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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
8
Kansas law makers debate sweeping antismoking legislation led by Rep. O P Jewett. The measure bans smoking in homes with children and in most public places, allows clubs with a dedicated smoking room, and imposes fines from ten to twenty five dollars for violations. Supporters aim to export the policy to other states.
Conflicting leaders claim a forthcoming order to place first and third class postmasters under a modified civil service is driven by pique at Burleson and could provoke a House revolt. Democrats and Republicans debate riders on the postal appropriation bill while pressing for reforms affecting the entire service.
In New York five more officials of coal companies pleaded tentative guilty to price fixing under Sherman law. Jury returns 55 counts with plea details naming T. Mann Poca hantas Fuel, Thomas F Farrell Pocahontas Fuel, Frank in C Ge ne Coal, W Deb Wal iage American Coal, J F Parrott Algonquin Coal. Bonds set at $5,000 for some defendants.
Dr Romulo Naan ambassador from C rnzentina urged exchanges between students of American high schools and colleges and Argentina at a conference in Andover. Trustees of Frecvtor Academy supported the program as beneficial for education and trade and fostering international spirit.
Washington premiere of Win ton Churchill's The Crisis shown at the National Press Club features realistic Civil War battle scenes around Vicksburg and the hardships of wartime women. Sam Sra understudies Lincoln, Bessie Eyton Vir simma Carvel, Tom Sanchi Stephen Brice, with Drain not living to see the film produced. White House set furnishings reflect Lincoln era.
General services for Michael Cuneo a grocer at Seventh Street and Florida Avenue who died yesterday after a short illness will be held tomorrow at 9 o'clock at the Immaculate Conception Church. A high mass will be sung and interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
London reports the wartime commission's revised findings blame Lord Kitchener for delaying troops to the Dardanelles and Winston Churchill for initiating the naval attack. Naval advisors favored a joint land naval strike, but the War Council approved a hastier, purely naval approach amid political pressure. The interim report critiques the war council’s decision process and notes Churchill’s leadership and Fisher’s opposition, with broader questions about the governance of naval and military affairs during the campaign.
Gen von Bissing orders seizure of items in Belgium when owners exceed set quantities or weights. Sixty listed articles including table linens fabrics and sanitary goods to be sent to Germany as Belgium is emptied. Telegraaf reports near stoppage of Belgian industry within days due to coal shortages and transport limits, leaving virtually all Belgians unemployed.
Rome reports Italian war office statement detailing repulsion of an Austrian night attack on the Costabella position with notable losses. Italian detachments advanced on Moselagh in the Asiago plateau, destroying enemy lines and seizing arms and ammunition. A counter mine at Monte Slef destroyed a rival gallery, burying occupants. despite heavy artillery, Italians held the mine crater.
Sir Ralph Spencer Paget, the British minister, cabled London asking permission for a Danish fuel to sail directly to Halifax without calling at Kirkwall to bring home Americans stranded in Copenhagen. An American delegation led by Dr Eastman of the Red Cross urged a warship or American vessel. the legation has not yet requested US action, though conditions grow harsher for those Americans living there.
The crew of the American tank steamer Louisana, stranded on Little Gull Shoals near Ocean City Maryland, was rescued Tuesday by the steamer Florida which then sailed to Philadelphia. One Latvian seaman died after jumping overboard when a coast guard iceboat from Yamacraw approached. the small craft capsized with the crew while rescuing him.
The Bulgarian legation in London issued a formal denial of mistreatment claims by Bulgarian military forces in the Serbia under Bulgarian control. It defends policies in Macedonia Old Serbia and Moravia, contending the Serbian element is absent in Macedonia and that Moravia’s population is Bulgarian, recounting 1878 border changes and noting laws to denationalize residents but with Bulgarian sympathies.
James Woolridge, 50, colored, of 124 Moonshine alley northwest, was arrested on a robbery charge after Harry Divers of 824 Fourth street northwest identified him as the assailant who knocked him down and stole a check and money at Second street and Indiana avenue northwest. Mrs Ruth Curtis of 629 H street north west suffered lacerations when a fall at Emergency Hospital followed a reported intrusion attempt and window accident.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted a banquet and reception for Mrs. M. T. McWhorter, national president, at the Ebbitt. Miss Julia Collins toasted Our Order, and Mrs. McWhorter responded to Our National President. Miss Margaret Hrosnahan served as toastmistress. Reverend G. A. Dougherty spoke on Our Order and Reverend Lewis J. Hern spoke on Why We Propose a Monument to the Nuns of the Battlefield.
Thieves broke into Washington and Old Dominion Railroad offices at 3506 M Street Georgetown through a side window. Offices were ransacked but nothing of value or money was taken, leaving officials puzzled about the burglars' intent. In Siloam Springs Arkansas a mass meeting adopted resolutions backing President Woodrow Wilson and condemning the junior senator from Arkansas and ten Senate “slackers.”
A vintage ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, safe way to cleanse blood, bowels, and liver like calomel without sickness. Promotes clear skin and relief from dullness, bad breath, and pimples. Two sizes sell for 25 cents and 50 cents per box at druggists.
Berlin reports in a wireless dispatch that German submarines have sunk 21 steamships 10 sailing vessels and 16 fishing craft totaling 91 000 gross tons recently. Also noted are eight steamships and seven sailing vessels over 40 000 tons sunk in the Mediterranean with several named vessels and dates from February 4 to February 27. Additionally Dutch authorities ban bread exports to Belgium due to shortages from submarine warfare.
A crash yesterday afternoon at Thirteenth and Fastreeta northwest between an Adams Express Company motor truck driven by Walter C. Brady and an automobile owned by Howard D. Fulner caused a temporary traffic halt. No injuries were reported. Representative Lever of South Carolina, former chairman of the House agriculture committees, announced support for a bipartisan House organization in the next Congress, becoming the first major Democrat to back such a plan.
The article covers a Senate debate on cloture with Senators Cumming Townsend Norris Smoot La Follette Sherman Stone Owen Thomas Hardwick Vardaman among those weighing the implications. They discuss constitutional authority, executive power, and the armed neutrality bill, noting support and opposition to changing Senate rules to end filibusters.
New York March -- Charles Hughes president of the Union League Club tonight appointed a committee on immediate defense and national service headed by Robert Bacon former Ambassador to France. Other members include Lyman Abbott George F Baker Joseph W. Choate Charles A Coffin George B Cortelyou Chauncey Depew A Barton Hepburn Clarence H Mackay Elihu Root Theodore N Vail and Cornelius Van derbilt
Naval aircraft bombed blast furnaces at Brebach in the Saar bruecken district of Rhenish Prussia on Sunday. All airplanes returned safely, according to an official statement issued today.
A bill to extend presidential voting rights to women was defeated in Concord today by 294 to 152 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A similar measure had already failed in the Senate.
Mr F C Tate of 1008 Eighth Street NW Washington reports dramatic relief from catarrh after using Dreco. He describes morning congestion, throat drainage and stomach upset that improved with the second bottle, noting better sleep weight gain and renewed appetite. Dreco is advertised as acting on the blood to reach nose throat and stomach. Sold by O Donnell Drug Store Allen Co in Alexandria and Geo B Bury in Anacostia.
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