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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
18
The president discusses restraint under the Constitution while noting temptations of power. He cites past remarks on executive scope, stresses that reforms require lawful change rather than eroding constitutional boundaries. A National Geographic Society committee seeks access to Dr Cook’s papers, urging Copenhagen to allow presence during examination.
The National Geographic Society plans and debates surround Dr Frederick Ay Cook polar records. Delegations from Washington travel to Norfolk to arrange for Dr Cook’s findings and the Denmark submission, with Admiral Chester and Smithsonian officials slated to attend University Club talks on polar matters.
The piece notes Congress must act before the next session to seat a new justice after Justice Peckham’s death. Nominees during the recent Congress include Justice Harlin, appointed by Hayes, whose commission was reversed. Harlin delayed taking his oath before December 10 as Senate action stalled. The aim is to avoid Senate confirmation delays that could affect pivotal rulings.
A Washington, Hyattsville Md youth died after jumping from a wagon in front of a car on Ilidensborg road near the Gates of a local school. He suffered a severe brain concussion and died at Cas Will H Hospital. The car is said to belong to a Washingtonian who was driving past at the time.
The District of Columbia is recommended to send delegates to the National Civic Federation uniform legislation conference in Washington January 7 1919. Named are J H Small Jr president Washington Board of Trade Vir Gude president Washington Chamber of Commerce Nathaniel Wilson president Association of the District of Columbia Charlotte W Needham C Glover R Boss Perry Wo Mattingly Al Browns A S Worthington F L Wid Ions Walter Clephane and Charles Henry Butler.
Mrs Chapin militant suffragette, accused of attacking a polling plaza during the Bermondsey by election, was committed for trial after breaking a bottle and throwing corrosive liquid at a ballot box injuring an election officer. Alison Nellans is also committed for trial for a similar ballot destruction attempt in another booth at the same election.
The Washington Post reports the twentieth annual field trials and third show of the National Beagle Club of America at Shadwell near Charlottesville beginning tomorrow and ending November 15. About 1000 acres host the hunting rights with headquarters at Hunters Ball owned by H A Hamilton. Exhibitors include Rockefeller Burden Post Appleton Whitney and others. judges are Ernest L Jones and James P van Dyke.
Brig Gen John J Coppinger a veteran of the Crimean and Papal wars and a Civil War officer, died at his home in Washington after two weeks ill with pneumonia. Born in County Cork Ireland on October 1 184, he served in New York cavalry and later the Eighteenth Infantry. He married Alice Blaine, daughter of James G Blaine, and had two sons. Funeral services at St Matthew's Church tomorrow with military honors at Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs Anne Ansley Davis arrives in Washington after a two hour train ride, met at Union Station by her father HC Ansley, treasurer of the Southern Railway, and taken to 168 Nineteenth Street. She travelled under scrutiny from her husband’s attorney and says she does not wish to discuss the separation suit pending in Chicago, seeking seclusion until the court rules.
A divorce was granted to Mrs. Joseph Burns in We’reutt court amid testimony by deaf‑mute witnesses. Burns accused of desertion and violence. Citizens form Mount Pleasant Citizens Association to secure parkland at Mount Pleasant triangle and keep business houses out, planning federal funding to buy the site and designate it a public park.
The Washington Post reports Manchurian and Russian Japanese claims challenge Chinese sovereignty and rail rights at Harbin and Portsmouth terms. US official McHarg criticizes conservation quarrels while defending resource use and warns against monopolies, urging practical, local forest and power development balanced with conservation.
Hugh M Boyer a local real estate man from Reeves and H streets northwest lies in dangerous condition at Soldiers Home Hospital after a knife assault near Eagles Gate. The attacker, WS Nelson a carpenter at the home, fled toward the electric car line. Police hunt Nelson as Boyer’s physicians say recovery is likely.
Eugene A. Jones for Le Roy Mark seeks to strike down a wheel tax as unconstitutional. The petition argues auto owners pay a personal tax and that Congress in March enacted a wheel tax of 38 per year plus 1 for each seat over two, without discontinuing the personal levy.
The Justice Department ordered a halt to all naturalization proceedings challenging applicants from Syrians Turke Egyptians Arabs and other races to await further study. Attorney General Wickersham is away from the city and will hear the matter on his return.
The estate of Mrs Gertrude NM Hubbard is valued at 1 300 000 in a probate petition filed yesterday. Real estate in Washington is listed at 275 000, Brookline Massachusetts at 200 000, Cambridge Massachusetts at 6 809, and personal estate includes bonds 47 700 stocks 580 000 furniture 10 000 jewelry 5 000 cash 7 320. Mrs Hubbard, widow of Gardiner Hubbard, was recently killed in an automobile accident.
Mr and Mrs C A Leith of 1451 Chapin street learn their sons Kenneth and Arthur Leith exploring Hudson Bay are safe. Arthur will stay at Whale River post with Adams through winter and return in February while Kenneth resumes duties at the University of Wisconsin. A telegram from Cochrane Ontario brought relief after long uncertainty.
About sixty former Army and Navy Union members met at GAR Hall to launch the Veterans Army and Navy Club. They voted to keep actions separate from the Union, elected Charles Wilder president, and appointed a committee to draft constitution and bylaws. Gen Andrew Burt urged the new group’s potential success as officers and several other speakers addressed the gathering.
The dispatch outlines a broad weather picture from Ontario to the Mississippi, noting depressions moving southward and unsettled conditions in the Southwest Friday into Saturday. Temperatures fall in the northern states while western regions trend milder toward the middle Atlantic and lower Great Lakes. Wind shifts along the New England coast and Pacific forecasts for Europe are noted, with a river bulletin update from Washington regarding Dr Franklin B Ives of Long Beach, California.
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