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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
11
A May 8 1973 Washington Post column argues for targeted reforms to the civil service system. It critiques stamp trading abuses, supports Overman to pursue a quiet inquiry, and urges fixing defects without a sweeping investigation. It emphasizes preserving capable specialists and avoiding partisan manipulation.
Awaiting Secretary Bryan, new phases of the Japanese controversy emerge as negotiations broaden. Japanese protests against Arizona alien land laws align with treaty questions, while Alaska vetoes and other states may join legal challenges to the rights of aliens and property ownership.
A Chicago meeting shows conservatives and La Follette progressives balking at Cummins led effort to reorganize the Republican Party for 1916. Moderates push ahead while hoping to rally reluctant wings. tariff remains central, with Democrats and the Bull Moose party shaping the field as third parties build strength.
A plan proposed for the Post Office Department would allow firms sending stamped return envelopes to deposit funds for anticipated replies. Envelopes would bear a unique stamp and be void if the address changes, with recipients notified to pay postage due upon return. The scheme aims to curb stamp loss and lift postal revenue by as much as twenty million dollars annually.
An English militant drive stalls a bill to enfranchise six million women in parliament. Irish nationalists vote against but fear a prolonged struggle. scant genuine support in England for suffrage fuels the setback and prompts concerns over home rule and rising nationalist sentiment.
The article profiles Lord Campden, British embassy attache in Washington, noting his lineage as heir of the Noel family of Gainsborough, Catholic connections, and a past tied to England and the United States. It recounts Blanche Noel’s elopement with an Irish organist, their poverty, Howells’ friendship, and Campden’s royal bloodline through the Erroll line.
Senate records note no War Department evidence of slavery in the Philippines. Senator Bacon reintroduces a Cuba intervention authority bill. Walter L. Fisher testifies as Alaska hearings proceed. McReynolds denies correspondence on Brazilian coffee dispute. Sundry civil bill carries 17 million dollars. Gallinger’s antitrust exemption change rejected. Nominations include John Purroy Mitchel for New York port collector and Gaylord Saltzgaber for pensions commissioner. House reads tariff bill. Mann blocks passage over engrossed copy delay. Lobbyist registration bill introduced. House sets noon as new regular meeting hour.
In Los Angeles May primary 15 Socialists qualified for the ballot though Job Harriman lost by 78 votes. Charles O Morgan won city attorney and six of seven education candidates plus eight of nine council hopefuls earned ballot spots. John Shenk led for mayor but missed a majority. H H Rowse trailed by over 15 000 votes. Official tally shows Shenk 36881 Rose 24437 Harriman 20353.
L Harris postmaster of Charleston South Carolina died of pneumonia aboard the steamship Mohawk en route to New York. Born in Lewiston New York, he spent years with the pension department in Washington before becoming Charleston postmaster for twelve years. He left a wife and four children.
Premier Asquith reintroduced the Ireland home rule bill in the House of Commons. It was read a first time under standing orders that debar debate and will come up for a second reading on June 2. The notice is dated London May 1.
Mrs. Mary Hagenough files for divorce from John J. Hagenough after years of tickling him to laughter. She claims she never gave him cause to quarrel and that his patience wore thin, culminating in a beating and his departure for parts unknown after declaring he had enough.
The Pall Mall Gazette describes the eighteenth century Westminster Westminster ceremony of inspecting the imperial standard yard and pound. Five parliamentary copies exist in Westminster and other sites. The standard yard and pound date to 1453 and are kept in fireproof storage. The next examination is overdue after a twenty year interval. The speaker will conduct the ceremony with ministers and officials, with personnel changes for new occupants.
From the Daily Consular Reports the pigeon racing season opens in England. The Yorkshire combine race from Hennes, Brittany runs July 1 and 2 in two sections eastern and western. Prize money totals £0 with added 2250 from peals, split for first home in each section and up to twentieth place. A new Yorkshire Western Social Circle, led by James Brearey, Baildon, plans a 360 mile race from Dol Brittany on June 14. Also planned is a 1000 mile Rome to England flight this season. In 1912, 800 miles from Faroe Isles to Harrow was flown, with sea legs in first 300 miles.
Monticello New York dispatch reports a noisy fish nuisance along Smith meadow brook. Dewitt Olmstead traced the origin to a dam he destroyed after watching suckers jump and collide with planking. Sawmills along the stream shut down as fish races clogged machinery and workers fled the noise.
Military notices list leaves of absence for Col. Wilber and Col. Kernan to Hot Springs for observation. Coast artillery assigns Capt. Miller to Fort Hampton New York and relocates Philthrer to 84th company. Smith moves to 134th. Nes of naval officers include AbeLE to Newport torpedo station, Bryant detached Yankton, Belknap to Amman, Kerrick to Yankton, Kerk to Jupiter, Morritt Nou son to Jupiter, Wart to Atlantic reserve fleet, Reynaud detached Navy pay, and various station changes at San Francisco and Norfolk with ship movements along Atlantic coast and Gulf.
The national forest reservation commission approved purchases totaling about 93,000 acres of mountain land in Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and West Virginia. The six tracts include 16 460 acres and the largest block is 3 400 acres in the Massanutten region spanning Page Warren and Shenandoah counties. The purchases raise total government holdings to about 601 000 acres for Appalachian and White Mountain watersheds with final totals estimated near 5 000 000 acres.
Daily sun and tide notes with high and low tides, sunrise and sunset times. Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau reports cooler conditions across the western states and variable winds from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. River stages at 7 p.m. show Vicksburg at 51 feet and New Orleans at 20.3 feet with small changes. Local temperatures recorded at midnight through 4 p.m. show highs around 71 and lows near 31 to 68 with minimal rainfall.
Reports from Washington discuss irrigation advances in the West and the South’s canal prospects after Panama. Texas planter Fred Ames predicts Gulf ports will gain freight, while Col. M. E. House is praised as a wise counselor. Mining expert L. F. Ile sees Colombia as a future placer mining rush and notes wider resources. Adolph Weiser warns of immigration gaps, urging better American colonists to South America.
Canadian and American delegates at a 1915 peace centenary conference outlined plans for memorials along the US Canada boundary. Arches and monuments, a memorial bridge over the Niagara River, and historic markers on both sides were proposed, with talks to be continued by the full conference tomorrow. Delegates were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie at a garden party and will be entertained by Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.
The Santee, once a station ship and confinement site at Annapolis Naval Academy, leaves for Baltimore for temporary repairs then to Boston to be beached and burned. Towed due to lack of propulsion, she was bought by Henry Hitner and Sons of Philadelphia for 3000 dollars with most metal stripped.
Lincoln Nebraska voters approved licensed saloons and rejected municipal ownership of public utilities in yesterday’s city election. Saloons won by 834 votes. Only one Municipal Ownership League candidate was elected to the city commission, the first such outcome in the city’s history.
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