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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
9
In a stark warning The Washington Post notes Prof Hadley argues misdirected efforts to control corporations hurt efficiency and warns that railroads, pursued under new policy, reveal a broader blight. He cites a need for 150000 miles of rail to connect rural areas and criticizes conservation and tariff actions as delaying national progress.
Woodrow Wilson addressed Chicago business leaders, arguing two stark classes of people and stressing that success hinges on firm self accountability. He shifted moods, praised business counsel, and sought private support, leaving his audience cautiously optimistic about the administration's direction.
Educational work at the Lathrop Industrial School in Kansas City offers prevocational training to discontented children. Courses include bench woodworking, plumbing, cooking, and sewing with academics tied to practical shop use. The program, praised as a concrete, appealing method, could guide broader public schooling.
Prof Hadley cautions that progressive policies threaten government efficiency and prudent reform. He argues the coming party may pursue more sweeping changes, risking inability to address genuine issues. The piece reflects concerns about governance and policy direction in the era.
The article notes export growth from the United States to South America rising from 38 million dollars in 1902 to about 138 million in 1912, with imports increasing from 109 million to roughly 239 million. It urges American business to pursue deeper markets, highlights key export goods, and points to the Panama Canal opening as a major future opportunity.
Illinois faces a long deadlock in Springfield over a Democratic governor and the speakership. With four parties competing and internal splits, a coalition of Republicans Progressives and Socialists may form to install a Socialist as speaker and elect new U S senators. The outcome remains uncertain as battles over Tan longtime leaders Cullom and Lorimer continue.
The piece notes the central public interest around Lorimer's political contest this winter and suggests it may surpass earlier struggles. It highlights factionalism in the Sucker State with a stark Democratic feud in the legislature dividing into Lorimer and anti Lorimer camps.
Former Michigan Governor Osborn urges the Hamilton Club of Chicago to invite leaders from the Republican and Progressive parties to a conference aimed at defeating the Democrats in four years. He names Roosevelt Taft La Follette Dixon Cumming Root Barnes Fifth Fairbanks and Gov McGovern as invitees, arguing that harmony among leaders alone cannot restore the party without core principles guiding policy.
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards reports cocaine being mailed to U S Army enlisted men and urges Post Office Department help to shut down the trade near forts. Surgeon General Torney notes few discharges for cocaine but warns of danger from doped liquor and beer at army post dives.
Lord Grantley purchases the Red Rice estate near Andover long home to Ernest Gunard and his American wife daughter of Baltimore’s J McPhesetere. The property features grand beech avenues planted in Queen Anne era to commemorate Malplaquet. The Grantleys’ complex marriage history includes divorces and a romance with a sheriffs’ descendant, with ties to Sheridan and Melbourne. The article traces lineage, marriages, and the estate’s storied past through several generations of the Norton Grantley line.
Edward Holton James editor of the Paris Liberator arrived in New York on the La Provence to aid Edward Mylius the Belgian journalist imprisoned in England for sedition over an article about King George and a royal marriage. James, Harvard graduate and son of the late Prof William James, plans to visit Ellis Island and possibly Washington to support Mylius’s appeal.
The Philippine Islands have become the leading purchaser of American cotton cloths. For ten months ending October, Philippines bought 44,121,646 worth of cotton cloths, surpassing China and doubling Central America. Imports totaled 53,508,140 with 40 percent from the United States. Exports reached 46,000,000, up from 25,000,000 last year, led by Manila hemp rising to 17,708,220. Customs revenues grew by about 1,700,000.
President Taft's efficiency and economy commission endorses the naval aid system adopted by Secretary Meyer. Four high ranking aides advise the Secretary in operations personnel material and inspections guiding fleet movements personnel matters construction and repair and inspection work. The commission issued guidelines and urged detailed organization charts to all departments, using the Navy chart as a model.
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela awaits a decision by the immigration board on whether he may enter the United States or be barred as an undesirable alien. He is to have his case heard tomorrow after a restless Sunday on Ellis Island. His valet Alfred Torregrossa, the only visitor, stayed at the station all day. Castro has been detained since arriving from France early last week, and a habeas corpus writ was dismissed by Judge Holt.
