Antivaccination Fight Sparks University Row
Balderson of the Antivaccination Beviary attacked Dr Thirkfeld notes pressuring Mr Bradford to quit the presidency or resign his university instructorship. He argues it intrudes on Bradford's personal public rights. Medical faculty reportedly have no claim to Bradford's position. Personal Liberty League vows to act if Bradford is forced out as the dispute continues.
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Balderson
Thirkfeld
Binferd
Antivaccination Society
Bradford
Hradford
Personal Liberty League
Strike To Be Ordered By National Bricklayers Union
Information from Washington headquarters of Bricklayers Union No. 1 reports the Mason Builders Association strike may trigger a national walkout. Thomas R. Preece, first vice president of the International union, says the general strike will be ordered, with protections for nonmember contractors. The dispute centers on union right to classify work and impact on Washington building operations.
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Washington
Bricklayers’ Union’No
New York
Mason Builders’ Association
Uriona
Services Held in Luther Memorial Pastor Leads Swedish Night
The New York conference of the Swedish Lutheran Church opened a series of services at Luther Memorial Church with sermons in Swedish led by Rev Gottfried Nelson of Chicago aided by Dr Donald C MacLeod. Morning rally featured a Bible drill, and evening sermon addressed irreverence with MacLeod delivering both talks.
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Fey. & J Eustam
Nission Board
New York
Swedish Lutheran Church
Luther Memorial Church
Gottfried Nelson
Ervancehcal Githerand Trinity Chureh
Chicago
International Prison
Donald C MacLeod
First Presbyterian Church
MacLeod
Gay
Catholic Convert League Expands Nationwide
The Catholic Convert League has grown from a campus project at the Apostolic Mission House of Catholic University under Very Rev Dr Alexander P Doyle C P to a national organization with branches across the United States. Cardinal Gibbons wrote prayers for members as plans for a winter campaign are completed, naming officers including Miss Marie Dundas and Miss Mabel Knight among others.
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Catholic Convert League
Apostolic Mission House
The
Catholic University
Dri Alesander P Doyle
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Mmeers
Wilemut Peblisen
Ter Catholic University
Marron Dundas
Gudfre Beret
Margaret L
Lee
Mabel M Knight
Margaret Quinn
POF Seherks
Sete Vu
Po Povde
Thief Seeks Rich Haul From Union Station Heist
A thief nabbed a woman's black leather handbag containing money and jewelry at Union Station Saturday night, valued around 3400 dollars. The bag disappeared after Casley, who had placed it on the counter while eating, left the lunchroom and could not locate it on return. Detectives led by JT Vasiliev are pursuing the suspect.
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Toubert
JT Vasiliev
Macomb Street
Cty
Casley
Reading
Washington
Memorlizing Peking petition on abolishing the queue
Wu Ting Tang former minister to Washington urges ending the queue for Chinese in the Americas. He notes most residents in North and South America have cut or tucked queues to avoid foreign look and hazards in daily life. The memorial text has just reached Washington.
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Peking
Wu Ting- Tang
Washington
Ming
Mashington
Big Gun Explodes in Test at Indian Head Proving Grounds
A large naval gun exploded during a test at the Indian Head proving grounds last week with no injuries to officers or gunners. Officials in Washington were informed last night. Capt F E Beattie, commandant of the Washington navy yard, said unofficially the blast caused little government property damage. An official report was expected to reach the Navy Department today.
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Indian Head Proving Grounds
Washington
F E Beattie
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Department
Policeman Charles Baston Silent on Wife Murder Mystery
Deputy Coroner Charles White performed an autopsy on Mrs. Catherine Baston, killed by her husband Charles G. Baston, a Seventh precinct officer. Two of four bullets struck. one hit the brain, another the forehead. Baston arranged to hire counsel and seek his wife's life insurance proceeds for their baby daughter, declining to discuss the crime. The case prompted an inquest likely Wednesday with jurors sworn in the morning.
