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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
3
Health officer Aserte asserts diseased carcasses may be sold without interference across 75 establishments. He warns a single inspector cannot supervise all, leaving many animals unregulated and at risk.
Health Officer William C Woodward urged the District commissioners to enact hour limits for slaughtering after touring slaughter houses nationwide. He cited 25 small abattoirs and a large Benning plant where cattle and hogs are killed at irregular times, leaving carcasses untagged and unsafeguarded for public health.
Several 1910 obituaries and funeral notices list names such as Henry Becker Benjamin F Cole Luella Merrill Pruitt Wallace Fitz Randolph Nora Sheehan Elizabeth A Spilman and Mary E White. Notices include dates December 9 11 12 and 13 with locations at Emergency Hospital Providence Hospital Providence Hospital Arlington National Cemetery 1317 New Hampshire Avenue NW and New York Avenue NW. Interments and funeral times are provided with some private services and requests to omit flowers.
Census director Durand maps United States population increases by state while Dr Woodward urges tighter District meat controls. He cites inadequate small abattoir oversight, calls for tagging, licensing, and more inspectors to prevent diseased meat reaching consumers amid lax federal checks outside Beoning.
Miss Mildred Wyman aged 7 set a record for her age by swimming 75 feet underwater at the Brookline Natatorium. Spectators and instructors watched with fear then cheered as she surfaced smiling. She has swum two years and seeks to reach Boston Light.
M A De Young of the San Francisco Chronicle pitches San Francisco as the ideal site for the Panama Canal exposition. He notes the city has raised 17.5 million dollars for the project and cites California appropriations of 45 million for state needs, plus 18 million for roads and 10 million for waterfront improvements. He highlights Golden Gate Park and the 1894 midwinter exposition as precedents without government subsidies.
Ohio businessman Ohio C Barber, president of the Match Company, denounces freight rates as excessive and claims railroads and financial interests control Congress. He urges laws to regulate rates and curb capitalization, arguing railroads profits total billions and tax families heavily compared to tariffs. He calls rate hikes folly.
Burton Holmes presented a travelogue on quaint lower German towns and other cities, describing medieval buildings and scenes in Carlsbad Marienbad Rothenberg Neuenberg Heidelberg Luzerne and Berne. Screens showed crowds of health care patients at watering places. He announced a February 2 departure for South America to prepare new travelogues for next season. The final installments of the series Two Ways Around the World will be shown next Sunday and Monday.
Former Vice President Charles W Fairbanks and Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio were guests of the National Press Club in Washington. Fairbanks praised the United States government and noted global interest in constitutional government while stressing a conservative press and the need for independent judgment.
Hundreds attend the eighth annual memorial service for Columbia Typographical Union No. 101. Charles T. Hendler gave the principal address and Rev. Charles L. Pate delivered the invocation. A list of 36 members who died in the past year was read, with remarks on their lives by President F. cy Roberts.
Gen Felix Agnus, Baltimore American proprietor, urges renomination of William Howard Taft as the Republican logical candidate. He argues Taft can rally true Republicans to victory, notes past party defeats, and supports an immediate extra session to pursue tariff reform while predicting a return to Republican rule for four more years.
Robert Charles Hannon of East Windsor announces he is the successor to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as head of the Christian Science Church. He has hired attorney Robert Grant to sue the church directors and asserts papers signed by Mrs. Eddy and Augusta Stetson support his claim. He prints circulars claiming commission by Eddy in 1890 and lists Hartford and Boston affiliations.
Special to The Washington Post lists Mrs George von L Meyer wife of the Navy Secretary and her two daughters among Caronia arrivals from Liverpool. Also aboard are playwright John De Kay with Judas star Madame Bernhardt to perform December 20, George Arliss fresh from The Devil, Covent Garden manager H Higgins, Miles Deley Irving in a Merry Widow revival, Helen Lalor of the same company, Mrs M E Elliott Wright Pilgrim Club secretary in London, and G Costa On Beauregard.
Italian detectives from the New York police bureau search Pittston and surrounding areas for members of kidnapping gangs recently raiding New York. The fugitives, linked to Italian circles here, may be hidden in Brownstown Boston Duryea or Pittston. Mamie Petillo, 4, returned home after two months missing. police note no new leads and fear for the parents' safety. Shea, recovered from captivity, shows relief in a new dress but laments her hair shearing.
Mrs. Anna Edmonds, 53, of 28 South Street Northwest, was knocked down by a streetcar near Fifth and F Streets. Despite fractured skull and internal injuries, she begged driver John Collings to take her home to her three children. The auto ride worsened her condition, and she died shortly after arriving at her home as doctors failed to move her from the vehicle. Her steadfast insistence on returning home was noted by physicians as remarkable.
Charlton Massachusetts women testified at the church meeting that pastor Rev Richard Scotes told stories that made them blush and added unholy spice to conversations. No vote on a new pastor was held as the discussion focused on the pastor's conduct. Meanwhile Henry Bradley, a prominent Rockville Maryland figure, was injured by a trolley car but regained consciousness and remained in hospital.
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