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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
1
Reports say Honduran troops concentrate on the Guatemala border while Mexico moves additional forces. The turmoil centers on Guatemala where accusations of plotting revolution and foreign meddling inflame tensions. Provisional executions and refugee movements intensify the regional crisis as governments seek control.
A dramatic tale unfolds of Georgia Edna Bible twenty two, a Southern educated governess, fleeing Philadelphia with jewels from a Pacific Fleet home theft. Arrest follows four months of police pursuit as she confronts visions of arrest and a family torn by her actions. The dispatch details Monterey Bay naval reviews as ships of the Atlantic Fleet assemble, while local residents watch the harbor, and the public pages mix naval ceremony with the sensational jewel theft story.
The article notes the foreign relations minister attended an exam of two men with special court permission as Uruguay consul exequatur was withdrawn. It also recounts a robbery near North Capitol Street where Lewis White of Atlanta said two unidentified Black men stole his $5 change, then fled. A separate chain of jewel thefts and confessions links a North Carolina-born heiress and a Philadelphia detective to a boarding house and pawnshops, with diamonds traced to an East Coast arrest.
Special to The Washington cum Pittsborg May 1 The Pennsylvania Railroad officials conducting a survey among Pittsburgh manufacturers report expectations of almost doubling May business. Orders flood in and roads serving Pittsburgh plan to prepare depots and revive idle cars and double shifts as industrial activity surges.
Boston figure George Williams says New England will back Bryan. Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire delegates lean to him. Massachusetts plans to send thirty pledged delegates. Rhode Island and others indicate strong support for Bryan in the upcoming Denver gathering.
A new business group, the National Prosperity Association of St Louis, plans to extend nationwide to aid commerce. Its aims include keeping dinner tables full, maintaining wages, and keeping factories busy to employ workers. Chairman L F Simmons and vice chairman Wick Bixby lead the effort, advocating public support and restraint on railroads and large corporations. Baltimore and Return rail fare is advertised, with service on the Royal Limited City offices listed.
Reports from New York on May Day stirred anxiety over former President Grover Cleveland. Physicians deny cancer claims and say the patient is progressing well. Dr Bryant notes public diagnosis cannot be disclosed and requests family confirmation. Mrs Cleveland appears worried but notes no serious illness.
Special to The Washington Post reports Morgan Delanie Magee president of the First National Bank of Meneacnan shot himself. His son Hoger, seventeen, found the body lying on a dyke by the Marnasquan Inlet near the town at dawn. A revolver wound and corpse position indicate suicide. Bank officers John Terrie and James Terrie took control. a notice on the door suggests a failed personal investment.
Georgetown Law School defeated Notre Dame in a federal control debate held at Notre Dame, with two of three judges siding with Georgetown. The Georgetown team argued against mandatory incorporation under federal law for corporations engaged in interstate commerce, eraizing a prior Notre Dame victory over Ohio State on the same issue.
New York May 1 Announcement states Charles W Morse and associates turned over about 2500 in cash and securities to Charles A Hanna, settling roughly 500000 of the bank’s claims. Hanna will pay a 6 to 7 percent dividend and move to dismiss a $40567662 suit with interest, tied to various notes. A Baltimore return trip via B and O RK R is noted.
Classified advertisements will be received until five p.m. Saturday. The notice asks submitters to place ads within the advertised deadline to ensure publication. Submissions should include contact information and preferred ad type for processing.
Dr John J Mec Nulty a professor of philosophy at the College of the City of New York was killed in an uptown department store. He lost his balance while leaving an ascending cage and plunged five stories to the ground. He was forty five years old and married.
The annual May Day fete at Neighborhood House 16 N street northwest ends today. Children enjoy the affair with dances and exercises while mothers volunteer, serving lemonade and ice cream as part of the festivities. The event showcases many features and promises continued joy for attendees.
Joseph D Carroll of Highland Falls endured a fatal sequence after being struck by a train in Union Station yards and then hit by a streetcar ambulance collision. He died four hours after the injuries, with coroner inquest set for morning.
