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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
13
The Washington Post lists delivery areas Washington and Alexandria with daily and Sunday options. It details subscription terms by mail and in advance payments, mentions advertising representatives in major cities, and prints a dated notice from May 29, 1915.
The piece questions long reported large Russian grain stocks urged by European buyers and financiers. It notes hunger across Russia while European press claimed abundance, and asks what prices US grain should fetch in 1915 if Russian surpluses were exhausted. It argues US farmers remain crucial to global grain supply.
The piece credits a named Democratic group for drafting questions sent to county chairmen across states to gauge public opinion. It notes weak organizational leadership within the party and limited involvement by the national committee in resolving patronage, tariff, antitrust, and canal tolls issues.
The administration repealed the clause and aims to sway opinion with questions crafted to elicit desired information from friendly sources. Democrats may not judge business conditions accurately, yet honest replies from county chairmen could indicate how Democrats think the political wind is blowing.
Two British cabinet members, Mr Balfour and Lord Lansdowne, sided with the United States on neutral trading rights amid the wartime dispute over Britain’s order in council. The note urged Britain to allow innocent U.S. shipments through neutral nations and to treat all neutrals alike, rejecting discriminatory blockades and upholding international law.
A critical wartime column argues that nations exploit U S weakness in trade and defense. It cites China and Japan, condemning Britain and Yuan Shi Kai, urging stronger national resolve, education, and unity to resist foreign pressure and avoid humiliation.
The piece argues Lord Northcliffe pressed Britain toward decisive action in World War I, boosting public resolve, spurring cabinet reorganization, and challenging reliance on distant heroes. It cites reactions from media and stock exchanges, plus references to Kitchener, Villa, and naval buildup.
General Sir Leslie Rundle, soon commander-in-chief for Britain and Ireland defenses, is a Kitchener man with a stern bearing and sense of humor. He shared Egypt and Sudan campaigns with Kitchener, led at Ingogo, Omdurman, and in South Africa, later governing Malta. he is married with no children.
In Asbury Park Bradley Beach judge Justice Borden presided over a claim on a four legged dog named four culife. Harry Maulken and Earl Leonard contested ownership after Maulken shouted the dog was his and was arrested for disorderly conduct. The judge refused to decide the case calling the pup a fool and ordered Maulken fined fourteen dollars seven cents while noting Leonard’s dog ownership. Maulken said he would appeal.
A translated Reuters report from German sources describes rising prices for meat eggs and flour in Petrograd Moscow and other regions. It notes scarce coal for furnaces rising costs for oats and vegetables and widespread hardship across classes with May end supply fears and a shut down at a Kursk flour mill due to grain scarcity.
A New York American verse tale tells Caleb McCoy seeking a wife for partnership and home life. A cookery minded maiden weds him, while the other couple’s romance ends with mismatched tastes and a restless, changing household.
The passage muses that life is a grand song and love a lottery with Mortimer and Osten as guides. It hints at marrying for pleasure or doubt, contrasting a lively girl with a domestic wife who may lose affection for simple chores as the era’s sentiment shifts. The excerpt ends on a faded note from a Lohengrin march.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports an exclusive business banquet for U.S. firms at least 100 years old with male-line succession since before Waterloo. Fewer than 40 eligible nationwide, about three quarters in Philadelphia, making it a testament to local business stability.
Alec Buckowski sat with a pole at Kesslers Pond at daybreak and, after no bite, was fined $20 for fishing without a license by Justice Pickersgill. Perth Amboy Dispatch notes the New York Press item.
The life of Sarah Jennings and her influence on John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, shaped English politics. The couple married in 1677, she guided Queen Anne, and their fortunes rose with court favor then collapsed amid political feuds and alleged royal purse theft.
War’s grim toll revives typhus, the historic scourge known as camp, siege, famine, and jail fever. Hirsch notes civilization forgot it, but six months of conflict revive this old enemy, echoing Thucydides’ plague and Napoleonic era outbreaks across Europe and beyond.
Joe Berman a New York newsboy living at 12 Pitt Street was fined two dollars by Magistrate House in Yorkville for mislabeling wares that drew a crowd near the Holland House on Fifth Avenue. He had shouted that Venice was captured, sparking the disturbance. Dr Allen Carpenter of the Holland House objected and Berman resisted the interference, leading to arrest.
Four day old twins of Gregor Weindlteg of Camden died after the mother gave warm tea in place of milk. The mother found them lifeless within an hour. coroner ruled death from indigestion. She had no doctor at birth and was up the next day.
Former Representative J Van Vechten Olcott and others at the Shoreham argued the Pan-American Congress in Washington is pivotal, urging protection of coastlines and a stronger navy to safeguard commerce with South America. They noted wartime uncertainty, the Roosevelt era, and the need for uniform weights and measures across states to ease trade challenges.
A fragmented dispatch quotes a Berlin observer and a Toronto merchant discussing wartime sentiment. It notes Canada’s desire for U S neutrality, fears of entering the war, and potential postwar economic boom. A lighthearted quip about a second hand furniture dealer follows.
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