Washington Post Subscription Notice January 10 1913
A faded subscription notice from The Washington Post Co appears. It mentions Mall Payable in Advance, remittances by a boy or letters, and addresses in Washington New York Chicago and Boston. It notes entered at the post office in Washington DC as second class mail matter and lists advertising contacts.
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Washington
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THE
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Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Avenue
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Steger Dulling
Chicago
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Boston
Shipping Monopoly Ties U S Trade to British German Fleet
Testimony before the House merchant marine committee alleges a British German shipping cartel controls ocean routes, outmaneuvers American law, and aims to seize all Isthmian traffic before Panama Canal opening. An exporter from New York cites tighter control than any U S trust, calling the ocean not free. Officials warn canal access may become restricted to foreign ships if unchecked.
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New York
London
Hamburg
House Committee On Merchant Marine
America
Panama Canal
New Orleans
Costly reforms on workmen's compensation urged
Consul General John L. Griffiths reports English data showing seven major industries employed 134,884 firms and over 7 million workers under the 1906 act. In 1911 deaths reached 4,021 with $743 per case and disablities 419,031 at $28.23 each. The annual cost averaged $2.04 per worker, coal mining hit 22 cents per ton, and total payments were about $14.87 million. The note warns US reform would raise living costs, borne by capital, not workers.
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John L. Griffiths
London
United States
England
Inaugural Plans and Pension Building Use Debate
A lengthy editorial urges Congress to authorize using the Pension Building for the inaugural week events and to appropriate 23 000 for maintaining order. It argues a grand, welcoming first capital glimpse matters, praising the Pension Building as the proper venue for the inaugural ball and cautioning against restrictive procurement and parsimony.
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Congress
Taft
United States
Fate of Adrianople Dominates Balkan Peace Talks in London
Balkan envoys in London press for a naval demonstration to force Turkish capitulation as hostilities halt under armistice. If that fails, a starvation strategy for Adrianople’s garrison faces the risk of renewed fighting while great powers seek a negotiated settlement in the face of unresolved differences.
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Balkan
Turkey
London
Thatalla
Russia
Austria
Adrianoplé
Tara
Beers Carried Home In Paper Bags And Human Packages
A satirical note on new regulations allowing beer to be carried home in a paper bag or by "human packages." It mocks the idea, cites a gong wagon for transport if legs fail, and mentions glass jars for growlers. The piece wittily suggests beer is a preservative and jokes at licensing changes.
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House Committee On
Commissioners
Excise Board
Proposal to build icebergs jetty to cool Gulf Stream
A 19th century critique notes Congress ponders C L Riker's plan to build a 200 mile jetty east of Cape Race to dump Arctic deposits and push Labrador current 3 miles deep. The scheme would supposedly chill the Gulf Stream andAtlantic trade routes, provoking odd climate shifts and citrus markets.
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Congress
C. L. Riker
Brooklyn
North Atlantic
Uncle Sam
Grand Banke
Cape Race
Arctic
Labrador
Gulf Stream
Mr. Riker
England
Greenland
Atlantic
Riker
Gulf
West Indies
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Colon
Panama
Pension bill sparks civil government workers debate in Philippines
Senator Penrose’s measure to provide pensions for all civil government employees draws broad backing amid hopes for cross faction support. It would credit service by American citizens in the Philippines, addressing an oversight that would otherwise deny long-serving workers credit for their islands time.
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Penrose
Philippines
Sultan of Turkey Never Ends a Night in Bed
A gossiping column notes the Ottoman sultan reportedly never sleeps in a bed, instead resting on a divan after a fortune teller predicted he would die in bed. The piece contrasts him with Abdul Hamid and mentions health fears and saloniki clairvoyants frequenting harems. It also switches to Ruthyn Castle’s sale and the West family ties, detailing estate history and feuds.
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Europe
Sustan
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Saloniki
Hiram
Dardanelles
Durkey
Spain
Ferdinand
Isabella
Charles I
Philip
Cells for mail destroyers two suffragettes sentenced
London January 9 two militant suffragettes May Billinghurst and Louisa Gay were sentenced to eight months in prison at the Old Bailey for destroying mail boxes in central and western London with acids varnish inks and sticky fluids. The case cited damaged letter boxes and destroyed documents money orders checks and bank notes.
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London
May Billingharst
Louisa Gay
Old Bailey
May Billinghurst
West End
Joint Intervention Urged by Sherrill in Mexico Crisis
Charles Sherrill, former American Minister to Argentina, urged joint U S action with Argentina and Brazil if intervention in Mexico became unavoidable. He supported noninterference and said inviting South American republics would show no motive of land grab and would relieve the Monroe Doctrine’s unilateral character.
