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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
2
Gov Dunne issued a formal warning that all appointive officers from the prior Deneen administration must resign or be removed. Attorney General Lucey ruled the 1911 Magill amendments unconstitutional for lack of printed passage, triggering mass changes in 2000 state jobs across offices including secretary of state and health.
March issue of Better Reads published by Jesus Taylor of Jamestown QC reaches readers with an enhanced form. Taylor, a speaker at Troy’s Good Roads convention last November, promotes a magazine focused on road building from the mud’s perspective, aiming to differ from any prior publication.
In two years editor Taylor touts achievements in road work and land issues. He claims promise keeping and cites an army of 13,000 readers of the March issue. He notes he has owned fast horses but Better Roads is the fastest two year old he has sat behind.
Prof Oscar T Carson of Ohio urged separation of public schools from grafting politicians and religious fanatics. Speaking at the National Educational Association session in Philadelphia he said schools should serve all Americans who educated themselves in free schools, not aristocrats or hostile editors.
Public schools in Illinois mark Good Roads Day with plans for future first Friday in March observances. State Highway Commission to issue teaching materials but not this year, while the state Department of Public Instruction provides resources. Also notes President Wilson's inaugural address brevity, local remarks on chicken raising, a Madison County divorce suit, bee work schedule, and March entering like a lion then acting like a suffragette lioness.
A resident laments local indifference as railroad delays and stolen shingles from Chicago leave him with missing material, hefty freight charges, and no refunds. He urges neighbors to unite, restore the railroad to order, and demand fair treatment. Douglas Malloch.
A meditation on wealth and values arguing that great minds and artists often forsake noble pursuits for money. The piece cites Luther, Milton, Shakespeare, Newton, Lincoln, Wagner, and Roosevelt, suggesting those who chase fortune miss higher ideals and the true beauty of life.
Springfield IL Attorney General Patrick J Lucey holds that the 1911 Magill amendments to the state civil service law were passed illegally and are unconstitutional and void The ruling follows a Cook county decision on printing conference committee amendments affecting about 2000 state employees The opinion asserts the amendment must be printed before passage to be valid per McAuliffe v McConnell and fundamental state law
William Geppart editor of Musical Courier Extra was found guilty of conspiring to injure J W Steger piano manufacturer. He received a two year penitentiary sentence and a $2000 fine. Publisher Marc Bloomenberg was indicted but not served. A motion for new trial is set for March 19. The case drew wide interest from instrument makers.
A March Washington letter mocks inaugural excess and hotel rates as suffragists stage rival events. It notes high lodging prices, seats, and parade access, and cites figures on labor, justice, and early conservation pledges by President Wilson.
Auditor James J. Brady announced appointments effective March 1 including Frederick Porter Chicago chief banking department John S Coyne Chicago examiner country banks Joseph G Boggs Fairfield building and loan examiner John J Burke Chicago building and loan examiner Albert J Danishh Chicago building and loan examiner George H Watson Chicago land clerk John E Barmstrong Carmi assistant warrant clerk Miss Mae Shannon Chicago stenographer Chicago office Champaign University of Illinois students and three Champaign boys stand trial for riot Victor Halperin Chicago O A Lausch Brighton Halperin dismissed from university Walton Anna indicted for complicity fled to Missouri several injured theater damaged in victory celebration Umbrella mender attacks policeman in Effingham Myers shot twice and knocked unconscious Hoyleton oil struck at Hoyleton well drilled by Minner and Hawker 150 to 200 barrels per day Clarence J Lyons 80 dies at county almshouse Masons instruct at Carbondale Eight hurt when a Big Four passenger train jumps track near Karnak Cairo
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