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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
6
President Roosevelt sails from Washington aboard the Mayflower for Jamestown to take part in Georgia Day events. A royal send off greets him as crowds chant Bon Voyage and wave to the President, Mrs Roosevelt, and dignitaries aboard the yacht.
The passage enumerates vessels in the United States Atlantic fleet including Connecticut Louisiana Maine Mis souri Virginia Rhode Island New Jer sey Georgia Alabama Minola Kentucky Kearsarge Ohio Minnesota Iowa Indiana Washington Tennessee Hull Stewart Truxtun Whipple Worden Brooklyn Texas Miantonomah Cantonicus Olympia Arkansas Florida Nevada Glacier Yankton and others.
Washington delegates led by Commissioners Macfarland and West depart tonight at 7 30 on the Newport News to attend the Jamestown Exposition. Gen Wilson and Chamber of Commerce leaders head a 250 strong district contingent. Ships in harbor to be illuminated and a reception set for tomorrow at the Army and Navy Building.
Samuel Shreve and Charles King fell 20 feet from a creek embankment along the Potomac above Chain Bridge after dark. King died at the scene, Shreve survived with a broken arm. The two men had spent the day at Great Falls with Frank and Joseph Serene. the Serene brothers carried the injured to a patrol wagon and Emergency Hospital. King’s relatives could not be located. King had recently lived with the Serene family who run a meat business.
Special to The Washington Prot Norfolk ia June 9 French crew aboard the Varise fired a salute to Secretary Metcalf on the yacht Sylph as it arrived in Hampton Roads. British, Brazilian, Austrian, and Dutch ships followed, violating a long standing navy rule. The Sylph returned salutes and later Gen Grant visited the French squadron commander, amid further gunfire.
Special to The Washington Pow. Miss Edith Blackwell of Reading England arrives with her brother from Singland to marry Charles A Bower in Wilmington Delaware. Groom-elect meets her in New York as the couple heads to home for a Wednesday night ceremony at Rev Alexander Alison's West Presbyterian Church. Bower, well known locally, came from Reading two years ago. wedding plans are for a sumptuous event at his cousin's home.
National Association of Deaf Mutes arranged a Norfolk gathering in early July with sessions at Armory Hall and meetings in the New Atlantic hotel. George William Veditz of Colorado will preside as speakers include President Tucker Gov Swanson Congressman Maynard Cardinal Gibbons Bishop Randolph and President Gallauder with a paper on the Future of the Deaf in America.
Cardinal Gievans and his secretary departed Washington on the 6 oclock boat to James Town to join the Georgit Day celebration at the exposition. He stayed at St Patrick's rectory after arriving and was hosted by Fathers Carrol and McGuigan. Rev Dr Stafford of St Patrick's is resting at Providence Hospital and is expected to leave soon.
W L Armstrong of Newark New Jersey died from injuries after slipping and falling overboard from the schooner Northland near Newport News Thursday night. He was found in the engine room, soaked, and later died at General Hospital after recounting that he lost his balance and struck a fender on the way to the water. He swam to shore and returned to the vessel but could not be revived.
Jersey veterans press to bury Gen Phil Kearney in Arlington Cemetery in Washington. The body lies in Trinity Churchyard Watts vaults in this city. New Jersey Senate approved $800 to exhume last winter. house has not acted. A special session this month aims to pass the bill.
Denver tourist A O Smith and Cleveland Park chauffeur Stanley Horner face fines after Glen Echo Marshal Collins stops them for lacking Maryland licenses. Horner pays ten dollars and is dismissed. Smith, claiming travel, also pays ten dollars and promises to return for trial. Mayor Garrett later notes the busy day as the incident highlights enforcement along Conduit Road near Cabin John Bridge.
Col Hugh Scott, former chief of staff to Gen Wood in the Philippines and superintendent at West Point, travels to Washington amid reports condemning Lieut Col Ayres. Maj. Gen Leonard Wood, allied with President Roosevelt, faces enmity from officers over Ayres case.
Special Cable to The Washington Post from Honolulu reports Jack London at Pearl Harbor denouncing Roosevelt’s nature claims. London proposes a bulldog versus a wolfdog fight, argues wolves and huskies differ from Colorado wolves, and defends his Alaska dogwolf tale against the president’s critique.
Movements of several steamers include the Glasgow bound New York Caledonia and Nord Amerika from Glasgow and Genoa, Dmilia from Marseille and Palermo, Arcania from Libau and Rotterdam, Celtic and Lucania for Liverpool and New York, and Sable Island reports. Transatlantic arrivals and departures include Ryndam from Rotterdam to New York docking soon, Dover and Havre bound ships, and various vessels proceeding to Plymouth Southampton and Havre with times.
Mrs Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres announces plans to sue Secretary of War William Taft for damages over a letter restricting her access to the West Point reservation. The letter to her husband, Col Charles G. Ayres, is described as insulting and despicable. Attorney Mann Trice will advise on next steps. Col Ayres recently returned from the Philippines and is on leave at the Easton.
Naples reports the steamer Lazio arriving from New York with Jose Sanche and his wife Maria being arrested at Cuban authorities request. Sanche faces alleged theft charges from a Havana gas company. Authorities found $170,000 on him and $20,000 in luggage plus bonds. Maria Sanche carried $40,000 and bonds valued at $20,000. They offered no explanations for their cash and bonds.
The New York bishop returning from Paris described a perilous Simplon Pass passage in an automobile with his wife. They rode outside snowed tunnels with no rails, knee deep melted snow, and a sheer 3,000 to 4,000 foot drop. He praised the Alps voyage but warned of danger and new travel rules at borders.
In New York on June 9 special Roman Catholic services marked the fortieth anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria-Hungary. Attending were Baron Hengelmuller von Henganyar ambassador to the United States, embassy staff, and Hungarian consuls from Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Belgrade June 9 The ministry of M Pasties has resigned due to failure to reach an understanding with the Parliamentary Constructionists. Prison "trusty" escapes.
Reuben Strickland, an inmate with nine years left on a thirty year murder sentence, escaped by sealing a prison fence. He was later found wearing workman's clothes taken from a coal office, indicating he swapped prison garb for civilian attire. The June 9 incident occurred in Trenton, New Jersey.
Miss Julia Magruder, 52, author of The Princess Sonia and an intimate of Amelie Rives, died at St Luke's Hospital Richmond after weeks of illness. Born in Charlottesville in 1854, she spent time in Washington and NC with family, and was honored by France with the Order of Palms. Her works include Across the Chasm and The Thousandth Woman, with lingering questions about her rank as a writer. Funeral arrangements pending law.
The Western disturbance centered in Iowa strengthens while the eastern low pressure system moves off the Carolina coast. Rain fell in New England, the Carolinas, and the Plains from Oklahoma to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Warmer temperatures expected except where rain persisted. Showers likely Monday in the Mississippi Valley and western Lake region. Tuesday partly cloudy with east coast showers. Winds variable along coasts, with cooler and warmer changes, and thunder squalls on the Great Lakes. Special forecast notes light winds en route to Europe and on the Grand Banks.
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