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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
11
The Review of Reviews warns that ratifying the Colombia treaty grants special canal rights and favorable rates to Colombia, risking European control, US interests, and possible war. It cites $25 million payment as trivial and argues Monroe Doctrine may fail against European influence in Haiti and Colombia.
Amid war reports Greece shows signs of progress with a rail link between Athens and Larissa nearing completion and plans for broader continental connections. Under Premier Venizelos Greece pushes its boundaries and economy toward renewed prominence while Turkey also moves into a new era seeking to redefine its military and national strength.
The National Education Association leaders condemn sex hygiene teaching in public schools, arguing it harms moral standards. Dr. Charles W. Keene contends knowledge alone cannot ensure purity and that home instruction should decide when and how to discuss sex matters with children.
Dr Charles W Eliot argues crowded cities harm health and morals and urges garden cities with broad streets trees and small gardens for workers. He cites London slums and praises Washington plans showing a path to a utopian urban design in the capital.
The Briuga government proposes three coastal forts at exposed points including Portsmouth to defend against airship invasion. Towers will mount quick firing guns aimed skyward to disrupt entrants, transforming coastlines into vulnerable landing zones. The piece compares airship defense to naval innovation and speculates on aerial warfare evolution.
In a letter to a Washington friend Col George Washington Goethals argues for modesty about his Canal duties and salary. He urges honors for all workers on the project, notes his pay reductions, and praises the effort of lower officials alongside leaders.
The article notes George V bestowing the Star of the Order of the Bath on Rear Admiral David Beatty, making his wife Lady Beatty, and details royal approval amid Balmoral ties, personal friendship with Queen Mary, and Beatty’s swift rise from naval service. It also mentions King George’s keen interest in horse racing and Beatty’s earlier valor in Africa and China.
Senate proceedings report continued debate on Nicaragua and Colombian treaties and executive branch interference concerns. Senate committees ordered an unfavorably reported nomination for Thomas D. Jones to the Federal Reserve Board, while Paul M. Warburg’s nomination was indefinitely postponed. Reed assailed the FTC unfair competition clause as 122 miscellaneous measures passed. Pearse T. Marye confirmed as minister to Russia. Adjourned to Monday. Representative Prouty pushed a committee study on local government. Indian appropriations amendments debated. Dayton judiciary charges reviewed. Kahn resolution on Lind’s Cuba-Mexico talk sent unfavorably. Adjourned at p m to noon today.
Mrs Alfred Graham Miles, daughter of hotel man George C. Boldt, steers the 22-foot P. D. Q. IV to 47 miles an hour on the St Lawrence water near Alexandria Bay. She calmly completes the run and vows to push for faster trials next time.
The Philadelphia Record reports Strike the cat of the electrical bureau is on a hunger strike awaiting feeding from Jim Rourke who is away on vacation. The pet, once lively, shows signs of extreme weakness while the bureau attaches recall her dramatic past including a 1908 car strike incident.
Bernard Reisman was arrested in New York for firing at a rooster to kill it, aimed at a fowl on a barrel. The shot struck neighbor Michael Martin in the right leg as the rooster fled. Martin’s condition was awaited after the incident.
Marion Quackenbush, seven, of Cornwall, loses six teeth when a dynamite cap exploded after she bit it while playing with a cap her brother brought from railroad tracks. She lies in critical condition. revived after medical aid.
Correspondent reports King Alfonso of Madrid, traveling incognito through Castile, staying at a modest inn. A chambermaid, puzzled by his secretive demeanor, provides a broken mirror so he can shave. The King admits he works for the royal court and jokes about shaving him moments earlier.
A burglar entered Frank Canavarre's quarantined Broad Street residence, ransacked the premises and stole valuables worth about 31.0 percent of the house value. Nurse Elizabeth Maiden awakened him, prompting police to pursue arrests while health officials weigh steps to prevent an epidemic risk.
A reflective verse fragment from the Los Angeles Graphic and London Tit-Bits contrasts mercy with truth. It praises restraint and kindness toward flawed neighbors while lampooning sly flatterers who shield hurtful facts as charity. The speaker seeks resilience with a smile amid life’s tangled judgments.
Mrs. Benoni Lockwood formerly Ethel Jackson, famed Merry Widow, sailed to Ecuador to join her husband the Guayaquil Railway attorney. She dismissed jungle adventures, saying New York offers more monkey types on Fifth Avenue and more wild animals roaming Broadway at night than in the jungle.
King and party visited Glasgow today with a light moment in the city council chamber as McKinnon Wood handed the royal address. The king began reading but laughed at a misaligned sentence while the queen Princess Mary and others joined in. Wood alone did not share the amusement.
In Paterson New Jersey Charles Derrmann seeks 5000 dollars in a circuit court claim against a seed house for selling three bushels of supposed telephone seed peas he bought in April 1811. Derrmann says the crop failed to mature, the sprouts remained useless and the time and land wasted amount to the demanded sum after paying 22 dollars and 75 cents.
New York actress Helen Bishop swallowed three bichloride of mercury tablets on a dare from a friend after a quarrel with fiancé George. She sought help at a medical college and was sent to Knickerbocker Hospital, charged with attempted suicide.
Article recalls a wartime ruse when Sir Garnet Wolseley ordered to use up surplus commissariat stores after the Ashanti campaign. Camp kettles mixed pickles sauces jams beer wine brandy chlorodyne Liebig extract and more. Soldiers drank the concoction hot in a Queen Victoria toast.
Miss Mary Ann Taylor, nine, rode in Abram V. Honeyman’s car to a cemetery to visit relatives’ Braves. On return she praised the machine describing it as a better ride than the old chaise and asking to ride again at a higher speed.
The report notes no major shift in U S temperature patterns with high readings along the Atlantic coast and lows over the Rocky Mountain region. Cool conditions persist on the Rocky Mountain plateau. unsettled weather and isolated showers are likely in the South Atlantic Gulf States and west regions over the next 24 to 48 hours, otherwise fair across the nation.
St Louis lawyer Harry B Hawes predicts Democratic success in Missouri noting Stone will be renominated and reelected due to loyalty to the administration. Other talks cover Sereno Payne’s likely renomination, Wadeworth’s chances in New York, and Mexico cattle and U S beef prices amid tariff and drought concerns.
Ezra Sellen, about 45, of Brooklyn, told the Middletown Dispatch he lost a roll of 625 dollars while killing rattlesnakes and wading a stream near town. He started a walk from his boarding place, fled from rattlesnakes, and ran out of money, planning to ride to New York City.
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