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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1910
Page
27
Reports describe riots in Changsha with three British gunboats en route and significant property damage. The English consulate and customs offices were abandoned as mobs attacked government targets. foreigners fled the area and tensions rose over anti foreign sentiment and local upheaval.
A local account notes a Mass planned by the Knights of Columbus and Fr Falcome to be proclaimed in the fall. The piece mentions delegates, district events, and references to community religious duties and endowments tied to the central organization in Chicago.
Justice Gould presided in criminal court over the cotton leak cases. Peckham and Hana were indicted in May 1908 for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Attorneys objected to abatement and grand jury conduct. The judge ruled pleas filed on arraignment. further hearing set for next Friday with defendants present.
The Post arranged a special performance at the Casino for newsboys selling papers on the Fest routes. About 1000 are expected. tickets available at the Post business office until 10 o clock. Newsies not regular sellers will not receive tickets and should arrive on time for a prompt show at 10:39 AM.
The District of Columbia Chapter of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association will hold its annual dinner at the Arting Inn tonight. It outlines plans to raise a $2,000,000 endowment to move the university to its new Homewood campus on the Baltimore outskirts. James Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain, will be guest of honor. Dr Charles P Neill, commissioner of labor and president of the District chapter, will be toastmaster. Dr William H Welch, Johns Hopkins Medical School professor and AMA president, will be a chief speaker. James Lee Host secretary has sent invitations.
Gravis attorney asks to defer cross examination of Frank Pierce as hearings on Ballinger Pinchot controversy continue. Brandeis argues to question Ballinger first. committee splits with several members opposing recalls. Two witnesses corroborate Pierce. Pierce disputes Glavis contact over coal land law and letters to La Follette about water power sites.
George L Brown confessed stealing jewelry from trunks and a baggagemaster satchel on the South er Railway. Judge Aadley W Gould sentenced him to three years in Leavenworth prison after saying leniency appeals were rejected. Brown had been trusted by the railroad, with Campbell Carrington and John Adout as attorneys. an appeal followed, and he was freed on 35000 bail.
Seattle bankers report Tanana district gold seekers draining Alaska labor, spurring a Fairbanks dispatch for relief. A mountain car test, then a New York contract for a G J G auto, with plans to drive a roadster to Washington.
The fragment mentions treatment language about torture, disfiguring symptoms, itchy scaly crusts and pimples in children and adults, and a vague reference to a Cuticura ointment used as a cure. It resembles dubious medical advertising with odd phrasing and likely misreads of historic dermatology claims.
Funeral services for Miss Marla Woodward will be at 3 o clock this afternoon from the residence on New York Avenue with the Hes Dr Huddle naster of St Pauls Church officiating and five nephews as pallbearers. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Funeral for John Ellis Sheckells at the Tandy residence 8814 Brown Street NW with Rev Dr Litve of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. Masonic lodge to conduct services. interment Glenwood Cemetery. Emancipation Day observed at Lincoln Memorial Temple with addresses by Prof Kelly Miller Rev Sterling N Brown M Heershaw and Prof Jesse Lawson Dunogan. Coroner’s jury holds Robert Dunnigan for grand jury action in death of Wilherd Patten at Georgetown University Hospital following a blow police say Dunnigan struck.
A historical overview of the British woman suffrage movement detailing the push for universal adult suffrage, the militant suffragette faction led by Mrs Pankhurst, and the long arc from property-based or limited voting toward citizenship as the basis for voting rights. It notes key figures and parties, the shift in public perception, and the role of tactics and symbolism in the struggle.
The militant movement led by Mrs Pankhurst urged voters to withhold support from the Liberal government and align with conservatives until women gain equal suffrage. Suffragettes clashed with police, many jailed, fueling anti Liberal sentiment as anti suffragist factions backed Mrs Ward and Tory women, who blame Liberal policy for risking property rights.
Admirals Rizey and Stockton and W D Hoover were elected to fill vacancies on the George Washington University board of trustees at yesterday's meeting. It was announced that the Rev Roland Cotton South rector of St Johns Episcopal Church would deliver the baccalaureate sermon to graduates the Sunday before commencement week at St Johns Church.
Senator Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota underwent surgery at Providence Hospital yesterday after continuing duties at the Capitol until then. Surgeons said the operation was serious but he is not in great danger and will remain hospitalized for several days.
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