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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
24
Carnegie denounces fighting at a large peace meeting as Senator Root outlines three paths to arbitration. Ambassador De la Barra of Mexico describes efforts toward settlement, while Judge Reddill of Canada contends the United States violated a treaty on disarmament on the lakes.
A collection of quotes from Andrew Carnegie Ambassador te Barra and Elihu Root among others advocating peace, an international court, and arbitration to resolve disputes. They argue war as a crime against God, favoring arbitration over conflict, and note past U.S. wars could have been settled peacefully.
Andrew Carnegie, donor of ten million dollars for international peace, closed the Willard Hotel gathering of the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes with a brief address on War the Crime of Countries Against God. He urged awakening the masses to understand war, noting the danger lies in potential conflict rather than actual fighting.
Mrs Balderston, wife of a noted attorney of Ehin City, died Wednesday at home afterTuesdays sudden illness. Born May 7 1872 in the city she was 34. Daughter of William F E and Mary A Daniel she taught in Washington public schools. Survived by husband mother and two brothers Ernest H Daniel and L Percy Daniel.
An informal Chi Psi supper and smoker at the New Ebbit Hotel drew notable members including the late Chief Justice Fuller former Speaker Reed Governor Clarke of Alaska and other public figures. Bowdoin Middlebury Princeton Rutgers William and Mary and Wesleyan were represented with names such as Ambrose Jordan Thompson Schoenborn Paine Landers and Fessenden among attendees. The group plans to rekindle the fraternity and next meet at the University Club in January.
MACVEAGH TALKS ON CITIES Hundreds of delegates applaud views at the American Civic Association sessions. Miss Mabel Boardman and other Washington persons among officers elected.
Proceedings report the American Civic Association sixth annual convention at the New Willard. Thomas Nelson Page critiques statuary hall as a chaotic mix of good and bad works. Officials discussed art tariffs and city planning, urging government support for prudent, practical civic improvements.
A Ceiba Honduras cable reports the British cruiser Brilliant will dock to collect indemnity from the Honduran government for the murder months ago of a British subject, a Jamaican negro. Gov Gen Modena is named by Britain as responsible, with hopes the action limits to seizing the Ceiba customs house and revenue to cover the payment.
Arthur I. Vorys remains a possible pick for the Customs Court bench as Denman contemplates a shift to the Interior Department. Granville Mooney hesitates over Porto Rico secretaryship citing cost of living, while Carmi Thompson weighs salary. Ohio Senators back the selections though delays linger before official acceptance.
Special to The Washington Pats reports an order for six aeroplanes placed with Mr W Starling Burgess by Mr Corne lus Vanderalt. Machines to be delivered early in the spring and billed as the most costly ever built in this country.
The executive board includes Mize Mabel Boardman and Brainard H. Warner, both of Washington, with roles on the AGW governance.
Five Court of Commerce judges appointments proceed via standard committee steps. Senate approves Willis Van Devanter and Joseph Rucker Lamar for Supreme Court, with oath timing pending reconvening after holidays. Admiral Dewey Naval Corps officers elected for the year, including Hennighan as commander and Koonts as junior vice commander.
An anonymous letter led to bloodstained clothing and a broken knife found on Bellare shore and the arrest of Attina, a Black Hand figure, charged with murdering a forest guard Angelino his wife and six children in September. Police had halted probes due to Black Hand protection before the letter named other members.
Earl Martenis a 17 year old son of James Martenis a laborer living near Forest Glen Maryland was struck and instantly killed by an eastbound express on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near his home yesterday. The boy was attempting to cross the tracks and did not notice if they were clear as a slow freight hid the approaching train. His body was hurled several hundred feet and a coroner's jury found death due to a skull fracture.
A December weather bulletin reports west and northwest gales along the middle Atlantic and New England coasts, light snow in the north Atlantic states, and a developing cold wave across the interior. Warnings issued for New England, middle Atlantic, and upper Ohio Valley, with colder spells and later warming expected across the region. River data notes Potomac and Shenandoah rivers as clear at Harpers Ferry, with periodic temperature and wind readings and tide schedules.
The Rev. Henry Brundage was formally installed yesterday morning as pastor of Eckington Presbyterian Church. Prominent city ministers attended as the Rev. Charles Wood of the Church of the Covenant gave the pastor’s charge and the Rev. Joseph T. Kelly of Fourth Presbyterian delivered the people’s charge in ceremonies marking the installation.
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