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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
24
A discussion on whether the United States government can act as prosecutor in cases involving publications about its own transactions. The text argues against the idea that the government can criminally prosecute citizens for statements that may injure the government, a notion rejected after the 1798 abolition law was repealed.
Special to The Washington Post from Middletown New York dated January 17 James W Travis awakened by noise and fought a man in his home forcing him across the room. Mrs Travis called police. The intruder Leonard Nrotman 38 from England denied burglary and offered no explanation for his presence.
Thomas Brehony, a Philadelphia newcomer, set a thin curtain ablaze in room 331 at the Astor House hotel in New York to create excitement. He extinguished it with a bucket of water, preventing major damage totaling about $10, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital after police judged him insane.
The Commercial Pacific reports the sailboat s schooner Florences arriving from the Midway Islands with three plumage hunters from the Japanese schooner Kicha of Shintjawa. They were rescued after being ashore on Hermes Island 39 miles southeast of Midway since July 7. One hunter died of starvation as storms disrupted provisions. the Kieho was lost, and the fate of survivors remains uncertain.
Richmond faces icebound conditions from a sleet and freezing rain event that began yesterday afternoon. Streets are slippery, trees and utility lines coated, and city telephone and telegraph service are severely disrupted with about twenty five hundred telephones out of commission.
President-elect Taft, in a speech to a large audience including Atlanta’s YMCA leaders, extols Christian uplift and the Young Men’s Christian Association. He defends canal funding as moral work, cites Philippines and Isthmus Panama efforts, and urges negro self-improvement as a path to respect. He arrives in town from Atlanta and meets Terrett cottage audience.
Capt Crawford read a poem praising Taft to Rev Dr MacArthur at Calvary Baptist Church. The poem lauded Taft and Roosevelt era figures and warned of grafters, promising support for God, home, and Old Glory. Crawford acknowledged the compliment for his muse.
Roanoke citizens faced summons for not shoveling sidewalks while the police chief refused to allow Norfolk and Western freight trains to operate on Sunday. The city’s Sunday law enforcement contrasted with a broader order restricting labor at times, with partial exemptions for news stands and service providers noted in Staunton.
Baltimore January 11 Rev A Baker general superintendent of the Antisalogn League of America declined an invitation to debate with President T M Gilmore of the National Model License League. The proposed joint debate on liquor traffic was to occur before the National Model License League convention opening at Boysville Kentucky January 21. Baker cited urgency of his work as the reason for declining.
In Fairmont West Virginia on January 17 Henry Pyles of Shinnston struck his wife with a pick injuring her and killed his three year old son Samuel after a quarrel. He then shot himself with a shotgun and, pursued by a mob, died by suicide on a hill near his home.
A morning blaze at 3 o clock gutted the Durham municipal building including the Academy of Music with low water pressure hampering efforts. The city clerk and tax collector records were saved, but the edglong market was destroyed and many stalls lost their stock. about twenty marketmen lacked insurance.
Utica dispatch reports Mrs James Sherman sails for Washington to join Vice President elect husband. She will stay until after the inauguration ceremonies in March and the couple will occupy apartments at the New Willard for the time being.
The missing Violet Charlesworth, linked to heavy stock losses in Wales, is identified in Oban Scotland as having died in an automobile accident near Pon maenwar. Her sister and chauffeur survived as relatives rush to Tobermory and Philadelphia.
Clarence Arthur Gooding, a Washington boy and son of a Census Bureau employee, was among the victims of the Denver and Rio Grande wreck at Dotsero Colorado. Born in Chicago on 18, he lived in Washington, worked for government service, and planned business ventures in Tacoma before his death en route from Pueblo to Tacoma. He served in the District of Columbia National Guard and was active in the YMCA. His body will be brought to Washington for burial.
A massive blaze at the Providence division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad rear of Park Square station destroyed 348 automobiles valued between 74000 and 990000 dollars. The fire damaged the tram shed and a bicycle track pavilion. Dozens of garages and several firms lost all inventories. more than 250 touring cars, including some owned by actors, were charred. Firemen battled to stop spread toward Columbus Avenue.
Oscar Hammerstein announced at the Manhattan Opera House that starting August 16 he will present eight months of opera. Prices will range from 50 cents to 150 dollars with popular-priced runs August 16 to October 15. Some operas will be sung in English as the plan aims to make first-class opera affordable for the masses and touring an auxiliary company will cover principal Western cities.
New York January 17 the case of Capt Peter Hains Jr hinges on a temporary insanity plea furor transitoria If the lunacy commission finds insanity at the time of the shooting but not now the judge pivots to freedom If not insane at the act he could be sent to an asylum after conviction The defense and prosecu tion spar over the next move Thornton Hains fled Hotel Astor as his brother May noted and plans to return to Bay Ridge pending Washington trip for Mrs Hains and daughter Melle 13
A young miner named Tommy Hanson arrives with quartz ore valued at 1700 dollars per ton from the Cororado Desert. He claims a discovery of the legendary Peg Leg mine, guided by an old Indian who died before the claim could be revealed. 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 buoy launched at Cape Bathurst in British America in July and drifting between Greenland and Spitzbergen toward Norway. The British American experiment, using three spindle casks with multilingual messages, sought data on circum-polar currents and recovery reports from U S and international crews.
Special to Ine Wethington Post Ithaca N Y January Western Australia plans a major state university modeled on Cornell following Dr J C Hackett editor of the Western Australian and president of Associated Alumni Franklin Matthews Cornell alumnus reports. Y H Toihg Cornell graduate named director Canton agricultural college enrolled sixty students spring opening with seed and beak purchases funded by a $3000 gift.
The Carmack murder case in Tennessee pits Col Dun can Cooper and Robin Cooper against prosecutors in a high profile trial. The dispute stems from editor Edward W Carmack's opposition to Prohibition and Cooper's threats. Juror selection faces heavy hurdles amid intense statewide tensions over Prohibition and political alliances.
L Trimball a Union Iowa restaurateur was shot twice in the head during a holdup while counting cash. Five men demanded money and Trimball handed over silver then reached for paper money. police say the robber fired, killing him and escaping.
Newfoundland vessel Swallow, a two masted schooner with twelve crew, found beached near Blue Point life saving station after disappearing amid an easterly gale. Patrolman Rodham sighted the lifeboat and rescuers attempted to launch. all hands presumed lost as wreckage and cargo lay scattered along the surf.
Queenstown reports the steamer Do minion arrived today and rescued Capt Crossley and the crew of the British ship Savona four miles off Faatnet. The Savona, lumber laden, was waterlogged and abandoned. A tug has set out to tow to Crookhaven, though stormy weather makes the attempt difficult. Savona was sailing from Lismabon to the United Kingdom.
Gen George Von Schack, a former German army captain who emigrated to the United States in 1861, died suddenly at his home in New York. He served in the Union Army with the Seventh Regiment New York Volunteers and retired as a brigadier general by brevet. He had worked in the port customs service since 1958.
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