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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
9
The Washington Post announces subscription plans and prices for daily and Sunday delivery, including options for daily, Sunday, and Sunday excluded periods, with annual and monthly rates. Payment by advance draft, check, or registered mail to The Washington Post Co. lists offices in major cities and confirms postal filing.
Secretary Daniels warns of a potential breakdown in naval expansion as bids for ships and shells fail to meet expectations. He cites higher material and labor costs, European war orders drawing bids away, and alleged collusion by American firms. He urges immediate congressional action, yard upgrades, and tougher anti collusion laws to speed defense readiness.
The ongoing eight hour litigation centers on Congress power to regulate interstate commerce and the Adamson act. Railroads contend third section raises wages and extends seven to eleven months, violating the fifth amendment by infringing liberty of contract and taking property without compensation. Solicitor General Davis argues for the government.
The government argues Congress holds the same power to fix wages as freight rates. If wages are depressed, worker discontent harms safe commerce, since wages affect investment and service costs. The Supreme Court will decide how far regulation may extend, potentially deciding railroads’ future as private or government owned.
Washington readers see a Senate failure to open a public vote on prohibition in the District. Proponents push for a House referendum amendment, arguing it could grant local self-government and set a path for future local questions. Prohibition supporters remain, while one half of the Senate shares the referendum view.
The piece argues Gifford Pinchot and other progressives fault the Republican old guard for the party’s defeat. It notes Hughes won the Chicago convention over conservatives with Roosevelt and Pinchot backing him, while many progressives and voters backed Wilson as the more conservative option. The article traces campaign dynamics to progressive versus conservative issues and calls out past GOP gains when the old guard led campaigns.
Col Roosevelt pays tribute to Capt Frederick Courteney Selous hunter and explorer killed in East Africa. The piece highlights a dwindling class of big game hunters, naming Gordon-Cumming Baker and others who joined exploration and pioneering in regions later settled by immigrants and empire builders.
The text traces how the big-game hunter inspired pioneer life and shaped settlement patterns from Kentucky to the Pacific coast. It notes a shift from primal pursuit to orderly towns, suggesting hunting spurred conquest of nature while later residents welcomed the settled balance along navigable rivers.
The article argues Congress cannot usurp constitutional authority, and the Supreme Court must review congressional acts for compliance. It cautions that any move to label unconstitutional acts as judicial treason or to strip judges would violate the Constitution and revert power to the people.
The royal castle of Deal is granted for Lloyd George to use for life. The fortress at Deal stands at the town’s south end and recalls Julius Caesar's landing site. Built by Henry VIII, it mirrors Walmer Castle with a central keep and four lunettes. The block contains many fine rooms with sea views, ivy clad walls, and old fig trees in the moats.
Mme Margaret Selenka, at a New York meeting of the AAAS, declares the pithecanthropus was a good family man and likely monogamous, with apes below him sharing fidelity to one mate. She notes the missing link lived over half a million years ago in Java, where the cradle of the human race lay, and says the immediate ancestor of the white man came ages later.
A London Times report notes a party of over 150 Indigenous Canadians attached to a Canadian Expeditionary Force battalion toured Glasgow. The delegation toured the city sights as part of wartime goodwill and cultural exchange.
Proceedings outline the Beverage bill in the District of Columbia facing a 55 to 22 vote, with an Underwood amendment failing 43 to 43. House leaders promise a special rule, while other measures including water power, agricultural, and diplomatic bills proceed, plus various nominations and hearings.
The 1781 Continental Army mutiny, driven by hunger, cold, and unpaid wages, began with the Pennsylvania line and moved to Princeton. Washington and Congress negotiated with officers while Clinton and British agents attempted to exploit the unrest. The revolt was quelled at Trenton through concessions and force, stabilizing the force as Wayne restored order.
A Washington diner tale recalls 1879 to 1881 when Rutherford B. Hayes supposedly left wife running affairs, with a barroom curiosity noting the dry buffet at the White House and humorous misnamings of Grant Garfield and Hayes in a time-honored cafe.
The telegraph item from the Kurt Worth Star notes Claude Callan claiming family disputes over remarks about him. He asserts he has four brothers who speak ill, and denies sending money to a fifth sibling. The piece presents a brief, nongraphic report of the personal row.
A fragment from a Jacksonville page notes a quip about improving the motor car and ends with a wry line that they have improved everything but the mortgage. The dialogue hints at local humor and economic concerns in a casual caption.
A long piece notes the U S Supreme Court will hear a habeas corpus challenge from Lieut Werner Horn, a German army officer held in Boston after a 1915 dynamite attack on a border bridge. The report links Horn’s case to Massachusetts politics and Senator Weeks’s chair, with remarks on political factions and upcoming elections. It also includes recollections of Buffalo Bill and Mosby, plus tangential commentary on dust at sea and US-Russia trade postwar concerns.
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