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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
11
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A Lord Lyons memorandum is cited to support the view that British captures and obstruction of American trade threaten neutral commerce. The piece argues the United States must intervene to defend its flag against unlawful interference while upholding international law, noting past Supreme Court actions and British privy council rulings impacting commerce.
A 1900s style essay argues Galveston’s stone seawall and New York Central’s rapid repairs show how preparedness pays. It cites a hundred year flood lesson from Galveston and a modern flood wreck on the Central line, urging national readiness and long term investments.
A historical wartime reflection argues that those who trusted in preparedness and warned against future disasters will face public reproach if war returns. It contrasts complacency with accountability and the defense against renewed threats.
A defense of the fourteenth amendment due process clause amid Leo Frank’s mob trial. Minority justices warned lynch law undercuts constitutional safeguards and urged Congress to enact laws to reinforce the law over mob justice, while commenting on Mexico’s constitutional crisis and U.S. duties to nationals.
The United States declines to recognize Gen Huerta as Mexico’s legal ruler after Madero’s death. Legal successor Leacura in resigned. Hernandez left the country. Benor Don Vasquez Tagle remains a resident. Carranza Villa or Zapata have no valid title under Mexican law, and US stance condemns any recognition of illegitimate rule.
Perkins calls for a nonpartisan tariff commission while questions arise about its composition and potential partisan deadlock. The piece critiques leaving tariff decisions to a panel, notes political disputes over protectionism, and references varied topics from Mount Lassen to Manhattan cocktails and a Georgia interview.
Emperor Nicholas appoints Gen Prince Felix Youssouf to govern Moscow amid a tangled listing of European aristocrats. The piece traces royal connections, titles, and alleged wealth, detailing lineage from the Foussoupoff family, Byron’s bloodlines, and the eccentricities of Lord Lovelace and Wentworth heirs.
A letter carrier found a crisp $1 bill with a one cent stamp attached in a Beechhurst mailbox last week. The money was turned to officials and will be sent to the Treasury Department’s confidence fund. The report, sourced to the New York Evening Sun, ends with a political quip about Carranza.
Charles Davie and Boward Borrell, both injured in a knife duel at Borrell’s home on 1924 Pangine Street and 1428 Lambert atragt, required 116 stitches combined. Borrell sustained the worst injuries and was treated at Douglass Hospital by Sergeant Wirtach, while Davie was treated at Polyclinic Hospital. Both men are expected to recover.
Henry Valkenberg of 108 East Holzman Street attacked the fence of Harry Jaffrey at 110 East Holzman Street to vent anger after a rebuke. He was fined $5 by Recorder Carroll in the police court and jailed for ten days after refusing to pay.
Edmond Leamy writes in a playful voice about a bachelor who would not marry the many girls who loved him. He laments censure while detailing names of potential brides and his affection for Guinevere, noting his inability to marry any of them.
Cleveland dispatch notes Philadelphia Inquirer report of B W Emerson from this city seeking his missing wife last seen July 16. He offers a reward and urges calm, saying she is deranged and may have been lured away by a man seen with her to the railroad. He forgives her and asks she be told her husband wants her back.
Michael Mathews nineteen of 103 Highland Avenue was dragged about 106 feet by a westbound Erie train at Summer street crossing. At St Marys Hospital surgeons report a broken back skull fracture broken left leg broken left arm crushed toes with he surviving worse than expected. Doctors say he has a chance.
A missing dog named Spot, belonging to Mayer Ladd, returned home after a farmer two miles away called the mayor. The dog heard his master’s voice on the wire and leaped back to Spot’s home within moments. The incident appeared in Philadelphia Record via Woolbury NJ dispatch.
Salem history recalls the 1692 witchcraft panic in Danvers and Salem Massachusetts. Bridget Bishop Martha Carrier John Proctor John Willard and George Borrows were executed for witchcraft on August 19 as fear and mass hysteria spread. Cotton Mather pushed belief while many accusers later recanted and the delusion waned.
A South Orange bicycle patrolman enforcing drivers licenses encountered a crash involving Mrs Max Gerties of Summit and her party, with Mrs Gerties delaying license proof. She finally produced the license after being urged to stand aside, while her daughter Helen, two, escaped injury beyond fear as the other car’s fender and radiator were damaged.
A man who once slept on the street and was aided by David L Conkling of Maddietown sixteen years ago repaid the loan at the First National Bank. The stranger, now well off, returned to repay the lodging and meals plus interest, proving Conkling’s act of kindness bore fruit as a charitable repayment.
A child suffered severe burns after a sparkler candy exploded when a match was touched to the candy stick. Marcella Schmidt owned the alleged all day sucker with bomb properties. A passerby extinguished the flames as investigators review the explosive candy type.
In Washington D C at the New Willard O R Shimansk y Cleveland political manager to Gov Herrick says Herrick may seek the Republican nomination and could win Ohio's solid vote at the national convention. Mason Mitchell returning from Samoa says Stevenson ashes were interred in Apia sarcophagus with his wife.
Veterans from Pittsburgh Dispatch and Philadelphia Record complain that children are turning the Maine’s torpedo tube and its protective shield into a sliding board at West Park memorial. City safety officials and the parks superintendent are urged to act as the brass tube shows wear from daily sliding during pleasant weather.
A Chicago Journal report notes a squad searched 20 000 discarded phone books for twelve hours seeking an envelope with valuable papers and assorted jewelry. Several small diamonds and money were found among the wealth hidden before exchanges.
In Kwasae City Star prose a man recalls proposing to a woman who rejects him gently. She points to a carpet print and tells him to wipe his shoes before the next proposal, a moment framed as encouragement rather than dismissal. Her playful guidance lingers.
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