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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
46
A convention adopts resolutions asserting the right to boycott, with leaders and officers speaking on contempt sentences and pledging to refuse goods from a company linked to tasue. Speakers defend labor rights, condemn coercive laws, and urge action against buycott practices while highlighting broader labor and constitutional themes.
Attorneys for Gompers and colleagues seek a stay of the mandate sending the AF of L leaders to jail for contempt. They plan to apply to the U S Supreme Court for certiorari, potentially delaying imprisonment while the high court reviews the case. If denied, habeas corpus relief is sought to prevent immediate custody upon return to Washington.
Washington aviation committee seeks to raise $50,000 more to reach a $90,000 goal for the 1910 international aviation meet. President Thomas F. Walsh and others travel to New York next Tuesday to meet Aero Club of America officials. Local donors include Evening Star, Washington Times, Chapin-Sarks, Shams, Sample, Dulaney, Larz Anderson, and The Washington Post prize fund. Clarency J. Norment notes nearly $4,000 remains and credits voluntary civic support over solicitation.
Governor Perl told the New Jersey Sunday School Association at Mont Orange that modern life distracts families with golf and automobiles. He cited a shift away from church influence and suggested younger generations may be less connected to Sunday schools, echoing sentiments of bygone presidents.
Special to The Washington Post from Winchester Virginia reports a heavy man who called himself Theodore Roosevelt and brandished a heavy hickory club he termed the big stick. He argued he was boss of the world and advocated strict obedience, claiming changes could reduce danger. He was committed to jail and then to an asylum after physicians deemed him insane.
Georgetown University faculty announces football would be discontinued until safety can be ensured. The decision follows the death of Archer Christian, Virgina’s left halfback, and reflects rising parental objections and a shift toward replacing football with soccer in fall programs.
The Georgetown decision to ban football stirs talk of similar moves by other institutions and potential state legislation. District officials already pressed for limits, while students react with fear of a football revival loss and a broader trend spreading to colleges and legislatures. Shorty Bahen killed.
Floyd, Se November 17 Clarence Compton a wealthy planter and his 12 year old daughter were killed in a feud encounter. Sylvester and Albert Owens sons of a clergyman are in jail charged with the crime. Albert accused Compton of saying he had forced to support Mrs Compton's entire family since marrying her. Compton refused to retract and the brothers opened fire. Compton's wife near hire died, and Bina Compton escaped. Georgetown football was abolished after a fatal incident involving Shorty Baden of the Blue and Gray in a game against the Columbia Athletic Club. The feud and football turmoil mirror a spike in violence and sports debate.
Miss Grace Witherspoon, 2 years old, in Princston Indiana on November 17 overpowered a burglar who entered her home and recovered a bag with $60 in jewelry and furs taken from an upstairs room.
In Manchester Mr. Balfour stressed tariff reform as a key to prosperity amid high duties, appealing to cotton interests and linking prosperity with protection. He praised Lord Lansdowne's motion to reject the budget and argued the Lords should check the government, signaling potential peer acts if the budget fails.
In New York a whistleblower, Henry Corsa, recounts bribe schemes at the New York custom house. He describes how testers were paid to shave sugar quality, the probe’s reach, and a push for congressional action amid fears of immunity for guilty importers.
A Pacific freight train emerging from a tunnel was struck by a snowslide and swept down a 220 foot embankment into the Fraser River near North Bend. The engineer drowned, the fireman escaped, and two other crewmen were injured.
Brig Gen Jud son D Higham U S 42 retired dies at his home in Philadelphia. Born in Iowa county New State, he graduated from West Point in 184. At Civil War start he led the quartermaster department in the Tennessee Dept and later served under Sherman on the march to the sea. Renowned for army tactics and construction, he retired in 115.
Special to The Washington Post reports George Mead will appoint Gen Theodore Hingham as superintendent of public works in Manhattan. Gen Bingham actively campaigned, directing speeches against Mr Gaynor. Medneny and Lingham are noted as old friends.
Government sends revenue cutter to search for Col. John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent aboard Nourmahal after a heavy West Indian storm. Mrs. Astor sails for Europe on the Lusitania. The yacht’s location remains unknown between Jamaica and Puerto Rico as telegraphic communication fails.
A compact roundup notes labor leaders persisting with boycott actions amid a tense British polision landscape. Mentions Georgetown abolishing football, the aero meet fund, and various political and labor developments across regions.
Longworth denies a Berlin cable claiming Alice Roosevelt behaved indecorously at a Korean royal banquet. The Berlin account by Emmy Kroebel describes Roosevelt astride a stone elephant, posing for a photograph, drinking champagne, and riding away with attendants, prompting denials as fanciful.
Italian laborer Falaco, under heavy police watch for three weeks, was arrested at Union Station in New York on an alleged plot to derail a Southern Railway express. Detectives say he planned the act to gain favor with a friend and to return to Italy, with evidence found on the track and in the tunnel.
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