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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
10
In a wave of anti Jewish violence four women among eleven killed, bands looted shops and set property ablaze. Authorities failed to act as attackers swept through Hishe nef Et and nearby towns causing widespread panic and heavy casualties.
Fragmented OCR text shows a political dispute over military funding with references to repeal, reaction, and various names and terms. The readable portions hint at a tense legislative scene, but essential specifics are unclear.
Customs officers on the Canadian border seize 94 000 worth of finery from three women who give ages and addresses, while stating more than a dozen others face inquiry. The case involves alleged smuggling with duties promised and trunks reportedly pledged for shipment.
Plebrook Coal yard auction proceeds after Vest Wheeler estate locks, barred and shuttered doors of Joby Wheeler's waters. Merchandise of all sorts from hoop skirts to other items to be sold. Wheeler previously attacked and robbed, then closed up the premises and never reopened, dying in spring.
After a daylong closed session the twelfth biennial meeting of the International Association of Machinists voted to oust George Warner of New York City for receiving about 10 000 from the Erie Railroad to influence labor actions. Warner admitted quarterly 2600 payments until James Stuart's rise to railroad head. Stuart claimed immunity payments were to prevent strikes. Reillys from New York were unseated on technical grounds.
In Allegany County a feud from a bitter Republican primary ends in violence as Capt J Philp Roshan strikes Col Pearre after an interview. Pearre dies from the jaw injury near the Third National Bank Building. Witnesses and officers report the arrest of Roshan, with hearings postponed. The incident follows a top interview on county politics six years prior, involving David J. Lewis and other party figures.
Special to The Washington Post reports the Portsmouth murder of Mary Rorschach wife of Lt. Franke Rorschach U S N. The suspect is Thomas Archer mulatto ex navy employee now under arrest. Police cite circumstantial evidence including bloodstains on his hat and matching clothing sighted by a nearby witness. Lynching threats circulate as investigation closes in. Horace Lee another black man is also held in connection with the case. The city remains tense as authorities pursue the trail with bloodhounds and public curiosity runs high.
Governor Swanson announced a $200 reward for the capture of the murderer of Mrs. Rorschach a noted Virginia musician. Lieut Frank Rorschach was located aboard the armored cruiser Tennessee at the Boston Navy Yard and will be relieved to return home after his wife’s death.
Executive Committee of the Western Union Telegraph Company met in New York and unanimously adopted a resolution praising the president and officers for their handling of the late operators strike. The committee noted the successful maintenance of service integrity and approved the naval quarterly dividend payment.
State Railroad Commissioner Giangow issued a statement that all railroads in Michigan have agreed to adopt the 2 cent rate law when it takes effect September 28. Only the upper peninsula lines and a few hundred miles not yet profitable are exempt from the 2 cent rate.
Sir Robert Bond, premier of Newfoundland, says the British American modus vivendi is a disgrace to British diplomacy and harms colonial interests. He argues the pact would have restricted Newfoundland authorities from prosecuting on board American vessels and allows American captains to hire Newfoundland fishermen in treaty waters. Bond asserts his government will resist the agreement and push for imperial cabinet transparency in Parliament.
In Huntington a Chesapeake and Ohio detective arrested two Western Union messengers from Washington, Alex Fredenberger, fourteen, and Will McIntosh, fifteen, for train jumping. Rosa wired authorities. Fredenberger to be sent home, McIntosh held on the train jump charge while stating they planned to encircle the globe. Both boys left home two weeks ago and are described as bright for their ages.
The body of Manuel Mario Toage, a Peruvian senator, arrived aboard a New York bound ship after dying from pneumonia at sea. The 70 year old official, en route to seek Europe for health, died during the voyage and was to be buried after arrival.
New York dispatch says Mark Twain declining to pilot President Roosevelt’s steamer on the Mississippi for a Southern and Western trip. Admirers hoped Capt. Bixby would join at the wheel but Clemens refused the waterways convention invitation and stays at his summer home in Tuxedo Park New Jersey.
Chicago reports George B. Stoll a rich contractor and real estate man who left Whiting on August 27 for Cafesgo on Bar ness and has not been seen. He carried nearly 95000 from Gary that morning while pursuing large contracts. His wife says she suspects a robbery plot and recalls his habit of a stable home life and five children.
In Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Stout suspended the arrest warrant against former Kentucky Governor W. S. Taylor, promising immunity if he returns to Kentucky to testify in the Goebel murder case. Franklin officials seek his statement for the defense and the Commonwealth. Indianapolis reports note inquiries to Indiana for his extradition, with the suspension revocable.
A Lehigh Valley Transit car on a steep grade derailed and overturned near Nazareth, killing John D. Owens and injuring several others. Owens was trapped beneath the wreckage and freed only after cutting the car away. Injured include Paul Weston and his wife, Joan Arne, George Crogoski, George Walton, with multiple lacerations and internal injuries reported.
John Hazlett city editor for forty years resigns from Pittaberg Leader. He helped popularize Ira Sankey and connected with evangelists Moody and Francia Murphy. Retirement aims to preserve health and vitality, ending a long career in newspaper work.
Special to The Washington Post from Vancouver British Columbia dated Sept. 10 reports a growing crisis from Oriental riots and a militant turnout. Japanese and Chinese communities are forming armed quarters as police seize rifles and munitions. Mayor Bethune seeks militia aid while Tokyo pledges Canada will apologize and curb further trouble.
At Oyster Bay a luncheon with President Roosevelt, Secretary Straus, Labor Commissioner Neill and others announced a $1,000,000 endowment to establish industrial peace. Neill to be active secretary. telegraphers' strike and anti strike talks noted. Loeb faced questions over a riflemen visit and a misplanned reception.
The four masted schooner Mites Mr. Merry from Portland bound for Bangor Maine with 12 500 tons of cost cargo went ashore in fog off Long Island about forty miles east of Fire Island. The vessel is reported ashore in Pog.
In City, Pa, James Strait confessed to shooting his wife after confronting her on the street. He surrendered to police amid a crowd as witnesses reported the woman wounded and unconscious. Strait, who had lived apart from his wife and 12-year-old son, was employed in a lumber camp and a restaurant. The weapon malfunctioned during the incident, and Strait kicked the fallen woman before bystanders intervened. The wife remains in critical condition with no motive given.
Special to The Washington Post New York Sept 10 Mrs May Pepper Vanderbilt testifies in the lunacy case to have aged husband Edward Ward Vanderbilt courtly and loving, recounting a platonic kiss history with several admirers and her decision to marry only after persuasion, while Vanderbilt sits listening as supporters question rival claims and spiritualist connections.
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