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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
6
Scientific reports indicate reformists discuss financing a proposed new government if de la Barra rejected. Plotters aim to bar aristocrats from power and seek a representative movement for all Mexico. Informants say Trevino and Murgin factions are key, with caution about securing national fishing and military backing. details vary by source.
Britons are urged to observe War Savings Week with a nationwide drive to economize and contribute to the war effort. The appeal stresses self denial and patience as essential to victory, highlighting government leadership and public sacrifice during wartime.
In New York a heated session as Justice Brandeis entered a crowded room to cheers then faced sharp opposition from delegates. Spectators applauded, silence followed his exit, and Samuel Whatleck warned there are higher things than the Supreme Court. The gathering debated unity of American Jewry and aid to brethren abroad with Oscar Straua and J Magnes among voices for or against Brandeis’ stance.
The Far Eastern newspaper reports a power struggle at Neuilly with A Piatt Andrew planning to move the field section from the hospital. Internal conflicts centered on Lopps and Benet, who were removed from the hospital transportation committee amid domestic troubles and divorce actions.
A sequence of death notices and funeral details for individuals including Mary Mataft Arrington and Robert Campbell, with service times, residence addresses in Washington, D C, and interment plans at Prospect Cemetery, Portland Me, and Arlington National Cemetery. Also listed are multiple deaths with names such as Elizabeth Hierling and Katherine L Masight, with funeral arrangements and burial locations in Baltimore, Washington, and elsewhere.
A garbled text references sympathy for returning figures and a plan to support a new government. It mentions a Barra as a prospective president and large loans to back treaties, with scattered phrases about citizens and restraining influences.
Washington Post reports a mysterious acid like chemical in Captain Koenig’s possession on the German merchant submarine Deutschland. The drug is said to be capable of destroying ships swiftly if deployed. Contained are diary notes and German embassy papers, with orders to obliterate key documents before capture or boarding.
The presidential yacht and the first family have completed a weekend cruise in lower Checaprake Bay. The vessel steamed up the bay last night around four o'clock and was slated to dock at Washington Navy Yard early today. Naval radio stations tracked its movements, but no detailed report has been issued. The party did not visit Hampton Roads and likely landed at familiar coves or towns along the shore.
Washington reports Japanese colonization in Mexico. 35 landed at one port, others dispersed along the coast. Officials fear hostility to Americans amid Carranza era tensions. Carranza taxes on gold and silver mining rise to 6 to 24 per tenencia plus state levies and 10 percent export tax, seen as confiscatory by U.S. mining firms. The State Department reviews international commission options as Spectral Agent Rodgers’ push to lower taxes stalls.
Fleet Lieut William F Winant US Navy retiree inventor of the Winant ammunition conveyor died at his Brooklyn home age fifty. He served 25 years in the navy and designed the steamer Roosevelt used by Rear Admiral Peary in polar discovery. Survived by widow, a son and a daughter.
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Eldridge retired died at his Norfolk residence after a long illness. A Civil War veteran, he served with distinction in the Gulf and Atlantic squadrons. Native of Dedham Massachusetts he entered Annapolis while a New York City resident. Funeral at Green-Wood Cemetery Chapel in New York on Wednesday.
Fourteen Ramos crew members rescued by the Jose near the North Carolina coast after the freighter sank 210 miles northwest of Wattling Island following a tropical storm. The steward and one sailor drowned. Capt McGoldrick and eight others are missing. The rescuers faced hunger and thirst during a two day open boat ordeal before being saved.
Newport RI July 16 an authorized representative of the Russian Government explained the recent Russia Japan agreement as a joint political action in China to protect the country and Russian and Japanese interests from German plots and influence, asserting the open door principle remains unimpeded.
Assinning New York celebrated the homecoming of Thomas Mott Osborne at Sing Sing with a daylong program. about 1600 convicts and 400 admirers cheered as Osborne arrived and spoke of a square deal for prisoners while crowds viewed floats and banners along the prison yard.
Rioting in Montevideo as tickets sold beyond field capacity triggered a stadium invasion. Police cleared the grounds after fires damaged the stadium on three sides and spectators crowded the field, injuring several as the Uruguayan and Argentine teams attempted play for South America title.
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