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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1910
Page
1
Reports say authorities act decisively after riots. Gomez Palacio junction reportedly in revolutionists’ control. Yaquis enlist to fight Diaz regulars desert to support Madero in ongoing conflict.
Reports from Mexico detail U S troops deployed to Eagle Pass and Del Rio as rebels seize Gomez Palacio and threaten Torreon, Durango, and Chihuahua. Federal forces fight uprisings, wires cut, and rail points fall to insurgents while Madero allies move toward Washington. President Huerta orders mobilization and calls in Vice President Corral amid rising tensions.
Claude Grahame-White and Miss Violet Ridgeway survived a near-fatal descent when a cylinder head failed at about 200 feet above Philadelphia. Grahame-White kept control and landed safely as Ridgeway remained calm, joking about her faith in the pilot. Drexel plans to challenge the altitude record of 9,714 feet, aiming to fly again from Philadelphia with a monoplane as Aero Club officials prepare instrumentation to verify any new mark.
Dispatches claim a Chihuahua regiment may have joined the revolutionists, a government denial follows. Arms move toward Chihuahua as troops are readied. Reports from Laredo describe Guerrero fighting with unknown casualties. Governor requests troops for Nuevo Leon while unrest looms at Puebla Guadalajara Pachuca and Orizaba.
G A R veteran George Gates of San Jose, inventor of the concrete railroad tie, will get $500,000 today as a Western railroads syndicate buys his patent rights. By January 2111 the total $17,000,000 will be in escrow at Crocker National Bank.
London Nov 21 Lords debated the veto bill and agreed to adjourn until Wednesday when Lord Lansdowne will present resolutions reflecting Unionist views on the deadlock. The plan proposes joint sittings for nonmoney bills and a referendum if unresolvable, with a casting vote by the Commons speaker for financial provisions.
In Washington the Cosmos Club hosts a landmark gathering of captains of industry engineers and government officials to form the nation’s strongest effort for an integrated good roads system. Leaders include W W Finley Louis Hill James McCrea Alfred Noble Toward Tufts Melville Stone Walter Page and others pledging time and money for a coordinated program across North South East and West. The event follows decades of scattered work hampered by lack of coordination and aims to boost national prosperity through improved intercity and interstate highways.
A speaker derided the British aristocracy for despising dollars while noting that tens of millions had flowed from American dollars to restore noble houses and pay rack rents to Irish landlords. He condemned Rosebery and Lansdowne reforms as sham, as suffragists interrupted a chancellor’s meeting and were ejected.
Cable report from Havana says Senor Sangully and Gen. Monteagudo met President Taft on the Tennessee. Taft reportedly left the ship not impressed, and the Cuban political scene is said not to fit Taft's expectations.
New York Nov 21 The American Museum of Safety opened a permanent exhibit in the engineering societies building with the claim that about half of everyday accidents are preventable. President Taft Justice Hughes and European leaders endorsed the museum. the US Steel Corp received a gold medal for safety work and a science group awarded a prize for best device.
New York court rules Miss Eugenie Ladenburg’s education may be funded at $8,000 yearly from a $1.21 million estate leaving, overturning Mrs Ladenburg’s demand for $32,000 per year. Surrogate Jackson notes several listed expenses such as motor car costs, pantry house upkeep, horses, grooms, travel, hotel stays, and dental treatment totaling the proposed deductions.
The Pacific cruiser fleet led by Rear Admiral Barry reaches San Francisco from the Northern California coast for target practice. The fleet including the California, Durats, South Dakota, Maryland, and Pennsylvania will stay through the visit of the Japanese Asama and Kasei arriving from the Orient via Honolulu. An Army Navy football special train service is announced for November 25 to 26 with round trip Pullman options and return by November 28.
Across pages reports highlight a growing Mexican rebellion and American troops on the border. Other items note theater attractions, society events, a bank fraud case, and local political testimony while editors discuss roads, naval concerns, and social leadership snapshots.
A debate at the Washington Navy Club over admitting women as guests to serial functions has split younger and older members. A special meeting called by Rear Admiral N Anson for tonight at 8 will discuss the issue amid plans for a new seven story clubhouse at Connecticut Avenue and L Street NW. Rear Admiral Mason declined comment. The club’s current clubhouse is at the same address.
New York reports Thomas T. Eckert heir to a $3 900 000 estate will marry Minnie Egan once a maid to his mother. The wedding raises questions of the validity of Eckert s alleged will as a pending action seeks to set it aside. Surrogate hearing on December 5 will test the will s validity and affect the couple s status.
Providence New Jersey November 21 Henry B Griswold recently released from an insane asylum attacked Policeman Fore wielding a butcher knife. Griswold wore clothing filled with four thousand outward pointing tacks forming an improvised coat of barbed mail, injuring the officer as the struggle continued.
Postmaster General announces four arrests so far in a fraud sweep involving Continental Wireless and other schemes. He says investors lost hundreds of millions as bogus stock sales collapse, signaling the end of get rich quick schemes. Public losses amount to about 100 million in five years.
Postmaster General Hitchcock states 78 cases brought to head this year with losses exceeding 100000 dollars over five years. The department pursues principal operators to secure prompt convictions. Investigations and prosecutions will continue vigorously until mail swindling ends.
New York May 21 Inspectors raid two firms in a crackdown on mail fraud arresting Sheldon Burr Eugene Burr and Frank Ho Tahey each held on $9,000 bail and Charles Vaughn in another raid held on $10,000 bail The government says Burr Brothers sold stocks and goods worth millions with little or no return The drive targets several prominent firms and promises more arrests as the anti fraud crusade widens across the nation
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