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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1914
Page
4
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Washington notes say J P Morgan and Company voluntary retreat from some interlocking directorates signals a shift toward rail and corporate reform. Congress considers anti interlocking measures, with critics arguing stock voting control remains and must be tackled for real change. The move may affect railroad freight rate plans and public sentiment toward Wall Street influence.
At the American Political Science Association meeting in Washington a plan emerged to form a college professors union to protect political science teachers from dismissal for views at odds with trustees. A three member committee was appointed to study liberty of thought and tenure, with parallels drawn to unions by the American Economic Association and American Sociological Society. The movement followed the dismissal of Willard Fisher from Wesleyan after twenty years of service, amid conflicts over religious and social issues.
Secretary Daniels defends an educational policy for the Navy, arguing educated enlisted men are superior and essential to discipline. He says the program aims to develop existing assets, noting naval crews perform best when orders are understood. The London Morning Post criticizes the policy as social caste signaling.
Munich physician Professor Ernst Schweringer calls radium and mesotherium a gigantic swindle and says they are not cures for cancer. He argues treated cancers only show temporary improvement and warns of tissue damage risk. The New York Medical Association notes radium remains experimental and urges caution until more is known.
N A Stuart defends Capt. Kolb by disputing a Telegram reported turnout of thirty eight at the Troy courthouse. He asserts the audience was at least three hundred and criticizes misstatement by the Advertiser and its Telegram. He urges truth in reporting in Montgomery dated January 4, 1914.
A fragment on Christabel Pankhurst and the Suffraget notes that militant women may endure prison hunger strikes while men fear female power. It quotes her warning of a possible matriarchal overturn and a prophecy that "Woman shall be terrible in story," signaling a destined shift in gender power relations.
A Paris lodging house keeper Mile Vian reads she has won one million francs in the lottery. Her emotional ascent shifts to sorrow for Marthe Rouvier, the lodger in love with a poor suitor bound for the colonies, and the old maid weighs fate against shared joy.
Lawyers say fake newspaper circulation claims can be prosecuted as fraud under Section 215 of the U S penal code. Evidence shows many swindle arrests cost millions. advertisers pay for inflated circulation. public misled by misleading statements risks penalties and imprisonment.
Washington letters describe Greek Christmas on January 7 1914 under Julian time. Father Alexopoulos explains calendar use across Russia Greece Austria Hungary Romania Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro and parts of China and Japan. Greeks in Washington keep religious observance, commerce dated by Julian, and note no Santa Claus tradition alongside a lamb feast in Greece.
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