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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
14
Village council proposes a six mile per hour speed limit as a legal rate. Garrett plans to ask the State Department to inform foreign diplomats that village laws apply, directing Marshal Collins to stop diplomats’ cars when appropriate but to release them once identified.
Mayor John G Garrett of Glen Echo declares that Marshal Collins will stop any vehicle speeding, including ambassadors and foreign reps. If identity is established, they may proceed without fines, but the act serves as a penalty to enforce obeying the speed limit.
Local officials Glen Echo’s mayor and Martha Goughty vow no back down against motorists defying village speed limits. They express defiant stance toward federal authority and world chancelleries, insisting residents will heed local traffic rules.
Multiple marriage notices and obituaries filed for June 1907 across Washington Philadelphia Brooklyn and Baltimore area. Entries include Ashertos-Soule Curtiss-Quinn Boteler Germeroth Jones Lynch Murphy Phillips Young with details on dates times and funeral arrangements and references to local churches undertakers and residences.
Mayor Garrett presses to regulate foreign diplomats and motorists in Glen Echo, seeking to enforce a six mile per hour speed limit. After a Baltimore conference with Rose and Collins, he vows to uphold the town law and to stop any vehicle exceeding the limit, including diplomats. He claims immunity does not apply to enforcement inside the town and vows further action.
British Ambassador James Bryce spoke at Bryn Mawr College commencement on June 6 in Philadelphia. He argued faculties of men and women are effectively equal, that intellectual training suits both sexes, and avoided a stance on women in politics. He urged women pursue deep literature and work to ease wealth disparities and aid the needy.
William H. Murray, president of the constitutional convention at Muscogee, Oklahoma Territory, will not call a state election in defiance of a federal injunction. Acting on Democratic guidance, he withdrew the call and plans to reconvene the convention by June 11 after the Supreme Court rules to set a new election date.
Abbreviated entries show marriages with names ages and reverend officiants. Couples include Maybury 26 with Maude Campbell 25 and Bernard Stata 28 with Hose Morris 21, among others in Baltimore Dorchester and Richmond areas, with various reverends noted.
List of deceased individuals with addresses and ages in Washington DC, including Dallas Morrisours 29 H St NW and Henry Vigle 250 at NE. The notice asks anyone who lost or found items to report to the Washington Post office for information.
Berlin reports the Hague conference preliminaries settled with calm after March tensions. Germany and Austro-Hungary align for broader peace beyond armament limits while Britain may drop the topic unless the US or another nation introduces it. Germany sympathizes with American property rights at sea and favors limited contraband and mine rules.
June reports from St Petersburg note signs that Premier Stolypin may have abandoned defense of Parliament and that dissolution could come soon. An article signed by Stolypin’s brother questions dissolution though warns a new election law might trigger a fresh crisis. Official signals remain cautious on any imminent move.
London reports that King Edward and Queen Alexandra will visit Ireland in early July aboard the royal yacht. The trip follows recent unrest claims and parliamentary debates. The monarchs will stay several days and are expected to be warmly received despite ongoing tensions.
In Lodz Polish Russian territory a new wave of violence began June 2 with 11 killed and 37 wounded. Workmen form a secret vigilance committee executing suspected bandits at night and leaving notes pinned to the corpses detailing the reasons.
King Oscar and Queen Sophia of Sweden celebrated their golden wedding with a cathedral service attended by the royal family. The royal couple then rode through decorated streets and were hailed by the people nationwide.
In Royston England on June 6 Miss Elsie Fox an American faced a manslaughter charge after her car struck and killed William Parrish a laborer during a drive to the Newmarket races. The magistrate ruled there was insufficient evidence to send the case to trial.
The 45 year old Marion Majarsky was discovered in the Ohio and Erie Canal, his body tightly wrapped with steel wire from head to foot. Authorities suspect murder after a violent struggle. Majarsky was employed at a local wire mill.
Justice Day of the National McKinley Association announced that Mrs. M C Barber of Canton, sister of Mrs McKinley, intended to donate the late president and wife’s homestead to the Memorial Association. The move would support the needs of Means Meaney and Enel as executors, per the will’s provisions.
Special to The Washington Post reports a complex dispute linking Thomas F. Walsh of Colorado to Violet Watson a chorus girl, James H. Mansfield alias Red Letter Mansfield, and lawyer D. Hansen. Hansen seeks 40 percent of multi hundred thousand dollar claims alleging Walsh promised support, while Watson says she took $6000 and denies blackmail claims. Disbarment actions against Hansen proceed as he presses for trial and Watson’s testimony.
A plaintiff recounts a web of deceit involving Turner A. Wickersham and Walsh associates. She describes meetings, a $3,000 check, a staged loan, and six $1,000 bills placed in her stocking, all tied to prior defamation actions and a custody of money amid eviction and legal pressures.
Newport June 6 A verdict of 3 cents was returned by a Newport jury after Justice Sweetland ordered a verdict for 20 cents for Chief Yeoman Fred J Buensele US Navy training station denied entry to a dancing pavilion for wearing a uniform. President Roosevelt and naval officers contributed to fund for the prosecution. case now moves to the Supreme Court.
Harrisburg authorities state arrests will be made in the capitol scandal before July 15. Warrants will be issued and appearances entered by three figures prominent in the evidence before the capitol investigating commission. Criminal cases slated for the Dauphin County Court September term. Papers prepared and ready for service from Gov. Stuart’s office if needed.
In Chicago on June 6 a fourteen month old girl Madeline Johnson was carried by a gust of wind into a passing sprinkling wagon near Wentworth avenue and Twenty-ninth street and killed. The wagon driver Charles Strubin was arrested then released.
A New York Motor Club endurance race ended with one dead and two seriously injured when a leading car struck an electric vehicle near Clinton Heights east of Albany. Clarence McKenzie of New York was killed. W H Mosher and W J Swan were hospitalized with multiple injuries. Eighteen starters finished before 11 pm, led by John Dower, H Michener, C B Werren, De Camp, and P J Rohnsen, amid rain and poor roads.
Chicago detectives arrested about 50 passengers from the Indiana docked vessel City of Traverse after it crossed the line into Illinois. The operation aimed to halt betting on horse races via floating pool rooms. Chief Shippy said the crusade would continue.
Remnant Friday offers deep cuts across hosiery and clothing. Ladies Lisle hose 9 and 10 sizes cut to 1c and 5c, men's and boys items slashed from coats to wash pants and Georgian suits, with prices from 60c to 3.50 for children and up to 15.00 for select men’s suits, plus remnant furnishings including fitted 4 in hands and handkerchiefs at fraction of original price.
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