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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
8
San Francisco reports reveal a plan by Japanese opposition entities to overthrow the Saionji ministry and incite anti American demonstrations. A Tokyo delegation visiting Washington met with State Department and diplomatic spokesmen to discuss embassy inactivity, described as treachery, with a report to be sent to Tokyo to back a campaign against the United States.
A report outlines aims to overthrow the Saionji ministry and curb immigration by uniting Tokyo factions with Pacific Coast Japanese groups. Delegates Takahashi Noda Kawakami met in Washington to press for an apology and indemnity from the United States, then sailed to Japan to push anti American action.
Tokyo reports Viscount Tani, leader of the opposition in the House of Peers and Kumamoto defender in the Satsuma rebellion, threatening to appeal to arms if diplomacy fails over the San Francisco anti Japanese measures. He accuses U S actions of commercial bias and vows to press anti administration forces to control government. The San Francisco dispute strains Japan U S relations as diplomats clash and Japanese envoys in Washington consult and threaten recall.
The Jiji cautions against assuming all Americans share San Francisco’s anti Japanese sentiment. The Hochi urges separating friendship with Japan from anti Japanese violence in the United States and expresses confidence Washington will resolve the matter. It calls for treating the outrage as a general issue beyond local factors.
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, recently retired, says there will never be war between the United States and Japan. He argues Japan is preoccupied with Manchuria and Korea, doubts an invasion of the U S, and urges a stronger Pacific fleet to deter conflict and protect possessions.
Special Cable reports Korea’s new cabinet failed to proceed smoothly after a palace audience. Opposition claims ministers sought to dethrone the Emperor, while 4000 Koreans protested taxes and rioted at the Kyong Syong provincial office.
Paris reports indicate J Pierpont Morgan will pay between 3 and 4 million dollars for the Rudolph Kann collection. Sir Casper Purden Clarke travels from Europe to Paris to negotiate with Morgan as Hoentschel works join the Metropolitan display. The Hoentschel and Kann troves include Limoges enamels medieval textiles and Dutch Flemish Italian masters with notable pieces by Hals Rembrandt and Bellini.
Margaret Chance of Fox Chase aged eighteen was fatally burned on a Philadelphia trolley car. Her open summer dress caught fire in a mysterious manner as the car sped through the center, the flames consuming the dress from waist to feet. She was rushed to a hospital with slim chances of recovery. It is believed a discarded match or cigarette caused the blaze.
Six steerage passengers aboard the Russian steamer Arconia were badly burned in a bathroom steam incident after they turned on a heat pipe in a non permitted hour. Five to be taken to New York hospitals. one expected to be discharged within a day. None are reported to die.
W. B. Rosenberger of South Hatfield Pennsylvania, visiting Los Angeles, drowned in a Bimini Baths plunge after sudden illness. Found submerged without outcry, death attributed to an unknown illness rather than drowning.
Norfolk June 9 Rear Admiral C M Chester U S N declares the aeroplane will decide future wars at the Jamestown Exposition dedication. He says aircraft will scout at long range and locate submarines from above water, enabling aerial attacks and explosives drops.
In Granite Falls Minnesota on June date, aeronaut John Puepura fell into the Minnesota River after his parachute ropes entangled his arms and legs. The balloon rose with the ascent, the parachute detached over the river, and Puepura drowned despite attempts to free himself.
A high army official says Col. Ayres craves notoriety by criticizing military matters and that his interview about West Point troubles harms his position. War Department may explain or investigate. officers are puzzled by his public remarks and the use of the press to air grievances. Continuous coverage suggests potential inquiry into his statements and Mrs Ayres conduct at West Point.
Boise dispatch reports Steve Adams, a prisoner witness for the State in the W D Haywood case, is en route from Wallace Idaho to Boise to testify amid claims of written admissions. The defense cites that Adams may follow on the stand, with his written confession and Orchard connections shaping the trial.
Zurich June 9 Mme Hau wife of Prof Karl Hau of Washington in Karlsruhe jail wrote from before death claim to end life due to grief over husband's alleged actions. Letter identifies Lina Hall nee Moliter from Treves and notes money found on Mme Hau. Berlin reports claim of confession denied though believed husband admitted to murder during wife’s visit.
Special to The Washington Pym reports on a crop bulletin by F. D. Coburn secretary of the State board of agriculture. The call by T. B. Cerow secretary of the State free employment bureau seeks 19 558 men and 3 400 teams to supplement all available state workers and horses.
A private dispatch from Mexico City claims President Cabrera of Guatemala was assassinated, news unconfirmed. Guatemala City reports troops guarding the capital, high society linked prisoners facing new sentences, and the Court of Appeals could yet decide within days. Dr Louis Hertarte, Guatemalan minister, had no news by midnight and would contact the home government.
The state department confirmed tonight that Nicaragua will soon establish a legation in Mexico City. The new Nicaraguan minister will be Senor Fernandez Sayeres, currently in New York, who will soon depart. Nicaragua has been represented in Mexico City by Dr. Luis Corea, stationed in Washington as minister to the United States and the republic.
At a state Socialist convention in Pittsburg June Roosevelt was denounced for condemning Haywood Moyer and Pettibone in a letter before the Boise trial and a telegram offering sympathy to Haywood and his colleagues. Samuel Clark a Philadelphia ship carpenter was nominated for state treasurer.
In Ruleville Mississippi on June 9 a mob of about fifty men killed Lee Fox a Black man who confessed fatally injuring Lee Reynolds a white man near Indianola after a gambling dispute Fox was captured in nearby woods and died in the incident.
A Brooklyn automobile struck a carriage on Ocean Parkway, killing Thomas Heffner and injuring several others including James Sweeney who remained critically ill at Kings County Hospital. The crash also left a well dressed young woman missing, while a separate list of river and street tragedies across New York and New Jersey follows.
In Middletown New York inquiries rise about Mrs Hattie Rogers wife of Charles H Rogers self confessed murderer of Willis Olney and Alice Ingerick The claim she is Charles H Moyers sister a figure in the Western Federation of Miners dispute is noted While details on her origins and whereabouts are scarce she is said to have left Middletown possibly resides in Albany and formerly lived in Paterson New Jersey
In Belvidere Illinois Miss Minnie Haag and Miss Delphia Koerling, about sixteen, drowned in the Kishwaukee River this afternoon when a boat under Claude Wheeler and Ray Tremble capsized near a dam. The river ran high after heavy rains and swift current swept the boat over. Fishermen nearby heard cries and assisted. the boys were rescued after effort while the two girls were lost. The victims were from prominent local families.
Gen Baron Kuroki, official Japanese government representative at the Jamestown Exposition, arrived in Seattle this morning aboard the Great Northern Oriental Limited. He was entertained at dinner by Hisamitsu, the imperial Japanese consul.
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