Health reform faces barriers from judges and politics
At a national Unitarian conference in Washington, Charles B Ball criticizes public opinion gaps and emergency-only health laws. Florence Kelly denounces New York factory inspections amid machine politics. Speakers urge standardized industry and public support to advance health and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolis
Charles B. Ball
Department of Health
Chicago
National Conference of Unitarian Churches
Memorial Continental Hall
Department of Public Service
Ball
Florence Kelly
National Consumers’ League of New York
John A Dix J
Charles F Murphy
Boas
Tammany Hall
Kelly
Pennsylvania
RENN and DOHERTY Wedding Notice in Baltimore and Alexandria
On Wednesday October 25 1911 at the residence of the cardinal Baltimore Reverend Father Stickney united Norman W RENN and Mary E DOHERTY. On Wednesday October 2 1911 in Alexandria Virginia Reverend Dr Carpenter JAMES COLLEY and Mildred R VEN- were married.
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Wrenn
Doherty
Cardinal
Baltimore
Father Stickney
Norman W. Renn
Mary E Doherty
Colley—Venable
Alexandria
Carpenter James Colley
Mildred R Ven
Obituaries Notice List From Leesburg Virginia Area
An obituary roundup lists multiple notice items including Eva M Coates daughter of James T and Mary A Coates with funeral plans in Leesburg Virginia and other notices for Ellen M Conway Mary Whitwell Jennie Hughes Mary Jane Kennedy Columbia Maus Nobl J W Robinson and May M Walkup with funeral details at St Pauls Church Rock Creek Cemetery and local residences and dates October 1911. several relatives invited to attend and interment details at Congressional Cemetery Lumberton NC and Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Coates
Eva M
James Thomas
Mary A ‘Oates
J Willam Lee
Fennsylvan Avenue
Ila
Leesburg
Conway
Ellen M Conway
Ee Malone
Thomas Conway
St. Aloysius’ Church
Lawier Place
Mary Whitwell
George Clifton
Hughes
Rosslyn
Jennie
Andrew W Hughes
J Witla Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congressional Cemetery
Kennedie
Howr
Remsburg
Q Street
Mary Jane Keneedy
Baltimore
Maus
Columbia Maus
Methodist
M Street
NOBL
Robinson
Lumberton
Mneas
J. W Robinson
Anthony Z
Randolph Street Northwest
May M. Walkup
BE. J. Bentley
St Paul's Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
McFarland Denies Motive in Wife Poisoning Indictment
Newark October 25 Allison McFarland advertising manager for an electrical firm was indicted by Essex County grand jury on a charge of murdering his wife with cyanide. He claimed he had motives for divorce but none for murder and that the cyanide was a mistaken label mix-up. He said he would rather let it pass as an error and expressed sorrow over the charge.
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MacFarland
Newark
Miss Bromley
Philadelphia
N. J
Allison McFarland
Essex County Grand Jury
McFarland
Licensed to Marry Names of Numerous Virginia Jewish Marriages
A bulging list records marriages with multiple couples in Virginia and Maryland, detailing ages and counties from Hanover to Hyattsville and Richmond to Loudoun. The notice ends noting Want Ads are free in The Post classifieds.
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Post
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Firms Listed
A dense directory-style listing of funeral directors and undertakers with multiple firm names, addresses, and phone numbers across Washington area. Names include George Zurhorst, Sardo & Co, Pumphrey & Son, Frank Geier's Sons, Frank A Spfeare, J. William Lee, R. F. Harvey's Sons, and others, noting services, modern chapels, cremation options, and contact numbers for each establishment.
