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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
10
Nevada lawmakers press bills to bar aliens from directors roles and to segregate Japanese in schools while opposing drastic anti Japanese land restrictions. Roosevelt urged caution as California and Nevada debates surround immigration and ownership limits amid rising xenophobic sentiment.
A broker discloses Morgan as intermediary in a major merger. Sixteen men were said to be allied to control the Coal and Iron Company, with absorption into a larger corporation deemed necessary after consulting President Roosevelt to ease 1907 strains.
Foreign Minister Komura outlined aims to keep peace and develop national resources while deepening ties with the United States. He urged reciprocity in new treaties and noted emigrant controls, as Hattoes criticized the policy as wavering and unequal, warning of anti-Japanese sentiment in America.
Schley testified that Moody calls on Moore and Schley were intense during the stock panic, risking collapse of the firm. He described attempts to persuade Ledyard Morgan and the role of Frick and Gary in proposing the Tennessee Coal and Iron buyout, while noting a seven million dollar pressure in three days and public scrutiny.
Alleged son of a New York real estate magnate fined 30 dollars and costs by a Chicago judge for stealing three kisses from his landlady Mrs Edna Carameili. Fallon later claimed his real name Julius Levy and that his father is Al Levy of 16 Beekman Place New York.
Plans near completion for a merger of National City Bank and National Bank of Commerce creating a bank with about 80 million dollars in capital and surplus and around 10 million in deposits. The combined bank would be the largest in the world, with Frank A Vandertip likely to lead the merged institution and Valentine P Snyder presiding at the Bank of Commerce.
Federal Judge R B Campbell issued a temporary order restraining Governor Haskell and Oklahoma officials from interfering with Kansas Natural Gas Company and other foreign firms seeking to pipe gas through the state. The action, led by T Barns dell and associates from Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, accuses interference with interstate commerce under the U S Constitution. Also notes upcoming rail service improvements and schedule details for drawing room cars to Aiken and Augusta via Southern Railway.
Justice Gaynor granted a writ of habeas corpus to review Albert T. Patrick’s case in the appellate division. Patrick, currently imprisoned for the murder of William Marsh Rice, challenges Gov. Higgins’s commutation from death to life imprisonment as not warranted by statute and an amendment to a harsher punishment.
In Indianapolis February 2 the United Minor Workers convention rejected a paragraph commending President Lewis for declining to support a strike in Osage county. Lewis defended his stance but the motion failed. No mention was made of a purported letter accusing district officers of selling out. An investigation into the letter’s authorship is underway.
Verna Ware in Gatesville Texas during Jon Hanes trial suddenly fired a revolver, killing Hanes and wounding three witnesses. Her attorneys wrested the weapon as she attempted suicide. she collapsed in a chair and was taken to jail in critical nervous condition. Witnesses described a crowded courtroom and widespread sympathy for the young woman and complainant.
New York fugitive Broughton Brandenburg explains his failure to appear for trial on a forged letter charge. He cites lack of funds for counsel and experts, says he will return to oppose the bail default and stand trial once money is secured.
Mizg Marton Fergus Woolman heiress to a fortune estimated at 150000 to 250000 married Capt Alexander Romuel Hewitt of the American Salvation Army. After a brief wedding trip the couple plan to work in Plainfield, where Hewitt will command a Salvation Army group. The bride’s family is described as one of Burlington’s proudest.
Mrs Martha Mabell Dunphy wife of a Boston physician testified in Judge Clifford's court that Charles Giles a Boston broker pursued her after she borrowed funds and pawned jewelry and stock. She said Giles forced advances, signed documents, and threatened to ruin her husband unless she fled to Montana and later attempted to recover property. She claimed Giles followed to Chicago and kept jewels and stocks. Her husband has filed suit for alienation of affection.
President-elect Taft, with Lieut Col Goethals, reviewed Gatun Dam area and the proposed breakwater project. Engineers urged building breakwaters from Colon and Point Toro to protect the Caribbean entrance at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars. A lower dam option was discussed as a cost-saving measure while awaiting further consultations. Taft also observed the sinking of newly worked substrate as normal settling.
Louis S Owsley testified in probate court against Mary Adelaide Yerkes petition to remove Charles T. Yerkes as executor. Owsley said Mrs Yerkes was influenced by "fleg fee" and denied plans to enrich himself from the estate. He labeled the surrender of property to her as a malicious falsehood and defended his actions.
Senate appropriation committee boosts the District budget for the next fiscal year by about 4.16 million beyond House figures, funding a new workhouse and reformatory, police hires, snow removal, and expanded schools, while trimming six justices of the peace and creating new cross-jurisdictional sites in Maryland or Virginia.
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