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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1910
Page
1
A scattered telegraph of commentary depicts Sarmon criticizing tariffs and urging reduced federal expenditures while favoring income tax. The piece notes Republican and Democratic forces, with hints of potential candidates and Midwest political dynamics shaping the 1914 landscape.
Ohio Governor Harmon discusses tariff revision to favor revenue over protection, opposes a special tariff commission, and critiques federal incorporation while weighing income tax and federal spending. He comments on Taft, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, postal savings, and the broader national drift toward independence from party constraints.
The Carnegie Foundation report condemns George Washington University after the foundation considered ending its status as an accepted college. It cites endowment shortfalls and the dismissal of two professors, prompting protests by the foundation and a call for stronger academic independence. The committee says the move aims to protect teaching standards and does not target the institution personally.
A Washington committee chaired by James Mann urges a thorough study of higher education in the District of Columbia. The group plans a meeting in Washington with French ambassador Jusselin to discuss a proposed national university and the roles of George Washington University Georgetown University and the Catholic University of America.
Attorney General George W. Wickersham will review the first year of the Taft administration in a speech at the Appomattox club dinner here Saturday night. The dinner toast is The Administration. He will speak directly about attacks on the executive branch with cabinet authority.
State Senator Rivard L Travis of North Carolina, wounded by EZ E Powell at Scotland Neck while attacking Congressman Kitch’s brother, has undergone bullet removal surgery. Captain Dunn, who assisted, died. Powell, set for trial this week, obtained a change of venue.
London reports show Parliament gridlocked on budget and Lords reform as Premier Asquith presses to end debate within five days. Fears of a general election grow amid talk of peering across Irish and nationalist deals and a possible kingly creation of peers to push veto powers.
Congress session centers on eulogies for late Senators Velauria and Johnson with remarks on public service. Committees advance a reform to create a conservation commission while Cushings of Workington is honored. House canvass shows majority support for a two battleship program as naval funding debates begin. House adjourned after top officials addressed the chamber. York Perkins to speak today.
A 33 year old Greek man Matrakas, sought for murder in Athens and for wounding a man over a romantic dispute, was arrested in Baltimore at Four and a Half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Detectives traced him across Europe and the Americas, from Italy to Ireland, then to New Orleans and Cuba, finally to Baltimore where Immigrant Inspector Feder and Detective Brien apprehended him. He is held at the Sixth Precinct Police Station awaiting transfer to Greece.
Detectives arrested the suspect after a pursuit from Athens to New York. He refused to cooperate at first, then admitted he had informed Dounis in Greece. Authorities learned he drained funds abroad, sent money from Europe, and stayed in luxury hotels before the chase.
Special to The Washington Fest from Damife Va April 2 W R Wintree the first named complainant in a suit filed today attacking the merger of Riverside and Dar River Cotton Mfg Co. He says Riverside stockholders were required to surrender common stock for 6 percent preferred stock in the consolidated company. About eight or ten local stockholders plus four named holders from Charlottesville and Danville total around 1500 dollars are complainants in the litigation.
A confidential clerk testifies that it was impossible for Imbert Latter to be involved, while Verdinand Egmond Dues confesses to taking funds tied to religious orders. The liquidator claims $200009 taken from his charge amid debates before magistrates and potential assize court proceedings.
Special to The Washington Post recounts Senator Thomas Gore Oklahoma, blind, urging public education and integration for blind children at a New York Association for the Blind reception. He condemns isolation as cruel and urges dismantling segregation to build self reliance and equal contact with society. Also mentions Baltimore and Ohio railroad ads and free post want ads.
President Theodore Roosevelt lands aboard the Prinz Heinrich to a vast crowds at the water front, attends a theater performance, and receives a student reception at the university. He declines politics but shares views on health, effort, and national vigor while in Naples area. The day includes a ceremonial landing, a tour, and a visit to Pompeii ruins before evening rest at the Excelsior.
In Walmington, a man employed by the Walmington Gas Company was shot and killed during a confrontation with a former Italian woman. The assailant was arrested in Asheville after a disturbance involving a Pullman dining car and a Southern Railway trip to Baltimore.
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