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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
10
In a July news update divers in Lake Cimno search without success for remains tied to Mrs Mary Neoth Charlton. Porter Charlton faces possible contumacious trial if death not proved, while witnesses gather as authorities outline legal proceedings and ongoing investigations.
Charlton, father of the missing Porter Charlton, endures days of anxiety after the murder of Mrs Charlton. Divers arrived today amid peasant excitement as police continue to investigate the Lake Como tragedy and the motive behind the slaying.
New York June 16 Glenn H Curtiss analyzed Charles K Hamiltons biplane crash from Philadelphia to New York. He blamed the engine oil pump setting for using lighter oil on the return trip, causing engine trouble and forced landing.
Letters from Ben jimmy Hart on a vast estate dispute in the supreme court show Hart urging his nephew Michael Efart to fight the adopted daughter Mme Guillemin to the end with most of the estate set to him. Hart references legal advice and the France adoption as not affecting the will while detailing the social circle and witnesses involved.
In Alexandria corporation court yesterday the suit of W F Downey to recover $1,000 from the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company for the death of a horse and wagon damage was dismissed as a settlement had been reached out of court. John T Dunn Dead in Alexandria at 73, survived by wife, three sons, and two daughters, native of Ireland.
Health office records show numerous births including named pairs such as leman Ho and Sury Four delivering a girl, and many other infants with parents listed. Deaths include Perlite 3 Feterr Tle Wellton and Miry Nelligan among several aged individuals, plus a resignation note for James F Statesman from the American diplomatic service in Bolivia.
In Hartford on June 16 the probate court and Judge Burpes in the superior court ruled that Mrs. Lucinda M Cushman Treat Goddard 70 is capable of managing her own affairs after her marriage to Charles R Goddard 21 Yale Law School student. The conservator appointed over her estate is removed with property valued at 000 cited. Edwin A Treat her son had sought guardianship after the September marriage.
Special to The Washington Post reports Lieut Frederick A. Mountford of the coast artillery Fort Adams Rhode Island married Miss Lillian Bailey of East Liverpool at First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. H. E. McMillan this evening.
The Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia near Alexandria held its annual meeting and commencement. Bishop R A Gibson presided as students received certificates and diplomas across senior and bachelor of divinity classifications. The Rev Schellay Moore delivered the sermon and address, with students listed by diocese.
Special to The Washington Post reports plans for an aerial transit line this summer linking Newport and Narragansett Pier. Zodiac Airship Company rep Joseph York disclosed a dirigible passenger service as a featured attraction for the season. A Newport contractor will erect two aerodromes at each terminus.
The balloon Philadelphia 1 with Dr Thomas E Hildridge Dr George H Sim merman and banker Welsh Strawbridge rose from Philadelphia before 9 am and climbed to 17 030 feet surpassing the previous 15 600 foot mark. It landed at Petersville Northampton County six miles away at 1 am.
Special to The Washington1 reports Jasper Sevier was shot by his father Peter Seyler during a family quarrel in Atlantic City New Jersey on June 16. Jasper survived despite heavy blood loss and surgeons efforts. Peter Seyler is jailed with another son William held as a witness as police gather testimonies about a heated family dispute.
William W. Tompkins, president of a New York selling agency for United Wireless, posted $10,000 bail after arrest on charges of using the mails for fraud tied to a $9.03 million alleged scheme. Investigators probe $20 million in wireless stock sold at inflated prices as White anticipates possible grand jury testimony and United Wireless denies broad holdings and improper stock transfers.
Engineers begin surveying a new Virginian Railway line through Buchanan county to tap coal lands and forests. The route will run from Garden Creek mouth down Louisa Fork of the Big Sandy River past Grundy, twelve miles below Gordon Creek, leaving Buchanan county without any railroad.
Big Stone Gap Virginia June 16 A Lee county farmer Don Thacker suffered a remarkable string of misfortune as three of his wives died. The first was gored by a mad bull the second drowned and the third died from injuries after a fall from a horse today leaving a grim record of misfortune.
A long list of hotel guests and residents is recorded by city, including names such as Jost on A Finney James Williams Pstere Miss Sleppe Shoreham and numerous others in Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg California Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Missouri Michigan Minnesota New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and beyond. The roster names multiple individuals and couples tied to Shoreham Raleigh and other locales, reflecting a cross country roll of visitors and residents in a single period notice.
Gen Richard Sussman is returning to Washington from Bluefields Nicaragua to seek US intervention in the Nicaraguan crisis. American consul Jose de Olivares reports growing revolutionist strength near Granada after a forced loan imposed by President Madina. Taft’s State Department handles Mandriz protest against US naval interference.
The commission created May 30 1908 to examine the United States land title in the District of Columbia gave a partial report to Congress. It recounts the city's founding, how public lands were acquired and platted, and outlines ongoing investigations. The panel remains unfinished and will continue its work with Attorney General Wickersham as chairman and the Secretary of…
W Hutchinson Senator Scott Representative Barthodt and Commissioner Rudolph H Gnauss serve as secretary of the commission in a formal regional governance arrangement.
Seismic activity recorded on Georgetown seismograph as Madrid reports shocks of four to ten seconds felt this morning across Cordova and Almeria in Andalusia. Casualties feared. some houses damaged in Almeria. Additional shocks reported at Tortosa and Almeria later. Washington dispatch notes yesterday morning quake about 400 miles away.
A seismic disturbance began at 148 am and lasted 2 hours 23 minutes ending at 4 11 am. The event was recorded by the seismography at the Weather Bureau and by the magnetic observatory of the Geodetic Survey at Cheltenham Maryland.
In London on June 144 the Earl of Beauchamp was appointed lord president of the English Council in succession to Viscount Wolverhampton who resigned yesterday William Logan the seventh Earl of Beauchamp born in 1872, previously mayor of Worcester in 1895 and governor and commander in chief of New South Wales from 1839 to 1901.
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