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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
2
A census puzzle centers on classifying lawmakers clerks and all government workers as residents of the capital seeking to extend home town ties. It argues Congress members and executive staff should be listed from their home towns for census purposes, challenging current residency rules.
The article outlines a census effort targeting Capitol workers living in Washington while noting many clerks and inspectors should be counted as residents of their home states. It lists the supervisory team, including chief clerk Norms McLeatt, six special agents, and twenty enumerators with a racial breakdown. The city is split into five districts with assignment details for white and female enumerators and inspectors.
Senate agriculture committee grills educators farmers and labor leaders on a plan to create 400 agricultural high schools nationwide seeking to integrate agriculture trades home economics into secondary education. The bill would push states to fund vocational high schools with two thirds of added education money and bolster normal schools to train teachers for these programs.
On April pension provisions would grant surviving volunteer officers six months service and all honorably discharged enlisted men over 20 with disability a straight pension. The House discussed the plan yesterday via Representative Prince of Illinois from the Military Affairs Committee. The report notes volunteers formed 96 percent of U S armies and earned 96 percent of historic rewards, while regular officers received honors and volunteers received none.
President Tatt ix expresses satisfaction with progress in prosecuting the sugar trust for alleged customs frauds. Congress is urged to avoid a full inquiry, as public disclosure now is deemed imprudent. A House committee meeting plans amendments to Fitzgerald’s resolution, aiming to limit interference with ongoing prosecutions.
The census begins April 18 and must be completed in fifteen days. Enumerators will wear badges reading United States Census 1910. The law requires every adult to provide information but guarantees confidentiality to protect individuals. Heads of families should complete and return the blank schedules by April 18. Those who speak no English or need help should receive assistance. The president has urged all citizens to cooperate, clarifying it does not involve taxes or mandatory attendance.
A benefit meeting aimed at improving conditions for Black residents was held at Mrs Herbert Wadsworth’s home near Massachusetts Avenue yesterday afternoon. Speakers included Charles F Weller of Pittsburg, Canon Rudolph Di Friazell, Judge W of the juvenile court, and Ireident Thickfeld of Howard University, who described urban blight in Washington’s Negro alley and urged support from society women.
Civic Betterment League members plan a protest hearing before the Senate District committee on the Bennett liquor regulation bill. They warn passage would amount to prohibition in the District and expect a 900-signature petition from Loteake residents opposing the measure.
Gen Wood was hosted at Motel Plaza in Havana by Dr Gutteras and sanitar ians then attended a reception at W Lawton's home. He will represent the United States as special envoy at Argentina's centenary of independence. Roosevelt praised his work, and local dignitaries including Havana's governor, bishop, the presidential secretary, and U.S. Minister Jackson joined the banquet.
Harry L Moris of Cleveland indicted by federal grand jury on three counts for blackmail threats to widow Mrs Dan Caswell. He allegedly demanded $2000 under threat to burn her house and abduct her children.
The indoor circus features Move Smith of the Fifteenth Cavalry at Fort Myer as he escapes from boxes chains and rope entanglements. The program includes drills gymnastic exhibitions and tumbling by the men and boys gymnasium classes. show repeats tomorrow night.
An Annapolis report states Barty Wilson, a Navy veteran in deteriorating condition, has stopped nourishment and may not survive the night. His sister Mrs Calvin and her husband in Covington have been telegraphed to travel to Annapolis as the situation grows grave.
Mrs LeRelne Helen Baker of Spokane addresses the National Woman’s Suffrage Association in Washington asserting that not more than ten percent of children are wanted and urging quality over quantity. She argues for eugenics, cites Roosevelt, Comstock, and Luther Burbank analogies, and plans to advocate internationally to advance eugenic ideas.
Washington Hotel Company plans a seven story fireproof hotel facing North Capitol Street near Twon Station. The 140 by 85 foot brick and stone structure will include 155 rooms and 75 baths with modern equipment. Construction starts soon and H O Whitford is president.
A cablegram from Luis Munoz Rivera to Speaker Shoreham Washington corrects Bryan's Durban address. The message states Bryan's speech was favorable to Porto Rican aspirations and notes plans for talks with commissioners in Washington next Tuesday about Porto Rican affairs.
The Southern Commercial Congress executive committee will meet in Washington Saturday morning. Officers and executive board members will call on President Taft at the White House after the meeting. Attending are Parker of New Orleans Francis of St Louis Carr of Durham and others.
The weather bulletin notes a southwestern disturbance weakening near Texas to North Dakota with general showers across the Rocky Mountains southern plains and upper Midwest. Expect clearing to partly cloudy conditions Thursday into Friday with cooler to moderate temperatures and variable winds along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
A young white woman was arrested in Seventh Street Northwest by Policeman Creel of the Second precinct after visiting multiple stores and sampling liquors. She was taken to the Fifth precinct, then to the Washington Asylum Hospital for examination and held pending police court action on a vagrancy charge. Attorney James Doster is retained to defend her.
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