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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
8
Washington suffragists begin a disciplined effort to line up votes for Bristow Mondell state amendment. Leaders predict progress by lobbying senators and representatives, while police praise marks for parade safety and unity among supporters.
The Washington Post notes an American cardinal exodus as fashionables depart for Rome for the consistory. Cardinal Connell plans to stay at Hotel Derussia with prelates, while Cardinal Farley and Cardinal Gibt will be guests at other Rome locations. Amid travel, Miss McKim of St Louis leaves for Naples due to fever and doctors urge climate change.
The International Bible Students Association presented creation themed films at Lasco Theater with a descriptive talk by Pastor Russell. The shows ran yesterday afternoon and evening with a new weekly section promised until all pictures are shown.
Society notes announce the casting for a grand pageant drama with Urania as the leading title role. The event showcases local talent in a multi act production, highlighting costume design and stage presentation.
Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage rebuts claims of a large parade to the Capitol. She cites a 1,265 participants in line plus 220 more including children and autos, contending 4,000,000 supporters is false. The piece covers the Athens pageant setup and upcoming openings, with notes on construction and college night arrangements.
Paris reports Dr Bourgeois communicates to the Academy of Medicine that intratracheal injections of adrenaline bring great relief to asthma patients. The Bourgeois treatment extends American work on subcutaneous adrenaline for asthma. Patients in acute distress achieve sleep within fifteen minutes after injection.
Dr Charles W Hillet former Harvard president argues in the Christian Resister that all religious creeds symbols and rites should be brushed up reinterpreted prior to generation to avoid loss of original conceptions and potential changes in mental habits of interpreters as civilization moves forward.
Standing alone in its class the product earns high regard from today’s physicians as its longstanding date of use proves its value in medical practice.
G K Chesterton ridicules eugenics notions as vague and dangerous. He mocks proposals to teach schoolchildren a "sense of race responsibility" and questions how scholars could impart a "eugenic deal" to guide future choices. He imagines Cambridge students confronting overzealous plans, ending in perverse outcomes.
England starts building a direct wireless station to connect the empire from Leafield Oxfordshire. Twelve 200 foot masts will support a system controlled by the government with aim southeastward toward Cairo and beyond. The project seeks to unite all parts of the empire by wireless in due course.
The ruins of Tlahuanaco near Lake Titicaca Bolivia include temples palaces and large structures once part of a densely populated city now eroded by time. Modern village of Tiahuanaca sits on a nearby railroad line and uses stones from the ruins in adobe dwellings. Bolivia’s government prohibits removing or destroying remaining ruins.
Detroit police Bertillon chief Lieut Fred Quackenbush declares the steel gray eye a myth, asserting only unpigmented azure or pure maroon eye types exist. He cites Bertillon experts who classify eyes into seven categories, discounting gray, brown, and black as misnamed shades.
Fire and water caused more than 40000 in losses at King's Palace at 810 16 Seventh street northwest and the United Five and Ten Cent Store at 518 Seventh street early yesterday. Fire discovered on the roof at 1 9 o'clock and spread after roof collapse noon. Origin and cause unclear as cleanup begins today.
Rome observers debate how to honor Dante on his 700th death anniversary. A monument is planned but many favor publishing the poet’s complete works, nearly 12 volumes, by photographing manuscript pages spread across European libraries. The Italian Dante Society has already issued Vita Nuova and De vulgari eloquentia.
London May 10 royal visitors will attend a May 2 matinee for the Actors and Actresses Fund at His Majesty's Theatre. Henry Arthur Jones The Silver King stars and features veteran actors Willard Beauchamp Carson Irving Tree Waring Beveridge du Maufer Corket in leading roles, reviving parts from the original cast.
A Hebrew Aged Home Association meeting urged a 2500 endowment to start a home for superannuated Jewish women in the capital. Options on two sites were reported and a late canvass for funds was urged with new board appointees and involvement by Hebrew charities and Baltimore links.
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