Defending the Canal and Panama’s Strategic Fortifications
Col Goethals predicts Panama Canal ready for shipping by next December as dredges prepare Gatun Lake water. Gamboa dike to be blown Oct 10 to deepen the Culebra cut and allow ships. Strong emphasis on defense, naval bases, treaty with Nicaragua, and preventing rivals from gaining control or routes to the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
United States
Canal
Gamboa Dike
Culebra
Gatun Lake
Mexico
Congress
Nicaragua
Fonseca Bay
Colombia
Panama
Fire prevention needs education to cut costly fires
The State fire marshal reports 1912 losses from preventable fires in New York show 15 633 fires in Greater New York with an average loss of 580 and 12 835 fires elsewhere averaging 1 000 each, with 80 percent due to carelessness. The article urges popular education and stronger local organization to reduce these preventable losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Binghamton
Greater
America
Europe
Chambers of Commerce
Rm-J
Improvement associations educate on fire safety in neighborhoods
Improvement associations should educate the people in the neighborhood to heed care in the use of matches and piling inflammable goods and the disposition of discarded cigars and cigarettes. Such education could save New York millions of dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provement Associations
New York
Changes in Sherman Act
The article argues the Sherman Act already suffices to curb monopoly and allow competitive economics. It notes enforcement under Taft, the Oklahoma cases against Standard Oil and tobacco, and actions against Harriman, U S Steel, and ongoing dissolution plans. It warns new laws would take years to interpret and create lawyer disputes before decades pass before full consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Taft
Standard Oil and Tobacco Corporations
Harriman
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
Senate dispute over claimed authorship in renunciation speech
The speech debunks credit grabbing around a father’s day bill and a woman suffrage prediction. Senator Lewis of Maryland is accused of stealing credit while Senator Lane of Oregon and Senator Lewis are weighed for who truly authored the ideas. Jim Ham s, a misattributed note, is corrected as part of the Senate exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Tillinois
Baid Jim Ham
Congressional Record
Maryland
Lewis
Oregon
Lene
Senate
Caesar
Dave” Lewis
Harry Lane
Senator Lewis
Insane in New York and the Long Island Escape Tale
A tale recounts Edward Stewart escaping from an asylum on Long Island and seeking fortune in New York. He arrives in shabby clothes and uses cunning behavior to approach a bank amid a broader meditation on chance, luck, and self made paths to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cogla Hassan
Mark Twain
London
New York
Edward Stewart
Central
Long Island
Edward
Edward Stewart and the City of Glitz and Madness
A man named Edward cashes a large check and indulges in extravagant, gaudy pleasures in New York. Police detain him in Islip, while commentators debate whether his behavior signals madness or a daring kind of genius tied to the city’s temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Hmit
Islip
New York
Gotham
Edward Stewart
The Eugenics Law in Pennsylvania Draws Criticism
A critical essay questions Pennsylvania’s eugenics law and its marriage license questionnaire scheme. It argues the approach corrupts science by treating humans like livestock and notes flaws in secrecy, perjury risk, and impracticality versus Wisconsin’s doctor certificate system. The column mocks reformers, cites thinkers, and blends satire with social critique.
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Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Apostles of
Eugenics
Notables Maligned in Countess Scarce Biographical Tale
Countess Hermann von Wedel, said to be dying in Breslau sanitarium, is described as mixed heritage and once involved with the Berlin court. Her memoir My Relations With Emperor William II is dismissed as fantasies by critics, while her marriages and divorces echo a life of scandal and intrigue across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann von Wedel
Breslau
Brussels
William II
Atlantic
Emily Berard
Hermann Wedel
Charles Wedel
Alsace-Lorraine
Berlin
Germany
Switzerland
Vienna
William
Kaiser
Austria
Kaleer
Wedels
House of
Hohenzollern
Hermann
Prince William
Thlen
Frederick
Count Hoursvieff
Prince Frederick of
Chersea Salvator
Dreyfus
Tchermacieff
Senate and House actions notes on bills and nominations
Senate resumed debate on the torts bill and disposed of one item cast iron pipe. Hollis attacked New England cotton mill operators predicting they would prosper even with reduced duties. Nomination of Royal Meeks to labor statistics commissioner confirmed. James A. Emory testified as lobby inquiry continued. House met at noon after caucus on currency bill. District committee probed local government matters with condemnation juries charge. Mulhall, ex chief lobbyist of NAM, testified as lobby hearings opened. Ways and Means elected Decker to Interstate Commerce and Ten Hyck to Accounts committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hollis