In Waco on May 1 the Texas primary narrows a historic contest as Democrats vote on whether to send Senator Joseph W Bailey and three others as delegates at large to Denver or to nominate a delegation led by Cone Johnson of Tyler.
Special to The Washington Fes New York May 1 A smoking room is being fitted up in the Womang club house in East Orange It will be ready for use next winter It will be furnished in mission style with seats around the room The room is not for women members but for their men guests who attend concerts and dances in the club Week-end All rail Service to Cape May Express trains leaving Union Station Washington 1230 p m Saturdays and 122 a m Sundays connect in Broad Street Station Philadelphia with fast trains to Cape May over the Delaware River Bridge all both route Hotel Cape May and other hotels are now open
Atlantic City May 1 Samuel T Bailey of Camden president of the Farr Bailey Company oilcloth makers was killed when his car was struck by an electric train at a railroad crossing near Mays Landing. His wife and chauffeur were seriously injured. The Yale student driver and another Yale student passenger were involved in a separate fatal accident in New Haven where eight year old Sophia Enderman was struck and killed by a car owned by Huntington Smith.
Ohio Republican chairman William Williams traveled to Washington to meet his predecessor Senator Charles Dick and arrange transfer of records and property for the coming campaign. A potential conference could shape the state's GOP efforts as Taft supporters seek unity, with Foraker likely to back the national ticket and organized labor not opposing Secretary Taft on party lines.
New York May 1 Actress Amelia Bingham who has been seriously ill at her East Thirty third Street home is said to be somewhat improved. She slept several hours last night for the first time in days and later took some nourishment. Arkansas Delegates for Taft Elected H H Meyers of Brinkley and Charles D Henry of Newport chosen as delegates to the national convention with instructions to vote for Taft. 1.25 to Baltimore and back Tickets good returning until Sunday night via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Indiana Republicans meeting in Indianapolis May 1 finalized plans for Fairbanks nomination work at the national convention in Chicago. They arranged badges marching clubs headquarters entertainments and other details with alternates and state committee members present. Separately the Nast house sale in Morristown private sale to Tom H Maghee revealed the mortgage cleared. the property, once adorned with European statues, remained unoccupied since his death.
The Waslington Post reports Henry Watterson denounces intermarriage across races as a Kentuckian risk while Easterners are blasted as provincial. The Brookyn Cosmopolitan Club dinner sparks talk of white women with Black partners and prompts warnings that Southern burdens will rise from Northern races.
Like the case of Dr Hill Norway yields to Kaiser's wishes in naming minister as cabinet accepts resignation of the Norwegian minister to Great Britain. Mitgens is named to succeed as ambassador in London, a move seen as mirroring earlier diplomatic tensions over ambassadorial posts.
Police seek jewels reported missing from Herbert J Smith during house hold move on Plymouth Eleventh Street. Items include two diamond rings, a gold neck chain, pearl studs, a pearl pendant set with diamonds, a pen watch and breast pins. Estimated total value 1200 to 1600 dollars.
Admiral Dewey and 18 comrades gather for the tenth anniversary commemorating the Manila Bay victory. Roosevelts letter and former San Francisco mayor Phelan are read amid extemporaneous speeches behind closed doors. Present are Rear Admirals Lamberton Welker Wise and others. silent toast honors Captain Gridier.
Don Carlos Elis of the United States Forest Service delivered an illustrated talk titled A Tramp Through the Woods yesterday afternoon in Gonzaga Hall. The lecture featured several views and was attended mainly by students of Gonzaga College and Notre Dame.
Baltimore May 1 Albert Groff seven year old boy died tonight at the Maryland Homeopathic Hospital after an operation. Doctors report unprecedented brain damage in the left hemisphere with extensive brain matter dissolved and excess fluid removed. Four years earlier he was struck on the head by a baseball bat during a game, later losing sight in both eyes and suffering progressive paralysis.
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