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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
3
Aviation experts and lawyers discuss whether trespass extends to the air above property. Judge Wright argues air control should be as free as needed, while Colbert defends common law limits and potential legislative safeguards against flights over cities.
An irregular English transcription describes a Cuban cabinet upheaval with ministerial resignations and a reshuffle in progress. It mentions President and Comex figures, the search for new posts, and potential party alignments shaping the cabinet’s future.
Unclear transcript suggests Tat nterpellation triggered a Duma scene as deputies shouted and refused to read a document. The hall was disrupted and a committee or external party was asked to review the matter amid ensuing politicking.
Payne Whitney, son of the late Secretary Whitney, was stopped on the Scaringtown road last evening for driving 45 miles per hour. He agreed to appear before Justice Charles R. Weeks on Wednesday, then continued his journey.
At Doncaster an aviation meeting witness Leblons fall twenty feet from his craft. he was unhurt though the machine was wrecked. The day also featured a balloon flight from Dresden to Doncaster involving American consul general St John Gifney and Captain von Funke as part of trial events for the Saxon Air Navigation Club Heyden balloon.
Officials from Baltimore Norfolk Richmond Alexandria and Annapolis will gather at the District Building to finalize a funding plan for the international aviation meet. Wilbur Wright astonished crowds with a moonlight glide at College Park as the Aero Club of America and city leaders heard speeches from prominent figures across Maryland and Washington. Wright was expected to address the meeting, with other speakers including Frank Wachter J Al Hughes and several Mayors and business leaders from Alexandria Annapolis and Richmond.
Several hundred women joined a riot outside Hirsch Horn & Co in New Brunswick New Jersey as a strike ramped up. Three American girls were knocked down and roughly handled before police intervened. many immigrant workers quit on Saturday and some refused to strike.
New York Out 25 The General of Rear Admiral Henry Miben retired who died Saturday at his home in the city was buried today in Trinity Chapel. Many prominent naval officers attended including Rear Admirals Hebreeder Merrington Goodrich Ludlow and Capt Murdock from the Brooklum navy yard. Two companies of women from the ras partieship Ome attended the service.
The Sunday School Association of the District of Columbia held its sixteenth annual convention at Mount Vernon Place M E Church. Exhibits from many churches show colored pictures of the apostles creed, with missionary books distributed free. Opening services crowded. officers elected Wednesday. notable clergy and public officials attended.
Funeral services for John H Gheen, who died Friday, were conducted at 2 p m yesterday at the family residence 1516 Park Road The Rev Joseph Dawson Calvary Methodist Church pastor and longtime member led the service A large attendance of relatives and friends noted the event with many floral tributes Pallbearers drawn from Gheens intimate circle included William Schwing Henry Morton William Miller B Van Ness Enerwood CW King ET Coan and Cooms Durlal The burial followed at Rock Creek Cemetery
The Montreux region draws Americans after alpine season as travelers move from Interlaken to Lake Geneva. With new rail links extending the autumn stay, hotels report crowding and deeper bookings into winter, signaling a likely record season ahead.
The ashes of Mrs J Addison Hayes are en route to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond to rest beside Jefferson Davis. Hayes and her son Jefferson Hayes Davis accompany the urn, surname changed by legislature to Davis for heritage. Diamonds from Mrs Chilburg lost from a car window during a breakfast stop remain missing after a search.
Miss Tucker of Frostburg wed Thomas, superintendent of the Hoffman mine, Consolidation Coal Co. The ceremony at St Johns Episcopal Church began shortly after midnight with Rev Bedell officiating. The couple, attended by immediate relatives, will reside in Eckhart after a trip to Cumberland and New York.
Peru's congress ratified a signed protocol with Bolivia on October 24 to settle boundary questions Bolivia accepted Argentina’s arbitral award on the Peru Bolivia frontier and agreed on mutually acceptable frontier lines.
St Louis October 25 Mayor Roy C Woods of Wellston seeks notice from an insurance company after its cancellation of his policy. He cites two Wellston political feud shootings as possible cause. His policy valued at 49000 pays 1000 to Joseph W Folk and five lawyers 500 each upon assassination. The arresting officer would receive 2550 as a reward.
Richmond Virginia October report says Chaloner formerly Chanler, now Chalon er, of Merrie Mills, seeks about seven million dollars from Sherman in New York. Case continued to April 25. Chaloner deemed of sound mind by Virginia and North Carolina courts. family ties cited.
The General Acoustic Co advertises the Acousticon as a patented electrical hearing aid with 14000 satisfied users nationwide. Prospective buyers can arrange a home test at no cost to determine if it works for them, with inquiries directed to 1420 Newark Avenue, Washington.
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived aboard the Cedric and seeks to arrange a race with the New York Yacht Club for the Americas Cup in 1911 rather than a formal challenge. He desires a scalable 88 rating or other size, measured per NYYC rules, to ensure a fair chance, and will discuss options with Bourne and key club members.
The Post reprints a verse fragment about a working man recalling mornings at Shanahan s old shibean. The speaker visits memories of a velvet coat, a silver service, and the archbishop moment, blending drink, labor, and nostalgia amid tavern scenes and city blocks. The piece notes the author is unknown but possibly from Puck.
An infernal machine was discovered in the Lawton Oklahoma County Attorney J A Fain's office. It was alleged to be a Black Hand threat aiming at assassination by October 35. The device would explode on ignition of a match at the office door. B Swank, former secretary to Representative Beott Ferris, first entered today but the bomb did not explode.
Anxious parents of the Marquis arrange a Brittany stay for the runaway American girl Susan, now endearingly called Suzanne, amid family jewels lent by the Barones and a press engagement in American and Paris papers. The era’s suffrage movement gathers leaders and curious observers at Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst’s reception, where Militant suffragist Miss Milholland’s Harvard entry dispute is debated, while Pankhurst lauds American support and presses for broader equal suffrage.
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