Deadlock at Albany: Hughes backs Root in party ballot
Gov. Hughes endorses Root in a tight party ballot as Albany deadlocks over key issues. Names Cobb, Fan man, Davis, and others amid calls to adjourn and urgent party unity.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
1
Gov. Hughes endorses Root in a tight party ballot as Albany deadlocks over key issues. Names Cobb, Fan man, Davis, and others amid calls to adjourn and urgent party unity.
Police and troops break up a large crowd trying to reach city hall and hold a mass meeting at the ball park. Reported beatings and injuries. march by union army underway two miles from goal. additional recruits and wrecked cars en route.
In Philadelphia hundreds of thousands filled Broad Street toward city hall as 2000 striking workers clashed with police. Clubs, horses, and bricks flew while women and men fought to reach the hall, police dispersed the crowd in a staged divide and crush tactic along Broad Street, with injuries reported and order restored by afternoon.
Fragmented OCR note discusses alleged defrauding by a senator, cross examination terms, and mentions Osborne and William Harris in connection with land and state forest reserves. It references money figures around $16 and a search for titles and land transfers amid political inquiry and reserve care.
The record shows a dispute over a land sale to the State with pricing per acre and prior payments. Osborne argued the issue was about title validity, not land value. Senator Grady interrupted, assertion of no bearing on the issue. Alds conceded as chair of the assembly ways and means committee he must pass on items in the supply bill for the land purchase.
Pierpont Morgan, now in Rome, purchased the remainder of the famed Karl Marfel collection of watches from Paris dealer Seligman for 2100000. The Berlin collection, described as the most famous, was brought to Morgan and the 40 watches include the smallest watch in the world with a diameter of about half an inch requiring magnification to view.
St Paul Roosevelt club hosts a March 1 banquet at the Ryan Hotel honoring Gifford Pinchot former chief forester. Secretary Ballinger is invited elsewhere, while Senator Knute Nelson presides over a Senate committee hearing on Pinchot and Interior issues. A labor arbitration note accompanies the report on railroad wage talks and potential strike action by railroad workers.
Unanimous convention support for a labor regulation plan prompts a pledge to strike within days unless a settlement is reached in Philadelphia. Taft asked to intervene as the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes backs the action. Meanwhile Trenton reports no street cars in service and Cleveland sees 200 men strike, causing disruptions until officials persuade them back.
Report of Miss Bloodgood missing after escaping from nurse at Lakewood. Searches with dogs and autos followed a trail to Waxim railway station, then to a farmhouse and train. Postal notices circulated. illness noted and family hopes for her return amid two prior escape events.
Three killed and twenty injured as a brick wall four feet high collapses at Lanz & Sona mill on South Twenty Afen Street. About forty workers cleared debris with 100 rescuers on scene. Bodies of Pierhall and Antonio Kuziss recovered. foreign workers Salvida Strumba Corsha Valsack and Boloy severely injured.
Chicago March 10 hog prices surged at the stock yards reaching 109 per 100 pounds, a advance seen as approaching Civil War era levels. The market also marked a peak of 139.5 per hundredweight in 1883, the highest ever noted.
Mrs Jack Cudahy says recent attack on banker Jere Tita was without serious cause and that she would return to the stage only if not for her children. Cudahy remains in the home, plans to care for their kids, and says no permanent injuries will mar her husband’s appearance.
At the American embassy in Paris the ambassador and Mrs Bacon solemnly vowed in a glittering function. Premier Brland Foreign Minister Prehon and cabinet members attended, with Gen Dalstein and M Lepive among the officials. Diplomats in uniform and ladies in gowns filled the grand salon, making the scene one of immense splendor.
President Taft will visit New York on March 2 for two addresses. The first speech before the American Peace and Arbitration League on naval armament and peace, the second at a Republican county committee banquet with speakers Depew, Parsons, Bennet, and Loeb. He also plans a May 9 stop in Passaic NJ with further remarks.
A big mass meeting is set for Monday night at the Willard to urge defeat of a pending bill in committee. Prominent speakers including Judge William H. DeLacy and Simon Wolf will address humane charity leaders and citizens protesting the measure which would strip police powers from the Washington Humane Society and divert fines from animal cruelty prosecutions. The event aims to mobilize opposition ahead of Congressional action as organizers warn the bill could cripple humane laws while national and international conferences are planned in Washington this October.
The listing names numerous attendees including Walter, Drammond Kenneds, Rev Wallace Radcliffe, Prof E MN. Gallau det, Nathaniel Wilson Henry, Dowd, R Mckee Frea W Pratt, J A L Barber, Mrs Mary Howe Totten, Miss Mary A Peet, Henn L West, Mrs A W Greely, John Joy, Edson FL Roas Perry A's Worthington, and several others, suggesting a large regional conference gathering with many distinguished guests.
In Rome on March 10 Italian Deputy Chiesa fought the second duel connected to recent chamber allegations against Baroness Siemens and Duchess Latta. He wounded General Feela di Oyato in the cheek after four passes, then they shook hands. Chiesa praised the general as a brave Italian patriot.
Fragmented report describes a fatal attack following a storm in an open vehicle. Edward Jones later dies near a government hospital after mental-commitment controversy raised by Dr White about the district’s lunatic system. BANDITS GET $5600 IN CASH amid chaotic events across Pittsburg and surrounding scenes.
Bandits attacked several colliery parties across eastern Ohio and nearby states, robbing miners of about 5600 dollars. Edward Mediant, Pammering, and others were wounded or killed as they fled the Dexter Coal Company convoy. A $1000 reward is posted for the highwaymen dead or alive.
The article reports the naval bill will omit a provision requiring the president to use the Marine Corps aboard ships. Taft and Secretary Meyer oppose this as executive power over military forces. Marines will still sail to Cuba and Florida destinations via the Atlantic Coast Line.
A bemused magistrate frees a man accused of cruelty as his wife alleges mistreatment while she says she earns 620 a week. The case turns theatrical when the wife asks for a cigar and the magistrate urges resolution, ending with the couple leaving together.
In a mar 10 report, estimates show a rise of 50.6 million over last year as the war service program for IBM tools and related naval and army expenditures push the grand deficit toward about 89.6 million. Old age pensions and other costs are cited as major drivers of the increase.
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