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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
1
La Follette victory with his second substitute measure after the defeat of the first. Republicans, troubled by the rout, refuse committee service while wool duties with the House likely fix ad valorem at 30 percent. President’s action discussed.
A parsed list shows Republicans and Democrats split on wool bill votes. The record names dozens of legislators from states including Oregon Kansas Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Washington California and more. The against counts involve Republicans with names such as Borah Newburn Bradley Brandegee McLean and others. The passage of the bill remains contested.
In a Senate power shift the Democratic insurgents and Republicans backed the La Follette wool revision bill by 18 to. The organ ization Republican bloc fractured as conference talks began with Bailey and Shonsins on the Democrat side and La Follette aligned with insurgents. The vote mirrored a broader effort to extend session and press on with chemical, cotton, steel, and sugar revisions before adjournment, signaling a reshaped Senate leadership dynamic.
Special to The Washington Post Newport July 27 The fishing steamer W S Wells commanded by Capt Frank MacComber was hit by a stray 10 pound shot from Wort Greble coast artillery during subcaliber practice The shot struck the forward house and deck passing through a freshwater tank nearly hitting the engineer None of the 22 aboard were endangered.
Mrs Lillie Guggenheim wife of Leon Guggenheim president of a group of companies was shot and seriously wounded by an unidentified man at a crematory near San Francisco as she placed flowers on her son s grave. The assailant grabbed her handbag and escaped.
A Seaboard Air Line excursion carrying 912 Black passengers from Durham to Charlotte collided head on with a freight train at Hamlet North Carolina at 10 10 am. Eight excursionists were killed and over sixty injured many seriously. White railroad workers were among the injured including engineer Ben Koonce and conductor W H Bowen. Rescue teams and temporary field hospitals operated as the dead and injured were transported to Charlotte area hospitals.
Washington Post story from Atlanta dated July 27 reports Senator Shingler’s plan to tax single men in Georgia at fifty dollars per year unless they marry or prove extreme poverty. The tax would fund the state’s school system, and the senator argues bachelors have benefited from the state without contributing adequately.
In Huntington West Virginia a man named Lawrence Bicker died after being shot while posing with his brother in law James Smith for a dramatic photo. Both men from Jackson Kentucky were handling loaded revolvers when the gun fired as the exposure ended. Smith claims he did not know his weapon was loaded.
British PM warns Germany over Moroccan crisis as France and Germany broker talks. Balfour pledges Unionist backing to Asquith and stresses Britain will defend balance of power while avoiding internal strife. Rigid language signals potential for European war, with emphasis on safeguarding British interests and a settled approach.
A European diplomat notes a tense moment with possible agreement, while Morocco fades as a secondary issue. Asquith’s speech is praised in Berlin for peace, with Pan German papers cautious yet hopeful that Britain avoids escalation. Berlin papers highlight war or peace in Asquith’s hands.
Washington House District committee reported five measures to tighten insurance regulation. One bill requires all District insurers to file sworn annual statements on March 1 showing assets liabilities and business transacted. A second mandates cash capital compliance and penalties for false statements. A third sets paid up asset requirements and strict limits on death and weekly indemnity benefits, targeting so called shoe string plan companies. Additional acts address land holdings along the Anacostia River and title issues for public lands.
Colorado Springs July 27. British and American scientists report a discovery from blood experiments on Pikes Peak. Lung cells develop with altitude work and blood coloring matter increases significantly. White corpuscles that devour tubercle bacillus rise by about 60 percent, signaling a major advance.
Police say Paul Geldel of Hartford admitted killing William Henry Jackson, a 70 year old Wall Street broker, during a midnight robbery at the Hotel Iroquois. Jackson was found beaten and strangled, with a towel stuffed in his mouth, after a struggle. Gelderl, arrested at 347 West Fiftieth Street, described the crime and the attempted use of chloroform.
Paris endures another heat wave as humidity soars, with temperatures reported around 9 degrees Fahrenheit. Improved streetcar service to Chesapeake Beach is noted, with through cars from Treasury frequently. Rock fishing and crabbing touted as excellent, fare details list round trip five cents on weekdays and ten cents on Sundays and holidays, with a train schedule in the railroad column.
Richmond July 27 A nurse recalls a premonitory dream of a wife’s murder, a witness reports a scream and gunshot on the Midlothian turnpike, Henry Clay Beattie Jr appears strained in confinement as detectives press the case, and Judge disputes over gun evidence persist. The slain woman’s father Owens declines further comment as Beattie’s trial looms and the infant child thrives.
Yellow jackets swarmed through Evanston suburb frightening shoppers. Fire department sprayed gasoline through a hose to subdue the insects on a laundry roof. A lighted match finished the hornets but sparked a brief roof fire, quickly extinguished.
Highlights from today include Allies passing a wool bill, a train wreck killing eight, a British warning to Germany, new insurance bills in the House, a broker killer confession, a new auto murder witness, Straus donating mills plant, drought flight from Glen Echo, and inquiries into trust prosecutions along with political notes and society items.
Nathan Straus, noted New York philanthropist, offers his Washington pasteurizing milk plant to the U S government to continue free milk distribution to babies of the poor. Dr G Lloyd Magruder and Surgeon General Walter Wyman discuss transfer to the public health bureau. Plans call for moving equipment to public health stations and expanding a network of milk depots with several stations already operating and no infant deaths reported this summer at Oyster stations.
Frank H. Henwood was sentenced to life imprisonment for second degree murder in the May 24 hotel killings of George E. Copeland and S. L. von Phul in Denver. He denounced Judge Whitford's court during sentencing, claiming persecution and alleging a paid witness influence from Mrs. J. W. Springer.
James Adolph Coda, a 2 year 4 month old from Mount Airy Georgia, weighs 100 pounds and stands 3 feet 3 inches in socks. He accompanied his father from a railroad station to a hotel, creating a local sensation. His father weighs 160 pounds and his mother is of medium size. Adolph eats 4 to 6 biscuits per meal and has a fondness for sweets.
Glen Echo Maryland faces a water emergency as residents cling to muddy supply and fear typhoid, while Mayor Witkowski seeks War Department permission to tap Washington Aqueduct water. A special election looms as faction led by John Garrett challenges the mayor amid park water use disputes.
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