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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
12
Conservation advocate Pinchot greets a commission warmly but refuses to discuss meetings with Roosevelt regarding a statue. The interview touches on reform, municipal gas issues, and future conferences as he avoids political topics.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes a hoped medical reunion of arteries and references physicians and universities. The garbled text mentions Sungom, Northwestern, and Lespie University along with implied medical context, but concrete facts, dates, places, or outcomes are unclear.
Fragmented OCR text discusses lands in the Philippines, a representative inquiry to the Attorney General, and a committee discussion. It references Tritt lands and the possibility that a transfer would insult voters, with unclear names and dates.
Miss Julie Ducharme daughter of Mrs Alfred J Ducharme is engaged to Angello Mari rigiano Duke dei Monte of Naples Italy. The couple plan to live at his estate in Naples after their September wedding. the duke will stay several weeks in this country beforehand. Ducharme met the Duke dei Monte in Dinard.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles Dyer Norton of Chicago is favored to replace Fred W Carpenter as secretary to the President. Carpenter will visit his Minnesota mother before reporting to the State Department for a posting as United States minister to Morocco. Rudolph Lerster continues as acting secretary, with MooC Latta assisting.
Soldiers from Fort Fortobo A Russell and a police squad battled in Cheyenne late at night. Three soldiers reportedly wounded by police bullets. Police retreated to the station house and were aided by colored troops from the fort to quell the riot.
A national assembly to draft a constitution for China will meet in Peking on October 4 with 96 members chosen from across classes to frame reforms. The article traces reform efforts from opium wars, foreign pressure, and Japan’s example, through empress dowager resistance and the Boxer rising, to a third reform wave aiming at a constitutional system and wider modernization.
The young prince regent appears the de facto ruler of the empire and pursues reform, though his Manchu status could trigger reactionary push if anti dynastic agitation grows. Officials are being dismissed, industrial development planned, and constitutional steps begun amid urban unrest and a flood of reforms from Peking. Naval War College summer conference opens in Newport May 21 with Beekman Winthrop delivering the opening address on naval administration and policy.
In New York on May 31 James Bendernagel former cashier at Willemsburg refinery of American Sugar Refining Company rested his defense after an address blaming Olver Spitzer former dock superintendent who has confessed Spitzer allegedly aided by others faces conspiracy to defraud the government by underweighing raw sugar imports The defense for Ernest W Gerbracht former refinery superintendent and Charles R Heike secretary treasurer of the trust will continue tomorrow Mackellar counsel for Gerbracht claimed Spitzer was entirely at fault
A 1910 article explains how solar light pressure shapes comets and forms meteors. It links Arrhenius theory to meteoroid formation, describes tiny particles under 1/25,000 inch, and notes meteors as possible debris from Halley like comets. It discusses nebula chemistry, meteorite cores, and space exchange of matter among suns.
Testimony accuses Spitzer of directing weight irregularities and manipulating dock weights. Bendernagel admits routine rubber stamping of weighers’ returns while denying knowledge of pay discrepancies linked to the roly poly gang.
May 31 report from New York describes a volatile day in the cotton market with May contracts closing near mid-day after a surge of selling. Prices dropped about 3 cents per pound from recent highs, July futures weakened to 1418, and spot middling cotton fell 80 points, amid rumors of James A Patten liquidating holdings and tension over Morgan's supposed opposition to Patten’s cotton operations.
The Cabin John Country Club, now incorporated, leases Cabin John Hotel and grounds for six months at $100 a month. The lease includes the option to purchase the property for $125,000. Club officers are President Edward A Mulliken Vice President John Fitzgerald and Secretary-Treasurer John C Howard.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce annual excursion ended with 115 participants returning aboard the Newport News steamer at Seventh Street wharf. The trip was a financial success for the baseball team as gate receipts and voluntary contributions covered expenses and left a surplus. Some remarks noted the outing would have benefited from a longer stay, with plans to extend next year.
Constantinople May 7 speculation runs over the resignation of Tah Pesha un minister of matine No definite information exists but it is believed the move ties to contracts for Turkish warships allegedly to be placed with Long-Tish firm American and German interests protest the contract award to English firms and the minister now favors public bidding to the lowest bidder.
The Union of South Africa proclaimed today marking eight years since Boer leaders signed peace terms ending the war. Viscount Glenstone sworn as governor general and Louis Botha with the new ministry took their oaths in a holiday celebration with widespread observances.
Vienna announced a huge rise in naval and military outlays. Minister von Remski proposed broader conscription, boosting recruits at a cost of at least 1.5 billion annually. Dreadnought construction would require about 166 million, with funding to come from various provisions.
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