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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
33
Norfolk convention draws 300 delegates as railroads fail to meet growing industry demand. A 1500 mile coastal survey completed, with leaders urging inland waterway development to boost Atlantic commerce and reduce reliance on rail lines.
President Taft departs Norfolk for the annual Husae convention and hospitality events. Governors Swanson and others plan a parade of veterans and sailors, with a marine needs address and a Cape Henry oyster feast. A newspaper party will tour the event, inviting numerous attendees from government and society.
A long OCR fragment enumerates numerous individuals including John E. Lathrop Willis L. Moore David R. McKee John P. Miller Herndon Mac well Alex Mosher Angus McSween N Q ateesoger Charles W Metaer J E Monk TO Monk F P Morgan C W Moore H Nesbit Irving C Norwood Gifford Pinchot James BD Preston D G Preitzer Otto Praeger Ernest Hazen Pullman Charles C Randolph W F Robertz Guz A Schaldt H W Schulz Ed B Smith William Wolf Smith Edgar G Snyder Hubert Snowden Fred Statek Watterson Stealey H Stevens Alfred J Stofer L Wiliam Thavis George Abler Leroy T Vernon H B Walker Henry L West Frank E Whitebeld R W Woolley
Sensational disclosures in the Montgomery county grand jury report condemn moral degradation at the almshouse and fault current facilities for failing to segregate seven inmates. The document notes insufficiency of supervision and lack of variety of inmates, plus charges that the corrupt practices act has not been observed by some county election candidates. One hundred seventy-four witnesses were examined, fifty-one indictments returned including two for murder and two for assault with intent to murder. Murder indictments target Oliver Harris for killing John Henson Pools and Herbert Thomas, colored, for killing his wife. Trial of criminal cases begins tomorrow morning.
Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth held memorial services for Carroll D Wright and Edward Everett Hale. Principal Leslie Pluckney Hill led the program with clergy addresses. Oswald Garrison Villard, former NY Evening Post editor, lauded Wrights leadership while noting ongoing fundraising needs to sustain the school.
Miss Virginia Cabell Tyson and Walter Powhatan Montague wed quietly at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York. The ceremony was private with a few intimate guests. Both bride and groom are prominent Baltimore social figures with notable family backgrounds.
The United Fruit steamer was the first Jamaica bound ship to sail to Port after the hurricane. It arrived with ventilators damaged and one crewman, a Chinese sailor, reported with a broken flow. The storm is described as among the worst in the tropics with lingering recovery ahead.
The Washington Post reports that Grand Master Thomas J. Shyrock was reelected to his 25th consecutive term during a Baltimore visit by visiting Masons for the dedication of the new Masonic temple. Festivities included an automobile ride around the city and a morning business meeting attended by high officials, with proceedings kept private.
Grundy Virginia November 1 Howard Lite is indicted by the Buchanan circuit grand jury for the sextuple murder of Mrs Betsy Justi and five Meadows family members. The trial is set for November with authorities seeking governor protection for Lite when brought to the county seat for trial. Lite is currently held in Russell County Jail at Lebanon for late keeping.
Hagerstown reports the death of Harry Stumbard of Shippensburg aged about 70. He was a Civil War Union veteran and a member of the G A R. Also noted is a local marriage last night at the First Baptist Church with Miss Elizabeth Helen Smith and Adam Leroy Mowen of Hagerstown uniting in matrimony.
A report from Washington Post Bureau states Governor Swanson postponed execution of Calvin Johnson, Richard Pines, and Eugene Dorsey to January 14. Swanson may commute or grant a respite amid petitions by former State Senator Lewis H. Machen. Henry Battine alias Henry Smith testified for the state in the Schultz murder case. Smith's case set for December term. Johnson Pines and Dorsey seek exoneration through pending developments.
Alexandria councilman Charles B. Marshall will not attend the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association meeting in Norfolk where Gov. Swanson named him as a delegate. He worries about framed credentials for honors and decides to stay home to oversee city improvements. A house fire near North Washington street is reported and local real estate deals include 219 North St Asaph and Queen Street properties sold by George W. Davis and James Deane.
A three day fox hound trial is planned in Montgomery county to settle opinions on local hounds. Jankew J. Cummings of Chevy Chase chairs arrangements with about 100 dogs expected and prizes including aluminum cups. Entries include Clarence Moore Andrew J. Cummings and others, with a committee formed after an informal meeting.
Notices detail after April 4 the Pocahontas Collieries and Crazier Theeney selling directly, a Bristol arrest dispute involving George B. Bi eieny and W. W. Boaz, new officer elections at Warrenton’s Peoples National Bank, Empire Coal and Land Corp activity on Norfolk and Western lines, a divorce ruling in Fredericksburg, and plans for a modern hotel. Also reported are a Petersburg retail dealers convention, stock sale plans, and a guilty plea involving Megele T. Walker in the Independent Order of St Luke.
Winchester Miss Selina Williams author and journalist dies at 93 near Berryville known by Tarpley Starr pen name. Chatham Mrs Marty Togoha dies at 73 leaving family. Fredericksburg William Kent dies of pneumonia aged 3 with widow and four relatives surviving. Richmond Mrs Belden Walke daughter of William M. Bridges dies in Woodland Heights leaving husband two children mother sister and two brothers. Local trials include Bradley Day murder conviction on appeal, Easton doctor Merritt may attend trial, and warrant for gambling at Hagerstown fair. Also drought and wells dry in Cecil County, deer hunts near Hagerstown, and railcar disposal plans at Payette Station. A transformer plant in Salisbury activates, connections through Monaro and Albemarle. Marriages reported in Maryland and Virginia towns. Indiana plans memorial at Antietam with five markers. Hamilton is sentenced to electrocution for murder. Gold Fellows lodge officers named in Wheeling. Fire destroys two doubles near Perry Mines. Erle Mine store damaged.
In Winchester Virginia a man declared he was Theodore Roosevelt from Africa and brandished a big stick to Henry Edgar Beck of Mercersburg Pennsylvania. Physicians found him insane and he was committed to an asylum pending transport. The report appears in a Washington Post special dispatch. Also noted is a U S Court of Appeals session in Richmond with Thomas B Martin arguing for defendants in a Virginia Passenger and Power case and other docket items from Parkersburg and Clarkburg circuits.
An Indianapolis reader from Cincinnati reports relief from acute arm pain and pleurisy using Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The ad claims sedative nerve effects ease neuralgia rheumatism sciatica locomotor ataxia and spinal pain. It states women’s distress lessens with use and promises money back if unsatisfied.
Reader sees Diapepsin as a harmless, inexpensive remedy for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims to digest a heavy meal in two minutes, relieve heartburn, gas, nausea, and headaches, and can cure stomach misery within minutes, suitable for the whole family.
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