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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
11
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A former analysis notes two naval engagements where German and British squadrons prevailed due to longer guns and bigger ships. It argues the United States must prepare with top weapons or face vulnerability, warning that seas favor heavy, long range fire over torpedoes and airships.
A humorous monologue critiques charity and economic realities as voices in a crowded hall applaud relief efforts while contrasting a careful study of conditions with a divorcee’s alimony figures. The piece juxtaposes working girls, a pampered judge’s decision, and a passing limousine to lampoon modern society’s pretensions.
The Secretary of War warns of dangerous weaknesses in the United States defenses and urges immediate improvements. He favors a national commission to devise a broad plan while proposing concrete steps: larger active forces, stronger garrisons abroad, a ready reserve, more artillery and ammunition, and an aviation corps. He argues cost is secondary to national security and urges urgent legislation.
In political conventions this generation parties demand an adequate navy. Voters favor a fleet capable of defending the United States against any foe. The Navy Board assesses ships needed, studying foreign progress to ensure war readiness and deter challenges to U S naval policy.
Nation wide critique notes heavy pork in river and harbor appropriations undermining useful projects. Call for broad, engineer backed policy to fund high impact works while reducing district gerrymandered favors. Concern over future prosperity hinges on prioritizing national interests over parochial gain.
The Hon. Helen Scott Montagu arrives in New York with the Gaiety Theatre Company to present Tonight's the Night at a Shubert theater. The piece details Montagu lineage to the ninth Marquis of Lothian and the 1st Duke of Buccleuch, plus sister Ida Kitwell amid financial and public intrigue surrounding Lady Londesborough.
The board warns policy is not fixed and progress has stalled. It urges a 48 first line battleship fleet by 1925 with supporting units, scrapping obsolete vessels, and replacing them to match an adequate navy. Even then the United States would not reach Britain’s, only an adequate level long pledged by parties.
Congress condensed their schedule with bills to halt exports to Zurenean belligerents and a 20 day Christmas truce proposed. Discrimination investigations in coal rates for South Atlantic ports continued, hearings on waterpower and land leasing moved forward. Executive session covered sea safety. Democratic senators planned a bipartisan legislative program vote tomorrow. House debating the District appropriation bill. Kentucky’s Representative Johnson proposed ending the half and half plan. North Carolina’s Representative Page called for a congressional probe of the school system. Adjourned times noted.
A London Times report describes a September proclamation read at Rabual New Britain, announcing the Austrian expeditionary force’s occupation. The document is a pidgin translation of the island’s annexation order, promising collaboration with a new master and urging loyalty and effort.
Doctors at General Hospital announce a strike protesting meal quality and kitchen staffing. They allege a bricklayer turned cook supplied unsafe meals by exploiting hospital meals for patients and staff, leaving doctors with poor options and meals they deem unfit.
Q W W Herfert, driver for the San Bernardino Mountain automobile stage line, reports seeing a strange apparition described as a spotted phantom stage coach on the Mormon Pass trail. He recounts over the last forty nine days a fearsome, ghostly coach speeding down steep grades then vanishing near Pilok Rock, with a chilling, cold ride through the mountains.
Joseph Olschesky of Trenton after service in the Philippines and China loses an arm at the Margerum Provision Company plant. He escaped injuries in many skirmishes, displayed nerve when his arm was caught in a meat cutter, directed an assistant for rope, walked to the ambulance, and remained conscious until anesthesia at the hospital.
Two years after vanishing from the Marcus billiard palace at Ann and Nassau streets Duke the dog reappears at 193 Vernon Avenue Brooklyn. famed for saving a boy in Coney Island and holding a drowning girl, Duke was cared for by William Marcus’ family before again delighting crowds with his pipe habit and table antics.
Translation by Dr Poebel from Sumerian tablets in Philadelphia and University Museum reveals a rival Genesis. The three volume work completes Babylonian king lists and claims a 468 539 year world age with a 36 339 year flood. The author, reportedly killed in the European war, intensified new history of mankind.
From a Life Frost era discussion a doctor suggests consulting multiple physicians before deciding on an operation. The exchange features Judge Crawford and Crabshaw, with Crabs haw making a biting remark about Christmas mane.
From the New York Sun story a Weehawken caul dealer named J Kelleher describes the superstition and history of a caul or veil said to cover newborn heads. He recalls a rescue in the Hudson and claims the talisman saved him at sea, though he notes life insurance now dominates seafaring risk.
A committee of bird music critics judged hundreds of canaries brought from various cities by the Central Society of Canary Breeders of America. Birds entered from a dark room and sang as lights came on while critics noted trill and quaver quality. Prizes will go to the best singers and reports will guide interested owners on future training.
From the St Louis Post Dispatch two men trapped Charles El Rouelle a saloonkeeper at 2250 Benton Street last night after entering at 1430 hours. While he served beer they pulled revolvers and ordered a customer into the refrigerator. They took $10 from the cash drawer, and Mrs. Rouelle freed them when she heard his call for help. Two months earlier the same pair bought pigs feet then locked Rouelle in the icebox and stole $315.
The notice presents sunrise and sunset times across regions including Calumila and New York, with remarks on eastern districts of Maryland and Virginia. It cites rain and snow chances, temperature trends across the continental United States, and a forecast for Friday into Saturday with possible snow in the Mid Atlantic and New England, alongside a summary of daylight and sunshine percentages.
In Washington Guy Cole I Blease of South Carolina defends executive clemency in the state penitentiary system, arguing he has neither pardoned nor paroled indiscriminately and that many prisoners were sent to work on public roads. He contrasts his record with broader South opinions and stresses economic impacts and reform.
A New England leather and feather industry upturn mirrors broader regional prosperity. Leather quality ties to hide sources and fattened calves, while feather demand indicates strong business activity across sectors. Experts note longer tanning times and diverse uses from harness to sole leather amid a national recovery.
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