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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
9
Health officers seize decayed shad consignments and destroy 2000 cans of tomatoes by district court order. Inspectors raid cold storage plants and dealers stocks to confiscate suspect foods, with strict early season seafood inspections aimed at protecting consumers.
Inspectors from the Department of Agriculture and district officials seized thousands of cans of tomato pulp and shad in decay states amid a suspected risk of ptomaine poisoning. The action, tied to a broader health crackdown, involved four storage tanks and multiple retailers with prosecutions pending before the district supreme court.
Authorities seize shad products and other items as government lawyers pursue a sweeping action in District Supreme Court. The case targets decayed fish to prevent ptomaine poisoning and challenges labeling practices such as Holland gin. Trials are poised to test dealer claims of freshness and national labeling conventions with broad implications for U S manufacturers.
Washington correspondents race to elect five members to the standing committee overseeing Senate and House press galleries. Balloting this afternoon from 1 to 6 at the New Waldorf Hotel. A preliminary meeting will set nominations and conduct business for qualified press gallery reporters. About 170 names on the official list vote, with any admitted correspondent eligible regardless of nomination.
Special from The Washington Post St Louis March 0 year old John Lindeman, a sailor, was brought to City Hospital for pneumonia. Doctors found a tattoo of a woman on his left forearm and another image on the underside. Nurses warned they would quit if he were placed in the men’s ward. Lindeman insisted on treatment, requesting cure for pneumonia. Doctors used iodine and indelithne pigment to treat the marks.
A Washington committee of 21 plans a campaign to persuade prominent financiers and business leaders to back increased salaries for federal and district government employees. Four thousand dollars of a thirty thousand dollar fund is pledged, with more expected soon, to organize a bureau and appoint a director. Meanwhile courts enforce bans on lurid posters, ruling exhibits of crime and frontier imagery violate the law and will be policed, affecting moving pictures and circuses.
Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras has recovered from illness and returned to his Oakland hillside home with his wife and daughter Juanita. The second wife had left ten years earlier to work in New York studying music. The family reunion followed Miller’s illness and daughter Juanita’s return East to finalize her plans before coming back to live with him.
Joseph Christock, condemned for the murder of Mrs Ann Richards in the fall, capitulated to noose in Pottsville jail yard. He refused priestly aid, waved to 1,500 spectators, and declared he deserved execution. He confessed shooting the woman, admitted other robberies, and faced the end with a grim smile.
Frank E. Heidemann confessed to the murder of Marie Smith whose mutilated body was found near Asbury Park last November. In Freehold, N J, Justice Vorhees allowed the plea to change to not guilty after appointing counsel for Heidemann following a detective’s long pursuit and trust gain.
Rumors report Albanian insurgents occupying Scutari the capital of the vilayet of Scutari in Albania located 45 miles southeast of Dalmatia. A dispatch from Constantinople says rebels now hold all positions dominating Scutari with five battalions of Redlits nearby. the town appears in Turkish reserve distress as rebels press their advance.
Mrs. Alvah H. O'Brien, daughter of Helena millionaire Col. Thomas Cruse, filed for divorce from her husband in Helena. The couple wed in St. Paul two years ago amid reported sensational escapades in Helena and New York. Cruse allegedly barred O'Brien from the Helena home. Grounds of the petition remain undisclosed.
Corcoran Thom led the Joint Finance Committee of the Associated Charities and Citizens Relief Association in reporting receipts at the American Security and Trust Company offices. Since the last meeting total contributions were 504.60 with numerous donors listed including Miss M. E Garrett NB Weatherless Mrs Charles Ipple and others to the Associated Charities and Citizens Relief fund.
A Criminal Court jury convicted Antonio Sacrini of murder in the second degree for stabbing Charles J Chipman in December after a quarrel over a woman. Justice Wright presided, W Gwynn Gardner filed a motion for a new trial, and sentence was not pronounced. Minerva Pellena was detained overnight to ensure her attendance at the trial. District Attorney Wilson prosecuted.
John H. Schenck 80, longtime New York advertisement writer, died last night at his mother in law’s residence in Washington. Born in New Brunswick New Jersey he lived in New York Philadelphia and Kansas City over the years. Survived by wife Rachel D. Danenhawker Schenck funeral at Wright’s Chapel 187 Tenth Street NW at 2:30 this afternoon. burial Congressional Cemetery.
Weather conditions report from A B Dent of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington notes a storm moving across the mid-Atlantic and New England regions bringing rain and snow to the lakes Ohio and Mississippi valleys with unsettled weather to follow. Local temperatures and tide tables are listed along with a death notice for Mrs Elizabeth Gould of Albany New Jersey.
Loss of Appetite is a spring and warm weather issue signaling decreased vitality. It targets people who must stay active. Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommended as the great constitutional remedy to purify blood, enrich the system, and restore energy, available in liquid form or Sarsataba tablets.
Marie Ide McCormick eloped with F J Higgins an artilleryman on March 14 after a May 1909 marriage to Harry McCormick. McCormick now in Fort Myer guardhouse seeks a warrant for Marie, claiming a prior marriage and seeking proof and testimony to support his charge.
The Navy Department plans to form a corps of competent aviators with an aviation school likely to be set up at Annapolis this summer. Lieut. G Ellyson, expert on aero planes, will be an instructor after recent instruction in San Diego. Capt. Washington I Chambers joins the general board to continue aeronautic work and aircraft purchases are anticipated for instruction.
Washington police issued instructions to curb sales of dangerous candy and to act as fool-killers where practical jokes risk harm. Arrests for pepperized candy seem doubtful. health officials say misbranding or Food and Drugs Act violations may hold dealers.
Paul Kester, playwright and nearby landowner, filed an affidavit in support of injunctions by Howe Totten against the District to curb unguarded convicts roaming public highways near Occoquan. Residents report witnesses to the recurrent “shocking Spectacle.”
Mrs Gracia Mildren Black Buffington Vrooman files her will dated August 25, 1895. She leaves her pew in St John’s Church to her son John Vrooman with a perpetual entail. Linen and ornaments are given to eight bridesmaids and friends.
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