End of the Queues: Diplomats Ordered to Wear Hair as Customs
A Peking edict directs diplomatic and consular officials abroad to adopt local hair practices, removing queues where stationed. Progressives aim to extend the reform to the army and navy, with long-term plans to involve the general populace. Wu Ting-fang, formerly minister to the United States, credited for prompting the change, while debates continue in China over credit and implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Wu Ting-fang
Reformer
Washington
America
Edicts on the Chinese Queue Spark Diplomatic Welcome
The article notes Chinese officials favor an edict to end the enduring ridicule of the pigtail or queue, a symbol often mocked by foreigners. It states the move will be welcomed by Chinese diplomats and consuls as a sign of respect for their sensitive cultural practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Legation
Sancion
Sears
Legation
Peking
Soen
San
Nina
Pexting
America
Chinese visitors in city to meet Taft and study US railways
Tuan Chin and Liu Lieoullung, officials on a Chinese imperial board with Shao Ying D. Shao the interpreter, arrived and lodged at the New Willard. They will be presented to President Taft and then tour Chicago to inspect Western rail systems, praising American railroading after travel from New York and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuan Chin
Chinese Imperial Board of Posts
Liu Lieoullung
Kiangsu
Shao Ying D. Shao
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taft
International Railway Congress
Berl Jast Jwy
Chicago
Yuan Fang
Chi
Liu Lisouliang
France
Shao Ying D
Shao
Cornell University
Anterita
Juan Chin
Europe
China
China to convoke imperial parliament in 1913
An official decree in Peking announces the first imperial parliament in China to be convened in 1913. The move fulfills senate and provincial assembly petitions for a representative legislature, despite prior throne resistance and delayed earlier dates. Police announced the edict. lanterns and dragon banners appeared at doors but little public festivity followed.
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Peking
China
Warrant Served in Atlantic City Hotel Case of Mrs Carter and Mr Curry
Special to The Washington Post Ocean City New Jersey November 4 a warrant for two statutory offenses was served in Mrs Katherine Carter 54 of New York and her chauffeur Thomas B Curry alleged to be a negro in the room of Mrs Carter at a leading hotel. The charges were brought by Curry s wife Jessie of Philadelphia. The couple had been tracked for days by a detective accompanying Constables Foster and Carlson. Mrs Carter widow of Charles J Carter retired businessman died three years ago. Mrs Carter has been in the city a month with a niece Miss Wedell. She had a $35 000 a year income and owned a $6 000 automobile. She was about to sail for England. Lawyers for both sides planned to settle the case tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Ocean City
N. J
Katherine Carter
New York
Thomas B. Curry
Carter
Charles J.J. Carter
Pennlyn
Europe
England
Itta
A. S. Shields
Samuel Henderson
Aero Meet Damage Delays Baltimore Aviation Event
Baltimore officials report the aero meet will be postponed a few days after last night’s gale wrecked Curtiss and European aircraft at Halethorpe. Some planes may fly by Monday, with Altitude prize by Gen. Felix Agnus drawing $2500. other planes repaired at Norfolk Hempstead and Halethorpe.
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Curtiss
Norfolk and Hempstead
Baltimore
H. Jaycee
The
Aero Club
Halethorpe Field
Col. Jayce
National Council of the Aero Club of America
Dollinger
Ass‘tatant
National Council
Hoxsey
Wright
Johnstone
Count Jacques de Lesseps
James Radley
J. Armstrong
Drexel
Hubert Latham
J. Schaeffer
McArdle
Count de Lesserps
Jaaffiani
Artoinette
Willard
Norfolk
Angels
Hammondsport
Felix Agnus
Harmon
Harkness
Fairchild
New York
Hempstead
N. Y
Balloon America II mileage dispute settles at 1355 miles
Aero Club officials read a London cable that the 1355 mile distance in the international race needed War Department correction. America II landed north of Lake Tshietyama in Quebec, not Chicoutimi as London stated. In London, British Secretary of War Haldane flew 20 minutes in the army air ship Aldershot marking his first flight.
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St. Louis
America
The
Aero Club
London
Albert B. Lambert
Race Committee
Haldane
Richard Burden Haldane
Aldershot
Smyth Condemned to Die in Norfolk Murder Case
John J. Smyth was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife in Norfolk. A 13 year old daughter also died from bullets intended for Mrs. Smyth. Execution set by electricity in Richmond on December, with counsel planning last appeals to Governor Mann to seek a commutation to life imprisonment.
