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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
13
A compact public notice lists an address at Washington Street and Fourteenth Street with a date placeholder ad mo 20 and volume 15. The fragmentary item references an official notice action tied to a city street corner and likely auction or announcement context.
An analysis of wartime shifts in global alignments, noting Russia’s pivot toward the Persian Gulf and Constantinople, Britain’s stance against Russian advances, Japan’s maneuvers in China, Italy’s fragile position, and France’s strain with Britain as the war redrew the map of alliances and threats impacting the United States.
Senator Gallinger pushes a bill to allocate 20000 to the Secretary of Agriculture to examine the extent and conditions of animal experimentation in laboratories hospitals and manufacturing of vaccines. The measure seeks to reveal actual practices and support humane legislation without prohibiting vivisection.
A fragment discusses conscience fund contributions and the appeal of confession, citing Zacchaeus and the fourfold restoration. It reflects on scriptural authority, moral struggle, and the lasting grip of a conscience once awakened. Mention of Mark Twain comments on the power of unconfined conscience after youth.
An editorial ponder recounts the conscience fund and public judgment, weighing who contributes and who withholds. It contrasts moral contrasts with large sums, noting the treasury price of repentance and the danger of public scorn for those who refuse or fear exposure.
The piece argues the United States should treat armed merchant vessels as warships in American ports, urging neutral rights enforcement and reflecting on British policy as precedent. It cites Winston Churchill on arming liners and suggests armed commerce threats justify stricter port arrivals and carrier conduct. It touches on global tensions and possible extremity responses if belligerents press challenges.
A German envoy's wife, Margaret Carey Astor de Stuers, titled with American and Astor lineage, is linked to Count Alfred von Oberndorf through marriage. The piece traces her family ties, a Dutch divorce case, and a later litigation over Astor estate assets shared with her two children. It also notes Germany establishing a dog hospital for war service and veterinary efforts amid World War I.
Mollie Colfax proposes to old friend John Andreson from Colfax Wisconsin and goes alone to Minneapolis courthouse for a marriage license amid leap year tradition. Mellie stays at Mrs James Andreson’s home at 3097 Seventeenth Avenue.
A young husband returns home to his wife and reveals he has insured his life, prompting her sharp quip about him always looking out for himself and doubting his generosity. The exchange captures a playful domestic moment with regional dialect and humor.
Congress grilled Brandelg nomination and debated war measures with McCumber and Vardaman, considering a nitric acid plant for explosives, an enlisted Point appointment, flood relief funds, and state law guarantees. The body advanced river relief and Indian appropriations, paused some bills, and adjourned at 5:45 p.m. until tomorrow.
The floor spent the day on the legislative executive and emergency appropriation bill while the foreign affairs committee approved the annual diplomatic appropriation of 5 500 000 with an amendment to bar foreigners from the diplomatic and consular service. Hearings on the administration shipping bill ended in the merchant marine committee and a constitutional amendment proposal to tax gasoline export was offered by Representative Britten.
From the Philadelphia North American fishermen fear the monster Mu reene a deep sea creature with rows of sharp teeth that robs shells and prey and attacks anglers both in and out of water. The article blends folklore descriptions with mythic traits and cites a Moore tone in print.
Harper's Maxé s use tells of a fatal accident at a town crossing where a pompous coroner cannot question a single witness who speaks any known language. The illiterate Slav laborer cannot understand English German Swedish Russian or Polish, leaving the coroner unable to proceed.
Dispatches from Berlin claim Kaiser Wilhelm revived the Iron Cross to decorate officers and a soldier on the French frontier. The piece traces the order's origins to Crusades, its symbols, and evolution into Teutsches Ritterthum with cross and imperial eagle insignia.
Source reports Bredepic Leich vaniex, 17 at his first marriage, married Eleanor Gotmann in 1918 and Elizabeth Glynn in 1914. The two wives, now friends, encountered him shoveling snow on Third Avenue in Harlem, then alerted police and had him arrested for bigamy. Leichweisz claimed he did nothing wrong, introduced both wives as his wives, and supported them both.
Dr Adolph Meyer of the Phipps clinic urges replacing the usual marriage vow with a question to brides about fatherhood. He argues heredity should guide child welfare and opposes secrecy about heredity, proposing three weeks of calm thinking before marriage and noting love as a key matrimonial force.
From the Chicago News, Hall Blythe is depicted as a steadfast optimist Twear. The piece notes his habit of praising health over business failures and vice versa, suggesting he would insist there is value in both unless one fails entirely, then he would still find a way to see both as essential.
John T Adams of Dubidhy Iowa Republican committeeman says Col Roosevelt could beat the President if nominated by both parties. He predicts Cummins best can win on first ballot with western and eastern states supporting him, and an Iowa day before the April primary.
Dr Henry S Drinker president of Lehigh University and secretary of the Military Training Camps Association says thousands of business men and students will attend camps planned for the coming summer. The merged groups from Plattsburg Ludington Fort Sheridan and other sites form a larger body now with about 4100 members and expected enrollment in the thousands. The camps, democratic and open to all with good character and physical fitness, trace their roots to 1913 and 1914 and the Plattsburg and Presidio programs.
Coram disputed Sacramento Hee reports a city in California with 41 residents and nine men. C W Baker plans not to run again as justice of the peace of Keswick township. Eight city offices exist with no nomination petitions filed. April 10 election to use write-in plan with women on the board. Mayor O Grady and City Clerk Kinyon absent. city marshal and treasurer also gone. Revenue from two saloons yields $36 quarterly license. treasury shows ample funds and no debts.
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