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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
3
In September 1914 the Madison Herald notes American firms trimmed ship and adjusted to Wilson era business laws. It argues the European conflict caused economic strain and that reliance on European capital would be limited for years, praising the domestic adjustment already underway.
The New York American asserts that no nation’s finances are stronger than the United States. It praises coordinated administration and a sound stance in finance, industry, agriculture, society, and politics. It argues that war Europe cannot bankrupt America and will boost exports, the merchant marine, and national energy.
A political note argues Republicans backed key Democratic measures, citing votes on the Underwood tariff currency and antitrust bills. It questions party fidelity, wonders whether a return to Cannonism would occur, and asks if Republicans support repealing reform laws or backing old corporate practices.
In a House speech Congressman Cyrus Cline of Indiana questions returning to power and urges support for progressive legislation, arguing that change risks losing gains and appealing for continued passage of reform measures.
Nicholas Cornett of Versailles and Lawrenceburg arrived in Washington after a steerage voyage from Europe aboard the St. Paul. He was in Switzerland when war was declared and was appointed to adjudicate civil claims in the canal zone at 25 dollars per day plus expenses. He will meet state department officials and visit Indiana before sailing for Panama.
Indianapolis report says Republican State Committee Chairman Hays sent out cardads with The Republican Party but readers altered them to read Eventually But Not Now. Campaign planned to plaster large bills statewide while touting Better government and less taxes.
Dr William Shimer Indiana health officials announce a rat and flea survey may begin in Madison and other Ohio river cities to prevent bubonic plague. Indianapolis recently completed a survey catching Norwegian rats. among ninety examined, over two hundred fleas were found, with all but one flea of plague carrying varieties.
Cardinal Joseph Della Chiesa Archbishop of Bologna was elected pope on the second ballot amid rain in St. Peter's. He becomes Benedict XV and will be crowned after Europe declares peace. A compromise candidate, he is 60 and from a noble Ligurian line with Genoa as his origin.
New York Sept 3 the Monon board elected Harry R Kurrie of Rensselaer Indiana as president of the railroad He is thirty nine years old and will be among the youngest railroad chiefs in the world.
In Detroit on September 3, 108 veterans are hospitalized from exhaustion after yesterday’s G A R parade. The list of affected veterans includes several elderly marchers receiving care for heat related ailments at local hospitals.
A letter dated August 3 from General John T. Wilder reports Chattanooga lightning struck the Wilder brigade monument in Anderson Indiana causing about 3000 dollars in damage. The Tennessee cut stone tower stands 98 feet high and was erected by Wilder's regiments and battery with donations and dedicated in 1898.
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research is in charge of a major Paris hospital after canceling his planned return to the United States due to the outbreak of war. The famous surgeon treats wounded soldiers and oversees hospital operations amid mounting demands.
Miss Martha Berry, guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bonnell in Columbus Indiana, received word from her father that Aunt Mrs. Martha Young of Cherokee Iowa left her half a million dollars in a will read after her death on August 22. Young's fortune was valued at four to five million with each Berry family member receiving about 290000. Martha Berry was named in the will increasing the nieces bequest to a half million.
In a wartime note to a friend Carrel describes France transformed by war. He reports orderly conditions and rising enthusiasm, and says he seeks men willing to donate blood for transfusions to wounded soldiers, already finding a doctor and an attorney.
Mrs. David Moor of Saginaw Alabama praises Dr. King's New Discovery for curing a fifteen year cough and an eight year cough. The remedy claims to stop hacking coughs relieve influenza and lung ailments with a money back guarantee. Available at Harper's drug store and other retailers with 60 cents and one dollar prices.
William Joseph Showalter notes in a National Geographic communication that natural forces swept 250 acres of terrain into the canal area, creating a seven by seven fate along a route from New York to California. He says the landslide disrupted railways and forced shutdowns of air and water systems during the dig.
The piece notes 30,000,000 cubic yards of material moved in the canal project, equating to a Chinese wall a thousand miles long, and tracks halted by slides. It compares pre 1910 excavation shares, rising slide impact, and unit costs from 98 cents to about 64 cents per yard as Goethals Gaillard reduced costs despite rising difficulties.
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