New England
Royal Meeks
New Jersey
James A. Emory
House
Johnson
House Lobby Committee
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Ways and Means
Decker
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ten Hyck
Canal May Open This Year For Ship Traffic
Reports from the Canal Zone say dredges replacing steam shovels in the Culebra cut could ready the canal for shipping by next December. Light-draft vessels may pass sooner once the canal prism reaches final depth and the Gamboa locks blow up around October 10 to admit water into Gatun Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Zone
Culebra
Gamboa
Delayed action on McAdoo charge in House committee
The Democratic majority of the House Ways and Means Committee deferred MacNdell resolution demanding proofs from Secretary McAdoo about a bankers’ conspiracy to depress 2 percent bonds. Mondell may push the issue in the House and urged a Justice Department investigation if the charges are true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haugeways and Means Committee
Macndell
McAdoo
New York
Mondell
Department of Justice
Army Orders and Promotions Record
Army orders list absences promotions and assignments across regiments corps and posts. Major Charles Reynolds Davidson Henry Reilly and Orin Mitcham receive detachments and fort inspections at Fort Monroe and Fort Wool. Several lieutenants lieutenants colonels and captains receive promotions transfers retirements and duty station changes across the Fourth Infantry Texas El Paso Hawaii New Jersey and other posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles RB. Reynolds
Medical Corps
Alexander H. Davidson
Thirteenth Cavalry
Henry J. Reilly
Wiftpenth Cavalry
Orin B. Mitcham
Ordnance
Yinit
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Monroe
Fort Wool
George A. Zinn
Corps of Engineers
Hihlhouse District
Joseph E. Kuhn
Leon
Roudini
Infantry
Adjutant's General's Department
Francis
Albert ©. Dalton
Twenty Ninth Infantry
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Edward T. Hartmann
Quartermaster Corps
el Paso
Fort ‘Bliss
Tex
Fort Bilas
Willian M. Goodale
Nineteenth Infantry
Clarence R. Edwards
Texas City
G Arthur Hadsell
Third Infantry
Organized Militia of
New York
Albany
Holmes
Troutman
Medical Reserve Corps
Edward G. Elliott
Ninth Cavalry
Fort D. A. Russell
Wryo
Fort Logan
Celo
Arthur L. Bump
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaii Territory
Charles A. Walker, Jr
Ordnance Department
Tobyhanna
Third Field Artillery
James G. Boswell
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Franklin R. Kenney
Horace F. Sykes
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Sykes
Minneapolis
Minz
William RE. Leonard
Ninth Infantry
Leonard
Naval Orders Dispatch Transfers and Movements
Naval personnel are assigned to Columbia University and other commands in New York and Annapolis. Ensigns and lieutenants depart for training, Arkansas, Paducah, and D-2 command. A long list details vessel movements including Henley and a string of ships arriving at ports from Newport to San Francisco and Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ©. Barker
Naval Academy
Columbia Uniersity
New York
H. G Bowen
Columbia University
W. R. Furlong
Navy Yard
Galumble University
T. A. Symington
Annapolis
E. Holliday
R. B. Horner
R. F Freusen
B. R
N.Y
Columbia
Henley
Diale
Roe
Patterson
Jenking
Jouett
Jarsis
Fanning
Heale
Warrington
Stereit
Held
Walke
San Francisco
Panther
Yankton
Wyoming
Arkanas
Utah
North Dakota
Delaware
New Jersey
Georgia
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Ohio
Idaho
Kansas
Alabama
Prairie
Orien
Ontario
Patersoo
Sonoma
Newport
Sonome
New London
Blakely
California
Wheeling
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
Michigan
Ciudad del Carmen
Virginia
Bremerton
South Dakota
Guaymas
Tecoma
New York Vart For Prnvicetown California, Gom Mare Inland
San Francieca
Ciividad de Carmen
Wilsons envoy Lind may face Mexican peril warned
The New York Herald cautions that while Wilson seeks friendly ties with Mexico, unrest there could provoke a response in the United States. It argues patience has limits and notes past incidents like the Star of the West and the Maine as precedents for war if American interests are harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Mexico
Lind
Wilson
America
Huerta
Star of the West
Maine
Refused Tip Triggers Blacklist by New York Waiters Guild
The General Restaurant Attendants' Brotherhood of New York moves to blacklist the Minneapolis waiter who refused a $90 tip from Charles G. Gates and returned the money to the restaurant owner who mailed it back. Members condemn the act as unprofessional and say New York waiters should keep diners’ tips, with quotes from Broadway staff and observers.
