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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1911
Page
1
Senator declares the question of distribution of the nation's vast wealth will wreck the American republic if not addressed. He spoke at Washington College of Law graduates urging lawyers to support statutes, noting an age of investigation and discontent when justice is doubted.
Senator Cummins urged in a Washington College of Law graduation address that the nation faces a choice between solving grievances through law or through violence and terror. He warned a decade will reveal whether wealth distribution or lawful remedies determine America's future, stressing the role of lawyers to pursue lawful redress.
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa warned at Washington College of Law graduation that within a decade the nation would face a choice between a peaceful adjustment of laws or revolution. He urged lawyers to lead toward reform through law, not bloodshed, noting the need to eradicate evils by lawful means while preserving constitutional duties. The audience of over 1,000 erupted in applause as he stressed fidelity to the law and to forefathers' beliefs in peaceful progress.
Senator Cummins warned of dangers in rebellion against law during a time of wealth concentration. He defended law as the path to remedy social grievances and maintain open opportunity through due process. Prizes were awarded at graduation and several graduates received honors in moot court, Blackstone, and post graduate studies.
Mme Calvo wife of the minister reports a diamond pendant valued at twenty dollars to be a priceless family heirloom stolen from a jewelry receptacle on the second floor of the Costa Rican legation at 1829 Seventeenth Street Northwest Saturday night or Sunday. Detectives worked through the day and night but found no suspects and the case joins previous thefts at the same legation.
Porfirio Diaz departs Mexico City under heavy secrecy bound for Vera Cruz to sail for Spain, while Francisco Leon de la Barra is quickly sworn in as provisional president. Diaz travels with a small retinue aboard a three-car train escorted by infantry amid bandit threats, with plans to settle in Madrid. De la Barra’s brief inauguration follows, with the oath read by the president of the chamber of deputies. The article also notes Diaz’s likely exile home and Spanish honors recently conferred on him.
New York dispatched from Cincinnati reports Jacob B. Seitz of Lockland suburb hatched 42 chicks alone by incubation in a cellar. He placed eggs on a bed with a heavy blanket as a thermometer hovered near freezing. Mrs Seitz fetched beer for warmth and kept watch while he persisted. Neighbors joke about him roaming with his brood but he treats it lightly.
Miss Mary Farrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Farrell of Riverdale avenue, was rewarded with a 5000 legacy from Mrs. David Phillips of Washington. Farrell aided an elderly woman who fainted on a street two years ago, guiding her to the Willard Hotel for care and delaying her return home. Mrs. Phillips died in Washington May 23. health dept records show only Mrs. Margaret E. Phillips died May 10 in the same city. Relatives could not be found at her apartment last night.
Thomas Fortune Ryan, financier, is gravely ill at his home 858 Fifth Avenue New York after an operation. He was taken ill in Virginia about a week ago and rushed to New York by special train. Officials consider moving him to England for cooler climate. The illness is described as kidney trouble he has reportedly suffered for years.
Alfred University in Alfred Minnesota delayed its final day events after a naked body was found on a piano stool in the chapel last night. Faculty and students fear student action and the baseball team faced suspension amid tensions. The corpse was moved to an undertaker room before discovery today.
A Lusitania passenger reports two professional gamblers aboard have netted about $14,000 in four days at poker. A Frenchman reportedly lost $1,000 in one hour while games ran from 11 p.m. to 3 or 4 a.m. on the smoking deck. Steamship officers stay vigilant for pros, but sudden big wins occur when fortune tilts.
Seasonal heat broke records yesterday from the Middle West to the South with Sheridan Wyoming shivering during a showstorm. Weather bureaus logged readings showing temperatures from 9 to 10 in parts of the Mississippi Valley and as high as 26 in the South, signaling a broad heat pattern.
Hon. Sybil Burnaby, daughter of a peer and sister of Lord Debamere, reportedly died from injuries after a fall from a third story window in Knightsbridge on May 13. The divorced wife of A H E Burnaby, she allegedly eluded nurses and was said to be temporarily insane as authorities speculate on a self inflicted plunge.
