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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
1
Letters reveal a doomed struggle as Vera Fitch battles a critical condition in New York. Witnesses describe futile efforts to conceal her name and note missives claiming fate overpowered her in a grim fight for survival amid harsh city life.
Letters from a despondent girl reveal she felt fate drove her to a cowardly act and that writers misinterpret motives. She laments insincerity and disillusion in life, seeking the unknown after a failed relationship and public scrutiny. Her notes mention love, fame, and a desire to end hardship.
In New York Aug 20 the young woman who shot herself at the Astor Hotel was identified as Vera Fitch of Oakland California by a hospital official. She is in critical condition with a bullet in her left breast, lung and intestine, deflected by a corset stay. She gave the name Alice Cole but refused to reveal her true identity or relatives, and doctors warned she has little chance to recover.
Police released details from letters found on a young woman who died by suicide in New York. She described failed attempts to gain success as a writer amid alleged pressures from men and a struggle for independence. She wrote to her mother sister and a friend expressing despair and a wish to vanish. The note to Blanche argued love did not drive the act and blamed the harsh reality of life in the city.
A handsome unknown woman was found fatally shot in a third floor room at Young's Hotel Boston. The deceased, registered as Clara E Mout ton Beverly, bore initials G D C on a handbag and left a scrap note reading Il health, with no clear identification.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Miss Barbara Walton a Plymouth resident hurled carbolic acid at Thomas Price a mine worker as he was lowered in a cage at Dodson mine ten men were burned eight severely Frica escaped with arms burned John Urganis near him had eye injuries likely to lose sight Others suffered minor burns The assailant was captured and held for a hearing
Mrs Louis Kaufman of New York was robbed of about six thousand dollars in jewelry while dining as a guest of Dr Archibald Thomson at Bass Rock Farms Narragansett. The missing items include a diamond brooch a diamond bracelet and a gold purse. Footprints were found at the villa and similar breakins had occurred at nearby Ocean road residences earlier in the season.
William H. Holcomb, vice president and general counsel of Cooperative United Exchange, was arrested in Washington by U S post office inspectors on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Warrants target other principals as disclosures by a Washington manager spur a broad probe into a Phoenix born firm with offices in Chicago, Phoenix, San Francisco, and D C. The firm claimed to test corporations and underwrite bonds but allegedly aimed to sell $20 million in bonds and bond its own employees. Holcomb posted $5,000 bond and a raid seized company literature. executives named include Ellmer Comer and Al Woods Wilshire.
A Newport dispatch says about 200 million in wealth held by widows is open to remarriage as foreign nobles head toward the city. Dukes and barons will pick titles from among prominent local women including Mrs. Goelet and Mrs. Belmont. Mrs. Leeds plans December return to decorate Rough Point, while Foreigner interest sparks light humor about fortunes and marriages.
In Topeka on August 3 the Kansas Republican council adopted a progressive platform while Governor Stubbs resigned as chairman and Senator Bristow chaired. The platform calls for tariff revision, a nonpartisan commission to set duties, direct election of senators, stronger antitrust enforcement, state utility regulation, and resource conservation measures, with support for Roosevelt era policies and long haul provisions.
A formal resolution honors former President Theodore Roosevelt as a champion of human rights in the global struggle against special privileges. It expresses readiness to enlist under his banner and aligns head administration and economy with reform aims amid tax levy reductions.
In London Crippen and Clara Ethel Le Neve, charged with the murder of Crippen’s wife, Crippen suffered a nervous collapse and was removed to the Brixton jail hospital. Le Neve fainted after court, raising belief Crippen was placed in hospital to prevent self harm. hospital care offered as alternative to prison.
A biplane from the east surprised New York crowds at Madison Square Tonight. Police and pedestrians watched as it circled the Metropolitan Tower then surveyed the Flatiron area before returning to the park and swooping among the trees while cheers rose from spectators. It vanished toward the east after a dramatic display.
Dynamiters targeting streetcars caused three cars to be wrecked and several injuries in Columbus Ohio on August 31. Two men Fraback and Hirskowicz were pulled from beneath a car. Fraback may lose his right foot. A conductor was knocked unconscious as explosions splintered car floors and damaged tracks at multiple intersections. The governor discussed arbitration with labor leaders but made no immediate decision.
Lloyd C Griscom and allies meet in New York to unite Roosevelt supporters behind a Roosevelt bid for temporary chairman at the State convention. They assert 650 of 1015 delegates back Roosevelt and push for a direct nominations plank, challenging old guard leaders including Barnes Ward and Odell.
Wages 1 Hotel Victim Miss Fitch. Roosevelt leaders, Taft praise, old guard defied. Rich man dies by own hand. Autos contests, railroads suffer. South Carolina primary indecisive amid political skirmishes. Roosevelt warns new states and tests on Supreme Court. Industry, society notes and local items on repairs and celebrations.
Samuel J. Hirsh, Chicago clothing maker of Hirsh & Wickwire, killed himself in his Knickerbocker Hotel room by cutting his throat after a Europe healing trip. Passage notes claim a nervous state and three messages left behind, one mentioning a Chicago girl and another about Walter Reed. A chambermaid and a detective found him in the bath, with blood-stained desk notes and calabash pipes destined for his office staff.
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports Rajah the Bronx ble tiger, famed for ugliness and grace, was fed a large chunk by Keeper Schwarz. The tiger gulped it down, choked, struggled briefly, then died.
Special to The Washington Post reports Maryland voters in the first district through sixth cast ballots for congressional nominees in primaries, ending the old convention system. In Baltimore city, Democratic Charles Konig and Charles Linthicum won in thirds and fourths, while Republicans Charles W. Main and Addison Mullikin led their contests. In Montgomery County, Ward results show Gist Blair leading Brainard H. Warner Jr. in the Sixth district, with David E. B. Lewis dominating the Democratic side.
Frederick County in Maryland votes in a first state primary held by both parties with Ray backed by Gorman, a political slap at the governor. Rag ner helps Warner win while Col. Pearce is too ill to vote and Garrett resents outside interference by repudiating Blair.
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