Adler Urges End to Child Labor Seeks Broad Reform
In a stirring All Souls Unitarian Church address Dr. Felix Adler of Columbia University urged ending child labor and warned against greed in finance and government. He cited insurance frauds and New York’s Municipal Ownership League as signs of moral awakening, urging adherence to moral principles and the Golden Rule to safeguard children. The talk, part of the National Child Labor Committee conference, featured Rev Ulysses G B Pierce and Gen A W Greely, with Rev A J McKelway later speaking on Washington street trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Soule’ Unitarian Church
Felix Adler
Columbia University
Adler
New York
Municipal Oenrership League
Municipal Ownership League
Unitarian Club
National Child Labor Committee
A. W. Greely
Ulysses G. B. Pleres
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
A. J. McKelway
National Committee
Washington
Misery of Breaker Boys in Pennsylvania Mines
Owen T. Lovejoy, assistant secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, spoke at the First Congregational Church on child labor in coal mines. He highlighted Pennsylvania breaker boys, law violations by operators, and urged excluding under fourteen from coal breakers to protect American-born children and their futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen T. Lovejoy
New York
National Chind Labor Committee
First Congregational Church
Pennnsylvania
Cnsle
Sermon Links Sin Against Childhood to Law Reform
Trev A J MacKelway of the National Child Labor Committee spoke at Eckington Presbyterian Church urging Congress to enact a District child labor law. He cited Matthew eighteen six about safeguarding children, urging action to protect the young. The congregation adopted a resolution to press for the act. At the University Club, Cornellen will host Hon. Andrew White next Wednesday to discuss Russia Germany and The Hague conference, a notable Cornell connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J MacKelway
National Child Labor Committee
Eckington Presbyterian Church
Our Mire
Jesus
McKelway
Congress
Cornellen
Andrew White
Russia
Germany
Hague
Robbery Frustrated by Precinct Officer at Capitol Streets
Early morning attempt to break into a second floor apartment at Eighth and Best Capitol streets northeast was halted by Sergeant Falvey of the Ninth precinct. He heard cries from the Fuhrmann store, found the front door ajar, pursued the suspect upstairs, and subdued a tan man who fled toward a rear window. The detainee gave the name Thomas McDonald at the police station.
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Eighth
Best Capitol Streets
Sergt. Falvey
Ninth Precinct
Crug
Charles J. Fuhrmann
Falvey
Fuhrmann
Thomas McDonald
Honor Garrison memory at Fifteenth Street church
Special services marked the 100th anniversary of William Lloyd Garrison’s birth at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington. Morning address by Rev. Francis J. Grimke reflected on Garrison’s life and anti-slavery work. evening program featured music and talks by Prof. W. V. Tunnell, Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, Mrs. Corale Franklin Cook, and Prof. Koltey Milter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lloyd
Garrison
Fifteenth
Presbyterian Church
K Streets
Francis J. Grimke
W. V. Tunnell
Anna J. Cooper
Corale Franklin Cook
Koltey Milter
Mother dives to save child in blaze with dress
Laura Crutchly, ten, of 6% Cullen Street, is hospitalized with severe burns after her mother, also burned, wrapped the girl in her own dress and beat out the flames. The mother saved the child by smothering the fire with her dress and hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Crutchly
Cullen Street
Takahira Departs Washington for Pacific Coast on Leave
Japanese Minister Takahira left Washington at 10 o clock yesterday for the Pacific Coast via Chicago and will sail in about ten days for home on an extended leave of absence. He may not return soon and would be the first Japanese ambassador if he does. Senor Nabuco and other diplomats saw him off at the station amid a large crowd. He said he would gladly return if his government wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takahira
Washington
Pacific
Chicago
Hicks
Legation
Senor Nabuco
Minster
Trai
Mr. Takahira
Japan
New School of Forestry Gift to Colorado College
Gen W J Palmer and Dr W A Ball donate Manila Park a 15000 acre estate twenty miles west of Colorado Springs including a hotel and cottages valued at 150000 to establish a Colorado College forestry school. Revenue from the mountain resort will endow the school.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
W. J. Palmer
W. A. Ball
Colorado College
Manila Park
Elsie Parker Identified as NY Court Stab Victim
Gabriel Nolan, claiming Elsie Parker as his stepdaughter formerly from Washington, identified the stabbed New York West Side Police Court victim last night. He asked police to notify authorities the description matched exactly and to send the body for burial. William Williams, who had been summoned for beating Parker, stabbed her on the court steps and was arrested for murder.
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Elsie Parker
West Side
New York
Gabriel Nolan
Washington
Nolan
Capt. Boardman
William Williams
Williams
Dies on Way to Church in Washington
John Prenton Susmu a retired War Department clerk of 718 Ninth Street NW died last night at H and Twenty first streets NW while en route to church with his wife. Coroner Nevitt listed heart disease as the cause. Joshua Carey a fireman at the Weather Bureau building, 215 Massachusetts Avenue NW, collapsed at work and died yesterday. Coroner Nevitt said natural causes.
