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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
11
Washingtonians are urged to keep The Post informed of new addresses to receive the paper promptly. Send orders with old and new addresses, and how long to mail. Subscriptions prepaid to Washington Post Company. June 34, 1915.
Statement credits this nation’s fiscal start July 1 with unmatched business strength. It highlights New England and midwestern industrial activity, southern crop production, and robust export shipping. Cotton demand abroad is rising as war reduces surplus and boosts fabric needs. The text forecasts ample harvests, high employment, and immense capital at home and in foreign markets.
The post highlights that manufacturers merchants builders and transportation firms are now measured in billions rather than millions. It emphasizes presenting verifiable facts to readers for serious attention and consideration in economic reporting.
The Russian retreat from Lemberg is minimized by officials, but it marks a major setback for Russia and likely shifts Austro-German forces to the French and Italian fronts. Italy, under Gen. Cadorna, awaits a true test as fighting on the Iaonzo remains minor. Germany aims to invade Italy and draw Bulgaria and Roumania into war, while frantic diplomacy and Balkan talks risk delaying decisive moves and Constantinople remains a focal target.
The jury in New York weighs whether Harry Thaw is now sane or insane after years of confinement. If sane, he should be freed. if insane, he remains dangerous. Experts clash while twelve citizens decide if delusions linger. The public seeks a lawful, clear outcome.
The essay argues the president alone can gauge factors for peace or war and that mediation is premature. It decries European rabid nations and urges victory with terms favorable to the winner. It notes the world’s insanity and predicts worsening until decisive action ends the turmoil.
The text argues epidemics will be checked as wine doctors know, while goat offices remain. It likens the St Vitue dance of nations to a general upheaval and suggests the President should steer the country safely through it. It asserts in time the nation can offer peace with effectiveness and promise of success.
The country is gratified by Robert Lansing's appointment to Secretary of State. The President retains a strong, capable figure at the head of the State Department, with experienced colleagues to share foreign deliberations. Lansing's fitness, public service, and personal reputation inspire confidence in a successful, brilliant career ahead.
The piece argues rising naturalization in Chicago and other cities signals a shift from fear to allegiance, with millions of European-born or mixed-heritage residents choosing US citizenship. It notes Germany and Austria’s large foreign-born populations and uses historical quips to reflect on national loyalty and public figures.
The fire at Kreutzenstein near Korneuburg destroys a famed medieval palace long restored by Count Hans Wilczek and famed for its Albert Durer manuscripts. The incident devastates a symbol of aristocratic heritage as British and European elites reflect on losses to culture and war pressures.
Tokyo dispatch says ships near Yokohama witnessed a pillar of fire and dense smoke that darkened the sun, rain of rock and lava, and boiling red waters. Tidal waves struck a vessel but all aboard were safe. The event is thought linked to a central Japan earthquake. No casualties reported.
Louis Perlmutter, an employee of the Waterbury Clock Company, asked Waterbury district court for permission to change his surname to Ferry after months of being hounded by the question How's Potash. Judge Reeves granted the request, directing him to write the new name in capital letters. The report notes three others in Waterbury recently legally changed names: George Dammit, Orlando Hell, and Frank Hugeup.
Bante Ana dispatches from the Los Angeles Times report a blazing lantern at Mr. Duntley’s Cy press ranch as he drove two calves out of a burning barn. The lantern toppled, catching hay and four tons of dried beat pulp. The barn and hay were destroyed with a loss of 400 and insured for 255.
A fragmentary, lyric style excerpt recalls a campus courtship with humorous misdirections and playful references to literature. The narrator shifts between romantic longing and comic detours including a hapless bug, ending with a nostalgic poem about love and farewell.
A historic 1414 account describes the Bannockburn clash between King Edward II of England and Robert the Bruce of Scotland. Bruce’s forces, fewer in number, used shrewd terrain and traps to rout the English, causing massive losses to nobility and soldiers amid a chaotic retreat and dispersion of the English host.
Chicago Herald reports Morris Sperekas, peanut stand owner at 6000 Stony Island Avenue, asleep as three hungry squirrels raid his bags in Jackson Park across from his shop. A crowd watches while one bag is seized and carried toward the park before a brick narrowly misses the popcorn stand window amid shouting.
From the New York Herald, leopards in the Central Park Zoo have grown hostile toward people, sparked by jealousy of the sun. Keeper Bill Snyder remarks the cats blame sun spots for their mood, while scientists suggest unsettled weather or sun activity as the cause.
Mary Pipe of Fort Scott Kansas sued for divorce from Harry D Pipe in district court alleging an unlawful intrusion into Buckingham Palace in London. Pipe reportedly scaled the wall and lingered near the royal apartments for hours before capture. King George reportedly intervened to grant leniency while Pipe remained abroad and letters to a English woman were cited.
Huntington dispatch reports Edgell's divorce filing citing his wife’s persistent tobacco chewing in bed as the cause. He receives custody of four children while detailing alleged damage to his health from her conduct and disparaging stories. The record includes aside jokes and quotations from gossip columns.
A compilation of opinions from visitors including William Henry Given of New York and Roy G Thompson of Fairbanks Alaska. They discuss Lemberg’s fall affecting Austria Hungary, the grandfather clause impact in Oklahoma, and patriotic sentiment in Alaska with remarks on politics, voters, and Independence Day celebrations.
A vandal daubed every house on both sides of East Fifth Street between Towne and Eleanor in fresh green paint before daybreak Thursday. Residents and police investigated the streaks and found two blocks of homes splashed with green, causing embarrassment for a local painter living nearby.
Alfred Steimer, renowned San Francisco chef, told a national cooks convention that women eat more than men. He argued a woman can eat three times as much as a man when active, saying big restaurants would fail without the gentler sex and noting lights, music, and high prices boost women’s appetites while men eat less under such conditions.
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