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Norfolk
John J. Smyth
New Books Arrive From Major Houses In Boston and New York
A catalog of new books from publishers including Small, Maynard, Harper’s, The Century, Macmillan, Lippincott, and others. Titles span fiction, biography, history, travel, poetry, and juvenile works with prices listed in dollars and cents. Notable items include Confessions of a Rebellious Wife, The Gift Wife, Geography, The Life of Sumner, and The Book of Football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small, Maynard & CO
Boston
Mass
Frederick C. Bartlett
Warrington Dawson
NOW Theater
Walter Pritchard Eaton
MISS WELLINGTON TO WED IN CUMBERLAND WEDDING NOTICE
Former U S Senator George L Wellington and Mrs Wellington announce the marriage of their daughter Gretchen Wellington to James Eiger Humbird on Wednesday evening November 23 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Cumberland Md The Rev Martin L Endera will perform the ceremony A reception at Queen City Hotel follows The notice also lists several local building permits including two story brick dwellings on Twelfth Street and repairs on Vanover Street and R Street with costs ranging from 1 200 to 2 000 and 600.
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Washington Poat Cumberland
United States
George L. Wellington
Gretchen Wellington
James Eiger Humbird
J. Wilson Humbird
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Cumberland
Martin L. Endera
Washington Street
Atrest
Wellington
Yonslay Hoffman
Sheehy
Church of Ascension Parish
Queen City
L. Lippin
Twelfth Street
M. D. Merrill
R. G. Jennings
J. E. Chapman
Vanover Street
P. H. Pickford
R Street Northwest
H. J. Simonds
W. E. Pickford
Building permits and sailings listed for ships and routes
A terse listing shows building permits with routes New York Koenig in Luise Naples Avonmouth Royal George Montreal Gerox Sarnia New York Boulogne Ryndam New York Plymouth President Grant New York Naples Koenig Albert New York Rotterdam Ryndam New York and sailings Genoa Lazlo to New York Liverport Empress of Britain from Quebec Philadelphia Haverford from Liverpool.
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New York
Koenig In Luise
Naples
Avonmouth
Royal George
Montreal
Gerox
Sarnia
Boulogne
Mount Pleasant Church Installs New Pastor Goodwin
Frank J. Goodwin, longtime pastor at Pawtucket and Amherst and Union Seminary graduate, was installed as pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church after the death of Rev. M. Rosa Fishburn. The service featured prominent Congregational ministers, with addresses and a welcome by Calvary Baptist leaders. The Goodwins will live at 1605 Irving Street with their two daughters, Mary and Faith.
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Frank J. Goodwin
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Faunce
Brown University
Providence
R I
Washington
Mount Pleasaint
Goddwin
J. W. Frixgell
Ingram Memorial Congregational Church
Franklin Noble
First Congregational Church
Falls Church
Alexander MacCol
South Street Presbyterian Church
Morristown
Oliver Huckle
Associated Congressional Church of Baltimore
Baltimore
Lle
Huckle
S. H. Woodrow
S. H. Newpan
Kee Mar
Hagerstown
Mount Pleasant
Pawtucket
R. 1
Amherst College
Union Theological Seminary of
Goodwin
Mary
Faith
Irving Street
Postmaster Hitchcock Explains Magazine Postage Plan
The Postmaster General explains a plan to raise postage on magazine advertising pages to close deficits while avoiding first class rate hikes. He opposes general postage increases, citing impact on educational and religious publications. The proposal targets only magazine advertising and assigns weight certification to publishers.
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Hitchcock
Ueir
Ile
Two Big Plants Burn in Martinsburg Fire
A morning blaze destroyed the Perfection Garment Company occupying building, the T. E. Matthews & Bros. foundry, H. H. Howard plumbing shop, and M. Ziter barber shop. Blondell residence partly burned. Total damage about $520,000 with $0,000 insurance. Loss on two business buildings $6,000. Blondell's loss about $2,900.
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Washingon
Martinsburg
W. Va
Perfection Garment Company
T. E. Matthews & Bros
H. H. Howard
M. Ziter
John H. Blondell
BAGS A WHITE PARTRIDGE IN ROCKVILLE
J William Rabbitt a Rockville sportsman displayed a white partridge he killed on his farm near Rockville The bird is entirely white except for the head with pink legs He says another white bird was in the flock He plans to have the freak stuffed and mounted
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Washington Post
Rockville
J. William Rabbitt
Piney Woods Inn Burned In North Carolina
Fire of unknown origin destroyed Piney Woods Inn at Southern Pines North Carolina late today as staff prepared to open for winter on December 1. No guests were present. damage listed at about 20000 dollars with partial insurance. The Philadelphia National League team used the hotel as headquarters for seasons and had arranged accommodations for next spring.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Piney Woods Inn
Southern Pines
Hotels Guests Listed Across Cities in Dense Roll
A long list of hotel guests appears by city including Raleigh, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, California, Georgia, Maryland, New York State, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. Names include H. Gleason, W. Rosenberg, Jaffe, McGrath, Hibbs, Brown, Parker, Richards, Branh am, Keating, Fifer, Baldwin, and many others among numerous households and couples.
