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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
11
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The article reviews the US Cuba reciprocity treaty from 1903, its economic and political gains, and the anticipated impact of its May 1 1916 termination under the free sugar clause. It notes Cuba’s regret, the large US sales to Cuba, benefits to sugar and tobacco, and predicts substantial trade losses and weaker bilateral ties. It urges Congress to study and retain similar hemispheric treaty patterns.
The article outlines a potential $15 million refund obligation if a tariff clause is upheld, risking the Treasury’s working balance. An appeal may pause payments, but the risk remains if the Supreme Court supports the Customs Court. With only 37 percent of imports yielding revenue and tax receipts unable to offset costs, a further $36 to $40 million loss looms next year, plus postal revenue declines due to the war. A bond issue appears likely to cover the shortfall.
The Illinois senator advocates a bond of 500 million dollars to cover the deficit and strengthen military defenses. He argues the government would use its credit for the public benefit, a proposal defended as sound and widely agreeable.
A public editorial argues the United States must uphold absolute neutrality and free trade with all peaceful nations. It condemns British seizures of neutral ships and cargoes, demands reciprocal seizures of British vessels, and warns against any shift from impartial neutrality.
The piece argues Col Roosevelt is a respected authority for opinions on trusts and notes Illinois legislature’s stance on the tipping trust. It mentions Chicago’s notoriety and figures like Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John, hinting at political controversy and the social climate surrounding the trust debate.
A historical critique condemns a corrupt mentor system where youths faced exploitation through staged races and cloakroom thefts. It notes bold outfits without pockets, workers paid by “men above,” and public complicity. The Illinois legislature is praised for curbing the padrone scheme, shifting blame from bodies to the crime network.
The British cabinet restructuring yields little benefit for Britain as coalitions replace Churchill at the admiralty with a less naval-experienced appointee. Critics blame political compromise over efficiency, with Asquith's choice of Lloyd George to head munitions seen as a constructive move to strengthen England's war effort.
A garbled column cites obsolete 9-inch guns for Fourth of July plans and jokes about pan-Americanism. It mentions Chairman Waleh and Mother Jones in vaudeville, notes Patrick Henry’s birthday as a reminder of American Liberty, and references a New York union leader detailing working girls’ wages amid prohibition debates.
Sympathy floods the Marquis of Lincolnshire as his 16 year old son Viscount Wendover dies of wounds suffered serving with the Royal Horse Guards in France. The line of succession and historic titles weave through the Carington family and Australian holdings, with Rupert Carington and his son poised to inherit remaining honors.
A Royal Institution lecture contrasts big artillery with a butterfly in a Hadcock speech. The big gun seems everlasting only when firing, its active life lasting twelve seconds if projectiles pour out incessantly. The joke about Mrs Dixon and Mrs Vixen follows.
The article recounts the May 1841 clash near Dallas Georgia as Union forces under Sherman maneuvered toward Marietta. Hood’s Confederates held key crossroads at New Hope Church and Dallas. Major engagements near Picketts Mill and New Hope Church produced heavy casualties before McPherson’s division moved to press Hooker.
A medieval themed ballad in New York Evening Sun recounts a king’s victory on a summer day. The minstrel laments that hosts of love and humanity suffer as steel and power conquer a field, leaving homes and hearts broken far away.
Lestie’s Weekly notes massive national output across whisky tobacco chewing gum and films. It asks who consumed or used each product as it lists quantities: whisky eighty eight million gallons, cigarettes fifteen billion, snuff thirty two million pounds, tobacco two hundred twenty million pounds, cigars eight and half billion, chewing gum half a billion packages, films bought for moving picture theaters, newspapers ten billion copies, clergy preached in two hundred twenty thousand churches with forty million congregants. It ends pondering who read them and why.
In a sharp exchange at the Boston Grebe Society, Mr. Jimpson rejects a marriage proposal from Irving, noting humorously that Irving offered him half in the dispute. The dialogue reveals a lighthearted but pointed confrontation typical of amateur society forums.
The piece argues sea law remains national rather than international, forcing American shippers to seek entry in British prize courts. Norman Angell and Admiral Mahan are cited on neutral rights, sea power, and the need for radical changes toward neutralization or dominance of the seas by the United States.
Dispatch from New York Times details Sing Sing inmates voting for 38 delegates to the Mutual Welfare League. Roughnecks, inmates convicted of violent crime, beat their rivals the milk stockings, an educated group. The result preserves a hard edged regime and a history of prison fighting as punishment for petty offenses.
A New York surgeon touted the Aryperican cactus juice as a rapid subcutaneous treatment for tetanus during a conference paper at the American Medico-Pharmaceutical League meeting in New York. The president noted light wines and beers aid tetanus risk and warned that women and children suffer from excessive soda fountain consumption amid debates on cocktails and other spirits.
Visitors discuss Caberra to be the federal capital of Australia, located 250 miles from Sydney and 60 miles from Port Jarvis airport. American observer John P Huggins notes a Washington-like approach, praising the chosen virgin forest site and a wide ocean-access corridor. Other comments cover Australian labor rule shifts, patriotism, and wartime sentiment guiding naturalization and loyalty.
Passaic Dispatch reports Charles Herman and Julius Scherer of New York fined five dollars each in the city court for peddling birds without a license after selling dyed sparrows to a wagon driver. John Herbert, claiming World War veteran status, produced a veterans license though the judge doubted him. The judge allowed Herbert to go after the exchange.
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