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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
10
Report details disputes between naval officers and civil authorities over coverage of the Jamestown Exposition. Generals and admirals accuse press editorials of unwarranted impertinence and slander while demanding clear official stance and rebuttals. Letters between Myers and Army Navy officials are cited amid tensions.
Special to The Washington Pont Chicago ML Sept 13. Sercombe established a School of Clear Thinking at 139 Fifty sixth street facing Jackson Park near the University of Chicago. The project includes lectures on life and philosophy with invited speakers from various movements. Wednesday evening sessions invite questions from attendees.
Glen Echo marshal may whip wife beater. Ernest Jon King jailed for beating wife into unconsciousness with a pie handle and stave. Collins, deputy sheriff, took King to Rockville. Maryland law allows whipping, sparking debate among Col lins's friends. Harpers Ferry plan floated. Round-trip rail specials listed from Baltimore to Martinsburg and Cumberland.
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf returned to Washington after more than two months on the Pacific coast and denied plans to quit the cabinet. He said he was authorized to announce the Pacific deployment of the fleet, discussed utility of united ships for training and reciprocal advances, and noted Bremerton as the sole Pacific dry dock with water ample for all vessels. He declined comment on labor strife and the Japan incident, and warned details would continue on the fourth page.
Mrs. Ferdinand Earle arrives aboard the Ryndam in Boulogne en route to Paris to pursue divorce, declaring belief in free love with qualifications. She confirms marital strife, says she would not remarry if her husband’s alleged affair proves true, and plans a Paris stay with her father before filing divorce proceedings.
In Bethlehem Mrs Kuttner states Mr Barle will not visit Bethlehem, preferring to stay until month’s end and avoid attracting attention. She says she does not expect Earl to come, and that she will not consult Miss Kuttner about his arrival. Exact facts remain unclear.
Senator La Follette informed friends he would not permit his presidential bid to be tied to Stephen son Stephenson's push for a full Senate term. He seeks Wisconsin delegates to the Republican National Convention but rejects bargaining over Stephenson's financial backing or Stephenson's re election leverage. Stephenson allied with Gey, Davidson after the conference.
A telegram from September 11, read to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, reports nine hundred Hindus arriving in Vancouver on the steamer Monteagle. With no lodging or work and no sanitary housing, Laurier authorizes a special interior ministerial officer to manage deportation questions at once, after Bethune's request to house them at government expense.
The Peace Conference president Count Nelidom read a proposal at an informal meeting with about eleven delegates in his Hague apartments. It urges convening the next meeting in about two years and forming an executive committee two years before to draft a programme ensuring orderly labor and authority for the third assembly.
Depositing Your Lands is Bainking Dept. of Union Truat Co. Mi Fst insures pot protection and prot Under control of U.S. Treasury Dept. Interest on ail ac rounta. Deposits subject t theck at will.
North Carolina Senator F. M. Simmons says Southern Democrats remain loyal to William Jennings Bryan and would back him if he seeks the nomination, while many hope he will not run. He notes Bryan’s honesty and sympathy with popular rights, yet warns other factors may influence a unified ticket. Johnson as running mate and Culberson cited as possible Southern choices amid tariff and states’ rights debates shaping the 1890s era contest.
Special to The Weewington from New York reports Sammy Flammenbaum a 15 year old drummer of 100 Suffolk Street was jailed on a warrant from the corporation counsel after a boarding house romance with Miss Klodny supposedly ending in a broken engagement. She accuses him of trifling with her affections. He claims she imagines he has money and says she seeks trouble. Sammy had to post 3200 to secure his court appearance.
Justice Hendrick denied Attorney General Jackson's bid to vacate the Interborough-Metropolitan Company's charter and to void the merger. The filing sought a declaration of monopoly and an injunction against restraint of trade, arguing the company controls all street railways elevated and subway lines in Manhattan.
Lafayette reports a riot between Purdue University students and townspeople leaving many injured. Fifteen others beaten. two students named John Miller and M J McChesney from Charleston West Virginia mentioned among the severely hurt. Two assailants arrested after the melee.
The Bourn Gazette reports telegraphic notes from Vladivostok claiming near an agreement between the United States and Russia to establish a naval base in the far east. The plan would add Vladivostok to existing Manila facilities for the American fleet. The item appears amid other notices and advertisements in the issue.
Report summarizes maritime flight records with routes from Sandy Hook to Plymouth and the Deutschland's fastest ages and day’s run. Mentions 2961 mile short route and 3 days 7 hours 32 minutes, Kaiser Wilhelm vessel. Best average speed noted for the Deutschland and overall records for daily run.
New York Sept 33 The Lusitania of the Cunard Line arrived in New York after a maiden voyage record of five days and 54 minutes from Queenstown. The liner beat the Dreadnought and prior maiden voyage speed marks, covering 2780 nautical miles at an average of 23.38 knots. captains and Cunard officials hailed the achievement, noting the turbine's capability and the ship’s combination as a floating hotel.
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