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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
9
A letter explains that police, including a sergeant and patrolman, exceeded authority by removing a boarder’s belongings without landlady consent. The account details the events at the Morood house, referencing injuries, hospital transport, and ensuing inquiries into official conduct and possible disciplinary actions.
A Panama Canal romance ends in New York as Army engineer William M Thom and Miss Charlotte Ivarnum Morris plan to wed next Saturday. Orders at Gatun threaten the ceremony. Mrs Morris appeals to Taft and senators for leave to reunite before the wedding.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, says he will welcome the assignment of a Department of Justice counselor to examine evidence against the United States Steel Corporation. He says within two weeks the Attorney General will receive a mass of evidence reflecting charges by Gompers and seven signers urging investigation into alleged Sherman antitrust violations and over capitalization, wage practices, and suppression of free speech. The letter to President Taft outlined thirteen counts, including disobedience of the Sherman act, foreign labor abuses, and American wage standards.
Cortland Bishop president of the Aero Club of America arrives in Washington Monday to inspect the College Park grounds and press Congress for an aeronautics appropriation. He will meet Taft at the White House, attend receptions and lunch at the Commercial Club, and urge support for hosting the international aviation meet next October.
Miss Lillian Hisner of 1717 Q Street NW reported to Third precinct police that a man attempted to snatch her handbag as she left her home. The bag contained seven dollars, a key, handkerchiefs, and car tickets. Police, led by Chief Hartley, searched the northwestern city area, but the suspect fled. A separate attempted robbery on Eighth Street involved a masked boy who was frightened off by an aged woman’s defender.
A jumbled OCR transcription lists numerous personal names and locations such as Raleigh, Chicago, Philadelphia, Georgia, and New Haven. The text appears as a stray catalog of individuals, affiliations, and places with unclear context or event connections.
Citizens greet Commissioner Rudolph at a public reception in Randle Highlands church where John Hays Hammond joined the event. Rudolph urged funding for a playground and pledged district cooperation while Capt Yackey and other local leaders extended Virginia’s congratulations amid a soaking evening.
An unsettled system of weather tracked from the Mississippi Valley toward the Atlantic seaboard. It brought rain and snow to parts of the central regions, with colder air following. The forecast calls for generally fair conditions and lower temperatures by Thursday night into Friday across the eastern states, with rain or snow in the upper Midwest and northern Plains. Citizens in Washington urge Congress to provide data on title.
The Anacostia Citizens association demands immediate transmission to Congress of a land and water title report by attorney Hugh Taggart appointed by the DC commissioners. Failure to deliver by January 1 risks delaying a sought federal appropriation for reclamation, with the association threatening actions in Congress this winter. The piece also notes a local death-rate rebuttal by Dr T A Watson and lists 1910 club officers and weather forecasts affecting the area.
Tastington police intensified a citywide chase after a second story and rooftop prowler. Maj Sylester ordered detectives to patrol the northwest beats while Chief Boerdman supervised the vigil from the streets after a sighting on Bishop Harding Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. Police dispatched bicycle officers and all precinct detectives to the northwest sector, extending patrols past midnight into the early hours.
Members of the New York State Club met in the Regent Hotel parlors and completed plans for the annual reunion and entertainment at Carrollttet Hall on Thursday March. The event aims to bring New Yorkers in the National Capital closer together. Senators Depew and Root will speak at the affair.
President Taft will appoint Jaim J Jenkins former representative from Wisconsin to be district justice of Porto Rico succeeding Judge Berardo Redes of New Mexico whose term will soon expire.
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