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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1908
Page
1
Maj. Mearns E. Heller J. A Loring and R. J. Cuningham head a hunt party for a Smithsonian Institution expedition. They plan to outfit the venture and reach Mombasa next April to spend a year in the Dark Continent gathering materials for a government collection.
President Theodore Roosevelt will head a Smithsonian outfitted expedition to Africa in 1909 to gather natural history specimens for U.S. government collections. The party includes Kermit Roosevelt, MAL A Mearns, Alden Lore, Edmund Heller, and Glynntus Crimphank, with R J Cuninghame as guide and manager. The voyage will sail in March 1909 and reach Mombasa in April, spending a year documenting wildlife and sending materials to the Smithsonian and the United States National Museum.
Dec 5 reports Gen Simon leads a 400-strong revolutionary army into Fort au Prince. He is hailed by crowds, crowned with palms, and vows free election while appointments and guard duties unfold amid a tense transfer of power from Nord Alexis. The French legation shelters Coivre as troops seize the city. Meanwhile, Haiti’s political situation and foreign roles shift with the arrival of the German steamer Sarnia and exile of Alexis.
The group includes Heller a seasoned animal collector with work in Alaska and Central America, Loring a field naturalist trained by the Department of Agriculture and Bronx Zoo, and Edgar A Mearns a veteran Army medical corps officer and noted naturalist. They plan a 1909 1910 safari from Mombasa to Cairo with Uganda Railway base and Mount Kenia possible, aiming to study wildlife while hunting with a powerful smokeless rifle. Representative Humphrey of Washington State, a noted hunter, will test the new gun before the African trip.
President elect Taft seeks closer U S ties with Latin American nations led by director John Barrett. Barrett notes Latin American foreign trade now totals 2 1 billion dollars annually and argues for Pan American commerce. Taft signals a New England vacation, golf and fishing, and outlines unity and cooperation within the Democratic caucus as key to governing.
Champ Clark of Missouri was unanimously chosen as the Democratic minority leader in a House caucus last night. He succeeds John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, who resigned to let Clark gain experience before the tariff fight. Williams cited duty and unity as aims, while Clark expressed gratitude for the honor and pledged cohesive leadership during the coming session.
In Milford Delaware 16 year old Sarah Brinchley narrowly escaped death when her grandfather Alexander Brinckley fired at a figure in a yard before daylight. The attacker fled after the shot but the girl explained she was fetching coal for breakfast. The incident ended when the shooter realized the armed figure was his granddaughter.
Alexander McDonald Brown and William I Becker were arrested in Cincinnati on warrants issued today for running a salary loan office without a license as required by city ordinances. The Brown Investment Company, located in the Union Trust Building, is named in the action. Brown is described as president and a nephew namesake of the Standard Oil figure.
Smith Williams, a Chicago and New York lawyer once prominent, faces ruin after a friend's defalcation and suicide. His wife and two children died in a house fire, his health failed, and his firm profits dwindled. He signed a $29,000 draft at the Great Northern Hotel to cover losses, leaving only a small remainder of his fortune.
In a sprawling Pittsburg ledgers trap, broker Ramiel M Biddison faces arrest over forged Central Coal bonds tied to a vast U S syndicate. Investigators reveal a web of fake stock and bond certificates, bogus receipts, and numerous prominent names, including Montefiore Meyers, Mark Hanna, and John Sherman, alleged to be connected to the scheme. Biddison allegedly controlled land and securities across several states, with dozens of buyers swindled via trust receipts and theft claims. The case widens as associates like Ebion Peck and Meyers surface amid claims of annexation petitions to royalty and a quagmire of counterfeit securities.
In Whitinsville the debut of Miss Hildegarde Lasell drew hundreds of society guests including Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft daughter and son of the president elect. Mrs Grace Jarvin of Washington helped at the house party with a tea in the afternoon and a grand ball at Oakhurst Ches ter Lasell home. Nearly 2000 guests were reported in attendance.
The University of Chicago announces a rule effective January 1 prohibiting women students from living in boarding houses that house male students. Landlords will be instructed to provide reception parlors for female students at suitable hours, aiding enforcement without difficulty.
In Salem today a marriage was announced between Raymond L. Newcomb former arctic explorer and Miss Catherine T Hurley niece of Mayor Hurley Newcomb serves as clerk of the Board of Health of Gajem He has twice been recognized by Congress and by Russia and Sweden for bravery in fire research He is known for his association with the Smutagonian Institute in Washington and for captaining the schooner Jeannerts crew fitted out by the United States January 31 1878 in San Francisco to explore the north
American Ambassador Griacom presented King Victor Memrparuht in Rome with the American Cross of Honor a life saving order founded in 1898. The king said he was honored to become an honorary member and praised its humane aims and achievements.
In London suffragettes disrupt a Womans Liberal Federation meeting as Chancellor Lloyd George vows to introduce a bill granting women the vote. Armed steward clashes, tears, and jail garb demonstrations erupt while the organist plays What Can the Matter Be in attempts to restore order.
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