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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
24
A Berlin diplomatic dispute centers on Dr Hill’s potential Berlin posting, with reports that President Roosevelt may withdraw his approval for Hill’s selection while Ambassador Tower’s role and conduct face scrutiny. The piece traces implications for U S diplomacy, embassy funding, and the political optics surrounding American representation abroad.
The article argues that the United States, now a world power, lacks a broad corps of trained diplomats due to wealth barriers. It proposes gradually building embassies and funding for two early establishments, asserting policy will justify expansion and urging Roosevelt to counter elite influence with decisive action.
Organized labor in the District schedules a mass meeting on Sunday April 19 to oppose recent Supreme Court rulings and discuss candidates opposed to unions. Speakers include John J Purcell Sam De Nedrey WC Sprague Adams and delegates will probe the National Temple of Labor funding amid a push to identify anti union figures for the upcoming elections.
A Hague dispatch reports Antwerp diamond cutters will strike for a month demanding a 2 percent rise in the minimum wage. Amsterdam’s Diamond Workers Association had earlier decided to suspend work from April to May 2 and will then limit activity to Arilanta, with support from Amsterdam colleagues and the Antwerp cutters.
Joseph W. Clarnen, a 52 year old cashier for Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia, died in San Francisco from an accidental drug overdose. Physicians reported the death accidental. Channon, staying in Los Angeles, is linked to the case as the provider of the drug.
A three horse wagon owned by George Cissel of Potomac and K streets NW ran away on Thirteenth Street. One horse was killed. Cherkes H Cook, 32, of 27 Twenty-sixth Street, was thrown and lost his right leg. He is at Georgetown University Hospital. Representative Sherman of New York is recovering at Gerfeld Hospital under specialist care. Dragn Van Rèneselest, the physician, says he escaped serious injury.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen held a grand union meeting at Masonic Temple ending last night after a morning business session and a White House reception with President Roosevelt. A drill by the Ladies Auxiliary attended and resolutions urged civil rights protections and labor reforms, including anti compulsory arbitration measures and broader employee protections.
Navy yard machinist Mr Simering quietly marries Laura click at a church ceremony after rushing to the Courthouse to secure a marriage license. He had recently alerted President Roosevelt to a layoff order affecting hundreds of machinists and received a personal invitation to the White House for a talk.
Mrs. Hi Berry of West Troy Me reports lasting relief from years of dyspepsia after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. The family, a 20 mile distance from a large town, states the product creates appetite and regulates the system, calling it a true friend and helper.
An unnamed visitor spoke at the executive offices at the appointed hour, presenting a clear statement of yard conditions that influenced the President’s view, leading to the revocation of a prior order.
Miss Ellen Vockey Seifert gave a dramatic entertainment and musicale at Carroll Institute Hall last night to a large audience. The program featured soprano solos by Mabel Roberts Irena Diethel Nether Kelser tenor numbers Chatiton Haworth Henry Wraeger and a ladies chorus with Miss Roberts Dodge and Guschawsky. Seifert performed Shakespearean scenes from Romeo and Juliet and other dramatic pieces including How Salvator Won and School for Scandal.
Rev Charles P wlles was installed as pastor of Heller Memorial Lutheran Church last night at the church on Maryland Avenue and Ninth Street NE. The charge to the pastor was by Rev John T Huddle of St Pantal Lutheran Church. The charge to the congregation was by Dr John Weidtay of the Church of the Reformation. Many pastors and a large number of Lutheran church members from Washington attended the services.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee recommends a permanent semi independent organization to attract out of town shopping. The plan, based on a successful but limited last year effort, would form a board or committee under the chamber with ten or more members, operating under board rules and chairmanship of BJ Kauhran.
The Building Trades Mechanics Council reports strikes on ten district buildings and more sites planned as contractors push open shop policies. The action follows an agreement last week and a revived, intensified wave after a year of simmering tensions. Officers note contractor rights and employer employee disputes as key causes.
The Black Hand case opens in Baltimore Criminal Court with Antonio Lanasa of Lanasa and Goffe Steamship and Importing Co. on trial for conspiracy to extort and murder Joseph Di Giorgio of Di Giorgio Fruit Co. A guard blocks corridors and access requires a state witness fee. Salvatore Lupo testified, pleaded guilty, and Lanasa’s counsel’s motion to quash was overruled as fifty witnesses from multiple cities attend. trial to continue tomorrow with further conspirators to follow.
Retelle Tarter a former University of Minnesota attendee, arrested in Chicago for forged checks, pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses. Judge Kersten sentenced her to ten days in county jail despite witnesses’ pleas for release. She is from Galesburg and previously studied at Northwestern University in Evanston.
Three of fifteen suspects in the Express Messenger Bailey murder on a Santa Fe train between Florence and Newton are held. Ernest Lener Alfred Skinner and Jack Marshall admit they were on the train and rode the blind car from Newton to Wichita. Other arrests were not made in Wichita today.
Indiana railroad commission issues an opinion and order cutting express rates by 10 to 12 percent. The new schedule must be adopted by express companies within thirty days. The Star notes annual express business in Indiana around $1,000,000 based on commission data.
Buffalo N Y March 3 Aged sixty nine arrived from Bay City Michigan and arranged cremation upon death instructing that if found dead in front of the crematory his body should be burned His wife died recently and her remains were cremated and buried in Lockport Root shot himself on the front steps and was taken to Sisters Hospital He and his wife were spiritualists Root had moved Jared Snyder from Washington D with his family to claim housing and later sought to eject them from the house claiming the Snyder presence angered his wife's spirit and that she demanded rest in the vault
Er nest Bowman colored 16 Garfeld court southwest was stabbed in the abdomen during a dispute linked to the Kirby murder. Thomasr Peyton, already with multiple police records, was sentenced by Judge Kimball Howman to eleven months and twenty nine days in jail. Bowman spent about a week in Emergency Hospital recovering.
In Washington Post report from Paris a special Academy of Sciences commission considers a plan by Senator Dea to transmit time signals by wireless telegraphy to ships at noon and midnight Greenwich time. A network on Niffel Cover would reach much of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, with a proposed peak Teneriffe station extending coverage. The project seeks to aid navigation by helping mariners correct chronometer variations.
The Fairfield County Baptist Association council in South Norwalk heard charges of conduct unbecoming a minister against Rex Frank C Brown former pastor of the Rowayton Baptist Church. He admitted the charges and by unanimous vote the council surrendered his certificate of ordination.
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