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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
11
The fragment references a proposed outlay of 180 million dollars amid a broad Greater Washington plan. It notes opposition by a progressive Congress and discusses subscription terms for delivery in Washington and Alexandria. It mentions daily delivery, Sunday exceptions, and payments by mail with prepaid postage.
Washingtonians are urged to keep The Post with them as they leave the city for war coverage. The notice explains flexible delivery options, address changes, and prompt forwarding to any part of the country, with mall subscription payments in advance to The Washington Post Company.
The piece argues that America should intensify pursuit of the Black Hand Society after the Camorra case in Viterbo. It cites Maj. Sylvester urging a relentless, well organized international information network and suggests a thorough publicized prosecution could erode the Black Hand as the Viterbo trial weakened the Camorra. Publicity is deemed more potent than conviction.
The July crop report from the Department of Agriculture paints a flattering, conservative picture of expected yields with declines in animal food prices and stable bread and apple costs. World prospects look bright for foreign cattle, while domestic crop conditions suggest a favorable harvest, bolstering political forecasts.
A comparison of Paris and Washington DC shows Paris planning aggressive public works funding while Washington lags in schools and hospitals. Paris allocates 15.5 million for schools and 7 million for hospitals with 6 million for tuberculosis, plus 25 million for water and a broad street expansion program. The piece notes rivals in prestige, and hints at a grand scheme surpassing local needs.
In arguing for a full two and a half million dollar appropriation to connect the Capitol with Union Station, the piece argues that half measures delay completion for years. It claims the half million in the Senate budget is merely bookkeeping, and urges the Senate to act, noting derelict structures offend visitors and burden property owners who cannot rent or sell until the project proceeds.
The piece argues battleships and armies cost far more today than in the past, with France and Britain recovering from historic losses. It envisions bankers funding peace and warns airships, dreadnoughts, and well-funded militaries cannot be challenged by those who control the purse strings.
Plymouth Borough near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., praises Burgess W. D. Morris for a plan that halves jail costs by arresting thirty tramps and splitting them into two baseball teams. The losers work at the rock pile for two days, the winners go free, keeping the jail from crowding and the town amused. The plan, praised as clever, may inspire managers to rethink standings, while other political and social quips appear in the column.
A fragment from a long wide ranging opinion piece quotes on future wars being decided by banks not battles, noting ships and subs drive costs while nations risk bankruptcy. It argues four year wars would bankrupt contenders and cites Russia Japan Britain Italy and Turkey in or near debt. It also mentions heat deaths in Washington and taft roosevelt references in a satirical tone.
Battle Abbey in England hosts the Anglo American marriage of Gladys Grace, daughter of Michael Grace of New York, to Capt Hamilton Grace of the Thirteenth Hussars. The ornate estate has a long lineage and ties to William the Conqueror, with a noted history of misfortune and prominent marriages shaping its fate.
Executive Order for a redesigned Buffalo nickel is likely from President Taft within weeks. J W Braser and Secretary MacVeagh discussed the new coin with Mint Director George B Roberts. the buffalo will replace the Goddess of Liberty on the obverse while an artistic head of a Red Man may appear on the reverse, reflecting American symbolism.
Assistant Secretary of State completes annual bicycle tour in France traveling about 1800 miles. The itinerary formed a circle starting and ending near Hevre and coming within 60 miles of the Mediterranean. He was joined for much of the journey by Consul General and Mrs Thackare of Berlin.
Boston dated July 10 Colonel William C. Gorgas chief sanitary officer at the Panama Canal declined Mayor John F. Fitzgeralds invitation to head the Boston board of health. He said he must remain in the Canal Zone until the work there is completed.
Constantinople July 14 Mahmoud Shetket Pasha, Turkish minister of war, resigns his post citing the dienatist faction’s dispute over his handling of military disaffection that led to the recent mutiny in Albania.
Annapolis Md July 10 Eighteen additional candidates were sworn in as midshipmen. The new class includes William R Cagey Arthur C Gelsenhoff Joseph W Gregory William C Luth William Birmingham Norman C Wynkoop Richard H Jones Warren V Lamb Henry P Broadfoot Francis Foley Robert N Kennedy Woodbury F Mackay Albert M Rhody John Roberts Jr Robert B Twining Robert J Van Buskirk John A Vincent Cassius Young.
