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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
16
Senator Lodge backs Taft as delegates debate the convention stance on presidential candidates. Crane remains noncommittal as delegates head toward Chicago with resolutions pending and discussions focused on Taft's nomination prospects.
A wealthy socialist sustained a badly broken collarbone and internal injuries after a demonstration in Union Square turned violent. The incident involved prominent figures and their families, with reports describing a severe beating and ongoing medical condition.
A New York dispatch reports an interstate conference of water commissioners from New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey plus inland waterways agencies. They consider joint action to control the Delaware River waters for power while urging legislative approval in the three states. Heartened by President Roosevelt's invitation for a governors conference, resolutions praise the move as timely and commendable.
Referee Robert Devo said no hearing date was fixed for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw versus Harry K. Thaw after comments by Thaw on gaining freedom. Daniel O'Reilly, Nesbit Thaw's counsel, warned that if Thaw is freed he cannot see her due to the dust she will raise in escaping him.
London on April 9 reports the county council’s 12,750,000 loan at par drew applications totaling 500 million on the first day. The 312 percent loan, issued at par, mirrors a year earlier when a similar issue was 97 and covered about twentyfold.
New York April 9 The White Star liner Teutonic beat Cunard Caronia by one hour twenty six minutes in a six day and twenty one hour voyage from Queenstown. The ships stayed within ten miles, fog shrouded the finish, and Teutonic arrived just ahead with Caronia first to dock her passengers at West Thirteenth Street.
Count Vladimir Bebrinsky, head of a constitutional conservative party, and marshal of nobility challenged Professor Paul Milukoff, leader of the constitutional democrats, after a dispute in the Douma. Milukoff declined the duel invitation.
Captain Hogemann of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie reports submarine signaling improved night navigation in a heavy fog off the Dutch coast. At 11 25 he heard the Haaks lightship bell fifteen miles away, refined direction by course changes, and found other North Sea bells reliable evidence of the system’s usefulness. Also Warrick Brooks hanged in Philadelphia for murder, the seventh in eight weeks.
State Republican actions show support for Taft with delegates from Westchester and New York City districts choosing Taft or remaining uninstructed while Hughes faces cross‑fire from party leaders. Reports detail Barnes and Ward slating Taft while several district conventions instruct for Hughes or nominating delegates to the Chicago convention.
New Premier keeps cabinet secret while King tours Biarritz for health reasons. John Morley to accept a peerage while remaining India secretary, due to throat disease and pressure of Commons work. Ford Curzon urges tariff to strengthen imperial ties amid cabinet crisis. Lincoln reports pro prop support flips city with minor electoral error noted.
Private car stops at Stroudsburg and returns to Binghamton as Julia Marlowe appears as Rosalind in As You Like It. She cancels engagements in Binghamton Scranton and Wilkes Barre and heads to New York to consult managers and lawyers over the Van Herrmann divorce action. Shubert firm believes Mrs von Herrmann lacks grounds and contemplates criminal action.
Gov Hughes to issue a call for an extra session to fill the late Senator Franchot's seat amid claims of factional trouble aiding a Democrat win. He seeks a special election May 12 and urges eight legislative proposals, including banking reform and direct primaries, while warning of Wall Street and race-track gambling issues.
New York April 9 Ferdinand Pinney Earle the artist who sent his first wife and son to France for a divorce and plan to wed Julia Kuttner returns with his second wife to Quaker Hill near Monroe. A crowd at Monroe station observed the arrival while a later village parade to the home dissolved into awkward civility as Earle declared the affair settled and he would stay with his new family. He denied bigamy and maintained he acted within the law and sought happiness with his wife and child. Antique auction items and a forthcoming sale are noted in the same column.
Bulgarian immigrant Szlawko Marzske hid in a Cincinnati attic to escape job loss blamed on his hard to pronounce name. Found by his wife days later he began starving himself but yielded after a bowl of hot goulash was left near him.
William F. Relés proprietor of a meat market at Economy near Pittsburg confessed to shooting his wife in their home and then attempting suicide. A formal murder charge was filed as Relés recovers in a Rochester hospital. Police guard him at the bedside.
Savannah April 9 Judge W B Sheppard charged the Southern District grand jury in an expected probe of the naval stores trade trust. District Attorney Alexander Akerman asked jurors if they were stockholders or connected to the American Naval Stores Company Union Naval Stores Company Paterson-Downing Company or the Downing Company or related to E S Nash S S P Shotter or J F C Myers. The panel is expected to report Saturday.
Bellevue Ohio April 9 John B Clarke general counsel for the New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company spoke to railway employees on the risk of federal and state bills to regulate railroad property He warned that legislation threatens profits and jobs and urged a league of railroad owners managers and employees to back candidates who understand capital and labor should not be enemies
Murray Kentucky April 9 Soldiers arrest eight alleged Night Riders in this county. The jailed men are Ed Thompson Bob Duncan Jake Ellis Jack Hopkins Dumas Miller Hardin Lovett Charles Elkins and Sidwell all young farmers. They were placed in jail after the excursion to Bakmere.
William C Whitney and four others lent $100000 each to the Metropolitan Securities Company. Thomas F Ryan testified in New York that the funds were used for the Metropolitan firm’s benefit and later repaid with interest after a Wall and Cortlandt Street Ferries deal. He denied knowing it funded McKinley campaigns.
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania April 9 Special to The Washington Post Principal E J Sullivan of Exeter School was dismissed for striking Miss Anna Flynn a teachers. He refuses discharge stating his three year contract may be honored and salary paid. He was jailed on $1000 bail for assault and battery and to keep the peace and fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct. The grand jury is considering the assault and battery charge.
A Grover official stated Mr. Cleveland has been ill during the last week but is much better this week and hopes to be quite well in a few days. The remark came amid inquiries about his health and the public report remains non-specific.
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