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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1915
Page
11
The item lists subscription terms and rates for The Washington Post in 1915. It notes daily and Sunday delivery in Washington and Alexandria, by mail and carrier, with various term options and prepaid conditions. Foreign advertising contacts and mailing details are included.
The piece warns that Germany must gauge American sentiment amid the Lusitania tragedy and urges restraint in public discourse. It stresses preparedness, avoiding war, and a strong national defense to deter Britain’s blockade and protect the republic and its people.
Col W W Harts, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, is praised for capital improvements but faces removal fears under the Manchu law. The piece argues the law targets sinecures rather than productive service and notes Harts is on a specific task akin to Col Goethals, suggesting executive action could keep him in Washington.
Gil Harts sponsors a Washington beautification plan centering a large recreation park in the Potomac flats east of the railroad embankment. The proposal includes a stadium with baseball tennis and golf grounds aimed at elevating the capital to reflect national size wealth and ideals. Col. Harts' retention is seen as key to achieving this goal.
The first pan American financial conference opened with strong progress toward national cooperation and concrete material aims. The Treasury Secretary is hailed for a notable triumph, with calls to extend the work into a second congress and to shape American merchant marine and intercontinental transportation policy. The Post applauds the administration, Treasury, and allied departments for leading the Western Hemisphere toward economic unity and shared benefits.
A volunteer group formed in New York aims to recruit a reserve of trained men for potential war. Former President Roosevelt and other leaders joined, targeting 300000 volunteers with prior military experience. The Aero Military Service Federation of America was created to build a national reserve of volunteer aviators with district bases in New York Richmond Chicago St Louis and San Francisco.
The article notes a proposed 1 600 landing stations plan and a defense volunteer corps fed by army navy aviators and civilians. It also cites the American Society of Civil Engineers urging collaboration with Federal authorities to develop a reserve corps of army engineers from its members.
The article outlines humane treatment under the Hague Convention of 1907 and Geneva standards. It covers how prisoners of war are held, allowed work, pay, maintenance, and legal rights, including parole, escape, and correspondence, plus care for the sick and wounded, relief aid, and religious freedom.
A long profile describes the Duke of Genoa as highly popular in Italy serving as lieutenant of the kingdom during Victor Emmanuel II's absence. It notes his royal connections, naval career, education at Harrow, and marriage to a Bavarian princess. The piece contrasts his wife Yaabel with her red hair and athletic pastimes, and mentions their children and Churchill’s Duke of Lancaster appointment as a political stretch.
A Denver executive on a southern Utah tour narrates an encounter with a convict loading crushed stone on a road. During a brief delay at a shallow creek the convict calmly replies he is not in a hurry, claiming twenty years, illustrating prison labor and attitudes in the era.
Contractors scrape chimney flues atop the old United States assay office, now razed for a new building. A suspended worker piles gold laden soot into buckets as crowds below watch. Gold dust spurs speculation while the smelter finalizes the recovered material.
In a New York Herald dispatch from Binghamton a quarry accident leaves Isaac Rock injured after slipping on rock chips. A physician duo with punning names tends to him, and the scene closes with a request to summon undertaker Elton Marble.
A satirical quip imitates highbrow verse about crafting pompous writing. The piece mocks overused literary flounces and vague sentiment, suggesting the writer can mimic lofty phrasing by forcing rhymes and grand phrases regardless of meaning.
Seventy five animals were to be executed in a gas tank at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals building at Twenty fourth Street and Avenue. The tank exploded before gas could be turned on, killing all animals instantly. McDonald and McClinto ck were injured. Cause remains a mystery.
Harry Johnson a 19 year old seaman on the gun boat Annapolis fell overboard during a launch from San Diego. He swam beneath the vessel to reach a life buoy despite a severed leg and crushed remaining limb, reaching the float and being saved by mates. Doctors later amputated the second leg due to gangrene.
New York World reports Miss Bitty Gordon arrives to become an army nurse and to visit husband Captain Harry Beresford of the Fifth Fusiliers on the Flanders front. She ordered two motor ambulances for July 1 and urges English actors, about 1000 strong, to join the army. Her family is heavily involved in the war effort, with Maj Blades promoted after Neuve Chapelle, and another son with the Cameronians. Her husband is connected to Lord Decies and Miss Vivian Gould.
A bespectacled robber entered the Westminster drug store at 4267 Olive Street, ordered Mrs. Zimmerman to surrender, and took 1750 from the cash register after enjoying a nut sundae and a lemon fizz. He fled south on Boyle Avenue as Zimmerman fired three shots, leaving Mrs. Zimmerman calm.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item recalls John who misses Sundays for lack of trousers. The clergyman provides a pair and John attends three Sundays, then asks how many more are needed to earn them. The piece also cites quips from New York Evening Sun about King George and Comstock, and a Buffalo Repress joke about boys fighting and a cashiered witness.
Miss Annie Peck of New York, famed climber and author, praises the Pan American financial congress as practical and pro trade. She plans July lectures through South America to boost relations and American commerce while noting her climbing exploits and future adventures.
A Melbourne resident reflects on American immigrants in Australia, noting few Americans mainly business representatives, immigration limits, and future settlement. The piece contrasts US and Australian economies, discusses tariff politics as analyzed by William J. Slocum in New York, and touches on Japan China relations and Chinese taxation under a shifting world order.
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