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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
1
Vancouver report notes Paris journals and Tokyo diplomats weighing a Pacific clash. Viscount Aoki interview repudiated by the ambassador sparks debate on potential conflict as Japan mobilizes reserve forces and observers eye Anglo Japanese alliance in China.
A McCrough County resident, A Ewing, sold his black saddle horse to a Chicago firm engaged in finding a mount for Secretary of War William H Taft. The animal, six years old and 1240 pounds, is described as suitable for a man weighing 90 pounds and cost $1,000. Florists A. Small & Son listed in Washington and New York.
Paris rumor claims Count Bon de Castellane may remarry Mme Gould, who divorced him. Mme Gould stays at her country château and gives no confirmation. In Paris a separate action filed by Prince Helle de Sagan accuses Count Bon de Castellane of assault seeking damages. case set for January 2.
Special to The Washington Port reports Rev Madison C Peters urging ministers to scrutinize marriages not by license fees but by genuine unions. He criticizes frivolous talk on marriage and warned against careless clergy, noting scandals around the Little Church Around the Corner and urging safeguards to prevent mismatches and “grass” widows.
A pastoral letter from Bishop Canevin will enforce Pope Pius X provisions barring priests from uniting residents of different parishes. The move aims to curb elopements and mixed marriages, strengthening Catholic discipline amid opposition to Catholic-non Catholic unions.
In Ely Nevada workers found a six inch air pipe bent by rock pressure at the six foot level, cutting air to three miners entombed for a month. Rescuers repaired the line within hours. the men, who remain well, are kept supplied and project release in about four weeks, with air restored and progress averaging ten feet daily.
Washington school turmoil deepens as Dr William E Chancellor pursues District Court challenges to his dismissal. Senate District Committee may investigate with Senator Scott and Senator Burkett weighing motions while House consider Burleson bill ending the board and placing a presidentially appointed director of education. Stuart accepts interim superintendent role to allow timely selection of a new head for the system.
Mr. Stuart, a renowned city school official, declines permanent candidacy for the post yet accepts the director role after being nominated by W. V. Coz. The board votes unanimously, teachers plan a reception, and the oath of office is to be administered at Franklin School at 9 this morning.
Special to The Washington Post reports a Pennsylvanian train hitting a funeral coach on Rocks Avenue near Dark Lane crossing just outside Elizabeth New Jersey at 6 11 resulting in the deaths of two horses and injuries to seven passengers. Three injured are in serious condition, with two expected to die. The driver John Einstadt of Newark suffered both arms broken and internal injuries and died at Elizabeth General Hospital. The crossing lacks a gate.
St John New Brunswick January 6 No word has reached here of the long overdue Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal Two steamers the Sobo from the West Indies and the Alcides from Glasgow reported no sign of any disabled vessel Although the Mount Royal has been out twenty nine days Canadian Pacific officials still express hope that she has drifted south on account of an accident to her machinery and may yet be reported
Mrs Jenne P Bigford of Council Bluffs Iowa has fourteen husbands, most of them Civil War veterans. Her latest spouse A W Townsend a wealthy retired farmer of Dodge Nebr. survived by five ex husbands. Her marriages span Colorado Salt Lake City and Council Bluffs with many divorces and uncertain fates for several.
Special to The Washington Post from Mexico City on January 6 reports Chihuahua Governor Enrique Creel, also Mexican ambassador to the United States, has extended his leave and is expected to resign the ambassadorship to take active charge of the Chihuahua governorship after the extension ends.
William C Rhinelander of Albany contends with his late father Will iam Rhinelanders vast estate thought worth fifty million dollars The Albany man once married to a house maid and later a waitress is described as crippled and estranged from his family He faces police history and an indicted shooting case while living in humble apartments with his wife. Juliette Catherine Mater claims to be his wife married in New York in 1897 and says he will pursue his share when able.