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New York
Argentina
Brazil
United States
Mexico
Charles Sherrill
Sherrill
Washington
South America
Inspect New Army Plans At War College Session
Army conference leaders and generals studied elaborate charts and diagrams prepared by the war college as a basis for reorganizing the army. Bureau and department chiefs of the War Department attended to provide detailed information. The conference is expected to reconvene today.
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War College
War Department
May Extend Parcel Post to Printed Matter
Postoffice authorities plan to include books and other printed matter in parcel post. Printed matter now third class at eight cents a pound would be mailable as parcel post. Steps have been taken to urge Congress to permit this change. Postmaster General Hitchcock allows parcel post packages of merchandise to contain descriptive printed matter.
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Postoffice Department
Congress
Parcel Post
Hitchcock
Archduchess Renounces Rank for Love in Austria
Vienna reports Archduchess Eleonore eldest daughter of Archduke Karl Stephan renounced all rank and privileges by marrying Austrian naval officer Lieutenant Von Kloss. She required consent from Emperor Francis Joseph and her parents before proceeding.
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Vienna
Austria
Eleonore
Karl Stephan
Lieut
von Kloss
Francis Joseph
Sentiment cited for raising old frigate Philadelphia
Lieut Comdr R Drace White, military attache at the American embassy in Rome, says there is no reason beyond sentiment to raise the frigate Philadelphia sunk in Tripoli harbor in 1808. He estimates saving the hulk would cost about $12,000.
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Philadelphia
Saya
R. Drace White
Rome
Tripoli
Army Orders and Assignments for 1912 1913 Staff
Leaves of absence extended for Capt Charles Haight Capt Russell Langdon First Lieut John Hodges First Lieut William West Jr Brig Gen Robert Evans designated executive officer of national matches 1913 Maj Edward Ohern to Fort Monroe Va to lecture on gun and ammunition Maj Charles Miller to German course at Fort Leavenworth Maj Jesse Nicholls to two official ordnance inspections First Lieut Frank Edwards on leave to Walter Reed Hospital First Lieut William Neely relieved from Twenty second Infantry Chaplain Lutz transferred to Fourth Cavalry to join regiment
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Charles 8. Haight
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Russell C. Langdon
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William W. West Jr
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Robert K. Evans
U. S A
Pan-American Shooting Tolor
National Rifle Association of America
Edward F. O'Hern
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Fort Monroe
Coast Artillery School
Charles Miller
Seventh Infantry
Army Service Schools
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Jesse 0. Nicholls
Ordinance Department
Frank B. Edwards
Twelfth Cavalry
Walter Reed General Hospital
District of Columbia
William 3. Neely
Twenty-second Infantry
Simon M. Lutz
Highth Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Naval orders list detachments and appointments abroad
A batch of naval and marine orders details detachments to San Francisco Mare Island and Pacific torpedo flotilla, appointments of acting dental surgeons, chaplain transfers, sick leave for J McGenty, and Marines assigned to the Philippines and Annapolis with various barracks postings and stations.
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New London Ship and Aging Company
Union Iron Works
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Cal
E. H. Dodd
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Mare Island
Pacific Torpedo Flotill
Dentel
H. R. Harvey
Navy
Act
J. L. Brown
Feh Tennent
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Nebraska
J.M. F. McGenty
Naval Training Station
Newport
E. 1
Marine Corps
Phbe Wilmer
Marine Barracks
Philadelphia
Philippines
T. G. Hunter
Marine Corporite Range
Winthrop
Annapolis
Congress Condensed Senate and House Highlights Today
Senate swears in N Heiskell as Jeff Davis successor and discusses Archbald impeachment defense. Crow Indians probe ethics. nominations to executive seats debated. adjourned at 6 01. House passes Indian appropriations. contempt ruling against George G Henry. tariff and financial reform hearings proceed. Congressional notices filed contest of Kent reelection. adjournment at 5 25 p m.
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a. N._Heiskell
Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Robert W. Archbald
Atternaye Simpson
Worthington
Indian Affairs Committee
Witesses
House
Banking and Currency Committee
George G. Henry
New York
Glass Currency Reform Committee
Ways and Means Committees
Silmaon
Naval Affairs Committee
Committee On Merchant Marine
Kent
California
J. G. Zumwelt
District in Congress Advances Loan Shark Bill After Morning Business
Senator Curtis gave notice he would ask the Senate to consider the conference report on the loan shark bill immediately after routine morning business. The Johnson committee pressed its probe into the local insurance situation with Representative Prouty arguing the inquiry overstepped its mandate. Representative Lobeck filed a resolution urging the Attorney General to determine the legal status of Georgetown Gas Light Co and Washington Gas Light Co. Prouty also introduced the Kenyon red light bill, referred to the District committee.