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Charles 8. White
Morgus
Catherine Baston
Charles G. Baston
Seventh Precinct
Thiytieth Street
White
Boston
Lehnaider
Catherine
Charles Stringnets
Thirtieth Street
Devotion of the Rosary Observed in Washington Churches
Rosary Sunday was observed in Washington Catholic churches with elaborate services at the Dominican Church. Very Rev Father Bede O F M led high mass at 11 o clock, with a full choir performing Gounod's Mass. A Eucharistic procession for 600 children followed and Bishop Kean of Cheyenne delivered the sermon.
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St. Dominic
Father Bede
Mount St Sepulcher
D. Meagher
O. P
Kean
Cheyenne
Fiftieth Anniversary of Women’s Foreign Missions Held
The fiftieth anniversary of the women’s board of foreign missions will be celebrated in November. A missionary wire movement is inaugurated to mark the jubilee with 30 conventions in American cities from California to New York. Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery will be general chairwoman and Mrs George J. Prewitt will lead the convention to meet in the city, promoted by the Woman’s Interdenominational Missionary Union of Washington.
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Women's Board of Foreign Missions
California
New York
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Averal
George ‘J. Prewitt
Dr Gallagher Missing In Washington Area
Dr Michael F Gallagher a 35 year old Washington physician once tied to a government medical unit has not been seen since September 27. Police and family seek him amid no leads found after hospital stays and a Georgetown University Hospital patient past year.
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Washington
Detective
Gallagher
Georgetown University Hospital
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New Pastors Granger and Wedderspoon Lead Local Churches
The Rev. Charles E. Granger began pastoral charge at Gunton Mer Moral Presbyterian Church with his first sermon during the morning service as crowds filled both sessions. Born in Brooklyn, 38, he studied at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Yale, later serving in Waterbury and Newark before joining the Presbyterian fold. Dr. William R. Wedderspoon, succeeding Rev. Dr. Robert Moore at Foundry Methodist, preached his first sermon to a crowded house. A Scotsman, he arrives from Emory M. E. Church in Pittsburgh where he served for several years.
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W. BR Wedderapegn
Charles E. Granger
Gunton Mermoral Presbyterian Church
O'Clotr
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Polytechonic Institute
Yale
Tate
Clash of Aerobates Col Joyce Opposes Berger
An aviation dispute pits New York promoter J Berger against Baltimore backers over two planned meets in October at Benning and Halethorpe Maryland. Aero Club of America sanctions are disputed as Grahame White and Harmon may still fly at Benning, with talks of a College Park exhibition and a possible flight to the White House.
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New York
Grahame-White
Harmon
College Park
Benning Racetrack
Halethorpe
Benning
J. Berger
Jerome Joyce
Berger
J. @ MrCoy
Aero Club of America
Claude Grahame-White
Clifford Harmon
Mr. Berger
Acro Club of America
Greahame- White
Aero Club
Washington Monument
Aero- Scientific Club
White House
Taft
Fiy
Park
Police net tightens on cocaine trade in Washington
Police arrest Charles Johnson and Edwin Cook for selling cocaine. Both men, ages 23 and 25, are to be arraigned in police court. A small quantity of cocaine was found on each after search at the station. Inspector Saunders notes most city cocaine likely comes from Baltimore and fuels the local habit.
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Baltimore
Juvenile Probationers Meet At Court Session
The semimonthly gathering of working boys on probation convened at the juvenile court with Judge DeLacy presiding. Speakers included judges from Brooklyn New York New Haven Conn and Massachusetts along with several civic leaders and Walter S. Penfield Charles E. Howe and Charles R. Dean from Washington.
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National and
International Prison Congress
DeLacy
Robert J. Wilkin
Juvenile Court
Brooklyn
N. Y
Albert M. Mathewson
Juvanita Court
New Haven
Conn
Father Foy
Nutly
N. J
Charles A. DeCourcy
Superior Court of
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Weather Disturbance in Gulf Prompts Regional Showers and Temperatures
Sunday weather bulletin from LS Department of Agriculture and Weather Bureau details a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico with a broad western trough from Manitoba to Texas. Expect general showers in the Great Lakes and Mississippi valleys, fair eastern sections, and above normal temps in the core belt. Winds vary by coast and lake, with cooler spells in the north and rising temps mid-Atlantic and central regions through Tuesday. Local report notes midnights and daytime temps, rainfall, and sunshine percentages. river bulletin reports cloudy conditions on the Pyatam River.
