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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
10
Washington faces a stalemate over reviving a Russian commerce treaty as the administration ties any renewal to resolving the Jewish passport question. Russian officials refuse to discuss settlement, while Pindell heads to Washington for talks after his Chicago arrival.
In Los Angeles two handwriting experts clash over a note Grondin says his wife wrote before she died of gas. The chemist and undertaker faces murder charges as a preliminary hearing set for February 3 opens a long legal battle fought over who authored the death note.
Representative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming blasted the Wilson administration's Mexican policy at the McKinley day dinner in Fittsburgh. He said Taft's approach under Huerta faced vacillation and that Bryan’s conduct and lecturing trips left the United States ridicule and aid to outlaws like Zapata and Villa.
London reports an international demonstration in Albanian waters to force Essad Pasha to renounce his claim. Each power will send a ship to Durazzo signaling that Albania's fate is a European matter. If Essad yields, Prince William of Wied may assume the throne with a $16,000,000 loan agreed to by the powers to finance his administration.
Coroner John J. Phelan announced in Bridgeport tonight that his inquiry into the death of Mrs. Hannah H Cross, widow of a New York jeweler, has thus far found natural causes. Reports of suspicions and an overdose of opiate were not supported by evidence, and no foul play is indicated.
The United States views the Mexican crisis as closed, citing constitutional limits on states and uncertain treaty overrides. Viscount Chinda met with Secretary Bryan in a private discussion about immigration and treaties. Washington signals no immediate new treaty, while pressing to renew arbitration pacts and monitoring Panama and Haiti developments after Oreste’s abdication.
Secretary Bryan stated there were no pending negotiations between Japan and the United States on a measure prohibiting imports of Japanese goods made by laborers under 14. He noted the provision existed in the new tariff but was struck out after Japan's representations. Baron Makino said talks were under way to remove discriminatory measures, either adopted or being considered in the U S.
Teheran dispatch reports Swedish officers building a 6000-strong gendarmerie to curb brigandage on Shiraz to Bushire routes. Shahs and khans resist, but Shiraz and Kirman become southern patrol hubs with mounted units and an officers’ school. UK backed 600000 dollars in 1913 to aid reform and suppress rahdari dues.
The administration rural credit bill was introduced by Senator Fletcher and Representative Mesa to aid farming communities with long term farm loans. It would create a Treasury land bank bureau under a commissioner and allow banks under federal charter with inspection, with hearings to continue.
Stephen T. Lockwood, who ten years ago led the first U S radium extraction, telegraphed Secretary of the Interior Franklin D Lane offering a fully equipped plant for free use to reduce 30 tons of carnotite ores monthly. He notes the stockpile includes radium bearing residues and urges refining efforts for scientific use.
Eight hundred men and officers were quarantined on the battleship Arkansas at Brooklyn navy yard on Monday amid a threatened diphtheria outbreak. One case was moved to the naval hospital and seventeen crew members reported sore throats. diagnosis found no diphtheria, but precautionary confinement was ordered. The Arkansas had just returned from a Mediterranean cruise. Commander Capt. R. C. Smith led the ship.
In Annapolis on January 2 Senator Hammond of Howard County introduced a bill creating a state racing commission with Higgs Johnston and Michael named as members. The panel would regulate all running races statewide and oversee betting methods while directing 10 percent of meet gross receipts to the State roads commission as a road-building boon.
Obituary notes funeral services for Dr G Lloyd MaGruder former dean of Georgetown University Medical School who died Wednesday night. Services held at St Matthew's Catholic Church with Rev A J Denton delivering sermon. Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers listed among prominent peers. Also notes death of Mrs Henrietta B Whitmore of 15th Street NW after nervous troubles and Philip W Roth of Brookland age 68, long Washington resident. He owned a feed store and is survived by wife daughter Antoinette and brother in Holland.
Senate and House notes report fights over labor limits for women and children, monthly pensions proposal, and a public indorsement debate on a federal judge bill. Other items include municipal ownership talk, street openings, Indian rolls, railroad securities, and alliances for naval and transportation issues.
A letter to senators from an alleged expert claims major navies including Japan Britain France and Germany abandoned armor plate and shifted to high explosive shells with longer range. The charge suggests US armor is inadequate and would fail against first class powers, prompting a discreet investigation by Navy Department officials who say other navies follow similar lines.
Representative Sherley defended readiness against naval expert Vreeland and urged larger artillery ammunition funds. The bill provides forts in Corregidor fortified Manila Bay access and a Hawaii land defense system to protect the naval base, while noting a potential war timing debate.
The article recalls how Danton, seen as a milder revolutionary leader than Robespierre and Marat, opposed the Terror. After a mockery of justice, he is arrested on March 21, 1794, tried April 2, and executed on April 5. Paine comforts him. Danton’s defiant last words mark his death as Robespierre falls later that July.
Ocean steamers reported sailing from New York to Dover London Boulogne Cherbourg and Queenstown with several arrivals expected. Vessels St Louis Megantic St Paul Pretoria and others shown as due or reported docking dates in Plymouth Plymouth and New York routes.
A Rollins & Company sale tempts Helen Berea with an imported dull blue gown marked down from 85 to 52.50, then 29 for a French model. She negotiates alterations, envisioning versatile wear while considering lace tweaks and a possible two fittings plan.
Texas representative Hatton Summers argues that high crop yields, especially cotton in 1919 and corn in 1912, imposed a hidden penalty on farmers through lower prices. He warns that supply and demand may yield to a “law of retribution,” risking food supply if producers do not share benefits of bountiful harvests.
Paris reports La Petite Republique claims a secret June 10 1913 pact among Serbia Roumania to dismember Austro Hungarian empire if it intervened for Bulgaria. It alleges Germany and Russia would share spoils with Bohemia Galicia Bosnia Herzegovina Dalmatia Transylvania and eastern Hungary to Roumania.
Erman Zook of Kennett Square dies at Hahnemann Hospital from pneumonia after nine months with cancer treated by radium. Doctors say pneumonia halted progress they might have arrested. Zook worked as a civil engineer on the Panama Railroad before illness.
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