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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1910
Page
1
Former banquet president launches campaign to the city, urging retrocession of Alexandria, park improvements, a bridge across the Potomac, and fire eradication. Bailey pays tribute as supporters rally for bankers and Psi upsion entree.
Taft vows three more years in office while praising Washingtons beauty and growth. He calls for better District development, parks, and federal reform, urging retreat from retrocession and backing underfunded civic improvements amid a bankers banquet with Secretary Nagel and Senator Bailey offering perspectives on finance national policy and urban planning.
Special to Tuewaant,zton wor from Rochester NY April 16 reports the Thirty second district race between George W Aldridge Republican and James Havens Democrat for the unexpired term of the late James Breck Perkins. Voters pick the winner today with Aldridge hoping for a 200 to 4000 margin while Havens predicts victory. No major Republican support for Aldridge. he campaigns without notable allies.
A Chicago court session linked Illinois Central Railroad to alleged frauds involving rail supply companies. An employee confessed to his role, claiming immunity, and naming others in a scheme totaling up to 5 million dollars. Related suits seek payment on car repairs and rail furnished items.
Defunct National City Bank of Cambridge will pay depositors about 70 cents per $100 with stockholders losing all and facing 100 percent tax on shares. Receiver John L Bates says the shortage will total $309,000 after the February 23 bank closure amid indictments of bookkeeper George W Coleman and Wilton W Lockhart for mismanagement.
Reports from Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia describe deadly storms, hail, and high winds. Homes wrecked, crops destroyed, telegraph lines down, and several fatalities confirmed with extensive property damage across multiple towns and counties.
A new Australian meat shipment reached New York this week and was quickly bought by housewives at prices 3 to 5 cents below Western beef. Importers call the experiment a success and plan larger imports despite duties, while rumors of interference stir concern among traders.
Gary Ind April 16 police say the murder of one man to settle a board debt was admitted by Dmitruwe Tremek a steel worker detained in Monongahela Pa and brought back to Gary. He allegedly killed Michael Hebrich at the request of Samuel Worm who owed 37 for board and offered to forget the debt in return. The killing followed a dispute after a card game and a failing to pick up a dogger.
Special to The Washington Post New York April 16 George W Wickersham expected to fill the vacant Chief Justice seat of the United States Supreme Court upon death or retirement of Chief Justice Fuller. Attorney General reached understanding on appointment to be effective during Fort administration.
Ex-president attends luncheon at the American Embassy and a formal dinner hosted by the Austrian Emperor leading figures visit the opera and a reception for Americans follows amid a tense Vatican message dispute.
Washington Post report from Vienna notes a key moment as Mer Pignatelli papal nuncio urged Col Roosevelt. After Rome visit, Vatican mood clouded a supposed triumph, yet Roosevelt signaled no further public comment.
In three years and two months in office Governor Patterson issued hundreds of pardons including 168 murder convictions and 102 liquid squar sellers. The report notes clemency often followed petitions from communities and juries, with some releases for mine workers and youth rehabilitation. Opposition criticizes the breadth of pardons while defense cites humanity and reform.
Dr G T Twyman unable to appear as witness for the state in the Hyde case. Adjournment taken as prosecutors weigh which witnesses remain usable. Trial set for next Monday with prosecutors prepared to proceed even if key witnesses are unavailable. Stenographic costs exceed six hundred dollars. Swope sisters and other relatives attend the Kansas City courtroom. braces of Hyde family members present, with preparations to call Dr Hyde to trial and the defense ready to challenge the prosecution’s lineup.
Former Indiana representative James Watson and Marion Chronicle editor George Lockwood met with the President at the White House during a luncheon. Lockwood, who served as secretary to Vice President Fairbanks, joined the discreet discussion on Hoosier State politics.
Full reports of the 2 AR convention will appear in The Post. The complete series of papers, starting with today’s issue and continuing through next Sunday, will be mailed to any part of the country for 26 cents.
Gen Hrenn Schoenatch Austro Hungarian war minister Beton von Bien... premier Baron Hengervar and other dignitaries attended a formal Austro Hungarian court dinner for President Roosevelt. The event featured twelve courses, rare wines, ceremonial protocol, and no toasts. Roosevelt and Kermit attended opera afterward, then received embassy officials as crowds cheered his Vienna arrival. He planned a Budapest stop, luncheon with Count Appony, and a late-night hotel stay, while Cardinal Merry del Val denied significance of Pigna tellis visit to Mr Roosevelt.
One firefighter died and three others were injured in a fire that damaged the Bradford Wholesale Furniture Manufacturing Company plant, with damages estimated near $40,000. The scene unfolded in Nashville town on April 1, amid a blaze that broke the life of Ambrose neck while a Baltimore and Return Today train was noted in transit.
A group led by Miss Genevieve Ambrose and Miss Marion Naylor overturned in the Potomac near The Three Sisters. Antoniy Rivera and Bennett Lloyd Vicbme aided the two girls, both unable to swim, until a motorboat arrived. The party, from Washington aboard a river craft, was saved with help from nearby paddlers and a Senator’s son’s kin.
Weston arrived in Fredonia from Erie at 7 pm after a 1950s era transcontinental walk. A reception at the opera house honored him and he was asked to be guest of honor for a redone old home week in July. He received a purse of money and spoke at the opera house about his journey. He will speak again at the Masonic Temple in Dunkirk on Sunday and depart from Fredonia early Monday morning in good condition.
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