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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
9
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions with various delivery timings and prices. It details prepaid mail payments, acceptable remittance forms, and where to send orders, along with a note urging readers to keep the paper informed after moving.
A column argues that the Hay Pauncefote treaty may be voidable as sovereignty shifted when the United States gained control of the canal site. It advocates negotiating adjustments or abrogation, warns against foreign admonition, and favors American sovereignty over canal policy while condemning entangling alliances with Britain.
Great Britain endorses the new naval program as the strongest peace time policy yet by any power. Analysts warn of German fleet expansion and possible invasion plans, while the Admiralty states a five year shipbuilding drive. The plan calls for five new battleships in 1915 and four annually thereafter for a total of nineteen ships.
Royal Geographical Society buys Lowther Lodge at Hyde Park’s Exhibition Road for its new headquarters moving from Savile Row. The move honors the Lowther family and links Kensington Gore’s famed salons and 19th century cosmopolitan gatherings to modern scholarly exploration and the world’s leading explorers.
The Stanley report on the steel investigation is viewed as patchwork born of political maneuvering. Critics say it upsets the innocent until proven guilty principle and shifts burden of proof to corporations. Amendments are urged only after thorough analysis by top legal minds to avoid harming U S business.
An editorial touts Matt Zollner of Fate Texas as a phonetic spelling advocate and potential Senate candidate to fill the Bailey vacancy. It praises his distinctive orthography, wit, and public affairs knowledge while urging other candidates to step back.
In the person of Andrew Lang there has passed away a rare specimen of the fine flower of English literature as it burgeoned and bloomed and unfolded itself in these later days. He embodied in his own person notable qualities and contributions to letters.
Washington letter argues the Hay-Pauncefote era changes render the canal treaty voidable. It cites Canning and Jefferson, warns against European dictation, and urges a US Britain diplomatic path to preserve the canal as a domestic, sovereign asset.
Army orders list leaves for several officers across infantry cavalry and artillery units with dates through September 1972. Promotions and detachments to Army War College and medical staff changes are noted, including resignations and reassignments for officers in the Philippine Scouts and coast artillery units.
Navy orders list multiple commissions from 1912 to 1913 including Bo Russell and W JERFFRA becoming Lieut Commanders, Motormack resignations accepted, W RIDDLE promoted, BOD Washalas named navigator, and various personnel assignments and resignations across San Francisco, Guantanamo, Philadelphia, and naval stations. Also notes early 1890s appointments such as H J WALSER and ship movements to Newport Marietta Hampton Beirut.
Weather bulletin notes low pressure center over the western half of the U S and rising, with showers and thundershowers in the upper Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest. Local rains in Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Warmer in the central and southern regions. no major temperature rise in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. Forecast shows showers into Thursday in the East and South, with warmer conditions in New England and the middle Atlantic States. Winds variable near the coasts, southeasterly in the mid-Atlantic and southern regions. Overall, fair weather across much of the central United States with brief dampness in the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes.
A garbled cultural column from the River Bulletin parodies marriage, propriety, and fashion with snatches from New York and Chicago press and jests about a woman’s temper, clothes, and social expectations. It juxtaposes jokes on prohibition, beauty, and a man’s view of women, noting the era’s attitudes.
Senate discusses Pasema Canal discrimination and ship favor, and bills on labor department aims. Civil appropriation bill nears completion. session adjourns at 4 25 pm with the House to reconvene at noon.
The British Medical Association declared open conflict with David Lloyd George over the national insurance act. It pledged to refuse any government office related to the act and demanded about 2.12 per person for medical attendance on those injured. Sir James Barr denounced the act as a gigantic public fraud amid mixed views in the audience.
President Taft sends a telegram to President Restrepo of Colombia marking the anniversary of Colombian independence. He conveys greetings and sincere congratulations from the people of the United States and wishes for happiness and prosperity for Colombia and its republic.
Charles Swisher, former West Virginia secretary of state and 1912 Republican gubernatorial nominee, declared he is out of politics but will back the regular Taft ticket. He predicted Taft could win West Virginia despite Roosevelt and Wilson strengths and discussed Colorado shifts and mounting Republican hopes ahead of upcoming elections.
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