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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1909
Page
13
The renaming ceremony at Newport News marked the launch of the largest battleship in the Navy. Miss Cahall presided as champagne banquet followed the christening, celebrating a proud day honoring Delaware as the Diamond State.
The vessel weighs 20 000 tons with 2 100 tons more than the British Dreadnought and 780 tons above Britain’s Vanguard. Its broadside outguns Doway’s Manila fleet by 9 000 pounds in projectiles. Ammunition cost a single charge 17 000 dollars. total cost 3 987 000 dollars.
The battleship Delaware was successfully launched at 10 in the morning from Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Notables included Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor Venible of Delaware and staff, Rear Admiral Tauasig, and Delaware lawmakers, with Miss Agne Pennewitt Caall christening the vessel amid a large audience. The ship, one of four planned, will join the fleet with potent armor and armament and is set to be stationed at multiple yards across the United States.
In Raleigh on February 6 The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance and Annuities filed suit against John L Duffey of Rustburg and Roper Lumber Company of Hyde County seeking title to 200000 acres in Roberson County North Carolina and damages of 100000. The suit targets a deed dated 1841 and accuses Duffey of betraying his sister and leaving the state with the land. Officers will pursue a trustee action for stockholders. Other items note damage from a whitehall barn fire valued over 6000, and campus development plans at the University of Virginia. Local notices reference a landscaping contract and a revenue commissioner appointment.
Embezzlement arrest of Elmer Baker in Singerstown. Washington County gale damages barns, a warehouse, and trees near Hagerstown. Morris Royenberg of Hagerstown faces bankruptcy trusteeship as liabilities exceed assets. Mercersburg College closed due to scarlet fever. Wayne Baugher of Philadelphia died, nineteen students quarantined. Cases reported in Waynesboro and Cumbersburg. schools closed. Fundraising for temperance movement in Washington County. Antiloon League support expected. Calvert county mass meeting planned to urge dry dock funding near Drum Point and Solomon Islara. Local fraternal and church figures receive and present honors. Obituaries from Cumberland, Luray, Harrisonburg, Warsaw, and Acesburg. several local deaths from pneumonia, erysipelas, and typhoid pneumonia. Governor Kite undecided on attending Presidential inauguration. Two men, Sarr and Almon, arrested after 25-mile chase for alleged murder in Fish Creek. jailed in Cameron and transferred.
Judge E B Jones ordered the Yadkin Valley Fair Association into receivership with Walter H Woodson named as receiver after P W Brown’s death as a major creditor. Efforts to keep the organization intact and stage a fall event continue. Separately, Spencer’s board plans an electric lighting and power plant for municipal and commercial use.
Grace Adame, a New York private secretary to Tammany Hall figure Timothy Sullivan, addressed the jury announcing her love for Roy Ward and securing acquittal for the chauffeur accused of attempting to assault a city woman. The dramatic entrance preceded the verdict, and the couple left for New York.
About 600 residents gather at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond to form a Permanent Improvement of the state's highways association. The Greater Highways Association of Southwestern Virginia, formed in Petersburg, aims to secure a permanent road from Richmond to Norfolk and from Richmond to Washington, with numerous leaders and delegates from across the region attending.
Fast Mail train on the Western Maryland Railroad derailed in Bageratown yards while waiting for Cumberland. Yard engine damaged in collision. Fireman J. C. Presgrave injured his foot. passengers shaken but not seriously hurt. Postal car jumped track and rear coaches derailed, crashing into the opposite engine.
Over twenty ingredients claim to give Hood's Sarsaparilla unique curative power. The medicine targets blood diseases stomach issues and kidney and liver troubles with a distinctive blend. The ad insists there is no substitute and promotes both liquid and tablet forms.
Notice from Annapolis reports Midshipman Theodore G Robinson of the Naval Academy died at home in Buffalo New York after a bout with typhoid fever while convalescing on leave. He was a member of the fourth class and aged 1. He died of peritonitis following an appendectomy. Also noted is a Carnegie gift for a church pipe organ in Winston-Salem North Carolina.
The scene in Raleigh features bills to shield union members from discharge, a 3 427 000 bond issue to retire state debt except for the North Carolina Railway project, and a two year juror service rule with three consecutive terms. A labor petition asks lawmakers to prohibit firing workers for union involvement. The House adjourned in memory of Representative Thomas H. Hayes after a brief session.
Special to The Washington Star reports a panic at Boyd Hall Boydsville Maryland February 6 a lamp filled with kerosene was knocked from the stage during the closing act causing a fire and a colored woman Maria Day was injured in the crush on the stairs as spectators fainted and minors were jostled amid the crowd the Golden Comedy Company had performed to a fair turnout the curtain was saved and no deaths or broken bones were noted
Mrs. William C. Moore of Mount Sterling Kentucky endorses Peruna claiming it cured her persistent catarrh and restored hearing after ten bottles. She urges households to use the remedy, noting her improved health and reliability. Additional testimonial from Mrs Cordia Brown of Rogersville Tennessee cites long-standing catarrh relief after using Peruna.
Special to The Washington Post from Charlottesville Virginia reports that a fire destroyed buildings and stock, with total insured losses totaling 133009 distributed among 48 companies. One local firm covers about 580000 more than half the total insured loss. The burned-out firms have not yet finalized their loss estimates due to inaccessible safes. Early wind damage collapsed the east wall of Gilmore Furniture and smashed into the People’s National Bank building. Arthur Adams, treasurer of Charlottesville Hardware, suspects incendiary cause.
The fourth biennial conference of the West Virginia Young Men’s Christian Association opens in Morgantown with Rev. W. H. Sumwall and C. Winslow of Washington D C in attendance. Obituaries note Luther B Couchman of Berkeley County died near Martinsburg after a long illness aged years. he leaves a daughter and siblings and served as a tollkeeper at Williamsport for four years. Dr J W Hail of Keyser died aged 63. Confederate veteran, Roanoke and Virginia colleges alumnus, wounded at Romney. survived by wife and eight children. Joseph V Williams, Confederate veteran of Hardy County, died near Moorefield aged 73. a leading Democrat and A F and A M member. survived by two sons and two daughters. John Zirkie of Upshur County jailed on bond after being run down by bloodhounds in a poisoning case. district grand jury action possible.
Hyattsville Maryland February 6 The Young Men’s Christian Club prepares a grand entertainment at Ma sonic Hall on Tuesday evening next with home talent and representation from Washington and Baltimore. The club is nonsectarian and was organized about eight months ago with G. M. Intezhag its president.
Advertises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as willow charcoal relief for stomach gas and sluggish liver. Claims absorbent power, gas suppression after meals, improved digestion, fresher breath, and free trial mail offer from F A Stuart Co with address in Marshall, Michigan. Five entities: Stuart Co, Stuart Bldg, Marshall MI, willow charcoal, gas relief.
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