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San Francisco
Jum Georgia
Mra
E. D. Willingham
Atlanta
Raleigh
M. J. Branham
Rome
Ebbitt
Magerchusette
Ounee Root
Pittafeld
Shore
Maryland
L_ Hackstepe
Haltimore
Jobo Keating
Kathleen Keating
Cumberland
Shoreham
New York State
G. A Gwine
Jersey
Bugesser
Newark
A Smith
Trenton
James
Dickinson
Dayton
Ralph Y
Fifer
Marysville
J . Naldwin
Niles
Raleleh
RH Demarest
Toledo
H B
Sian
St. James
Pennsylvania
John Lindner
Carlisle
Willwd
F. P. Norrin
Phoenixville
Rhode Island
H. P. Haas
Newport
Tennessee
M. G Hefe
Chattanooga
R. E. Hane
Knoxville
Hugh ¥. Kate
Willord
Virginia
E. J .Allece
Richmond
Low
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Royal Order
Tawa
Yi Wu
Kwang
Howeet
Shanghai
Dan Prenosco
Conall
Fa Tung
Merrus Tong
Ba Thien Vu
Chiatusa
Army and Navy
Minster Wu
Castcor
Gity
Throne
Senate
Atlantic City
Aero Meet
Baker’s Cocoa
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Knox
Harper's
New York City
William Took
Lowise C. Wil
Beetle R Iite
F. W.cott Fleming
the Century CO
Walter Camp
Charles F Caffin
the Macmillan CO
Henry Jones Ford
Byes Tarr &McMurry
Jd. P. Lippincott CO CO
Ralph Henry Bart
Burton E Stevenson
Duffield & CO
Katherine H. Brown
Metropolitan Press
N.Y
Roefe Colored World
Ethel M. Brodie
Crane & CO
Topeka
Kens
Alek L Porey
Alice Harriman CO
Seattle
Wash
Carlin Eastwood
the Torch Press
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Egypt
Israel
Willis Brewer
Little, Brown & CO
A. T. Mann
Crowell CO
al, Sumner
Walter G Shatwell
Dana Estos & CO
Platt & Peck CO
Princess Polly
Amy Brooks
Juvanile
Yale University Prese
New Slaven
High Court OF Parliament
Charles H. Medlwaln
Health Culture CO
N. S
J. H. Leager
John C. Winston CO
Philo
Mary H. Hooth
F. A. Stokes CO
Marty Mears
Miss Wellington
J. E. Humbard
Mr. Goodwin
Washington Pulpit
MT. Pleasant
M. Rosa Fishburn
Pastora
Piney Woods
Calvert Co
John Reed Scott
Chicago Daily News
Nense
Old
Annapolis
Underwood Pictures
David Potter
George L. Knapp
Will Levington Comfort
Routledge
J. B. Lippincott CO
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Harvey’s
Penna. Ave
Cor
11Th St
Hautsta
el Leper
Staunton
Murchiser
Charlottesville
Ralelah
A Whaley
Edmune Harrison
West Virginia
Frank Hinderleater
Wappocomo
Washburn-Crosbys
Amueemerss
Belasco
Mr. Preedy and the Countess” ' A Paree
Criterion Theater
Denman Thompson
Phowa
xoWsetiina Henry
Harris
Elsie Ferguson
TV Tonight
Matdior Camporll Diesente
Henrietta Crosman
Seat & Ank Ralt
Frederic Thompson
Proctin Girlies
Jos, Cum Thorn and Wald
Choy
Roy Sembrich
Coe Oktae
Carrie de Mar
Hebbie
Albert Whelan
Ann Parry
Tastee
Yang Cunror
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Max Fiedier
NOY Efonation AD Theater
Margaret Kpys
Lyceum “UN Lady ‘Buccaneers
JOS. K. Watson
Ninth Street
Charles Robinson
Everloy
E Pretty
Theisa Eleanor Montell
Tiberius Taek
Park Road
Mra Martingl
Clare
ST. Joseph’s Bazaar
ST. Joseph’s Hall 2d and C Sts. N. E
NEW National Theater
Bunday
George F. Pentecost Barryione Penne
Fort Cerbaugh
Cosmos
Tin” Ito
Tojetti
Lassie
Danes Lane
Goodwia & Lane Police Fistertear
Clarice
Kebler & Grogan Whietting
Finomogre Pistorio
Columbia
Holmead Place
F. G. Smith Piano Co
Avenue
Keeley
Capitol Street
Warbins Tc
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