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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
31
Eddie Mknew sets season marks with a 266 game and 671 series as Colonials post a 1 030 team total. The piece also notes talk of an international meet and hints at possible future varsity clashes involving Oxford Cambridge Yale and Harvard, with cautious optimism for next year.
New York December 12. Mrs Burke arrested 71 times this year for harboring pigs without health permission. In Flatbush court she pleaded that detainment would starve her animals. Magistrate ordered two weeks to remove them, noting they will be slaughtered. Burke vows to comply to avoid future arrest.
Miss Emma Howard Wight and Miss Bertha Von Pillem, long-time Middletown residents, reported a Saturday night fire that destroyed valuables including rare paintings jewelry and silverware worth over 12000 dollars. They suspect incendiary origin and allege conspiratorial land motives behind attempts to oust them. Their Scotch collie alerted the home dream before being poisoned earlier in the week.
Archbishop Farley of New York arrived in Baltimore for a private conference with Cardinal Gibbons on church matters. The meeting follows their last encounter at the Montreal Eucharistic Congress. Farley will celebrate mass at the cathedral tomorrow and stay in Baltimore for the day.
Special to The Washington Fast reports no word from Quinaga on the Texas border near Marfa as insurrectos surround the town on Saturday. Wires are said cut east of Juarez and troops from Chihuahua race toward Ojinaga, five days away, while Mulatos Ojinaga Presidio del Norte and Matero are reported targets. Hundreds of Mexicans flee into Texas as trains bring troops west to strike the insurrectionists along the El Paso Northwestern line.
Nashville officials report planned action in the criminal court tomorrow morning aimed at overturning the acquittal verdict in the Robin Cooper killing of former Senator E. W. Carmack in ISIS. The defense seeks a hearing based on an affidavit by 8. C. Carmack, brother of the deceased, with attorneys declining to reveal its nature.
Two militia companies under Ma Mozen guarded the county jail in Columbus Georgia at night to stop a supposed bombing. Sheriff Baird requested the callout after a mob attacked the jail following the shooting of several citizens early Sunday. Henry Taylor a negro awaited assault was jailed. Jailer Whelts was wounded and not expected to recover. Indiana group aims to secure forest land for a southern game preserve led by Charles C. Dean with gun club backing. Detroit opens the largest ice rink in America with a 218 by 9 foot artificial surface and heated stands for 2,200 spectators to watch hockey and more.
Hartford jockey Janny Maher appears set to ride on the English turf next season for Lord Derby, with Frank Wooten this year handling Derby horses and Maher winning mounts in the season just closed.
Ottawa Canada senior eight crew plans to leave for England on June 16 if entry is accepted by Royal Hanley stewards. The Ottawa Rowing Club aims to win the Grand Challenge Cup. Morris Wood, renowned speed skater, is hired in New York to coach aspiring skaters.
London dec 12 polling results show the government ahead by one seat as unionists gain 21 seats from the government and the coalition takes 22 from unionists in the race for 519 seats. Harcourt Rosendale retains a smaller margin while Liberal votes surge in Middlesex and Essex. Tomorrow will show Scotland and Wales trends as Lloyd George vows no home rule bill will give Catholics power over religion.
New York Dec 12 an excited mob of Italians demonstrated wildly as ten prisoners captured in a raid on kidnappers head quarters were brought to a Fifth Avenue police court in Brooklyn. Police reserves drove back the crowd as the prisoners were remanded at the prosecution request. Detectives were sent to Wilkes Barre Pa to seek the boss and his companion in connection with the Michael Rizzo capture.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld Helen Boyle’s conviction for aiding in the Billy Whitla kidnapping in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Judge Morrison dissented, noting Boyle was in Cleveland on the kidnapping date, yet the majority found she assisted in Pennsylvania and her husband remains imprisoned for his role.
In Chicago on December 12, engineers and 61 Western railroads agreed to seek settlement under Federal mediation per Erdman law. Grand Chief Warren Stone and a committee reported a 97.52 percent strike vote. Engineers press a 15 percent wage increase while railroads expect a written reply soon and plan to refuse, then seek federal aid.
