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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1909
Page
19
United States Attorney Sims leads efforts for Hopkins backers as Republican caucus foregoes before the first Senate ballot. Deneen’s swearing in, Democratic rivalry, and Springfield events amid talk of Hopkins momentum and potential party splits.
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Reliable reports indicate naval gunnery achievements surpassing prior records, led by the Nebraska during November 12 practice on Haet at Manila Bay. Tests used a rolling ship and a specialized towing target resembling an enemy vessel to measure accuracy and rate of fire.
Col William F Tucker, son-in-law of Gen John Lagan, has recovered from illness after four months in Army and Navy Hospital Hot Springs and plans to appear before the retirement board in Chicago once orders arrive from Washington. He denies any scandal in the Philippines and says he will face disability proceedings with other officers. Myrtle Platt, a nurse who accompanied him, is said to be living on the city’s outskirts.
A special ammunition ship will feature the navy with the collier Vestal adapted to carry ammunition and include a small emergency magazine. Secretary Newberry backs a 13 ship plan. the vessel would carry about 600 tons, enough for half of a sixteen battle fleet plus support units. The ship design aims to supply munitions for a sizable portion of fleet units.
Talbot J Favierton sought to stop Jessica Keene Taylor from selling Cabot House and the art collection at Cedarhurst. Justice Gerard denied the injunction seeking to halt the advertised sale. The lengthy dispute centers on funds and property tied to Jessica Keene Taylor's divorce and the father Talbot Keene's financial contributions.
Manila reports a raid by Igorrete head hunters on an Ilocano village. Elders say they carried away beads and fled before a constabulary detachment reached the scene. The government has aided efforts to curb head hunting among the Igon rates, and raids are growing rarer each year.
Augusta Ga Jan 18 Representative Edwin Denby urged President elect Taft to retain Newberry as Secretary of the Navy. Taft expressed consideration while it is widely believed Meyer will receive the Navy portfolio. Rockefeller paid 10 for a Taft dinner ticket as Taft planned Panama trip details and cabinet material were discussed with railroad leaders in Augusta.
The twenty first council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations opens in Philadelphia with plans to expand reform Jewish rites in the United States and boost Hebrew Union College graduates. Funds totaling 6200 dollars, with 4000 dollars pledged, aim to educate rabbis after the death of Dr Isaac Wise. The council also seeks to organize Mexican and South American congregations under UAHC oversight. Principal speakers include Oscar Straus and Jacob Schiff at the Isaac M Wise memorial window dedication at Temple Keneseth Ysrael.
The federal government orders immediate erection of fortifications off Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz at the Atlantic and Pacific termini of the National Tehuantepec Railroad. Total fortification costs exceed 14.9 million dollars.
The United States circuit court of appeals reconvened with Judge Pritchard presiding and denied the petition for a rehearing in the case of W Baker versus Jotan Kutzner and Alice Kutzner from Bluefield. The court adjourned until the next Tuesday in February at 12 o'clock.
Special to TR Roanoke Va January 18 Mayor Joal H Gutching City Engineer Bates and 400 citizens were summoned to appear before Police Justice Bryan for violating the ordinance requiring sidewalk snow removal. Cutchin and Bates allegedly did not shovel snow from sidewalks near their residences city hall courthouse and street crossings amid a Sunday labor prohibition following Saturday night snowfall.
Charlottesville undergraduates stage a Poe centenary program at Cabell Hall featuring reminiscences by Dr Herbert N Wash who knew Poe, stereopticon views of Poe’s UVA days, portraits and views of West Range, and music on the Carnegie organ. An international turn tomorrow includes Harvard professor Barrett Wendell lecturing on Poe’s nationalism and Poe memorial medals.
Special to The Washington Post. Parkersburg Jan 18 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was placed on trial today in the United States court here on an Indictment charging it with violating the safety appliance law The case is prosecuted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Expert witnesses for the commission are here to testify Japanese Wedding Today Baltimore Jan 18 Misumi Misumi a Japanese resident at the Young Women’s Christian Association Home and Henry F Satow a Japanese of 931 F Street NW Washington will marry tomorrow at the association building A Methodist minister will perform the ceremony They will reside in Washington
Nicholas Offutt admitted second degree murder in the shooting death of Frank Bretzemer after a pretrial conference with counsel. The agreement called for a guilty plea and a 15 year sentence, with 44 witnesses summoned but only some testified. Judge Henderson, noting the defendant's family ties, imposed the penal sentence after the plea.
In Annapolis last night the volunteer fire company reelected Joseph H Eelis as fire marshal for one year. In Cumberland, Nick Sunshine pleaded yesterday to attempting to extort Frank Molnar a Cumberland hotel keeper by sending a Black Hand letter demanding 60 dollars with threats of exposure for selling whisky and beer to minors. The HS Byler jewelry store in Waynesboro was robbed Sunday night a large plate glass window smashed and rings and watches stolen. The H H Swartz general store at Marion was robbed Sunday night entering through cellars with groceries provisions and rubber goods taken. Henry Lenhart a 37 year old Baltimore and Ohio brakeman residing with his family in Cumberland was killed by his train at Fairhope on the Pittsburgh division after falling under the wheels.
