09 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1913
Page
1
Jeannette Hammond, living in Germany, claims a spousal stake in the estate of James Bartlett Hammond, the Boston typewriter pioneer who died Jan 27. Contests by brothers and others seek to overturn his will leaving $2,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A bright fog of sulfur fumes at 116-118 West Lake Street sent 12 firemen to the street after 22 sacks of sulphur in the Wholesale drug firm basement released a choking cloud. The blaze drew crowds as engines worked, with one water stream used and many affected by the pungent fumes.
Representatives of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific formally laid before Attorney General Wickersham the merger dissolution plan. Bankers Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will head a syndicate to dispose of Southern Pacific stock, details discussed with no announcement. Attending for Union Pacific were N. H Loomis, John G. Milburn, and John Spooner. Maxwell Evarts for Southern Pacific.
Maurice A Thuriot, a French immigrant, waited over twenty years for a marriage that never came. After decades of hopeful letters and delays from his sweetheart, despair led him to take his own life today in New York.
Thomas Newsome, 16, tried three days in Petersburg circuit court for the murder of Wade Ferguson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to three years. The sensational trial drew attention due to the defendant’s youth and the prominence of involved families.
Montenegrin and Servian forces assault Scutari fortress at dawn driving Turks from Muselim Hill, with two Ottoman ships sunk on Lake Scutari. Turks retreat on multiple fronts as bombardments continue toward Adrianople and Gallipoli. rumors of Bulgarian victory in Gallipoli discredited. Nicholas directs operations. Emperor Nicholas replies to Austria’s letter in secrecy.
Miss Evanne Ladatad arrived in Hutchinson after a 90 mile night motor ride despite extreme cold to be with her affianced husband Claude Chesbro who was near death and died moments after her arrival. Chesbro, 24, had served four years in the army and was to wed Ladatad in June.
John George Brown renowned for portrayals of newsboys and street youth died in New York today in his eighty second year. Born in England, he had resided in the United States for many years.
Six militia companies standby as Governor Glasscock weighs martial law amid violent clashes at Mucklow and Holly Grove. Strikers rally on Paint Creek, firing on a sheriff’s train, while miners organize to avenge Jacob Estep’s death. Legislature debates detective funds as troops assemble. United Mine Workers levy monthly assessments to aid strikers nationwide.
Houston Mississippi February 8 An angry mob fatally burned Dibrell Tucker a Black man found with Mrs J C Williams diamond ring The mob killed him after chaining him to an iron post and pouring tar before lighting the flames The mob also claimed another Black man had killed Mrs Williams and said Andrew Williams had moved the body Published notices of train schedules appear at the end of the item.
In New York on February 8 a wedding occurred beside the bridegroom's coffin containing his mother Mrs Siegmund Helfgott. George Helfgott, a 24 year old lawyer, wed Miss Viola Regine Lewis as per his mother's dying wish. The ceremony took place at their home shortly after her death from surgery in hospital.
An Ann Arbor report states President Taft accepted an invitation to speak at the joint American Bar Association and American Law Schools gathering in Montreal on September 1, stressing higher admission standards. The article also recounts a lengthy bank fraud case involving C. B. Morse, Boss & Phelps, and forged checks across several states, with police nationwide alerted.
California police expose a master impersonator known as C. B. Morse and William J. Reed who swindled Boss & Phelps of $10,000. He could morph from youth to elder, feign disabilities, and present himself as a statesman. After Fresno arrest, he serves six years in a California penitentiary and will be returned to Washington.
Democratic leaders in the House agree no joint resolution to amend the Constitution for a single presidential term of six years will be voted this session. The World resolution has passed the Senate while the Clayton resolution sits on the House calendar, likely remaining there. Debate centers on whether to apply the measure to past presidents and how it could affect Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, with party divisions and timing questions clouding action.
In a Newcastle upon Tyne letter the Hon William Montague Armstrong son of Baron Armstrong denounces mass discontent over low wages and high rents. He supports political reform but, if constitutional means fail, calls for a general strike as the only alternative.
Frederick C. Beach, the New York millionaire, was acquitted yesterday of assault on his wife with intent to kill. He left this afternoon for New York accompanied by Mrs. Beach and a party including Mrs. James EB. Taylor, Miss Marion Hollins, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hollins Jr., and Thomas S. Fuller, a New York counsel.
The Webb bill to bar interstate liquor shipments into dry states passed the House 240 to 63 after all amendments were rejected. The session featured a lengthy all day fight over a rule for immediate consideration and sharp exchanges among Dalzell Fitzgerald and Mann. The bill now goes to the Senate and is seen as a major action before adjournment with tensions over remaining appropriation bills.
Mr Woodall and two other inspectors restrained a huddled man shouting threats. They forced the patient to the ground and manacled his hands before carrying him to an ambulance for quarantine. Taylor's family were found and also quarantined at a Sarah Ann street residence.
In New York a saloon on First Avenue was entered early today. Burglars made a fake cardboard safe to resemble the real one which stood beneath a nocturnal electric light. They planned to swap in the box and blow the real safe, but fled before completing the theft, leaving the dummy behind.
President-elect Wilson finished a 2000 word draft of his inaugural address at Princeton acting as his own stenographer. He may revise it before distribution and declined comment on Senator Smiths charge about blocking Taft nominations. He said he was uninformed on Central American troubles and refrained from commenting on Spreckels Treasury Circular No 6. He planned to attend church with his family on Sunday and had not chosen a Washington church.
Militant suffragettes damaged Kew horticultural gardens smashing glass panes and uprooting rare orchids. Widespread plant losses valued around 6000 dollars triggered delays to telegrams north of England as authorities investigate overnight vandalism. Hunger strikes continue in Dublin jail as two inmates face hard labor.
Chief Inspector Woodall and two assistants of Baltimore health department faced violent resistance by John Taylor, a large Black man believed to have smallpox, as officers forced entry, with a chaotic struggle ending in his confinement.
President taft speaks at the University Club dinner in Washington, warning Americans to stay true to democratic principles while noting his return to Yale as a law professor. He rejects pessimism, asserts progressivism risks, and accepts future visits to the capital.
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