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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
43
A New York era report describes an 1890s vivisection exhibition at 009 Virth avenue with demonstrations of live dissection on dogs and stomach experiments. Attendees and officers spoke of advancing a controversial humane cause while critics noted the ongoing torture and pain endured by animals.
Wind kept some riders from Chevy Chase drag, while the hunt pressed on with keen hounds. After a long ride over fences and paddocks, many spectators including diplomats witnessed the pack reach the north field, with plans for tomorrow based on lighter winds.
Dr Paul Ritter Swiss minister to the United States and his family attended a banquet in Freund's Hall marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Washing ton Gruetliverein. The event featured patriotic speeches and native songs with about 16 members and their families present. Leon Chapuis acted as toastmaster and several society members delivered addresses while Misses Louise Babli Sahil Ida Babli Pauline Holer performed musically.
A subcommittee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce will forward recommendations next Monday to reform local government. Proposals include electors for the district, representation in Congress and in the electoral college, and placing the engineer department under commissioners selected from Elville. Members listed include J. H. Danley as chairman and Col. Arthur U. Rendle among others.
A heavy cloaked Lieut. Comdr. Robert E. Peary braved a windy Washington night on Fourteenth Street near Pennsylvania Avenue to F Street NW. When a gust blew his hat into the street, he restored dignity with a quip about the cold weather while responding to a passerby.
Paris dispatch says Gubata and his wife were arrested October 23 for fraudulently obtaining 340 000 in jewels posing as the Count and Countess Gubata. He admitted prior convictions for swindling in San Francisco Switzerland and Austria, while claiming his wife believed him to be a son of Archduke Otto of Austria.
Mae Wood left for New York to face trial on a perjury charge linked to proving herself the wife of former Senator Thomas C. Platt. She claimed she had received no notice but the charges have been dismissed.
Officials led by President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad tested the new tunnel route from New Jersey to Long Island City. The railcar entered at Harrison New Jersey, paused at the new Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, and reached the Long Island City terminus. Work remains before full operation, with costs reported high.
The board reelected former officers and promoted faculty, endorsing a central heating plan. Cardinal Gibbons urged nationwide Catholic donations to strengthen the university endowment and future growth.
Special to The Washington Post from Minneapolis, Minn, November 18. North Dakota Senator Thompson announces he will back insurgents on tariff and other measures, will observe restraint for the first year, and intends to influence legislation from committees before speaking on the Senate floor. He says he follows the Golden Rule, avoids vilification, and remains a consistent Democrat who supported Parker and Bryan.
Albert Morgan Hanft of Virginia sought an annulment from Miss Bessie Hubbard in Long Island City after claiming he was forced to marry at gunpoint by relatives in Crewe Virginia. The judge granted the annulment finding coercion occurred before the ceremony.
Albany State Comptroller Williams announced a partial payment of 32000 dollars from the estate of the late H F Roger toward the collateral inheritance tax. The payment was received as part of the settlement in Albany, New York.
Special to The Washington Fort Savannah Ga Nov 23 A New York millionaire B Wilson now in Palmetto Bluff near Savannah is said to defy a US district court summons in a cane case involving M H Mack intermediary in the Estill succession dispute Wilson refused to appear and faces contempt. A subpoena was served at his home but he persists in nonappearance.
Cincinnati report of alleged confession by GC L Warriner, Big Four defaulter, claiming a clerk stole 23 9oo from the company while Warriner assisted the treasurer. Bond for Mrs Stewart Ford set by Judge Meyers with sureties, bondsman figures debated by attorneys Thorndyke Fredericks and Capelle.
The Chevy Chase hunt at Potomac Post Maryland faced a gale from the north. Despite several regulars and Fort Myer officers aiming to join, the conditions forced the master to call off the pack as wind worsened. Reports of fox activity linger, with plans for another fixture next month and a drag hunt planned for tomorrow in Rock Creek Park.
Mrs Philp Snowden wife of a member of parliament will give a lecture titled Peeps at Parliament Through a Woman's Eyes at the old Masonic Temple on Monday evening. She has long lived in the house of commons and lectured at Chautauqua and various colleges. The College Equal Suffrage League will host lunch and an informal reception at her honor at 1883 H Street NW from 1 30 to 3 0 next Monday afternoon.
We launder men's shirts a little better than most laundries do a little more the way you want yours laundered. We give them a careful washing starch them without surplus starch and press them so they top and feel like new. We shape the cuffs to fit your wrists give them two firm stiff finish and from the edges smooth. Our service costs no more then that of other laundries.
At a national railway commissioners convention, South Carolina and other states clash with the Interstate Commerce Commission over the Esch bill. Debates focus on federal oversight versus state rights in railroad regulation, with threats to aggressive uniform demurrage and wreck reporting standards. Local officials denounce federal overreach while calling for accurate accident accounting.
The Baiter Post argues the president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has no wish to rule the board. It says the national board, elected by Congress, carries out regulations and can call meetings, refuting claims of undue power or a kitchen cabinet. The piece asserts no autocratic authority exists and condemns accusations of overreach.
A tarantula escaped from a parcel misaddressed to Dott Rugero Verity in Leon Italy. J E Davis, a veteran in the dead letter division, shook the box and the spider leaped onto his shoulder before being killed amid startled clerks. The package lacked sufficient postage and was sent to the dead letter office in New York.
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