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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1907
Page
9
A Baltimore man, William R Ryan, narrowly prevents a theft at Pennsylvania Station as an unidentified stranger asks him to change a five dollar bill. The incident occurs near the depot door, with the assailant attempting to grab money and flee as Ryan rushes to catch his train.
A buggy crashed into a railroad track scene as a man and a boy saved a girl from a runaway horse. The incident left a family with injuries and involved a Kawas pond setting near Mannattar Road, with a tense pursuit and a dramatic rescue.
A fragmentary 19th century report describes a widow entangled in a love dispute. The text hints at social pressure and potential threats tied to an erratic courtship. The document also references a man who died amid unfolding tensions and cautions about public scrutiny.
Cotter Brida and William Jow of this city returned from a long Northwest tour via the Northern and Southern Pacific lines. They visited key mining regions including Coeur d Alene where the Mokoking Mine is said to pay high dividends. They predict Tacoma may rise to a Pacific Coast metropolis, while San Francisco faces quake-exaggerated ruin and Seattle and Spokane struggle to find labor. Voters show early sentiment for Bryan and Roosevelt.
The marriage was recorded at the Japanese Embassy in Washington yesterday. Mr Asakawa, recently appointed instructor in the history of Japanese civilization at Yale, and his wife, plan a Westward honeymoon before returning to New Haven. Mrs Dingwall, from New Haven, and Mr Asakawa, once Dartmouth students, later studied at Yale, where he earned a PhD in history. He has published extensively on Japanese history and was given the Yale chair on Japanese history.
A report from Chicago describes detectives firing on men believed linked to a kidnap plan targeting Trae Lisa, daughter of a wealthy station owner. A ransom demand of 500 dollars was sent, threats made, and the suspect allegedly marked location as a potential abduction site before police were alerted after a window incident.
A party of Massachusetts officials and Civil War veterans under St Curtis Guild left Boston for Washington to dedicate the Shenandoah campaign memorial at Winchester Virginia on Monday. They will tour Harper’s Ferry and Gettysburg, visit Washington Sunday, and return home Wednesday.
Richard W Crounce local representative of the Cincinnati Grain Company was arrested on a warrant from Anthony Blite charged with embezzling 4274. He posted bond of 1100 and is alleged to have obtained the funds via grain and hay sales to a local dealer. Detec tives Warren and Mullen arrested him at herndon Virginia.
Seven milk dealers were fined after Inspector Guerrani charged them with violating regulations in Pollen Court yesterday. Names include Torens Mact, Eifteenth street northwest. Rhy Bl, Elahteenth street northeast. WOH Foyler, Ef street northeast. Solomon and Nathan Davie, 1800 E str northwest. GT Grey, 1600 Gates street northeast. W Brown, 60 street northwest. and Kephaton, 199 IE street northeast. Also George T Robertaon sued for $7000 damages claiming a break in and threats after an incident at 128 Tenth Street May 1.
Captain Bailey an English sailor, with two companions, sets out in a forty foot sailboat Josephine from New Zealand. They aim to sail 24700 miles across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, down to Central America, around Cape Good Hope, then across to Australia and New Zealand, hoping to reach Auckland in seven months.
Phoebe Smith colored, a servant of Mrs Annie Phetpa of 339 Eighth Street Southeast, is held at the Fifth precinct on suspicion of stealing two small diamond rings from Mrs Phetpa. The rings were placed on the washstand in the kitchen and disappeared when the mistress briefly left the room.
Miss Berry eldest daughter of Katherine Von Rensselaer and the late Nathaniel Berry of Washington died at the St Saveur Hotel after a lengthy illness with cancer. Funeral services will be held at St Saveur Church on Monday afternoon, with burial to follow in Attany NY. She was a noted French scholar and actress, active in charity plays, survived by her mother Mrs Natalie Berry and brother Walter Berry, with cousin Nathaniel Thayer of Boston assisting the family.
Special to The Washington Post reports threats of a coastwise engineers strike on American-flag steamers. The Marine Engineers Association seeks a 10 percent wage increase for engineers and oilers, a demand widely supported by engineers in American vessels. The schedule, set for October 1, was discussed last July, with several lines reportedly reviewing approval. Numerous transatlantic and coastal sailings listed, with ships and routes from New York to Cherbourg, Southampton, Rotterdam, and other ports continuing as check-ins and expected dockings noted.
Large crowd attends formal dedication of a grand government pier over 2000 feet into Hampton Roads. Officials present include Jaylord of Boofield contractors Wheeler of the government and President Harry St George Tucker. A national salute marks the opening with a display re creating the Merrimac and Monitor battle. Seventy Washington reporters attend as guests of Jamestown Exposition management and tour the exhibits. Tomorrow they visit Jamestown Island after a reception in Illinois.
The executive committee of the Departmental Guild announces rental of premises at the northeast corner of Ninth and Streets Portment where the first department of the store for government clerks will open in early November. The present building will be painted and repaired for temporary use while a new building may be erected. A manager has not been selected yet. two men with English cooperative apprenticeship are candidates. Dr Patten, guild president, says operation of a grocery and provision store by November is feasible.
A 57 year old man Thomas Barnea of 1119 Eighth Street Northwest suffered cuts to the face and head in a card game incident at about 2 AM. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. William Brown, age unknown, was arrested in Armory Court Southwest and locked up at Tenth Precinct charged with inflicting the wounds.
Miss Frances Hesa of 25 Went 21st Street asked in West Side Police Court for a warrant against Dr Julian P Thomas the aeronaut and automobile enthusiast. She rode in his car with him and another woman when an accident occurred on Jerome Avenue near Woodlawn Cemetery in July. Mina Hens knee was amputated. Hesa seeks $8000 damages as preliminary step. The case follows Thomas’s noted amateur aviation and balloon feats.
Secretary of the Central Labor Union invites labor writers from daily and other papers across the United States to convene in this city on Franklin's birth date, January 1, 1908, to form an association. The aim is to foster closer contact and mutual improvement among writers and to establish a permanent organization meeting annually.
Investors in North Butte and the Calumet and Arizona mining companies vote to cut copper output. Calumet and Arizona will reduce by 700 tons monthly, North Butte by 21 tons monthly, affecting Bisbee and Butte operations. The move follows a one day decision amid market pressures and producer coordination.
Unusual traveler numbers flock to the West as promoters of See America First spur appreciation of Grand Canyon Colorado YeUtone Park and Golden Gate scenes. Railroads advertise Western tourism, hotels bustle, and Lake Superior resorts report robust guest flows. East visitors find evolving Western charm while fostering national unity.
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