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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
27
President backed plan to amend antitrust law appears in Senate amid debate over a proposed measure from Warner Missouri. Warmer’s introduction follows White House messages on a broad legislative program while Tillman and Reagan attack the approach as political theater and a threat to labor.
A fragmentary report describes a trial involving acousticons and a high level government discussion. It notes a White House setting with 43 department heads, the President, and Florida’s Clark among speakers. The piece hints at investigations, overheard remarks, and potential consequences of the acousticon affair.
George Vanderbilt owner of the Biltmore estate near Asheville defies taxes by challenging a county tax assessment. He argues the local levies violate the North Carolina constitution by taxing inherited property values without a parallel statewide levy. Local officials maintain the assessment stands as lawful.
Detectives seized Alexandro Giometto an Italian official aboard the White Star Line steamer Teutonic as he attempted to reach New York. The raid uncovered about $93 200 with roughly $30 900 in his valise and $14 800 in bank notes hidden about his bed. He traveled with a young Italian woman said to be fleeing to the United States, leaving his Swiss family in poverty.
The President decided to break his rule and appoint a comparatively young man to the Minnesota bench after prayerful urging from Senator Nelson. The candidate, Hale of Minne Lis, is over sixty and previously served as district attorney and assistant to the Attorney General in Washington, though he lacked Senator Nelson’s full support.
Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray, a newspaper writer who investigated alleged irregularities in the Indian Office and Crow Agency affairs in Montana, testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee seeking a general congressional investigation. She described a three month jail stay, questioned arrests, and alleged ties between Leupp and a townsite company. She urged inquiry into leasing lands to stockmen, irrigation funds, and townsite deals for Indians.
Senator Carter press to convene the subcommittee to review the Sims anti betting bill. Senator Martin argues bridge whist in Washington society is a greater evil than horse race betting. If the subcommittee cannot report. the full committee action may be delayed another week.
Franklin A. Taylor of Randolph Clows Company testified before a special House committee investigating Electric Boat Company charges. He claimed Representative George Lilley threatened to expose all he knew about submarine boats if denied on the floor. Other witnesses denied undue influence though some admitted urging votes for submarines. The hearing continued.
London April 1. Mr. Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, publicly denies in the House of Commons a rumor linking Lord Haddo eldest son of the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Lieut of Ireland to the theft of part of the state regalia valued at 250000 dollars from Dublin Castle last summer. He fixes the theft between June 11 and July 6 and rejects the cowardly falsehood. Haddo left Dublin March 7 last year and resided in Scotland and London until December 11.
Berlin April 1 authentic report says a bid will be introduced in the Prussian Diet to raise the civil list of the Emperor. The present sum is 3,930,000 dollars yearly, paid to the Emperor as King of Prussia not as German Emperor. The increase is blamed on higher living costs and the royal household’s many dependents. It is also stated the Emperor saves and invests part of his income for his children rather than relying on loans from rich friends.
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph will abstain from Holy Week ceremonies including the traditional washing of the feet of the poor due to ill health. The precautionary move avoids public participation in the customary rites during Easter week.
The Montana’s endurance trial shows a fastest speed near 22.6 knots with a 14 to 29 1/2 knot range during fourteen runs. Average top speeds hover around 22 035 to 26 500 horsepower figures, prompting Newport News Shipbuilding to consider valve changes for extra power before morning trials.
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Apr 1 Midshipman Grant W Quale of Sower Creek N J absented himself from the academy for nearly three days to force dismissal He reportedly recently inherited a fortune and wishes to sever ties with naval service He left the limits with minimal concealment despite numerous demerits for infractions Philadelphia Apr 1 Idaho battleship placed in commission at League Island despite mumps epidemic delaying crew of 742 assigned for duty. ship to sail to the West Indies in about ten days.
