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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1924
Page
2
The Washington Post long notice details subscription options with prepaid advance payments, daily and Sunday rates, and renewal reminders. It includes mail delivery terms, postage, and payment handling notes, plus an extended foreign-relations discussion excerpt inserted in the issue.
Survey by the Shipping Board shows about 126 million tons of freight moved through American ports last year, excluding coastwise shipping, marking a substantial increase from the prior year. Imports of oil and petroleum in 1923 were down slightly from 1922, while exports topped 6 million tons, underscoring strong national commerce and continued prosperity.
The Department of Commerce promotes summer coal purchases to smooth year round demand, ease railroad freight bottlenecks, and stabilize prices. Summer buying benefits consumers by reducing shortages and may lower costs by avoiding peak fall transport pressures.
The United States rejects trading rights and American counsel from Tangier options. It opposes an American seat in a new Tangier legislative body and resists being pulled into regional administration, citing past creditable disengagement from the 1906 Algeciras conference.
The document notes a treaty signed by resolute American diplomats without binding enforcement, and Senate approval without departing from long standing U S practice of avoiding European political questions. It warns that American rights must not be sacrificed while other nations’ settlements may extend American obligations.
The piece questions major campaign issues. It contrasts Davis and Coolidge on tariff and foreign policy, notes Davis’s stance on tariff reduction and League of Nations, and discusses corruption charges and prosecutions. It also mentions West Virginia coal interests, New England coal, and a Rome dispatch about St Peter's dome. It ends with a note on a New York firm passing to new ownership.
The firm, thriving and profitable, changes hands to longtime staff owners F Yourger men who had been on the payroll. They plan to run it much as before, signaling no radical changes. The purchase showcases workers accumulating wealth from profits and taking control as proprietors.
A Turkish judge rules that poker is not gambling since chance does not enter the game. The opinion argues that many players face inevitable losses and that poker becomes an open and shut method of using money for the average addict.
A vivid critique questions the allure of stage shows for Paris airmen exhausted by their world travels. It argues the real drama lies in flight and nature’s forces, not theater, noting that the aviators slept as the show went on.
The Pilgrim's Progress drew swift popularity after 1678 despite critic disapproval. Scholars note echoes from De Guiseville to Lydgate and Spenser, yet Bunyan claimed sole authorship, insisting that his manner and matter were entirely his own.
A nineteenth century writer notes debates on rays and radiation. He distinguishes two forms: wireless energy waves in ether and fast-moving particles from radium. The article outlines several ray types from radio waves to X-rays, stressing scientific understanding over sensational claims.
The text explains that all waves travel at 186 600 miles per second and differ only by wavelength. Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength and wireless waves the longest, with rough comparisons placing gamma rays at a tenth of an inch and radio waves from inches to miles, ultraviolet, visible, and infrared in between.
A Providence Journal overview notes Germany plans to send the merchant ship Industrial on a ten month world cruise. It will showcase 570 German exhibits and distribute literature while visiting Scandinavian ports England Spain Italy Piraeus Constantinople and the Suez Canal before turning toward the Orient. The article argues this demonstrates German energy and a push to create world markets, contrasting German advertising with diplomacy and noting further voyages to South America if results are favorable.
The government plans Isle Royale as a national playground spanning 132000 acres of virgin wilderness in Lake Superior. Stephen Mather says the site offers extensive harbors lakes and streams, ideal for recreation and fishing, with moose and caribou on the island and hundreds of visiting migratory birds.
The tiny planet Eros, five miles round, has approached Earth in recent months and is the closest celestial body to us other than the Moon. Discovered in 1898 by Berlin astronomer Witt, Eros travels near the Sun and Earth, sometimes visible on very dark nights. in 1931 it will be no more than about 130 million miles away, though typically it remains too faint for telescopes.
Astronomers note brightness cycles every 6 hours 14 minutes implying rotation and a day on Eros. Varied surface composition from white quartz may explain brightness. In seven years top telescopes will study Eros to refine solar system measurements as it completes an orbit every 3.5 years, returning thrice and approaching observers each pass.
An 1870 Atchison ordinance fines five to fifty dollars for dressing in garments of the opposite sex and appearing in public places. The mayor is asked what action will be taken regarding knickerbockered women on the streets. The item recalls old beliefs against cross dressing and mentions Dr Mary Walker and trousers.
Georgia rejects the federal child labor amendment while Arkansas ratifies it, highlighting state rights as the key divide. The piece notes Arkansas and Georgia both exhibit high child labor usage and contrasts their attitudes toward federal intervention according to the Fairmont Times. The report also cites a French peasant awakening and the impact of widespread farm fragmentation on land values and labor shortages.
A letter to the editor disputes links between the Farmer Labor party and communist groups, detailing a St Paul 1924 convention stance disavowing collaboration with communists and vowing to defend party integrity through a lawyers committee led by Parley P. Christiansen. The piece notes Senator La Follette’s stance and reports on party actions and declarations from Washington.
Indian leprosy wards report about 400000 sufferers wandering cities and villages. Modern research shows the disease is less contagious than once thought and early treatment in asylums and dispensaries yields discharge of patients as apparently cured. Incubation spans about seven years, making absolute cures hard to confirm, while chaulmoogra oils give way to newer, curative products.
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