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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1915
Page
11
The Washington Poet on Pennsylvania Ave lists delivery options in Washington and Alexandria with daily and Sunday inclusions. Subscriptions by mail and postpaid in advance note payment methods and multiple regional advertising reps in New York Chicago Boston Detroit and Washington, D C.
Notice urging Washingtonians to keep THE POST with them as they move from the city. Readers are instructed to mail new addresses and desired mailing duration, with subscription details and advance payment to The Washington Post Company.
The text proclaims steadfast American resolve to preserve freedom of the seas against British interference. It denounces British port restrictions on U.S. commerce, warns against paying tribute to foreign powers, and urges immediate release of vessels and cargoes. It emphasizes that the people and their government will assert and carry out this policy.
Opinion argues the United States must prepare for possible war with a large military buildup. It criticizes reliance on ideals with Mexico and notes Carranza’s possible invitation of intervention. The piece warns belligerents would ignore U S rights if America remained unprepared and urges readiness over rhetoric.
The nation vows to press for peace through credible power. Domestic opportunism is rejected as insufficient to solve international challenges. The President leads in mobilizing national forces to defend rights and honor, with broad public support nationwide.
The United States will not embargo war material exports despite belligerent pressure. Secretary Lansing’s note to Austria-Hungary is clear on neutral rights and duties, and a forthcoming note to Great Britain is expected to expose violations of international law. All sides seek U S neutrality, but concessions favoring any belligerent harm American interests.
A Pittsburgh priest, heir to three separate bequests totaling about 15 million, refuses all gifts stating he does not need the money. He remains poor in worldly goods while his parishioners live modestly, and he directs the funds to other relatives. The piece ponders whether wealth serves or burdens, and questions if his abstention is a true virtue or a missed opportunity.
A fragment hints at a benevolent priest who inspires goodwill toward him. The speaker imagines meeting the priest, talking openly, and perhaps discovering a previously unknown familial connection. The tone is reflective and speculative about fate and kinship.
The piece argues President Wilson supports developing electric power at Great Falls and a dam at Chain Bridge to form a Potomac basin lake, meeting DC’s looming water famine and supplying power via national government control. It notes an estimated 16 million dollar cost and calls for federal action to accelerate self sustaining, cheaper power for the District and surrounding areas.
The District National Guard, 1 500 strong, encamped at Colonial Beach, is praised as a patriotic force training young men for national defense. The piece argues guardsmen are heroes, sacrificing time and money to prepare for defending citizens and property against foreign attack, supplying the volunteer army in war.
Charles Massey, longtime clerk of St George's Church in London, retires after roughly four centuries of service and guiding weddings including those of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow in 1886. He helped about 12,000 couples, recounting stories of preventing nuptial mix-ups during busy ceremony days.
Austria mourns Archduchess Marie Caroline matriarch of the Hapsburgs widow of Archduke Rainer. She leaves vast wealth to adopted daughter Countess of Waldeck and duchess della Grazia. Her life intertwined with exiled lovers and royal pardons amid Napoleonic era upheaval.
An exchange notes that early wars aimed at food, later wars sought revenge, love, religion, conquest, and glory. It argues subsequent conflicts merged motives, with liberty and broad aims blending in modern warfare.
A Hartford motorist, A. R. Gerber, a local clothing merchant, stopped when 40 women cried kitchen fire. He jumped from his car, moved furniture, saved a woman's dinner from a blazing gasoline stove, and dragged the stove outside to prevent further damage.
Historic Mount Vernon faces erosion from the Potomac with a tidal estuary foot. Engineers bored a drainage tunnel under the bluff, diverting water and stabilizing the riverfront. A heavy masonry wall along the water was built to prevent further erosion and protect the mansion’s lawn and foundation.
A poem praising nature and human art, describing nature with a mission and an artist painting sea wave sky cloud hill tree stream trout thrush roses and a home with a woman and child, culminating that love in the woman eyes and a baby’s smile surpasses the artist’s perfection.
Dayton safety director Harry P. James announces Dr. Tony Carr as city chiropodist for six months on probation. The plan offers weekly free treatment to all police officers, aiming to reduce foot ailments that cost time and money.
A Seattle Times article notes Judge Martin F. Moran plans to import Angora goats to Alaska to feed on reindeer moss and stimulate a northern Angora industry. Moran cites Oregon’s Angora ranch and rising mohair demand as rationale for promising profits and regional development.
Dr. L. G. Hardman supervises preparations for excavating an Indian mound at Nachoochee valley where the princess Nachoochee is said to be buried. Archaeologists from a New York museum plan a scientific study of the native people through mortuary artifacts. The mound will be rebuilt to its present appearance and all finds sent to the New York museum.
Lawrence Minker, 13, used a knife to cut around the fang marks and sucked out the poison. He then applied a tight whip lash above the wound and walked his younger brother Nel home slowly to keep the venom from spreading. A doctor said the prompt action saved Nel's life.
Marinette Wisconsin reports a lightkeeper's daughter feeds and trains three baby gulls at Green Island. The birds respond to her call "Cooty coty" and gather for scraps near the lightkeeper's house. The gulls are part of a local colony, unafraid of humans, with their first overwater journey yet to occur.
Jefferson City Dispatch reports Lee C. Phillips of New Madrid County runs about 800 acres of sunflowers for seed sold to breakfast food makers. He spends roughly 8 dollars per acre to grow, and yields 35 to 50 dollars per acre in value, with much seed also used for poultry feed. Phillips, formerly county clerk, abandoned politics to farm sunflowers, planting like corn and applying two plowings to secure a crop.
Police Capt. Albert J. Suff and Patrolman Bilaz oversaw pouring out 1 965 bottles of confiscated beer in 82 cases seized in raids on blind pigs. The beer, stored for months, was stale and dumped into the city hall engine room sewer, taking most of a day. Flint, Michigan, known as dry in Genesee County, faced local option questions. The Philadelphia Public Ledger report notes the New York Globe’s Gotham piece and a joking “HOME EDITION WAR EXTRA” line.
In Washington hotels Maj G A ter Cook of The Hague notes weather heat and Holland's Scheveningen resort. He dodges Dutch war facts while pondering The Hague peace palace and future conferences. Dr H J Hogan predicts a young vice presidential nominee, likely Senator J Hamilton Lewis. Fritz Hodel of Basel contrasts German and French armies, praising French equality and criticizing German caste. He credits German discipline for wartime success.
Sheikh Sayid M. Wajid Gilan arrives aboard the Manuel Calve from Barcelona and is welcomed by immigration officials. The descendant of the prophet Mohammed declares his purpose to speak for his co religionists in the Philippines and the United States, carrying copies of What Sayeth the Sheikh-ul-Islam. He appears Anglo like, speaks several languages, and is described as a 40 year old born diplomat.
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