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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1907
Page
31
Beat Belmont Bookies Brookdsle Nymph carries 139 pounds in the Fordham Handicap but cannot hold off Ben Ban. Uncle Romps home in the fourth event after a close opening race.
Belmont Park results feature St Valentine and Wave Crest among top finishes with close margins and quick paces. Latonia events order Dr Matthews and Sister Polly in leading positions, with Mark Time and Heine also placing amid strong field actions and crowd turnout reported.
Today at Bebmont Park a running event features participants Rosimity Gort Flan Adriana Sheri Williams Sinister Julia Powell Uncle Johnny Bitke Tysth Barriga Adsten Strong Bauserlan Hazel Thorpe Gia Roane Monsignor Gut Plassy Colonel Bob Macias Fete Vinegar Full of Pune Ea Kane Third Wall Arrow Sw Uragan Caren Strote with unclear results and lineup.
Tommy Burns, the heavyweight prizefighter from Oakland, was injured in a railroad wreck near Trimday Colorado on October 18. He sustained a slight sprain to the left hip and numerous cuts and bruises but intends to continue plans to travel to England for an upcoming bout.
A group of James Westcott's friends and Masons gathered at Stephen Merritt burial parlors in New York as Rev Stephen Merritt led a funeral for the veteran gambler once known in the halls of chance. Westcott, sixty four, formerly a Washington hotel clerk, had run gambling rooms and later became a notable figure in New York's underworld. His widow, unable to attend the service, planned to bury him in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Johnsons Lucky Day at Belmont Park features John Johnson raking in winnings amid a flurry of bets on multiple races. He reportedly netted about 503,400 from various wagers while controversy swirls over Gold Lady after a Ramapo race, with owner Aste and jockey Knapp at odds over ride quality.
At Latonia Colonel Bob led the six furlong feature from the start as insiders faded. Albert Star upset Joe McCarthy to take second while track conditions were listed as fast. Other races involved horses like Rio Grande and Julie Woolptons with various place finishes and betting odds recorded.
Announcement from New York reports that B Acheson, famed as the Wizard of Gingama Falls, claims converting coal dust into artificial graphite that passes through finest filter paper and dissolves in water. He asserts graphite in water offers a cheaper lubricant, detailing progress at the twelfth general meeting of the American Electro chemical Society.
Walter Stock was sentenced by Judge Brown in Boston for killing his sweetheart Mary Agnes Bates at the Roxbury Grove street railway waiting room last April. Indicted for murder in the first degree, the court reduced the charge, finding murder in the second degree. The shooting sprang from a quarrel over religious matters.
Broken, garbled medical advice urges consulting a doctor for cures. The writer touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the best medicine for colds, coughs, bronchitis, and sore throats but advises readers to verify with their physician. In a single, informal plea, the text underscores precaution and doctor guidance.
New York October 18 Thirty large coastwise tugs operate off New York City Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston as two engineers on a search boat refuse to work unless a third is hired. Hegar F Luckenbach head of the Coastwise Tug Owners Association seeks an injunction in Brooklyn court to stop the Marine Engineer Beneficial Association from aiding the engineers. The injunction is returnable tomorrow and inspectors are also alerted. The dispute may halt coastwise service on the Middle Atlantic sea board.
New York Oct 18 food manufacturers from across the nation gathered as the National Association of Manufacturers of Food Products protested attempts to abolish benzoate of soda as a preservative. They praised pure food laws, deplored state-by-state variability, and urged continued use of the additive, asserting its harmlessness and necessity.
Defense counsel in Dr. Walter H. Gillette’s perjury trial disclosed a private detective questioned jurors after subpoena. No instructions were given to approach jurors personally, and no harm was intended. The jury was completed late and the trial adjourned to next Tuesday.
In a late night disturbance Joseph Uszsileno twenty one and Raymond Edwards seventeen are in a city hospital dying. Robert H Edwards the father of Raymond is under arrest awaiting the outcome of their injuries. Police say alder Hug abused his wife and Uszileno attempted to intervene. Edwarda is said to have stabbed Uszileno in the abdomen. Young Edwards tried to wrest the weapon and received a thrust in the arm.
In Newman two youths and boxers Frankie Howe and William Newman were arrested in a raid on the tub. Magistrate Corrigan freed them and criticized the police, saying they acted under orders and questioned the legality of the arrests. He deferred action to Magistrate Droese and discharged the men.
