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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1914
Page
11
Fragmentary Washington Post notice on subscriptions and delivery followed by a long war editorial. It discusses subscription policies, postal charges, and urges readers to update addresses. It then shifts to a dramatic meditation on European conflict, its costs, and the toll of war on nations, economies, and civilized life.
The 1909 London declaration outlines rules of maritime warfare including transfer of enemy vessels to a neutral flag. It notes the U S Senate ratified but Britain did not, delaying effect. It stresses that transfers before hostilities are valid and those after or during blockades are void or presumptively invalid. It argues U S should acquire foreign vessels only under bona fide American ownership to avoid disputes.
The article reflects on the likely economic fallout of a major European war as world exchanges shut in major cities. It notes that even prudent financiers warn of looming turmoil and that money preserves peace and prosperity, despite skepticism about such signals.
Two District House members, a Democrat and a Republican, support municipal ownership in principle but oppose it for the District due to dual government structure and the burden of bonded debt. They state no public demand exists and urge Congress to avoid imposing a system unwanted by citizens.
The Federal reserve board and reserve banks are urged to act quickly to organize and leverage discount rates and gold flows. They can suspend reserve requirements and control rates, foreign bills, and loans. With Europe in crisis, prompt use of these powers could curb gold outflows and preserve international liquidity.
The excerpt notes a rapid creation of a foreign balance favorable to a country, usable to check in roads on American gold. It praises the Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency law while suggesting enhancements in the newer law to improve banking system stability, cohesion, and government backing.
Editorial argues financing and facilitating transfer of foreign ships to American registry can build a lasting US merchant fleet. Warns against war-driven booms. urges subsidies to equalize costs, protect American ownership, and keep trade from Europe postwar. Calls for swift bipartisan action to boost navy, expand foreign commerce, and reduce foreign deliveries.
Baron Rudolf von Slatin, long captive in Sudan, marries Baroness Alice von Ramberg in Vienna. Once a British honorary major general and inspector general of the Sudan, Slatin's career spans Khartoum siege, service with Gordon, and high Ottoman, Austrian, and Egyptian ranks. The wedding unites notable military lineages and crowns a dramatic life of captivity, exile, and renown.
Senate adjourned after a busy morning session with Newlands pressing for a vote on the Newlands trade commission bill Amendments to the currency law were sent to conference and will be reported today Gallinger introduced a deprecatory war end resolution Clapp amendment on FTC damages failed 1 to 18 The San Francisco expedition centennial selection passed and foreign delegates invited to the Wichita dry farming congress A $200 000 relief appropriation for Americans abroad was approved A district committee Crosser bill for municipal railway ownership was filed News included relief measures for oil and gas land rotators and unborn calves Interstate transport rules for immature calves and homestead patent provisions for deserted wives were enacted before adjournment
A New York Mineralogical Club bulletin details minerals found along Broadway and surrounding streets in Manhattan. It lists beryl at several blocks from One Hundred and Fifth to One Hundred and Sixty-fifth streets, malachite flakes, chrysoberyl crystals, garnets near Liberty Street and uptown blocks, graphite, gypsum, kaolin along West 32nd and Fifth avenues, manganese oxides, mica uptown, opal hyalite near East Sixty-fifth Street, two rare topaz samples near Broadway and St Nicholas, tourmaline from 207th to 225th Street, and a notable garnet found by a sewer worker on West 30th Street now in George F Kunz’s collection.
A man from Inkster wanders into Detroit and learns of painted geometric street markings on Woodward Avenue. A policeman explains the grid of parallelograms, rectangles and triangles are designed to concentrate and reduce accidents while guiding pedestrians across the avenue. The visitor tries a parallelogram and jokes about its convenience despite the danger, noting he was knocked down three times but finds the approach worthwhile.
A fragmented exchange shows a car owner questioning why he left a prior place as a chauffeur recalls the last employer went crazy and began shingling his house while the car needed new tires.
