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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
41
Governor Hughes denounces the rival faction in a Kingston speech, urging party unity and reform. He defends anti race-track betting bills, cites national policy failures, and pledges to uphold honest, impartial government as New York moves toward anti-betting legislation.
Ex Johnson of Minnesota named as chief speaker for the Jefferson Day dinner of the National Democracy Party with William Jobrson not invited. Parts of the notice recount obituaries and family notices dated March 1908 from various U.S. locations, including births, deaths, and memorials.
A compact directory listing multiple funeral homes and directors including John R. Wright Co., Harvey's Sons, W. R. speare, Frank A. Speare, Geo. P. Zarhorst, J. William Lee, and others. It notes on premises, modern chapels, livery connections, and telephone numbers, reflecting local funeral industry services.
Insisted insult to the former candidate sparks a Jefferson Day dinner with Bryan as headliner. The Democratic State convention set for April 14 draws prominent Democrats, many attending the clubs. New York delegation likely to support Gov Johnson on first ballot. unit rule favored to suppress Bryanites. Leaders across the state believe Johnson the only chance to defeat Bryan at Denver.
In Salem on March 2, the Twenty-third Congressional district Republican convention endorsed Speaker Joseph G. Cannon for President. Delegates A Hamby Jones of Robinson and Walter L. Bundy of Centralia were instructed to vote for Cannon and use all honorable means to secure his nomination. The adopted resolution praised Cannon as a progressive, loyal, patriotic statesman with vast constructive ability.
Paris Temps foreign editor Andre Tardieu recounts a Mar 20 interview with Secretary Taft. Taft says his policy would be absolutely the same as Roosevelt’s if elected, endorsing the current approach to financial corporations as a man and as president. Wall Street figures note a shift toward Taft, favoring prudence and restraint over Roosevelt's aggressive rhetoric.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge argues in Ford Hall that Japanese immigration should not provoke anti foreign sentiment and compares Western fears to those in Britain and Australia. He says whites will not admit Asian labor to compete in their countries. Also notes Salto’s visit to Seattle to press Japanese workers’ inclusion in unions. Connecticut convention dates set for April 28 and 29 in New Haven.
Robert Falls Gretn aged 84 and Dama Manenhower aged 48, both of Alexandria Virginia, are listed in a license record. Roy Charles E. Guthrie is noted in connection with the filing.
Health office record dated March 19 lists Lillian Perttt of 420 Third Street NW age 26, Nicholas Hone of Govt Hospital Insane age 35, Margaret Townes of 15 Sprtle Street NW No 14 age unknown, Hugh J. Fegan trustee of 1414 28th Street NW age 6, David Ransdell of 1% Chapin Street NW age 6 days.
In Chicago on March 20 a blaze from crossed electric wires damaged the Grand Pacific Hotel on Claris Street and Jackson Boulevard. Top floors burned. elevators used for firemen and patrons escaped via fire escapes with three injuries. Building owned by the Aciter estate. arrests made for room robberies during the alarm.
Abraham Hummel, recently released from Blackwell's Island, is expected to sail to England aboard the Lusitania tomorrow morning. He plans to visit London, Paris, and Marienbad for a cure, with nephews A W H and A M Kaffenburgh already booked. Hummel has been in hiding since his escape and a celebratory dinner is postponed.
New York March reports Attorney General Jackson will appear before the county grand jury to address Frank White testimony alleging Jackson sought half of White’s fees as receiver of the Hamilton Bank. Jackson remained silent. no further subpoenas issued. Albany dispatch notes Jackson asked the Senate to investigate his office following Senator Saxe’s resolution.
A Mar 20 dispatch from Arica reports Peruvian detachments entered Tarata a Chilean town near the frontier while pursuing smugglers. Chilean police disarmed invaders but later reinforcements arrived. the Tarata incident caused excitement as Tucna province sends troops to the area.
