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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
1
In New York and Washington the insurgent movement attracts key figures. Beveridge, Fish, and others visit Sagamore Hill for talks amid Roosevelt and Poindexter negotiations. Roosevelts stance on Poindexter remains disputed as allies weigh support and party unity. Chief topics include gubernatorial and senatorial contests, Ballinger’s role, and ongoing primary debates.
An Associated Press dispatch from Oyster Bay reports Col Roosevelt and allies discuss the political situation amid rumors of a new party formed from insurgent factions. Regular GOP leaders question why Roosevelt courts insurgents and whether he plans to back their aims in the next campaign.
A Washington university owes $70,000 in notes allegedly secured by second mortgages. The depth of the loan web is magnified by a Corcoran endowment withdrawal treated as a second mortgage, while a first mortgage from Fidelity Trust remains unsettled. The Attorney General's report outlines authorization for promissory notes up to $70,000 to cover current expenses through April 1910, with real estate pledged as trust security.
Friends report within a week Mrs Frank Jay Gould will marry Ralph H Thomas assistant treasurer of the American Sugar Refining Co son of Mr and Mrs Joseph B Thomas who live at the Hotel Savoy nephew of Washington Thomas president of the sugar trust discussion denied by none of the parties involved Gould has toured town all summer and dined with Thomas at the Netherlands while a trousseau is being prepared
Thomas Kincade, a noted driver, died during practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. His car ran off the high embankment at the southeast corner and he was trapped beneath the wreck. He had worked for National Motor Vehicle Company and recently raced full time. His last public appearance was July 4 in the mile race for the Cobe trophy.
Dispatches to the Jewish Aid Society report mobs in Slobodskoi, a Vyatka suburb, growing more dangerous to Jews. Six severely injured and many more slightly hurt as organized assaults and threats terrorize the Jewish population.
Special to The Washington Post Franklin Pennsylvania July 6 A son was born today to Mr and Mrs George H Hedgeson who live near Franklin Mr Hedgeson is 75 years old and the child born today is his twenty eighth The present Mrs Hedgeson is his second wife.
A dynamite blasting cartridge with a cap was found hanging from a tree about seven feet above the Arden road near the depot and Ramapo bridge. It threatened any covered auto or cart passing that stretch. no workers were involved in trouble. Harriman estate payroll runs about $26,000 monthly with some layoffs. the Harriman family is at Arden House.
London July 6 Christie's second day sale of Baron Schroeder's porcelain and art objects yielded $70,000 for five eighteenth century snuff boxes. Two other pieces also topped $26,000 each, including a Louis XV box with six miniature Bathing Nymphs and Dolphins and a Louis XVI oval gold snuffbox with similar ornamentation.
Philadelphia July 6. J Eads Flow known as the millionaire tramp of St Louis was arrested by police while addressing an unemployed congress in Franklin Square. Police refused a permit for an outdoor meeting and pulled him from the soap box on which he stood. A ticket note for Detroit and return appears in the crowd.
The Grand Republic, a wooden excursion steamer, caught fire in the Narrows while en route to Crescent Athletic Club pier. All 45 passengers were landed safely as fireboats and tugs battled the blaze, with crew discipline praised and a band playing to soothe frightened women and children.
Paterson N J July 6 William T Atlen a local manufacturer found burglars have hit his shop for the third time this town. A sarcastic note left by the thief claims the burglary was the easiest yet and notes the watchman prevented a bigger theft. The thief got $75.
Special to The Washington Port Divefield reports a gang of women robbers operates near Beckley. Four coal operation stores were broken into and about $1,000 in goods stolen, including corsets cosmetics curling irons chewing gum and other female finery. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Money to lend at 4 5 and 6 percent on real estate. F T Rawlings 1505 Pa av.
A broad roster of places including Maryland Maine Washington Boston San Francisco Milwaukee Cincinnati Providence Louisville Lexington Fort Worth Birmingham Columbus Springfield Taunton New York Chicago Pittsburg Albany St Louis Virginia Montana Georgia Indiana Lincoln New Orleans Baton Rouge Little Rock Buffalo Worcester Harrisburg Baltimore Savannah Mobile Detroit Denver Los Angeles Erie Middletown St Joseph Kansas City Jefferson City is noted with possible bar restrictions and permissibility for pictures.
President Taft begins vacation at Burgess Point as official mail is barred from the cottage and Secretary MacVeagh is expected to join. The Massachusetts Highway Commission clears Robert Taft of blame for the June accident, renewing the younger Taft’s driver’s license after eyewitnesses confirm the car horn and slow approach.
A Water town Dakot a cyclone wrecked a large circus last night injuring many and killing one circus worker. Two horses died and the loss from the storm is estimated at about twenty thousand dollars for the circus and five thousand for local damage. Spectators fled as the main tent tore apart the blaze spread from lamps and flying debris caused chaos in the darkness.
Today’s issue highlights Roosevelt’s course puzzles and a blaze on an excursion boat, with notes on legal and financial matters, international concerns, and upcoming society items. Funeral of Justice Fuller frames major obituaries as the paper charts politics, industry, and local events.
Judge J A Evans rules in Shafer vs Haupt that statement was a privileged communication after Shafer asked Haupt to repeat an accusation. Jury had awarded Mrs Fillda Shafer $5 damages in the Sheraden suburb case involving a 500 club and social tensions among wives of local businessmen.
The Canal Record says 41 2 miles of the canal channel at the Pacific entrance are completed. Survey results dated May and confirmed on June 2 place the section from Panama Bay to about 2,800 feet from the Panama Railway wharf at Balboa. Depth averages 45 feet with minor variation to account for silt from currents and tides.
The New York Tribune reports a majority of a nine member inquiry committee has found Chief Croker guilty of incompetency mismanagement bad judgment and nine other offenses. Croker has a week to reply before an open trial by the commission opens. The inquiry began after the June 6 fire that killed two firefighters.
Washington moves to bar Johnson exhibition while lawyers insist the boxer may enter the capital, sit on the White House steps, climb the monument, and ride in a rubberneck wagon. Clergymen protest the Reno fight as pastors push for Johnson exclusion. police act to prevent moving pictures of the Johnson Jeffries fight from screening in the District. The dispute centers on constitutional rights versus municipal action as theater men and pastors clash over the controversial film.
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