14 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1913
Page
1
A high profile East Side political figure, Sullivan, was shot at the Pelham rail station in New Haven car area and later died. Authorities noted Sullivan’s long service, his sanity disputed by associates, and a complex inquiry into his final movements and the suspect’s identity, with witnesses reporting a masked figure and a funeral planned for victims’ relatives.
The body of New York Mayor William J. Gaynor lies in state at City Hall as firemen and police join a guard of honor for the Lusitania voyage home. Rufus Gaynor and officials aboard receive honors, with a morgue chapel on the ship and a public funeral plan led by Seth Low.
Thomas A. Edison of West Orange New Jersey has been ordered by his physician not to take any more vacations. He must remain away from his laboratory for two weeks to recuperate from a fort night in New England. The inventor, aging and tired from holidays, is reported to be improving but exhausted and in need of rest.
The will of Alfred Pope, linked to Cleveland Toledo and Chicago manufacturing, was offered for probate in Farmington Connecticut on Sept 14. It leaves four tenths to Mrs Pope and 450000 in trust for daughter Theodote Pope, with the estate valued in the millions and no large bequests beyond provisions for charitable gifts.
Boston report from Sept. 13 notes gloom for Progressives and Democrats after Maine results. Gardner leads Benton in Massachusetts Republican primary on Sept. 18, with Liberals backing Gardner. Tariff bill discontent spreads, funding gaps burden Democratic efforts, and Bird’s Progressive bid appears weaker.
Dr. L M Goldstein of Russia arrives in San Francisco to survey trade prospects via a subsidized Russian volunteer fleet. He discusses routes from Tantrom and Odessa to Vladivostok, potential Pacific crossings, and shipping through the Panama Canal to Vancouver, San Francisco, and Odessa. He cites possible goods and mutual benefits.
State Department frets over Mexican independence day as Torreon endures plague and supply blockages. Huerta struggles to move medicines while constitutionalists push toward Aguascalientes and Mexico City, with Carranza advancing on Hermosillo and foreign nationals seeking safety.
A boiler tube blew out on the torpedoboat Barney bound from Norfolk to Annapolis, badly scalding water tender John K. Peterson who was taken to the Naval Hospital. The vessel suffered minor damage and a naval inquiry will be held. Meanwhile a separate wireless report from Norfolk denied a hull breach on the battleship Nebraska during drill with no injuries reported.
In New York a 63 year old stock man Wat Jace Richardson died after placing his head in a 5 foot fly wheel turning 200 revolutions per minute. His body was found near the wheel. Letters on his person suggested he sought death to end his troubles.
Harry K. Thaw faces extradition battles as a federal court issues a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Aldrich plans to hear Thaw lawyers Martin Shurtleff and Olmstead in Littleton next Tuesday, while Jerome criticizes the move as bad faith. Governor Felker's extradition proceedings loom, with Thaw awaiting a possible hearing date. Mary C Thaw telegrams Gov Felker pleads for fair due process and a hearing in the case. Thaw’s Canadian escape and the looming Supreme Court appeal color the proceedings as officers guard Matteawan inmates.
Edna Perkins Godbee was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in Georgia for killing her former husband Judge W. S. Godbee and his wife Florence Godbee in the Millen post office lobby on August 18. The jury recommended mercy after thirteen hours of deliberation. she claimed mistreatment prior to and after their divorce. Prosecutors noted the post office attack left the judge dead and Florence Godbee fatally wounded days later.
Fulton market fisherman near the Scotland lightship pulled the largest lobster in the area. Weighing 2 pounds more than prior records, the 16 inch body circumference and a 19 inch left claw marked a healthy 30 year old specimen. It was donated to the city aquarium.
New charges emerge from impeachment managers as Governor Sulzer faces claims via emissary of offers to resign and to drop proceedings. Letters to witnesses and alleged job pledges surface, with a wealth of campaign funding details and a private examination of Congressman Jefferson McLean.
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