The Dolphin, described as the premier ship of the Navy in small arms proficiency, leads the Atlantic and overall fleets with a high marksman rate. Helena follows in the Atlantic with 49.48 percent, South Dakota tops the Pacific with 2.64, and Commander George W. Laws commands the Dolphin.
The piece contrasts American and French presidential selection. It notes France relies on senators and deputies at Versailles to choose the president, with electors uninvolved publicly. It highlights limited executive power, the president’s mainly ceremonial role, and ministers directing policy while the nation continues its governance and international exchanges.
A bureau of statistics statement released yesterday highlights sharp growth in United States exports to South America from 38.6 million in 1802 to about 138 million in 1912, a rise greater in percentage than any other grand division. In 1902 Europe traded 980 million, rising to 1.4 billion in 1912, North America 204 million in 1902 and 578 million in 1912, Asia and Oceania 96 million in 1902 and 212 million in 1912. South American exports grew over 160 percent, from 109 million in 1902 to about 236 million in 1912, with manufactures from the growing trade totaling 115.5 million in fiscal year 1912.
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the Speaker, notes her mother serves Missouri ham at Wednesday dinners. Mrs Clark is proud of the ham which has become a hit, prompting a friend to remark she never tasted it. Genevieve replies that the family takes a week to finish the ham.
A selection of satirical quips from Chicago News and New York Press comment on social roles marriage parenting and gender stereotypes. Perspectives critique weather surprises aging marriage financial demands and political ignorance with biting humor and aphorisms.
Sunday weather details report floods on the Ohio River with crests near Cincinnati Louisville and Paducah as 62 to 64 feet projected. Weather patterns show rain and snow east of the Mississippi, warm in the west, and cold waves warnings east of the river. Local temperatures and humidity data included with wind and storm advisories along Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
In a hotel lobby interview Senator Jackson backs merger talk with the Progressive faction but defends Republican principles and the party name. Manila merchant L F Murdock warns Philippine independence risks disorder and U S costs, urging cautious governance over a rapid withdrawal of guidance.
G W Cook, former Denver congressman, says John Hays Hammond could foster peace in Mexico by leading a Yaqui country pilgrimage in Sohara to persuade the Yaquis to disarm. He credits Hammond with adventurous yet constructive nature and notes his two years living in the region. A Yaqui peace settlement could reduce Mexican troop deployments and influence broader reform.
Kansas political figure Victor Murdock is linked to a Washington pennant team as fans expect a rise of fantasy claims. N A Sevier of Wichita notes Murdock’s past as a standout baseball writer and school player with ties to Chicago Inter Ocean era. Andrew J Hunter, former U S representative from Tilisiols, dies at 51 in Paris Wisconsin.
A new scheme for cooperation between navy and marine recruiting stations will be put into operation shortly by Rear Admiral Philip Andrews. Marine stations will enlist men for the navy where no navy party exists, and navy stations will receive enlistments for the marine corps. If successful, this method will save recruiting funds and remove the need to maintain both services’ stations in the same town.
Liverpool reports the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company will amalgamate with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in a deal valued at 150 million dollars. The Royal Mail line under chairman Sir Owen Phillips and Lord Pirrie recently acquired several firms including Union Castle Line Lamport Holt Pacific Steam Navigation and Elder Dempster Line serving West Africa.
Six naval radio stations in Alaska will begin commercial operations Wednesday. Secretary Meyer approved rates and procedures for handling messages. Stations are at St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Unalga, Kodiak, Cordova, and Sitka. US rates exclude California at 2 cents per word plus the commercial rate. California messages cost 30 cents per word plus the commercial rate.
Resolutions favoring international arbitration of the disputes between Great Britain and the United States over Panama Canal tolls were adopted at a large mass meeting held under New York Peace Society auspices at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Seth Low presided. speakers included Representative James L. Slayden of Texas and Dr. Talcott Williams of Columbia University.
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