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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
11
A fragment from The Washington Post explains how readers should send address changes to the Post to ensure prompt delivery. It notes the paper can mail to any part of the country and mentions subscription rates and advance payment. The text repeats garbled city and street references and urges action via phone or postal orders.
President Wilson resists District politics as a presidential duty and rejects local legislation loaded with frills. Washington residents welcome a cautious approach, hoping for a fresh start and fewer spoilsmen, while Congress holds local power and purse strings.
The largest steamship arrives in New York harbor to loud praise but triggers prideful commentary on American shipbuilding. New Yorkers hail the foreign built vessel, while critics note its German craftsmanship and urge a higher New York standard before claiming global leadership.
James Eads How launches Hobo News in Chicago as a counterpoint to the stigma of hobos. The issue contrasts harsh social contempt with a fleeting scene of roadside flowers on the Romney branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, praising the wanderer’s token moment of beauty and sustenance.
The text argues for stability in American institutions amid reform efforts. Chief Justice White warns that neglecting foundational principles could erode liberty and lead to anarchy, urging Americans to preserve the Constitution and endure through changes. The piece contrasts hopeful progress with prudent restraint in governance.
Philadelphia laborers with around 170 million dollars in local savings banks repelled Industrial Workers of the World agitation. I W W leaders tried to spark strikes and violence but failed, with rioting bands disbanding after two fruitless strikes. Foreign-born organizers targeted non naturalized workers, while Philadelphia workers returned to normal, even as some I W W figures continued agitprop among families.
A discussion on originality versus versatility notes a recent method to trisect an angle and its surprising application to silk fashion. It argues the idea’s novelty and its influence on design, with a playful nod to the President and contemporary thinkers.
A whimsical discussion on silk hats and their angles as reflections of character. Public figures like Bryan and Wil son are referenced in a satire about conformity and individuality. The piece links hat posture to perceptions of authority, inviting cognitive analysis by psychologists and diplomats. It ends with a quip about Whistler and an artist friend about finishing works.
A House judiciary hearing backed Representative Broussard on a bill to keep the Commerce Court and boost its authority. It would extend right of appeal to shippers, relieve the overloaded Supreme Court by transferring cases from possessions and bankruptcy, and codify the court as a permanent part of the judiciary to curb delays.
Sir Joseph Tichborne's forthcoming marriage to Miss Denise Greville stirs memories of the long Tichborne case. The piece traces the family estates at Tichborne Park Hampshire, the baronetcy, and the infamous 19th century fraud involving Arthur Orton and Lady Tichborne, highlighting the saga's impact on English aristocracy and the doomed search for the missing Roger Tichborne.
Fifteen of twenty shots from San Francisco mortar battery defenders struck a target 312 miles at sea during night practice. Five searclights spotted the target, not visible to gunners who fired from a mountain behind a hill. The range was relayed by harbor stations.
Military notices list leaves and duties for officers across the Army and Navy coast defense exercises. Capt Samuel McIntyre and Maj William Chamberlain depart for duty. numerous transfers and postings follow to Fort Huachuca Gettysburg Philadelphia and other posts with coast artillery medical and infantry commands. Chaplains Lloyd and Kunnecke shift roles between field artillery and coast artillery with travel to Fort Bayard San Francisco and Manila.
Rear Admiral F H Bailey placed on retired list. Lieut Comdr H N Jensen detached to Colorado command Milwaukee. Ensigns Kraus Callaghan Ede Davis Cobb Denney Jacobs transferred to navy rifle team. Paymasters G R Crapo Foxwells, S R Whith, I A Odlin detached to various posts. Marine Corps orders include Pendleton Doyen Dicking to Puget Sound barracks, Dyer to Camp Elliott, Harrison to Boston, Hunter and Williams reassigned Delaware and Mare Island, Robbins to Philadelphia school.
United States district judge Smith McPherson, Southern district of Iowa, told the National Press Association that intelligent criticism by editors and writers would aid learning and character in courts and education. He urged editors to be gentlemanly toward judges while honoring freedom of the press to foster progress.
Thaddeus A. Thompson newly appointed minister to Colombia and James T. Du Bois former minister met yesterday with President Wilson. They discussed the Colombian government claim arising from its separation. It was intimated the President is gathering data for early action on adjudication.
Providence Journal recounts Zachariah Chandler of Michigan and a famed 19th century Senate moment. It tells how Chandler, recalling Davis and the Mexican War era, delivered a thunderous response that left the chamber spellbound and refuted as a traitor to his country.
Dr. William D Mayo of Rochester declared at the American Medical Association session that stomach cancer is curable with a favorable diagnosis possible by simple methods. He noted a history of gastric disturbance often precedes cancer and urged exploration at operations. Radium was discussed as a local aid in treating gynecologic cancers and fibroid tumors, capable of reducing hemorrhage and sometimes shrinking growths. Trachoma among Indians was examined, with 17 percent affected of 39,000, and blindness largely due to unchecked eye issues in babies.
Arrived McCall at North River and Dolphin at East Lamoine while Vicksburg sails to Tacome. Orton departs Norfolk toward Newport with several regional ports named Georgia New Jersey and Rhode Island. Horton heads to Block Island Sound and Pataparo sails Newport to Block Island Sound. McCall moves from New York Yard to North River and Dolphin from East Lamoine to New London. Vicksburg to Tarqma from Bromerton to Yorktown, Bats bon to Corinto. Scorpion from Odessa to Com wlantinopie. Abarenda sails Shangha to Manila.
A fragment from a Pennsylvania runen scene shows a dialogue exchange with names like Julius Karl and misdated lines, reflecting a muddled evening interaction and mistaken days. The text resembles a humorous or stylized script excerpt with interrupted sentences and unclear context.
In a period piece Manning warns bedbugs spread disease from smallpox to typhoid and fevers across lodgings, ships, and cabins. He notes their migration through walls and into trunks, urges boiling water and fumigation, and argues for annual compulsory fumigation to prevent disease spread.
J J Schmidt arrived aboard the Albingia from the West Indies and Central America with six boa constructors about 12 feet long, 4 iguanas, 12 madaws, 100 monkeys, and 1,000 parakeets. He described iguanas that respond to whistled tunes by walking toward him on curved hind feet and noted his diet included iguana meat before preferring chicken.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau notes high pressure over the Atlantic and southern states, low over the Midwest and Rockies, no definite disturbances. Local rains in the Great Lakes to Pacific coast area, fair elsewhere. temperatures rising in middle Atlantic and New England, with showers likely in northern states Friday and Saturday. Winds along coasts variable to moderate. ships bound for Europe expect moderate variable winds and fair weather. Local report includes hourly temperatures, humidity, sunshine, and past year comparisons.
Vancouver report quotes New Zealand Union Steamship Co official Carter and his wife on Australia supplying beef and mutton to the United States at lower cost. They note possible markets in London and Canada while discussing US imports and New Zealand production stability amid rising prices.
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