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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
9
The Washington Post announces subscription terms including carrier and mail options. Rates show daily and Sunday delivery with monthly and yearly prices, payable in advance, with remittance methods listed and Edward B. McLean credited as editor-president.
Notice explains how to change addresses and keep the newspaper delivered nationwide. Advises renewing before expiration, with dates shown on the address label. Includes foreign advertising representatives and subscription payment terms.
A condensed wartime outlook notes three fronts stalled, Russia demoralized, and shifts in Czer wonicz. France and Britain push in Flanders and northern France toward Zeebrugge, with spring as the likely turning point. U.S. entry and buildup are described as essential but not imminent, with heavy shipping needs and training ahead.
Intimations on the new war industries board show its advisory role remains, with three‑member purchases committee and shared department representation. A separate munitions department is urged to handle all government buying, while legal authority stays with the War and Navy Departments.
The article argues wartime limits on German imports spurred US dyestuff and explosives production, with profit as a motivator but warns against war profiteering. It supports collateral incentives like rebates for patriotic behavior and condemns business seizing on war as opportunity, urging balanced incentives.
The Oklahoma City district attorney’s vigorous actions against draft opponents are praised as restoring faith in law. About 200 ringleaders have been arrested in central Oklahoma, with the insistence that treason merits the death penalty and that all classes face equal enforcement to deter sedition.
The German press flips from denying America’s impact to denouncing U S embargo policies as brutal while criticizing international law claims. It questions Berlin’s own wartime actions including Belgium’s murder and attacks on hospital ships, arguing Germany’s stance harms neutrals and ignores its own atrocities.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY reports that Don Alfonso of Braganza may wed Miss Anita Rhinelander Stewart, an American divorcée, a match risking his rights to the Portuguese throne and his ties to the Roman Catholic Church. The piece recounts two prior Braganza prince marriages to Americans and details Miguel’s renunciation, debts, and German military service.
A historic note traces the 101 year origin of the free soil movement to the Wilmot proviso of 1816, tied to David Wilmot and a Mexican peace bill. It explains Democratic rifts in New York between Barnburners and Old Hunkers, the 1845-46 battles over slavery expansion, and the political fallout after Jackson's death. The piece links these events to the later formation of the Republican Party and the coming Civil War strains.
An exchange discusses Laughing at life as a theme and then profiles McKim, a capable but egotistic worker. After attending Plattsburg, his personality is said to be reshaped into a disciplined, more efficient form, prompting promotion with a future raise.
The piece discusses evolving dining trends where game and fish dishes once common in homes give way to new substitutes as artists of the next generation envision meatless and varied fare for the dining room.
A humorous exchange asks have you got a war garden and answers yes with a bigger one this year. The punchline recalls a neighbor rooster battle last year, joking it made the garden a war garden in a lighthearted wartime spirit.
A unanimous consent agreement set the vote on the administration food bill conference report for 4 PM. Landera predicted at most a dozen opposing votes. Follow up action on the food survey bill was expected, with Williams denouncing obstruction and Gronna defending farmer interests. Wadsworth urged joint war expenditures oversight, and Chairman Simmons planned to resume war tax revenue debate next morning. Rankin spoke for presidential power to seize copper mines during the war.
United States Treasury reports for August 6 1917 show daily revenue of 3 330 698 12 and ordinary disbursements of 16 645 119 20. Monthly revenue totals 18 852 573 33, with year to date receipts 97 608 522 52. General fund assets list gold silver United States notes and bank holdings totaling 2 327 438 734 96 with liabilities 125 978 286 74 and net balance 2 201 460 448 22. Additional notes include cash assets by category and gold bullion values, along with silver dollars and redemption funds totaling 327 942 972 42.
First Lieut. Robert E. Parrish medical corps is relieved from Fort Moultrie D C and assigned to Fort Slocum New York Capt. C Emery Hathaway quartermaster corps will proceed from Fort Sam Houston Texas to San Francisco California to report to the commanding general Western department for duty as officer in charge of schools for bakers and cooks and of the bakery companies of the Western department relieving Capt. Edward Wolbert who upon relief will proceed to American Lake Washington to report to the commanding officer of the cantonment for duty as officer in charge of school for bakers and cooks at that cantonment
Fred M Prescott of Menominee Wisconsin told guests at the Willard that Germany is building one aeroplane while the United States can produce a hundred once contracts start. He urged tapping automobile plants to mass produce engines and planes, arguing 6000 to 25000 aeroplanes would terrorize Germany and strike at Krupp works and Kiel Canal.
Playwright Richard Walton Tully praises the Lincoln Highway travel boom and Western highway improvements. He notes California’s multi year spending on a perfect road system, then describes free camping sites and civic efforts to attract motorists, including sanitary camp facilities and minimal charges for safety and services.
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