Jacob Field of 125 Riverside Drive, a Wall Street speculator, sues Dr Oliver Walcott Hall for 260000 claiming Field alienated Hall's wife Madeline Gladys Toretti Hall before she died on February 4 1897. Field was a longtime guest at the Ansonia Hotel and attended the funeral. Hotel Regent quotes Hall lamenting publicity. Counsel for Field calls the suit baseless.
William Jarnigan aged sixty five father of Patrolman 0 L Jarnigan and brother Michael Wrenn died after grief from his son s death while attempting to arrest suspects Wednesday night near Joppa Grainger County The funeral home and police family mourns as the elder Jarnigan and his wife both fall gravely ill after the tragedy.
Buckshot Dan McPhail of Muskegon County, soon to be 155, vows to defy Edward Payson Weston in a cross country walk from Muskegon to Chicago. He claims the walking fever and confidence in youth suit his chances in the historic challenge.
Pittsburg Jan 6 Judge James H Reed president of the Philadelphia Company at a semi private Duquesne Club banquet attacked Rooseveltism saying we have had enough of financial difficulty and worry. W Ellis Corey guest of honor defended the current money market noting it will improve by midsummer with modest business activity to follow.
Iowa Senator J P Dolliver defended Roosevelt and the rising American morality in a Budoklyn address on The New Moral Outlook. He argued against critics who claim government corruption, praised the President as the greatest American, and supported cleansing market places of harmful influences.
Western Pennsylvania Republican leader State Senator William Flinn says he is not a candidate for the United States Senate. He asserts his aim is to prevent Boies Penrose’s reelection and calls for delegates who back Knox while aligning with Theodore Roosevelt policies, not Roosevelts enemies.
Toledo dispatch reports whispers that Foraker supporters plan a coup to undermine the Brown machine and weaken Taft prospects. Columbus insiders discuss enjoining county boards of elections to block state central committee rules, arguing taxpayers can stop unlawful spending and disenfranchisement. The Huffman primary bill may pass, erasing the Bronson law and delaying the state primary and convention.
A secret poll by the James G Blaine Republican Club in Manhattan's Second Assembly District shows notable presidential preference shifts among club members and local Republican politicians, highlighting new intra party dynamics in New York.
The page list highlights items across topics from politics to society. Notable entries include recalls of reserve troops in Japan and a divorce favoring Rev. Madison Peters, plus court appeals by Dr. Chancelor and social topics like socialism stories and a silver jewel loss.
John C. Cautley a retired British army officer of fifty six was struck by a trolley car in Buffalo New York and died in hospital half an hour later He was born in Cambridge England and had served as a lieutenant colonel in the Royal West Kent Regiment taking part in India the Gordon relief expedition and Majuba Hill.
New York on January 5 reports incipient rent riots on the East Side as landlords clash with striking tenants over decorations and rent. Police reserves restored order after clashes on East Eleventh and East Twelfth streets. five tenants arrested and medics summoned, though growth of meetings continued. By February 1 an organizer predicts over 60,000 tenants in Hoboken and Jersey City will be ready to demand lower rents.
In New York on January 5 a bomb against the saloon door of 445 East Thirteenth street caused glass and ash to fly and set a small fire. Hundreds of Italian residents swarmed into the street as rumors spread that a rent strike had begun. Police calmed the crowd after reserves were summoned and residents returned home.
President Roosevelt answers Secretary Metcalf in a series of letters about the hospital ship issue. He defends the Navy while attacking critics who cast around with discredit. Admiral Brownson’s letter to him is not published.
The President denounces Admiral Brownson's resignation as unseemly and improper amid navy disputes on construction and training. He rebukes officers involved in discrediting the service and declares there is no room for opinion on the impropriety of resigning before obeying superior orders. Admiral Brownlyn, shown the letters, offered no comment.
President Roosevelt denounces Rear Admiral Brownson for resigning rather than obeying a Navy Department order on hospital ship control. He warns against personal vanity factionalism and sensationalism while urging factual, non exaggerated critique of naval defects. Secretary Metcalf to provide a factual statement and seek judgment from Admiral Converse.
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