In Newport May 26 a resolution from the African Methodist Episcopal churches of New England condemns alleged navy bias against Negro sailors. The document claims Negro sailors are confined to kitchen and mess duties and seeks delivery of the protest to President Taft.
Pierre Vedrine, the French aviator, completed the Paris to Madrid cross country race in 721 miles, averaging 60 mph, earning the Cross of the Order of Alfonso XII from King Alfonso. He finished the last leg Burgos to Getafe in 2 hours 48 minutes, while Garros and Gibert contend in the mountains, with Gibert retiring at Burgos.
St Louis May 26 More than 1 000 000 bushels long on May wheat William H Lanyon a St Louis capitalist conducts the biggest bull campaign seen since 1903 by steady buying over weeks he has accumulated about 3000 bushels of No 2 fed wheat in the St Louis elevators and has more on May options to be delivered by next Wednesday plus a Memorial Day rail offer to Gettysburg with a Penna railroad skeletal train schedule
Alfred Maine May 26 Witnesses in Ole Bull will dispute case cite Mrs Bull under control of a band of psychic conspirators. Miss Swanander testifies to visions at Greenacre farm and Cambridge studio while Thorp shows letters about Mrs Bull seeking Bose in India. Lawyers guard potential claimants as family fears upheaval.
Gov. Osborn of Michigan reports escaping an armed intruder, James Athers, a paroled convict who forced entry to the governor's private residence in Sault Ste. Marie. Osborn restrained the intruder and ejected him, then notified police. Athers had been released from Jackson prison a month earlier after a theft sentence.
London May report says three medical men were found guilty of unprofessional conduct for associating with Sandew's Institute. One name struck off, others given time to consider position. Daily Express critiques the council, predicting broader restrictions. Also notices rail fare to Baltimore and return valid weekends via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The issue highlights a robbery at the legation with Diaz noted on stairs heading to Spain, a society item on a crazed woman linked to a yogi cult, and Vedrine’s aero race win with other briefs including calls to bar airships in war and political notes on Lorimer and Alexandria news.
A large blaze swept Dreamland on Coney Island in New York early this morning. Fire spread quickly and appeared to threaten the entire amusement park complex.
At Lake Mohonk New Jersey on May 26 the annual international arbitration meeting lauded last year’s progress as the most notable in U S history. The platform urges President Taft to seek binding airship disarmament agreements, praises peace efforts, and calls for a Hague conference focus on armament limits and neutral loans. It also recommends centennial peace plans with Britain and the United States and notes Carnegie and Ginn gifts as strong momentum for peace.
Special to The Washington Post Reno, Nov. May 36. Mrs Harriet Hackett wife of Harold RB Hackett world's champion doubles tennis player filed suit for divorce today. It is understood she charges cruelty. It is reported she wishes to get her decree as quickly as possible. According to rumors she will marry Harold Boericks connected with a beverage firm in Wall street.
Louis Segalerra, a 22 year old Spaniard, cut his throat this afternoon in his brother Adolphus's apartment. He was prompted to take his life by melancholia from prolonged homesickness for native Spain. The Warhington Fest New York Ma' details unclear.
The Russian embassy in New York states American Jews may soon obtain credentials to enter Russia for business as part of a broader liberalization of travel rules. Officials emphasize this reflects internal policy rather than US pressure, with a proposal to end passport barriers for all faiths, though residence restrictions in the Pale would persist.
J Walter Shields of Philadelphia was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the February 5 death of Christopher Kennedy in a Warren New Hampshire hotel room. Judge Pike imposed the minimum sentence a $600 fine and costs, with Shields held pending payment. Shield’s account says Kennedy entered drunk and a struggle for a revolver led to four shots.
Mrs Mary Parmele a noted authoress and historian was fatally struck by a motorcycle at Sixth Avenue and Forty ninth Street near her home in New York. The rider Willam Herrman gave first aid and was paroled. Parmele aged 68 had visited a drug store and started across the street when the collision occurred. Her skull was fractured and she died before medical aid arrived.
Henry Sartwell of the Olean House was killed in an automobile crash this afternoon. Mrs Sartwell is in grave condition with fractures and a scalp wound. Mrs Cowper and Julius Feder the chauffeur were badly burned and cut.
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