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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
1
President elect Taft addresses Georgia schoolgirls praising industrial education and Lucy Laney's legacy. He defends his remarks as misinterpreted and states the need for women’s education and parity while warning against insulting the South and Northern men.
A muddled Northern theme surfaces in remarks about postwar relationships and officers. Capt Thomas Allen of Chicago joins Taft’s board of engineers for Panama. Missouri politics dominates Taft discussions with W H Dickey and Charles Nagel names, as Taft plans a Augusta address and Hamp ton Terrace banquet.
Bishop Hartzell of Attica lauds Roosevelt as the world’s most remarkable man and calls the African Methodist Episcopal jubilee meeting historic. Vice President Fairbanks is singled out for praise as he lauds Congress and judges as morally strong. Dr Thirkield of Howard University urges progress toward a larger spiritual role for the colored race.
In Springfield Jan 19 no U S senator emerged with a majority in either house. Hopkins 87 total votes. Foss 25. Stringer 76. Mason 0. Shurtleff 3. Joint session tomorrow to continue ballots. Hopkins led in senate but short in house. Shurtleff received three votes in the house as insurgent Republicans and Democrats backed him.
Jan 19 Puntadelphia reports a debate over Representative Henry M Goldfogle of New York proposing Congress urge Roosevelt to suspend the 1833 Russian American treaty. A special committee of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations favored a substitute that drops abrogation talk and calls for uniform passport respect for American citizens regardless of race or religion.
Special to The Washington Post reports Charles J Hughes Jr to succeed Henry Teller in the Colorado Senate with 73 votes in the separate houses. Hughes to be formally elected in joint session tomorrow.
James P. Clark was elected by the Arkansas legislature to succeed himself as United States senator. The senate vote was near unanimous and the session adjourned at noon in observance of the day’s anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee. In the house, Republicans backed Harry H. Meyer for governor and congressman amid the polling of five Republican votes. The joint session was slated for Thursday with Senator Overman expected to be reelected. Little Rock Ark Jan 19.
In Salem Oregon January 19 Governor George E Chamberlain Democrat failed to secure election as United States senator as lawmakers could not unite. Chamberlains 58 votes surpassed the necessary total by seven with Fulton 34 to 2 and 14 in the house and 19 to 3 in the senate for Chamberlain and Fulton respectively.
New Haven Jan 19 Gov vetoed a state wide prohibition bill prohibiting liquor manufacture in Tennessee. Senate vote 13 to 1 sustaining or defeating the veto will be read tomorrow. The measure had been amended to take effect January 1. Dr Allan R Diefendorf of Yale Medical School reports hypnotic tests identifying a missing man named Osten or Austin continue at Grace Hospital with updates on his memory, past injuries, and family ties.
A dinner was held at the Cosmos Club in Washington in honor of Frederick D. Owen known for patriotic society work and civic ceremonies. Toastmaster Dr. Marcus Benjamin led as guests included Warren Bromwell Needham Raymond and others. letters of support came from Cortelyou Barrett Loeb Vincent Maguire Edson Noyes Bone Gillespie and more.
Paris dispatch notes the Abruzzi seeks to marry Miss Katherine Biking and plans to resign from the navy and royal family to clear the way. King resists, while officers beg Queen to intercede. she offers to pass the request, but ministers later place those officers under arrest.
In Scranton Pennsylvania a macaroni factory owned by Nicholas Fazio was dynamited by a Black Hand gang for the second time in three years. Fazio his family and four workers in rooms above the factory escaped serious harm though they were tossed from beds and buildings nearby suffered blast damage. Two men jailed for the prior attack are tied to the case and seven Italian suspects have been arrested in connection with today’s explosion.
Thomas Hutchings visits Stephen Merritt Company and New York undertaker to arrange his own cremation. He chats calmly with manager Radcliffe and leaves, then goes to a police station seeking a Mason for counsel. On the steps outside, Hutchings shoots himself, dying moments later. A boy witnesses the act. no identification found. Police recover a burial deposit receipt in his pocket.
A printed circular from an Irish antivivisectionist named Cowan urges prayer to end vivisectors. It targets Professor Starling of University College Hospital London, claiming divine action will remove him if it pleases God. A fortnight later a noted vivisector died, interpreted as divine approval by the group.
Millionaire John W Gates learns by telegram that Blondie the bull pup on his train has rabies symptoms after a stray dog bite in Port Arthur Texas. Gates orders Blondie chained in the baggage car and prepares Pasteur treatment plans for California while expert medical advice is sought.
United States District Judge K M Landis saw another reversal in the long dispute over corn products and Standard Oil. The Illinois case began with George F. Harding and others seeking receivers for the Corn Products Company and affiliates, claiming illegal restraint of trade. Landis had issued injunctions blocking state court prosecution, then dismissed the original injunction bill on appeal.
Wilkes-Barre Pa Jan 19 From death Daniel Kane an old man found dead in a tiny shack at Sugar Notch. He was known to everybody as a dealer and the teamaster found his body this morning.
President Roosevelt exerts influence to halt California bills targeting Japanese residents. Letters and telegrams surface showing White House concern over anti Japanese legislation, urging delay until formal positions are clarified. Governor Gillett holds bills, awaiting guidance as Japanese emigration trends are discussed with officials and senators.
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