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Louis Clemente
Fheop Gramenta Jas. BR. Clemente James T. Clements’ Sons
Wisconsin
Sergeon
Cain
Thos
M. Hindle
Laderteker
Mbdalmer
George P. Zurhorst
Lincoln Art
Charles
Zurhorst
Mgr. WM. H. Sardo & CO
Wen St ME
W. BE
Pumphrey & Son
Embalmere
W. Maerylead
Rockville
Frank Geier's Sons
Seventh ST NW
Modern Chapel
North Em
W. B. Speare
Embalmer
F Street
N. W
Mo Frank A
J. William Lee
Embelmer
Rm Asyivanta Dvc
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fortearoreen
Bap Almers
Urteenth
Semmmodicous Chapel Telephone
Neeth Mi
Wright Decides to End Gliding Experiments at Kill Devil Hill
Orville Wright at Kill Devil Hill discusses quitting gliding tests and moving aviation research to Dayton Ohio. He says birds fly safely due to instinctive air current use, but man must study currents and lift to advance aviation. Gliding trials with Alexander Ogilvie proceed but lack sensational flights. Weather calmer, better conditions expected tomorrow.
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Kill Devil Hill
N. C
Orville Wright
Toost
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
Ims
Alexander Ogilvie
Taps of Buried Men Heard In Canadian Tunnel
Two railroad laborers were trapped in a cave in a four tunnel project near Prince Rupert, B C. Rescuers reported tapping sounds from under dirt and mud, growing fainter as exhaustion set in. Efforts were intensified with hope to reach them by tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
Prince Rupert
B. C
Census Methods Abroad by Dr Rowland Falkner Returns to Washington
Dr Rowland P Falkner assistant director of the bureau of the census returns from Europe where he inspected census systems in the German empire Austria France and Great Britain The main difference he cites between American and foreign census taking is the greater simplicity of methods abroad due to highly organized governments and homogeneous populations
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Rowland P. Falkner
Bureau of the Census
Europe
German Empire
Austria
France
Great Britain
Washington
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Sailings
Movements show arrivals of the Majestic from Southampton Havre Chicago from New York Plymouth Rotterdam Antwerp Kronland from New York and Coronel Kronprinz Wilhelm from New York. Sailings include Campania to New York and Oceanic to New York with Southampton and Liverpool as routes.
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New York
Majestic
Southam
Havre
Chicago
Plymouth
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Kroonland
Coronel
Kronpring Wilhelm
Campania
Liverpool
Southampton
Oceanic
Universal transfer bill aids free city transport plan
A subcommittee approved a draft universal transfer bill for Washington DC streetcar riders. It mandates free reciprocal transfers among line companies, sets a 21 12 cent transfer fee between firms, and covers key intersections. Violations face fines up to 100 dollars or up to 368 days in jail, with prosecutions in the police court by the corporate counsel. The subcommittee meets again Saturday to prepare a report for Tuesday’s chamber meeting.
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Charles W Darr
Citizens’ Associations
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Central Labor Union
P. W Keating
S. McComas Hawken
George W. Gall
Bil
Washington-Virginia Railway Company
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bladensburg
Spa Spring
Gretta
Fifteenth
Heatreets
Baltimore and Washington Transit
Fourteenth
Kennedy
Great Falls
Old Dominion
Thirty-sixth
M Northwest
Capital Traction and
Washington Railway and Electric
G Northwest
District of Columbia
Deputies Cheer Diaz as Zapata Advances on Mexico City
Mexico City reports that the eighteenth federal battalion of about 200 men was wiped out by Zapata forces in recent fighting. deputies demand full reports from the war and interior ministries as Diaz’s government faces renewed insurrection and Madero joins in the denunciation amid a tumultuous session.
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Madero
Mexico City
Federals
Zapatistas
Departmente of War and the Interior
Zapata
Federal District
Chamber of Deputies
Interior
Francisco I. Madero
Diaz
Father Kills Daughters' Companions in Self Defense
Allan Fowler former city treasurer in Trinidad Colorado stabbed J. W. Bundy to death and wounded Charles Samuels in the presence of his two daughters aged under 18. Fowler surrendered to police saying he acted to defend his daughters honor and himself. He confronted Bundy and Samuels after finding them with his daughters.
