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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1917
Page
9
In Washington D C the Washington Post lists daily and Sunday delivery options with weekly and monthly terms. Rates include by mail long term plans and prepayment methods, with offices and foreign reps noted. The issue date is Saturday February 3 1917.
Readers urged Idaho and Oregon lawmakers to delay consideration of bills targeting Japanese residents. They argued there is no imminent invasion threat and that such issues affect national interests beyond a single state. Diplomatic avenues could address alien settlement, avoiding conflicts with Japan while preserving peace.
The piece condemns a New Yorker Herald suggestion that Germany might sink ships to silence news as a bad taste in wartime discourse. It notes U S government lists of about 5,000 New York Germans under surveillance and outlines steps to restrain hostile views if conflict with Germany escalates.
A Maryland court hears a respected local man recount a four year prison sentence and a 17 year struggle to rejoin society. He paid off prison mates who pursued hush money, fabricating a fictitious robbery to save youths. Now he reveals his past to lift a heavy burden and urges the community to forgive and forget.
The article argues that recovery depends on society’s willingness to own its sins of omission and to act as an accomplice to reform. It suggests that the present case could awaken communal conscience and, through full confession, mobilize good against ongoing evil, potentially saving more individuals.
President Wilson weighs immediate severance of relations after Germany repudiates pledges. Cabinet and Senate views split on whether to act now to deter Germany or wait for an overt act, risking war. Editorial fragments urge unity with the President and warn that domination by a foreign power cannot be tolerated.
In Vienna signs of a separate peace emerge as Emperor Charles names Count Louis Szechenyi, a Hungarian with a Belgian wife, as Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague and Count Otto Czernin, with an English wife, as envoy in Bulgaria. Details recount Giskra’s Holland clash, Czernin’s London years, and aristocratic family ties shaping a shifting European balance.
Claude Collan reports on a family tale from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Edith, an invalid who grows weak as her husband returns. Despite illness she nurses him and keeps up appearances, fearing loss of love if she seems well.
Recessed from six to night session for objected bills. Adjourned till morning. Administration water power bill sidetracked by agricultural appropriation. Vote on repassage of immigration bill over veto planned. DC appropriation bill reported at 14,880,558 with raises for staff. Poindexter urged 80 coast submarines and 20 fleet submarines. Shafroth proposed joint tribunal treaty. Attorney General to investigate NY Cotton Exchange. Finance committee planning for revenue bill. Grayson rear admiral promotion blocked. Works to read Washington's Farewell Address. Swearingen postmaster Avon Park Fla rejected. Kern and Dillingham to count electoral vote. Brown memorials planned. Water-power bill criticized by Fall. House adjourned 4:50 pm. Alaska prohibition bill passed by Senate, goes to President. Naval appropriation debated. Baker asks for 11,612,600 for army and national guard. Indian appropriation disagreed to Senate amendments. Legislative, executive, judicial appropriation to conference delayed. Post office hearings on newspapers in dry territory begin. Emerson introduces penalty for transcripts of private papers. District Federation of Women’s Clubs urged mountain laurel as national flower.
Fred witnesses a Hindu temple ceremony in a mud shrine where a buffalo is sacrificed amid drums and a frenzied crowd. A gaunt priest swings a sword as villagers offer livestock and fat, while Sadhu urges proximity to the image. The scene reveals turmoil and questions about ritual belief in India.
A long retrospective notes Felix Mendelssohn born February 1809 in Hamburg to a musical family. It traces his early training with mother and sister Fanny, public debut at age ten, and rise to fame in London Leipzig and Berlin, highlighting his piano virtuosity and major works including Songs Without Words and Fingal’s Cave.
The Seabrooks Farm Company in Deerfield township Cumberland County operates six steel and glass greenhouses covering hundreds of acres. They grow radishes cucumbers and especially tomatoes on an intensive system with careful staking pruning pollenization and selective leaf removal to maximize yields during December February. A second scene shows Ashley at a employment agency asking for a cook willing to work in the country.
The Treasury reports a February 1 1917 deficit of 149,882,760 with total assets and liabilities listed. Revenue receipts and ordinary disbursements are shown for the day and month, along with gold bullion silver dollars and bank note holdings. Total cash assets and balances in Treasury and Federal reserve banks are detailed.
Capt. Samuel B. Pearson transfers to the Tenth Cavalry at Columbus New Mexico. Capt. Leo C. Mudd and Capt. Waldo C. Potter reassigned to Yale University duties. Several officers granted leaves of absence and resignations accepted including Capt. Edward M. Welles Jr and Capt. Bertram F. Duckwall. Details cover Valdez Paxson Manila and various postings with dates in early 1917.
A Willard gathering includes Cornelius A. Pugaley of Peekskill and P H Callahan of Louisville with Father John Ryan. They discuss Germany’s blockade prospects, U S banking strength, wage plans via profit sharing and savings depots, and the need to reform tariffs postwar. William Butterworth of Moline notes agricultural implement makers face higher raw materials costs and reduced Belligerent trade.
Movements involve ships listed from various ports to ports including Port Arthur Norfolk Guantanamo Santo Domingo Boston Newport Tuxpan Lobon Island Corinto Guaycanayaba Puget Sound and more. Arrivals noted at Hampton Road Morehead City Gulf of Fonseca San Pedro Delaware Breakwater Lamberts Point Guan.
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