Impartial Inquiry Sought In Insane Asylum Probe
Secretary Butterfield of the Congress Heights Citizens Association rejects the board of visitors as probing officials. Gen George L Sternberg notes the board may act as the official investigation body. The controversy follows resignations and questions over the November 22 hearing at the Government Hospital for the Insane, with details about the nature of the inquiry and prior meetings.
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Government Hospital
F. H. Butterfield
Congress Heights
George L. Sternberg
Butterfield
Butterfeld
Th Congress
Hesights ‘Association
Wiliam A. Macry
Gen. Sternberg
Executive Committee
Citizens' Association
Interior Department
White
Europe
Death notices from Washington area December 1910
A batch of funeral notices lists Florence Annie Allen Wallace Brown Allen, David W Burdette, Elizabeth E Ogbe, Bridget Flaherty, Wilson Baldwin Matthews, R Barnard Talcott, and William Weisbacker. Details include residences in Chevy Chase and Northwest Washington, service dates December 5 to 7, and interments at Glenwood and Mount Olivet, with church services at St. Stephen's, Immaculate Conception, and local chapels.
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Allen
Chevy .Chase
Florence Annie
Wallace Brown Allen
George
Redway
Shepherd Street
Brookville Road
Glenwood Cemetery
Burdette
David W. Burdette
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Providence Hospital
Elizabeth E. OG
Baltimore
Hartford County
Flaherty
Bridget Flaherty
Maloney
Michael Flaherty
Thomas Noone
Twent
Third Street
St. Stephen's Church
Matthews
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Wilson Baldwin
William Wilson
Blanche Baldwin Matthewy
Ernest P. Baldwin
St. Margaret's Church
Talcott
Ed Hardien
Luthersville
Mad
R. Barnard Talcott
Oakill Cemetery
Weisbacker
After Fish Wharves City Should Have Control
Peculiar conditions prevent health officers from remedying the situation until courts grant relief. The Meh wharf at Eleventh and Water Streets southwest should be remodeled or abandoned. Most fish and oysters land here, making the premises unfit and a disgrace. private owners would not be allowed to maintain such an establishment on government property.
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Meh Whart
Avason
Oficer Woolwerd
Awith
Riley
Armicigis
Woodward
Water Streets
Stine
Searth
Health Office
Corporation
Williard
Henry White
Health Department
Resignation of Maury Joins Asylum Probe Controversy
Longtime board member William A. Maury, citing health, resigns from the Government Hospital for the Insane board ahead of an Interior Department inquiry into alleged laxity at Congress Heights. Secretary Ballinger promises a thorough hearing while Gen. Sternberg and residents push for a neutral investigation. President Taft and Ballinger commend Maury’s decades of service.
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Congress Heights
Taft
Sternberg
Ballinger
Asylum
Board of Visitors
Gen. Sternberg
Maury
Government Hospital For
Cleveland
Belinger
TL Amin
Knife For Dr Flexner To Undergo Appendectomy
Dr Simon Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute will be operated on for appendicitis at Presbyterian Hospital tomorrow. The case is described as mild but an operation is advised to guard against future attacks. Jerome D. Greene, institute general manager, announced the plan tonight.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller~ Institute For Medical Research
Presbyterian Hospital
Jerome D. Greene
Storms Hit Mindanao and Zamboanga
Severe storms swept Mindanao and Zamboanga causing floods across the country. Up to twenty lives were lost and property damage estimated at 250000 dollars. No reports yet from other districts as the weather continues.
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Mindanao
Zamboanga
Manila
Mindanag
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Unity of Faith Across Christendom
Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore lauds the Protestant Episcopal triennial convention for seeking church unity and one shepherd. He warns unity of faith requires a single head and laments any division, urging adherence to the Holy Roman Catholic Church with the Pope as Christ’s representative.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jesus ‘Christ
Holy Roman
Catholic Apostolic
Rome
Christ
Deaths and Casualties Listed in Health Office Record
Health office record of deaths includes Emile Dumais at Casualty Hospital and Eugene A Carr at 1724 20th Street. Other entries note ages 28, 80, 3 years, and 3 years. institutions include Garfield Hospital Providence Hospital and Washington Asylum Hospital. Names mentioned: Conrad Jordan, Berkley Rong Stakes, Catherine T. Costello, John Kent.
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Emile Dumais
Casualty Hospital
Conrad Jordan
Berkley Rong
Eugene’a
Carr
Wilson B. Matthews
Garfield Hospital
Adama
Providence ‘Hospital
Catherine T. Costello
John Kent
Washington Asylum’ Hospital
District fights filth at Washington fish depot
District authorities contest Riley firm’s exclusive right to land fish at the Potomac front from Eleventh to Fourteenth streets claiming unsanitary conditions at the depot. Inspectors cite decaying huts, stable sweepings, and odors as health hazards. Dr. Woodward urges demolition or remodeling and a municipal wharf to replace private facilities.
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Washington
Health ‘Department
Wilwan
W." Riley
Riley
Thomas
Millong
Yenth Street
Ias
Ecounsel
Congress
Potomac River
Eleventh Street
Fourteenth
District of Columbia
Potomac
Government hearings reveal unsuitability of licensees and injunctions
The record describes government objections to licensees deemed unfit for operation and a district injunction requiring vacating premises. It notes health department constraints, repeated court involvement, and testimony highlighting swept debris near the fish wharf. Isaac Stern of Stern Brothers dies at New York hospital. family and physicians present.
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Isaac Stern
Ork
Isaac .Stern
Stern ‘Brothers
Robert
Gustav
Wertheim
Arthur
F. Hahio
Harmon Seen as Possible Democratic Presidential Hope
Washington this week will host theNational Rivers and Harbors Congress with many national figures present and Gov. Harmon of Ohio drawing the political spotlight. His November recount plurality boosted his standing as a potential 1912 candidate, with both support and caution voiced by Democratic colleagues about the effort required to secure the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gard Buckeye
Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Gov
Harmon
Ohio
Cer J
Buckeye
Girl Stowaway Reaches New York From Glasgow
Annie McKean an 18 year old Scottish girl stowed away on the liner Columbia. Discovered three days at sea from Glasgow she was sent to Ellis Island and her mother in Scotland notified.
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New York
Annie McKean
New York City
Apchor
Wner
Glasgow
Ellis Island
Scotland
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