Telegrams from across the country describe the severe storm wrecking southern Europe. In Cadiz fishing boats remain unable to reach port while a Greek steamer sustains heavy losses, with eight dead and others starving. The British steamer Tittis foundered near Puerto Cruz with four drowned. The Tagus floods Talavera la Vieja and Seville endures flood damage as Guadalquivir subsides. Ceuta reports a house collapse burying six. Genoa notes France rail service disruption and diplomat Jaworsky's halted journey to Paris.
Augustua T. Post, famed balloonist, files suit for annulment of marriage on grounds his wife was never legally separated from her first husband. Mrs Post, who has wed three times, disputes the claim. She was first married to Texas judge John Keaghy in 1871, then to Daniel Halliday of New York who is now deceased.
In Chicago today Judge Landis ruled that charges that Charles De Woody tipped grand jury secrets were not sustained. He ordered Mrs. Aileen Christopher and her attorney John A Brown held in contempt until documents critical to the trial are produced. Tomorrow the judge will announce a sentence for the contempt findings. Four checks, part of the evidence, arrived at court via Mrs Anna Roth who said they were handed by Mrs Christopher.
James Lemly, once a top Metropolitan turf jockey, was jailed for ten days in default of a $0 fine for disorderly conduct. At arrest he stated age 8 and gave a Coney Island address. Walter Smith, a saloon keeper, alleged two men tried to assault him on November 19, with Lamly accused of interfering.
An exploding boiler in the Reed and Lovett silk mill at Waverly, near Baselal to The Washington Pose Haszieton, Pa., killed chief engineer Robert Bers and fireman Michael Mooney, wrecked the plant, and damaged nearby homes shortly after 6 PM. About 500 workers had just left the mill.
Vienna December 12 the government has resigned after the defection of the Polish party which toppled the majority. The Polish party urged building ship canals between the Danube and Oder, while the government said the project impossible given current finances.
A Victorian style observational piece notes men struggle to buy gifts for women and sisters, often choosing for themselves rather than the recipient. It recounts a man selecting a china dog for a girlfriend, despite richer options, and urges buyers to imagine the recipient’s tastes to avoid mismatches.
Date set for argument falls after prospective retirement of Cockrell and Knapp amid ICC personnel changes. McChord of Kentucky and Meyer of Wisconsin named to replace Cockrell and Knapp face no testimony yet in key rate cases. Arguments remain set for January 9 as the commission reorganizes and Knapp potentially retires. Suspensions of proposed rate advances linger to February 1, 1911, with Clement likely to be named chairman if Knapp is confirmed and Clem ents becomes senior member.
The State Department announced successful negotiations for an international conference to suppress the opium trade with May 9 set as the date and The Hague as the venue. Nations invited include the United States China Britain France Germany Italy Japan the Netherlands Persia Portugal Russia and Siam with Austro Hungary declining. Delegates from the Shanghai conference of 1908 such as Bishop Brent Dr Hamilton Wright and Charles Tennay are expected to be named. Austro Hungary declined for lack of commercial interest but accepted reasonable regulations.
In Criminal Court No 1 Justice Wright excused Alfred C Abel of 619 K Street NW from serving this term due to his upcoming marriage. Abel said he plans to wed next month and would rather not be distracted from his duties afterward he would serve as a juror. Horner to urge business school for colored youth. Richard R Horner of the board of education will speak at Metropolitan AME Church on a push for a better commercial high school for colored youth. Other speakers include Allan Davis William McKay Slayton W Gude Dr J Hurat W Rutherford Dr J Milton Waldron and R C Bruce.
Paris reports the engagement of opera star Mme Emma Eames and baritone Emilio de Gogorza. Eames, formerly Julian Story’s wife, is linked with Neumann who sued for separation and later sued Eames in Philadelphia alleging alienation of affections. Damages sought reached substantial sums.
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