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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
1
Insurgent candidate Beveridge met at Sagamore Hill with Winston Churchill and Colonel Carter among others to discuss the West’s urgency. Roosevelt spoke, sought a constructive stance, and Beveridge planned a public speech, with reporters noting mixed reactions from visitors.
Maurice M Manton publicity agent says there are not enough politicians to stop Gaynor's nomination and he cannot prevent it. The inquiry traces Gaynor supporters in multiple cities and notes plans for Gaynor clubs statewide. A report cites Meantime, political figures discuss organizing and influencing the gubernatorial race.
Developments in the George Washington University funding and property moves unfold as the most valuable assets, the law and medical buildings, were reportedly sold at a low rate. The board delays ratification, a first mortgage of 10,000 due May 1 will be paid, and rumors swirl about reorganizing debt, endowment securities, and possible new quarters or merging schools.
The New York American predicts Woodrow Wilson may become the 1912 Democratic presidential candidate if Wall Street and political interests align. It suggests plans to nominate Governor Woodrow Watson of New Jersey and notes heavy backing by major financiers and party leaders including Sullivan, Smith, Harvey, and Salten, with ties to Wall Street interests and national committees.
Editor’s son Danny Watterson waived examination today before Police Justice Rowe at Sages on a charge of shooting. Watterson, son of Col Tents Watterson editor of the Toussdle Ks, was committed to talk to a justice at the Brand Yiry station on a charge of first degree assault.
The trustees report a large debt offer of 550000 and warn the institution may rent a new home or discontinue the medical school and hospital as it no longer pays its way. With only 11 freshmen last year, the endowment fund is explained as insufficient to sustain current operations.
Dean Lorenzen says the present building will remain for the coming scholastic season despite a sale of the property. A statement by Alipheus H Snow outlines that legal questions in the university reorganization are nearly settled and auditors are to be appointed to implement a modern bookkeeping system and ensure ongoing accuracy of accounts.
A massive emitter burst from a furnace pit at Homestead Steel Works during lifting, scattering debris and injuring several workers. Three men Andrew Cain Frank Zihes and Jeremiah Stilley were hospitalized with burns and serious wounds while many others received treatment at the emergency hospital.
A Washington Post special reports Nellie Kerwin, 38, keeper of a boarding house, Was defrauded by a man posing as Joseph L Smith who followed her for years and lured her into divorce schemes. He claimed wealth, extracted money and jewels, and vanished after promising legal aid and a staged divorce. Her husband James Kerwin, a former inmate, was alleged to be a crook in the tale.
A 13 year old Negro, Powell, who robbed a Hutis home of 400 dollars and started a fire, was hanged by a mob in Hutnis, Arkansas. The makeshift jail was breached with little effort and the community learned of the hanging only after Powell’s body was found. Police say he confessed the robbery. Also noted: a separate travel advertisement for a Detroit to return rail fare on Pennsylvania Railroad.
Dr Mathaniel Orr of Belmont NC reports at Virginia Hospital that a 3-year-old boy bitten by a dog died of hydrophobia. A local woman, Mrs Marie Hooker, died days after sewing with thread moistened by her mouth, contracted rabies, and showed clear symptoms.
Special to The Washington from Los Angeles July 7 Prince Jacob Kalanianaole Hawaiian delegate to Congress will be aboard Hawaii as a common sailor in the San Pedro to Honolulu yacht race starting next Saturday He is confident Hawaii will win the race and says Hawaii will bid for statehood in the next Congress.
Western Union Telegraph Company cut telegraph wires to stock broker offices in New York State and beyond. The action, taken independently of the Justice Department, followed indictments of bucket shop operators and aimed to curb illegal quotation services. Wires were removed from offices in Watertown, Rome, Utica, Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Auburn, Buffalo, Middletown, and other locations as the company faces legal scrutiny and possible injunctions.
Chicago society women famed for gowns and jewels may be summoned before the board of review to justify taxing the personal property of their attire. Assessors plan to use society page details on diamonds tiaras pearls dog collars and necklaces worn at balls and festivals to enrich the county treasury.
In a heated national meeting of educators, Ella Flagg Young of Chicago won the presidency of the National Educational Association over Zacharias Saylac Kenophen Saylac, 617 to 376. The convention pledged to hold the next gathering in San Francisco in 1911.
Roosevelt pledges aid to Beveridge while a love story ends with cash for a broker's wife. Debts of G W L are labeled business. Charlton to go pree. Swindlers target an elderly poet as Major Gaynor repudiates boom. British oppose Wight pictures. Shanty passes as an eyesore.
Confessed murderer of Mary Scott Castle, Charlton, is to be arraigned in Jersey City with a three week adjournment for extradition talks. Italy’s stance on extradition may delay final legal action. officials plan to place him in a sanitarium as lawyers indicate possible insanity defenses.
Fire alarms rang at Narragansett Pier as the five story Massasett Hotel roof caught fire. Volunteers from the cottage colony joined by Dr Charles Hitchcock and others assisted with hoses. Guests awakened by the blaze dressed in light garments and fled to the lawn in a hurried escape. A Baltimore and Ohio excursion trains offer a return trip to Harpers Ferry and Winchester.
Nicholas Jacobs, an 82 year old Brooklyn poet, fell for a Carnegie thrift fund con that promised a $9,600 prize but required proof of thrift. A stranger named Brown duped him into handing over $2,500, then vanished with the money after the box contained only bricks. The episode left Jacobs distressed by doubts about his own wits.
Speal to The Washington Post cites Lord Sholto Douglas abandoning fortune spent on his wife. He left Spokane to join a Manatchin Pact Railway surveying crew for three months. Brother of the current Mirs of Queensberry and son of nobility, he married Margaret Mooney in Bakersfield. He seeks solitude in the survey camp and claims $24 daily pay to cover meals, estimating he squandered $4,000 to $5,000 on his wife.
Special to The Washingcon vost Bridgeport Conn July 7 Walter Lat sky 6 years old of this city was killed when a touring car driven by Hric TB Dahlgren of New York struck him on the way to his summer home at Watch Hulk I Dahlgren son of Rear Admiral Dahlgren and wife Lucy Drexel faces inquiry. John Quinn the chauffeur surrendered and was held. Dahlgren and family prominent in New York and Rhode Island society.
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