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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1909
Page
13
Officials deny any disruption as proposals for the 1910 intercity aviation meet favor College Park Maryland or another site near Washington. The Monumental City pledges a $31,911 guarantee fund while committees from Washington and Baltimore deliberate site options and press for timely action.
Jerome H Joyce, president of the Baltimore Aero Club and joint committee vice chairman, said the Monumental City has not abandoned its preference for College Park 68 as the site for the next international aviation meet, with Odenton Md under consideration.
A dog fell into a 20 foot cave in during a night in Wiltes-Marre Pa. Its barking alerted two teamsters and their horses traveling Swallow Street Plitston early Sunday. They stopped, explored, and found a 2 by 9 foot deep void across the street. The dog barked from the bottom and was rescued after neighbors were alerted.
London reports Admiral Sir Edward H Seymour and Sir Edgar Speyer are named privy councilors in the king's birthday honors. Lieut E H Shackleton, returning from an Antarctic expedition near the pole, is also made a peerage, with others receiving honors for philanthropy and postwar service. Sven Hedin is named Knight Commander of the Indian Empire. editor Dr William Robertson Nicoll is knighted.
Secretary Jacob Dickinson refuses to discuss possible U S Senate candidacy while Tennessee Democrats split over prohibition. Frazier seeks successor as statewide liquor laws tighten. Patterson, Carmack factions clash. Dickinson stays focused on War Department duties and does not commit.
Chicago dispatch reports railroad workers east of Chicago demand a 2 percent wage increase with uniform schedules. About 1301 workers on railroads east of the Timots Centrals main southern line and north of the Chesapeake and Ohio are affected. Locomotive firemen west of Chicago plan a similar increase. Conductors and trainmen east of Chicago earn about 12 percent less than those in the West.
Dr Frederick A Cook answers Rear Admiral Chester of the National Geographic Society denying discredit of his observations and promising to send original field notes and instruments to Copenhagen. Jamaica reports severe floods destroying bridges roads and crops, with worst damage since 1879.
In Youngstown Ohio Pasquale Rotman was arrested on a murder charge shortly after marrying Elizabeth Andrews. The bride, fearing retaliation from Rotman’s friends, hired lawyers to defend him and planned to stay with him despite his alleged past. Authorities say Rotman was sought in Pennsylvania for a four year old murder and a $60 reward was offered.
Dr Robert W Woods of Johns Hopkins University demonstrates infrared and ultraviolet landscape photographs unseen by human eyes at the Photographic Club. The images reveal snow scenes with startling color effects and have potential value to astronomy and photography.
At People's Church a State Tax League meeting launched a new Washington association for the unemployed led by John Eada How of St Louis known as the millionaire hobo. The plan centers on a single tax to unlock idle land and create work, with soon meetings set for November 19 December 8 and 17.
Special to The Weabington Post from Fishkill Landing New York reports Dr Carlos F MacDonald alienist Mrs Tham Flagler divorced wife of Henry M Flagler and a chauffeur were injured in a car crash near Woodlane Cemetery Sunday night. The car veered at a sharp curve and overturned into a ditch striking a wall. Mrs Flagler suffered shocks and injuries to the body, Dr MacDonald was bruised with facial and spinal injuries and a sprained wrist.
Lima reports Miguel Iglesias a Peruvian general and former minister of war died aged 77 after a career defending Lima in 1881 and later ruling briefly during civil strife with Andres Caceres. London obituary notes comedian Lionel Brough died at 72 in London after a long stage career. Louisville reports George Gilbert a former congressman from Kentucky’s Eighth district died Monday.
Special to the Washington Post reports the Rev Willem HW Olter resigns after more than two decades as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Butler. The scandal centers on a confession involving his daughter and Gillespie, a wealthy town figure. Church authorities allegedly demanded her papers. Mrs Gillespie supplied a copy of a letter to her attorney. A congregation meeting is set for Wednesday to discuss the matter.
A crowd near ten thousand visited the flower show at Ma sene Temple last night as exhibitors enhanced displays. performances by Mrs Cecelia Howard Fentress, Pretoria's Band, and sopranos Clara Neather and Mia Fentress drew applause. Mayberry, Hoover, Marche and Company, and George Shatter showcased themed tables. Henry A Dreer and Co displayed palms and nephrofenis. President Kramer predicted the Washington Florists Association exhibit will be the most successful when the show ends next Sunday.
In police court John Young colored stands accused of obtaining money under false pretenses by promising a pardon for a Fort Leavenworth prisoner. Mrs Tonepine Barnes says she paid $8 and more to Young who then failed to act, leading to his arrest. The case was continued for a week with bond set at $200. A separate case saw Clarence Landon, colored, claim self defense after allegedly being threatened by Alfred Tyree who used a kite, a monkey wrench, and a sledge hammer to injure Landon. Landon’s testimony suggested cannaballistic tendencies surfaced after Tyree’s aggression.
Mrs. WH Gollan pleads for liberty as Judge Kimball declines jail and grants a personal bond after his drunken violence. Other cases include Charles H Bramhall arraigned on threats at breakfast and Elizabeth Grifsth resisting arrest in a Smithsonian park, with a 60 day workhouse sentence.
The engagement of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin regent of Brunswick to Princess Elizabeth of Stothers-Rossa, aged 25, was gazetted. The wedding is set for December 15. The duke, 37, became regent after a protracted dispute over the Cumberland claim. His first wife, Princess Elisabeth of Baxer Weimar-Eisenach, died sixteen months ago.
New York officials announced plans to reinforce the Williamsburg Bridge across the Fort River to handle rising traffic between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The $420 million project aims to strengthen the span and accommodate the anticipated load from the completion of the eight loop that connects the three downtown New York Brooklyn bridges.
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