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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
11
The Washington Post of July 16 1913 explains mail subscriptions and address changes so Washingtonians traveling or relocating can receive the newspaper nationwide. Details cover domestic and foreign rates, payment methods, and forwarding policy while urging readers to notify both old and new addresses and specify duration.
The Vancouver News-Advertiser argues Canada must protect the United States by expanding rail links through northern British Columbia to Dawson and the Alaska boundary. A Canada United States defense framework could deter naval aggression, linking Cordova and Seward with the Dawson line and Alaska ports to secure the Pacific coast.
The health department aims for pure milk for Washington but limited inspectors mean dairies ship products sometimes below standard. Milkmen argue offenders should be held to account while the city cites licensing and lack of government testing as barriers to proof.
A large group of milkmen was summoned on charges of selling dirty milk. The prosecution sought a bill of particulars but was overruled on a delay request of two weeks to complete data, illustrating weak testimony behind a guilty verdict.
The piece debates U S recognition of Huerta, European support, and dollar diplomacy, arguing outside powers cannot end Mexico's civil strife. It condemns predatory loan aims, stresses Pan American autonomy, and defends U S neutrality while warning against intervention. It also weaves in cultural reflections on Helen Saville and New York.
A Pennsylvania teenager Helen Saville, 18, overwhelmed by New York's heat and noise, consumes poison in her New York apartment seeking peace of the home she left. The piece notes the city’s strain and contrasts with urban temptations and literature’s view of Paris and London.
A lengthy survey notes Liberals gain in Leicester bye election while Conservatives see a reduced majority. It argues working men resist compulsory unemployment insurance and links this to Marconi stock issues, Ireland home rule delays, and Welsh disestablishment. It critiques Bonar Law and laments leadership, then rambles through assorted political quips and modern gossip with sparse clear outcomes.
Paris news notes a Bonapartist victory in municipal leadership as M. Chaussaigne-Goyou becomes president of the Paris municipal council. The piece highlights a push for women’s municipal suffrage and recalls revolutionary era figures, linking local politics with broader French royalist memories. It also covers the faded glory of Gen Stoessel at Odessa after Port Arthur’s fall and critiques the surrender as misconceived by some authorities.
Senator Thomas of Colorado spoke on the relation of panics to the tariff. Newlands bill revising the Erdman act for mediation of rail labor disputes passed both houses and was signed by the President. Oliver F. Newman confirmed as District commissioner. Finance Democrats approved Simmons report for Friday. House and Senate adjourned until Friday with special orders set for Diggs Caminetti case and a Pennsylvania circuit judge nomination.
The Senate confirmed Oliver P. Newman as District commissioner in executive session. Chairman Johnson proposed empowering the District committee to probe fiscal relations with the Federal government, corporates, and individuals. The District committee will hold open sessions, with some exceptions. Representative Thompson introduced a comprehensive race segregation bill for government departments and street cars. Representative Carlin proposed a bureau of fisheries building.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, back from the Getysburg maneuver camp, tells Secretary Garrison that college men show great enthusiasm for military life and make promising soldiers. He notes 170 students in camp training with regulars, receiving lectures from War College officers, predicting more enroll next year. Similar reports come from Monterey Presidio where Western college students join during vacations.
Ledger of absence and duty changes lists Capt Alexander Maish and Lieut Henry Fisher moving from Hot Springs to Walter Reed Hospital to command it. Others include Maj Carroll Buck relieved for Fort Mackenzie transfer, Capt Louis Ball to Fort Dew Moines for temporary duty, Capt George Brooke to Port D A Russell for temporary duty, Capt Philip Worcester reassigned to Eighty eighth company, Capt Norton Wood removed from list and Frederick Hennessy reassigned, Lieut Alvin Perkins placed on list of detected officers, Lieut John Herr reassigned to Eleventh Cavalry, and First Lieut Dawrench McIntosh reassigned to Frankford Arsenal, with Lieut John Green transferred to Twenty-First Infantry.