Military notices list Capt Charles W. Woxton Capt Mathew Smith First Lieut Raymond Mills First Lieut Charles P George II Second Field Artillery First Lieut J Marchal Wheate medical reserve corps leave September board of officers meets at Honolulu July 31 to study cant military problem Major Lawrence S Miller paymaster to Mount Gretna Pa Capt John Bradey Vancouver Barracks Wash Capt Robert C Loving medical corps to Army Transport Service Capt Samuel Callam paymaster to Mount Gretna Pa First Lieut Calvin P Titus Fourteenth Infantry to Watertown SD and Gov of SD duty First Lieut Edward J Moran relieved Inspector in Militia SD to Aug 1 First Lieut Titus placed on detached list Aug 1 First Lieut Edward J Moran reassigned to Fourteenth Infantry to Aug 1 Brig Gen Montgomery M Macomb Lieu Col John Morrigon Maj George Blakely officers listed for duty and retirements noted.
A naval orders list details transfers of numerous midshipmen and officers to assignments in Vermont Virginia Minnesota Delaware Delaware Stabs Stabs and other commands with postings including Westinghouse Schenectady and Tecoma. The names include W Foote W Smith A Sanborn C Obbor ns R Treville Garland Fulton I Denfeld A Ten Buck and Benjamin Perlman among others.
Movements of naval ships listed with destinations including Portsmouth Newport Baltimore Norfolk and Annapolis. Several vessels named with crews and routes from Boston to Newport and Hampton Roads. Listing includes multiple ship names such as Monaghan Trippe Sterett and Fats toreqs among others.
Debate resumed with Lorimer supporters as legislation moves through the Senate and House. The civil appropriations bill gains additions totaling five million dollars while no final vote on Lorimer occurs. House calendar items are amended, a proposed department of Taber is discussed, and Rep Aiken seeks a probe into Wilence irrigation ties in Colorado. Berger pushes federal utility loan bills as the House adjourns at noon.
The joint committees of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade met to plan the entertainment of the fifteenth international congress on hygiene and demography and the American Association of Health conventions in Washington in September. Funds are rising toward the $10,000 goal by September 15. The Willard Hotel will reserve floors for the committee, and Oregon will present an exhibit of moving pictures on sanitary conditions.
Spokane man R H Buchanan traveling auditor of the State industries commission fought a wounded 36 pound black bear near Metaline Falls Washington. He carried $25 in gold prize money from a tavern for the first bear of the season. A rifle shot felled the bear then a knife finished it. He escaped scratched and bruised with the bear’s pelt as proof.
The Washington Post summary outlines high temperatures across New England and the mid Atlantic, with cooler readings in the lower lake region and Ohio valley, and warmer trends in the upper Mississippi valley and Northwest. It notes scattered thunderstorms east of the Mississippi, generally fair west, and light winds shifting by Friday. Includes local temperatures and humidity, plus a brief irregular weather forecast for Atlantic and Gulf coasts and Grand Banks comparison from Chicago News items.
Concord governor Nahum J. Bachelder says New England states including New Hampshire Massachusetts will back Taft for reelection. Col Joseph B. Kealing and A. M. Stevenson voice confidence Taft will win, citing Indiana, Colorado and farmers backing tariff protection. Georgia Roosevelt supporters predict a rising Roosevlt influence while West and South electors pledge loyalty to their states.
Rudolph Forever, longtime White House aide to McKinley Roosevelt and Taft, is seen as heir apparent to Hillen as secretary to Taft. Others named include Sherman Allen LeRoy Vernon Richard V. Culhan and Gus J. Karger as possible successors with prominent roles in Taft’s administration.
Secretary Fisher denies that Valentine has resigned as commissioner of Indian affairs. The White House and Interior Department say no resignation has been received. Reports of possible quitting stem from religious garb policy disputes and testimony before a congressional committee.
Broad plans for a Pacific impregnable naval and military station emerge as an army officer board is appointed to convene in Honolulu on July 21. Brig. Gen. Montgomery M. Macomb Lieut. Cal. John F Morrison and Maj. George Blakely lead the effort to study Oahu defense, mobile defense needs and fixed mortar batteries for inland Honolulu.
Annapolis July 10 Lieut CH Maddox U N expert in wireless telegraphy has completed the shore station for a wireless system to secure airship to vessel or shore communication. One or more aeroplanes here will carry a compact wireless set weighing three pounds driven by the aircraft motor. Experiments in wireless telegraphy are slated as major Navy birdmen summer work, Maddox pursuing a wireless engineering course at Harvard.
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