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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1907
Page
15
A Montreal wedding in October 2 1907 between Samuel Clarkson and Helen Clarkson was declared void by authorities who questioned the ceremony and procedure. Registrar General Sir William Dunbar ordered a formal review and potential re marriage under proper authority.
Fragmentary OCR reports indicate a traffic incident entailing an elevated train collision near Harlem and a hotel area. Officials and witnesses note injuries and halted service as investigators assess damage and passengers are assisted.
Edla L McLean a stenographer in the US District Attorney Sinaffice was granted temporary freedom while she awaits federal call. She planned to reveal names who knew of letters linked to the Jon BR Walsh case, with Deputy Marshal Wainwright escorting her for meals outside the county jail. Alexander B Gordee remains jailed, bail bond unresolved.
Michael Flynn of Belleville New Jersey and two friends set out to hunt rabbits near North Arlington Bergen County. Cronin stepped into quicksand and fired a second shot attracting his dog. Flynn and Curran found Cronin, broke two birch trees for a rope, hauled him to solid ground, and carried him about a mile to the Hackensack trolley for aid.
Oklahoma prepares for inauguration day with controversy over seating and transportation. Governor elect Haskell faces demands to ride and share carriage with incumbent Frank Frantz amid racial tensions. The plan includes a segregated barbecue recess, and the parade may proceed with walk escort by Senator Den mburg of the state legislature.
Fremont man Archie Vinute attempted to survive on peanuts for four days and died of exhaustion. The incident drew attention to a city auction and a police response as officials limited food and drink during a claimed life experiment. Local authorities involving Mayor Mark Wohisan and auction firm CG Sinan & Co outline regulations and a forthcoming sale of the affected collection.
An item notes travel from Hagerstown to Washington and beyond on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at 3 30 am Sunday November 1. The fragment suggests travelers have the chance to spend Sunday in the country.
The East Room hosted an unprecedented wrestling exhibition by Hitachiyama, Japanese champion, before President Roosevelt and dignitaries. The event featured a chalked fourteen foot circle and a blend of boxing and wrestling, drawing praise from Ambassador Jusserand and the President for its skill and athletic display. Hitachiyama presented gifts to Mrs. Roosevelt and impressed guests with strength demonstrated against multiple opponents.
In the East Room of the White House President Roosevelt hosts visiting Japanese athletes and diplomatic members for exhibitions of strength and skill with portraits of Hitachiyama and other champions. Afterward the tennis cabinet met on the White House court with the president, Winthrop, Jusserand, and Meyer in a friendly match.
Howard M Putt of Philadelphia and Miss Marye Lucille Mayse of Alexandria wed in an open air ceremony in Rockville after a dramatic chase involving a saddle horse and an automobile. The groom, a Randolph Macon College athlete, and the bride, from Washington and Alexandria, were married by a minister beside the road with only the chauffeur as witness. The groom’s brother pursued on horseback, horse collapsed, and the couple later returned to Washington to announce the marriage.
Mrs McMillen aided by police raided a residence early today and found her husband with another woman. She later sought divorce and he was jailed under 1000 bail. The case follows prior scandal involving State Representative Cook and alleged alienation of affection.
Albany November 1 United States Express Company faced scrutiny as Albert Boardman for shareholders challenged the legislature's power to regulate a few directors. The board allegedly runs the company as a self perpetuating body with no stockholder meetings since 1862. Directors allegedly earn 8000 yearly while leaders Platt Rosby and Platt hold high salaries.
A Portsmouth bank faces permanent closure after a director aided falsification of accounts and misappropriation of funds. Judge Hain appoints John T Griffin as receiver as the bank suspends payments after the board, chaired by A B Butt, reports insolvency and requests court action.
William Downing, who voted twice on election day at 4 Dover Street and 4 Pear Street under different names, pleaded guilty before Judge Rogal in General Sessions. He was sentenced to not less than three years and six months and not more than four years and six months. Downing, from Blythe, Ohio, stayed in a Chatham Square lodging house.
One of the most perfectly formed premature infants on record weighed just over a pound at birth October 1st in a hospital incubator. The baby measured inches long and had tiny wrists where the mother’s wedding ring slipped on. In three weeks the infant gained a few ounces and now weighs about a pound and a half.
In Tampa a man identified as William K. Kersey of the Kersey Lumber Co Atlanta Ga died by suicide in a hotel room. He left letters to his business partner LD Campbell of Atlanta and to J W Hersey of Dalton. Frances Timmerman of Tarpon is mentioned as connected to the case with reports of a dispute contributing to his act.
In a Cleveland preliminary hearing Charlotte Phillips stands accused of killing husband John J Phillips a coal operator. Clyde Phillips the slain man’s brother testified that he once warned of a beer bottle attempted murder by Mrs Phillips and that the couple slept with doors locked after the incident. A jury heard that Ethel Phillips an adopted daughter spoke of a long gap after the attack while Dr Charles Richardson described finding a beer bottle on the stair landing and blood stains being cleaned. The burglar theory was dismissed and Mrs Phillips faced trial.
Mary Ann Pepper Vanderbilt reconveyed the The Bathor tract a house and lot on Bt Marks Avenue to her husband Edward Vanderbilt deemed incompetent. The deed passed through Williams Richardson to William Ro Hurd and was filed with the registrar. Pepper Vanderbilt, jailed on larceny charges brought by stepdaughter Minerva Vanderbilt, is out on bail awaiting grand jury action. Her counsel said the deed was not made under fear and that a committee for her husband had not yet been appointed.
At Sherman House Chicago during the opening season of the Chicago skat congress 409 enthusiasts gathered to warm up for the December national tournament The crowd split over beer versus coffee with coffee drinkers prevailing in most games and the session described as the most exciting yet for the Chicago Skat Club
Rev Dennis J Mc Cartle of St Etchada Church in Newark created a stir by sermons accusing a physician and nurse of denying a dying woman the Catholic rites. He named no patients and defended the nurse, saying she acted under medical orders, while the patient later died. A banking disclaimer appears alongside unrelated notices about deposits and treasury interest.
Trinidad November reports the death of Catherine Vosbaugh, born in France eighty three years ago. For nearly fifty years she lived as a man, working as a bookkeeper in Joplin and St Joseph and marrying a woman named Charles Vosbaugh. After her wife’s death she lived in Trinidad, remained in masculine attire even after medical examination revealed her sex.
The Evening Post reports New York Republican bosses align with the Roosevelt machine to block the governor’s presidential bid. They plan an uninstructed delegation to the national convention and seek to keep overall hostility low while undermining Hughes from within. The strategy hinges on external pressure from Roosevelt supporters and internal caution to avoid a direct clash.
Rep Nathan Hale reports Tennessee GOP leaders plan to hold a January or February conference to elect delegates and instruct them to vote as a unit for Theodore Roosevelt in the national convention. They aim to propel a concerted pro Roosevelt movement with support from influential southern Republicans and party leaders in Washington.
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