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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
28
In a brutal expedition the Franco Spanish assault drives Moorish bands toward hills. French cruisers shell entrenched targets while Gen Drule takes command to seal off Taddert Benny Fog 1. Despite gallant resistance, many are slain and captives sold as slaves amid reports of strategic clampdown around Rabat and Casablanca.
eccentric Chicagoan Louis A Gourdain, famed for threatening to build a prison and act as its warden unless jailed, collapsed into insanity at Atlanta Federal Prison. He was moved to Washington for government hospital care. accomplice John Peterson also went mad while serving a life sentence for robbing United States mail. Gourdain had been sentenced in Chicago for fraudulent use of the mails and sent to Atlanta last June.
Society notes report Miss Leach, renowned city figure, to wed ex-convict at St John Church. The ceremony, led by Rt Rev Myr Tho aD of Mfetuting, marks a high profile union following a past criminal case where Jaga and Jovy were implicated in larceny. The event signals Miss Leach’s commitment to Maher and social circles despite controversy surrounding the groom.
Taft sails from Seattle aboard the Minnesota at 1 o'clock amid cheers from crowds and a party presence including Fran Carpenter and aides. The tour aims to boost Burton's Cleveland bid while Taft notes the Ohio contest's national significance and Republican unity.
Andrew Carnegie contests a New York City tax assessment for the last three years. He argues the levy is invalid and seeks a two year adjustment. Local officials and court avenues are being considered as he presses his challenge.
Gov John A Johnson told Nebraskan visitors he is not a presidential candidate and will not run. The emphatic declaration came as three invitations to speak were presented in the capital. The event followed a Niagara Falls excursion plan with travel details and stopovers noted for late September.
News from New York reports the turbine-driven Lusitania close to Sandy Hook after a 24 hour voyage covering 593 miles, aiming to beat the Deutschland and register a new fastest trans Atlantic crossing. Officials plan a grand welcome with peace flags from the Singer Building and a flotilla of boats off Sandy Hook.
A servant girl in Woodhaven, twenty, living with the Kane family, became dazed at a moving picture show and was sent to Flatbush Insane Asylum. Story notes her first contact with city life and unusual reaction to cinema. Also included are brief maritime wireless updates from Cape Sable about Lusitania and Lucania positions and a transit fare note.
A Bayville affair on June 4 linked four youths aged 15 to 16 in a secret ceremony at a white frame parsonage. Joseph Physioc 15 wed Lorena Douglas 15 and Frank Linby 16 wed Lise MacNames 16, with parents unaware until Oyster Bay town records reveal the unions. Authorities plan to challenge the marriages on age grounds while the principals live apart.
A Sunday September 15 round trip from Baltimore and Ohio station Washington offers a $15 excursion to Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, and Cumberland. Rail fare to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg is $1.90 to Berkeley Springs $1.80 and to Cumberland $0.00. A splendid opportunity for a day outing.
Robert J Doyle railroad foreman and Agnes M Nolin wed in a ceremony described as one of the era's most unusual romances. Doyle, a 16 year veteran, reportedly proposed via telephone calls to the quietist of voices, while Nolin had served months as a switchboard operator.
The diving bell ceremony at the Hippodrome tank noon today drew strong objections from Rev G W McPherson who called the officiating pastor unfit to marry. George Fairman of Brooklyn and Alberta Michel of Scranton wed in bathing suits as Neptunes Daughters cast members watched. Rev Hughes performed the ceremony amid pressurized air while swimmers posed in costumes.
Grand jurors accuse District Attorney Rutok of intimidation after affidavits were filed in federal court. An order was issued for the grand jury to reconvene on September 18. Crude notices mention arrest referrals, pricing ads, and Baltimore and Ohio connections amid scattered bureaucratic wording.
Essex County Republican convention in Newark endures a heated clash between new Idea forces led by Senator Colby and the regular faction. The new plank agenda calls for direct nominations law, anti monopoly measures, equal taxation for corporations, civil service reforms, and prohibition of saloon lands sales. Regulars back a different ticket, with William I Martin among the hopefuls, while Colby’s backers place their picks on the assembly slate.
The Pennsylvania Railroad defers changes to its rate schedule pending the final Supreme Court ruling on the 2 cent per mile rail rate law. Officials expect the state high court to sustain the lower court, with straight fares possibly switched to a flat 2 cent rate after October 1 if upheld. Other rail lines in the state are seen following suit to avoid heavier penalties.
Richard Van Traut of 38 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn was arraigned in Jersey City Police Court for burglary. Witness Mrs Daniel McArthur, a frail grandmother of 110 pounds, testified she surprised him in her Hampton Court home during the storm and fought him, with her son John restraining him. Police found three gold rings a pair of oper glasses and five pawn tickets on Van Traut. skeleton keys suggest theft proceeds.
Chinese viceroy and governor refuse two month Japanese requests for forests mines lands and other status changes. Japanese consul general is reassigned as tensions edge toward reprisals. Negotiations show restored confidence and national rights protected, while an army of 100000 guards the peace. Harvest is abundant and trade prospects rise for Japanese at Mukden.
Sept 13 in Boston the $50,000,000 suit by C M L Raymond of Somerville against Standard C Company was continued indefinitely due to the illness of Henry H Rogers. Dr C A Pratt of New Bedford said Rogers could not engage in business for a period of about three months. The case seeks a royalty of a cent a gallon on nonexplosive petrol products from a process credited to Creenough with Raymond and York contesting. Rogers Times on Broadway reported he remains in poor health but not in serious condition. He has not been in his office for a week and is under doctors at his Farr Haven country home.
Anglo American polar expedition commanders Mikkeleen and Lemingwell report to the American Geographic Society from Dawson Alaska that their soundings off the Alaska coast found continental shelves twice but no bottom at depths to 298 feet. They plan further coast surveys and geological ethnographic studies in the Beaufort Sea next year.
New Orleans tax clerk Charles E Letten, missing two days, was found on the Mississippi bank attempting to jump into the water as police report a $107000 shortage. He confessed spending most funds on a colored woman in the French Quarter and claimed the rest went to modest real estate investments.
Sept 2 The government of the Netherlands and the United States reach a tariff agreement to be submitted to Parliament for ratification. It promises reduced duties on American brandy and other spirits from Holland and lowered rates on certain imported meats. Holland commits to lower duties on specified meats but otherwise maintains existing tariffs on tinned meats from America. The treaty lowers import duties by 3 percent per 100 kilograms and requires differentiated treatment of American goods during the pact. The United States agrees to apply its new market value rules to goods from the Netherlands that have no use in the country of origin.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the marriage of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, son of Crown Prince Gustave, to Grand Duchess Marie Paviona daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch. The wedding is set for September in St. Petersburg after the prince’s return from the United States.
Newporters query if Fighting Bob Evans turned pirate after the Henry M Whitney wreck near Newport. Reports say a white-shin man seen removing the vessel resembles Admiral Evans. Engineers probe mysterious disappearance. theory hints Evans stole the old quill and sent it to sea.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania, President John Runnatte of the Metropolitan Ka una Bang and Dr M C Cameron were seriously injured when their automobile struck a telegraph pole. Dr Cameron died from internal injuries. Other accidents across Ohio and Prussia report several men burned or injured as high speed cars and military automobiles cause crashes.
John F. Tremmer, 26, head of a Brooklyn firm, was found dead in his home as gas leaked from an open jet. A bloodstained knife lay nearby. family cites no motive for what appears to be a self inflicted death. Tremmer led the family business after his elder’s death and had been prospering.
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