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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
14
Griscom warns a perpetual chairmanship offer to T. R. could backfire as temporary presiding officer might appoint hostile convention committees. Ex-ambassador declines to seek reconstitution of the state committee. Barnes' statement criticized as a clear evasion.
Theodore Roosevelt declares his aim to attend the convention and speak as planned, insisting on clean honest politics and warning that the issue will be decided by the party. William Barnes Jr. contemplates stepping down if direct nominations prevail and supports a plan for harmony with Sherman as temporary chairman and Roosevelt as permanent chairman despite Griscom and followers opposing it as manipulation.
Col Roosevelt warns the old guard as William Barnes Jr and state leaders clash over direct primaries. Plans for campaign strategy, potential compromises, and threats to resignations mark a tense buildup ahead of the party convention, with Barnes signaling worry over prospects and urging possible concessions to avert a split.
Washington Post special from Watertown New York reports Vice President James Sherman plans to retire from politics after his current term. He refused to discuss politics with reporters though it is learned he invested in the Northern New York Trust Company and traveled here on business for the firm.
Utica Aug 24 Theodore Roosevelt declared he will wage uncompromising warfare against New York State Republicans he brands the old guard He goes to the Saratoga convention to deliver a planned speech as temporary chairman and warns the fight will be pursued until election time without quarter He plans speeches at the State fair in Syracuse on Sept 17 and elsewhere as the effort intensifies.
Albion MN August 24 Republicans at Orleans county convention nominate Theodore Roosevelt for temporary chairman of the State convention defeating efforts by James W Wallworth Jr and John A Merrit to win endorsement for their anti Roosevelt program. Also notes a Baltimore and Ohio excursion leaving Union Station at 8:15 am August 25 offering trips to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs Cumberland with a same day return.
Revenue officers seized the Capital Supply Company plant at Fifteenth and L streets southeast after warrants were issued for the firm’s owners and manager. C. E. Hall James Cole and C. Whittaker faced U S commissioners and bonds were set, with further arrests including driver Samuel Gomillion. The case centers on illicit distilling and evasion of federal liquor taxes and a wholesale distribution at 425 Tenth Street Northwest.
Commissioner Anson H. Taylor described the case as the most flagrant violation of revenue laws regarding distillation in years. James Cole, partner C. E. Hall, and manager Co E. Whittaker defended the Capital Supply Company, claiming the business operated legally and that an employee irregularity caused the trouble. The revenue service aims to fine violators rather than jail them, with possible changes depending on gravity.
Detroit dispatch reports Grand Trunk No 14 from Chicago to Montreal rear-ended No 4 at Durand Michigan before 1 AM. The Pullman car burned, at least 13 passengers dead, two unidentified bodies found, engineer Mitch ell and fireman Nelson among the injured. A relief train departed Battle Creek for the wreck as wires are down, delaying communication.
Pittsburg reports Staney Zonchesky aged 1 was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train and presumed dead. Today the family alarmed by a recovered breath cried out our boy has come to life. He was carried home with a crushed body and signs of death. Physicians hold little hope for recovery as the mother watched over him.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Dr W J Salmon reports a girl born three weeks ago to Mr and Mrs James Payne of Moosic weighed one pound twelve ounces at birth and only gained one ounce to reach two ounces three weeks later. The Payne family previously had three other children born weighing eight to ten pounds.
Kingston N Y August report details the kidnapping and murder of Peter Fabian a year old son of Frank Fabian an Italian who disappeared from his Porterville home north of Kingston. Hundreds of Italians searched the area before the body was found in pieces beside an outhouse on a neighbor s property. The father consulted a fortune teller in New York and after the fortune teller’s return he believed the prediction prompted the killing. Authorities say the child was abducted and killed after the kidnapper learned of the fortune told to the father.
Special to The Washington Fest New York report says Mme Sarah Chira, famed for predicting deaths of notable figures, collapsed during a Bergen Beach Athletic Club dance. She died around midnight, while partnered with Harry Dieves, amid a grand match at the Alhambra. Police took the body to Flathus station. she was 49, born in Hamilton, Canada, survived by her husband Edward H. Chira and adopted daughter Jennie.
A Washington dispatch reports President Taft has officially disclaimed responsibility for Senator Dick’s bid to place Carmi Thompson, a governor candidate and state Republican leader, in charge of the state executive committee. The prospect of Thompson’s chairmanship drew Taft’s anger and spurred notes that Warren G. Harding would be the likely winner for governor, while Laylin was rumored to be possible after Garfield’s decline.
Special to The Washington Post from Beverly Massachusetts reports President Taft disclaims involvement in an Ohio fight over chairing the Republican legislative committee. The Beverly view says Taft opposes Senator Dick’s domination of the Ohio campaign while Gov Harmon is seen as vulnerable. Warren G Harding remains quiet amid a standpat faction’s push and Garfield's progressive camp grows distant. National Metropolitan Bank issues travelers checks and letters of credit.
Courtney B. Taggart 22 a bank clerk and Central High graduate died while saving two sisters of his fiancée Lena and Cora Thomas at the Potomac in Colonial Beach. The trio drifted in a dangerous current. Taggart kept the sisters afloat until he vanished beneath the water and his body was not found. The Thomas sisters, Edna and Mrs. Mary B. Thomas, and many friends mourn his loss as Edna had been engaged to him.
Page list notes varied items from campaign updates to local incidents. Highlights include Roosevelt fears for New York and Taft political actions while other items cover drownings, arrests, fires, and society notes across multiple regions.
Frank J. Tibbetts, a real estate dealer of 1636 Seventeenth Street NW, was assaulted by three men in uniform on Sixteenth Street near O Street NW at 11:90 PM. One suspect, Karl E. Owens, a Fort Myer hospital corps member, was arrested after a chase and gunfire. Owens claims innocence, but admits other soldiers were nearby. a stone was used in the attack.
A 24 year old Louis Thompson of Pittsfieid Pennsylvania received a small rifle from his father and later told his mother he would shoot a burglar if he entered their home. The incident followed a blaze in California as wildfires spread near Priest River Idaho and Trinity County California. Authorities report the events as a tragic, accidental sequence linked to escalating violence and a wildfire emergency near Minerville.
Aug 2 dispatches report forest fires killing over 120 with most victims firefighters in Idaho. Ranger Joseph B Halm and 72 men missing while others trapped in Big Fork area. Charred bodies found at Setser Creek and Bullion Mine. Survivors writetofamily letters. a Tokyo Japanese crew and railroad workers fought flames. Women among the dead include Mrs Ernest Deinerhardt.
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