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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
10
In a manifesto Eagh and his managers declare Hearst will be the next mayor. A violator of registration law is sentenced on election eve as a warning to fraudsters. Courts are prepared to handle many arrests citywide. Barnard circular promises police jobs for African Americans.
Observe leaders claim Gaynor will win by large margins with Barnard and Hearst also favored. Reports from assembly districts predict Gaynor and a Democratic landslide, while Hearst contests and Republican fusion face strong opposition. Final turnout expected around 607,000 to 680,000 with extensive legal checks and election-day operations planned.
Chicago November 1 jury commissioner Willam A Ambett testified before investigators of irregularities in venire drawings. He said men who live by tips are unfit jurors and listed actors laborers foreign tailors boilermakers bakers bartenders train dispatchers and scavengers as undesirables. Medical and theological students are exempt. Peddlers junk dealers and scavengers are also excluded for obvious reasons.
Enson Johnston, driven by inability to bury two relatives without paying rent, built a nitro glycerine bomb in Firsburg. He waited for John McInerney, son of a noted alderman, but McInerney seized the device and fled. Johnston was arrested and later discharged after revealing his dire situation. Police dumped the bomb into the Mononganela River.
Chicago, Nov 1. Mrs Mary Blakeley leaped from a car to avoid a taxicab and was run over, dying at once. In the attempt she hurled her baby boy to the sidewalk. the child escaped injury as Mr Blakeley swerved to avert the collision.
Boston November 1 Associate Justice William H Moody of the United States Supreme Court passed a fairly comfortable night at Corey Hill Hospital Brookline where he was taken yesterday He was reported resting well and expected to return home in Haverhill within two weeks if improvement continues
Rear Admiral subreport says United States Pacific Fleet learned cannibals captured a boat with three Englishmen and three Chinese near Admiralty Islands. One English survivor said his companions were killed and eaten after escape through a friendly tribe.
James Wilm ot, an engineer in the office of public roads, Department of Agriculture, departed Washington for an extended Southern tour to gather data on road building and maintenance. He will document road types, climate effects, and the burnt clay road experiments in Mississippi, visiting Charlottesville Amherst Lynchburg and many Southern cities with an official photographer.
Heads of institutions across the nation urge revision of football rules to reduce deadly hazards after cadet Byrne dies from a Harvard Point game injury and other fatalities spark a symposium of opinions. War and Navy offices await reports while West Point may end its season and the Army Navy game.
New York reports the death of Gigellu Brelher, a young Hebrew immigrant, at Hills Island Hospital. Nine days into the voyage she fasted to maintain kosher food, reportedly leading to her death as Orthodoxy prevailed over self preservation.
Toledo reports sensational inquest into the October 22 shooting death of Miss Wellie Harris daughter of the late Representative Stephen R Harris of Bucyrus. State probes motive powder marks absence of self-inflicted wound and acts of Mrs McFarland and Mrs McPherson as questions linger. Also a brief ad note for Braddock Maryland Rye appears.
The Post will display Washington’s first election results tonight as votes are counted on a big screen in front of The Post building. Voters await the mayoralty contest in New York among Gaynor Hearst and Barnard, Maryland amendments, Virginia gubernatorial race, and other local elections, with results to be flashed by stereopticon.
A Japanese commercial delegation of over fifty representatives toured Washington after arrival at Union Station. Officials and business leaders orchestrated rapid hospitality, with visits to State, War, and Navy departments, the White House, Mount Vernon tomb, and a busy itinerary outlined by Secretary of State Knox and others. The party expressed appreciation for the American reception and noted the fast pace as a key lesson from U.S. hospitality.
A Japanese delegation led by Baron Shibusawa and Mr. B. Nakano toured Washington scenes from the Capitol to the Supreme Court and Commercial Club. They observed committee work, the Speaker’s chair, and a cordial reception with informal international goodwill remarks and varied attire.
New York reports Robert Thomas, Kentucky lumber dealer and racing man, stabbed in the stomach by jockey Shilling yesterday afternoon. Shilling is held awaiting Thomas's condition. Police say self defense is claimed by Shilling, who says Thomas drew a revolver and he stabbed with a pen knife to save himself.
Charles R. Crane, recently discharged as minister by Secretary Knox, telegraphed a refusal to attend the Chicago dinner planned in his honor. In a message received by David R. Forgan, Crane said he would leave for Europe within days and thanked all for the honor, noting insufficient time to arrange the meal.
Miss Angeline Schlavon, 17, daughter of Pasquale Schlavon, banker, told Judge Scanlon she will repeat a February confession on the stand. She admitted stealing nearly $9,000 from her father's bank to aid an uncle and seven relatives who promised to find her a husband. The case is set for November 4.
A Seattle neighborhood fire on Elk Street claimed two lives and left about a dozen injured. Flames engulfed the Denver and Seattle houses and a B. B. grocery building, forcing residents to leap from windows and search for ladders. Mrs Emma Buln lowered her two children to the street from the third floor then jumped, breaking her back. A girl clung to a window sill for eight minutes before firemen arrived to rescue her as her clothing burned.
Oscar F. Cochran, indicted by a Federal grand jury for embezzling 37,000 from the American National Bank in Indianapolis, was arrested at Fort Slocum after admitting his past as an infantry enlistee. He is in United States Marshal Henkel's custody awaiting removal and has waived examination.Mugs at Active today. Today at DL and 3 Are. sale.
Mr Bell told the finance body that he believes 50 000 dollars will be subscribed this week. He spoke at a meeting and said College Park grounds are suitable for international flights. Glenn 3 Curtis visited government school and shook hands with Wilbur Wright.
Washington business leaders organized to raise 86. 90 for next summer’s aviation event. Norment and Bell spoke of benefits to the city, canvassing plans, and a committee to manage finances. Lt. Lahm reported two flights at College Park and ambidextrous control studies amid Wright brothers pupils.
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