Real estate in Washington shows brisk activity with a Fourteenth Street Northwest land parcel near Spring Road sold for about twenty thousand dollars to H B Wilson who plans to build sixteen houses. William H Saunders & Co also sold Rev J C Buhrer the Riggs and Thirteenth Streets residence, once owned by Rev Rush Shipman, set on ample grounds with frontage on Riggs Street and Thirteenth Street. The firm notes continued demand for homes along Fourteenth Street as transit improves and lists numerous other recent property transfers and frontages around the city to various buyers and investors.
Porto Rico seeks representation in the National Guard and requests War Department guidance on federal aid for a locally organized regiment. Commissioner Lawrence H. Graham notes a regiment is formed and he has been named colonel, with questions about applicability of existing federal aid provisions to territories. A bill may be prepared to extend Federal aid rules to Porto Rico.
Representative auuey and another member of the House Naval Committee met Admiral Brownson at the Navy Department to review the naval program for the next Congress. Brownson, on the Naval General Board, favors authorizing two more battleships, though not necessarily the final number to be provided. He would not alter the Delaware class's 30 000 ton specifications.
Rev G P Thompson, formerly a Philadelphia Baptist minister, criticized scripture as demon inspired during the National Spiritualists' Association session in Masonry Temple. Officers elected include Dr George B Warne as president and George W Kates as secretary. Mrs Kates to relocate to Washington with the group.
New York author Upton Sinclair, a socialist, said his wife is at Battle Creek Michigan with appendicitis and nervous strain. He expects to join her there next month for the winter to regain her health.
Maj General Wood will depart the Philippines after Taft’s stay, travel via Suez to the United States with leisure in Europe for pleasure. He is to assume command at Governors Island, relieving Gen. Fred Grant, with Grant moving to Chicago. Reports of a brief Governors Island stay and return to the Philippines were denied by War Department officials.
The Du Font de Nemours Powder Company secured a large contract from the Isthmian Canal Commission for dynamite and related supplies totaling 195,072 dollars. Despite Fontvanet Indiana powder works destruction, the bid covered 75 pounds of dynamite, 1,000 posting taps, insulated copper wire, and connecting devices for canal construction.
Army orders announce leaves of absence for several officers including Captain Burkmarat of the 97th Infantry extended two months and First Lieutenant Emack M. Revs of the Fifteenth Infantry five days. Also noted are Lieutenants John R. Feally and Michael O’Keefe with brief duty updates and notes on quartermaster responsibilities.
On a Belmont Park to Sheepshead Bay ride, Stanley French found Henry McDaniel's wallet containing $3,900. The wallet was lost by McDaniel. the money was recovered by trainer Peter Wimer and returned to the owner. McDaniel offered French $1,000 as a reward, but French asked instead for a job. McDaniel said he did not know of an opening, and French accepted the money in lieu of employment.
Special to Tee Washington reports C G Griffin, a Port Richmond, Virginia driver for Portner Brewing, killed himself with carbolic acid. He left a wife and seven month old son in poverty after moving to Richmond five years ago and a sparsely furnished room prompted thoughts of financial hardship and planned self-destruction. His wife and child had recently been sent to Buffalo Lithia Springs.
In Staunton on October 18 a child testified that her father planned to kill her mother. The jury found the husband guilty of murder based on the nine year old daughter’s testimony, while the other children slept.
Henry C Hechler treasurer elect of Hermeo County and Newton L Gentry his son in law were reindicted in Richmond Va for alleged violation of the pure election law The indictments allege ten counts with the poll tax paid and the voter named Hechler had been nominated for re election after being deposed for malfeasance at the treasurer post Christian Endeavor Day at Jamestown Exposition Norfolk Va featured speakers including Havin Hunter Howe and President Tucker Fire at Granby Street and City Hall avenue damages estimated at 95000 Death of Joseph Davidson noted in Bluefield W Va with pneumonia at Graham Va
District of Columbia real estate loan notices appear from Gasch & Birgh Arlington First Girls, Harrison Realty, Baer, and Saunders & Co. They advertise low interest loans on stocks bonds life policies and other collateral, with ranges from 4 to 6 percent and amounts from a few thousand up to 28 thousand. empresarial listings show multiple addresses and agents like 1328 New York Ave and 1405 F Street, urging borrowers to contact for terms and conditions.
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