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John Prenton Susmu
Ninth Street
War Department
Twenty-first Streets
Simms
Twenty-first Street
Nevitt
Joshua Carey
Massachusetts Avenue
Weather Bureau
Carey
The Great Alteratives and Tonic Warn of Organ Trouble
A compact note emphasizes liver and kidney function as crucial to health. It lists symptoms of dysfunction such as abdominal pain, yellow skin, constipation, foul taste, headaches, skin blemishes, and fatigue. The text promotes alteratives and tonic therapies as remedies.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Vigor for Officials
An advertisement-like line asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens organs for proper performance of sanctions and cures ordinary ailments, urging readers to take it.
Land Fraud Rampant in Kansas Causes Indictments
Secretaries Hitchcock reports a broad land fraud in Kansas with 24 cattlemen indicted on conspiracy subornation of perjury and legal fencing. More indictments are expected as investigations expand to additional counties. Wealthy cattlemen allegedly used others to sign entries and included schoolteachers as signatories in a wholesale scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Kansas
Department
Cpl. A.L. Green
Land Office
Powers Case Argued Before U S Supreme Court Today
The case of Calsb Powers, repeatedly convicted for alleged involvement in William Goebel's assassination, is set for Supreme Court argument today. Kentucky Attorney General N B Hays will represent the state, while Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati, former solicitor general, defends Powers. Arguments concern whether Powers can obtain a retrial before a U S judge, a matter previously referred from Judge Cochran of the Eastern District of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calsb Powers
William Goebel
United States Supreme Court
N. B. Hays
Kentucky
Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
United States
Supreme Court
Powers
Cochran
Eastern District of
Dry Dock at Pensacola Advocated in Navy Chief Report
Rear Admiral W L Capps urges a large dry dock at Pensacola Florida in his annual Navy Department report. He cites strategic value for housing the navy’s largest ships and recommends a comprehensive yard development plan by a board including the yard commandant and department heads. The report also suggests sending Asiatic Station ships home for Pacific Coast repairs and notes future needs for expanding the construction corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Capps
Pensacola
Fla
W. L.capps
Navy
Navy Department
Pengacois
Connecticut
Navy Yard
Louisiana
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Hmit
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Asiatic
Navy Yards
Pacific Coast
Odor Complaint Alleges Mail Carrier Skins Polecats
A farmer on a rural route from Little Hock ing, Ohio, complains a mail carrier sells polecat skins and imparts a strong odor to letters and newspapers placed in mail boxes. He asks the Post Office Department to force the carrier to stop the side line or retire. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General will review the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Little Hocking
Washington County
Ohio
Brookland club benefit to aid St Anthony's Church
Local note item reports the Brookland Dramatic Club will stage a benefit at the town hall tonight to aid St Anthony's Church. Also listed are civic and social notices, including lectures, society gatherings, an Army Corps dredging visit to Washington, and a Civil Service exam in December. A decomposed foot and ankle found near Twentieth and B streets NE is sent to the District morgue. investigators doubt the body part’s race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookland Dramatic Club
St. Anthony's Church
D. 4. French
Army Engineer Corps
Lake Michigan
Washington
Howard Nicholson
William Freeman
John Marten
Glymont
Mount Holyoke
Hensley
M Street
Prank Wilkins
Athens
Washington Colony
National Society of New England
C. T. Smallwood
Civil Service Commision
Government Hospital
Twentieth
Rumors Swirl Over Russian Leadership Crisis
Reports say Lieut Gen Mistchenko, a war hero, heads to St Petersburg to seize dictatorship while Czarist sources insist Count Witte retains imperial support. Public opinion shifts against Witte as the legal press plans to defy the new prose law in a decisive meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistchenko
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Witte
Count Witte
Legal Orders
National Assembly
Russia's Creditors Safe as France and Germany Ready to Act
A Berlin banking source in St Petersburg says Russia's French and German creditors remain secure despite savings bank withdrawals. He notes gold reserves stay in Russia, capitalists are tied to local business, and Russian 4 percent rentes are held largely by French and German holds. If ruble falls to 60, Paris and Berlin would intervene to protect their nationals.
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France
Germany
Washington
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Russia
Membors
Ministry of Finance
Europe
Kraus opposes universal Jewish union plan in Pittsburgh
Adolph Kraus of Chicago, international president of B nai Brith, argued against forming a universal central Jewish organization. He said the B nai Brith constitution suffices to address injustices against Jews and noted plans to create working committees worldwide to aid homeless Russian Jews. He also praised his role in securing Count Witte interview at Portsmouth.
