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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
28
Federal investigators reveal alarming conditions as girls recruited from abroad under alleged benevolent charities seek questionable employment. Reports describe immigrant trap schemes, paid agency abuses, and coercive methods used to solicit work, with multiple cities and an alleged inspectorate involved.
Former California Governor St George Pardee assailed Secretary Ballinger over land policies at the Spokane national irrigation congress. Senator George Turner defended Ballinger while Ballinger outlined federal irrigation support, urging adherence to law and private enterprise under Roosevelt era policies. Cont. on page four.
President Taft signals limited recess appointments while focusing on a Western trip and a costly golf rivalry with Jack Hammond. He vows few vacancies and plans tours through New Mexico Arizona and Boston maneuvers, with Ambassadors Brien and Abbott among key discussions.
The article notes uncertainty over where the Taft Dux meeting in Meswa will occur and contemplates steps if crossing the Grande becomes preferable. It mentions Mr Lett and Mr Rouge, the Panama dinner option, and that President may not push naval ship statements, leaving government ballastship questions to experts.
The report cites alleged harms at the site including blows to grants, workers kept on premises for consumption, immigrants forced to exchange foreign money at improper rates, and a span of improper passport assistance with $2 charges and identification slips for consular passports, with many cases lacking knowledge of the immigrants’ identities.
Chicago reports a darkening street car crisis as union leaders and street railway company officials fail to reach a tangible offer. Union officers demand action beyond promises and warn they may act if demands are not met. City representative Walter L. Fisher predicts a settlement, but a strike seems inevitable per traction expert M B Berry.
The backbone of the general strike was broken officials report workers resuming duties in increasing numbers across trades. Printers and newspapers return to hand printing locally while southern papers are printed in Denmark. A strike meeting occurred south of Stockholm and a riot at Norberg led to about seven arrests.
New York Aug 1 1909 Gutzon Borglum the sculptor has received a commission to make a bust of President Taft. Mr Storsium will return from a Western trip within a day or two and it is understood he will go to Bevarls to execute the commission this summer.
A call for a statewide Democratic conference at Saratoga on September 9 aims to unite Democrats in New York State under real Democratic principles. Signers include D Cady Herrick Samuel Tilden Edward M Shepherd and Morgan J O Brien, with Charles F Murphy noted as uninvolved.
Sidney C Love, who lost 32 million in Wall Street last January, may recoup fortunes from a 1 million inheritance Mrs. Marjorie Burns has inherited. The Burns estate settlement in the Fadera court at St Joseph Missouri last Tuesday values the estate at 10 million with six other heirs sharing. Love’s stock exchange seat sold for 72 580 and the Loves then went abroad after settling creditors.
District Attorney confirms a wall street loan scam tied to the Windsor Trust Company involved pledges of stock and forged transfers. Suspect Persch, a broker, faces arrest and possible grand jury indictment as authorities probe similar schemes and related figures in Boston and Philadelphia.
At the Democratic State convention in Baltimore the delegates endorse Rayner’s record and his reelection bid. A heated fight over urban representation in Annapolis ends in a compromise allowing two additional Baltimore senators and a larger city presence in the House, conditional on support for a statewide disfranchisement amendment. The platform backs the administration, public utilities reform, and a pure foods program.
Grand Vizier Hum Pasha described Greece's note as acceptable though incomplete. Turkey will seek explanations on Crete, while the Turkish minister stays in Athens awaiting a powers-backed solution to Cretan difficulties.
Special to The Washington Panhandle Omaha Neb Aug William J Bryan named next chairman of the Democratic National Committee and will seek a Senate seat from Nebraska as the Democratic legislative majority eases his path. The plan calls for party reorganization amid a strong Democratic legislature likely easing his federal bid. A Wheeling fire destroyed the Wheeling Metal and Manufacturing plant tonight.
Wages and a mixed box of items fill today’s issue. Articles cover traps for unwary immigrants, Taft on Eastern affairs, a liner disabled at sea, piracy in Wall Street, and a report from Dr White and Dr Shahan. Also notes on athletics, Navy matters, soldiers home rule, and social life.
A schooner Witte ran aground off the coast near Nova. Earlier reports claim the crew of ten perished as the ship broke up in heavy surf. Some men reportedly abandoned into lifeboats, with possible landings at a distant shore point.
Steamship Arapahoe sailing from New York to Charleston and Jacksonville broke her tail end after 18 o clock near Diamond Shoals. Wireless signals say she remains afloat with many passengers aboard. Coast guard and steamer H iron arrived to aid, with hopes to anchor and tow if needed. Aboard, reports describe heavy wind and fog, while seafarers reassure the craft is not in grave danger.
A local dispatch reports Gillette confessed to Auburn prison officials after a long mystery. The tale recounts a witness’s decision to accept death as punishment and a guard’s discovery of a bullet in a drill book, tying to the case.
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