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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
11
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The United States faces a pivotal clash with Great Britain over commercial welfare and policy. The piece argues for assembling top US minds skilled in diplomacy, citing Asquith Grey and Lloyd George as Britain’s strong opponents, and urges President Wilson and Secretary Bryan to enlist eminent figures like Elihu Root and Taft to secure national interests.
The piece argues prohibition will drive national politics, splitting party lines and pressing the Wilson administration to settle the issue in the District and across states. It notes Democratic leadership, Sheppard amendments, and the President's decisive influence, while warning of prolonged political tension.
Amid Wilson's term, Democratic officeholders face a dilemma over early mobilization. Some urge proactive organization for potential 1916 delegates, while others warn against premature moves. A cautious approach, watching White House signals, is urged to avoid factional risk.
A satirical collage critiques avant garde art and moral drama while lampooning war talk. It references Harvard worm studies with One-eyed Pete, East Indian savants, and a flippant take on political figures and policies from Postmaster Burleson to Jim Mann, ending with a jab at the Spanish Ambassador and Ireland.
Emperor William holds millions in Lamberg American Steamship shares and Krupp stock, profiting as the Hamburg American Line feeds German troops. The Krupps report record profits since the war’s start, while American investors in Hamburg ship interests also gain. Egypt’s new sultan has one wife Melek, who becomes sultana, with former consort Aine El Hayat Hanem noted for Paris life. Prince Hussein’s rise to Egyptian throne pleases Italians familiar with Ismail’s exile. Syria and Armenian residents face status questions under Ottoman and English influence. Retirement of Sir Thomas Sutherland from P and O ends a long era. Lord Inchcape takes helm as president.
Gretchen visits Berlin zoological gardens and feeds a great white bird in a cage. The bird eagerly eats the candy and sticks its head through the wire. Her mother points to the label reading the stork, and Gretchen exclaims the bird recognizes her.
Senate factions clash over a prohibition amendment to the District appropriation bill without a vote. Lodge and others discuss defense matters. Siddona confirmed as associate justice of the D C Supreme Court. Immigration bill passes conference with literacy test. river and harbor and irrigation appropriations move forward. adjournment set for noon.
An unidentified man leaped from a moving Broad Street line train into the Schuylkill while crossing the Girard avenue bridge. Police and park guards searched the river but found no body amid heavy rains and muddy water. Policeman Idell reported watching the man in a nervous state before the fatal leap.
Mrs. C. T. Banks’ cat Snale returned to her Brodhead Wis home after a year away and a 300 mile journey. The cat had been sent in October 1913 to Mrs. J. A. Broughton of Brodhead and traveled by drag and express. She vanished last May and reappeared at the Banks home seemingly unscathed and content.
Wealthy Roxbury resident Orlando H. Davenport left about $500,000 to ensure his grave monument at Forest Hills Cemetery is scrubbed with soap annually for all time. The will specifies $50 yearly for the task and requires the headstones to be cleaned each May without lye or strong acids to keep them free from moag and dirt.
Eugene Oregon Dispatch reports President R. Bryan of Colgate University told the Western division of the Oregon Teachers Association that a study of 600 notable scientists statesmen and Old World figures found only 8 to 12 percent accomplished their world’s work before age 40 with 35 percent between 60 and 70 and 21 percent after 80, suggesting peak output occurs 60 to 70.
In Pen Yan a cat brushed a lantern in A P Littell’s barn causing a fire that destroyed the barn and crops. A horse perished and Littell narrowly fled with other livestock. total loss estimated at 3000 dollars. The Altay farmer was present Saturday morning when the blaze started.
Suffering man identified as H. Eckhardt of 4012 Compton Avenue, with $6 and a watch, left his bathhouse after writing No work no hope no use. He walked into the sea at Venice, did not flinch, and vanished, leaving belongings behind as spectators watched a final descent into the open water. A sea gull was the only sign returned.
Hartford dispatch reports Francis Kennedy a Western Union messenger from East Hartford dies after a .22 caliber cartridge fails to fire while he demonstrates trench warfare for his sister and brother. The bullet strikes his heart instantly ending the display.
A fragmentary poem in the voice of an aging veteran. It laments aging, the unrelenting toll of time, and a young soldier’s brief, bright life. The speaker contrasts youth and mortality, ending with envy toward the fallen’s vivid moment.
The poem mourns FO Chesterton lying ill as the world loses a keen, cheerful prophet. It recalls past jesters and wise men, praising Chesterton for seeing clearly while making life colorful. It pleads for his return to lift the sore season toward spring.
Mrs. Felix Upulsky accuses her husband Felix of cutting her hair with shears after she refused to sign away her interest in a small property jointly owned. Judge Beard ordered him held for court appearance. Also notes a London visit to Lambs Club recounting the Whistler Wilde feud and a joke about a poem’s value.
John Denygan, 30, of Rozlyn Long Island, was jailed for one month by Justice Seaman in Nassau county Minéola for stealing a cedar from the front lawn of Clarence H Mackay at Rosalyn to provide a Christmas tree for his children. He admitted he could not buy a tree and took one he saw.
Salem reports that John G. H. Stercks, a 26 year old inmate of the State Insane Asylum, confessed to holding a hair from a dead victim during the Daisy Wehrman and child murders near Scarppoose Oregon on September 4 1911. John Arthur Pender, once sentenced to be hanged, may be freed by executive order after capital punishment abolition measures pass. Portland criminologist George A Thatcher helped reveal Pender's innocence leading to sentiment for clemency as asylum officials affirm Stercks confession validity.
Nickletown Kansas a nearly deserted town plans a unique election with four remaining families. Cowles will be police judge and the three men Alien Frank Willis and Oscar Muison will run for mayor with the two losing sides forming the town council. Women voters hold decisive sway by voting for the husband who treats them best. Nickletown lies in northeast Woodson county.
Mrs Kate Studnarsh of Bayonne asks for a charitable home for her four month old son. Her husband Andrew was killed by a railroad train a year ago. She cannot support the child and has nowhere to live. Relatives have ordered her to find new quarters and she has no funds for food.
Fair coastal conditions for the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia with variable winds. Temperatures reflect anomaly with high eastern region values and chances of snow over northern parts Saturday into Sunday. Local report notes a trough disturbance and a broader pattern of unsettled weather across the central United States with colder conditions in the Northwest and Midwest.
Minister Cordova protested to Japanese Ambassador in Washington arguing the Japanese battleship Kurama violated Ecuador’s neutrality by remaining in Guayaquil port. Cordova noted Ecuador maintains strict neutrality and referenced broader South American trade impacts tied to the British market.
Representative-elect Willard Van Dyke defeated Stevens in Minnesota amid claims the Panama Canal tolls exclusion aided his campaign. Van Dyke argued high wheat prices and flour costs affect farmers while stressing his Washington connections and past service with the Hadway Mal Clerks' Association.
An Australian speaker at Raleigh argues the European war has just begun and will be the biggest in history. He cites Allied strength, German and Austrian aims, and international sentiment, praising liberty and civilization while criticizing racial, political, and imperial tensions. He calls for Irish unity and British leadership, noting Irish influence in the empire and offering Australia’s potential to send more soldiers.
Mary Hallowell left a note pinned to a silk stocking claiming Frances Cassel is idle for the night. Mrs Cassel opened the stocking bag with Mrs Jacob Cassel and found two bank books showing several thousand dollars. The register of Willa Stewart ruled the will invalid and Mrs Cassel entitled to the money.
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