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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1915
Page
13
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The article proclaims the Pan American Congress opening May 24 and EDM calls it the most important gathering for North and South American finance. It notes expected high level participation, aims to deepen banking cooperation, and argues European systems lag behind postwar recovery. The United States backs closer ties to boost regional prosperity and trade.
Maj. Pullman withdraws nine policemen from emergency hospitals tax office permit clerk disbursing office juvenile court and transfers them back to precincts. Added patrols at key crossings needed due to more vehicles and new traffic rules. City outgrows current force. more than nine additional patrolmen would help. A push to withdraw 25 officers from White House grounds is expected soon.
A critique warns that growing public dissent against costly wars threatens monarchies. It recalls 1848 and Zabern, urging rulers to pursue peace, limit military power, and prioritize people's daily life over conquest, warning that further bloodshed risks uprisings and toppled thrones.
J Bar ton Miller, once a prominent Baltimore businessman, serves twenty years for embezzlement. As superintendent of an intramural school in the Maryland State penitentiary, he guides illiterate inmates toward literacy and moral reform, finding personal renewal in helping others.
The court yesterday sentenced Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone to six to twelve years in Sing Sing for conspiring to blow up St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City last March. The decision drew strong protests about justice and the severity of the punishment. The defendants, described as aliens, faced a high profile case linked to an attempted bombing plot against the cathedral.
A columnist denounces anarchists and terrorists for violent acts aimed at instilling fear. They argue such leaders act from irrational motives, portraying them as outcasts who prey on society while feigning high principles, confined by rigid social spaces yet seeking to terrorize innocents.
The Philadelphia councils’ decision to send the Liberty Bell to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, at the urging of William R. Hearst, underscores his generous support for West coast public affairs. The article lauds Hearst’s public spirit, loyalty to California, and influence in bridging East and West, calling him an indefatigable advocate for the Pacific coast.
The earldom viscounty and Kilworth barony of Mountcashell die with the 5th earl leaving only his widow Florence Corneliua, formerly a Galway county girl, as the name bearer. The eccentric successor, born to a Swiss mother, caused scandal with breach of promise suits and lavish splendor. The line traces to Stephen Moore, founder of the family’s estates at Moore Park, with Mountcashell Rock in County Cork a famed landmark and historical footnote linking to Irish rebellion leader Lord Edward FitzGeral d.
Pete the ostrich at the Annex Hotel swallowed a gold watch and chain after a hotel manager, Fred Klooz, removed his own timepiece. Pete died minutes later as he collapsed, wasting the watch that was still ticking when recovered from the scene. The accident ended eight months of petownership. local Pittsburgh Dispatch reports from New York Herald.
A bloodhound from an Uncle Tom's Cabin troupe in Sandusky attacks police officers with apparent intent to bite, then shows affectionate behavior when near officers. The dog, once Columbus’s official "no hee dog," rushes blue uniforms and brass buttons, prompting tense encounters before calming.
The Wall Street Journal notes Toledo suburb Wildwood likely the first village with all cooking by electricity. A real estate firm supplied 30 homes with electric stoves under a controlled rate plan of 35 cents per kilowatt hour up to a monthly 160 kilowatt cap, then 7 cents for excess. Five months total energy used averaged 87 kilowatt hours per household per month, costing under 3.60 dollars, with 382 to 1,082 kilowatt hours per household over the period and additional electric appliances in every home. One resident even wired 75 lamps for decorative outdoor use.
A Kansas City woman, Emily C De Masters aged 91, claims her gray hair is returning to its youth as new golden brown strands appear. She plans to reach 190 with hair the color of her youth, living with her daughter Mrs John T Davia while noting family ties to Lexington Missouri and a long habit of simple wholesome food.
Announcement by suffragists to hold a May 1 parade includes a suffrage nursery in automobiles at Washington Square. Mothers can leave babies with caretakers during the procession and pick up afterward. Miss Hannah Patterson and Mrs Frank Roessing led the talks in Philadelphia.
Cambridge dispatch reports Radcliffe will enforce a strict dress rule for June ceremonies. Waists and a black bow will be provided for one dollar, names and waist sizes must be posted on the bulletin board. Pumps are banned and skirts must hang three inches from the ground.
The Harpalion crew arrived in London after being torpedoed off Beachy Head. Second officer Mrs Harper recalls the moment tea was just set at the engineers table as the chief engineer said grace and a terrific crash shattered the calm.
A collection of aphorisms on gender, aging, humor, and social behavior. The piece notes cautious secrecy, advising against feigned coyness by youths over ten, and remarks on women's autonomy, sincerity, and oratorical skill. It wittily reflects on luck, sin, memory, and the perplexities of male vanity.
The account details Nathaniel Bacon and his 1676 rebellion against Governor Berkeley in Virginia. It covers Bacon’s rise, the Bacon Laws, the burning of Jamestown, Berkeley’s withdrawal, and the ensuing royal reassertion amid swamp fever. The narrative notes the era’s tyranny, Indian policy triggers, and the rebellion’s brief control before Berkeley’s recall.
A terse verse critiquing money worship portrays a world blinded by wealth. The speaker condemns greed as cold and dehumanizing, urging readers to reject the idol of dollar power and its life worn for gold. The piece laments love and duty eclipsed by money’s glitter.
William Murray, a 55 year old cripple from 1021 Second Avenue, plunged into East River at Fitts Fourth Street after a boy cried for help. He saved the child with a rope assist from a nearby patrolman and was then rescued. Both men received medical care at Flower Hospital and went home.
A young widow Mrs Hagstrom faced a tragic death of her two year old son Ernest after a streetcar incident on Central Park West near Ninety Second Street. The child was caught under the rear truck as the car started, and his legs were mangled. She and her sister Miss Filme Hall fainted on the scene and the boy was rushed to a hospital with police aid, where doctors feared he would die.
Portland dispatch tells of Johnny Hilyard a six year old convalescing in a tent near Mount Hood Railway. His Black Minorca hen guards the boy refusing to eat until her boy is found. She camped before the tent and laid an egg on the pillow beside him.
Charles Bertolina known as the Galveston Rat Piper has quit his job as a rat catcher. He reportedly earned 1025 rats at Lateen Way and received ten cents per rat plus a $14 bonus. He claimed to stop once earnings reached a personal goal and left after purchasing a gasoline engine to speed tasks.
Readings reveal much above seasonal averages across the nation with 80 degrees in the Baranaba region marking a first April high. Forecasts call for fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday with cooler spells in the Northern States. Temperatures range from 41 to 86 across regions, with humidity and sunshine figures noted and daily extremes listed for key times.
Representative Phil Campbell markets a broad sense of unity among Republicans as the 1916 presidential race looms. He notes nationwide interest in the next year’s election, the lack of a single favored candidate, and expects a large Republican convention with a competitive but unified outcome.
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