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Fittsburg
Universal Central Organization
Israel
Adolph Kraus
Chicago
B'nai Brith
Kraus
Count Witte
Portsmouth
Universal Organization Plan
Binai B'rith
B'nai B'rith
de Witte
Russia
May Be Bound for Baltic Marines on Board Columbia
Washington to Philadelphia Dec 10 The cruiser Columbia carrying 185 Marines left League Island Navy Yard under Commander Dowger. The ship will stop at Hampton Roads and sail for Panama then Camp Elliott Panama to reinforce Maj G Long. Crew doubts orders and speculates about a Baltic mission amid tensions with Russia. 160 more marines to be taken aboard at Hampton Roads.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Columbia
League Island Navy Yard
Dowger
Hampton Roads
Sal
Panama
Camp Elliott
G. Long
Baltic Sea
Russia
Uncle Sam
Treasury Passes Crisis in Exchequer Bill Move
St. Petersburg reports the government obtained approval for a decree authorizing the state bank to discount fifty million dollars in exchequer bills. The action, though decisive, reveals the government’s strained condition and the lengths it has had to go to avert the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Edytkuhnen
Grape-Nuts praised as brain fuel by writer
A literary man extols Grape-Nuts for mental clarity, saying the cereal improves digestion and focus. He notes steady work output after switching from ordinary breakfast foods and credits Grape-Nuts with supplying essential brain and nervous system nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postam Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Okga
Treasury notes renewal and forced-loot remark emerge
The report notes a renewal agreement with Hert Fisher of Mendelssohn Co for February treasury note renewals. The text also describes a method as forced loot, likening it to actions not used since the Russo Turkish war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hert Fisher
Berlin
Mendelssohn & Co
Treasury
Nobel Laureates distribute prizes in Stockholm
Polish novelist Henrick Sienkiewicz, winner for literature, gave an interview at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. He warned that Poland faces danger from a possible German occupation if the Russian regime weakens. He urged autonomy within Russia and cautioned against a Polish republican move, while noting Poland cannot defend freedom against Germany yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Stockholm
Royal Academy of Music
Oscar
Henrick Sienkiewicz
Poland
Count Witte
Witte
Russian
Germany
Horrors of Harbin Mutiny (Washington Dispatch)
A Tokyo Telegraph dispatch reports mutineers seizing weapons at Vladivostok and marching to Harbin. They sacked the city, attacked hospitals, bound doctors, looted mills, burned stores, slaughtered residents, and clashed with Gen. Madariloff’s cavalry in a brutal street fight.
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Washington Post
London
Tokyo
Telegraph
Moji
Vladivostok
Harbin
Madariloff
Weather conditions from the U S Department forecast
The Atlantic storm moves north off New England with rain and snow in several regions. Warmer conditions expected in the central valleys and Lake region Monday, with a change to cooler air in parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Winds vary by coast and lake, with storm warnings issued for Upper Lakes and adjacent areas.
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U. & Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Atlantic States
Lower Lake
Upper Lake
Arizona
Texas
Atlanic
Gulf States
Lake Superior
Middle Plateau
Bouthwort
Taras
Lake
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New Haglan
Misalasippi
Middle Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Coast
Brisk
Europea
Porta
Grand Banks
Laken
Lake Huron
Biazt
Lake Michigan
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Cornell
Strange Man
Honor Garrison
NEW School OF Forestry
Hood
Cappa
Lin
Union OF Jews
B’nai B’rith
Baltic
League Island
Turkey
Lansburgh G&g Bro
PBC
Jae
Anne Ee
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Musical Toys
Droop Sixs CO
Steinway
Ave
N. W
Peter Grogan
7Th St
Bet. H and I Sts
American Security and Crust Company
Oppenheimer'’S
New Name Agency
Ninth St. Eee Aa
Moore
Rainoh
Asbeville
N.C
Biamarck
N. D
Boston
Buffalo
N.Y
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Cote
Des Moines
Galveston
Helena
Mont
Indianapoli Ice
Jacksonville
Frs
Konang City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquetts
Memphis
New Orléans
N.Y. Ste
Omaha
North Flatts
Nebr.s
T. Pittsbuee
Ada Salt Lake City
Utah
At. Louis
Fe. Paul
Minn
Springfield
En Wickaburg
Kila
John F. Ellis & Co
Ave. N
Uresay Woolens
Goldheim & Sons
405
Pa. Ave
St. N.W
Haddad Bros
HINES
Trouker
Black Gooda
Schwartz & Pelzman
Tth
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Street
Phome M
Bishop McCabe
A. P. Tasker
Department of the Potomac
MM. B. Church
Jonn Marshall Place
C Street
Labby Prison
C. C. McCabe
Soldiers and Sailors
B. W. Grove
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Tharp
Berkeley
N.W
Montebello
Society Champagne of
Christian Xander
Caneamare
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
M St
Mt. Pless
Commercial
Still Sailege
Portamuu
Bidgith
York
McGill & Wallace
Probey Carriage CO
Kneessi
Leather Goods
Duffy
The
District of Columbia
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