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New York
Gates
New York Herald
General
Brotherhood
Minneapolis
Charles G. Gates
Broadway
Walter
G. R. A. B. Hearty
Joe” Fortuni
Lew Fields
Joe
Heart a Powerful Machine From a Foreign Exchange
A feature explains the heart as a powerful tiny engine. The average heart weighs eleven ounces and beats about 70 times per minute, pumping six ounces of blood each beat. Over a lifetime, the heart moves about 5,000 tons of blood and powers far more than ships' weights.
Herd Holds Girls Captive on Prairie Drive
Five Chelsea and Claremore girls driving from Fucker's ranch to Muskogee were trapped by a vast cattle herd between Muskogee and Chelsea. The motor died and thousands of cattle surrounded the car overnight until daylight when the herd dispersed and the girls reached Muskogee with the help of a herdsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oka
New York Tribune
Chelsea
May McSpadden
Lizzie Sharp
Violet Miles
Miss Smith
Miss Rucker
Claremore
Irresistible Woman and the Mars Made Match
A whimsical note from Puck discusses Casey-Joost and Kerrigan-God as Mars influences in a playful teasing scene. The passage hints at romance and desire with light comic tone and suggestive imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Casey
Joost
Litte Mars
Little Wetkes
Mra Kerrigan
Sullivans Nomination for Minister to Santo Domingo Moves Forward
The Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported James M Sullivan’s nomination as Minister to Santo Domingo to the Senate. Sullivan, a New York attorney, faced charges linked to defending Jack Hos e and a Rosenthal murder case but the committee deemed them immaterial. Opposition grows to Preston McGoodwin of Oklahoma due to perceived instability. A book by Paul S. Reinsch is being reviewed as part of the panel’s study of diplomatic nominees. Reinsch is named to succeed William J. Calhoun as Minister to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M Sullivana
Santo Domine
Senate
Todas
Sullivan
New York
Beause
Jack Hose
Rosenthal
San Domingo
Preston MccGoodwin
Oklahoma
McGoodwin
Owen
Paul S. Reinsch
Wisconsin
Reimach
William J. Calhoun
Ching
Japan delays protest over California alien land law
Japan has not yet replied to the State Department note on the California alien land law effective now. Ambassador Chinda says a reply will come in due course. A test case may be brought in California courts by a Japanese resident whose property rights are challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
California
Ambasgador Chinda
Bryan
United States
Sweden wins free wood pulp and paper entry into U S
Sweden yesterday was granted the right to send wood pulp and paper into the United States free of duty. The decision aligns with Canada under meat favored nations treaties and the customs court ruling. Other nations' claims are under consideration. Russia is excluded due to the 1832 treaty abrogation.
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Sweden
United States
State
Treasury Departments
Customs Court
Canada
Russia
Record for Sugar Imports Sets New U S High
The Department of Commerce reports that sugar imported into the continental United States in the year ended June 30, 1913, totaled 6,500,900,009 pounds, surpassing the 1912 record by 568,000,009 pounds. Total sugar consumption reached nearly 8,000,000,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Commerce
Weather and tide notes from The Washing Post regional update
The report lists tide times for the day, then provides a Weather Bureau summary for Monday August 11. It describes high pressure over the lake region and Atlantic states, scattered showers in Virginia North Carolina Ohio and Mississippi valleys, warm dry weather in the Southwest, and variable winds along coasts. Temperatures range from mid 70s to low 80s with detailed hourly readings and precipitation data. River conditions note Patomac and Shenandoah mud levels in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Missppi
Florida
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Kansas
Missouri
Mexican
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
South Atlantic Coast
West Gulf Coast
Commissions discuss European farming methods and abuses
The Federal and American commissions studying rural credits and farm conditions report Europe leads in intensive cultivation. German wheat yields reach 70 bushels per acre, while U S yields run 12 to 25 bushels. European women work long shifts on farms as men toil in factories. Separately, J A Eckert cites severe worker abuse in Newark plants, and H A Chester doubts Castro can retake Venezuela’s presidency amid Gomez era stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toocope
Federal Commission
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta
Wilson
Jordans
Washington
Congress
Jordan
Raleigh
Europe
Italy
Hungary
Germany
Holland
Austria
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
France
England
Ireland
United States
Itabor
J. A. Eckert
Shorénam
Ieste
la Newark
WN. J
Eckert
Newark
Philadelphia
N. J
New Auton Hennery in Union County Barn
New Castle dispatch reports farmer Kylie bought a gray touring car last week, but hens in his barn laid eggs in the car and moved in. He found three hens laid in the auto and decided not to use it yet, as they occupy the vehicle.
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New Auton Hennery
New Castle
Sam James Kylie
Union
Jefferson Count
Kyle
Hns
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