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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1910
Page
10
A collage of period miscellany from The Marshfield Times dated April 13 1910. Items mention weather satire celestial events flying machines and China China intrigue duels and legal quirks with satirical jabs at Paris Lent and bread price conspiracies.
President Taft rejected secession from the party but urged unity and loyalty to Republican pledges. He warned insurgents to support party legislation and stressed elections after adjournment as time to plan further action. He affirmed no desire to expel members, yet insisted Republicans must back enacted measures to redeem party promises.
Thomas F. Walsh was laid to rest in Rock Creek Cemetery after a simple service at his Massachusetts avenue home. Only family and close friends attended as the Masonic funeral rite was observed.
In Los Angeles on April 2 Harrison Hanshe driver of the Apperson Jack Rabbit and his mechanician Garry King were badly bruised and mangled in a 66 wheel race at the Motordrone courses. The injuries are thought fatal. The event set a world's record for the race. Take Ten Rail Men on Thieves Kansas City police arrested ten switchmen from the Kansas City Southern railroad on charges of operating a syndicate for stealing goods in transit. Between 60,000 and 100,000 dollars worth of merchandise has been stolen over the last two years, officials say.
Washington April 11 the Interstate Commerce Commission has asserted jurisdiction over Pullman rates and ordered reductions in several cases to curb perceived extortion in sleeping car charges. The ruling sets upper berths at roughly 75 percent of lower berth rates, citing a 12 hour journey with distinct pricing for lowers and uppers and signaling a broad potential across routes.
Fort Treoton New Jersey April 13 A move to call a special pension inquiry into alleged Belshazzar revelry by legislators and disreputable women in the capitol committee room at the closing session gains support from Senator Frelinghuysen and House minority leader Sullivan. Clergymen denounce the affair and calls for investigation grow amid attempts to minimize events. Ministers may urge prosecuting a contractor who sent the women to participate.
Editor Frank Skala of the Christian Journal a Belgian publication was shot after delivering a sermon at Second Presbyterian church mission of Woods Ruth North Side. Elder John Gay was wounded with three bullets. Suspect Michael Rendicz fled as more than a hundred officers hunt him across western Pennsylvania. Skala led Belgian community efforts in the region.
A petition from 13 009 Bloomington and Bedford residents asks Congressman W A Cullop to secure John R Walsh a Chicago banker released from federal prison. The document was forwarded to Congress for action.
Dr. Ben nett Clark Hyde faced a first degree murder charge in Kaneza City Mo for alleged poisoning of Col Thomas H Swope the famed philanthropist. The trial features a high-profile defense and a strong prosecutorial team amid suspicions raised by typhoid outbreaks and autopsies in the Swope household. Hyde also faces charges for deaths of Chrisman Swope and other relatives and servants.
In Los Angeles on April 11, 800 hotel men attending the Hotel Men’s Mutuel Benefit association convention were greeted in San Bernardino then escorted to Riverside and Colton for elaborate programs. The thirty first annual business meeting opens tomorrow with women hosted by a separate committee. The week includes tours, theater, trolley rides, parades, and a Vaquero Club barbecue on Saturday with a Los Angeles history tableaux and an Alexandria Hotel smoker in the style of ’49.
Washington April 11 The department of justice is preparing action against soft coal carrying railroads of the middle west The attorney general Withersham in Chicago disclosed the department has not secured enough evidence to sue the roads but is seeking facts on possible restraint of trade or violation of the commodities clause The department also plans a proceeding against a similar bituminous coal combination after discussing the hard coal case with officials indicating a long running investigation
Eight men were killed and three badly mangled by a premature blast of 1 800 kegs of dynamite twenty two miles northwest of Coleman Texas on a Santa Fe railroad deep cut crew. About 200 workers ate dinner 200 yards away and escaped unharmed. Debris wounded several others.
A. Platt Andrew director of the mint urged flexible reserves note issue concentration and unified control of banking in an address to the South Carolina Bankers Association, arguing reforms to align the American system with world trends and the national monetary commission's work.
Washington April 11. Speaker Sereno Payne of the House Ways and Means and his aides John Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Henry S Boutell of Iowa hailed the Payne tariff act for turning a deficit into a surplus. The report notes British dreadnought Coloasue launched at Clydebank on April 11, displacement of 22,000 tons.
A Graniteville Vermont reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving nervous prostration and menopausal symptoms. The letter extols the remedy's health restoration and urges others to publish the testimonial for fellow women. It cites decades of cures for female ailments and low cost of trying the product.
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