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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
10
The party reports a long Arctic journey from spring to autumn with no obstacle. Native questioning confirmed safety as companions, including healthy dogs. The leader is described as energetic and resourceful, with all members returning from the ice.
Greenland dispatch reports Eskimos assert Captain Cook reached the pole and navigated the ice with courage. They mapped a route to the pole on their bearings and noted winter quarters at Jones Sound. They add a depot detour near Heibergs Land influenced the voyage return.
The document presents a controversial letter from an Arctic observer arguing that Dr Cook may not have reached the pole. It describes the writer’s assessment, his planned Copenhagen arrival, and the need for corroborating proof while noting newspapers’ reports through September 9. The observer hints at defense of Cook and cautions about possible deception.
Special Cable to The Washington Post from London reports Pierpont Morgan bought the original manuscripts of George Meredith novels Diana of the Crossways Lord Ormont and his Aminta The Amazing Marriage for $4000 from an old servant who cared for Meredith for three years The man did not grasp their value and parts of The Amazing Marriage are missing while other volumes are in bad condition
The Naval Academy expects its brigade of midshipmen to undertake a foreign cruise this summer. The planned voyage includes Hampton Roads New London Newport and other Atlantic coast points. This marks the return of foreign cruises after several years with no such voyage.
A severe typhoon struck northern and central Luzon causing extensive damage. Railway beds washed out and a station swept away. The Benguet road toward Baguio was shattered, with repairs costing up to 5,000, likely more. Hongkong reported many casualties as gunboats and ships were damaged along the coast.
Frances Work Burke Roche Batony, millionaire widow Kay Batony, won a divorce suit against Aut rel Batons. Jury returned a sealed verdict on misconduct charges with three withdrawn. Dowling to consider an interrogatory decree within two weeks, while Batony’s counsel vows to press. The case ties to a December alimony dispute and a public coach meeting with Beatrice Brevaine. Other related suits claimed damages of 116000 for alienation of affection, still pending.
The Portola celebration in San Francisco continued into a second night with joyous crowds despite heavy fog. The Parkmount Hotel festival ball drew officers from many warships and crews from foreign vessels as American ships held open house for visiting sailors. Matinee today at Chumpa Theater with prices from 25c to 1.50.
Hearst drives a whirlwind East Side tour as he supports Gaynor and Bannard while Tammany faces weak enthusiasm in New York. Fusion partners claim leads for a four-way race with Hearst drawing large crowds and high bets, while Bannard campaigns citywide and Gaynor delivers bench lecturing style addresses amid noisy headquarters and hopeful forecasts.
New York October reports Patrick McCarren Brooklyn Democratic leader battles after appendectomy last week. Doctors say he is much better though very weak and resting. His nourishment today included beef broth milk and peptonoids as recovery progresses.
British suffragette leader Emm a Pankhurst lands on the Oceanic at New York with small reception as supporters cheer. She declines to reveal hard questions about prison risk while noting tactics to press for votes and criticizing government delays in granting suffrage.
Stafford County supervisors award a contract to Robert Massaponex for gravel road construction on a 1.5 mile stretch from Falmouth to Warrentor Road. The project aims to promote good roads with cost shared equally by state and county.
Benjamin Franklin Barnes, postmaster of the District of Columbia and ally of Roosevelt, died suddenly at age 42 at his father in law Jacob Frech’s home in Washington. He walked from his home to Frech’s house, spoke with his mother in law, then sat to dine and shortly after died of a heart attack. The death was pronounced instantaneous by Dr Seneca B Bain. Barnes had risen from clerk to assistant secretary to the President and studied law at Georgetown, earning admission to the District bar.
John Murray of Chicago sues John B Wilkie an United States Secret Service detective Joe Priest and Frederick H Lancaster for 29000 damages. Murray claims he was imprisoned on a false charge during President Tafts visit and was released Monday for lack of evidence. He is secretary of the Political Refuge Land Defense League and faced conspiracy allegations regarding neutrality.
The Wright brothers filed in a U S district court for an injunction to stop Ralph Saulnier from using or exhibiting a “lying machine” they claim infringes their May 1846 patent for a heavier‑than‑air aerial craft. They seek damages and court power to destroy Saulnier’s machine. Saulnier has attempted flights at Ampère.
Mrs Caroline Bartlett Crane of Usalamacco Mich charged incompetence in federal meat inspection and accused the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Industry of deception. Dr Dorset and officials defended standards as critics pressed for audits, with a committee to review the claims and a formal report to follow.
William Gaitin, 20, from McKeesport Pennsylvania, arrested in Washington City on charges brought by Miss Kate Began, an orphan girl who accuses him of seduction under promise of marriage. Griffin agreed to return without requisition papers and says he is willing to marry the girl who cared for her siblings after her father’s absence.
Fitchmond Va Oct 30 The American Public Health Association session calls for eliminating politics in appointing municipal and state health officers to protect public welfare A regulation is to be acted on before adjournment The vital statistics section adopts a death certificate form recommendations from Dr Cressy L Wilbur Census Bureau official and several section leaders were elected for the next year The general association nominees will be chosen Friday before adjournment
Dramatized account of Mrs Hubbard, widow and mother in law of Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Bell, killed when a Capital Traction work car struck her as she rode with her sister on Connecticut Avenue. She died at Garfield Hospital about three hours later with fatal head injuries. The incident prompts an inquest and involves the motorman and conductor, with official statements outlining vehicle speeds and the sequence of impact.
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