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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
10
The House committee heard Virginia Representatives push for a 1.5 million dollar bridge over the Potomac at Georgetown but deferred action. Advocates insist the project should be government funded, while objections cited cost and safer site concerns.
Several notices speak of deaths and funeral arrangements across families. George Ainsworth of Portland Maine died January 3 2015 aged seventy eight, with services at Holy Rood and burial at a local cemetery. Mrs Mary Crown mourns her brother in law and interment details mention St Matthews Church. Confederate Veterans posts note commemorations and memorial services in New York area locations with participants from various branches.
Representative Willam C. Adamson of Georgia, chair of the interstate commerce committee, calls the Aqueduct bridge over the Potomac unsafe and unsightly and urges authorization of a new span. He warns War Department may abandon the bridge for military use if financing stalls and notes Virginia’s reluctance to share costs.
The Senate debated taxation of intangible property in the District amid the half and half plan fight. Senators Gallinger Shafroth Reot and Smoot pressed limits on applying federal funds, while Hoot warned against altering fundamental constitutional ideas. A key issue remained the District's lack of self governance and residents’ voice in spending.
National agitation to push Congress for an embargo on wheat and flour exports will be introduced at the Chicago Retail Grocers and Butchers Association meeting. May wheat reached as high as 141 3 4 per bushel, closing at 146 7 8, amid talk of shifting demand to corn if prices rise further. Experts warn supply questions may force bread costs higher, with flour at 7 dollars a barrel yielding about 275 loaves sold at 13 7 per loaf.
Department of Justice officials studied reports that loaf prices could jump from 2 to 6 cents in New York and Chicago, with no immediate action seen. The focus was on possible bakery conspiracies and antitrust actions, while officials discussed District of Columbia taxation and the old fiscal arrangement between DC and the federal government.
St. Louis dealers profited as wheat gained over 10 cents in a week, estimated at about 1 million bushels traded. Individual gains ranged from 2,500 to 10,000 dollars for several, with $25,000 cited for one member and T. E. Price noted as achieving the largest profit.
British officials informed Washington that the steamer Dacia now American flagged, if it seeks German trade, will be stopped by Royal Navy vessels. The transfer is deemed illegal and the ship liable to seizure, with responsibility attributed to the Washington government rather than owners.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis has fully recovered from a serious illness and will depart Springfield for St. Louis then return to Washington early next week. Senate discussions include a New Jersey federal district proposal, IC C membership changes, and rural credits futility.
Mrs. Johnston, daughter of Senator Newlands, filed for divorce from Charles Haven Ladd Johnston, ending the marriage begun at Single Oak in 1903. Report cites alleged mistreatment and a dispute over kittens, tying to the early Wilson administration leasing scandal.
J F Bullitt, for Wentz coal interests, told a Senate subcommittee they were not party to a plot with the Southern Railway to bar southwestern Virginia operators from outlets. He noted he prepared an injunction over a 23 cent differential but halted it when Southern only implemented 16 cents. D D Hull for Henry K McHarg denied outside Appalachian field involvement as charged by Dulaney.
At a Janois Women’s Press Association swapping party in Chicago delegates traded unwanted gifts for others, with a prize for the most trades and ending up with the least valuable item. Miss Ethel M. Colson won after forty seven trades starting with a toy deer, finishing with tissue paper. prize was a hoodoo teapot.
Evangelist Billy Sunday will visit Washington on January (date) to launch his expurgation campaign for the city called the wickedest in the country. Ma Sunday will accompany him, with Homer Rodeheaver A N Ackley and Jack Cardiff among the party. William Knowles Cooper chairs the committee organizing a 50 member group. Sunday will be introduced by Speaker Clark at Convention Hall and may meet the President beforehand. A dinner for Sunday could follow with high officials invited.
The Russian Chamber of Commerce reports demand for machinery tools and agricultural implements due to German imports stopping. It plans to form a Russ American bank and establish agencies in the United States to foster reciprocal trade, with a treaty to follow and Pacific steamer shipments already moving goods despite war restrictions.
New York reports a German demand for cotton aiding U S business. Trade developments reflect wartime strain, with large wheat exports and substantial German credit shifts to New York banks. Shipments to Germany rise amid war conditions while U S failures show a drop from last year.
The Watson Wagon Company of Cunastuta plans a wagon order valued around 400000 dollars for use by the French army. Negotiations with the French war department are reported to be under way, aimed at producing trailers for motor vans trucks and tractors in the commissary service. Stockholders in Syracuse corroborate the talks despite company secrecy.
The American ship Nebraskan sailed from Galveston Texas for Bremen carrying 39 217 bales of cotton after X ray tests showed no contraband. Tests were conducted under the supervision of the British consul.
Former governor Frank B. Willis of Ohio delivered his farewell address to the House and announced his resignation from Congress. He warned that legislatures at state and national levels must retain rights and prerogatives and rejected the idea of dictate by a political ruler, noting that his experience in Ohio politics supported the independence of elected representatives. The House gave Willis an ovation after his remarks.
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