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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1915
Page
11
The provided text lists subscription rates for The Washington Post by carrier and mail, with daily and Sunday options, prices for one week, one month, and yearly terms, plus payment methods and addresses. It also includes an 1915 editorial remark about reducing feuds and war, urging higher law and rejection of private blood feuds as a means to resolve conflicts.
A Washington report asserts broad US business improvement driven by agriculture industry and commerce growth. It notes stock markets reflect optimism, rising foreign demand, strong banking support, and a nationwide surge in prosperity across Maryland Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina and the District of Columbia. The piece predicts an era of wider national prosperity.
A school entertainment in a West Virginia town last Thursday sparked a deadly blood feud as two groups fought with knives, killing several and injuring others. The article argues blood feuds are anachronisms, citing law and modern society, while noting ongoing dangers and calls for legal resolution.
The piece extols British asylum for political refugees and argues the United States must likewise protect Gen. Huerta, former Mexican president, as he arrives on U.S. soil. It praises Huerta’s past protections of U.S. citizens in Mexico and asserts exile rights while remaining lawfully in the United States.
The Alaska Railroad plan aims to connect river and stage routes with coastal ports, boosting access to gold coal fisheries and agriculture. It envisions Resurrec tion Bay Turnagain Arm and Fairbanks as key hubs, with coal from Matanuska entering a Pacific coast fuel market and Navy coal needs served without Atlantic routes. The project favors government supervision via contracted construction to manage harsh conditions and avoid a large, distant operations force, drawing a parallel with the failed Panama Canal commission approach.
The report notes work placed under one man with established organization and ground labor and that canal construction plans were determined. It cites Alaska’s remote, harsh climate and labor difficulties as the key game situation, with government choosing to leave problems to contractors while aiding in transportation and fundamental matters.
The Post contrasts Dr. David Starr Jordan who opposes arming and Secretary of War Garrison who advocates stronger military preparedness. Both agree on diplomacy but differ on defense as essential for safety. Garrison warns lack of defense risks national security, while Jordan fears arming provokes aggression and fails to deter war. The piece asks whether the US should arm itself or rely on peaceful means.
German soldiers protect Joan of Arc statues across Belgium and France, viewing her as a foe of England and an ally in the present war. The piece also notes diplomatic retirements and family ties of British envoys, plus various war-era social items and anecdotes.
New York Herald reports Charles Grohs four years old was dragged four miles by a Plank Road trolley car through Newark streets. The body was found in the cog wheels near Jersey City after an hour’s delay. his mother had reported him missing hours earlier. A bystander, William Ketcham, saw an arm dangling from the rear truck. The child had been playing near cars and was believed caught when the trolley started, clothes pulled into the revolving machinery before it stopped at a bridge and an emergency crew recovered the body.
Mrs Mary Capella a three day bride leaped from a second story window at 1003 Annin Street with her trousseau and marriage certificate in hand as flames trapped the couple. Anthony Capella followed, was injured, firemen rescued others and the couple escaped amid smoke and chaos.
An Edison Company electrician, Frank Signor of Yonkers, was on a Hof fman street pole in the Bronx when a trolley car passed. The rope snagged and Signor was jerked to ground, dragged fifty feet by an oncoming car driven by William Whitey, and injured with a possible spine fracture and a fractured wrist. He was taken to Fordham Hospital and is thirty.
Carl B. Scheel and Minnie Scheel told Judge Fritz the couple’s marital troubles in a divorce proceeding. An interpreter conveyed Minnie’s claim she seeks dissolution due to her husband’s jealousy and constant nagging. Scheel said his wife nagged him, including at night when he lights the gas so she can nag him, and he covers his eyes to block her.
Indianapolis Miss Lulu Grayson court reporter for room 4 in superior court presided as judge pro tem to read instructions after evidence in the Mary Gallagher versus Frank Lawson case. The jury deliberated about two hours and returned a verdict for the defendant.
Lewistown Pa dispatch reports William Stiffler aged 52 died after attempting to blow dust from his clothing with a hose pressurized at 95 pounds. Overheated from open hearth glare and a recent typhoid fever, he collapsed and died after a night of agony. Doctors say high pressure cold air ruptured bowels. The hose use violated posted safety notices at Standard Steel Works.
Today marks Henry Clay’s birth anniversary, the Great Compromiser born April 12 in Virginia. The article notes his rise from rural schooling to law, Senate service, and a short stint as Secretary of State, detailing his death in Washington and his enduring legacy as an orator and political figure.
The ancient earth mother Demeter appears in Book News Monthly Demeter to warn of a curse on sowed corn and the hardship it brings. Her childhood listeners debate the worth of her words as the land faces a grim fate foretold by rivers and flames. A Philadelphia Bulletin poet interjects with springtime love verses, contrasting the grim agrarian prophecy with lighter lyric whimsy.
J Nahser of 7947 South Peoria street recounts his dog Buster a Boston terrier who loved balls and began playing marbles with Earl Nahser four years old. Buster later produced a jingling sound in his stomach revealing marble fragments removed by Dr T A Kragness. The Houston Port Hartford minister quip and a food ad aside highlight local newspaper miscellany.
A memory impaired woman, unable to recall her name, address, or acquaintances, asks Patrolman Gabel for help at 25th Street and Seventh Avenue. He escorts her to West 123rd Street station where a description triggers a possible match to Mary talไว้lla his wife of William Callahan of 507 East 11th Street. After recognizing her husband, the woman's memory returns and they go home together.
A cow led to a slaughter house ran wild through a city, fending off four patrolmen including Sergeant Frank Kreig. Michael Stovick suffered four broken ribs and a fractured skull after being knocked down and trampled during the melee. Police eventually roped the animal and ended the incident.
In Wilkes Barre a 1300 worker strike began at the Nottingham mine of Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co after a new entry order forced miners to carry dynamite through main avenues. Miners protested mule disruptions endangering lives, and officials refused to rescind.
The New York World reports a lawsuit over facial skin damaged in a streetcar accident. Clyde Yarborough sued for compensation after a passenger’s rosy cheek was injured, with the higher court awarding four thousand ninety dollars for the loss of a portion of her cheek.
The page presents a sun and tide table with high and low tides, sunrise and sunset times, and a weather outlook. It notes a moving disturbance over Quebec that caused storms near the Great Lakes and Mississippi region, with general fair weather elsewhere. Temperature trends are described for various regions, predicting rising highs in the north and Ohio valleys and steadier changes in the south and west.
A collection of opinions from visitors and prominent figures on world news and the Crimea era. Wallace Munre, a former British soldier now in New York, compares news dissemination then and now while discussing Alma. Walter Boland and John Philip Sousa weigh war duration and economic effects on Canada and the United States, urging neutrality and cautious press coverage.
Observer Inspector Richard Matthews of the Liverpool police argues American policing would not pass in England. He cites force use limits, ranks from the bottom up, and dangers to officers. He notes English practice with handcuffs and cautions against warrantless arrests while contrasting betting laws and sports crime.
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