A Kelton Pa woman, Mrs Jethro Allison, attacked dogs, injured and killed pets, and ransacked her mother’s home triggering a five-man arrest by Constable Forest and aides. She had just completed a prior sentence for stabbing a man near Holmesburg.
Philadelphia public ledger reports Superintendent George Lang marked his fifth anniversary of redemption by hosting a free roast beef dinner for hundreds of down and outs at the Inasmuch Mission. Invitations reading Welcome drunk or sober spread through Tenderloin and Hell Half Acre as men lined up long before the start, with 200 in the basement and 200 more filling seats as the afternoon continued.
A fragmentary 19th century style scene in a cafe shows Elfrida at Martha's table prompting talk of men clothes and divers things while Ambrose grows bored and evasive. The meal grows chaotic with disappearing dishes as Ambrose sinks to the floor and is aided by Elfrida.
Charles Caputo his wife and three children aged 68 and 12 were picking huckleberries when a monster black snake seized them on a mountain near Frashville Pennsylvania. Caputo struck the reptile with a stone, the snake balked, and the family endured nearly four hours restrained until Jacob Pozarro and his dog forced their escape as the creature slid away to rocks.
Mrs Venereno Perrolo left her 2 year old in a high chair at 68 Machanic Street Orange then stretched a blanket from across the street when the child fell. A woman screamed and the blanket caught the infant, who was taken to Orange Memorial Hospital where doctors revived it and it cried.
A London minister complains to his milkman about the quality of milk, stating he uses it for diets and not for christening purposes. The tradesman answers uneasily, acknowledging the remark and the limit of milk use.
A garbled extract shows a dialogue from a New York press feature, mentioning a battering wife and a sinking ship while characters debate appearance and clothing. The fragment hints at a chaotic three hour talk and hurried exits as a hat is secured.
Mrs Jensen wife of Nakomis skipper arrived in San Francisco recounting a five month ordeal after Nakomis ran aground off Clipperton Island 700 miles from Mexico. With her two babies and eight crew members she endured scarce rations of fish and eggs while awaiting rescue by the Cleveland and passage to Acapulco aboard the Pacific Mariner City of Sydney.
Judge James J Benks of Los Angeles argues in a hotel lobby that opening the Panama Canal will shift immigration westward, boosting the Pacific coast's importance. He envisions California Imperial Valley cotton rivaling Sea Island, with no boll weevil, no rust, and Los Angeles aspiring to be the Western metropolis as population grows.
Charles Towne of New York, former U.S. senator from Minnesota, remarked he was amazed by Sulzer strength beyond the East Side in New York and across western New York. Towne suggested Sulzer will not win the Progressive gubernatorial nomination but may run on his own ticket and influence the race.
Weather report notes hot days across the interior with thundershowers in the Atlantic States. Fort Smith Arkansas becomes a dry town after liquor sales were halted by court orders on August 1, driving Oklahomans to cross the border. The piece discusses drought impact, tourism slowdown, and anticipated political shifts in state races, with references to Roosevelts, Hedges, Whitman, and Glynn amid a national climate of tension and travel disruptions.
Atlanta dispatch reports Ralph E Lake sought for passing worthless checks led to Elmer Moad a Reading Railroad conductor's arrest. Lake and a woman companion were detained in a Philadelphia hotel. Detective Farley boarded the train at the station with a warrant but the train stopped at Pleasantville when Lake could not pay fare. Brood held for interference with an officer for a further hearing.
First Sergt David M L Lavine of the 7th company coast artillery is hospitalized at Fort Totten with an inflamed right eye blamed on a mosquito bite. X rays and surgeons indicate possible blood poisoning and risk to sight. He will be moved to Army Hospital Washington for eye-saving hopes. Lavine, 49, nineteen years in service with a wife and children. He served in the Mexican affairs with a Texas-bound command.
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