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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1917
Page
10
Western Union messenger workers staged a noisy street parade from office to office urging comrades to join their cause. Manager Callum and officers faced demands for higher pay and shorter hours as a crowd blocked entrances and a police presence formed by dusk.
Boston January 2 Jesse Pomeroy a life convict at Charlestown State prison refused to work in the poison shop under a sentence modification from the executive council He would rather stay in solitary confinement after 41 years than accept the change unless given a full pardon Prison authorities said he was put in punishment bread and water and isolated in a different cell and no further information would be released by Warden Dr Allen
An exclusive committee reports a daily one thousand dollar intake for a church fundraising drive around St Pauls parish. By tonight, experts expect ten thousand dollars raised as 22 captains lead the effort across districts from Thirteen Street to Sherman Avenue and Q Street to Fullerton Street, with new vice chairmen to be announced.
The scene centers on prominent birth control propagandists Margaret Sanger and Miss Tania Mondell tried in Brooklyn for circulating their literature. Ether Larne, sister of Mrs Sanger, is noted as a prisoner receiving food after a hunger strike, while Mia Byrne refuses nourishment except via a tube, marking a dramatic end to the protest begun last Monday.
A petition filed for three creditors claims 6400 against Von Frantzius & Co and the decedent Von Frantzius sole owner after January 7 death. It alleges 2700000 liabilities and 1000000 assets, with transfers to preferred creditors, including 400000 to Scott Brown. Estate valued at about 1750000 with 60 percent to Peter and 40 percent to Marieanna.
Nordend Agency and American Russian financiers discuss a plan to build a Moscow to Pon and a transcaucasian railroad to Vladivostok. The scheme would run private for nine years before reverting to government control, but authorities show reluctance and seek early approval.
Evelyn Baring the Earl of Cromer, once British agent and consul general in Egypt, died suddenly. Born 1841, he led Egypt with near imperial authority from 1883 until 1907, cut taxes, ended forced labor, and developed the irrigation system. He was made a peer in 1892 and earldom in 1901.
Brig Gen Walter Long, son of Walter Hume Long MP and former president of the local government board, was killed in action Saturday amid ongoing European conflict. Born 1879, he joined the army in 1899, served in the South African campaign, earning the Distinguished Service Order, the Queen's Medal with two clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps.
Final arrangements by the Midcity Citizens Association for its annual smoker and buffet luncheon tomorrow night at Carroll Institute. District commissioners Representative Robert N Page United States Attorney John F Lasher and others will be present. The event features short addresses and a formal meal with a musical program.
Kansas figures including Mrs Joseph Tagwart O J Fields Gen W H Sears and Johe L Powell were featured at the annual Kansas day banquet at the El Rine. Toastmaster E F Colladay led a committee of organizers while a lengthy list of attendees and guests filled the program.
Amsterdam dated January 29 reports Gen Lankl one of Austria's best known commanders retires from field service Emperor Charles writes expressing regret over his health preventing further active service and names him captain of the imperial bodyguard The emperor also accepts Gen Count Beck's resignation Beck was adjutant general to Emperor Franz Joseph Danhl commanded Austrian forces on the Lemberg front during the 1914 Hungarian drive He reportedly clashed with Field Marshal von Hindenburg and was later moved to the Italian front and promoted to colonel general
Mrs Carine Chapman Catt announced that four hundred thousand dollars of the one million six hundred six dollar bequest from Mrs Frank Tuessie will fund woman suffrage education. The Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission will direct use of the fund and establish a national bureau. Five incorporators named include Mrs Catt Mrs Alice Stone Blackwell Mrs Harriett Taylor Upton Mrs Winston Churchill and Mrs Raymond Robins.
The general staff of the army submitted a plan to Secretary Baker proposing military training for all Americans aged 18 to 45. The present regular army would train the vast reserve force, with districts established nationwide. After Baker reviews it, the proposal goes to President Wilson and then Congress. Breckenridge Long becomes Third Assistant Secretary of State succeeding William Phillips.
