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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
15
A report fragment covers Washington Post circulation terms and multiple foreign and domestic notes from March 5, 1973. It outlines daily and Sunday delivery options, mail subscriptions, and payment methods, alongside commentary on Woodrow Wilson’s inaugural address and public reception.
The late Duke of Tarente, Napoleon Louis Macdonald, third duke of Tarente, died penniless and was buried in the common trench at Bagnolet’s Metropolitan Cemetery. His family, linked to the Macdonalds of the Isles, had risen to high Napoleonic rank but ended in ruin. His widowless divorce and debts led to a life of obscurity until death.
From Lippincott's, at nearly three oclock the stern father confronted the suitor in the parlor. The watch was in the father's hand and, after the man stammered to explain, the beau fled. The father then revealed his watch had stopped and his aim was simply to know the time.
The cabinet mix shows prominent figures across fields and aims for teamwork. McReynolds, Bryan, Lane, McAdoo, Daniels, Burleson, Garrison, Houston, Redfield, and Wilson are praised for fitness and conduct. Time will test how well the group works together.
Europe tightens its war footing as Germany Russia France and Austria expand armies while Britain holds back. Belgium fears a Franco German clash with Belgium likely to be a flank route if war breaks out. The Agadir incident and fear of a new Waterloo loom over Belgian policy and Belgian security concerns.
Mexico City March 4 Cordova for Orozco amplifies peace settlement demands seeking 2 500000 pesos indemnity for Orozco and his army for revolution losses He also seeks that two thirds of his forces be irregulars and that Orozco be named commander in chief in Chihuahua Salazar opposes terms and claims greater authority Morales lends 600 followers to government service and offers to deliver peace proposals Zapata ally Morales meets Huerta Carranza adherents burn railroad bridges in Zacatecas Huerta telegraphs congratulations to Wilson.
London on March 4 under the aerial navigation act the home secretary ordered foreign military or naval aircraft barred from overflight of any UK area or territorial waters without invitation and government permission. Foreign craft must obtain clearance from British consuls and pilots must report and obtain permits at landfall. Overflights of restricted districts near military and naval stations are banned, with penalties including six months’ imprisonment or a $1,000 fine. Espionage by aeronauts carries up to seven years' penal servitude.
Washington reports claim that Charles D Hilles Taft era secretary will earn 20000 dollars as a new position. Clarified as false. he becomes a member of Edmund Dwight's agency firm, not a salaried employee. Dwight calls the reported sum unfounded and says the arrangement was made years ago.
B H Anderson of Butler Pennsylvania starts from Portland Maine leading a two year old donkey in a 4500 mile trek to Portland Oregon to settle a political wager on Theodore Roosevelt. The former Butler Chamber of Commerce secretary plans to greet the White House and stop at governors in each state along the route.
Duluth Minn March 4 Mr and Mrs H P Biorge learned their son Guy N Biorge was reportedly captured with William L Taylor by Indians in Venezuelan jungles. A cablegram says they were attacked last Friday and escaped to El Guaybo. Officials suggest press reports may be in error.
The New York public service commission approved the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company contracts for the city’s $200 million subway system. Vote stood three to two with Chairman McCall in the affirmative, amid years of litigation led by W. R. Hearst. Papal delegation news follows with Mer Vincenzo Misuraca receiving private audience with the Pope in Rome.
Thieves dug through a 10 inch brick wall between Otto Goldsmith’s diamond shop at 135 South Highth Street and a neighboring hat store. They pried open a heavy safe and carried loot through Brady’s shop behind a brick passage, leaving lunch remnants and scattered jewelry. Police say three or more were involved in the hours long robbery worth over seven thousand dollars in valuables, with diamonds left in a bank safe deposit box.
In Wide World Magazine the Uriankhai are described as a poor seminomadic people pushed into a remote Asian region by Tartars and Russians. Once in Siberia, now in the Chinese Empire near the Yenisei sources, they live a stark reindeer herding life with birch bark and skins as essentials.
Policeman Denigan heard a call for help from inside the new Municipal building. In a basement elevator shaft, a marble worker named John Brunnen lay injured after he leaned on a cigarette while waiting for the elevator. He was rushed to Hudson Street Hospital with serious but stable prospects.
A 13 year old, Ollie Taylor, was sentenced to 11 years at the Fulton County Reformatory for stealing a five cent bottle of Coca Cola. The supreme court upheld the term, allowing defense considerations but not reducing the sentence. Taylor has served three years and will be 21 at release.
New York reports Howard K Thompson a well known newspaper correspondent died at his home from a stroke of apoplexy. He served with the Associated Press on the Washington staff and as a correspondent in St. Petersburg and Paris. Thompson reported Cuba during the Spanish American War and the San Juan Hill charge and covered the Puerto Rican campaign. He wrote the Palma inauguration story used by the Senate and printed in the Congressional Record. He later worked in London and St Petersburg during the Russo Japanese War period and led the Paris AP office before resigning two years ago to join National City Bank with Vanderlip.
New York March 4 Dr W Seward Webb railroad man and financier was rescued today by his servants when a blaze on the second story of his Fifth avenue home near Fifty third street threatened his apartment. Damage ran about 10000 dollars but the living rooms were spared. Two weeks earlier John D Rockefeller bought the Webb residence for 1200000 dollars to keep it from investors and safeguard his own home nearby.
Vermont election returns show seven towns adopting license, Vergennes remains dry, and overall momentum supports a constitutional amendment to move state elections from September to November. Early totals indicate the wet policy advance amid broader local vote changes across cities and towns.
The joint land commission appointed to adjudicate canal land in private hands has started duties in Panama. It is expected to take six to eight months to decide property valued at five to six million dollars. Col Goethals orders abandonment of the Canal Zone settlement at Gorgona on the Chagres River.
The report lists tides to 2 PM, high tides at 660 and 638 intervals with low tides at 1248 and 100, plus a long weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau describing disturbances, precipitation, and temperatures across the United States. It notes snow in the north, rain in the south, and generally mild to moderately cold conditions with forecasts for Wednesday and Thursday. It provides wind patterns by region, forecasts for steamers, and hourly temperature readings including overnight lows and highs, with comparisons to last year.
Gov Luther Hall warns against free sugar in Congress special session to begin April 1. He argues Louisiana farmers already endured boll weevil loss, a 15 million sugar crop hit by freezes, and Mississippi floods, and free sugar would destroy the state’s sugar industry. Col Sapp discusses conservation and fuel resources with Kansas ties. McLaughlin praises peaceful civic life while awaiting Wilson’s admin. vandals desecrate Stoeckle mausoleum in River View Cemetery.
Marcus Hook Pa Dispatch to Phila Record reports a couple awoke to smoke and flames in their room above an oil store. Mrs. Chadwick cried for help and her husband, equally startled, managed to throw the burning stave from the window as the blaze blackened and filled the room.
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