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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1916
Page
21
Paria reports couriers of Verdun as heroic messengers who cross drum fire and blasted terrain to carry orders from rear to front. They travel in pairs, endure poison gas and shrapnel, and sometimes perish delivering urgent messages under relentless bombardment near Verdun.
Sacramento Aug 12 A new education system is in effect at San Quentin prison. State Superintendent Eonad Hyatt outlined a program where 260 inmates study through day and night classes, university correspondence, and in-prison printing. Warden Johnston leads a broad effort to provide eight grades, vocational courses, and languages, aiming to reintegrate inmates and reduce recidivism while expanding access for all 3,438 prisoners.
In Dallas on August 10 a police court judge ruled a kiss had value, fining William Madden 50 cents for kissing his fiancée Lucille Martin and fining the girl 25 cents for the kiss as testified by neighbors. Judge Murphy also assessed Madden a $10 fine. court officials reviewed the verdict, calling it bargain justice.
The Alliance was the only U S frigate built during the Revolutionary War to escape capture or destruction by the British. Built at the Merrimack River shore in 1777 78 she bore 28 twelve pound guns and nine she was the fastest sailing vessel of her rank and captured nearly all foes in battle. The ship twice defeated British vessels and, aided by Captain John Barry, nearly captured two adversaries on one occasion. Her prizes were numerous four selling for more than the cost of building the entire Navy. She sailed at 14 knots in one venture and was later allowed to rot in the Delaware River mud. The poem honors Alliance as a symbol of liberty and endurance, praising Barry and the ship’s valor.
Robert Hoe son of a late printing press manufacturer has rented a cottage in Reno Nevada and is living with his servants. He arrived about two months ago and keeps company with another New Yorker named Rhodes, sharing much of their time together.
The First Baptist Church led by Rev Dr W W McMaster is on vacation. Rev D J Luken preaches at 11 am on The Greatest Thing in the World. The Sixth Presbyterian welcomes Rev Earl L Douglass amid building plans for a new chapel at Sixteenth and Kennedy Streets NW with a projected cost near 65000 and occupancy by fall. Ground was broken for the chapel and parlor addition. Other churches report services, ordinations, and church events across Washington.
Abdal Baha argues that true justice matches desert and reason, not mere legalism. He contrasts commandments and mercy, urges forgiveness over vengeance, and warns that subtile torments such as ignorance and indifference harm most, while separation from God is the greatest torment.
In the Christian Science Journal Philip R. Kellar contrasts common notions of Thy will be done with Christian Science teaching. He argues that true acceptance means instant, universal rejection of sickness and sin as unreal, grounded in God’s all power and goodness. The article traces how Science and Health frames healing as aligning with divine law and eliminating error from thought, yielding joy and a guaranteed spiritual heritage of health and peace.
Chaplain Fealy, a former Washington clergyman, spearheads a drive at Schofield Barracks to raise $10,000 for a cement and steel gymnasium and amusement hall for soldiers. The plan includes bowling alleys, a swimming tank, basketball and indoor baseball, plus lectures, with strong Honolulu support and deposits of $24,290 already on hand.
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