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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
28
President elect Taft addressed about 600 Southern leaders at a Atlanta chamber affair praising nonsectional plans and representative appointees while pledging federal reform. The speech followed a lavish banquet that showcased Southern support and strong approval from attendees.
President elect Taft defends nonpartisan approach during Georgia dinner, praising cordial Southern welcome and warning against partisan manipulation. He argues Republican gains depend on fair Southern appointments and sustained independence of speech and action, pledging to vet appointees and pursue fair railway and industrial policy.
The national administration must be held accountable by the fitness and standing of appointees in the South. The speaker vows to investigate candidate character and select those who can earn trust, reduce alienism, and carry sympathy from the central government into the field offices. Atlanta, ban et.
Thornton Hains is found not guilty of murder in the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William B. Annis after a 22 hour jury deliberation. The Bayside trial, tied to his brother Captain Peter C. Hains, ends with elation in the courtroom and on the streets as family and supporters react amid a crowd outside the Queens County court.
Professor Simon Newcomb, renowned astronomer and mathematician, had surgical operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital today. His condition afterward was favorable and healing progress reported as satisfactory.
In diplomatic circles a rumor says M. Bachmetieff, former Russian minister to Japan, may be named ambassador to the United States in succession to Baron Rosen. Rosen would move to Rome to replace M. Moravieli, who died in December. Confirmation is unavailable, and officials say no general changes are decided. Rosen, at Washington since July, dismisses the rumor as unfounded.
Sacramento reports progress on three bills restricting business operations of Japanese interests and segregation measures in all communities. One measure bars aliens from serving on boards of directors, affecting major Japanese importing houses on the Pacific coast and likely to be favorably reported Monday. A second bill targets land holdings, potentially affecting hundreds of Japanese farmers. The bills were discussed in committee and favorably reported to the house.
Benjamin Karper receives two years in jail and Joseph Sloane three years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud in a Chesapeake Manufacturing Company scheme. Henry Rosenthal’s sentence is suspended for 30 days with restitution and a $25,000 and $15,000 expense repayment tied to arrest and conviction costs.
Charleston West Virginia January 15 Hen Davis president of the United Mine Workers of West Virginia charges the Lick Branch mine where two explosions in three weeks killed over 100 men violated mining laws He urges legislative action an investigation and notes the mine reopened after the December 28 blast before inspectors finished work He claims air pockets 150 to 278 feet deep exist at points meanwhile Erie Ontario Canal plan: government engineer G Sing says a new canal with six locks 70 by 75 feet may be built linking Lake Erie to Lake Ontario this project would raise water levels and improve navigation
Messina and Catania recount dramatic aftershocks as three rescued children narrate survival after eighteen days under rubble near the Church of the Assumption. Apparitions of Saint Agatha are reported, sparking vows to rebuild Messina and relocate the city. Relief efforts include Bayern and Celtic ships delivering supplies, with commissions formed to plan reconstruction and safe building methods.
In Utica on January 15 Elisa Leona Gasford and Miss Mercedes Alexander, both daughters of wealthy families, were rushed to Utica hospital with appendicitis. The girls, each with a mother, agreed to flip a coin to decide which would be operated on first. Miss Alexander lost, was operated on early, and an hour later Miss Gaylord underwent surgery. Both are doing well.
Tests have run a week in New Haven under Dr Wiley of the U S Department of Agriculture to determine how varied shipping conditions affect oysters. Dr W D Bigelow leads the study with inspectors T B Rayner J C Duff and Dr G W Stiles Jr assisting as shipments move to Washington for thorough examination.
Judge Brown in the U S circuit rules the Sherman antitrust act favors corporations in suits for relief and not individuals. The decision sustains the defendant in a case brought by Oakes Ames and Francis W Breed against the American Telephone and Telegraph Company seeking damages for depreciation of stock in Independent telephone companies bought by AT&T.
Jan 16 dispatches note the Liberian gunboat Lark bombarded a German steamer of the Woerman Line off the coast of Liberia. Details are scarce and no motive is provided. A German guardship from Kamerun has departed for Liberia.
Meyer travels from Washington to New York for a conference with top officials including Inspector McMillin Superintendent Bradley Norris Sands Mayer and other postal leaders. The session aims to address the growing New York postal crisis due to business expansion and space shortages. A rapid interchange of mails between offices and branches is a key topic under consideration.
Former cashier and vice president of Farmers and Drovers National Bank Waynesburg Pa, convicted on eleven counts for false reports and nineteen counts for false entries and theft connected to a bank collapse that failed with about 2 million dollars. Sentenced by United States Judge James Young to fifteen years in the penitentiary in Pittsburg.
A New York Times feature, based on Intersta te Commerce Commission reports by 74 railroads, outlines who holds major voting stock in top lines. It suggests E H Harriman controls Oregon Short Line and large portions of Southern Pacific and others, with Hill and Morgan rivals noted for influence in the U S railroad map.
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