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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
20
The courtroom recounts Mrs Helene Annis and Thornton Hains as the defense works to counter her dramatic statements. Counsel Weintyre probes to weaken her testimony while Louis Harway details the float shooting and the tense sequence surrounding the pistol blast.
The witness describes her memories of events surrounding her husband’s disappearance and an Englishman described as handsome. She contemplates the impact of conscience on her testimony and whether to color her words to satisfy prosecutorial expectations.
President goes on a long walk in snowy conditions with Secret Service protection as he travels. Mr Cook reports to the executive that he acted to veto a boundary resolution, saying it played into the corporation’s hands.
President Roosevelt went walking in heavy snow with two guards and returned after dark. Harvard classmate Ferdinand Van Dyck Blair visited the White House. Senator Fulton and Senator Warner and others in Congress discussed vetoing a boundary resolution involving Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma amid claims of corporate influence. Roosevelt pledged to investigate the matter as Cabinet members weighed the veto and political questions lingered.
The Roosevelt stockings, to be hung before the White House fireplace for the seventh and final time, will hold gifts for a Santa Claus visit. The president and family may spend New Year’s week at Hyde Park, with Mrs Roosevelt’s Virginia country place expected to bring festive quiet. Nicholas Longworth and family are likely to join for a final Christmas dinner at the White House.
May Sylvester recommended that Frank F Burke be promoted to guard at the house of detention to succeed JE Tarmon who died recently and that Patrick McCarthy be appointed driver at the house of detention on probation to succeed Burke The recommendation was approved by Commissioner West. Special to The Washington Post. Newport News Virginia December. Bound for Rockland Maine the armored cruiser Montana steamed from Hampton Roads this morning through a 50 knot northeaster for speed tests on her official trial last summer she averaged 292 knots before new propellers were installed
Morrow, engineer corps, was dismissed from the DC engineer commissioner post by order of the President. He was reassigned to lead Washington aqueduct duties and river works, while Maj Spencer Cosby succeeded him. The issue centered on the district purchasing system and President Roosevelt’s push to have federal control over supplies.
A military notice lists numerous transfers and duties across forts and arsenals including Myer, Fort Hunt, Fort Washington, and Watertown Arsenal. Officers from cavalry, engineers, and infantry move to new posts and roles, with details of responsibilities at cast artillery projects and medical reserve changes.
An array of naval orders assigns Ensign Smeakle to command Perry Fosign ER Shipp to command Rowan Midshipmen Leonard to Rowan and other officers to various ships and posts. Arrivals include Taranthia at Norfolk and several vessels at Pensacola Newport News Philadelphia and Cavite. An 1908 note records a Barcy in commission at Cavite and Alexander M Dick appointed Post Office Clerk at $90 per year.
The Salvation Army proposes to take over Old St John’s Chapel in downtown New York from Trinity Corporation and run it as a relief and missionary center. Col W A McIntyre stated the Army would relieve Trinity of maintenance costs if the transfer is voluntary and sympathetic. Trinity abandoned the chapel for lack of worshipers, but the Army stresses a serious plan to use the site for downtown missionary and relief work.
Francis J. Heney, famed San Francisco graft prosecutor, arrives in Washington with wife claiming a health vacation not a Justice or White House mission. He plans to visit the President social call and then return to California, citing a calm aim to avoid danger while resuming the Calhoun trial. He discusses Oregon land fraud cases, asserting indictments will be pursued to the end and admitting some limits of the statute of limitations. He criticizes Fulton’s defeat while noting broad municipal corruption is found in other big cities.
Senor Don Juan Barrios Guatemala minister of foreign affairs on a special mission was injured when the automobile he rode in overturned. He incurred a slight skull fracture and facial and bodily injuries. He is under care at Emergency Hospital and will remain at Nex Willard apartments, skipping no duties while healing. Barrios had been en route to Mount Vernon with Senor Dr Don Tos Toledo Herrarte and Gen John Drummond to lay a wreath on Washington's tomb.
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