Naval orders detach Lieut. foudr. Arthur Crenshaw to Nebraska commands and assign him to duty with Cummings, while Lieut. T. Ghent moves from Nashville to Nebraska. Lieutenant L. M. Stewart transfers from Puget Sound to Nashville as executive and navigator. Lieut. Ho Oak goes to Yorktown as executive and navigator. Lieutenant Gunlor grader W. W. Lawrence is on sick leave from Portsmouth Navy Yard. Assistant Surgeon W. B. Hetfield to Naval Hospital Newport. Assistant Surgeon C. C. Ammerman to Navy Recruiting Station Pittsburgh. Marine Corps orders: First Lieut. S. M. Harrington detached to First Brigade U.S. Marines in the Philippines. First Lieut. E. B. Reno and First Lieut. J. D. B. Murray appointed first lieutenants. Second Lieut. L. W. Williams to Guam via Mare Island. Arrivals include Worden at New Haven and Newport. Mayflower and Tacoma at New York Navy Yard. Patuxent at Newport. Louisiana and Michigan at Vera Cruz. Controllers Bay noted. Sailed vessels include Potomac for Judity Sound. Chicago from Provincetown to Portland. Patapsco for Boston. Warden Philadelphia to New London. Worden to Newport. Mayflower to New York. Marvelletta to Gardiners Bay. Alabama to Bermuda. Michigan to Tampico. Newport. Wheeling to Key West. Seward to Controller Bay. Alaska Supply to Cullen. En route Glongepo with Villalobos from Sheagha toward Chinkiang.
The piece argues Hawaii safeguards for Pacific coast, but Alaska and Aleutians demand equal attention. It says Canada would align with the United States against a Pacific invader, urges Alaska rail link from Dawson to guide defense, and introduces a Canadian supplement to the Monroe Doctrine dubbed The Vancouver Doctrine.
Two Irishmen in the building trade worked on a roof when Murphy slipped and tumbled to the ground. His friend Mike feared the worst as Murphy lay stunned and then declared he was alive. A humorous exchange followed as Murphy insisted he was not dead.
On a fast Manchester to London train Robinson assists a stranger who sits motionless with ears to shoulders and hands outstretched. The man appears paralyzed until he explains his wife sent him to fetch a piece of glass, and his hands are simply the width of the window.
Henry Henderling, a baggage master from New Haven, returns to a vacant Winsted house to find his family missing. In sorrow he buys firearms and red, white, and blue bunting and decorates the home during the night, claiming to celebrate his wife's return. Neighbors awaken to the spectacle as dawn breaks.
The Washington Post publishes its sworn ownership statement under the 1912 act, listing editor John R. McLean and business manager William Fr. Spurgeon, publisher Edward McLean, and stockholders John R. McLean and John F. Wilkins. Daily circulation 31,494. Sunday 49,134. notarized July 10, 1913.
Washington visitors discuss Mexico, Japan, and the Growing danger of anti American sentiment as Senator A B Fall seen as key to understanding the crisis. Georgia holds direct vote to fill remainder of Senator Bacon's term under new ratified amendment.
Harold McCormick’s hydroaeroplane driven by Max Lillie overturned two miles from shore in Lake Michigan. Lillie was thrown clear and clung to the aircraft until rescue. McCormick, Rockefeller in law, was not present. numerous onshore observers witnessed the mishap and the machine was saved.
London July 16 The second reading motion of the home rule bill for Ireland was defeated in the House of Lords by a sizable margin. Lord Lansdowne’s opposition stance urging delay until the country’s judgment was adopted without a division.
The Weather Bureau reports showers and thunderstorms in the southern upper lake region Ohio valley middle south Atlantic and east gulf states with fair conditions elsewhere. Highs in plains central valleys and Southwest. moderates elsewhere. Local showers expected in the South Atlantic and central southern Rockies Wednesday. thundershowers possible Missouri upper Mississippi valleys and lakes. Winds vary by coast and region. Temperature readings list midnight to 8 p m with highs and humidity.
Harper’s Weekly reports the Anita, built in Genoa in 148, touted as the world’s oldest ship and a near duplicate of Columbus’s Santa Maria, was dismantled at Teneriffe. The broad, slow vessel survived hurricanes yet yielded no profit, leading owners to sell for parts to fund a new ship’s construction.
Mrs Fran Sea Durkes of North Bergen died at 64 after sixteen years of daily grave visits to her husband in Weehawken Cemetery. She prayed to join him and collapsed on returning home. Authorities cited linage failure as the cause.
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