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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
7
A naval training plan assigns crews to varied duties or working parties to boost sea skill including swimming. Sailors must stay afloat unassisted for five minutes to qualify. The ship with the highest percentage of capable men wins the cup for a year, prompting officers to qualify along with their crews.
Debate over Secretary Daniels to mess officers and men together in the navy brings protests about tradition and rank. Senators stress that officers and sailors occupy distinct messes and that mixing would erode wardroom equality while preserving discipline and structure across the fleet.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frankline D Roosevelt notes many navy men cannot swim. He proposes an annual cup for ships with the highest percentage of qualified swimmers to boost aquatic training aboard battleships and training stations.
The Interstate Commerce Commission and express companies clash over a proposed 16 percent rate cut. The government argues public receipts should shrink. companies fear major profit losses. Officials warn losses could force shutdowns or asset sales, while predicting potential government takeover of the express business in years ahead.
The article chronicles Cipriano Castro’s impact on U S policy from the 1903 Venezuelan crisis to later Monroe Doctrine adaptations. It notes Roosevelt’s pressure to respect the doctrine, the 1903 peaceable blockade, and subsequent moves by Taft and Bryan toward protectorates to deter European interference in Latin America. It mentions Castro’s defiance, the American response, and Wilson era interactions without graphic detail.
The Coro manifesto proclaims Heroic Venezuela to acclaim him again. He declares a duty bound acceptance of honor and hints at a renewed attempt at presidential leadership. The text signals an upcoming campaign rivaling Napoleonic rhetoric.
A humorous column surveys telegraph and telephone courtship, linking it to fate, love, and marriage while riffing on literature and public figures. It weaves philosophy with playful quips about science, poetry, and social mores, noting how distance shapes affection and judgment.
A recent Los Angeles wedding linked Prince Stanislas Sulkowski of Austria to Marie Louise Freese, daughter of magnate August Freese. The match, likely a financier union, bars the bride from Vienna court due to Austrian noble prerequisites and entails broader European exclusion.
Senate resumed debate on a tariff bill with warnings against wasting time. Former Senator Foraker testified before the lobby investigating committee. Vice President Marshall forwarded Wilson’s request to receive a Pitt statue from British admirers. Hitchcock opposed currency legislation. Owen was interrupted by Hoke Smith. President sent nominations including Paul S. Reinsch to China. House set currency bill for Friday consideration and Hetch Hetchy bill for the same day. Britten proposed emergency naval appropriation for three new battleships. Levy urged a host of government bond transfers since July 1. Seibold testified in the lobby committee. Mexico neutrality and a state of public war were urged in a Stephens resolution. Kindel spoke on parcel post rates. Linthicum urged funds to refit the frigate Constellation for Baltimore. Hobson proposed a constitutional amendment banning alcohol sales. House adjourned at 1:57 p.m. to noon Friday.
The German Catholic Central Verein meeting in Buffalo on August 6 censured the patriotic hymn America as un-American and endorsed the Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem The centennial promotion aims to elevate the banner over America Officials including Paul Prodreth criticized America as an imposition while praising the Banner as a symbol of American ideals
Secretary McAdoo yesterday asked that 25000 be included in the urgent deficiency bill to fund the commission created to study and report a suitable memorial bridge design across the Potomac River from Washington to the Arlington estate area. The act authorized the appropriation but did not provide funds. The commission comprises Speaker Clark, Vice President Marshall, Representative Frank Clark, and Senator Swanson.
An executive session fight failed to block EB J Engler's confirmation as Ipswich South Dakota postmaster. The President's preferential primary was disputed with Frank J. Tracy winning 140 to 16 in the race. Many Republicans supported Engler, leaving opposition around six votes on the roll call.
Army orders list officers with new duties and travels for duty assignments. MeROBERT 8 WOODSON, Edward Burr, Alford Van Anderson, Thomas J. Smith, Lindsey P. Rucker, William P. Screws, and Edward F. King Jr are assigned to posts in Panama, Fort Leavenworth, Alexandria, and other locations, with details on duties and encampments.