Special to The Washington Post reports Mayor McClellan appoints Nicholas J. Hayes fire commissioner to replace the late Hugh Bonner. James Kane of Brooklyn named elections commissioner to replace John Maguire who collapsed in court last week. Also notes Emperor Francis Joseph improving after a week of illness in Vienna.
Chicago reports a grim scene at Bethesda Home for the Aged where John Koch killed himself after ridiculing John Haselbach in an alleged joint self harm plan. The bankrupted private facility drew fear of a poisoning rush among elderly residents with matron Mary Mann and supervisor Emma Bausch noting possible further crises as Little Sisters of the Poor aid the most vulnerable.
Detective watches a florid man known as J Noble registered at Broadway Central Hotel on January 3. He rode plans for a Lamport & Holt steamer to Buenos Ayres, but vanished after extending tickets and delaying to Philadelphia for minor business. he carried about $8,000 and claimed South Africa and Australia travels, with hotel detective Armstrong unsure of his next move.
George Willoughby, manager of Jewett and Sherman Mills, killed his wife with chloroform then shot himself after confessing to police he killed to end an unhappy marriage with another woman he had supported for four years. He tried to stage a burglary, then telephoned for a doctor. the pair had attended a church social the night before.
The Washington Post reports Willam Vanderbilt Jr. must face trial for automobile speeding after District Attorney Jerome seeks an information before the Court of Special Sessions. The change follows a magistrate who previously discharged Vanderbilt despite testimony, while a bicycle policeman backed the motorist’s pursuers on Fifth Avenue.
Columbus March 26 a bill by Representative Stephenson of Brown County would form a gigantic farmers trust in Ohio. The measure exempts from the Valentine anti trust act any combinations formed to limit or reduce production or price of agricultural products. Stephenson says the bill was introduced for the benefit of Southern Ohio tobacco growers.
In Sharon Pennsylvania on March 2 Mrs Eli Palmer aged forty five and Joseph Rosenblum aged fifty five drowned in the Shenango River when a frightened horse plunged the wagon into the swift current. Both clung to the wagon but their fingers numb in the icy water and they perished. Neither body had yet been recovered.
Ingram Canady, a Black man, was executed in the jail yard at 4 pm in Lagrange Georgia for an attack on Mrs Roxie Jones committed September 23 after his November term conviction. The execution followed the March day sentence.
An unknown twenty year old in United States Navy uniform jumped from a streetcar near the Brooklyn Bridge and fell 185 feet into the water. He surfaced and swam to a pier but failed to reach a rope thrown by a watchman. A policeman attempted to intervene but was too late.
In St Louis Missouri on March 20 attorneys for the Public Administrator Troll filed suit in the Circuit Court against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company seeking $388 on the life of John King a laureate hanged for murder. King was executed June 27 1907.
Shanghai officials vote to reduce the number of opium dens by twenty five percent at the foreign settlements council meeting. An immediate abolition amendment fails as British and Taltes governments back the reform effort.
Berlin March 21 Newspapers nationwide refuse to print Reichstag debates after Herr Groeber’s insult "pigeish louts" to reporters. Reporters seek apology and retraction. twelve deputies withdraw from speeches. suggestion of a duel with Groeber surfaces as a possible pressure tactic.
New York report details Dr. Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute performing a transfusion on five year old Adnan Lambert. Father Adnan V. Lambert donated all needed blood, linking vivisection debate to a remarkable early case. The surgeon notes this single success underscores vital animal research for human life.
An explosion in a garage destroyed a gasoline tank and a Charles J. Dinke led automobile, injuring two likely fatally. The blaze killed three horses, one auto, and two carriages, with losses pegged around 25 thousand dollars during repair work. The incident cites Willard Meigs and Schwab as threatened elsewhere in the report.
A former Bronx teacher, Charles E. Ziegler, paid $89 to Comptroller Mets after being fined years ago for spanking Tommy Gallagher. He now regrets the act and wonders if Gallagher forgave him, recounting the incident at a Christan Missionary Alliance in New York.
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