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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
2
A jumble of brief items notes oddities and events from the era. Topics include tobacco effects, aeroplane and auto rights disputes, a Florida battleship launch, and tuberculosis era science. A New York woman’s long life ends with curiosity, while a North Dakota farmer's neighbors aid him in a harvest-like rescue.
The House approved the postal savings measure 192 to 118, creating depositories under a trustees board. Accounts may be opened by any person ten years or older with a minimum $1 and maximum $500, plus monthly cap. Married women may hold accounts free from husband interference, deposits earn up to 2 percent interest, and holders may receive government bonds at par.
President Taft declines to meet New York Democrat Francia Burton Harrison amid controversy from the Ballinger Pinchot affair. Harrison arrives with a delegation, but Taft insists on not receiving him, prompting a tense moment observed by prominent New Yorkers. Separately, Donyer Col reports the National Congress of Mothers opens its fourteenth annual convention focusing on child welfare and improving home life standards.
George Newnes founder of Westminster Gazette and Strand Magazine died at his home. Born in St Matlockbath about 65 years ago, son of a clergyman, educated in London and Manchester. He served as a member of parliament for twenty years.
The body of Mrs. Potter Charlton of New York City was found in a trunk half submerged in a lake near Mobrasio. Evidence suggests murder, with blunt force marks on the head and initials G L B on cloth. Identified via English letters. former Mrs. Neville H. Castle of California. She and Porter Charlton honeymooned at Como, facing alleged cruelty at Hotel Suisse, Villa Legnate details.
New York City secretary of the sugar trust Charles A. Heike and refinery superintendent Ernest W. Gerbracht were found guilty in federal court of conspiring to defraud the government of millions in sugar imports. James F. Bondernagel was found not guilty after a hung verdict. Heike and Gerbracht face prison and fines.
A federal grand jury returned forty two counts charging Western Union Telegraph Co with equal numbers of violations of the bucket shop law of 1909. The indictments allege the company supplied a fast wire service to Artemus & Cella operating as Standard Stock & Grain Dealers of Jersey City. The cases stem from a nationwide bucket shop raid directed by Wickersham.
At the International Association of Auctioneers annual meeting the use of the phrase Go Going Gone was challenged as too loud. George Bergman of Cairo Ill argued the words are essential to trade and the majority supported keeping the expression.
Telegraphs from Merida report federal forces captured the Itndian insurgent base in Yucatan. Rebels abandoned the town and fled to the mountains after a fierce pursuit. Many dead and wounded, prisoners taken including ringleader Ninglas Som. Forty National Guard troops were killed and several wounded.
Frank Nunamaker, a former convict, shot three men at a Roumanian christening in Canton Ohio injuring John Popa, George Roman, and Charles Turon. one man is likely fatally wounded. Nunamaker was subdued by the crowd and jailed. The baby Lena, two weeks old, was also injured.
Jersey City policeman Dennis J Sullivan was electrocuted as a storm felled telegraph, telephone and electric wires near Pavonia and Kelsey Streets. Wires tangled, a Telegraph pole burned. Sullivan, 20 feet from the scene, attempted to summon aid and was fatally struck by the electrical line.
James Perkins, a wealthy planter, was found in a pine thicket near his Lake Charles home tied to a tree and badly burned. He revived briefly to name his attackers before dying, refusing to reveal the men who tormented him.
New York City report on a papal reform document interpreted by the Ecclesiastical Review. It calls for abolishing church door fees at services. The move aims to remove mandatory charges while acknowledging loyal parishioners who already support their churches.
Louie Ranken Jr., founder of the David J. Ranken School of Mechanical Trades, joins Carnegie class of philanthropists by deeding an estate valued over $1,000,000 to the school’s board. Funds will support maintenance and enlargement of the institution, touted as among the world’s largest of its kind.
A 10000 gallon water tank on the Herald building roof collapsed into the basement in Montreal. 29 workers, mainly from the onotype and binding rooms, were killed or burned. Thirty others were injured, many fatally, as flames spread and rescuers could not reach the trapped. Fire raged nearly three hours. total loss estimated at 450000 dollars.
New York City boy Hamilton, a frail flyer, sailed from Governors Island to Philadelphia and back to win a 10000 prize from the New York Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. He departed at 7 35 am and reached Philadelphia at 9 26 am, then renewed flight to South Amboy before engine trouble forced a descent. He repaired, resumed, and landed back on Governors Island at 6 39 pm, with outbound 1 51 and return 1 36 flying hours and an average speed of 54.96 mph.
Thomas Neville a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children record clerk and Henry Newburger a dancing teacher were arrested on extortion charges after attempting to receive money from Dr. F Symer Van Nostrand. The dentist alerted police and detectives used a marked bill trap to arrest them as they took cash.
A cloudburst in the Eifel region caused the Ahr to overflow, sweeping away two railway laborer barracks and killing about 150. News reached Cologne as rescue and recovery efforts begin for the disaster. In other news, Walter Brooking set a Wright aircraft altitude and time descent record at Indianapolis, with a 4,384 feet peak in 2 minutes.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes New York leads with 5 476 beds for consumptives, followed by Massachusetts 1 403 and Pennsylvania 8 347. It warns no state has adequate provision and aims to reach 35 000 beds by May 1, 1911.
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