Leaves of absence are granted through June 3 1909 and June 30 1908 for several officers including Second Lieut Everett Hughes Third Field Artillery and Surgeon George B Stallman plus routine duty movements. Capt Ed win Bell and Maj Kenly receive inspections and recruiting assignments while several officers are detailed to Forts Albany Brooklyin Providence Governors Island and Richmond for material inspection training and ad jutant general duties. The record notes the retirement of Capt John Kinzie and transfers involving Maj William Lassiter Maj Wilda Richardson Maj Chase Kennedy Maj Wilmot Ellis Capt Henry Hatch and Maj Frederick Perkins with movements to Forts Philadelphia Omaha and Governors Island among others.
Commander A Gleaves to command St Louis. A A Brand granted sick leave three months. R Williams to Army and Navy General Hospital Hot Springs Ark. C S Bookwalter to home and wait orders. D T Ghent to duty at Goldsborough. J E Cassidy to Howan fitting out and on board when commissioned. F D Pryor and J B Harla to Wisconsin. B F Du Bale to Albany special temporary duty then Cuba, then New York. Vessels: Caesar arrived at Brasford BR Yorktown at Mare Island Denver at Hongkong Mayflower at New Orleans. Yorktown sails from San Francisco Connec from Magdalena Bay Nero from League Island. Idaho commissioned at League Island Navy Yard.
French President Fallieres will visit the czar and travel to Norway Sweden and Denmark. The Paris announcement lists a July departure for Stockholm Christiania and Copenhagen with a preliminary Paris leg in mid July. An Abyssinian heir apparent has died, the seven teen year old grandson of Emperor Menelik.
A push by the American Bar Association committee seeks a new code of professional ethics with about seventy canons. Justice David J. Brewer urged ethics as both brain power and moral leadership for lawyers, to be reviewed by state bars and presented at Seattle's 1909 meeting. The panel includes Henry S. Tucker and Izra RO Thayer among others.
National Marie Dore appears in The Morals of Marcus at the National next week in W J Locke's comedy The Morale of Eddercus. Dore has built a fine reputation in Clarice, and audiences expect a vivid portrayal as the elflike Syrian wolf from a Turkish harem. Her company includes C Aubrey Smith and Beatrice Forbes Robertson among twenty.
A long OCR list shows guests staying at the Willard Shoreham and New Willard hotels in Baltimore New York Philadelphia and其他 cities. The roster includes numerous individuals and couples such as Mrs Charlie Slodgett George W Taylor Miss M Kencomb and John Seheefiln among many others with affiliations to St James Shoreham New Willard Metropolitan Raleigh and Ebbitt hotels. The notes present a continental mix of names and homes indicating hotel presence rather than events.
Hyde Benson Schneider and Dimond plead not guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government of vast forest reserve lands on the Pacific Slope. Jury selection starts today with testimony likely Monday. Trial expected to last three months as witnesses from Western states and government clerks involved.
A bomb exploded at Joseph Boullitta’s Beaver Street Brooklyn home after men were sent letters demanding money. The blast damaged the house but occupants escaped unharmed. Selig Silverstein, linked to the attack, is reported near death in Union Square incident. Meanwhile New York exchanges closed galleries to visitors to keep Cranks out. Police seek $100,000 for secret service to monitor anarchists. Emma Goldman lectured calmly in Winnipeg without disturbance about reform. A severe Minnesota blizzard blankets Red River Valley with a foot of snow in Crookston.
The advertisement proclaims that the Washburn Crosby milling process eliminates all cellulose from Gold Medal Flour. It claims ordinary milling leaves cellulose in flour and that the process ensures a pure product, unseen by the eye but detectable by the stomach.
This reader notice warns that many women suffer from kidney and bladder related troubles that are often misdiagnosed. It attributes back pain, headaches, and fatigue to kidney issues and promotes Swamp-Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy, as an effective treatment. Readers are urged to request a sample bottle from Dr. Emery.
A distinctive Easter suit cut to fit your figure promises custom tailoring. Peng Tae offers 350 patterns of spring suitings in browns grays pearl and blues with many stripes. Write with color and design ideas and price to receive the new Spring and Summer Style Book with cloth samples.
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