost of living has risen 102 percent since 1913.
London dispatch says the United States may not participate actively in a proposed general peace conference of Russia and border states in London. President Wilson is reported to decide on appointing a plenipotentiary to attend the parley. Foreign office officials say the conference would not revise the Treaty of Versailles except possibly minor plebiscite matters.
Springfield reports show only about half of Illinois mines are operating as striking coal miners do not return in expected numbers. Operators say turnout is below predictions while union headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, remain out of touch due to Farrington being away.
After a nineteen day session the Indiana legislature adjourned amid a Republican machine led effort. Governor Goodrich Warren McCray and state chair E M Wasmuth pushed to clear the session amid tax bill deadlock. Critics say taxes and war memorials were mishandled and the session cost over twenty thousand dollars in effort.
An armed bandit robbed the Gamillus Ghesad synagogue in Minneapolis just after services ended, firing a shot and escaping with $400 collected for loans to the poor. Police search for the suspect.
Light frosts in lowlands southeast of Mishawaka were reported by farmers visiting South Bend. Tomatoes were damaged by the cold but the overall crop is not seriously hurt.
North Vernon Indiana August 2 Adam McCann 74 a pioneer resident is dead of senility He was among the last Sultana survivors sunk in the Ohio river in 1864 when a bomb was placed in the engine room by Southern sympathizers He served in Company M 7th Indiana Cavalry A widow survives An acre will produce about 6000 pounds of Indigo
Indiana mine workers report 80 percent of strikers around Terre Haute back at work. Only Princeton and Linton defy President Lewis order. Officials optimistic the dispute will end soon with most locals back on the job.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reversed its previous decision and ruled the Chicago livestock loading and unloading charges unlawful and unreasonable. It directed railroads to perform this service without pay.
The first major Democratic speaking tour launches in Chicago on August 11 with Senator Pat Harrison announcing Franklin D. Roosevelt as the keynote speaker. The tour will travel to the coast before returning to Indianapolis for the closing rally on August , highlighting Roosevelt as the vice presidential nominee and the party's national effort.
Dayton August 3 Governor Cox accepted an invitation from Judge C R Latham of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce to speak before the organization in early October.
About 75 Democratic workers and county chairs from the Fourth District gathered in North Vernon Indiana for an organizing session. They discussed financing the district campaign through dollar contributions and a precinct canvass. Speakers included Claude J. Murphy Marion Griffith Judge Dupree John Osborn and Barry C. Canfield.
An offbeat remark by Jud Tunkins suggests tombstones should be more reliable regardless of a man’s life. The quip touches on epitaphs and the idea of lasting records after death.
A new war born road marking system will soon be used in France setting large blue and white boards at junctions. Signs show place names in full and kilometers to the next town with color coded routes in red blue and green. The aim is to guide motorists en route despite war conditions.
About 150 Chinese women and girls in New York, many wives and mothers, plan to learn American practices while preserving Chinese civilization. A Chinese branch of the YWCA will train them in citizenship, American customs, recreation, and physical exercise.
Indianapolis hosts a special Democratic party train to Dayton to attend Governor Cox’s nomination events. Indiana Democratic Club reports hundreds of reservations for Saturday morning departure with meals on board and return to Indianapolis that evening. The trip aims to mobilize Indiana supporters, featuring a band and organized gathering.
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