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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
7
Secretary Wilson discusses why meat and food prices fell, citing large crops and pending storage limits. He notes oats and corn values drive meat prices and warehouses unload to protect against future loss, with railways and dealers sharing in consumer price effects.
Secretary Whigon of the Department of Agriculture outlines three causes for lower food prices. He points to last season’s excellent crop, large deliveries from cold storage warehouses, and pending congressional legislation to limit storage time.
Secretary Wilson outlined why costs have fallen in agriculture citing large crops, cold storage deliveries, and pending legislation. Assistant Secretary Hays cautioned price declines may be temporary as wages rise and farming costs grow. He noted meat price drops stem largely from big corn and oat crops and that pending Moore bill effects storage labeling.
Wealthy socialist William KE Walling testified in New York court that he did not love Anna Grunspan and described his attachment as a "revolution." He contrasted letters, debated translations, and noted his wife Anna Strunsky is Russian while denying plans to marry another woman for a passport. The case centers on a $100,000 breach of promise claim. A Princeton lecture on Princeton College life by H G Murray will follow at Columbia Theater this afternoon.
Open letter addressed to Representative James R Mann alleges a handbook agency operates in a House Office Building room run by a congressional employee who accepts daily bets on horse races. The writer cites Chicago pool rooms and a Washington DC practice, urging passage of House bill 2160 to curb antigambling.
Eighty engineers from the American Society of Civil Engineers sailing with wives and daughters aboard the Zacapa to inspect the Panama Canal Zone. They will tour the work under Col. Goethals during a week there. A second invited group will depart New Orleans to join nearby Colon arrival.
Mund student Seaver, 20, a former theological student from Richmond Indiana, was arrested in Lima Ohio and pleaded guilty to passing a forged check on Earlham College. He was sentenced to the State reformatory for two to fourteen years. Seaver said he forged funds to pursue religious studies and had obtained about 600 from various colleges and appealed to Andrew Carnegie for help to repay.
Mrs Rose Henson, a Black woman from Largo Maryland, arrived at Casualty Hospital after she was cut in forty places during a quarrel with her husband Thomas Henson. Surgeons say she will recover. Thomas Henson was turned over to Maryland authorities after claiming his wife was attacked while attempting to take a razor.
Calcutta reports a bomb thrown at a police criminal investigation chief Supt Denham’s motor car failed to explode. A native youth was arrested. The incident occurred near the city center while a public works official was present. The revived crime paragraph notes a separate burglary case where $150 worth of silverware was stolen and later returned to a pastor’s home, with the thieves visiting again but leaving the goods on the porch. A death in Washington is attributed to natural causes of Miss Annia Lincoln, a Commerce and Labor clerk, with funeral arrangements set at Lee's Chapel and Oak Hill Cemetery. A city theater fire on Seventh Street Southeast caused minor property damage and prompted evacuation.
Fort Myer drill schedule lists Bareback drift by Troop B Fifteenth cavalry under Lieut Overton. Broadsword contest by Troop D Fifteenth cavalry under Lieut McNeill. Expert driving by Battery D Third field artillery under Capt Newbill. Jumping by Troop A Fifteenth cavalry under Capt Lindsey. Mualcal drill by Troop Fifteenth cavalry under Capt Dean.
Justice Harlan denounces the idle rich in Washington for desecrating Sunday with Sunday teas and dinners. He warns of aristocracy of wealth, urges work for all, and says wealth alone does not grant moral right to leisure or snobbery. He cites risk of continental customs and national decay if unchecked.
Aviator A L Welch, famed Wright team member, escaped death when the wind wagon front tire tore loose and tangled in the rear propeller at 55 miles an hour during a Speedway test. The propeller shattered and the car veered to the roadside. Welch kept it upright then stopped. Demonstrations for army and navy officers continued with additional aero show gear arriving from Boston and New York for transfer to the exposition building for next week’s event.
A Jersey City postmarked letter claimed Miss Blanche Barr of 1225 O Street NW married a man named Jack in Philadelphia and planning a long wedding trip. The 18 year old disappeared Tuesday with a tall light haired stranger and relatives seek identity of the groom and details of the marriage.
Tommy Gibbs a schoolboy from 30 Fifteenth Street Southeast vanished for three days after being censured by a Bryan schoolteacher for shooting spitballs. He fled toward a journey around the world, was found by a man who brought him to Frank Upham’s home, then taken to detention where his parents retrieved him yesterday.
A slightly low barometer formed over Lake Michigan with light rain or snow in parts of the Ohio valley and New England. Generally fair elsewhere, with warmer readings in most districts. Winds vary by coast, with fair to calm conditions expected east of the Rocky Mountains. Local report lists hourly temperatures and sunshine hours through the day.
Emma Fletcher, a Black woman, died at Casualty Hospital after flames from a lamp and coal oil exploded, setting her clothing ablaze and partially destroying the residence at 3119 First Street Southwest yesterday.
Pending receipt from Secretary Harry O Hine the district board of education will not decide pay for February absent teachers until Alonzo Tweedale the district auditor reviews laws and decisions. He favors paying substitutes for each day and regular teachers for days served while awaiting the 18 absence records. The auditor expects the rolls today and is drafting a digest to interpret the complex legal questions involved.
United Irish societies of Washington plan a memorial demonstration for Robert Emmet's birthday on March at the National Theater to benefit St. Ann's Infant Asylum. Senator elect Poindexter will be the principal speaker with Sulzer Bartholdt and Rainey as speakers. The AOH choir and orchestra will provide music.
William Jennings Bryan has filed an application for nonresident membership in the National Press Club. Other applicants include Albert Shaw editor of Review of Reviews Erman J Ridgway publisher of Everybody's Magazine Philip S Collins publisher of Curtis Publishing Company and George H Lorimer editor of the Saturday Evening Post.
Mrs Marion Bruce of Cumberland Maine writes Hood's Sarsaparilla kept her strong and restored appetite after a winter of poor health. She says she now does housework without fatigue and recommends the product in liquid or Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
Stokes Jackson chairman of Indiana’s Democratic State central committee, long seen as critical isn’t improving, but reports late last night say he has passed the critical stage. He came to Washington to seek the sergeant at arms seat, with Indiana’s delegation endorsing him for the post. Missing man William A. Gray, 75, sought by police after vanishing from 166 Thirteenth Street NW while awaiting hospital transfer. last seen on a Tennallytown car, wearing a brown overcoat and dark suit, white hair and beard, health deteriorating.
Washington electric railway commission explores pay as you enter turnstiles for pay as you enter and within cars. System would be at each car end with a recording register showing fares. Conductor operates the mechanism and ventilation inquiry continues with data from many cities.
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