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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
10
Berlin dispatch reports the Berliner Tageblatt urges Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to state if and when he would begin peace negotiations. The paper warns answering could be seen as weakness but argues German military strength supports openness. It notes two barriers to peace and questions prospects for success.
Henry Ford, bound for New York, denies claims that peace delegates aboard the Ford chartered ship will provoke a soldiers strike. He says there will be no attempt to stir discontent among troops and rejects the idea of offering peace terms to provoke action.
Death notices dated late November and early December 1915 list multiple individuals with obituaries or funeral times. Names include Mary Gale Donaldsen, John R Colcherty, Emerson, Sophie L Kincke, Robert Henry Finckel, O B Lester, Thomas Muller, Marta Selden, and others with service details at Gurhorst’s, St. Joseph, Mount Olivet, Glenwood, and Congressional Cemetery, plus private and Masonic interment notes.
Henry Ford plans to send film crews aboard the peace ship Oscar II with camera access for all, including a woman and four babies traveling with her, as pacifist leaders expand coverage. International reactions vary from skepticism by Billy Sunday to jokes from Lord Derby on conscription.
Viscount Haldane, former lord high chancellor, told a King's Hall meeting that peace would be desired but not negotiated until Emperor William and the German war party are replaced by the German democrat. He urged bargaining only with the real German people, not the current leaders.
Four Washington residents Theodore A. Hostetler Rexford L Holmes and Miss Annie G Black have been invited to join Henry Ford on his peace ship to Europe. Hostetler a Sunday School Association leader and church superintendent Holmes and Black have accepted while Maj T H Low U S M C has declined.
Rome dispatch reports a subtle political clash as Cardinal Hartmann visits Rome to influence the Pope on peace amid war. Berlin seeks to shape the Vatican stance while Cardinal Mercier's travel route raises tension. Bishop Werthmann tours Geneva to rally Catholic support for peacemaking with neutral and belligerent states.
In Tokyo the last official coronation rite was held at the imperial palace with gratitude offerings to ancestors and deities. The emperor wore the traditional robe in Koreiden and Unmeiden halls as crown prince and royal family worshiped at the altar before sacred kagura music. Separately in Chicago Temple Harris, a former prosperous attorney and UVA graduate, died at 64 after a fall while handing out handbills for a department store.
In a cable to Pope Benedict, Henry Ford outlines a plan to end World War I by forming a mediating conference of neutral nations. Delegates from America will join with Norways Sweden and Denmark in a peace mission aboard the Oscar II to The Hague, seeking an international peace congress. The effort aims to draft terms of peace and present them to belligerent nations.
Berlin dispatch reports a growing rift within the German Socialist ranks in the reichstag as caucuses meet during a weeklong recess. One faction demands a government statement on peace terms, another fears it would show weakness. The debate also covers food laws, while Balkan and Greek developments influence Reichstag timing and security outlook. Copenhagen notes fresh calls for Reichstag members to discuss peace terms, arguing public clarity is needed to back forthcoming negotiations.
The Willoughby Beach Hotel on the Chesapeake Bay opposite Old Point Comfort burned tonight. The seasonal house was closed and the fire’s origin is unknown. Loss estimated at $50,000.
The Lafayette Hotel at Sixteenth and I streets northwest has been leased for a term to J H Paris and associates. They form an operating company with $100000 capital. Thomas H Pickford announced the deal. Paris formerly ran the Louisville Hotel, while Eugene A Kirby, former Marie Antoinette manager in New York, will manage.
Details arrive of 18 year old Robert Richmond Hunter a former McKinley High School pupil who drowned after being knocked from a dredge at Cucuracha slide in the Panama Canal. His body sails to Washington accompanied by his mother siblings and grandmother. He had served in high school cadets and recently worked as a dredge inspector earning a thousand dollars yearly.
New York dispatch reports the Hamburg American Line case nearly finished as the defense rests. Dr Karl Buenz and three co defendants deny any intention to defraud the United States while witnesses testified that Buenz directed actions with Kotter Hachmeister and Popinghaus. Supplies were placed aboard ships Thor Lorenzo and Berwind after charters, with provisions bought and prepared for shipment. The defense plans to rest, with summing up to last about three hours and Judge Howes charge to follow in the afternoon.
New York report notes Indian demand for silver jewelry and ornaments boosts prices to the highest since 1914. Silver was quoted around 63 cents an ounce, with expectations of further gains as India and China drive demand for bullion and coinage.
President Wilson commuted the sentence of Jacob S. Detwiler of Kansas City Missouri who was found guilty of extortion by threat to prosecute under the white slave act. Six months imprisonment would have expired February 2.
Julius Schultz a Berlin born violin maker and musician aged 70 is found dead in his hermit like home at 1646 New Jersey Avenue Northwest. A former United States Marine Band member he played In the Gloaming for his visitor James Linney after Linney and his son attended a violin lesson decribing Schultz as a musical genius with ties to Washington German societies and the Maennerchor.
The sailors of the battleship Wyoming from the Brooklyn navy yard defeated the New Hampshire team from the Norfolk station 6 to 0 to win the Atlantic fleet football championship in the final game of the series.
Zapata factions plan a sovereign convention at Juarez to reorganize the Villa government and elect a new president. Col. Hipolito Villa says 8,000 troops in Chihuahua will move to Juarez for the meeting, with each chieftain to send one delegate per 1,000 troops.
Officials anticipate de facto Mexico leader Carranza to be recognized soon by Russia, Spain and Italy through their Washington embassies to Eli deo Arrendondo, Carranza's representative. Britain likely will act via Charge Hohler from Mexico City after departing Vera Cruz. Advices from Gen Obregon report Villa aide said Villa shows signs of mental disorder.
Berlin dispatch via wireless reports the Egyptian sultan appointed by Great Britain appealed for volunteers for the army. One hundred twenty five Egyptians answered but mutinied upon learning they would be sent to the Dardanelles and were all arrested.
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