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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
11
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The United States should enforce full freedom of the seas for neutrals and reject British orders that violate international law. Neutral nations must write a code of progress and commerce, with the US ensuring ships to and from neutral ports are protected from seizure or contraband designations.
The speaker warns against using the term contraband in trade with neutrals and ceding that definition to belligerents. They urge the United States to defend national rights and press the government to craft a lasting international code for future ages.
The Huerta arrest at El Paso may stall peace efforts in Mexico. The U S government withholds evidence for a neutrality case, likely insufficient for conviction. Carranza Villa and Huerta factions risk escalating war, demanding U S moral and material aid, especially Red Cross support to ease civilian suffering.
Official figures show about 75 million dollars in cotton manufactures exports for the fiscal year while imports fall below 50 million, creating a 25 million favorable trade balance. Analysts stress domestic demand as eight times more valuable than exports, urging policy focus on boosting internal trade.
The article argues that Britain's control of cable communications gave it a far reaching edge in shaping neutral nations' views and inflaming anti American sentiment. Germany’s lack of direct US contact allowed Britain to project warlike impressions and influence German public opinion as the conflict intensified.
The London claim that Captain Hersing was decorated for sinking the Lusitania provokes American resentment. Berlin counters that the honor was for navigating a submarine through the Strait of Gibraltar. The piece argues Britain misuses its advantage and censoring harms U S-German relations as truth leaks out.
The United States acted as a moderating force in the Japan China talks, securing concessions and preventing aggression. Peking reports say Washington warned Japan and China on May 15 that no agreement could impair U S treaty rights or the open door, while Japan promised U S rights were unaffected. Chinese resentment grows into a national defense fund and military planning as Japan leverages its position amid European distraction. Americans would be reassured if U S policy has blocked excessive Japanese demands in China.
A Washington Navy Yard wage cut for machinists is blamed on recent naval appropriation wording. Critics argue such economy harms efficiency and public service, urging a budget system to track taxpayer funds. The piece satirically references Huerta, Zeppelins, and world war speculation amid broader fiscal frustration.
Queen Mary influences the appointment of Sir Sidney Greville as comptroller treasurer and chief of the Prince of Wales household, a post that pays $10 000 a year from the Duchy of Cornwall. Greville, long in royal service, is a Carlton Club member and noted theater goer. Also recounted is Lord Norbury’s grim Irish judge legacy and a065b mistrustful past including his son’s mysterious death at Kilbeggan House.
Cleveland doctors report a pollen allergy vaccine giving immunity to hay fever sufferers. Serum from common grasses and plants requires ten to fifteen injections over four to six weeks before the hay fever season to ward off attacks. Dr. E Frank Romig notes strong success and welcomes reports from other physicians.
James Kerr, a long haired wanderer with a broken jaw, visited his sister Mrs. Mamie Meyer on his forty eighth birthday. The sisters believed they had buried him after a body bearing initials J.K. was found in a box near Lesperance street. Kerr’s appearance caused disbelief and confusion among his siblings and undertaker Joseph Helderle, who had marked the earlier burial.
A bravado filled poem offers an Italian reader in New York a mock pledge to help prove marksmanship. The speaker claims to train and vouch for the reader’s combat readiness against critics who doubt their aim and recalls a muddy insult of throwing dirt into the speaker’s shoe from twenty feet away.
Grand Forks dispatch reports six skulls unearthed under Eugene Butler's home southeast of Niagara. Victims, all but one adults and a 16 year old boy, were crushed skulls, buried side by side under the house via a concealed floor opening. Butler, a lifelong recluse who became insane in 1906, died two years ago after long confinement at Jamestown State asylum. He came to North Dakota in 1882 and owned 480 acres near Niagara. Authorities seek to identify the victims amid destroyed records.
Leavewort Dispatch reports Homer McCord and Frank Williams escaped the State prison coal mine at Lansing after a perilous 800-foot climb up the air shaft. McCord, a five year white slave convict, fled Iola with 16-year-old bride Mrs Harvey Dean on July 24, 1913. Williams, a robbery convict, vanished with him as the mine went dark after midnight while repairs were underway.
A collection of humorous aphorisms and social quips on misfortune ambition bachelorhood sobriety and domestic habits. The pieces reflect turn of the century satire about work love home and moral certainty with sharp witticisms.
Caesar Rodney signer of the Declaration of Independence for Delaware died in Dover on June 23 1784 born October 7 1728. His role boosted Delaware support for independence and his timely return from a southern tour helped Delaware unite with the other colonies. He served as Delaware’s president for four years until 1782.
London reports 7000 to 6000 Jews registered with Jewish chaplains in London and similar numbers may have enlisted without registration. The Jewish roll of honor appears weekly in the Jewish Chronicle as a Jewish recruiting committee brings in 50 to 60 new enlistments weekly. The war ministry has organized a Jewish chaplaincy with about a dozen chaplains including Rev Michael Adler in France and S Lipson in charge. Nine Jewish assistant chaplains assist the war office in contacting coreligionists, arranging services, and tending to welfare and wounded. A Brazilian immigrant left his job to enlist in London, illustrating youth’s enthusiasm for service.
Black Diamond a famed 32 year old buffalo in Central Park is to be auctioned near Eighty Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue. The head keeper William Snyder notes the offering could fetch at least 500 dollars though bids have reached 1000 dollars from sportsmen. Proceeds fund the park menagerie as Snyder also plans to acquire a male Siberian tiger and a female Indian leopard from the sale.
Charleston dispatch reports deputy game warden Frank Glenn plans legal action against prohibition officers who dumped whisky into the Kana river at Parsons to protect fish. Prohibition chief Fred O Blue jokes that whisky is the most popular bait. An earlier Youth's Companion anecdote features Robert, a four year old, noting edible fungi in the woods.
Henry Lane Wilson and Nelson O'Shaughnessy met at the Shoreham for a rare exchange amid unsettled Mexico notes. They avoided comment on Huerta while discussing diplomacy, remount breeding concerns, and Allied horse demand, plus Gen Julian Carr’s take on the South awaiting war’s end for prosperity.
Cambridge Dispatch reports the New York Press spotlights William Alfred Williams of Pittsburgh Harvard 1915 as the world’s most beautiful man based on outdoor pageants near Boston. Observers praise his Adonis-like physique and dancing, noting his bareheaded costumes for hot days.
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