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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1910
Page
1
Taft urges Republicans to unite behind party principles and loyal candidates. He defends the 1908 tariff policy and warns that a Democratic majority would revise or abandon protective tariffs. He asserts a GOP victory is likely if supporters stay committed, contrasting with Democratic plans. QUED ON FIFTH
President Taft calls all Republicans to forget differences after nominations and unite to elect Republican nominees. He argues party loyalty is needed to fulfill platform promises, curb injunction power, and pursue progressive reforms such as regulation of railroads stocks and bonds, ship subsidies, and a national health board.
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt rides three wirey cow ponies across Wyoming plains visiting Senator Warren’s ranch near Cheyenne. He earns a cowboy welcome, calls Frontier Day events a strong object lesson in courage, and plans to speak in Denver to veterans and state groups before continuing his tour.
The United States publishes the Japan Korea annexation treaty effective today. The accord applies existing Korean tariffs for ten years, extends Japanese copyright and patent laws, and maintains Korea open ports including Shinwiju. Foreigners in Korea gain rights and protections under Japanese rule.
Emperor Yi Syek of Korea announces abdication of sovereignty and cedes all authority to Japan’s emperor. He appeals for calm, asserts reforms were impossible, and urges the people to accept the new administration while pursuing peaceful livelihoods.
Special to the Washington Post from Boston Massachusetts Dr Max Ball psychologist at Clark College Worcester reports experiments perfected in Buenos Aires to photograph the brain in action as easily as the body He says moving pictures at intervals could guide childhood development and aid determinations of fitness for release in murder cases He envisions combining X ray cinematography and microscopia to codify brain histology and understand heredity of mental traits
Boston dispatch reports Miss Eller Dooley of Otter River Mass has attached 4000 dollars of Thomas Meegan Baldwing ile Mass pending breach of promise case. Dooley says Meegan kept company nine years then jilted her. Meegan, a meat and provision creator, predicts the suit will cheapen love making and jokes about paying tens of thousands to mend a heartbreak. He notes ox hearts sell for 15 cents a pound.
A Lehigh Valley Railroad auto crash near Caywood Geneva killed Mrs. Edgar A Emens wife of Prof Emens of Syracuse University and his sister Miss Martha Emens of Fayette. Prof Emens head of Greek literature injured. chauffeur Carl M Kilmer of Syracuse hurt. Dowling car crash south of Saxenburg kills William Rodgers Dowling son of Jones Laughlin manager. Five injured in Wellington Lake Shore car crash at Linwood Park.
Mrs J Adriance of Poughkeepsie arrived with family aboard the Baltic. Customs officials examined trunks for a pearl necklace reportedly worth 6000 dollars but found only lace and a gold mesh bag. A paper loomed as possible evidence while the wife refused to surrender it, delaying the search.
The body of Norvalk Harris, 21, a street inspector employed by a cleaning contractor, was found with a bullet wound near Ninth and I streets southwest. Police pursue theories of death by own action or involvement of a woman, while a black man who directed two white men to the scene is sought. Robbery is ruled out as the motive. a torn letter and an empty holster bearing Harris’s name hint at personal entanglements. An inquest is scheduled. investigators press for answers as fragments of telegrams and letters complicate the case.
Front page items note Roosevelt on the plas and a Korean treaty published. Hid gems in her hat is reported alongside the mysterious killing of Harris. Mayor Gaynor leaves the hospital and Vienna singers are welcomed.
New York August report says Mayor Gaynor left St Marys Hospital in Hoboken for Deepwells Long Island. He walked unaided to the car and aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II, but weakened by his injuries, he sank several times climbing steps and onto a cab. At Deepwells he rested on the veranda and spoke calmly about the shooting thanking it may make him a better man. He declined an immediate throat operation, remains hard to understand, and may cancel Adirondack travel.
The University of Vienna choir guests, about 200 Austrian students and their wives, captivated the Washington crowd at the Saengerbund banquet. They received the city’s freedom key and a living cup from Burgomaster Rudolph, while German, Austrian, and American ties were toasted. President Taft was honored as German societies praised the visitors.
Commissioner Rudolph leads a nearly 200 strong delegation on a ten day whirlwind visit to the country. The Akademischen Gesangvereins Wien wowed Washington with smiles song and mirth during a night Kommerslieder, a huge success.
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