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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1908
Page
1
Secretary's friends say rivals schemed to grab control of the convention in the interest of certain interests. They claim the plot was foiled by the president's cleverness.
The piece traces Roosevelt’s renomination fight, noting allies resist a third term and factions maneuver to influence the platform. It cites tactics by Taft supporters, cancellations of plans, and hints of a convention clash with Lodge as a potential chair and other party players maneuvering from January through spring. It mentions Republicans anxious about split loyalties and the fate of party unity ahead of the convention.
Dr Harry Hayward of Crown Print suffered severe eye injury after a golf ball driven by Dr W H Knapp struck him on the Jackson Park links. He was treated at St Lukes Hospital and later at Lakes Hospital where doctors advised removal of the left eye.
American Minister to Panama Yerbert Squiers returned from New York after consulting President Roosevelt and Secretary Root about the upcoming Panamanian presidential election. He traveled aboard the steamer Finance and was accompanied by his daughter on the journey back to his post.
A Washington Post summary reports ongoing maneuvering over Cortelyou’s stock in a GOP nomination race. Key figures include Woodruff and Representative Jim Sherman with New York’s backing seen as pivotal, while Iowa reservations complicate plans.
At Fort Monroe on June 13 the monitor Florida endured a torpedo blast from an American Whitehead torpedo carrying 220 pounds of gun cotton aimed at a midships bulkhead beneath the waterline. The hole measured about 20 feet long, yet the watertight bulkhead largely contained flooding with no magazine compromise, confirming the bulkhead design could keep the vessel afloat under heavy damage and aiding future warship construction.
Secretaries Metcalf and Taft and Postmaster General Meyer witnessed a dramatic Hampton Roads experiment. A huge column of water rose 200 feet as the bulkheads performed, a torpedo strike causing a terrific impact but officers and men escaped injury.
Mrs Anna Kisiela of New Jersey, once convinced a divine edict decreed her death at 7 on Sunday morning, remains alive in General Hospital. Doctors cautious, the ward keeps her ignorant of the timing while she clings to the vision and prays.
Miss Isobel Pontefract of Pittsburg awoke in Sewickley to find three burglars in her mother’s home. She fired two loads of firecrackers from a night gown, spooking the intruders who fled without their loot or hats as she kept watch and used improvised protection during the break in.
New York June 13 Joseph Jakobe professional diver died at Ber gen Beach after the rope seat on a descending wire broke during a display. He fell nearly one hundred feet into Jamaica Bay as his wife and two children watched. The act involved sliding on a wire between two poles and performing somersaults before water entry. The failed strap released him midcourse, causing a fatal plunge.
A passenger on the Lackawanna ferry Ithaca sighted a bomb under the women's cabin area as the boat traveled from Barclay Street to Hoboken at 3 o'clock. Passengers stayed away until reaching Hoboken, where railroad detective Beatty removed the device and it was placed in water in his office. The bomb measured two feet long and three inches in diameter with a six inch fuse.
Seattle June 13 Guy Strat a prominent clubman was convicted of manslaughter for running down seven year old Henrietta Johnson while speeding. He received an indeterminate prison term of one to twenty years and was fined. Defendants plan to appeal the judgment.
The Washington Post reports Marcel Deprez claims a solution to stationary hovering by a heavier-than-air body. He asserts the device can remain aloft without wing flaps and invites verification. potential prize by Mo Quinton is mentioned as forthcoming.
A gasoline powered boat caught fire off North Brother Island while en route to Port Morris. Two men in the bow were seen smoking as flames spread from a gas line. Crew evacuated to a life raft as the stern sank, with fire boats responding from station near the island.
A crazed Mrs Cooper and possibly her husband killed seven members of the Cooper family by chloroforming them then shooting. The mother appears to have planned the wholesale killing and took her children to the Alamo Theater before the murders. Suspicion centers on Mr Cooper and Mrs Cooper in a grim family crime with no signs of struggle.
Special 9 The Washington Past Pawtucky reports Wis McKenna died after a mosquito bite on her lip while on a veranda. Witnesses noted swelling and virulent poison but medical staff offered no cure. The tragedy follows a day after the sting with the girl aged in the family household.
New inspector will begin July 1 to investigate Ashford’s offices and assess fire escape compliance in tall apartment buildings. Critics say some buildings lack safe exits. inspector will examine eight to ten structures, including northwest Washington towers, to enforce 1907 fire escape rules and ensure accessible routes without passing through stairwells or elevators.
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