Lieut G D Johnstone to Kentucky and Lieut R M Bhainard detached ice to home with navy movements. Arrivals include vessels at Vicksburg Tacoma Port Townsend Victoria New York yard Michigan Vera Cruz Hicano Chinkians. Sailings list ships from Tscome Bremerton Port Townsend Victoria BC Des Moines Brunswick La Guaira Guantanamo Key West Tortugas Habana San Francisco Newport maneuvers various ports.
The article argues the United States must intervene in Mexico to restore order as no Mexican faction can dominate the chaos. It claims a self-appointed dictator will arise and that only external, non neutral action can pacify Mexico, satisfy Europe, and protect U.S. interests. Ambassador Wilson favors Huerta, while President Wilson may follow Republican counsel or Del Valle's advice.
Dan Crawford, author of Thinking Black, praises the Laban tribe as the most splendid gentlemen in Central Africa. He lived there 23 years, claims a language with 19 noun genders and 23 verb tenses, and notes cannibalism but no instances of women eating human flesh. He describes polygamy, monogamy protests, and intense religious rites centered on sex.
Brooklyn judge Judge Lewis L. Fawcett returned from England praising corporal punishment as a remedy for crime. He cited English practice with the lash on burglars and highwaymen, claiming sixty lashes and salt deter offenders and even prompt them to leave the country.
Willie McGaugh ten, tried to stop a moving freight train with a lasso. The rope snagged a coupling rod and yanked him from the tracks. Sam Vancle, a merchant on the platform, raised a flag and halted the approaching train. Willie will recover.
Harry Campbell a former government agent seeks divorce from Blanche Campbell a Swash Indian formerly wed at Eneaclaw Washington on December 11 1911. He says her temper was fierce and that items of Indian warfare brought from her homeland were used against him including an Indian hammer and a tomahawk chased battles and choking incidents. He now lives at Wolze I after their separation last June.
Viscount Morley speaks at banquet for 600 delegates as London hosts the International Medical Congress set to convene at Albert Hall. The weeklong gathering will draw doctors from around the world, including leading American specialists such as Prof Harvey W. Cushing, Dr Robert Abbe, and Dr Rudolph Matas, highlighting advances in surgery radium cancer treatment and organ transplantation.
Berlin observers report light sentences for German ordnance corps officers after a court martial on charges of disclosing military secrets, bribe acceptance, and insubordination. Lieuts Tillan Schleuder Hinst and Hoge were punished with prison time and loss of commissions, while Pfeiffer Schmidt and Droese received confinement. Evidence showed disclosure of information to Krupp representatives regarding contracts.
The U S Bureau of Education, with the Phelps-Stokes fund trustees, announced a study of private and higher schools for negroes. A report will be published later. The fund, about 1 million dollars, was left by Caroline Phelps-Stokes of New York for philanthropic aims including Negro education.
Secretary Bryan announced yesterday he is drafting an arbitration treaty with Salvador, the sole nation backing his plan for international peace by arbitration. The draft will go to the Senate once finished, agreeing to a yearlong impartial court investigation before war. If a third nation threatens interference, the parties may arm in response.
The notice provides a sun and tide table, brief high and low tide data, and a weather forecast from the Weather Bureau. It notes a high pressure system bringing generally fair conditions east of the Rockies, with a slow eastward disturbance causing showers in the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region, and unsettled but improving weather across eastern and southern states over the next two days.
In Washington, aviator W Leonard Bonney discusses Didier Masson’s bomb drops on Mexican federalists and the future of military aircraft. He notes tests from 1,600 feet, the danger from land fire, and the likelihood that bomb carrying planes will soon rise beyond gun range. The piece links aviation to warfare and potential U.S. use.
At the Balkan peace conference M Maiorescu announced a U S note urging civil and religious liberty be guaranteed in any territories ceded or annexed. Delegates, citing existing laws in participating nations, did not see a need to include a special clause in the Bucharest treaty.
In a stylistic exchange the judge laments era shifts in modesty and reserve among girls while a relative responds that past restraint did not limit men, framing a generational debate on behavior and propriety.
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