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Trinidad
Colo
Allan Fowler
J. W. Bundy
Charles Samuels
Fowler
Bundy
Samuels
Law School Juniors Elect Washington University Leaders
George Washington University law school juniors held a meeting at the new Masonic Temple electing Arthur Hantum Deibert of the District as president Maurice Malcolm Moore of Michigan as vice president and Edwin Rey Jackson of Iowa as secretary A tie for treasurer between William Strong Jr of the District and Claude Custer Rowe of Ohio will be decided at the next class meeting.
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Arthur H. Deibert
George Washington Claus
Law School
George Washington University
Masonic Temple
Arthur Hantum Deibert
Maurice Malcolm Moore
Michigan
Edwin Rey Jackson
Iowa
William Strong
Eleven Suspects Searched In Jewel Theft Case
Eleven Black suspects were searched by Seventh precinct police for allegedly taking two diamond rings valued at 250 dollars from Mrs. L. Cain wife of Dr. Cain. Rings were in a handbag hung in a Conduit Road closet during a furniture move from Conduit Road and Ashby Street to Q Street. No trace was found and suspects were released.
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L. ¥. Cain
Dr. Cain
Conduit Road
Ashby Street
Q Street
Simon Wolf Honored On His Seventy Fifth Birthday
Simon Wolf, Bavarian born lawyer and international law authority, was feted by hundreds at the Saengerbund Hall in Washington for his 75th birthday. The event featured a mahogany chair from the German Orphan Asylum, a diamond scarfpin from the Washington Saengerbund, and messages from many German societies while trustees and prominent citizens attended the banquet.
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Simon Wolf
Saengerbund
German Orphan Asylum
Saengerhund
Wolf
William F. Meyers
Washington Saengerbund
Bavaria
Mr. Wolf
Germany
United States
Waltarqs
Columbine
Atlante
Ruppert Home For
Board of Charities of
Washington
Order of
B Nual Brith
Washington Baengerbund
Forestville Farmer Lapses Into Weeklong Sleep
Isaac Belote, a Forestville farmer, has slept since last Thursday. Dunkik batteries have been tried and several physicians have attempted waking him without success. Nourishment is given by tube in an effort to sustain him.
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Dunkik
Isaac Belote
Forestville
Health Office Births and Deaths Record Item
Health office notes list births for Ernest and Maris, John and Claude, Archibald and Alma, Fauk and Margeret, Louis and Annie, Lawrence and Buoy, James and Helena, Chayles and Harold, Anselena, Charles and Mary, James and Roxana, Sinan and P. Cocksill, William and Ansa, John and Neenah, Robert and Breie, William and Bessie, and Robert and Juliette with various spellings. Deaths reported include Mary Kennedy, Bien Conway, Mary H. Smith, Martha Addison, James Stokes, Sarah Edwards, Maud Bell, Elmore Maklo, James Gray, and Nathaniel and Ida Johnson’s child at National Hospital.
