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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
10
The article reports on mounting European pressure over Morocco, with France pressing pacification and Britain and Germany weighing moves. It notes conflicting aims at Algeciras, Franco-German tensions, and potential risks of protracted conflict affecting Casablanca and Tangier.
Fragments report Cir Sir Harry Waelean captive status and unsettled ransoms. A Moorish order to restrain business appears amid Moroccan war talk. Prevost of the Foreign Legion killed near Camaplanca. interment held. Madrid cites fleet dispatches and readiness of southern garrisons for possible deployment to Morocco.
The Roosevelts son Kermit quit marching with the Third United States Cavalry after a dramatic Camp Joalin incident in which women at the camp teased him and a hunting trip was planned. He boarded a train to Chicago and was last heard aiming for a Dakota hunt, with reports of his companions and a warden investigation unclear.
A fierce snow slide roared down a mountainside in the Andes near Santiago destroying the Chilean customs house at Juocal Santiage. About fifty persons are reported hurt as the vast avalanche rolls through the area and devastates the station.
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, Monroe socialist artist, seeks a $200,000 settlement with his former wife as he declares he will not leave Monroe. He recalls past Paris scrapes, defends his heart choices, and anchors his claim to the estate while neighbors report a tense, planned demonstration and threats of violence. His intended bride is New York girl Miss Kuttner, mother Mrs Annie Kuttner, with details of their family noted.
A garbled plea argues the ongoing press coverage is excessive and harmful. The speaker contends the public has no stake in the affair and urges silence from others.
Special to The Waenagten rom New York reports a conflict at West Point between the plebe class and the commandant Col Robert Leo Monze. Col Howse ordered relief or risk of dishonorable discharge, aiming to end the year’s new class faction. Cadet Bock, son of a Chicagoan, amid pressure, faces isolation from his plebe peers as mounting demands unfold.
Special to the Washington UK dateline Sept 5 reports Mr. Beward Heidelbach of Cincinnati offers a substantial reward for information leading to locating her husband who vanished after arriving in New York on August 24. He reportedly drew $4,000 for a trip and lunched with his brother at Cafe Gavarin before disappearing from Equitable Building area with no clear domestic ties or known money.
A three story Webb Hotel building in Shelton Washington burned last night and eleven people died with seven bodies recovered. Names listed include Ida Bailey a dance hall worker William Holmes master mechanic and Pearl Farsen a butcher shop employee among others. One unidentified man jumped from the third floor and eight or nine remain unaccounted for as flames swept the old structure with no elevator.
New York Septem ber 190? Old creditors of Edward Harper abandon hopes of repayment after the Union Iron and Steel Company receiver appointment. The firm, an offshoot of a $9.000.000 enterprise, centers on Harper, once jailed for a wheat speculation, who faced judgments totaling thousands as his fortunes wavered and a new phase of his career began.
The Colorado flyer of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad derailed near Wakarusa twelve miles west of Topeka at 1:30 this morning. Four cars derailed but did not overturn. Conductor McNett was severely injured, the Pullman car conductor seriously hurt, and Governor Hoch aided passengers during the incident while rescuing women and children.
Ten thousand heard William J Bryan oppose Secretary Taft's plea to reject the proposed Oklahoma constitution and postpone statehood. Taft frames delay as strategic, urging a new enabling act. Bryan argues the current plan is superior and urges ratification. Critics question political motives and timing before the next election.
A sensational tale alleges a New Yorker, kin to Mrs Laura Blossom of St Louis, plotted to keep Miss Allie Taylor from inheriting a fortune by placing her in Bellevue Hospital. Mrs Blossom’s wealth is cited as over a million dollars with a long string of dramatic accusations and a hospital inquiry.
In Washington on Sept 6 Judge Kenesaw Mt Landiamont spoke of a man who incurred a fine and traveled to Newark with two friends aboard a steamer, then to Princeton. Ex President Grover Cleveland was found. health reportedly improved. The judge then returned to New York and stayed at the Gotham Hotel for two days, unseen by other guests.
A fragmented report notes several items including deaths and crimes as well as social updates. Names and places are unclear, but mentions of a death by own action, robberies, and explorations appear amid miscellaneous notes and notices.
Maynard Thoms and Mose Hayden of York Pennsylvania attempt a rushed runaway wedding at Glen Echo near Washington. They drive fast to secure a license from Mayor Garrett but cannot produce a license. The plan is to marry today after obtaining the needed documents and then return to York.
Prosecutor Palmer says about 200 more indictments will follow in the Votery Civic League tax receipt fraud inquiry. Chambers notes only a small share of implicated individuals have been charged so far. about 9 thousand affidavits have been processed with many confessing to handling bogus receipts. Hearings date not fixed. additional indictments expected within days.
A mob of white residents in Bellingham Washington attacked six Hindu Britons and other Indian migrants, beating them and forcing many from lodging houses. Police and city officials mobilized, arrest actions discussed, with Hindus sheltered under protection and some preparing to leave for Vancouver as mob violence spreads along the waterfront and mills.
Byron Adams and two companions escaped serious injury when their auto skidded on West State Street and wrecked a porch at AH Clark’s residence. The machine was badly damaged and a second auto hit a milk wagon while attempting repairs. Clark notes the porch has been wrecked twice in under a year.
The Nebraskan a twin screw steamship with a crew of forty departed from Hawaii on August 13 bound for Salina Cruz and Philadelphia carrying a sugar cargo valued at 550000. Cablegrams say the vessel has not arrived after thirteen days at eleven knots a 3200 mile route.
Special rate and service to Washington via Oss to Saretoge and Return, with stopover return for Jonicalas Official route. Baltomore and Onto September 7, agents for Sess.
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