Capt David M Harle longtime doorkeeper in the United States Senate and former Massachusetts State prison warden died in Worcester after a several months illness from heart disease He was born in North Brookfield 73 years ago
Seattle on January 29 United States district court heard Maynor Hiram Gill and Police Chief Charles Beckingham plead not guilty to indictments charging accepting bribes and conspiracy to violate federal honor and interstate commerce laws Gill asked for a separate trial which was taken under advisement
Mississippi Representative Thomas N Sisson told Business High School graduates that America lacks efficiency and urged usage of best methods to produce food clothes and building materials. He warned that pursuing money alone could menace society and called for reform of big business methods to curb shackles on Americans. The ceremony in the school auditorium featured diplomas for numerous graduates and remarks by school officials.
The veto rests on the danger of an officer judging foreign laws and practices and proclaiming whether they constitute religious persecution. The act would force officials into an awkward, potentially dangerous role raising serious questions of international justice and relations with condemned governments. The proposer may not have anticipated such outcomes, but the provision remains unwise in its current form.
Baltimore January 29. Dr C A Laubach of Johns Hopkins University tested 150 home books from diphtheria cases and 76 long circulated library books from children in unsanitary homes. Swabs yielded no diphtheria bacillus. bacteria found were those common in air and dust.
James A Ware Moxley 68 longtime Washington resident and 19 year Bureau of Animal Research employee died of heart disease at his home 3022 Street Northwest His son and daughter both of this city survive Also noted Austro Hungarian embassy official Baron Wiedinek left for New York to meet Tarnowski Tarnow the new ambassador due today on Noordam and Baron Zwaledinck conferred with German Ambassador Bernstorff before departure.
Mrs Bertha G. Hudson newly elected grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star attended a reception ball in Raleigh as guest of Esther chapter. About 500 guests were welcomed by a large committee with names including Juha N Streater and Wallace Streater among others.
The Federal Reserve Board published an endorsement of amended provisions proposed by the Federal Advisory Council led by James R. Forgan. The council, while approving most amendments, suggested reserves for member banks. The board argues to retain reserve requirements of 7, 10, and 13 percent for country banks, reserve city banks, and central reserve city banks respectively, noting the committee struck vault cash rules. The council unanimously supported the note issue amendment despite its removal by the committee.
Funeral services for Mrs Lowtlee Reed Britton wife of Alexander Britton were held yesterday afternoon at St Margaret s Episcopal Church at 3 o clock. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery. She died last Tuesday at 1811 Q Street NW after a brief illness and leaves two daughters Mrs Harry W Rusk of Philadelphia and Princess zu Hohenlohe Schillingsfust formerly Miss Catherine Britton.
A national campaign to conserve print paper was launched by the Boy Scout Masters' Club of the District at the Burlington apartment. Scouts are urged to collect 1,000 pounds of newspapers or equivalent between February 1 and May. Individual prizes range from 4 to 25 dollars, with troop prizes up to 25 dollars. Only registered scouts or troops are eligible. no awards to those failing the minimums. The principal speaker was A Moses, president of the Boy Scout Council for Washington.
Principal Emory Wilson urged graduates to repay Central Faith with worthy deeds during the class night exercises at Central High School auditorium. A thousand people watched the Central Dramatic Association perform Howells comedy The Garroters with leading roles by Margaret Hildreth and Charles Ockstadt.
San Angelo Texas January 29 The Spanell murder trial enters final phase as testimony from Mrs B F Jenkins and Mrs J W Downam seeks to impeach Harry J Spanell's account of events at the Holland Hotel the night of the July killing. Jury expected to decide by tomorrow night.
The Interstate Commerce Commission sets a 10 day deadline for railroads to appoint a plenary committee to help draft relief regulations for the box car shortage. If not appointed, the commission may act itself. A New York meeting of the American Railway Association next Friday will gauge possible compliance and relief measures.
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