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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
9
In a tense session the minority led by James Be Marin used a point of no quorum to delay duties for hours. A blanket warrant failed to locate absentees as all present were found in the House. the ball game score was read into the Record amid protests.
A Supreme Court brief filed by Assistant Attorney General Graham argues the tax status of mining companies under old corporation tax law and the new Income tax law. The case involves Stratton's Independence Limited, an English firm mining in Colorado, seeking return of corporation taxes claiming net receipts were depreciation rather than income. Also listed are incoming ocean steamers Nagave, Stavx, Maive, and departures and arrivals to and from New York and European ports.
Lieut. Comdr. Timmons will serve as naval aid to the President while remaining naval aid to the Secretary of the Navy, ensuring close contact on naval affairs. He is to be navigator of the Texas battleship after October 15, and will continue shore duties until spring. He married Adelaide Fairbanks in 1903 and is 33, with ties to the Army and Navy Club and others.
Representative Lobeck of Nebraska reintroduced a bill authorizing construction of a cross-town street railway from Aqueduct bridge in Georgetown to Union Station. The route runs along Thirty-sixth Street to M Street then New Jersey and Massachusetts avenues to Union Station, with Robert T. Hough named in place of Harry Wardman. The bill parallels Cary’s earlier proposal and was referred to the District committee.
President Wilson named Dr. Arthur Yager emeritus president of Georgetown College as governor of Porto Rico. The nomination will go to the Senate this week. Also sent were Edmund K Billings for Boston customs and Ephraim Lederer for Eastern Pennsylvania internal revenue collector.
New Haven voters elect Frank J Rice Republican to a third consecutive term as mayor, defeating Democrat John J Lane by about 1,299 votes amid a contested license column result. Waterbury and nearby district results show Martin Scully and others with narrow pluralities in local races.
Washington fights over a 5 percent rebate on goods in American ships and the impact on treaties with France Russia Greece Portugal and other nations. Analysts warn of yearly revenue losses between 10 million and 15 million if the provision stands. The dispute jeopardizes the Panama Exposition and may push Democratic leaders to repeal the contested section.
Chicago reports Henry Spencer, who boasted of many killings, will be sent to Du Page county Wheaton for a speedy trial on the murder of Mrs Mildred Allison Rexroat. Police say they cannot convict him in Cook county and will transfer him for trial after confirming parts of his confessions. Mrs Schramm identified Spencer as the man who attacked her with a hammer, though she was frightened away by the daughter’s return.
Charges of dynamite were placed today in over 1 000 holes drilled in the Gamboa dike as preparation for its destruction. Each hole carries 80 to 100 pounds of explosive, part of the largest blast to date. Water inflow from the lake narrows the lake Culebra cut gap to about five feet by October 10, enabling a planned canal overhaul. Fourteen dredging units stand ready to clear the remaining dike after detonation, with Miraflores Lake rising to allow possible vessel passage later in the month.
Baltimore Maryland October 7. No improvement reported in Col David DuB Gaillard engineer corps USA patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Condition considered precarious with illness said to stem from Panama Canal Zone climate while in charge of the Culebra Cut excavation. A son of Lieut Col Gaillard was summoned to the United States today due to his father’s critical state.
Benjamin Altman prominent Fifth Avenue department store head and famed art connoisseur died at his home after a two week illness. He was 73 and owned one of the citys most important private art collections.
Senate leaders postponed action on a bill allowing San Francisco to draw water from Hetch Hetchy valley. The unfinished measure would be taken up at the next Senate meeting in December.
Gov Samuel D Felker grants William T Jerome’s request to postpone Thaw extradition ruling until New York investigation concludes. Extension runs to October 20, delaying any decisive move in New Hampshire. Jerome will not travel to New Hampshire until the inquiry ends. Mrs Mary Thaw and Harry K Thaw’s counsel prepare for further meetings.
Secretary of War Garrison remitted the unexpired sentence of Private Waldo H. Coffman of the Ninety third coast artillery who was dishonorably discharged and sent to Fort Leavenworth for using vile language toward the flag. He said evidence at court martial Fort Stevens Oregon was insufficient to prove the offense and urged a new trial if possible while condemning extravagant charges against prosecutors and the court.
Westminster chapel crowd hears Rev Paul R Hickok on The Church Man and A M Chesley of the Washington Y M C A on The Boy plus E Beckett on The Better Man. Also notes a charity luncheon and obits including Mrs Mary A Matthews.
Mrs Katherine V Simons wife of Lieut Manley H Simons USN has been nominated by the Navy Department to christen the destroyer Downes to be launched about October at the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden N J She is a direct descendant of Carl John Downes USN the ship's namesake and will witness a ceremony in which her family ties are highlighted Capt John Downes an 1785 birth Massachusetts native and 1854 death earned fame in the Tripoli war 1803 boat attacks and service on the Essex in the War of 1812 and later commanded the Essex Junior during captures of merchant vessels and actions against Malay attacks on American ships.
Col Joseph A Gaston urges transferring the Army School of Equitation from Fort Riley Kansas to Warrenton Virginia. He cites Virginia climate and horsey atmosphere as key advantages while recommending keeping Bakers and Cooks and Farriers and Horsesiders schools at Fort Riley. The War Department received his annual report yesterday.
At the White House a party discipline pivot unfolds as Senator Lewis backs turning the currency bill into a Democratic party measure. President and Secretary McAdoo press for a quick consensus while fellow Democrats push for prompt action, contrasting with earlier opposition. Simmons cites urgency to end hearings and move toward passage despite criticism.
The United States Court of Appeals upheld the Indiana State Board of Health in banning benzoate of soda in foods. The Curtice Brothers Company sought to block the 1907 Indiana law, but the court affirmed that the burden of proving chemical harm had not been met, and the decision leaves the ban in place.
At a booster gathering of the Presidents' Own Garrison Army and Navy Union last night at the Pythian Temple on Ninth Street, Commander Isa Linn presided as several recruits were added to the muster roll. Maj. D L Rice was elected an honorary member and Capt H Oden Leke was indorsed as national commander by the Philadelphia encampment. Memorial services for the Maine wreck at Arlington were planned for February 15.
Burr Harris, a negro, confessed in San Diego to killing Mrs Rebecca Gay of Los Angeles and Mrs Haskins of Compton, firing the Coronado Hotel, and sending poisoned candy to a woman in Los Angeles. He claimed no motive beyond a compulsive urge to kill and said he robbed Mrs Gay. He had previously been acquitted in the Haskins case. He named Edna Bauer as a further potential target but could not find her alone.
John J. Sweeney died suddenly today in Hagerstown Maryland at age % after a brief illness bronchitis. He was the son of John B Sweeney a prominent merchant of Hagerstown and former chairman of the Democratic State central committee for Washington county.
Major General Leonard Wood praises the Tenth colored cavalry at a Washington reception by the colored citizens. A telegram from former Senator Foraker commends the regiment. Other speakers hail their gallantry and efficiency as drills and a three-regiment review prepare for President Wilson.
On October 7 in Romeo near here a crowd of roughly fifty Black and as many white residents attacked the wooden jail to free Lula Gibson, a Black woman jailed for drunkenness. One Black person was fatally wounded. James Winfield led the disturbance and was fatally hurt after a gunfire exchange with Village Trustee James Haugen. A temporary jail was set up to hold Gibson.
Dresden officials deny United States rumors of an assassination attempt on King Frederick August of Saxony during a hunting trip. The palace stated the reports are without foundation. Temperance officers were elected at the Shiloh Baptist Church, including Mrs Alma G Scott as president and Mrs Ida Eleming as recording secretary.
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