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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
11
Japan plans five new super dreadnoughts totaling 140000 tons, surpassing Britain and threatening U.S. naval superiority. Washington views the move as a calculated bid to dominate the Pacific and challenge construction delays around the Panama Canal.
The defect in the naval personnel law threatens automatic retirement of fifteen junior officers including captains and lieutenants. The failure to distinguish seniors from juniors could force many capable leaders to leave, sparking debate over amending the law to avoid creating inequalities elsewhere. Archives note the long-standing controversy and stalled reform attempts.
The article reviews Elbert H. Gary's testimony before the House committee on steel trust regulation, endorsing a federal license for interstate corporations and warning against destructive competition. It also details Tennessee politics, insurgent lawmakers in Alabama, and the legislature’s paralysis amid budget and governance issues as a backdrop to rising radicalism.
Washington confirms the United States employs secret agents to monitor foreign military establishments and politics. A $90,000 fund supports confidential operations across departments, with miscellaneous receipts totaling over $45,000 last year.
Washington dispatch to the New York World reports Bryan and Hearst backing Champ Clark for president. Bryan reassures Clark with a forgiving stance over wool tax disputes while Hearst conveys friendly support. Missouri delegates stay silent but note Folk’s earlier endorsement of Reed and Clark as potential leaders for 1912.
In Summit New Jersey two pinochle players courted Miss Catherine O Brien. James Gorman and John Mines played for her hand using the Wassengerber method. Mines won and presented Miss O Brien with a diamond ring. A marriage license is to be taken next month. The Kansas City Star notes a subscriber mock obituary warning if subscription in advance.
A fragmentary inquiry notes why a life editor expects a four book run to succeed. The quoted author profile cites a hero who keeps a valet, smokes rose scented cigarettes, wears a silk dressing gown, and drinks brandy and soda.
A 1911 letter essay discusses Germanys historic grudge over a Moorish coast incident, details ties to Prussian nobility and Willoughby lineage, and notes straw hat origins from Queen Elizabeths era. It also highlights royal attitudes to straw hats and ends with a Boston dispatch on teachers resting minds with flirtation.
The Amalgamated Association of Mammoth Cave guides, six members with twenty years of experience, has gone on strike leaving the cave manager to rely on nonunion labor. With only six knowable guides, the cave risks closure as orders go unfilled and tourists seek Niagara Falls and Yellowstone. Public interest suffers while labor troubles threaten a once thriving Kentucky attraction.
Harvard seismologist Prof J B Woodworth notes moon Jupiter conjunction coincides with recent quakes. Potsdam and Santa Clara College records tie Mexico City tremor and Caspian region shocks to the lunar planetary alignment. He cites Valparaiso disturbance and Aleutian quake as related examples.
Five youths in summer bathing costumes leapt into the Bowling Green fountain in birthday suits, while spectators tossed pennies and a crowd of about a thousand watched. Cops arrived, swimmers fled into doorways, and companions helped them regain clothes as onlookers marveled at the momentary Garden of Eden on lower Broadway.
W M K Darwood writes to the New York Times arguing that a claim about a Confederate seal and James A Jones as a body servant is unfounded. He recounts visiting Trinity Library in Cambridge on September 2 1892 and seeing the great seal of the Southern Confederacy presented by Judah P Benjamin, asserting it may still be there.
In a dramatic incident on the uptown Third Avenue elevated line at Fourteenth Street, Rev Father Duffy of St Ann's Church crawled under a train and administered extreme unction to John Brennan, who had fallen from the platform and lay dying for 45 minutes wedged between brake shoes and the car.
A witty exchange between a husband and wife features a playful remark about memory of youth. The wife notes his tendency to forget he was a boy, and the husband counters that she never forgets she was once a girl, though others may have forgotten long ago.
A gray horse owned by Robert Bowers of Richfield New Jersey is said to have killed itself by leaping into the Morris Canal at Change Bridge. The horse had served the family for years and hauled them to church on Sundays. The younger family members rode another horse last Sunday. The old horse then refused to eat and lingered in its stall. In Greenville Pennsylvania Jay Jeff a trotting horse owned by Benjamin Bowers lay prostrate for months after a broken neck from a fence accident. Recently he ran a mile in 2 16 and may race again this summer. Bowers saved the horse from being shot when it showed signs of life. From the Kansas City Journal other notes include Mrs. Hudspeth of Sibley Missouri praising birds for bug and snake control, with birds hanging snakes on barbed wire as described. A verse piece describes nightingales and a Proverbial Tragedy with fables about youth, starlings, and a king. Washington Dispatch notes Secretary Stimson’s horse-holding days at Fort Myer. Also reports on 1911 Barnard class day at Columbia University with brides and engagements and concludes with a witty remark about hobble skirts dying out.
A Chicago News column offers wry observations on manners and folly. It notes that clever handling is needed to deliver ice, references hazards of drink, and remarks on fools and their schemes. The piece hints at roof gardening, the limits of big egos, and crooked methods that let some men make ends meet.
A compact column lampoons bachelor life with sharp wits about red hair vanity and money. It notes that soft soap suits only a soft man and jokes that punctuality favors wealth while loyalty to those beneath fails.
In hotel lobbies in Washington, figures such as George A. Custer and Thomas A. Hendricks are praised by guests from Ohio Indiana and North Carolina. They discuss statues and memory, noting Civil War figures, Indian fighters and pioneers deserve monuments while cautioning against overemphasis on Native leaders.
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