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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1911
Page
14
The Post announces today that prize money will be awarded without division after resolving remaining ties in the three contest series. Old contest results will be published March 6 with winning word submissions for verification, and efforts to prevent cheating are hailed as successful amid continued contest activity.
Walter Brookins the Wright team aviator is sued for divorce by his wife Miriam Brookins who also seeks a court order to stop prizes or cash payments to him until the case resolves. The couple wed in 1907 and Brookins left after a year of marriage. he is 23 and a former teammate of Ralph Johnstone who died in Denver.
Postmaster General Hitchcock said if appropriations are available he would open postal savings banks in five more cities. January deposits in 48 banks total about $60,000, averaging around $1,200 per office, with annual deposits near $700,000 if extended. Foreign Americans largely drive early savings, reducing outflow. Hitchcock urged $1,000,000 in Congress to expand to more post offices immediately.
Manuel L. Quezon, Philippine Islands delegate in Boston, appeals for freedom to govern themselves and become a free independent nation. He discusses neutralization or American protectorate as possible paths, noting local prosperity hampered by U S policy uncertainty. Turkey buys German steamer Roland for Yemen-related transport needs.
Special cable reports Dr Travessant and naturalist Lydekker discuss a mysterious aquatic creature nicknamed the water elephant. Lepetit notes five animals at fifty yards near Tombamayi on Lake Leopold, Congo, with short trunks and ears, height under six feet, tusk signs, and distinctive muddy footprints as they fled into water leaving only heads and trunks apparent.
John D Rockefeller and party arrived in Augusta from New York and will spend months at the Bon Air Hotel. Rockefeller will golf and drive his car, which is due tomorrow. Also noted is a report on Irish Dominican nuns expelled from Portugal sailing to New York February 12 to assist a Capuchin mission in Baker City Oregon and establish a Dominican convent.
London reports Lieut Frederick Fermor-Hesketh of the Ninth Lancers is struck off the British army for absence without leave. He is the second son of Sir Thomas Fermor and Lady Fermor-Hesketh, with U.S. ties through his grandmother Senator Sharon. A world wide search failed to locate him after he left Easton Neston on October 29.
A social page recounts Berlin court balls with Naval Attache figures and American guests. Princess Victoria Louise wore vieux rose lace, while Countess Zia Torby and Lady Granard impressed in jet and diamonds. Emperors were not insistent on uniform group colors, creating a ballet like scene.
E. J. Robe aged 30 died from four fist blows to the head after an attempt to force Hiatt's married daughter. Ed Miatt, a wealthy local businessman, is under arrest for murder. Robe, a carriage painter, lived in Union City about six weeks. efforts to learn his previous address are underway.
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