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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
2
Indiana polis News reports Harry E. Barnard state food and drug commissioner predicts the coming winter will bring the highest prices for most foods except wheat products rice sugar and canned salmon. He cites nationwide meetings and a large wheat crop keeping flour cheap and notes a temporary drop in canned salmon before prices rebound.
Augusto B Leguia former President of Peru now in Washington predicts beef could be delivered to New York for 1 cents a pound after opening of the Panama Canal and shorter distance from Peru He cites Commerce Department figures showing beef imports rising from Argentina and Australia at 7 to 10 cents a pound.
The Indiana Medical Association session elected officers. Dr. J. P. Salb was president from Jasper. C. E. Stone of Peru and J. H. Kum of Evansville served as vice presidents with Charles B of Farmland as vice president and C. N. Combs of Terre Haute as secretary. D. W. Stevenson of Richmond will be treasurer. Lafayette chosen as next year’s meeting place.
Mrs Julian Richarda of Jackson township, at the wash tub, spotted a large chicken hawk perched over 50 yards away. She directed her daughter Ruth to bring a shotgun, steadied herself, fired, and killed Brown county’s largest hawk on record, measuring five feet from tip to tip. she had never fired a gun before.
Clyde Wilkinson 34, former Deercreek farmer in Miami County, arrested in Kokomo on coroner Wagoner’s request after the body of his wife was found in a hastily dug cornfield grave. She had a crushed skull and was buried face down with legs doubled. Wilkinson claims self defense. two young sons witnessed the killing.
Nellie Preble an 18 year old native of Ripley County died when an inbound Bismarck avenue street car collided with a Belt Line railway switching train. Five others were injured as the street car was hurled twenty feet and spun. Conductor John Cooney of the freight suffered crushed legs.
John P. Rodgers a wealthy machinery inventor was killed when a Monon engine crushed him at the Washington street crossing. He had obstructed the grade crossing. A widow and ten children survive.
Washington dispatch notes Indiana lawmakers praise the Senate for promptly confirming sixty six postmaster nominations. The President sent these names on the delegation’s recommendations after review by the Postmaster General. Senator Townsend of Michigan scrutinized qualifications.
Greensburg Indiana September 27 The biggest potato crop has been harvested by August Ibbing of Adams township. He raised 700 bushels on seven acres and has received one dollar per bushel for the first lead gold at St Paul Indiana.
Sept 27 Mayaville Ky report the biggest sweet potato pulled from local soil grew in R M Harrison's garden. The four and one half pound tuber would feed a family of five for two days. Harrison was not affected by the drought that year.
Dr Rop Gay, a prominent California scientist, was found murdered in her Hellman building office in Los Angeles. Her head injuries were severe, the scene showed a pool of blood, and the motive remains unknown. The body was found by a janitor, about four o'clock Friday afternoon.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. American suffragist leader, questions if Emmeline Pankhurst should be welcomed in the United States. She cites lack of hospitality shown to American leaders in England and warns Pankhurst’s visit could divert attention and funds from American suffrage efforts.
In Washington Count Rudolph Brettstein hid a crucial paper for Panama Canal work. Miss Agnes Winterton, daughter of a U S admiral, discovered the hiding place and later accepted Rudolph's proposal while their secret rose to scandal and cross Atlantic consequence. The piece notes Winterton's restraint and Rudolph's rise, ending with a line about Ceylon's 1913 tea crop.
Stenographer Mina Martha Shideler receives about 50000 from Isaac N Crawford late hardware merchant and banking director in Logansport, while his widow gets 30000. If the widow dies, part of her share goes to the stenographer.
Four boys born to Mr and Mrs Pearl Yates near Centralia Alabama on September 26 are reported healthy and expected to survive by doctors. In Louisville a violent clash on Twelfth Street and Garland Avenue left three men seriously wounded and five others injured as Negro residents and white residents clashed.
Washington announces broad tariff cuts on over two hundred daily use articles aiming to offset foreign competition. Sugar faces a ten percent reduction with free entry in three years. eggs raw wool agricultural implements and more gain preferential treatment. Cotton futures taxation remains the sole Senate House dispute.
About 300 passengers were jolted from their berths when the Mohawk bound from New York to Albany ran aground six miles north of Poughkeepsie tearing a hole in her bow. Charles S. Kelly of New York suffered likely fatal injuries and the Iroquois rescued the crowd. Reports say liquor was consumed on board and women crowded the engine room and pilot house.
The jury in the second murder trial of Arthur B. Smith, charged with poisoning his first wife, was discharged this afternoon after failing to reach a verdict. The sensational case drew wide attention.
Walter P Moore known as Dutch Moore, once a star baseball player and later a comedian with Fields minstrels, committed suicide by gas at a Decatur hotel. The death occurred in Springfield on September 29.
France won the James Gordon Bennett international aviation trophy in Rheims as M. Previot completed 124 miles in 59 minutes setting a new world record. The report notes Italy has 74 percent of its territory unproductive.
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