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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1915
Page
11
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A reader questions when Britain gained the right to stop and search US vessels on the high seas and clarifies wartime versus peacetime search rights. The piece cites Maria and Marianas Flora decisions, notes that neutral vessels should submit to searches in war, and condemns abusive searches and contraband designations by Britain.
The article frames Italy's earthquake as a divine judgment linked to its war stance, noting vast deaths and homelessness. It predicts worldwide sympathy and relief, with over 20,000 left homeless and calls for aid to provide food and shelter as survivors begin recovery.
A fragment describes travelers tending their tasks anew as green vineyards endure cooling lava flows up the slopes of Aetna and Vesuvius, weaving nature with labor and endurance.
A critical review urges the United States and other neutrals to protest mining of open seas and defend freedom of the seas for neutrals. The piece cites Sweden Denmark and Holland losses and argues for concerted neutral action to prevent seizures and deter belligerents. It also admonishes Britain and supports a broader historical perspective on independence.
The War Department and District officials report the Aqueduct bridge unsafe. The public relies on Congress to fund and authorize a new bridge, as current conditions risk accidents. The committee should heed the warning and replace the old structure promptly for safety and convenience.
A historical critique argues income tax is unpopular and inequitable, urging replacement with a tax on bank checks to burden the well to do. It notes the wartime tax emergency, its sunset at year end, and calls for Congress and Treasury to design a fair, collectible system with minimal inconvenience.
The article outlines development at Meridian Hill park including a double wall along Sixteenth Street, a main plateau recreation area with a concert garden and music venue, and extensive park and traffic facilities. It notes the project’s link to the War Department and city-wide interest in the City Beautiful initiative.
From Petrograd comes news of Prince Demetrius Chilkoff, a former Russian ministerial figure who rose from freight brakeman on the New York Central to military service in Russia. He distinguished himself in battle before being killed by a German bullet, with his family links and courtly ties noted.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece recounts a London restaurant anecdote about national loyalties. A Hungarian waiter explains that Serb colleagues share meals and positions, illustrating wartime suspicion and how Austria lost a fighter due to cooperation among enemies.
The Senate continued the District of Columbia appropriation debate and Judiciary reported favorably on Frederick L. Siddons for the DC Supreme Court. Shields bill to incorporate the national Boy Scouts was favorably reported. Adjourned and reconvened with limited quorum. Mann and Humphrey criticized Wilson's Indianapolis speech. Gardner’s coast defense inquiry resolution passed nearly unanimously. River and harbor appropriation details discussed at length.
Detective Sergt Dalton linked a missing vest button to Rosario Bruno after a December 17 burglary at Alfred Purenro’s pawnbrokers store on West Street. Robbers cut through the floor, stole goods worth 2000, dropped jewelry in the street, and escaped while Bruno was held for examination after a Tombs court hearing set at $2000 bail.
In Cambridge the Harvard trained worm One-eyed Pete leads the class under Prof. M. Yerkes. Pete’s daily stroll through a two-ended hole tests choice, with one end electrified. After initial shocks Pete now consistently chooses the comfortable exit, avoiding the electrical pathway.
Burglars sawed through electrically charged iron bars guarding the H. W. Mills hardware store in Paterson New Jersey and stole cutlery tools and hardware valued at $1 000. The bulk required a wagon for removal. Less than a month earlier the store was robbed and the owner had bars tied to a powerful electric circuit. The intruders apparently disconnected the wires before sawing.
Bruce the bulldog, pet of a city fire truck driver, is known for riding on the wagon. When a fire alarm sounded, the dog was left in the office but forced through a window and pursued the truck to the blaze, a daring act to stay with its master.
Nutley police held William G. Nash in a cell after he attempted suicide by hanging in a tree thicket. Nash a Harvard graduate told reporters his cold hands prevented him from tying the knot, and a rope dangled from a limb as police found him bleeding from neck wounds.
