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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1915
Page
13
The text outlines subscription rates for The Washington Post and lists delivery options in Washington and Alexandria. It then discusses potential default risk and the collaboration between American and British bankers in backing loans, noting Britain’s leverage over loan protection despite the Monroe doctrine and recent naval actions.
Dr Charles W Eliot proposes an international court backed by a united military to enforce peace but warns against sovereignty surrender. Dr William Ridgeway links war to evolutionary racial struggles, arguing nations cannot align values or erase race hatred. The piece concludes that reform of human nature, not tribunals, is the only true remedy.
The article analyzes a proposed 50 million dollar Argentine loan with American and British banking partners. It argues Britain seeks postwar cooperation to displace German trade in South America, while U S government support for enforcing foreign obligations remains unreliable. It notes English participation would align with a policy shift away from outside investments during war.
An editorial from the Daily News in London warns that Japan aims to reduce China to a vassal state. It argues Britain and the United States must oppose Japan’s demands, and urges the U S to act decisively to defend China’s independence and open door for all nations.
The piece criticizes suffragette protests at the White House, urging non disruptive methods and urging state by state decision on constitutional amendments. It discusses President Wilson's stance, warns against violence, and condemns calls for arming laborers to confront authorities. It weaves in other international and domestic opinions with satirical asides.
A poetic fragment extols the season's charms with blossoming wreaths and pasture scenes. It contrasts summer warmth and fresh showers with looming hardship, noting rising butter prices and the pest or curse marring nature's garden of delights. The tone blends Emersonian nature musings with domestic anxieties and playful imagery.
A column argues Sir Roger Casement remains a Knight of Britain despite alleged treason and German influence. It recalls historical degrations from knighthood, notes no modern practice of stripping honors, and cites the 1621 Sir Francis Mitchell case. It warns Casement could forfeit the Order of St Michael and St George if tried and convicted. It also touches on Valen tine Baker Pasha's loss of honors and Baker's later service.
A reflective piece urges stepping into nature to heed its messages as spring advances. The author notes blooming dandelions and the landscape offering clues, warning that time for exploration is nearing its end and the season’s mood winds toward change.
New York Sun reports a bogus doctor duped East Side residents during a flat raid. Joseph Krowl of 1338 Fortieth Street Brooklyn was arrested for grand larceny after posing as a health board official and robbing victims of money and clothing during forced examinations. Police say he has prior records and time served at Sing Sing.
Chemist Thomas W. Melia of the New York water department ruled the deaths of about 20 carp and a few perch in Kissena Lake Queens were caused by drowning. He cited a lake bloom and sudden temperature changes that reduced dissolved oxygen, mirroring a 1906 New Jersey case.
The Philadelphia North American reports a protracted will dispute that moved between courts over $20. Judge Staake asked the amount and suggested the attorneys contribute ten dollars each to the plaintiff, Minna Franz. After checks were written the case was marked settled.
John Kelly a 67 year old hostler at 67 North Forty-seventh Street Wan found dead face down across a water trough in the Pennsylvania railroad stables at 184 Filbert Street. One hand clutched a halter while a horse stood nearby. Police believe vertigo caused a fatal fall into the trough. Andrew J. McDermott of 1910 Mifflin Street, who found the body, spoke with Kelly moments before the tragedy.
A Philadelphia Pudfle Ledger quips that aging eggs from Pennsylvania are too old for breakfast tables yet regain youth if moved to Delaware water and back to Pennsylvania, while Denmark China and Australia imports become infants upon arrival. It also quotes a Boston Transcript dialogue about the office seeking the man in a job.
The page presents a fragmented dialogue with names Lunther Io Waitrese Luncher and Prom Judge, containing garbled banter about cake and burial, plus a claim of lack of support in a tense exchange. The readable bits show sarcastic exchanges and a claim of changing allegiance.
A historical survey of the Alabama claims against Britain for aiding the Confederacy, the 1860s ships built in English yards, the Kearsarge duel near Cherbourg, and the 1871 Treaty of Washington arbitration that awarded the United States 15.5 million dollars in gold. The Geneva tribunal included Adams, Cockburn, Selopis, d Itajuba, and Steamill and sat from December 1871 to September 1872.
A poem fragment from B. RB Hetherington and Clinton Scollard, noting a figure in a wheat field leaving the sickle idle and a stable rake, then another reaper and harvest in Allen land. The other poem evokes a twin fiddler under the vernal moon, a viol, and a rigadoon with tulips and amber light.
Howard Stover a University of California student living at 218 Benvenue Avenue Berkeley tripped getting off a street car on his way to the exposition and sprained his ankle. He later went to the exposition emergency hospital where an X ray showed a fracture of the right leg above the ankle large enough to be described as a 42 centimeter shell.
From the Houten Post, the piece notes about 7000 automobiles in Houston with 10 percent being jitneys, splitting the town’s population into two classes. One group supports automobiles, the other resists or is skeptical of the auto rise, reflecting early civic tensions over transport.
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers retells wry takes on truth, exercise, social status, and lingering chatter. The lines, drawn from the Baltimore American Toledo Blade Albany Journal and Philadelphia Telegraph, poke fun at human foibles and the quirks of daily life.
Weather and tide table summarizes sunrise and sunset, coastal conditions, and national forecast. It notes warmer temperatures in the central plains and Midwest, unsettled conditions in the Northwest, and scattered rain in New England and the Atlantic coastal area. Local readings include midnight to 10 PM temperatures, humidity, rainfall trace, and sunshine duration.
In Washington, Virginia Attorney General John Garland Pollard signaled he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 1917, stressing the proper time for a formal platform announcement. Elsewhere in the capital, Gov. James K. Toole of Montana predicted better times ahead under Wilson and Democratic legislation, while Henry M. Jones of Indianapolis argued against life tenure for federal judges, citing harsh penalties for minor offenses. A Potomac River bulletin notes varied Republican presidential chatter, with New York figures weighing whether to back a Whitman candidacy as Roott, Hughes, and Root considerations fade.
A famed “connoisseur thief” visited the vacant Rosemont residence of John W. Converse. He seized an ancient Cremona violin, coins, papers, and two guns, leaving many rarities untouched. Investigators Capt. Mulhall and Sergt. Rahill note the thief’s odd choices amid prior robberies of Oswald Chew and Henry F. Mitchell, where paintings and mezzotints were taken.
Lehman Hearn and Herold Green, burglary suspects, escaped Georgetown county jail during yard liberty, but were recaptured within an hour by 15 year old Eldon West, son of Sheriff Jacob West, who escorted them back to jail at gunpoint. They had fashioned a hook from iron and bed ticking rope to climb the wall. Dr. James Chipman alerted authorities. the pair, believed to have committed multiple burglaries in Wilmington and lower Delaware towns, were found hiding in a ditch about a mile from town.
Philadelphia Public Ledger reprints Bobby Burns on a good wife’s traits. He divides the ideal wife into ten parts with four for good nature two for sense one for wit and one for personal charm. The piece notes the recipe came after his marriage and calls for a census of leading American women colleges to judge desired wife qualities.
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