A collection of items from North Carolina and Virginia. A $200000 Zebulon cotton mill by Red Cross Co to produce bandages for medical use. State corporation commission reorganized with Benjamin Aycock and Franklin McNeill. Kemp Daughon elected state bank examiner. Poe urges strict enforcement of prohibition with fines for illicit distilleries. Durham to consider rebuilding city hall and possibly add a county courthouse and theater. estimated cost about $1000000. Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals proceedings noted. several cases listed for next on docket. Spring Hill College, Mobile, suffered a devastating fire destroying the Jesuit institution with 20 lives lost.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the best remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It promises quick mild effects from a safe vegetable formula and offers a free sample bottle by mail to readers of the Washington Daily Fest.
Special to The Washington Post Brigadier General William Price Craighill retired died this morning at 75 after a brief illness at his Charlestown home. A Baltimore engineer for decades he directed river channel improvements and fortifications. Survived by four children and other relatives, Craighill was West Point educated and rose in the engineers to brigadier general in 1895, with Civil War service as engineer in multiple commands.
Mayor Paff appointed a large invitation committee for Alexandria home-coming week, listing members from Zoro Hill to George D Hopkins. The event runs April 46 to May 1 with plans for former Alexandrians to visit their old home, and forecasts promise favorable weather.
Raleigh Jan 18 Bills introduce amendments to divorce law adding a new ground for separation. Measures also address labor hours for women and children, regulation of pistols and cartridges, and peremptory juror challenges in capital trials. The slate includes reforms for a reformatory school and railway incorporation, with a salary rise for the labor commissioner.
The 10th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's birth is marked in Alexandria by bank and office closures. A Confederate veterans banquet at Lee Camp Hall features keynote speaker Representative John Sharp Williams with toasts to Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The funeral for Oscar Tubman, a former Alexandrian veteran, will be held at 200 North Columbus Street after he died at the Confederate Soldier Home in Richmond.
A Confederate First Maryland battery flag captured at Hatchers Run Va has been received at the Maryland statehouse to join colors carried by Maryland units in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. James W Owens, a local attorney and member of the First Maryland Artillery, says the flag was earned by the First Battalion Maryland Infantry and later merged into the Second, and that his unit never carved the flag.
Norfolk and Mrs Carskaddon were found dead in their bedroom on Fifteenth Street South. Both shot in the back of the head, revolver on the bedside. Police theory is that the couple plotted to die together with the husband killing his wife then turning the gun on himself. Carskaddon was a foreman at Walworth Nevill Manufacturing Plant, originally from South Bend Indiana. Mrs Carskaddon had origins in New York City. Neighbors alarmed by the bodies after a prolonged period of absence.
A Maryland Homeopathic Hospital surgeon reshaped and implanted a left ear for a boy born with only a small protuberance. The artificial ear was molded and placed on the head with bandages to form a hearing orifice, and the patient endured the procedure bravely.
Ernest Lyon the colored preacher sentenced to eighteen years in State prison for the murder of James L Smith a brother minister has confessed to the crime implicating six others and warrants were issued for the arrest of Bessie Lyons Robert Lyons Willie Lyons Robert McNeill L M Lawrence and Robert Jones all negroes at Reids Ferry The confession was made Saturday to Commonwealths Attorney James U Burge Lyons told of the murder of sinking the body of the Rev Smith heavily weighted in Nansemond River A storm three months later brought the body to the surface Nearly every one named by Lyons is a member of his family He murdered Smith to obtain his victims church of which he desired to be and inter was the pastor
Special to The Washingun sem Rockvale Ma Jan 18 Several days ago Miss Mildred Nandain Crawford of Belmore was appointed principal of the public school at Barnesville in this county to replace Miss Myrtle Langford. She indicated she could not accept the position and did not report for duties. Also noted are obituaries for Miss Mary Beckwith of Petersburg died in New York and James Saumrese Dumoresq a former legation secretary to France.
The Shenandoah area reports the second annual banquet of Shenan-Qual Council No 3 of the United ... delegates. Paker Pichard Byrd addressed the gathering. Twenty traveling men from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania attended. 26 candidates were initiated. Eastburn, clerk of Fredericksburg, was presented by Judge Godrick to serve as police justice if the election contest against Henry Bannehl proceeds. Walter Darnell, 41, an engineer on the Southern Railway, was killed near Strasburg while walking along a track, dragged by a passing engine. A bridge project for the Norfolk and Southern Railway over Albemarle Sound will gain a steel-work contract. total bridge cost estimated between 1.0 and 6.4 thousand dollars. Maryland infantry inspection tours begin with Jp Harbeson leading Twelfth Infantry from Annapolis.
A smallpox case appeared today at the Virginian Theological Seminary, a 400 student, segregated institution just outside city limits. Without a 4% quarantine by county authorities, the city will impose another quarantine on the county.
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