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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
32
A Hearst ally party manifesto proclaims victory for the candidate. Managers vow victory and outline plans for mayoral leadership. A separate note reports a law violator sentenced on election eve as a fraud warning. Courts ready for arrests citywide. A circular promises police jobs to Negroes.
Triangular campaign nears finish in New York as Gaynor, Hearst, and Barnard court votes. Reports claim Gaynor leads in Democratic camp and Barnard ahead by 56,000 in fusion line, with Hearst predicted to surpass 200,000. About 680,000 voters registered. turnout likely near 607,000 with heavy wagering on results.
Chicago November 1 Willam A Ambett testified before investigators on venire drawings listing groups deemed unsuitable for jurors. Tip takers, actors, liquor sellers, cabmen, porters, scavengers and others are singled out for bias or lack of fixed residence intellect or service to regular positions.
Enson Johnston, driven by rent trouble, built a nitro glycerine bomb to force burial of relatives. He waited to confront John McInerney, son of a local alderman, but McInerney seized the device and fled. Police later recovered the bomb from the Mononganela River.
Mrs Mary Blakeley leapt from a taxi danger, tossing her baby to the curb as her husband swerved to avoid the collision. She died after being struck by the taxicab. The child escaped unharmed in this Chicago accident report dated November 1.
Associate Justice William H Moody of the United States Supreme Court spent nine relatively comfortable hours at Corey Hill Hospital Brookline after being admitted yesterday. He rests well and an official says he may return home in Haverhill within two weeks if his condition keeps improving.
Rear Admiral subreports that during a Pacific fleet stop at Admiralty Islands cannibals captured a boat carrying three Englishmen and three Chinese. One English survivor says his companions were killed and eaten after escape with aid of a friendly tribe.
James Wilmot an Agriculture Department engineer leaves Washington with an official photographer to study roadbuilding in the South. The party will visit Charlottesville Amherst Lynchburg Greensboro Asheville Knoxville and more, examining materials and methods including burnt clay roads and convict labor policies.
A Philadelphia symposium of college leaders calls for rule revisions to reduce football danger after cadet Eugene Byrne of West Point dies from injuries from a Harvard game. Presidents from Georgetown to Stanford advocate safer play, with many urging Rugby style rules or broader offense limits to curb mass plays and fatalities.
New York dispatch reports Orthodoxy 90 uncompromising that it prevailed over self-preservation as Gigellu Brelher, a young Hebrew immigrant, died at Hills Island Hospital after fasting nine days at sea for kosher food during an Atlantic voyage.
Topeka dispatch reports sensational coroner inquest into the October 22 death of Miss Wellie Harris daughter of the late Representative Stephen R Harris of Bucyrus at Mrs Lillian F McFarland home. State contends absence of powder marks and suspicious circumstances suggest possible homicide with Mrs McFarland and Chicago guest under scrutiny. Prosecutor says he doubts suicide. questions about autopsy and departure of Mrs McFarland cited.
The Post will display election results on its building screen tonight as votes are counted. Voters will follow a three cornered mayoralty race in New York among Gaynor, Hearst, and Barnard, plus Maryland amendments and Virginia governor efforts. The Post promises rapid nationwide results via its news service and correspondents.
A Japanese commercial delegation of over fifty members received lavish hospitality in Washington. They toured public buildings, met Secretary Knox and Assistant Secretaries, visited the White House, Arlington National Cemetery, and Mount Vernon, and were repeatedly praised for the brisk pace of American hospitality. Baron Shibusawa led the party, expressing gratitude while noting the nonstop welcome from the capital.
Baron Shibusawa and Mr. B. Nakano led a Japanese delegation through Congress and the Capitol. Visitors learned about committees and the Supreme Court, with a halt at the Commercial Club for informal goodwill. Delegates wore both native and Western dress as they observed American legislative life.
New York report says Robert Thomas, a Kentucky lumber dealer and racing man, was stabbed in the stomach yesterday by jockey Shilling after a dispute. Shilling, held pending Thomas’s condition, claims self defense. police say Thomas drew a revolver and Shilling stabbed him with a pen knife.
Charles R. Crane recently discharged from the post of minister to China telegraphed a refusal to attend the Chicago dinner planned to honor Secretary Knox. A New York message received by David R. Forgan says Crane will leave for Europe in a few days and thanks the organizers for the honor.
Miss Angeline Schlavon, 17, daughter of banker Pasquale Schlavon, faced Judge Scanlon after admitting in a February confession that she stole nearly $9,000 from her father's West Side bank. She claimed relatives promised to marry her and filed for trial on November 4.
In Bellingham Washington on November 1 a devastating fire gutted the Denver and Seattle Houses and an adjacent store. Two people died and around a dozen were seriously injured as inmates escaped via stairways and windows. Mrs Emma Buln lowered her two children to safety from a third floor window using a clothesline then jumped, breaking her back. A girl clung to a window sill for eight minutes before firefighters rescued her as flames engulfed the interiors.
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. He enlisted in the infantry and is now in U.S. Marshal Henkel's custody awaiting removal, having waived examination. Mugs at active today. Sale at 3 o'clock.
Mr Bell tells the finance board that he expects subscriptions totaling $50,000 this week. He praises College Park grounds as suitable for international flights. Glenn 3. Curtis visits government school and shakes hands with Wilbur Wright.
In Washington, business leaders form a committee to raise 86.90 thousand dollars for next summer’s international aviation meet. Subscriptions began with promises to guarantee the fund, canvassing stores, hotels, and railroads. Lt. Lahm completed two flights at College Park while Wright pupils aim to show ambidextrous handling of controls.
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