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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
5
Senator Owen introduces a measure to appropriate 25000 dollars for a Sequoyah statue honoring the Cherokee inventor of the tribal alphabet. Two bills proposed in the House affect administration of the government hospital.
Senators Whyte Burrows Owen introduce measures to amend acts authorizing the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company in the District, extend Meridian Place NW, and erect a Sequoyah statue in Washington. House members Elcott Golcott propose changes to executive staff statutes and admission proceedings for the Government Hospital for the Insane.
Senator Whatesterday introduces a bill to amend an act authorizing the Tattimore and Washington Transit Company of Maryland to enter the District of Columbia. Proposes extending lines via Tait Street to Madison Street, Colorado Avenue, and sw to Poerteenth Street Northwest. Also mentions a Senate bill by Senator Owen for a Sequoyah statue in Washington. Other bills cover hospital governance, appointments, and court procedures for insanity petitions in the District of Columbia.
Mrs Caroline Earle White leads opposition to Rockefeller Institute plans for vivisection in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She aims to lobby Gov Stokes and Congress, calling a Trenton meeting and a large rally with physicians, lantern demonstrations, and a fundraiser to stop the research on spinal meningitis and typhoid fever.
Recipe advises mixing gol witsky with glycerine and half an ounce of Concentrated oil pine in a dose of a teaspoonful to a tablespoon every four hours. Warns against bulk oil or imitation, notes concentrated pine oil is light protected and designed to retain ozone, and mentions external chest use with a hot liquid soak.
The Panama foreign office received a petition from Panaman merchants against continued privileges of the commissary run by the Isthmian Canal Commission on West Indian laborers on the isthmus. The petition was sent to the canal commission for a reply. Merchants have long claimed the commissary disrupts legitimate business, while the commission argues benefits from higher prices.
New York Jan 9 Rev Charles Aked pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church is reported improved in health. The condition had caused concern among friends and parishioners, and a possible surgical operation for his condition was considered but is not thought necessary now.
The Senate District Committee, chaired by Senator Gallinger, meets at 11 this morning to discuss extending street railways to Union Station. Debate centers on permanent tracks, temporary measures, and public service franchise taxes. Investigations into the Board of Education may follow, with resolutions by Senators Scott and Burkett under consideration.
Chester Gillette’s appeal from a murder conviction was argued before the New York Court of Appeals. He is accused of luring Grace Brown to Big Moose Lake in 1906 and throwing her into the water. Attorneys challenged the admissibility of Grace Brown’s letters and hair evidence and questioned the trial court’s extraordinary term.
Hawkinsville Georgia January 9 A murderous assault on Mr and Mrs Carlin Livingston at their Goldsboro home in the county last night left them badly wounded. A hatchet strike and a throat slashing killed Mrs Livingston while Mr Livingston was also injured. Neighbors say two negro farm hands on the property carried out the attack, likely for robbery. Sheriff Rogers rushed to the scene but learned the suspects had been captured and shot to death.
Two Central American ministers Senor Herrarte of Guatemala and Senor Mejia of Salvador will take several months of vacation after visiting the State Department to say goodbye. Herrarte will travel to Guatemala via New Orleans and depart Monday, while Mejia will go to Salvador via San Francisco, leaving next Tuesday. In their absence Senor Bengoechea will act as charge d affaires for Guatemala and Mr Gustavo Guerrero for Salvador.
Assistant Secretary Murray Disbursing Clerk Soleau and Harrison Nesbit of the solicitor’s office form a committee to study administration efficiency personnel economy of operation and accounting and business systems in each bureau of the Department of Commerce and Labor and in subordinate offices outside Washington. The team will start in the Bureau of Fisheries and report findings with recommendations.
A Washington street railway debate dominated the first House District Committee meeting. Lawmakers signaled a tough fight for universal transfers while backing a track extension to Union Station. A special Monday session will organize subcommittees and push Madden’s transfer bill alongside track extension plans.
Judge Blanchard heard Marl Laeske age thirteen and Julia her sister seek to force Equitable Life Assurance to pay one half of a policy on their mother. The policy lists Marl and Julia as beneficiaries. Julia has died, so her share would go to their father who is in prison for murdering his wife. Equitable refuses payment arguing a murderer should not benefit from crime.
A large delegation of women from the Woman's International Missionary Union met President Roosevelt by appointment to urge prohibition in the District of Columbia and support a pending bill in Congress. Led by Mrs. John N. Culbertson, they delivered the petition and sought his backing for reform, including opium restrictions and restrictions on foreign newcomers. Roosevelt expressed sympathy and said he would help where possible. A praise service preceded the White House visit at Luther Memorial Church. Also reported, Alexander Forrester of Cleveland, injured in the Hiram wreck, died in Atlanta, bringing four fatalities from the crash.
In Springfield on January 9, Rev. James A. Kaye pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Lincoln DL faced trial in U S District Court charged with counterfeiting. Kaye admits making coins but says he was testing to see if he could produce medals for Sunday school children.
New York January 3 Victor Morawetz criticized the Aldrich bill saying it would not prevent a monetary crisis but merely cure it after it occurs. He warned the plan would expand bank notes and credits without contraction, risking greater instability and delaying necessary reforms to stop elastic note issuance. He cited per capita currency excess and called for a truly elastic, not expandable, bank note system. Chicago January 9 thieves stole 6000 worth of jewelry from Samuel Schwarts in Waukegan. entry/exit signs absent. police baffled.
Dr Herron of Italy donates $100 to spread McConnell’s vital force theory. He cites demonstrations where invalids and elderly individuals cured themselves by increasing their body electricity without drugs or devices. Lectures from Life Electricity Inst. in Washington are offered in person or by mail to broaden the reach of this epoch making discovery.
The Brooklyn Bridge crowding eased when the subway system diverted traffic through a new tunnel. In 81 minutes from 6:09 to 6:30, 27,000 passengers rode eight car trains from Bowing Green to Brooklyn, reducing bridge crowding by about 10 percent. Officials removed three bridge trains to gauge the drop, noting a roughly 6,000 fewer riders per hour on the bridge. A ceremony in Brooklyn celebrated the tunnel opening with officials and the National Guard present.
New York reports five Belgian dog officers named Dana Max Lady Rags and Nogi ready for first patrol duty in the suburbs. Trained in Ghent Belgium under Lieut Wakefield they join a growing routine of canine police work with about sixty such dogs in Ghent.
Fragment describes protection by silk company and trolley company with a person in charge, and mentions children who took lunch in workers at the mill have been assaulted, but details are missing.
Congressman Sulzer says his marriage to Philadelphia nurse Clara Roedelheim was based on romance. He met her three years ago in a New York hospital where she nursed him through illness. He denies elopement, saying he planned to surprise his New York friends with the wedding at Hotel Trasmore in Atlantic City.
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