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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
1
A fragment discusses the United States government acting as prosecutor in court over Micelous reports about government transactions. It notes a prior claim that the government could criminally prosecute citizens for statements harming the government, a proposition rejected after the 1798abdi tion law repeal.
Special to The Washington Post from Middletown New York dated January 17 James W Travis awoke to burglars in the house and wrestled a man holding a lit match. He knocked the intruder across the room then Mrs Travis alerted police Leonard Brotman 38 said he recently came from England and denied being a burglar unable to explain his presence in the Travis home.
Thomas Brehony, a drunken guest from Philadelphia, started a fire by lighting a curtain in room 331 at the Astor House in New York. He told police he sought excitement, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, and the blaze caused minimal damage of about ten dollars. The incident followed his odd behavior and admission to an insanity ward.
A cable company schooner and the Hermes rescue three Japanese plumage hunters from the Kicha of Shintjawa. The men were ashore on Hermes Island after the Kieho's voyage to Midway and endured storms and scarce rations. One man died of starvation. the others survived briefly on fish and seabirds until rescue. The Kieho likely foundered in the same storm.
Richmond is icebound after a winter storm that began yesterday afternoon and turned sleet overnight. Streets are slick, overhead lines and trees are coated in ice, and city services are disrupted. The Seven Pines line was abandoned for the day. about twenty five hundred telephones are out of commission and Richmond telegraph service is hindered.
Taft spoke to a large Atlanta audience endorsing Christian YMCA work among African Americans and the Philippines. He argued tolerance stems from the church and noted YMCA clubs on the Isthmus of Panama aiding morality, insisting money spent could be defended if it yields a virtuous society. He urged the South’s negroes to become worthy of respect through industry and thrift.
Captain Crawford the Poet Scout presented verses to Rev Dr MacArthur at Calvary Baptist Church in New York on January 17. The piece praised Taft and Roosevelt, praising honesty, old glory, and trust in leaders amid graft and trusts illustrates wartime era sentiment.
The Roanoke police refused a Norfolk and Western request to run freight trains on Sunday while more than a hundred residents were summoned for failing to shovel walks. The ordinance conflicted with a neighboring Sunday enforcement order as police upheld limited shop hours for news and cigar stores and allowed certain services to operate.
Rev A Baker general superintendent of the Antisalogn League of America declines invitation to meet President T M Gilmore of the National Model License League for a joint debate on liquor traffic. The debate was to be held before the National Model License League convention opening January 21 at Boysville Ky. Baker cites urgency of his work as reason for refusal.
Henry Pyles of Shinnston West Virginia shot and injured his wife Aisgon Samuel and killed his own three year old son, then blew out his brains with a shotgun. He fled a pursuing mob after the quarrel and killed himself on a hill near his home.
A morning blaze at 3 o'clock gutted Durham's municipal building including the Academy of Music. Firemen failed to control the flames due to low water pressure. interior records in the city clerk and tax collector's offices were saved. The adjoining market and stall area were destroyed with many dealers uninsured.
Mrs James Sherman left Utica tonight for Washington to join her husband, the vice president elect. She will remain until after the inauguration ceremonies in March. They will have apartments at the New Willard for the present.
Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth, once linked to major stock dealings, was found alive in Oban Scotland after a mysterious disappearance tied to heavy losses. Reports say she died in a road accident near Ponmaenwar and was later identified, with relatives traveling to the scene.
Clarence Arthur Gooding, a Washington boy and son of Clarence F. Gooding of the Census Bureau, died in the Denver and Rio Grande wreck at Dotsero, Colorado. Born in Chicago on March 18, he lived in Washington, graduated from the Washington Business High School in 1902, worked for Chesapeake and Potomac, served in the Philippines, and held a government post before going into business. A former District of Columbia National Guard lieutenant and prominent YMCA member, his body will be brought back for burial.
A fire at the Providence division sheds behind Park Square station destroyed 348 automobiles valued between 740000 and 990000. The end tram shed and a bicycle track pavilion were also ruined. Dozens of garages and businesses suffered total losses. many touring cars, including several used by visiting actors and actresses, were wrecked. Firefighters saved surrounding blocks but the blaze caused extensive damage and heavy smoke.
Oscar Hammerstein declares at the Manhattan Opera House that starting August 16 he will present eight months of opera, expanding beyond five months. Prices will range from 50 cents to 150 dollars, with popular priced shows August 16 to October 15 and English performances planned. He aims to make first class opera affordable for the masses, then form an auxiliary company to tour major Western cities.
New York January 17 reports a possible novelty in New York criminal procedure as Capt Peter Hains Jr faces murder charges for shooting Willam E Annis. Defense cites furor transitoria temporary insanity and proposes lunacy commissions to decide sanity before trial. If insane then freed or committed depending on commission verdict. if not proven insane the case goes to a jury.
Young miner Tommy Hanson returns from the Colorado Desert with quartz worth about 1700 dollars per ton and claims to have found Peg Leg Smith’s legendary mine. An old Indian guide, who died weeks ago, compelled him to delay locating the claim until after the guide’s death. The mine lies in the mountains near San Felipe canyon where Peg Leg Smith and his party were ambushed by Indians.
Henry G Bryant of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia reports a Sun cable about three spindle shaped casks set adrift north of Alaska during 1899 1901 to study circum polar currents. Cask 26 recovered on Soro Island Norway confirms launch at Cape Bathurst and drift path between Greenland and Spitzbergen.
Special to Ine Wethington Post Ithaca N Y Jan Western Australia seeks a Cornell inspired university. Franklin Matthews Cornell alumnus reports editor Hackett of the Western Australian plans a state university modeled on Cornell University. Y H Toog graduated last year with a master in agriculture at Cornell and becomes Canton agricultural college director in Ching. About 60 students enroll for spring opening. Tong sent $3000 for seeds and beaks to the university.
Indictments against Col Dun can Cooper and son Robin Cooper over the Carmack assassination spark a fierce legal battle in Nashville. Juror selection proves hardest, as past threats and press reports complicate who can serve. The case intertwines with Tennessee statewide prohibition politics as trials loom amid partisan tensions.
L Trimball a Union restaurateur was killed last night when five men held him up for cash. He handed over silver and started to get paper money. a robber, fearing a revolver, fired twice, killing Trimball. The robber escaped.
Newfoundland schooner Swallow, bound for Sandy Hook, found wrecked off Fire Island Beach after an eastward gale. Twelve crewmen are presumed lost. Blue Point life-savers assisted but could not save the vessel or its crew. Captain Daggett may have departed before loss.
Queenstown reports the steamer Do minion arrived with Capt Crossley and crews of the British ship Savona. The Savona, lumber laden, was abandoned waterlogged in rough seas about four miles off Faatnet. A tug has gone to tow toward Crookhaven, but stormy weather impedes the effort. Savona sailed from Glasgow for the United Kingdom.
Gen George Von Schack USA Jelfred died suddenly at his home in New York today aged he was years old. Von Schack was born in Berlin and served as a captain in the German army emigating to the United States in 1861. He joined the Union army with the Seventh New York Volunteers and retired at war’s end as brigadier general by brevet. He had served in the port’s customhouse since 1958.
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