25 Sep 1911
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1911
Page
1
A Washington Post telegraph reports Rome mobilizing 112000 reservists for Tripoli amid Turkish resistance and Italian coercive moves. Italian squadron departed from Syracuse to patrol coastlines. Paris cites Turkey denying any Tripoli talks while warning of desperate defense if Italy lands troops.
An analysis argues that reopening the Mediterranean issue signals a near final settlement in Africa. The piece asserts the Franco German territorial accord will trigger further changes, allowing other powers to profit without compromising dignity.
Boston dispatch reports Mrs Bellamy Storer wife of the ex ambassador to Vienna has moved her remaining rare objects from their Boston apartment and with her husband returned to her former home in Cincinnati. Some say the move signals an end to her exile and that she may visit Cincinnati without causing family embarrassment linked to the Roosevelt dispute involving her and her nephew Representative Nicholas Longworth.
Special to The Washington Post reports William Randolph Hearst predicts Democratic victory in 1910 elections. He doubts Taft arbitration treaty ratification, favors excluding the joint high commission, and warns Canada’s reciprocity rejection harms Taft. Hearst backs general reciprocity with other nations and names Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood as leading Democratic contenders. He notes Southern origins but supports a Southern president.
Speaker of the House Champ Clark announces his bid for the presidential nomination. He intends to hold Bryan's New Mexico Bryan votes at the convention until the real Bryan choice is made. The dispatch notes Clark will travel to New Mexico with Bryan the following week.
President Taft’s Kansas trip drew lawmakers and locals including Governor Stubbs Senator Bristow and Senator Curtis, with a wide welcome in Baldwin and Lawrence. He spoke on morality in colleges defended against muckrakers and addressed 4000 at Baker College after visiting Haskell Institute. A whirlwind tour followed with stops planned in Coffeyville Independence Chanute Ottawa Hutchinson Topeka and ends at Kansas City for conservation talks.
President Taft and several prominent figures including labor leader John Mitchell and Lord Mayor Strong of London are quoted on the drink question in a sermon read by Rev. Dr. Christian Heisner. Taft urged self restraint, noting alcohol’s link to poverty and crime and Lincoln’s abstinence pledges as example.
A New York World dispatch from Austin says Dr. Booker T. Washington plans to travel from Austin to Temple, Texas, next Saturday. Railroad officials asked if he wanted a Jim Crow or a special car, he chose a special car. He will travel with only the porter as company on the 20 mile trip.
Thomas A Edison, in a Berlin cable to the New York World, argues Germans cannot avoid social troubles as financial panics occur. He suggests the made in Germany idea would shutter many Berlin shops, notes talk of war with England never reaches workers, and calls for wage adjustments so workers can live comfortably long term.
Atlanta reports the Stroud family’s famed lucky petticoat travels to McKinney Texas where it will be worn by braces as the something old in a bride’s outfit. Rosabel Hines is named to wear the garment in the upcoming ceremony.
Special dispatch from Seattle reports girls employed by the forestry bureau in U S government service earn 90 cents per bushel by picking fir cones while wearing men’s clothing. The attire aids them in climbing tall trees and handling the work more easily.
R Hopper Smith aged 72 widower and former Queen Anne county sheriff eloped with Margaret C Bailey a 68 year old widow and held a public sale of his second wife’s effects in Smyrna Delaware. Items included a gray shroud box and framed portraits. a spectator seized a portrait and returned it to relatives amid a town ferment over the affair.
Special to The Washington Fort Bretton Woods N H September 24 Attorney General Wickersham who has been here since September 16 left at 9 o clock for New York He will remain there several days Mrs Wickersham stays here until tomorrow He declined to discuss the effect of department uncertainty on the stock market He said little about plans for the steel corporation and noted there is nothing more he can say He has received many telegrams from prominent Americans opposed to DOJ corporate stance Some urge public plans He believes conditions will improve on Wall Street Monday after his statement last night hinting that no corporation is in danger if it cooperates with the Sherman act as interpreted by the Supreme Court in the American Tobacco and Standard Oil cases
A report by Herbert Knox Smith to President Taft details the American Tobacco Company monopoly, its origins from 1890, capitalization, and earnings concentrated in a small group. It notes inflated goodwill, high dividends, and earnings rising from over 18 percent in 1890 to over 21 percent in 1891 amid expanding control across cigarettes and tobacco products.
Washington greets 18000 visitors as two Masonic bodies meet simultaneously. Mystic Prophets and Scottish Rite Fraternity bring prominent national and local leaders, with sessions at the Scottish Rite Temple and hotel arrivals across the city. Grand Supreme Monarch Hatch leads events with a reception and tours of Arlington and downtown DC as delegates travel by special trains seeking initiatory work and ceremonial degrees.
A brisk update lists today’s issue items including aviation notes, weather, society columns, and headlines about ship seizure, political support, public notices, and local incidents. Strong names or organizations appear among the entries.
Cincinnati dispatch reports William J. Bryan arriving en route to Knoxville after a Canada trip. he expressed keen disappointment over the defeat of reciprocity but said he was not surprised by the outcome. The event included entertainment by prominent Democrats.
In Montgomery County Maryland the wife of a murder suspect is said to join him in Rockville jail, sparking debate. Officials deny discussing charges while noting the bride visits weekly and stays overnight with her husband amid reports of special lodging and furnished cell.
At 2 40 a m a Chicago and Northwestern train plowed into a hayrack carrying 31 merrymakers returning from a wedding anniversary celebration. Thirteen dead, three dying, two seriously hurt as bodies and wreckage littered the right of way. Passengers mostly from Menasha Woodware Company, including several couples, perished or injured in the crush. Driver Peter Hanson survived, saying he did not see the train until too late. The tragedy spurred a coroner's inquest and removal of remains to the Menasha brane.
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