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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
36
Warships and a 700-strong Marine contingent under Admiral Kimball move toward Nicaraguan waters. Reports describe U S naval deployments from Albany and Yorktown, with other ships ordered from the Atlantic to the Pacific theater, amid tensions with the Nicaraguan coast and broader Pacific protection efforts.
The report notes naval vessels assigned to the Atlantic coast including the cruiser Des Mommes Tacoma Marietta gunboats Prairie Marie force on Prairie and ships on board bound for Colon. Pacific coast force includes gunboats Vicksburg Albany and cruisers Yorktown Princeton Buffalo with movements toward Panama. Marine forces are available at Panama. Revenue figures total 3,652 with 700 and 172 noted as values.
Mexico City reports Senor Mariscal, foreign minister, says Mexico will not join Nicaragua dispute. He notes U S severing relations with the southern republic was unexpected but not resented, as Mexico seeks a peaceful Central American settlement and awaits a reply to its peace suggestions. He declines to detail the proposals.
Morgan & Co announces purchase of the majority in Equitable Life Assurance Society from Thomas F Ryan. The move could shift control of key banks and trust firms including Mercantile and Equitable Trust, with potential implications for the National Bank of Commerce and Guaranty Trust style consolidations. Ryan sold after a period of divestment, seeking retirement while a Morgan group alignment hints at a major financial merger trend.
Princess Waldemar wife of the youngest son of the late King Christian lies dying in Copenhagen after unconsciousness since Wednesday. Her husband Prince Waldemar and his three sons are traveling in India, departed November 12. She was previously Princess of Orleans before her 1885 marriage.
New York firms longtime president resigns after years of service. Jime Campbell of Bt Laing and New York steps into leadership as successor. Cech Lo named special adviser to board and will continue as a director in an advisory role.
President DeGraw addresses riders and divers warning that gambling on races will ruin the sport. Final arrangements for the meet to be made at Wednesday night session. Local authorities push strict measures to curb betting in anticipation of the event.
The Washington Post and Drivers Association laid final arrangements for a December 11 horse carnival at the Potomag Speedway under a classification committee meeting next Wednesday. President DeGraw warned horsemen against wagering on racing as a fatal auto crash and betting temptations threaten the new speedway. Authorities plan a safety closure at the entrance and full course clearing for spectator view with provisions for pedestrians on race day.
Todiena Southern Coal Company mineral rights timber tracts in Vigo Clay allkan and Sreene counties were deeded to the Anatines Coal Company for 100 009. John K Seifers, receiver of the Indiana Southern Company, executed the deed, one of the interests of John I Walsh of Chicago before financial difficulties.
Mrs Dora B Doxey of Columbus Nebr faces first degree murder charges over William J Elder's July death after investigators linked his brother’s life policies to her. Arsenic traces found in Elder’s organs. embalming fluid reportedly free of poison. Doxey, already jailed for bigamy, will face court as relatives contest insurance and probate claims.
James B Connolly the author and Roosevelt ally enters the Democratic congressional race in the Tenth district. He began as Roosevelt’s special historian aboard the global voyage and stayed with the fleet to the Pacific coast before returning to New York and boarding the ill fated Republic bound for further service.
A Black farm hand named Major shot and killed Clifford Holtey, a white man, at Gough after a quarrel days earlier. Locals fear lynching as Holtey and his father joined in the confrontation, Major claiming he was outnumbered and firing with a Winchester. The incident has stirred tensions and police search for the assailant.
President Taft expected to sue Virginia in the Supreme Court to restore old District of Columbia boundaries. Opinions from constitutional experts reportedly argue the 1846 retrocession is unconstitutional, prompting possible congressional action or a direct court case on the national boundary.
A Red Star Line steamer Vaderland rescued Capt Edgar E Biglow his wife and child and four crewmen from the sinking schooner Bordas southeast of Nantucket after a fierce northeast gale. The Bordas, a Rockland Maine vessel loaded with lumber from Liverpool bound for Philadelphia, lies a navigation hazard. The destroyer Seneca was sent from New York to destroy her.
During a gale the British schooner Mizpah was driven onto the inner bar between Peaked Hill Bars and Cape Point. Three men were washed overboard and lost. four others were rescued ashore in breeches buoys by life savers. The vessel was en route from Lunenburg Nova Scotia to Boston.
The funeral of Mrs Mary B Dodge widow of Walter S Dodge was held yesterday from the residence of her brother in law Horace Dodge at 110 RB street northeast. Rev A G B Pierce officiated. Interment was at Glenwood Cemetery. Many friends attended and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. Mrs Dodge was a wave of Washington and widely known and esteemed. She leaves two young daughters Ruth and Helen.
Special to Tap Washington Post reports in Fitzgerald Georgia that prominent educator and principal James T Saunders collapsed and died while listening to election returns showing defeat in his bid for city school board membership.
Hundreds of Ludlow Manufacturing Associates tenants were forced from their homes and told to move their belongings by tomorrow afternoon or the town would store them. Nearly 100 of about 200 families spent the night in makeshift shelters built from possessions as Lieut Gey Louis Frothingham visited Ludlow to mediate a settlement.
A Baltimore downtown fire destroyed large sections of the wholesale district in Hopkins Place and Sharp Street areas. Eight or more structures were damaged or burned, with losses estimated around 570,000 to 600,000. Firefighters faced water tower failure and crowded streets as they fought the blaze and four firemen were injured, one seriously. A plan to seek help from other cities was vetoed by the Fire Chief, keeping the response local despite extensive damage.
Earl Early, a former soldier living on a Manchester Va farm, arrived in Washington and surrendered to police after a warrant was issued. He was taken to the quarantine station for leprosy testing while health officials decide on confinement or release. Early greeted officials but warned of potential legal action, claiming plans to challenge health authorities.
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