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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
2
Revolutions adopted call for tighter liquor laws and stricter Sunday observance. MM. Bliss denounces Mormonism as a menace to American institutions and claims 15,000 are held as slaves in Frisco.
A historical program listing Devotional Exercises and sessions for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society with Rev. J F Goucher and Rev. C M Boswell, plus Board of Home Missions events. Laymen Association meetings include resolutions, speeches by Walter Kirwan and others, luncheon at Grace Church, and reception of fraternal delegates. The program closes with an address on Shall the Saloon Live and committee reports.
The Maryland Methodist Episcopal conference opened with Bishop Earl Cranston leading the service and administering the Lord's Supper. Resolutions urged Congress to enact the prohibition measure and to close city businesses on Sundays, unanimously approved. Representative Sims of Tennessee was commended for pushing district prohibition, with urging to support bills. The conference also discussed missionary work, church financial planning, and memorials for ministers who died last year.
A public meeting denounces Mormonism as a menace to institutions youth and womanhood. Mrs Bise cites fears of Chinese and Japanese slavery in San Francisco while Dr Leonard links past slavery debates to current anti Chinese exclusion. Speakers urge Congress to abolish slavery in the District and advocate immigration limits.
Interstate Commerce Commission mediator Martin A Knapp and Labor Commissioner De Charles P Neil ruled wages would not be cut now for Southern Railway and allied lines. They recommended continuing the present pay scale until July 1, with renegotiation if business conditions remain weak. Mobile and Ohio and Queen and Crescent lines are included and have accepted the plan.
President Roosevelt aims to pass a District of Columbia child labor law and use it as a national model. Commissioner Neill prepares a statistics report to justify pressure on Congress, while Beveridge advocates federal action to curb interstate trade. The effort seeks uniform rules to end child labor in Washington and influence state laws.
Police pursue professional band after a string of thefts at city hotels and homes. Jewelry, wearing apparel, bicycles, blankets, and automobile lamps taken. Victims include Henry Bartlett of Berlin New Hampshire and E Scrivey and Mrs Alfred Nes Northwest. A man passed a bad check at P W Browning Co. Northwestern avenue store. Police hold a description.
Miss Mae Virginia Black of Wilkes-Barre, a guest at Riges House, reported a bold thief took a $1,000 jeweled locket from a dresser after placing it in a chamois bag. The incident occurred while she and a party of young ladies attended theater and used a hotel telephone booth. Authorities say the theft may be the work of a local sneak thief.
Theodore W. Noyes and Henry A. Wik lard were chosen vice presidents of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants to fill vacancies after deaths and promotions. A memorial meeting is planned for April 21 at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church honoring several late members. The group discussed memberships, a legal Lincoln birthday holiday, and funding for a permanent home, with various readings and a $75 annual salary approved for the recording secretary. A brick from a 1750 structure near Chevy Chase Lake was donated to the association.
At the District of Columbia Democratic Association gathering in the Murnev Building the program lists speakers Robert E. Mattingly Sam De Nedrey Captain John B. Miter William McK Clayton and Creed M. Fulton to address the audience tonight at three o’clock.
Col. James Deitrick brings a 30 pound turtle from Nicaragua to Washington for President Roosevelt and a party of animals. The turtle amazes the President as the Willard cloak room mishap with a monkey creates confusion and a veteran railway engineer describes his work and philanthropy in Nicaragua.
The Elks in Washington Lodge No. 16 inaugurate their new EC street building with an official opening. H. F. Harvey reviews progress, 800 attendees from lodges nationwide, officers installed, Marine Band entertained, and a noon flag-raising on the roof marks the era of growth and prosperity. Building cost listed at 200000, with high expectations for membership surpassing 1000 by year end.
An advertisement touts Hood s Sarsaparilla as a safe pure spring medicine to restore appetite purify and vitalize blood and promote healthy digestion. It emphasizes compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act and notes it is popular in thousands of homes as a general spring remedy.
More than two Washington Navy Yard workers were furloughed for ninety days amid claims that work exists to cover a full year. Machinists unions and lawmakers plan to press the Navy Department for details on the order and the funds behind it. Emmett J. Adams says the layoff contradicts assurances that urgent deficiency spending would prevent dismissals and maintain steady employment.
The Post urges readers to buy extra pictures and coupons before April 5 as the world’s greatest scenes editions go out of print. Limited copies of Pictures 1 through 6r remain on sale at the newspaper office and will not be reprinted, serving as souvenir material for readers.
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