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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1911
Page
10
The ceremony transferring a large tract of land and buildings valued at 100,000 from former Warden McKee to successor Louis Zinkhan marks a major district government shift. Twenty replaced by seven guards, officials retire, and new appropriations take effect signaling broad changes across departments.
A sequence of death notices details June passing dates for Caroline Applah, Mrs Avery, Allen Perry, Carlin, Coleman, Sybil Dale, William Hatley, Andrew Parker Jr, Guy M Roby, Michael Sullivan, Berrold Talbott, Fredrick Waters, and others. Entries note residences in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, with funeral times, interment places like Rock Creek and Glenwood, church services, and requests for flowers. Names, ages, and burial sites appear with limited biographical detail across scattered notices.
The Post reports indictments naming Charles R. Burhans and others as heads of a trust at the district jail. New staff includes Dr Louisy F Zinkhan superintendent and aides. Old warden recounts 527 prisoners on taking charge in 1903 and 9,000 since, with 685 max and large transfers to Occoquan workhouse.
A historical clipping lists funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and telephone numbers. The entries include J William Lee John R Wright Co R F Harveys Sons Wm H Sardo & Co Clements Sons James T Clements Sons Thos A Orte W R Pumphrey & Son Frank Geier Sons W Speare Frank Asi Geo Zurhorst and others with on premises chapels cremation options and round‑the‑clock service in various northwest and downtown locations.
New York June 30 The four wire manufacturers publicly indicted for pooling in violation of the Sherman antitrust law will plead on July 3 as the federal circuit court convenes. No arrests or bench warrants have been issued. Comments by Gary Pierpont Morgan and Charles Schwab were evasive or noncommittal.
The commissioner's analysis assesses the steel trust as built by consolidation, noting owners often resisted selling while prices for securities fueled deals. It cites 12 percent average annual profits over ten years, argues merger value exists but warns it invites circular reasoning when used to justify profits. The report highlights reduced crude output share and strong ore control, with future parts to cover independents.
Mrs A Hollis White sails from Boston with her son to Costa Rica to investigate her husband A Hollis White death deemed possibly foul play. She seeks clues on money he may have amassed and to bring his body home. White, known for polar expedition with Peary and Smithsonian fossil-collection work, married in Seattle to Mrs Stebbins.
Health office records show numerous births including Daniel and Kathrine Denehan's boy and James and Lacey Crampton's twins, with many other parent pairs. Death entries include Charles Batch, Bleu Sullivan, Hannah Davies, Dalix Hardy, Marie Carlin, and several patients from city hospitals with ages ranging from a few months to 79 years.
Funeral services for William A Hatey will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family residence 1507 T Street Northwest Masonic rites will occur at the residence and grave Allen Bussius J McIntosh E E Simpson and the Rev William L Snyder will officiate Haley's Band members to serve as pallbearers Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery
At the New Willard last night the Board postponed action on the transportation committee report which opposed the Gailinger bill creating a public service commission for District utilities. Final action on three proposed by law amendments was also deferred. committees will reconsider and next regular meeting will decide.
Los Angeles reports a man believed to be David Caplan, tied to the McNamara dynamite plot, under surveillance in London as extradition talks proceed with Fingland. District Attorney Fredericks works with Secretary Knox in Washington to join Burns in London, while officials deny any warrant or connection to the Los Angeles Times blast.
A cow belonging to Mrs Patrick Fogarty of Larksville near Wilkes Barre slipped in a Kingston Coal Company mine when ground ceded over old workings. The animal tumbled four feet down a slope, its bellowing echoing through the gangway and startling workers who helped pull it back to the surface.
Lieut Trochon died in Marne after a biplane crash on his first outing as pilot. The aircraft lurched to the ground shortly after takeoff and he was severely injured. He died in hospital shortly after being transported.
Antonio Pizzaccnti of Naples, believed Count de Brasezi, is employed as a factory mechanic in Chicopee Massachusetts. He claims to want to learn the business and dresses in the latest styles while living in a hotel. June 36 report filed by Special to The Washington Fest.
Baltimore June 3 Cardinal Gibbons marks fifty years since his ordination and twenty five since becoming a cardinal with a quiet mass at a nearby home Three miles from Baltimore He notes rural happiness and America's opportunity urging public authorities to uplift citizens and avoid harmful amusements He anticipates a fall church jubilee with dignitaries including Taft Roosevelt and others.
The American Bible Society and Massachusetts Bible Society relinquish claims to 25000 each from the Andrew Warren will. A pact with Arthur N. Warren and the widow Harriet J. Warren was filed to avoid litigation. Admins to be named by Benjamin S. Minor and William Bitz Columbia. Coronation pictures arrive at Columbia Theater.
The Senate yesterday formally charged that Tanac Stephenson’s Wisconsin Senate win was obtained by money. A Wisconsin front committee found no direct law violation, but a state Senate special committee alleged corruption and claimed $107,000 was spent for his election. Stephenson is in Wisconsin and not expected back until after July 4.
President Diaz of Nicaragua has sent a message to the State Department urging swift Senate action on the pending Nicaraguan and Hon duran financial treaties. The Nicaraguan financial adviser says ratification would bring an American bank to Managua with branches in major cities, signaling restoring business.
A fragmented listing of marriages with multiple names and ages from various towns including Warrenton Virginia Alderson West Virginia and Mount Jackson Virginia. The garbled text references several clergymen and couples such as Joseph Messina and Ethel Florener and others with varied ages and locations.
Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey of the Cornell College of Agriculture confirmed today his resignation. Bailey had served as chairman of the Roosevelt country life commission.
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