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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1909
Page
21
The article reports a heated dispute among admirals over Dr. Cook's claim to reaching the North Pole. Admiral Chester renews his challenge, citing the Nautical Almanac as authority while Admiral Schley and others resist engagement.
Admiral Chester argues Cook did not reach far north as claimed, saying the sun's change relative to the horizon would be greater over four days if Cook had moved north. He contends Cook stayed near 66 miles north of Cape Thomas Hubbard on his return, maintaining Cook’s path remained south.
The First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh’s elite Butler circle discusses a church inquiry into Mrs Gillespie wife of the Standard Steel Car Company treasurer and Rev Oller’s daughter Nellie. The session heard confessions from two members, defended by the pastor, and no legal action was taken yet.
Special to The Washington Post reports a new vaudeville trust named United Theaters Securities Company of New York with 2 million capital has filed with the Dover state department. Key incorporators include B F Keith F F Proctor and William Hammerstein. The move follows rumors of a Bock Morris alliance to run a Chicago house and expand westward beyond Cincinnati.
T P O Connor predicts Ireland’s landlords will fall within ten to fifteen years and half a million Irish will own farms. Speaking in New York at an Irish nationalist fundraiser, he said next election will give nine of ten goals and the balance of power will rest with Irish voters. He noted funds raised in Boston, Lowell, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Senator Shelby M Culom pelleven argues protection benefits the South’s industries and that fear of black political power keeps whites in the Democratic camp. He denies supporting disenfranchising the negro and calls for equal civil rights, noting misinterpretation of remarks about sectional voting. He cites Alabama and states like Tennessee and Texas as needing protective tariffs yet deterred by fear of a larger colored vote.
Mrs Charles BrinckERhoff of Englewood recounts a Swiss episode from Lucerne to Offenburg. Her maid is jailed and a jewel box containing valuable gems disappeared from trunks. She faced a 5000 franc deposit, summons, and a pending trial, while traveling with baggage in bond. The ordeal fuels her claim that Switzerland is unsafe for trouble.
F Augustus Heinze returned to Butte after two years away to a warm welcome from about 1 500 citizens at the station and in the streets. The Boston and Montana Mine Band played as a parade formed, and a hotel balcony greeting drew cheers amid illuminated avenues. Mayor Nevin and County Attorney Walker greeted him. Heinze spoke of the New York indictment, predicting it would be quashed.
A Georgetown home tragedy left Robert Spellman, 3, fatally burned and his mother Mrs. Spellman badly burned when the child, left in a second floor bedroom with a box of matches, touched the flames. Father James Spellman, a Washington Gaslight worker, was away at the time. The incident, occurring late Sunday, involved four other children and a nervous mother who extinguished the flames before hospital care.
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