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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
20
The article recounts accusations aimed at discrediting reform groups opposing Diaz and details the related charges against Senor Sanchez Azcona. It traces his past as a witness, publisher, and politician, his escape disguised as a priest to San Antonio, and his arrival in Washington with Gustavo Madero’s delegation.
Dispatches report rebels capture Guerrero in Chihuahua with 73 prisoners including the mayor. Government says rebels control the area while federal troops advance. Rumors of a plot to sabotage the Mexican railway surface amid arrests. Mexico denies major concessions and says troops march to quell the revolt.
President Taft lauded the Red Cross work of 1910 before a vast audience in New York City as delegates and foreign representatives listened. New York completed its $2,000,000 endowment pledge and the event featured officials from military, naval, and international relief groups.
A scrambled OCR list names several lawmakers and officials, including Supreme Court figures and senators from multiple states, with titles ranging from Justi to Representative. It appears as a fragmented roster of political names tied to a White House callers page, lacking clear context or events.
District commissioners hail President Tafts address as exhaustive and favorable to centralizing administrative power. They back abolition of the local board of education, support a director of education, and urge federal control of parks and school expansion with advisory cooperation from Congress and local officials.
Andrew B Carlson, a chauffeur, was held for grand jury action after a Sunday crash on Pennsyl vania avenue left Milton Brown, a young machinist, dead from his injuries. A coroner's inquest led to the committal on a manslaughter charge. Funeral services were held yesterday for Brig Gen Eugene A Carr retire d. burial planned at West Point Military Academy Cemetery.
Special meeting of the Washington Board of Trade adopts committee reports urging Congress to fund riverfront wharves new schools Potomac Park development and waterfront recreation. Recommendations call for park land between Pennsylania Avenue and the Mall open valley Roch Creek Anacostia flats and a Fourteenth Street Columbia park, plus police force expansion and an armory for the District National Guard.
Despite staying within a one million limit, District expenditures for 2012 are projected to exceed current year costs by over two million. Congress is asked to appropriate 12,872,985.20 for municipal operations versus 10,627,043.99 this year. Proposals include park system expansion and nearly one million for Meridian Hit, Montrose, and Kingle Ford valley tracts, plus a salary rise for commissioners and staff additions.
The Rev Dr Joseph E Smith, secretary of the American Society of Education, died at about 8:30 last night at his home 1869 Mintwood Place. Heart disease and acute indigestion caused the death after he was stricken around midnight yesterday. Born September 1 1830 in Kent County Maryland he served 60 years as a Methodist Episcopal minister and recently retired as pastor of Grace Methodist Church. He held posts in Philadelphia Lancaster Wilkes Barre Scranton Wheeling Buffalo St Paul and Trenton including five years at Mount Vernon Methodist Church Baltimore known as the Cathedral of Methodism. Survived by four children Caroline S Smith Rev Frederick W Smith Wilbur F Smith and Rev Dr Herbert S Smith Burial will be at Mount Moriah Cemetery Philadelphia. Complete funeral plans not yet made.
The thirteenth census shows Arkansas at 1,074,449, up 262,88 from 1900, with a 1890–1909 gain of 193,385. South Carolina totals 1,515,400, up 175,084 from 1900, and a 1890–1909 rise of 189,167. The report notes percent increases and historical comparisons.
Dr John A Swope a former Pennsylvania congressman and longtime Washington resident died yesterday at age 71 Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 at his home on W Street NW Honorary pallbearers include John Joy Edson Genesis Spear and Andrew Parker He served in the Forty eighth Congress before helping found the Washington Loan and Trust Company where he was vice president until 1906 He had previously been president of the National Bank of Gettysburg founded by his grandfather in 1814 and later moved to Gettysburg for burial with his six daughters surviving him.
The Washington Social Register for 1911 lists prominent families whether in city, suburb, or abroad under one address. Married women may be traced by maiden names in the “married maidens” section. The past year saw 165 marriages, 29 women and 76 men deaths. Locater combines names from major registers across many cities to reveal residence and family. New additions for this year include Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton.
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