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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
13
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Congress faces delay and disunity on national defense measures as committees work independently. Emergency bills appear, but patchwork steps may hinder a coherent, long term defense plan. A joint committee proposal suggests a comprehensive study of military naval financial holdings for next session.
Bowery merchants urge renaming the historic thoroughfare to Central Broadway, arguing business on the famed street wanes due to occult causes tied to a popular song. They claim the refrain The things they do and the things they say On the Bowery, I never go there any more exerts a negative influence, contributing to decline. The piece frames this as part of a broader pattern of aging streets losing vitality amid changing commerce.
The piece argues that publicity endangers U S plans against Villa and calls for strict military discipline and broader authority for Gen Funston to protect operations. It warns against sensational border reports fueling anti American sentiment in Mexico and potential attacks on Americans.
The article notes that most South and Central American republics suffer from European war, with Nicaragua owing about six million to German British and Italian residents. It highlights debt, war-related capital withdrawal, and securities sales in Wall Street, then argues US banks should help now to secure future trade, aided by Secretary McAdoo and the international high commission.
A dated amusement piece recalls a father who promised his son five hundred dollars if he would refrain from tobacco until adulthood and the son now sues for the money at twenty one. The bemused narrator riffs on parental virtue, public hypocrisy, and the social mockery of tenement life with colorful rambling prose.
The excerpt traces how boys imitate their fathers and repeat failures, from misremembered hangings to the belief that a fader’s hangings define identity. It critiques patriarchal myths, noting how children imitate, misinterpret, and counter, producing cynics, actors, politicians, and captains of finance.
The House decisively rejected an amendment to raise clerks’ working hours without pay, labeling it an unwise economy move. It mocked the idea of longer workdays and argued the government already benefits from its employees, sustaining the view that the measure was not in good faith or economically sound.
A discussion of the naval consulting board led by Thomas A. Edison advocating a $3,000,000 naval laboratory and adjoining experimental station, with criticism that no action has been taken while wartime pressures press for rapid testing of armor ideas and other innovations. The piece laments delays, notes offers from inventors, and weaves in editorials on war, geopolitics, and unrelated curiosities.
Lord Ronald Gower, famed yet controversial, influenced the Duke of Sutherland to sell Stafford House in London. The sale freed the duke from embodying a homestead for his troublesome uncle, who later retired to Tunbridge Wells after financial scandal. Ronald’s life bridged sculpture, painting, and travel, shaping a controversial yet influential persona in 19th century society.
In Milledgeville and Savannah, Georgia, the Pulaski Hotel basement houses ancient slaveholding cells once used to store enslaved people en route to northern markets. Now inhabited by cats living in darkness for generations, the hidden underpinnings shed light on a submerged link between the old South and the new as cats grow increasingly blind to daylight. by JOSEPE P. WATEINE. Savannah, Ga., March 11, 1916.
Debates opened on the Myers bill and Brandeis confirmation opposition voiced by Taft and ABA leaders. Senate flood control, oil relief for California, and army reorganization discussed. Senate adjourned to noon for Senator Shively’s memory, with an $87,006,000 appropriation bill and an emergency resolution enabling a 120,000 man standing army.
A 17 year old, Harry F. Sewanenfeld of 2121 North Ninth street, was overcome by illuminating gas when a cat reportedly leaped from a bureau and twisted the gas cock open. He was found unconscious on his bed by his sister Marie and taken to the Woman's Homeopathic Hospital to recover. The incident occurred while the boy napped on Sunday afternoon after playing with a pet kitten earlier. The open door may have saved the boy and the cat.
A protest poem casts a critic at a Burnet era blueprint critic in the New York Evening Sun. The speaker welcomes changes yet mocks the architect’s halo while arguing for human warmth, air, and light over sterile drainage schemes and immortality through certainty.
The Standing Rock lands sale in North and South Dakota features modern Indian names with forest primeval flavor. Names such as Kate Good Crow, Mary Yellow Fat, Crazy Walking, Jennie Dog Man, and Morris Thundershield illustrate enduring cultural resonance amid the era’s land deals. A Boston Daily Advertiser note adds a fragment about a grand opera Noah and continued talk of preparedness.
An 1887 New York speech recalls Daniel Webster’s phrase One Country One Constitution One Destiny. It notes his 1837 retirement plans, New York reception, the Panic of 1837, and his plea to preserve the union under a single Constitution.
The piece compares casualties across wars, estimating British losses at 549,467 in sixteen months and Confederate white losses at Gettysburg above 20,000 in three days. It cites German totals near 2,500,000 with about 588,986 killed and suggests a 14 to 24 percent span if figures reach a million, and notes Union losses in the U.S. Civil War around 2 percent of the population.
San Diego Union reports former Mayor Wadham visiting a French exhibit. He startled by revealing wax figures and a room of scantily dressed women, then calmed by officials who guided him to the second floor. The piece also recounts a Tit-Bits note about a Southern matrimonial agent and a wife whose name was listed for her son.
Former Representative J Van Vechten Olcott of New York says Col Roosevelt does not seek the Republican nomination and New York may send uninstructed delegates. He points to Senator Wadsworth as a possible dark horse and notes Colorado will likely vote uninstructed while remaining a Republican stronghold.
J D Hastings and John A Cotter discuss Texas backing for Wilson and opposition to McLemore resolutions. They warn that Texas representatives opposing the president face primaries and political risk. Cotter notes Villa’s threat to Carranza, stressing US troop aid and guerrilla warfare tactics. The piece reflects frontier attitudes and the need for native knowledge in Mexico border operations.
Riverside Dispatch reports Opal the pet white parrot at the Mission Inn caused excitement among guests as veterinarians and inn staff administered pepper pills and hot flannels. After a paroxysm and much squawking, Opal laid her first egg at the age of 18 29 years.
A Boston Post piece quotes a successful merchant advising a boy to active capital and seize opportunity. The maxim money talks but does not talk in its sleep, urging practical action over idle wealth.
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