The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-10-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Reports on the precautions being taken
by the representatives of the Marine
Hospital and the Public Health service of
the United States to protect America
from the landing of italian immigrants
from the cholera infected districts Of
Italy were received by Surgeon General
Wyman.
Surgeon H. D. Geddings, stationed at
Naples, in response to cablegram from
Surgeon General Wyman saying it was
reported that italian immigrants from
the plague centers were shipping from
Genoa, replied that he had been watching
that port carefully. A recent inspection
there showed that. in addition to the pre-
cautions of keeping emigrants from the
infected districts under observation for
five days and disinfecting their baggage,
two physicians sailed on each ship leaving
the port with emigrants and an Italian
army or navy surgeon of high rank looked
rigidly after the health and sanitary
conditions of the emigrants.
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Bertillon measurements and photo
graphs of every citizen for public record
were proposed at the American Prison
Association Convention by Albert H.
Hall, of Minneapolis, in submitting the
report of the Committee on Criminal Re-
form law.
Mr.. Hall expressed the opinion. that
such system would elevate and equalize
the standard of citizenship. prevent dupli-
city.of the individual in all his relations,
extend the family ties, constitute uni
versal intelligence and credit bureau and
simplify expensive election registration.
Mr.. Halls radical suggestion precipitated
general discussion among the delegates,
many arguments being advanced for and
against it.
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Ambassador Hill, acting upon instruc-
tons from the State Department at
Washington, called at the Foreign Office
and requested an inquiry into the affair
and proper official redress for the wanton
assault made by the police upon Fred
erick w. Vile, the correspondent of the
New York Times, during the coal strik-
ers' riot last Sunday night, in the Moabit,
Germany.
The British Embassy, on behalf of the
English newspaper men attacked, also
has lodged protest with the Foreign
Office and demand thorough inquiry.
In company with the correspondents of
the Reuter- Telegram Company, the New
York World and the. New York Sun, Mr..
Vile, engaged in his duties, was watch
ing the police and rioters from motorcar
when the party were set upon by the
police and painfully injured Seemingly
without provocation the police charged
with sabres, and the news gatherers were
saved from further injury only by flight
to the nearest FIRST aid station.
While one Of the four called out that
they were representatives of the press,
another held up in plain view of their
assailants police pass, showing that
their presence on the scene was authorized.
The only explanation that Van Jagow
has offered, Is that the police acted upon
the order of some unknown bystanders.
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Lee McClung, treasurer of the United
States, wants a sanitary currency, and in
his annual report he recommends that
the Government increase its facilities for
exchanging worn and dirty bills for crisp
new ones, and suggests that the banks
might be willing to share the expense of
doing so.
1.-THE wide interest in ~ cleaner and
more sanitary Currency" says Mr.. Nc
Chung, lis laudable, and the end should
be attainable, because the expenditure is
only trifie as compared with the benefit
cent results
Memorializing the throne at Peking in
favor of abolishing the queue. Wu Ting
Fang, the former Minister to Washing.
ton who kept Americans busy answering
his questions while he was at this post.
has explained how he happened to take
that attitude. In his memorial, the text
of which has just reached Washington,
Mr.. Wu says Chinese residents in North,
Central and South America have been
Knocked and leased by foreigners until
they implored him to seek an imperial
.edict giving official sanction to cropping
the hair and changing their costume to
accord with Western ideaa
All through Mexico. Perue and Cuba,
where he visited as Minister, he found
the Chinese sincerely loyal aud patriotic.