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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1914
Page
1
The plan to abandon ships and trolley lines is accepted and will be subject to Interstate Commerce Commission orders under the Panama Act. Time is allotted for disposal of securities. The Boston and Maine statement is released by Chairman Elliott.
The New Haven Railroad agrees to cancel the Boston and Albany pact, dispose of the Boston and Maine holdings, and relinquish trolley lines and several steamship stakes. It will leave sound lines to the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Panama Canal act, with other details to be worked out with DOJ officials.
Twelve men including foreman W. W. Quarles and blastman Frank Tillery died in a Rock Castle Creek Coal Company mine explosion near Birmingham Alabama. Rescue squads arrived but could do little as bodies were not yet recovered. The blast likely started from ignited dust. at least seven Black workers among the fatalities. The incident occurred around January 10 in Tuscaloosa area.
Washington moves to land a United States regional reserve bank as bankers and trade groups unite. Clearing House and District committees plan a joint hearing with McAdoo and Houston, detailing why the capital should host the regional bank amid financial reforms and debate over a new currency system.
Rome January report says the Duchess de Talleyrand loses an appeal before the Rota, with another hearing planned. The court denies her bid to stop Count Boni Castellane from remarrying, while noting civil divorce voids no impediment. The outcome allows a future religious ceremony if the Count wishes.
Wisconsin Supreme Court docketed a challenge to the 1911 saloon limit. Frank Zo, denied a license for a Milwaukee pub because no saloon existed in the city when the law took effect, argues the provision is arbitrary and unconstitutional. Also notes Mardi Gras travel promos by Southern Railway with low round trip fares.
Concord NH January 10 a commission appointed to assess Harry K Thaws mental condition will release its report Monday morning The panel led by Gen Frank Streeter met in secret in Boston and delivered the findings to Burna P Hodgman clerk of the Federal court Judge Aldrich will then decide Thaws request for temporary liberty while New York authorities pursue extradition on conspiracy charges related to his escape.
New York reports the 11 mile Catskill aqueduct tunnel from Ashokan dam to Brooklyn finally broken after nine years of labor. The 600 to 700 foot underground tube spans 11 to 17 feet in diameter and will supply the city with 500 million gallons of water daily. The blast killed three workers and injured five others when a bucket platform collapsed.
Former President Taft, weighing less by about 3 pounds, ordered a New Haven tailor to alter five pairs of trousers. His waistline has contracted six inches and now measures 48 inches, prompting the tailoring request.
Battle Creek Mich Jan 10 Special to The Washington Post Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Congregational Church Brooklyn warns that in 400 years all Americans may be insane. He says factories are today asylums for the feeble minded and cites poor housing and feeds as degeneration. Dr Kellogg of Battle Creek proposes a human thoroughbred registry and four generations to produce a stronger stock. Prohibition is blamed for urging a government liquor monopoly and ending private profit in drugs is urged. Dr Johnson links bad teeth to drunkenness, noting malnutrition and poor chewing reduce health and fuel addiction risks.
Italian basso Joseph Gravina files $50,000 damages suit against Spanish tenor Florence Constantine of the Boston Opera Company. He claims a sword wound over the eye during a 1912 New Orleans performance of The Barber of Seville caused eye injury and concussion. Gravina was hospitalized briefly and recovered.
In St Louis Missouri on January 1 two women will serve as judges in Juvenile court when girls or women are on trial. Circuit Judge Hennings announced that Cathrine Dunn and Mrs. B E Runge are designated to preside.
Nearly 2,000 residents of Pass Christian Mississippi line up to greet President Wilson and Mrs Wilson at the presidential cottage. Gen A C Oxford of Birmingham in Confederate uniform shakes hands and leaves a card with a pro Confederate pledge. The event closes a day that began with Wilson’s golf outing and gifts of flowers and fruit from locals. The party plans to return to Washington by special train tomorrow night.
Jan 10 report from Bertin quotes the German crown prince denying responsibility for recall from Danzig to Berlin. He claims Emperor William sought him for war readiness and general staff service, noting a December withdrawal after a requested year extension and his aim to command large troop formations. The piece adds a possible Africa visit later this year. Also: mutiny conviction in U S court on the bark Manga Reva crew, with jurors deliberating about one and a half hours.
Default of interest payments triggers action by New Yorkers as the Arlington Hotel Company faces foreclosure over an $800,000 Equitable Life loan. A Delaware reorganization committee and prominent financiers plan to bid in the property, aiming to proceed with construction of a new hotel, despite earlier plans for a $6.9 million structure.
A collection of quotes argues that income tax unfairly seizes wealth earned within the law and that ex post facto measures should not affect property rights. It references John D. Rockefeller, Taft, DuPont, and Morgan in context of financing plans and market disruption due to regional conflicts.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin states American housewives waste valuable food by discarding suet or using it for soap making. Experts argue suet has the same food value as lard and serves as a practical substitute for frying and shortening. Cookbooks are blamed for misleading households.
Special to The Wastrogten Fest Sen Feencipoo Jan 10 Psychological tests at the University of California Berkeley fail to yield scientific proof of a universal curve of love. German Prof John Jackh claims peak male love at ages 2 to 3% with a later peak 26 to 34 for women, while Berkeley Prof Warner F. Brown finds no conclusive evidence though observations hint at differing ranges by gender. Famous cases cited as examples, with men often brighter sweethearts in youth and women showing deeper feeling later in life.
The Tennessee supreme court ruled that a man's estate is liable for libel damages even when the libel was published after his death. The decision affirmed a $29,000 judgment in the case of F. H. Harries and wife against the executors of R. H. Woodfin's will.
Assistant United States District Attorney Ackerman received DoJ instructions to retry officers of the American Naval Stores Company known as The Naval Stores Trust. Several officers are already under sentence for antitrust violations. Also notes transportation rates to Baltimore and Baltimore Ohio every Saturday and Sunday with returns delayed until Monday.
John D. Rockefeller at almost 75 years old gives a wide ranging interview on wealth, government, and the industrial future. He defends property rights against income tax, urges honest business and efficiency in corporations, and says intervention in Mexico should be avoided if possible.
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