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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
70
A convention adopts a resolution to exercise rights amid contempt sentences for leaders. Speakers defend liberty to refuse buying from a company tied to Tasue while pledging loyalty to labor and citing constitutional rights and moral protest.
Attorneys for Gompers and colleagues demand a stay of the mandate that would jail the AFL leaders for contempt. They plan to seek certiorari from the U S Supreme Court, delaying imprisonment while the high court reviews the case. If denied, they may file for habeas corpus on Monday to postpone terms.
Washington aviation committee seeks $4,000 more to reach the $100,000 goal for the 1910 International aviation meet. President Thomas F. Walsh leads plans to New York next Tuesday to meet Aero Club of America officials. Local donors include Evening Star, Washington Times, and others with small individual gifts accelerating completion within days.
New Jersey Governor at Mast Orange laments lower Sunday school attendance as golf and automobiles draw people away. He cites belief in Theodore Roosevelt era influence and says the trend is regrettable though he will not press an argument.
A heavyset man named Henry Edgar Beck, claiming to be Theodore Roosevelt, was arrested in Winchester Virginia after brandishing a heavy hickory club he called the big stick. He insisted he was boss of the world and warned of dangers, with physicians later placing him in an asylum for insanity.
Georgetown University faculty declares football discontinued until safety is ensured after Archer Christian of Virginia dies from game injuries. The move, praised as courageous by opponents of the sport, may influence other colleges to replace football with soccer and shift athletics budgeting and schedules.
The District bans football and Georgetown’s move may push other states to act. Students face alarm over the sport and a potential broader shutdown while some hope for revival as officials consider new legislation and policy. Shorty Bahen is noted as killed.
Clarence Compton wealthy planter and his 12 year old daughter die after a feud encounter. Albert and Sylvester Owens sons of a clergyman are jailed charged with the crime. Owens alleged Compton mocked support for Mrs Compton's family leading to gunfire. Compton's wife near by dies, girl survives a narrow escape.
Princston Indiana November 17 Miss Grace Witherspoon aged 2 and a half overpowered a burglar who entered her home and wrested from him a large amount of stolen jewelry and furs, including a lllowslip containing the loot, from an upstairs room.
In Manchester Mr Balfour admitted reform as the practical alternative to Gladstone era budget issues. He warned the Lords’ power and urged tariff reform to aid cotton and raw materials, while Liberals may create peers and Asquith’s fate hangs on Lords rejection. John Redmond condemned Lords efforts in Dublin.
Report centers on sugar bribe scheme at New York Custom House. Corsa, the Jersey docks sampler, exposed officials and a paid system of per-test payments. Witnesses describe “bit and shut up” bribes guiding sugar samples toward lower grades, with probes potentially steering Congress toward action.
A Pacific freight train emerged from a tunnel when a heavy snowslide struck it, sweeping the locomotive and four cars 220 feet down the Fraser River. The engineer drowned, the fireman escaped by jumping, and two other crew members were injured. Nearby, three Leadville men were found frozen to death in a separate blizzard incident.
Brig Gen Judson D Higham U S Army retired died at his home in Philadelphia aged 77 He was born in Lancaster County State and graduated from West Point in 184 He served early in the Civil War as chief quartermaster in the Department of the Tennessee and later under Sherman in the march to the sea An authority on army tactics and construction He was retired in 1915.
Special to The Washington Post reports George Mea plans to appoint Gen Theodore Hingham superintendent of public works in Manhattan under the borough president. Gen Bingham actively supported the campaign, directing speeches against Mr Gaynor. Medneny and Lingham are noted as old friends.
Government sends Revenue Cutter to locate Col. John Jacob Astor aboard Nourmahal missing after a West Indies storm. Mrs. Astor sailed for Europe on the Lusitania. Vincent Astor, 17, ships with his father. crew of 45 aboard. Ministerial inquiry prompts search from San Juan authorities as telegraph service is disrupted.
Multiple labor factions insist on continuing the boycott amid ongoing labor tensions and policy debates. Officials report widespread worker mobilization, with union leaders urging solidarity and escalation plans if demands remain unmet.
Washington Post reports Representative Longworth rejected a Berlin inspired tale that Alice Roosevelt attended a Korean emperor’s banquet in a red Rough Rider costume. He called the story absurd, suggesting the author was drunk or crazy, while noting the sensational account appeared in the New York Times and other papers.
A train from New Orleans to New York narrowly escaped a plotted wreck at Union Station. Italian suspect Falaco, arrested after three weeks of undercover police vigil, admitted past attempted sabotage but claimed intoxication and no intent to harm the train. Detektives shadowed workers, found obstructions on tracks, and watched the tunnel to catch him in the act.
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