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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
5
A fragmented 1912 era column surveys topics from economics to fashion to aviation. It jokes about costs of living, farming troubles, eggs storage, and an aviation claim that earth moves. It notes misdirected mail, brass in mining, and hints at social quirks and unrelated items like pets care and back riders.
Rear Admiral Fletcher halted combat near Tampico warning both sides to cease fire or face gunboat action. Foreigners sought asylum aboard ships while the center water front remained under federals control and Luis Terrazas Jr. was seized amid wider Chihuahua disturbances.
National Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League delegates stormed Congress demanding a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition. Benator Shepherd of Texas announced introduction in both houses, pledging to support the measure to end liquor traffic and protect families and children. Representative Hobson spoke only briefly due to a cold.
Florence reports the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci has been found in Florence after its 1911 Louvre theft. An Italian suspect was arrested and the painting, along with the Italian, is in police custody. France previously refused all offers to sell the priceless work, including a rumored five million dollar bid by Britain.
Washington reporters note nearly all nations urge the International Anti vivisection and Animal Protection congress DoW session. Belgium chosen as next meeting host three years hence. Porter R. Gope links smallpox prevalence to vaccination. Prof. J Howard Moore defends humane limits on vivisection. Officers and venue for next meeting to be chosen in February in Philadelphia.
A bomb delivered by an expressman exploded in the office of the O. K. bottling company at 528 530 West Thirty-eighth street killing an eighteen year old girl named Ausewitz and fatally injuring office manager Thomas McCabe. The blast shattered nearly every window in the building.
Chicago reports the death of Dr Carl H vo Klein aged 72 a renowned scientist from a titled German lineage He graduated from Heidelberg University and spent a fortune in medical and surgical research before his death in the city on December 15.
Middletown Conn December 15 Arthur T Bradley Meriden pled guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail for manslaughter The crash involved a trolley car pilot B ley was aboard the vehicle and the wreck fate was fatal
News briefs from multiple cities report the election of Alexander Ti Jackson as class day orator in Engelwood Nebraska. fear over a run on City National Bank in Omaha subsides. Mrs. Annaline Pankhurst heads to Paris with her daughter for a seven day leave. Judge Aldrich orders federal mental evaluation for Warry K Thaw and seeks Supreme Court review. seaquake causes wrecks and injuries in California. a Delaware auto crash near Newark kills L J Moore and Mrs. Harry Pierce.
Women attempted to attend the Hans Schmidt trial in Judge Foster's court in New York, provoking a near riot as authorities restricted access to the courtroom.
Three women in Bingham Utah area requested to enter the Apex mine to question John Lopez the Mexican slayer of six but Sheriff Benith refused granting access. Lopez is held on slaying charges and the women sought to speak with him to obtain details or absolution.
After release of the lobby committee report Representative Macdonald of Michigan moved to debate expulsion of McDermott. The report upholds President Wilson on lobby influence at the capital and states that Representative James D. McDermott of Illinois has committed grave impropriety unbecoming his office.
The New York police department motorcycle corps of 23 men arrested more than 13,000 autoists in the last year. Fines totaled over 117,000 dollars.
Freeport Illinois December 13 Mrs Marie Simpson Clingman celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday at her Cedarville Illinois home. She is believed the oldest resident of Illinois.
The battleship Vermont limps toward Hampton Roads with a broken starboard main shaft and flooded compartments after a voyage through the Mediterranean. Rear Admiral Charles K. Badger reports no alarm as Vermont travels on a single engine at eight knots under convoy protection.
The president told a National American Woman's Suffrage Association delegation he supports a standing women's suffrage committee in the House but refused to send a special message urging passage.
Mrs. Cynthia Buffam, accused of killing her husband and a child with arsenic, was arrested at Salamanca and brought to Little Valley for murder in the first degree court proceeding.
storming of Ain Galakal in interior Morocco on November 27 cost French forces three officers and 12 men killed. Three officers and the remainder were wounded. Paris dispatch confirms heavy casualties in the action.
Marion reports two youths Charles and Lane both 15 and 13 saved a northbound Big Four train by spotting a rope veiling a foot long obstacle a mile north of Anderson. They waited in freezing air for an hour until the section could back up and clear the way, earning thanks and money from grateful passengers. The train resumed its trip toward Benton Harbor.
A man on Lake Michigan beach west of Chesterton found an infant’s body and an undertaker took it to the morgue. Porter County Coroner Stoner investigates. Authorities suspect foul play. No missing child report or traces found. The body had been in water over 40 hours, the finder said.
Nellie Brown sues the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Mrs. Mattie Wilson to recover 1500 dollars. Raymond Brown died soon after marriage, leaving a policy with a beneficiary transfer to his wife, which the Brotherhood deemed illegal and paid to Mrs. Wilson.
Coroner Maxwell rendered a verdict of accidental death for Andrew Roiles twenty two who was killed by the discharge of his shotgun. He had been hunting with his brother Walter and separated. After a search his body was found beside a stump with the hammer striking the stump and the gun firing.
Fifteen young women received the holy habit of the Sisters of the Holy Cross at St Marys college and academy in South Bend. The ceremony at the Loreto church was officiated by Bishop H J Alerding of Fort Wayne. Nine sisters after novitiate took their first vows. Pontifical high mass followed.
William Kohlenberg of Fort Wayne collapsed and died from excitement over a pending federal suit against a Pennsylvania company. His home, located nearby, was destroyed when a stock and oil train collided in front of it, oil spilling onto the property.
The Stunkel and Halbig general store at Haubstadt was entered and merchandise and cash totaling more than 60 dollars were taken. Bloodhounds from Vincennes tracked along the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad toward Evansville but lost the trail. No suspects identified yet.
Terre Haute report: Louis Stupar fired six times at Austrian miner Steve Karan vitch after threats at Shirkleville, killing him. Deputy Sheriff McDonald stopped a lynch mob by hurling Stupar into an automobile. Denny Shelf sustained a head wound while aiding to restore order.
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