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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
1
President Taft and Cabinet pursue a Japanese immigrant exclusion treaty to avoid crises on the Pacific Coast. Secretary Taft was urged to press hard for a pact while Terauchi and Tokyo officials discuss terms. Reports say the administration aims to secure Japan's acquiescence without provoking wider conflict.
Attorney General Bonaparte rules the Navy may charter foreign ships to transport coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific when American vessels are unavailable or prohibitively expensive. The decision upholds the Navy's position amid plans for a December 15 departure of the battleship fleet, with repairs deemed minor.
Special to The Morning on Fest New York Oct 4 Glanya Vanderbilt faces religious deadline to convert to Catholicism for marriage to Count Laszlo Szechenyi. Vienna’s black aristocracy insists the union be recognized only if she becomes Catholic, affecting Austrian and Hungarian status and titles. The case mirrors Anna Gould’s prior matrimony.
An unsteady report details a fatal incident tied to a romance between an American heiress and a noble count among European aristocracy. The narrative covers family disapproval, high society settings, and the Count’s estate, noting amid turmoil that the wedding dynamics and public interest surround the couple, their families, and the Vanderbilt connection.
Detachment of police in plain clothes fights a large anarchist group in a city district. Outlaws attempted to break into a house and steal inside before being spotted and fired upon. A fierce battle ensued with several officers wounded and many anarchists captured as the clash ended.
Horace Argilltt faced a $50 fine and six months in county jail after refusing to testify about gamblers protection. He invoked the fifth amendment, declining to answer questions that might incriminate him amid a corruption probe. The court noted the refusal and proceeded with sentencing.
A refined German-born woman, a Griebswald graduate, sought to sell part of her skin to Bellevue Hospital to aid a patient in need. She explained her husband is in a German insane asylum and has wandered to New York with her daughter seeking work as a teacher. Superintendent Armstrong rejected the proposal and suggested the Coronet Medical College.
Miss Helen Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney, residing at Spring Lake, reportedly wed Samuel Clarkson, an Englishman, in New York on a Wednesday. Her parents rush to verify details as Clarksons plan Europe departure amid family uncertainty.
New York dispatch reports Ambassador Gruise returning from abroad states the Pacific battle fleet is a vital precaution. He praises American resolve to defend freedoms and notes Roosevelt’s leadership. The ambassador reflects on visits with President and playful remarks about bears, while touching on French wine industry and new adulteration laws.
The Washington Post reports Earle, an artist, leaving Wate for affinity and heading to Europe with wife and child sent to Paris. Alfred Huttner confirms plans to study art abroad after recovery in Battle Creek. Neighbors in Monroe say Earle misses his two year old Harold in Paris while rumors swirl of reconciliation with his wife Miss Kuttner at 27 Wear Seventy-eleventh Street.
At Pottstown on Oct 4 a man killed his brother with a revolver after winning the weapon at the county fair and taking it home. The weapon discharged during a staged act, striking the brother in the head and causing his immediate death. An inquest cleared the younger man of wrongdoing, while the incident prompted renewed attention to public safety with the aged Rebecca Wentzel among mourners.
Fragmented text lists funeral tolls and business listings from Washington area addresses. Mentions October 6 and Sunday activities, with references to trust company deposits and banking, plus scattered product terms like olive oil and imports. Names and places are garbled and partially unreadable.
Elizabeth New Jersey October 4 Richard Thompson hoisted the union jack over his Broad street bakery in honor of old home week. After threats from neighbors and a late night call a police order required removal and Thompson replaced it with a large American flag.
Tokyo dispatch reports Ambassador O'Brien denies ever saying the United States would win in a war with Japan. He stresses no presumption about war outcomes and endorses Taft on peaceful relations. Hochi plans to publish the interview while noting the denial and welcoming his diplomatic experience in Tokyo.
Bellingham Oct 4 Federal officers spread along the Canadian frontier after G B Babcock a Treasury Department special agent found hundreds of Japanese had legally crossed the border and were still entering the United States daily. The border force was installed to halt the crossings and tighten surveillance.
An attempted abduction of Princess Anna Monica Pra, daughter of Saxony's crown princess, occurred at the Toselli villa in Florence. Servants confronted two men, who fled after the disguise failed. Signor Jogelli vowed to resist any forceful seizure with armed guards on duty at the villa.
Capt August Richter of the Kronprins Wilhelm reportedly received a divine admonition after an iceberg collision near the Grand Banks. He abandons sea life, mirroring a family history of early retirement from seafaring following a prior near disaster aboard the Saale. The Bremen start was July 2, with 100 miles of Yar seen, then the Kronprins struck the iceberg, leaving Richter seriously injured.
Dresden reports American Mormons expelled from Germany after warnings against propaganda river baptisms and converting people. Arrests and guard detention followed. Imperial authorities had long opposed Mormon activity, but diplomacy granted a month to settle affairs and depart. At that time about 150 Mormon missionaries operated in various German states, with grounds cited as contrary to public morality and social order.
Diplomat Tower asks President Roosevelt for permission to retire next spring after nearly eleven years abroad in Berlin and Vienna. He has represented the United States longer than any other in service and has overseen key negotiations on German-born American citizens, Alsace Lorraine status, and U.S. business interests. Tower, long trusted by Germany and the German court, helped align the American Association of Commerce with German authorities and earned the Legion of Honor for Lafayette studies. He plans to return to live in the United States to attend to family and business interests.
Killed 20 sick with fever Chief Quan Hang, famed leader of the North West, was found hanged in a jail cell awaiting trial for executing a young fever victim per tribal rite. The ritual required public stoning of tribe members who fail to recover before a person’s spirit can move on. Some say he died by his own hand. others claim it was tribal revenge.
Auction notice for a fine set of household items at Sloan's. Sale to begin promptly at 10 a m with fine reserve. Baltimore and Return rail services listed at $1 25 with routes and schedule notes. City offices at 17th Street and 69 Fa av referenced.
Special to The Washington Poet Rev Dr William Frye of Trenton NJ denounces Senator Philander Knox as the greatest foe to Mormonism. Frye claims Knox backs Reed Smoot and used government envelopes to spread pro Mormon literature. He notes Montana led states in endorsing Knox for president.
Wealthy Brooklyn father's daughter Emma Archer, nineteen, last seen rowing near Sheephead Bay, reportedly sailed out to sea with a mysterious sloop while a captain described seeing a lone woman in distress. Police and boatmen pursued leads as families kept vigil, fearing abduction or romance gone awry.
In extemporaneous remarks the executive asserts the nation will protect the Panama Canal and expands the navy for the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. He condemns “momorous anarchists” posing as labor leaders and announces camp starts.
President Roosevelt's Memphis visit drew vast crowds as he declared he would use every effort to stamp out murderous and lawless anarchy. He warned against labor leaders who preach violence and emphasized equal concern for both Northern and Southern interests while praising Confederate veterans and the deepwater canal project.
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