An autopsy on 22 year old Ethel Wright of Red Lion near York reveals a back tooth lodged in her right lung after upper teeth were extracted nine weeks earlier by a York dentist. The infection led to pneumonia. The Los Angeles Times feature recalls Edla’s grandmotherly counsel on answering definitively.
A full grown timber wolf was captured in a mink trap one mile east of the Milwaukee bridge near the Missouri River. James Bryant, a boarding house keeper at 3700 Nicholson Avenue, aided by hunters, restrained the animal with a pole and a rope noose on its nose before locking it in Bryant's barn.
Ray Inman, held in Lawrence county jail for larceny, dug through a wall to reach the trial of Dr. Ran Goodwin of East Mount Carmel. He was at liberty three days before being rearrested at the close of Goodwin's trial. Goodwin and Jesse Riges were sentenced to twenty years for Lola Byerly's death.
Luigi Castiglione of Seventh and Bainbridge Streets admitted stealing a silver vanity box worth four dollars from a Chestnut Street drug store and a five dollar umbrella from a Market Street department store. He yielded quietly to arrest and was committed in six hundred dollars bail, smiling as he said he would have a home and food for a time.
A verse piece laments Termonde bells gone during war and a second poem from Ashland News recalls a child learning of his father’s death. The two pieces convey loss, fear, and isolation as families coping with wartime casualties.
Samuel Wagner, 73, of Paris Illinois, is remembered for wigwag signaling during the Civil War era. He stood on a limb of a tall tree and sent the message to Gen. Sherman after Gen. Corse held Altoona Pass, aiding Union forces in a pivotal moment.
A Broad Street businessman jokes with a friend about living in a dreary Jersey district to save money. They compare costs such as food, opera, cafes, theaters, and taxis, concluding with a quip about saving money even if one were to die. The exchange highlights humor over frugality and city life tradeoffs.
The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy skies for the District of Columbia and Maryland Friday and Saturday, with fair conditions in Virginia. Southerly winds will be gentle to moderate, with generally above normal temperatures except in the western upper lake region and Northwest. Low pressure over the western half of the country brings rain or snow in the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes areas Friday night into Saturday. most other regions see fair weather. No significant temperature changes expected. Local hourly readings and humidity figures are listed for multiple stations.
About 200 skaters on Clay Pit Creek watched as ice cracked and four year old George La Barre fell in. Josephine Hower of Locust, captain of the Naveal sink girls hockey team, crawled to the boy using poles for balance and pulled him to shore. The crowd cheered as both reached safety.
A life inspired feature film described as a Pyro drama in three reels. Act I shows Fred Braebenroth's drug store with a stranger and a sore throat. Scene II notes chiorate of potash tablets as a prop. Act II depicts a limousine moment and ignition of tablets. Act III involves R A Miess the soda clerk and cherry flavoring to extinguish a fire and a $5 exchange.
Not a sign of temper but a rare nervous disorder called trichotillomania. Kansas City specialist reports two cases from the Journal of the American Medical Association. A 27 year old woman pulled eyebrows and a 14 year old schoolboy pulled hair as involuntary impulses. Rest and relief from stress helped both.
George L. Lilgewall, 19, testified before Special Sessions that his love for the fox trot kept him out late and led to stealing David F. Douglas’s watch and chain after dancing on New Year’s Eve. Lilgewall said his father drove him from their Brooklyn home at 519 Fifth Street to curb the habit.
An interview with a Berlin university alumnus living in America covers early German English tensions, the Moroccan crisis, and looming war. The piece then shifts to Pittsburgh, detailing its vast industrial output, banking surplus, and dominance in steel, iron, coal, and related manufacturing.
In a National Monthly piece, Little Marion and her neighbor Donald share a playful dialogue about anarchists. Marion questions their identity and behavior, and the boy explains with a humorous misreading that they are the “he¢ iboys growed up.”
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