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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1907
Page
4
Central American reports claim Mexico urged peace under the Marblehead treaty while Guatemala faces 4000 well trained troops on the Mexican frontier. Panama reports Mexico’s withdrawal amid alleged high official involvement in Barrilla’s assassination, with Nicaragua, Honduras, and U.S. maneuvers shaping the coast operations.
Special to The Washington Post from Oyster Bay on June 1. President Roosevelt attends Episcopal services at Will Neck as Christ Church fills due to his presence. Senator Beveridge visits Sagamore Hill and chats with the President, denying any political talk. McAdoo calls on Loeb, Booker T Washington speaks at Frank Doubleday's Will Neck home with Hampton Institute speakers assisting.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana refused to confirm or deny engagement rumors with Miss Katharine Eddy of Chicago. The pair have been seen together in Washington social circles and during Eddy's visits to Oyster Bay. Beveridge planned to sail for Europe soon and may not see the President again this summer.
British Ambassador James Bryce spent Sunday with Lawton Chamber of Commerce visiting Fort Sill to meet Apache Chief Geronimo and Comanche Chief Quansah Parker. In Sapulpa he viewed a copy of the proposed Oklahoma constitution and called it an elementary law, saying a constitution cannot be too much in the nature of legislation.
More than a thousand attend Rev. Dr. C C F Aked sermon at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York. John D Rockefeller greets attendees and praises the sermon while several women introduce themselves. Rockefeller arrives solo from Pontico Hills aeronautically and departs after handshakes.
Special to The Washington-root Albuquerque New Mexico June 16. Mann Schaus of New York touring the Southwest with Albert L. Groll believes a Virgin painting found in Isleta Pueblo is a genuine Murillo. The work, brought to attention by Schaus, may be among early mission treasures carried from decaying missions along the Rio Grande. Schaus and Groll will remain in the region for several weeks studying Indian Pueblos and their historic art.
Northampton Mass June 16 President L Clark Seeley preached to Smith College seniors praising human progress in science government and religion while acknowledging global crime and urban depravity. He argued a divine spirit drives humanity toward a nobler, more perfect life despite horrors.
Frank French, prominent Sistersville resident and president of the French Torpedo Company, drowned Saturday night in the Ohio River while frog hunting in a boat that capsized. He could not swim and was drowned before help arrived. his body was recovered.
International Police Association gathering in Jamestown draws chiefs from Milwaukee Philadelphia Chicago Memphis and Baltimore. Maj Richard Sylvester hosts a preemptive governors meeting at police headquarters as Pinkerton Shippy O Hara arrive to discuss Bureau work and future plans.
A Washington Post dispatch reports that if William Jennings Bryan runs again Richard Croker would vote for him. Norman E Mack, returning from Ireland, says Croker could be a future force in Irish Nationalist politics though London notes Croker denies further political work. A Dublin letter claims he is in the party's lower council and may direct its policy, paralleling Roosevelt’s US Republican influence.
Norman Beaton of 920 North Carolina Avenue SE died suddenly Saturday at his home aged 56. He served as a drummer with the Thirteenth Connecticut in Port Hudson and the Shenandoah campaign, later worked in New York then started a steam heating business locally. Survived by wife Blanche Tyler Beaton a son Norman Thomas and two brothers. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at his residence with Rev J J Muir and Rev Joseph T Kelly officiating. Burnside Post G A R to honor him at Congressional Cemetery.
President Gallaudet delivered a practical baccalaureate sermon titled Real success and how to attain it to Kendall Green graduates. He cited Joshua first chapter verse eight and praised education while noting obstacles must be pushed aside and full attention to work yields true achievement, with Latrobe of Baltimore offered as an example.
Grace Leonard Bowne accompanies the body of her fiancé J Harvey Bowne Jr to Washington. The couple wed in Charleston, W V, minutes before his death from appendicitis. The funeral is set for 2:30 p m at the Leonard home with Rev Dr Woodrow officiating. Bowne, 23, had worked as an electrical draftsman and was an assistant superintendent at Baldwin Steel Works.
In Uniontown Pa on June 16 Mrs William H Playford announced the engagement of her granddaughter Miss Gwendolyn Carey to Francis Potter secretary of the American Legation at Lisbon Portugal. The wedding will take place in July at her father's London home where Mrs Carey resides.