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Robert H Yowell
Jeanette M Shank
Samuel W Graffin
Samuel E Shields
Alberta A Scott
D W Skellinger Leigh © Kelsey
Anna M Boland
Frank K Bischof Wiley D Luck
Hanover County
Wille B. Slicer
Caroline County
F_W Johnson Thomas J. Martin
Hyattsville
Catherine R. Higgins
M . J. Egan
James H Johnson
Cottell
Pas de Vale
Greenwich
William L Day
Ballston
Smooth
Claude M Hesse
William Ue Ifee
Ruth M Holt
Frank T Bernard D Cami
Dora Roth
John Weidley
Kenneth Ledbetter
Ruby P Spain
Petersburg
Hunnicutt
David E Niepold
Ethel V. Poor
James A Smyth
John T Duever
Clara Jones
FW Johnson Edward Tyler
Flora
Woodyard
Manassas
Meeke Cleveland Skinker
Viola V. Graham
James T Ae Freyd
Robey
Mary & Beard
Meeks Walisr
Thomas
Rayford
Anna
Hlonry
Fayette W Va
A_Miller
William R Phelps
Iola C Rodler
James D Marr
August Pilloger
Hdna M Sheaffer
Raphael Enafel
Mary Cortmpe
Ernest G
Maris ‘Lor
John F
Claude Thappe Favn
Sophie Riedel
Gi Archibald
Alma KeSuantrile
Fauk
Margeret Profe
Louis
Annie Nacecker
Lawrence H
Buoy Kirk
James Raniang
Helena B Ingalls
Chayles
B. Harold
Anselena Gerold
Charles E
Mary E de Audelet
James M
Roxana Doran
Sinan Sand Busle P. Cocksill
William Hand Ansa Bsott
John C
Neenah Payne
Robert and
Breie Lewis
Gil
Wiliam
Bessie Campbell
Wink Robert W
Juliette Burnalde
Mary J Kennedy
Bien Conway
Mary H. Smith
St. Nw
Martha Addison
James Stokes
Government Hospital the Insane
Sarah Edwards
Maud Bell
Madison Court
Elmore Maklo
Tuberculosis
James Gray
Nathaniel and
Ida Johnson
National Hospital
Cruel to Girls Who Labor Draws Fire From Mrs Kelley
Mrs Florence Kelley, secretary of the National Consumers' League, denounces society women for thoughtlessness toward shop and telephone workers. A District branch of the league forms at 1730 New Hampshire Ave as Kelley urges sympathetic imagination and better conditions for working women.
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Florence Kelley
Representative Kelley
Pennsylvania
National Consumers’ League
Theodore W. Noyes
New Hampshire Avenues
Yéeater
League
Kelley
Ernest W. Roberts
Representative Roberts
Massachusetts
Women's Congressional Club
John van Bchalck
Elizabeth Bryan
William J Kerley
Trinity College
Washington
Mrs. Kelley
America
Bryn Mawr
Wellesley
Sale of Home Life Building Tops Year’s Real Estate Deals
The Home Life building at the northeast corner of Fifteenth and G streets NW sold for a large sum, one of the year's biggest transactions. Tyssowski estate representative indicated the deal closed, with purchaser reportedly among District banks. Tyssowski declined to comment.
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Tyssowski
Tysowski
Sale Called Off Over Railroad Lease On Nine-Story Building
The sale near completion was halted due to leases held by the Pennsylvania Railroad occupying part of the building. The lease has several years to run, but arrangements are in place to avoid difficulties. The property fronts 2% feet on Fifteenth Street and 72 feet on G Street, with 2,016 square feet in total.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Fifteenth Street
G Street
Steamfitters Threaten Citywide Strike Over Closed Shop
A threatened general strike by city steamfitters follows a deadlock with steam engine builders over the closed shop. More than 189 union members met at Cos tello's Hall last night and voted to strike if their demands are not met today. Employers' Association members are split on granting the closed shop and will meet at the National Builders' Hall to decide.
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Costello’s Hall
Employers’ Association
National Builders
Hell
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R. W. Hebbard
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Illinois State Civil Service Commission
Anna Gerlin Spencer
New York School of Civics and Philanthropy
New Willard
Unitarian Laymen's League and the Nations
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Alvines G. B. Pierce
F .W. Hooper
Brooklyn Institute
Gude
M. J. Fa'vey
Bireste N. W
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London
C. F. Thwing
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Concord
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Alabama
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Ala
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George K. Baler
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Charles Botsch
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Charles B. Gerner
Adolph Gude
Werner Koch
A. Loeffler, Jr
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George P. Pitt
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Martin Wiegand
Jacob Jose
Charles Gaf
Health Office Record
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Hercis
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R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Capital Women
W. J. Sloane
Chaumont
Oxli Axminster
Kalliston
H Street
Connecticut Avenues
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Chevy Chase
Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc
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