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Senate
Curtis
House
Johnson
Representative Prouty
Lobeck
Georgetown Gas Light Company
Washington Gas Light Company
Prouty
Kenyon
Governor Sulzer to Review 30 Year Burglary Sentence
Gov. Sulzer vowed to investigate Folke E. Brandt’s 30 year burglary sentence asAttorney General Carmody urged a pardon. Brandt asked assistant legal adviser Owen L. Potter to relay a request after a prison visit. Officials cited concerns over an excessive punishment and the need for justice.
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Albany
N. J
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Folke E. Brandt
Owen L. Potter
Brandt
Clinton Prison
Potter
Carmody
New York
Naval War College Extension Opens at New Museum
The Naval War College extension will open at the New National Museum building next Monday at 4:30 PM. Secretary of the Navy Meyer will deliver the address. The program aids on duty officers in the city and is run by a committee led by Commander J. S. McKean.
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Naval War College
W National Museum
Tuck Gifts Two Rare 1777 Battle Flags to NH Historical Society
Edward Tuck of Paris adds $65,000 in securities and two battle flags from a New Hampshire regiment captured at Fort Anne July 3, 1777. The flags, sole surviving NH Revolutionary War banners, were held in England before their recent purchase by Mr. Tuck. Income from the securities will fund general society purposes.
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Comcord
N. H
Reflections and Weather Summary from January
Reflections of a bachelor note and a sun and tide table open the page, followed by a lengthy U.S. Weather Bureau forecast for January 3 to 8. The report describes a westward low system, widespread snow in the Northwest, fair conditions eastward, and cold snaps in the upper Midwest and lake regions with wind patterns along coastal areas. Temperature readings, humidity, and sunshine hours are listed for various cities, alongside multiple jokes and jokes-based snippets from the Chicago and New York press chunks.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Arizone
South Atlantic
I Nnope
Anowa
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Atlantic States
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Upper
Mississippi Valley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Ohio Valley
North Dakota
Minnesota
New England
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Hanka
Republicans in Massachusetts Senate Fail To Elect Senator
Massachusetts lawmakers held eleven ballots for United States senator without agreement. John W Weeks led with 72 votes, McCall 66, Guild 8, Lawrence 3, Draper 2. An informal ballot plan by Speaker Cushing failed as opposition blocked proxy voting and a related move.
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Boston
Massachusetts
United States
John W. Weeks
Samuel MceCall
Curtis Guild
George PF. Lawrence
Eben Draper
Cushing
McCall
Weeks Fellowery
Alpine Flight Planned From Brig by Bielovacci Pilot
Geneva reports Peruvian aviator Bielovacci arrived at Brig and plans a monoplane crossing of the Alps into Italy. He aims to follow the route of late companion Chaves, who died after a Brig to Domodossola flight. Bielovacci, not yet 24, previously impressed Paris in 1910 with a tower circumnavigation and Paris to Bordeaux flight.
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Switzeriania
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Bordeaux
Archbishops Form Anglican Unity Committee for World Conference
In New York on January 9 Rev Dr William W Manning rector of Trinity Church received word from the archbishops of Canterbury and York that a committee of twenty would represent the Church of England in a world conference on church unity. The Church of England group marks a key step in the movement first proposed by Manning at a Baltimore conference about two years ago, with twenty denominations worldwide already signaling intent to join.
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William W. Manning
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Canterbury
York
Church of England
Manning
Baltimore
Maryland expert testimony sparks debate in court
Dr William H Welch of Johns Hopkins and Maryland State Board of Health President testifies in Towson that the American system of expert witnesses is biased. He advocates adopting the French method where courts employ competent experts to provide impartial testimony without ties to either side.
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Towson
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland State Board of Health
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Japan to Hold Army, Limit Navy in Katsura Cabinet
Tokyo reports Premier Prince Taro Katsura will abandon plans to expand the army by two divisions, cap the navy program to maintenance, and redraw the budget along last year’s lines. No government loans will be issued. 60 million yen of debt will be redeemed as the Anglo Japanese alliance is pledged.
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Tokyo
Taro Katsura
Navy air corps chief urges bigger aviation budget
Captain W I Chambers head of Navy aviation testified before the House naval committee, insisting the last year's $10,000 allowance was too small. He argued for a liberal appropriation to develop aeroplanes for scout use rather than offensive weapons, while Representative Padgett protested the underspending.
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Voter unity and orange crop fears in capital interviews
In Washington reporters describe John Hedges a Republican candidate for New York governor warning that Republican and Progressive factions are converging as voters push toward amalgamation. He notes the last campaign lacked a clear single issue and predicts Republicans who strayed will return. Separately Gen R S Salomon predicts orange prices will rise due to California frost, while postal workers voice support for parcel post and discuss logistical issues and stamp regulations.
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John. Hedges
New York
Sulser
Mr. Straus
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