Four tugs assisted the British steamer Craigisia after it grounded at the harbor mouth near Savannah Georgia. The vessel was towed to the city apparently undamaged with some pyrite cargo jettisoned to gain buoyancy. Craigisia was en route from Huslia and ran aground last Wednesday night.
Victor Valliant of New York City and Miss Ethel Aldridge, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Wright, wed at 7 o'clock in Easton Maryland. The service was held at the bride's residence on Sixth Dover Street and conducted in the Episcopal rite by Rev J W Chesley with Rev W Dunbar Bould assisting. The bride's uncle, a Michael’s rector, officiated alongside the groom’s brother, Mr Velllan Valliant, as best man.
Marshal Collins met a startling traffic incident when Mike, a Black youth, rode his sister’s tricycle fitted with a horn. The boy claimed diplomatic immunity and mocked the law, insisting the horn was picked up on the road. The marshal warned of arrest if repeated, but the horn sounded again as Mike rode away.
An inmate from Central Union Mission wore cavalry uniform to police after a claimed Fort Myer sergeant shooting. Eyewitnesses dispute the tale, saying trooper Kennedy claimed he shot at his troop sergeant and fled. Bennet says he swapped clothes with Kennedy to let the trooper attend a christening, while police doubt the shooting report.
Special to The Washington Fan Pittsburg June 16 United States Steel Corp placed an 800 steel car order to cover a bluff by William E B Corey president of the corporation The order is shared by Prestressed Steel Car Company Standard Car Company Suramets Company and American Car and Foundry Company Railroads canceled 5800 orders due to coat material shortages Corey said Let them cancel We will take all the cars that are canceled All are to be delivered under the pact.
Trouble grows for jobbers and wholesalers as the Agriculture Department redefines the pure food and drugs act guaranty. The agency says only the seller’s guaranty protects the purchaser, forcing wholesalers to seek direct guarantees from manufacturers and others in the supply chain.
Dan Overcash, farmer of Landis in Rowan county, was shot and killed near his home by James Ashby, a neighbor and brother-in-law, after a family dispute. Ashby fled to the woods, a posse and bloodhounds pursued him, and strong efforts to capture the killer followed. Two years earlier Ashby had shot and killed his own father in a family dispute.
Roey Hunt a seventeen year old Rutherford High School student was struck on the head by a discus during athletic games between Rutherford and Passaic at Clifton race track grounds. An errant throw misdirected the iron into the crowd. Hunt collapsed, was carried home by car, and is dying at 76 Passaic Avenue Rutherford.
Area high pressure covers Lake region and Ohio Valley while a second high sits over the Pacific Coast. No significant rain recently and temperatures rise east of the Rockies with cold pockets in the Plateau. Forecast calls for fair weather east of the Rockies for 2–3 days with possible Upper Lake showers and warmer conditions along Atlantic coasts and the Lower Lakes region. Winds vary by coast with light to fresh breezes. Local report notes midnight temperature 62, 66, 72, and 81 by afternoon. humidity around 61 to 68 percent. sunshine at 149 hours. river levels at Harpers Ferry show muddy waters.
Baltimore June 16 Rev Scott Kidder and Rev George Griffiths resigned as assistant rectors of old St Pauls Episcopal Church amid long standing vestry and congregation dissension over high church ritual. Dr Arthur Kinsolving’s rectorship and churchmanship altered harmony, with Kidder noting public airing of dirty linen.
Special to The Washington from Rockville Maryland June 1: Montgomery Country Club officers elected President Sam L Phillips First vice president Henry J Finley secretary and vice president Thomas M Talbott secretary Dr George E Lewis treasurer Charles M Jones Board of governors named including Brainard H Warner Samuel L Phillips and others The club plans sixty members with Woodlawn Hotel Rockville as temporary headquarters Grounds to include tennis croquet and a golf course A June 25 meeting will offer charter membership Funds appear sufficient to launch on solid footing.
Surgeon General Wyman reports bubonic plague on Trinidad island per Caracas cable. he directs Atlantic and Gulf ports and health officers in San Juan Porto Rico and Havana to guard against ships from Trinidad.
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