Cabinet Officer Wins Handsome Medal
Hon J M Dickinson is named the recipient of a handsome medal for distinguished service. The ceremony elevates Dickinson as a leading cabinet officer recognized for achievements and leadership.
29 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
1
Hon J M Dickinson is named the recipient of a handsome medal for distinguished service. The ceremony elevates Dickinson as a leading cabinet officer recognized for achievements and leadership.
The 1895 Detroit river rescue by Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson is honored with a solid gold life saving medal presented by Assistant Secretary Hilles. The award notes heroic deeds in saving lives and references the 1895 Truant yacht incident involving James F. Joy. Dickinson expressed modest thanks for the recognition.
Lovell & Buffington Company files antitrust action in U S court at Covington under Sherman law. It alleges a Burley Tobacco Society monopoly and a wide list of Kenton County and Ohio defendants, aiming for triple damages and restraint of trade across Kentucky Ohio Indiana.
Lady Gordon-Lennox, famed English beauty and best dressed woman in England, arrived in the United States with her husband and is a guest of J Pierpont Morgan at his Irvington New York country home. She praises American women as the best dressed and counts many American friends among sisters of the Countess of Warwick.
Paris dispatch reports the jewels of Abd-El-Aziz former sultan of Morocco likely to be sold at public auction in about two weeks. The gems pledged to the State Pawning institution in 1907 were valued after expert appraisal at about $250,000 and never redeemed the sum was returned to the sultan’s representatives in Morocco.
The Galveston Island mainland causeway opening was celebrated as a new bridge destined to cross West Bay. The 100 foot wide, about two mile long span will cost 1,500,000 dollars.
Paris September 28 Dr Laveran announces to the Academy of Sciences a new cure for sleeping sickness. The remedy uses subcutaneous injections of an aesmetic developed from experiments by American physician J Evans and refined in Senegal by Dr Thiroux with remarkable results.
Rolla B. Moodie, longtime head of the National Association of Master Plumbers, died at his Dayton home at age 56 from heart trouble. Moodie led the group and was a prominent figure in the trade. He passed away on September 28, with Associated Press reporting.
Daniel Clifford, a veteran who fought toward the Little Big Horn relief, lies dying in a New York hospital from starvation at 68. He had no food since Friday and collapsed on a crowded parade route amid Hudson Fulton celebrations after weeks of illness and homelessness.
Ohio state officials recount a costly controversy over expense accounts tied to the board of public works and Governor Harmon. The dispute centered on bonds, warrants, and delayed payments, ending with the state paying out to Baldwin and Watkins while critics labeled the affair a financial misadventure. The report notes investigations and a public misunderstanding of the can al question, with political theater overshadowing the money involved.
Columbus dispatch reports that a reorganization of the state board of agriculture may follow disclosures by Expert McLean. The critique targets Superintendent Lewis Venneman, with allegations of padding payrolls and favoritism toward a Columbus bank, plus a cited son on the rolls.
Eight seamen die when the Norwegian steamer Gere sinks six miles from the Winter Quarter lightship after leaving Philadelphia for Cuba. Seven survivors reach the British steamer Arroyo later that day. captain Julius Meyer and six sailors are rescued. The ship’s last to abandon were Captain and chief engineer H H Neilsen. the engineer drowns.
At Bar Harbor Maine on September 28 Commander Robert E Peary and General Hubbard announced the Peary Arctic club will receive a complete batch of papers to refute Dr Frederick A Cook over the North Pole claim The opening campaign will be staged in New York next week with a meeting called by General Hubbard and a statement to be presented without argument or embellishment.
In Valdez Alaska on Sept 28 the U S revenue cutter Perry reports crews of six Japanese from an unidentified schooner were captured while killing seals on Walrus island. Agent Proctor of North American Commercial co assisted by natives seized them and they were tried in Unalaska by Commissioner Brown. Sentenced to three months and 200 dollars costs each. They will be deported to Japan after serving jail time aboard the Auch. due Oct 9.
Ann Arbor Sept 28 The University of Michigan board of regents appointed Dr Harry B Hutchins as temporary president at a salary of seven thousand dollars per year The action was announced in a university press release and establishes Hutchins as interim head during the search for a permanent successor.
The Newton Presbytery in Washington debates whether Rev. F A Lott of Newport Pa may take the Marksboro N J pastorate. The rule requires at least 800 yearly, but Lott insists on no more than 800 claiming that amount suffices and he dislikes wealth.
Taft backs a big bond issue to reclaim arid soil, promoting irrigation tied to Roosevelt policies. Enthusiastic executive pledges to advance plans if Congress authorizes. Taft itinerary lists stops in North Yakima and Seattle with morning and afternoon arrivals.
President Taft spoke in Spokane on conservation, pledged to pursue Roosevelt policies with congressional authorization, and urged a $10 million bond authorization to finish Western irrigation projects. He defended Ballinger and Pinchot, praised irrigation benefits, and outlined a packed West Coast schedule before Seattle and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.
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