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LS Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Nouth-Pental
Gulf of Mexico
Corm Belt
British Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Great Lake
Mississippi
Missouri
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Jala
Obe Valley
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Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
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Pacific
Columbia River
New England
Mohigan
Huron
Superior
Grand Banks
Suspect Not Leong Ling in New York Murder Case
Laredo Texas October 2 local police say a photo of Leon Ling the Chinese man wanted for the New York murder of Elsie Sigel was received here but Ling in custody bears no resemblance to the Ilkeness.
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Leong Ling
Laredo
Tex
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
New York
Brockson vows congressional probe over workhouse charges
Harry E. Brockson, former superintendent of the women’s wards at the city workhouse, threatens to quit if his charges against the workhouse management are not proven. He seeks witnesses and a hearing before the Board of Charities, while Supt. L F Zinkhan denies wrongdoing. Board members say the charges are trivial but may be addressed later. a meeting is planned today.
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Ziakhan
Board of Charities
Harry EB. Brookson
L. F. Zinkhan
Getdil
Brockson
Board
Charities’ Action
Rudolph
Brookson
Board of
Chatiifes
L. F. Ainknan
Workhouse
Mr. Zinkhan
Wilson
Congress on Crime Prevention Sees Broad International Delegation
The gathering in New York features Maj McCaughry and Attorney General Wickersham discussing reforms in penal law and prison oversight. Delegates from Budapest and other nations join criminologists to push systematic visitation and humane treatment over punitive excess.
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American Prison Association
International Coneréaa
Genereal Wickersham
United States
Budapest
Congress
Mr. Wickersham
EMPLOY THE CONVICT Sermon urges businesses to hire discharged prisoners
Boston priest Father Maney calls for a new approach to crime prevention. He argues reform schools and temptation from the streets fail to reform offenders. He proposes a city wide coterie of influential men to offer discharged prisoners a real chance to reintegrate.
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Augustine Maltley
Boston
St. Matthew's Church
Father Maney
Liquor raid ends with two arrests in Alexandria
Police raided a Wolfe street home suspecting illegal liquor sales. Matilda Poindexter and Ellis Hollins claimed innocence as officers found little beer but suspected hidden supplies of red eye. Both were locked up. Funeral for Charles W. Demaine announced in Alexandria with burial at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Matilda Poindexter
Ore
Nicholson
Roland
Wolfe Street
Alfred
Patrick Streets
Ellis Hollins
Parole Chief Seeks Spark of Goodness to Guide System
Charles C Moore, chief parole officer at New Jersey reformatory Rahway, told an American Prison Association meeting that parole systems should seek the better nature in inmates. He disputed “Once a thief, always a thief,” citing observations that every life holds a spark of goodness and urging parole governance on that principle. Miss Bertha M Fry and Luther J Rhea wed in Hagerstown Maryland at the First Baptist parsonage.
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Charles 3. Moore
New Jersey Reformatory
Rahway
N. J
American Prison Association
Moore
Hagerstown
Washington Post
Bertha M. Fry
Luther J. Rhéa
New Germantown
First Baptist
K. Thomas
Election deadlock remains as Alexandria board recesses
Washington Post reports another move to break the stalemate over electing the Alexandria board of aldermen president. After 104 ballots across two meetings and a further adjournment, factions clash over committee seats with James B. Fitzgerald’s coveted position and the Field faction pressing for control. A full session planned for tomorrow at 7 PM is unlikely to yield an accord.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandrie Board of Aldermen
F B. Marbury
Henry K. Field
James B. Fitzgerald
Committee On Light
Robert Wilson Dies After Illness in Hyattsville Home
Robert Wilson aged seven or seventy? died at 1:44 a m after a nineteen month illness at his Hyattsville home. He conducted a barber shop in the Bit House for over two years in Washington. He is survived by his wife and one son.
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Pis
Wisconsi Avenue
Washington
Demaine & Son
Alexandria
H J. Cutler
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Presbyterian Cemetery
Demaine
Mr. Demaine
Ebbitt House
Robert Wilson
Thebitt House
Hyattsville
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