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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1910
Page
1
Cabinet turmoil over a confidential war report sparks rumor of Dickinson resignation. Taft denies, backing Dickinson and blaming the general staff. Talks of Tawney as potential War Department head fade as relations with Japan and Germany see cautious U.S. policy and a possible trade settlement.
Special to The Washington Post reports Capt. Walter Du Brock found a missing Edgewater Riding Club hound ten days after it vanished. The dog, shot accidentally with a broken foreleg, had dug a Des Plaines River cave near Glenview, lining it with leaves and branches and storing meat, frozen bone, and rabbit remains as a food supply. The pack nursed and protected their injured comrade as riders uncovered the shelter.
The Chilean Minister to the United States, Anibal Cruz, died suddenly of heart disease at his residence 114 Vermont Avenue NW. Diplomatic figures including President Taft visited the legation, and a high requiem Mass will be held at St Patrick's Church. The body will lie in state, then be shipped back to Chile with a naval escort if accepted by Chile.
Port Limon Costa Rica December 18 at least twenty families estimated 170 people drowned when an island in Ulopango lagoon sank after a series of earthquakes. A boatload of frightened women and children reached the mainland while watchers watched lights vanish as the island disappeared amid increasing tremors.
Special to The Washington Post from Boston reports Booker T. Washington defending tipping for Pullman car porters. He argues many porters deserve higher wages but accepts tipping as a privilege, noting travelers generally do not begrudge small tips for services.
Vera Gammon of St Paul aged 16, unable to speak see or hear since birth, excels at a Faribault school using a typewriter, writes essays of 5000 words, and has a 3000 word vocabulary. A bill for $1000 is proposed to fund her education with later state aid. Her teachers debated exclusive instruction as her remarkable progress drew state attention.
The blind street singer and former minister Rev Thomas McKinsey says it pays to advertise after seeking death by electric chair from four governors. He has resumed street singing and now attracts crowds and money, declaring he would not die for anything.
The Duchess of Orléans had an appendicitis operation at Wood Norton, Eversham, on Saturday. She passed a comfortable night but today her condition was critical. Manuel II and Queen Dowager Amelie, exiled Portuguese royals, are visiting the Duke of Orleans at Wood Norton. The duchess has been ill for months and could not greet the arrivals.
Leavenworth Kansas December 14 Major R A McGlaughrey warden of the Federal penitentiary states John R H Walsh is in such a condition that he may die at any time or live for years. The prisoner is failing rapidly and his life is despaired by officials.
The Rev. Roland Cotton Smith of St John’s Episcopal Church urges a pause in the week before Christmas, arguing the season is lost to enforced gaiety and commerce. He warns of fatigue, hurried shopping, and perfunctory acts, urging inward reflection and a reprioritizing of the Christmas spirit toward love and compassion.
A six year old boy was found at the Monaca postoffice with arms full of mail taken from two boxes. Police watched as he emptied the boxes and identified him as Marty McCush, son of Martin McCush. He was taken to his father while an investigation probes losses to two firms and checks among scraps in a waste basket. Complaints of lost mail had been reported at the post office for weeks.
New York December 18 reports a Herald canvass of 21 incoming lawmakers shows a majority favor tariff changes. Among 228 Democrats 17 want only revenue tariffs and 30 seek reduction with a retained principle. 162 Republicans split with 61 staunchly against tariff, 79 backing revision with protection in mind. Experts doubt Senate action and foresee limited drastic measures.
Edict from Peking dated December 18 refuses to form a constitutional cabinet despite a memorial from the national assembly and declines to accept resignations of grand councilors. Imperial senate had urged immediate cabinet creation. assembly to discuss matter tomorrow.
George Washington Hall a colored man reputed to be 101 died today in the Finley mansion Bronx. Born in Savannah he told his daughter Frances he was Gen Zachary Taylor's body servant in the Mexican War days.
The Record-Herald will tomorrow announce the completion of an engineering plan for a tunnel between Chicago and New York and other Eastern cities. The tunnel would carry telephone and telegraph wires and a pneumatic tube for transmitting package freight.
Special to The Washington Post reports from Oklahoma City on December 18 with Gov Cruce declining to attend his inaugural ball to avoid wearing a dress suit. Society women are cheering his plain attire choice despite expectations.
Private tele grams report Gen Hernandez leading federal troops 23 miles west of Chihuahua against large insurrectos. Fighting lasts hours as guerrilla tactics keep foes under cover. Hernandez left Chihuahua to command personally, troops driven back with no confirmed losses yet.
A late report says the former United States Steamer Hornet was sold Friday to a Mexican insurgent representative and would be armed at a coast point near San Fernando. An agent of the revolutionists has been in talks with General See Christmas. The Hornet is to sail today, having cleared in ballast for Cape Gracias.
In Irwin Pennsylvania on December 18 a trolley car struck a wagon carrying seven youths returning from a party. Paul H Grubb aged 19 was killed instantly and Margaret Fry aged 18 was seriously injured and taken to Greensburg Hospital. The wagon overturned and seven youths were thrown into a ravine with one survivor grabbing the bridge guard rail to escape.
Rockefeller agents report growing discouragement after Congress rejected a federal charter for a Rockefeller foundation to promote world peace. Taft approved the plan but lawmakers balked at tax exemptions, prompting talk of state incorporation as Rockefeller weighs next steps and compares the Carnegie gift to his own idea.
In Lima Ohio a 15yearold son of Sheriff Van Gurten used an empty rifle to keep six escaping prisoners from harming his father after an assault that freed four men. Berger and Evans were recaptured, others remain at large as the sheriff lies seriously hurt. The story then shifts to rail travel notes for New York and Jersey City.
An index shows today’s items including a minister not resigning, the death of Pastor Cruz in a quake with 170 drownings, a pastor calling Christmas travesty, Rockefeller annus ed, convict Patrick’s stated plans, and reorganization of st Elizabeth I with men freezing. Also notes on Dying Man giving wife to another, Clark rebuke on England, and Hughes for 1912.
A Vienna dispatch to the New York Times reports violent scenes between former Crown Prince George of Servia and his father King Peter in Belgrade. The king demanded George leave the capital over trouble with young officers. George refused, prompting a slap and a subsequent scuffle before aides separated them.
Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, imprisoned for the William Marsh Rice murder, discussed his case amid claims of a conspiracy and potential pardon. Reports include testimony during the trial and allegations that Charles and Fayette Jones manipulated evidence with chloroform and a towel cone.
Distress rises as winter tightens in Beijing districts. Officials report shortages, starving children, and a growing death toll. Relief committees and appeals abroad mobilize aid while residents scramble for food and shelter.
Secretary Ballinger announced a planned general reorganization of St Elizabeths Hospital with a five member committee to include the Navy and War secretaries, a hospital board member, District commissioners, and Superintendent Dr William A White. The board will also select a successor to chairman F M Gunnell and consider modernizing hospital administration and finances amid disputes with Congress Heights Citizens Association.
Theodore Roosevelt is described as unable to control himself when addressing large crowds by James J. Hitt a railroad official traveling in Seattle with W H Dunwoody a Minneapolis flour mill owner The speaker contends Roosevelt loses self control in front of cheering crowds and has not maintained steady composure since becoming a national figure He downgrades speculation on 1912 candidates while praising Northwest resources and business conditions
Special to The Washington Cos New York Dec 18 A 17 year old George Curtis held a revolver at Broadway and 143rd street claiming a rival shot him through the arm. At West 121st street station he said he walked with a girl who would not be named. He later confessed he shot himself to seem heroic to the girl he loved.
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