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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1916
Page
13
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A historic notice urges readers to ensure The Washington Post follows subscribers as they move from the city. It explains how addresses can be updated and mailing durations set, with subscription rates payable in advance to the Washington Post Company.
The condition of the United States Treasury at the close of business yesterday shows a net balance in the general fund of 229,872,593. Total ordinary receipts are not fully shown and total ordinary payments amount to 8,108,369. The fiscal year deficit stands at 9,313,112, compared with 12,895,887 last year, excluding Panama Canal and public debt transactions.
A congressional opinion argues defense financing should use bond issues rather than an income tax. It criticizes discriminatory taxes, warns the burden falls on the current generation, and urges a fair system where everyone pays according to benefits received. Posterity should share in the cost.
The Agricultural Department predicts crops will outperform the five year average from 1919 to 1914, despite overall yields being smaller than last year’s record harvest. The report signals a favorable outlook with continued improvements and potential gains for farmers.
The report notes a sharp gain in crop conditions since June 1 with forecasts of a record wheat and oat outlook. Farm wheat stocks on July 1 total about 74 million bushels, more than doubling typical holdings, while corn plantings rise and a 2.866 billion bushel crop is predicted possibly surpassing last year’s record. Diversification and advanced agricultural methods bolster the nation’s future yields despite weather remaining a key factor.
Senator Rana deil of Louisiana urged that medical advances alone do not secure health. government quarantine and control are essential to prevent imported epidemics. He cited cholera in 1855, yellow fever declines after 1878, typhoid inoculation successes, bubonic plague fights in San Francisco and New Orleans, and rising pellagra cases in 1915. He emphasized continued warfare against pellagra and infantile paralysis until they yield.
A critical discussion argues for national aid to remove man-eating sharks along the north Atlantic coast. It weighs patrols, bait, and the impracticality of chasing a moving target, noting aggressive responses and the flawed idea of dynamite use in retaliation. The piece references Charles Reade.
The passage recalls a half forgotten story where a hero traps a shark by a ship and a bomb-filled bottle via electrical contacts. It riffs on using fiction as a guide to destroying living submarines, suggesting a parallel between novel plots and real weapon ideas.
The article notes shifting Western grazing land to crops and urban growth, reducing cattle herds. It cites packers profits from by products, disease losses, and a European war impact increasing domestic meat prices. It warns about market consolidation affecting price dynamics and urges public endurance.
An editorial discusses Lloyd George plan for Ireland’s self government. It notes a future Irish commons, six Ulster counties excluded, and a path toward autonomy under imperial authority for war matters. It cites temperance and conciliatory leadership as keys to peace and stable governance postwar. It also touches on Verdun and postwar expectations.
Private advices from Berlin report that General von Falkenhayn's struggle with Field Marshal von Hindenburg over reinforcements and Verdun aims may end his position as chief of the general staff. Verdun's costly failure fuels Kaiser Wilhelm’s anger. Moltke's death and court tensions complicate succession. MARQUIRE DE FONTENOY.
In 1916 Peru explorations each ration box fed two men for eight days with hearty breakfasts and suppers. Men should vary diet with local foods, including potatoes corn mutton eggs bread and bacon and tinned beef. Oatmeal proved the most valued, easy to prepare at high elevations. Initial sugar allowance was a third of a pound daily, later reduced.
Congress finished all committees amendments to the naval bill except the building program which will be taken up tomorrow. Post Office committees practically agreed to a conference report. Railway mail pay settlement referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission. President nominated Representative James Hay of Virginia to be a judge of the court of claims. Adjourned at 4 28 p m until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The House approved the Rucker bill amending the Political campaign publicity law and adopted a Senate resolution creating a joint commission to study government ownership and railroad regulation. A three day recess was set to start tomorrow. Representative Capstick of New Jersey introduced a bill for free postage for guardsmen in Mexico and on border duty. The Judiciary committee considered a resolution to investigate the beef trust by the FTC. Adjournment was at 2 44 p m until noon.
Beaten Post reports Bucyrus residents form an Antiprofanity Club to curb crude speech. Members traded violent language for mild exclamations like Mercyation, Oh goodness, Gracious sake, Gee whili ker bing, and Ding-bust It, aiming to set a refined example for the town’s rising generation.
A humorous piece extols corn on the cob as the ultimate satisfying task. The speaker praises removing kernels from cobs, describing buttery sweetness and a lifelong relish for the job. References to pork, chicken wings, and turkey breast contrast with corn's simple joy.
Johnatown Pennsylvania dispatch reports Frank Salvitti 33 and his brother Asperino were asleep when a freight car derailed by an open switch crashed into their bedroom near Karth Fork, Pennsylvan ia killing Frank and seriously injuring Asperino as the wreckage pinned them beneath the bed. A separate New York Times note describes a suburban canvasser failing to rouse a mother in a brief humorous scene with a boy and his top.
Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife and his second divorce, was born in Cleves on September 22, 1515 and died in England on July 18, 1587. Henry sought a political match but found her lacking in music and English, leading to a swift divorce after a short marriage in 1540. She received a pension, pledged not to return home, and spent her remaining years at Camberwell prior to burial at Westminster Abbey.
The piece discusses Lombroso’s born criminal theory and its decline, noting limited U.S. use of police psychopathic labs. It describes testing like the opposites task used to gauge mentality, stressing careful interpretation by experienced evaluators and limitations with feeble minded individuals.
A lengthy transcontinental telephone greeting linked Los Angeles and Richmond Indiana over 2080 miles as Chung Shuey a leading Chinese merchant in Los Angeles spoke in Chinese with a fellow business man from Richmond.
Albert Albers of the U-boat Deutschland recounts ten hours on the ocean floor and lauds American hospitality while noting US neutrality. The column shifts to political chatter on fusion between Democrats and Progressives in Maine and New Hampshire, Idaho liquor controls, and Kansas oil prospects with optimistic forecasts of record production and land lease boom.
A fragment from the Lamistilie Gonrier Journal and a Boston Transcript remark prompt inquiry into a broken engagement. The text questions if a mailed love letter in a glass front envelope caused the rift, with a later nod to Molly Pitcher’s husband and a related newspaper item.
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