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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1911
Page
11
Washington Post Special: Foreseeable government action cloud over business lifts as legal insights favor the Supreme Court role in protecting property rights. Market calm returns. Wall Street regroups with lower commodity prices and improved earnings outlooks across rail and textile sectors.
Echoes of the Baroness de Stevers divorce resurface as Boston attorney W C Blythe visits Sioux Falls to probe records and potential probate actions. The baroness, once resident here, died after marrying Count Eliot Zaborgski whose death followed an accident in France. Two children from her first marriage are suspected to contest the estate, seeking a share via a will said to favor a child by her second husband.
The September Great Lakes total traffic dropped to 10,730,460 tons from 11,392,412 tons in September 1910. Soft coal loading lagged behind last year while lumber and grain fell. Unclassified freight rose. Data drawn from the Bureau of Statistics monthly report, Department of Commerce and Labor.
The Rev. Dr Philip Mercer Rhinelander and the Rev. Dr Thomas J Garland were raised to the Episcopate at the Church of the Advocate. Rhinelander became bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Pennsylvania and Garland the suffragan bishop. Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smith plans retirement to private life in Washington next February.
Albany October 29 Governor Dix voices concern over U S Steel Corporation actions and Taft enforcement of Sherman Law. He warns that ambition and party conflict threaten national progress and urges focus on modern cooperation and economic realities. He argues excessive laws stifle enterprise and threaten labor rewards and financial stability.
A taxi driven by Harry Beck rolled over on Red Hill seven miles west of Cumberland Maryland injuring five of the seven aboard. Mrs Beck Miss Ocie Irving Mrs Harry Bracker Master Charles Sizer and the Schaidt children were rescued. Sizer suffered a broken collarbone and Beck a leg injury, others endured bruises and sprains as the car slipped its brake and toppled over an embankment.
Democratic leaders prepare for a major tariff battle in the Sixty-second Congress with wool and cotton schedule reductions. Taft favors reductions without harming industry, while insurgent Republicans and regulars press for revisions as census clerks finalize Schedule E figures for December delivery. The administration aims to transmit the woolen report to Congress after the new session opens, with the cotton report following before January 1.
Special to The Washington Post recounts Joseph Bischoff known as the 262000 Wall Street barber settling a matrimonial dispute without Supreme Court involvement. His wife Margaret Bischof withdrew her application by consent as Bischoff’s trust and railroad patrons shaped his investments and promises. She says she agreed to wed on a $25000 gift, though she received only $13000.
In Cleveland county near Shelby two men clashed after a pistol threat. Sam Whither, a wealthy local farmer, fired at a passing car driven by Boeing Randall of Gaffney, killing Whither before surrendering to the sheriff. Randall had traveled from South Carolina to visit relatives.
Abraham Ka insky, claimed as the oldest man in the United States at 117, is found starving with his wife in a rear Albemarle Street hovel. A local charity aid provides a large meal after years of neglect by his 3 children, 8 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren who have left him. Mrs Kalinsky recalls her husband’s long life and her own poverty while maintaining quiet faith.
English railway workers refuse to accept the commission of inquiry report raising grave danger of a renewed strike. Leaders in key centers warn the men are ready to act if ordered by union executives. The inquiry sought to settle relations between railway companies and striking employees and to secure recognition of unions by the companies.
New York stock market report notes that wire price cuts by American Steel and Wire Co and rivals failed to spur demand. Industry faces reduced output by 10 percent as orders slip 1 to 16 percent. building contracts shrink and rail purchases rise slightly with 135000 tons of rail orders that week. Major projects include 19 tons for Field Museum in Chicago and 2480 tons for Rice Hotel Houston.
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