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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
A compact weekly briefing highlights quick updates from various events and personal information sections. Readers get concise notes on notable happenings, aimed at the busy person seeking swift summaries of the week in brief form.
At St James Palace London the Turkish peace delegates resumed talks with Balkan envoys and said Turkey would treat with Greece despite Greece not signing the armistice, insisting Adrianople be retained. The piece covers broader foreign trade gains, Morgan’s denial of power, U S money trust findings, and Taft’s actions toward Madero.
A fragmented report suggests a city official dispute involving the mayor and city attorney tied to an alleged incident and dynamite claim. The readable text mentions a crusade against alleged wrongdoing and local government action.
A long list of incidents and news items follows, including a scare about bedbugs and pests in Redondo Beach California, a school evacuation in Springfield Missouri, a murder of diamond merchant Joseph H. Logue in Chicago, and a pivotal oil rights suit in Los Angeles. Other items note a Taft pardon for Capt. W H Van Schaick, a Memphis siege, a New York Central rebates case, a threatened Wilson administration, a Grafton Illinois fire, and a Newburgh New York divorce ruling.
Turkish war report says Vice Admiral Halil Pasha former minister of marine was killed along with four officers aboard the flagship in a Greek Turkish engagement near the Dardanelles. Many sailors died or were wounded. Turkish commander claims victory near Janina with 400 Greek dead and 126 wounded. Guns rifles and equipment captured.
In the British House of Commons discussions touched the retirement of Vice-Admiral St Francis Bridgeman Bridgeman from the post of First Sea Lord at the Admiralty. Parliament debated the terms and limits of the retirement in a sequence of remarks and approvals.
Richmond police recovered the skeleton of a man believed to be Henry M Dayton from the cellar of the Dayton house in the north end. A letter claimed as a confession by boarder Joseph F Snyder linked to the murder surfaced after the widow handed it to authorities. Captain Gorman and Coroner Pierce supervised the discovery following days of police pursuit.
West Lafayette Indiana corn growers set the annual meeting for January 15 with over fourteen hundred members expected. Dr Cyril G Hopkins of Illinois will speak on permanent soil fertility and Prof O J Kern of Winnebago County Illinois will address on home and school improvements with an illustrated talk.
Kenneth Shipley and Frank May, both twenty, were arrested by Chief Meinke after confessing to stealing a horse and buggy at Angola and a similar rig at Columbia City. They disposed of the rigs, bought clothes with stolen money, carried revolvers and electric searchlights, and planned further crimes. Both had been missing from Chicago homes for months.
After thirty hours the jury found Albert Rogers guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the murder of his wife in Indianapolis last August. He faced a penalty of two to twenty one years in prison.
Transcripts filed with the county clerk in Columbus show Heney Romine and J Rufus Clarke of North Vernon charged with the murder of John and Charles McQuaid of Jennings County on October 17. The cases await the February term of the Bartholomew circuit court, with the defendants held in the county jail pending trial.
An attacker’s failed bid on Sheriff Robert Kerr's life leads to Harry Crane imprisoned locally. City Marshal DeHaven now handles transport of the sheriff to the Michigan City penal institution.
A macaw named Jimmie halted 60 thousand spindles at Sharp Mill in New Bedford after flying into the rope drive and falling to the floor. He recovered but was warned away from the belts. The bird, owned by Mr. Sharp, charms the engine room and survived a dramatic spill, continuing as mascot with caution.
An English traveler recounts dining with a dockyard official in Trincomalee Ceylon. A cobra sneaks into the room only after milk is placed on a deer-skin, the hostess fainting as the snake is killed. The tale highlights nerve under danger.
The town of Ocos Guatemala will lose its electric light plant after four years of operation. Four years ago a tidal wave drove four steamers aground near Ocos, with one ship left intact and its machinery undamaged. A Philadelphia salvage firm refloated the vessel and will restart the dynamo lamps as the new source of light.
Funeral custom highlighted as an old ritual where a squire is carried in a farm wagon drawn by farm animals to his resting place. The piece notes the ancient origin and the bond between land and labor, with the wagoner walking beside the procession.
The Chicago Land Show featured western Canada exhibits under Hon. Dr. Roche. Wheat weighed 68 pounds per bushel and oats 48, with barley at 55. crops touted at 28–35 bushels per acre for wheat and 55–105 for oats. British Columbia showcased potatoes and apples with world championships, while Glencarnock Victor the champion steer from Manitoba won the Live Stock Show fat steer title.
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