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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1915
Page
13
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British papers misread the value of U S ties and demand fair dealing from both sides. The United States must remain neutral, resist coerced alliances, and defend its rights over British needs. A war loom is avoided only if Britain respects neutral rights and yields on belligerent policy.
John J. Manning of the United Garment Workers of America says organized labor is not opposed to convict labor on road projects. He notes past protests came during economic slumps when jobs were scarce. Manning argues convict work benefits prisoners and the state by teaching a trade and improving post-release employment prospects.
The text argues that releasing convicts and employing them on state road work improves individuals and society. It asserts penal institutions hold labor for road building, calls for nationwide expansion of effective state systems, and predicts long-term benefits as the country gains a comprehensive road network.
Dr Romulo Noon, Ambassador from Argentina to the United States, sails from New York on leave of absence for a period, drawing praise from officials and business circles for fostering cordial ties between Argentina and the United States. His dedication to continental harmony and mutual confidence among American nations is widely recognized, and well wishes accompany his voyage.
The piece argues Democratic leaders may reorganize Senate leadership to push a ship purchase bill, but imposes cloture as an arbitrary limit on debate. It warns cloture would erode free speech, hinder national defense, and could turn the next Congress into a farce rather than a useful body if the rule passes.
Public sentiment swayed crowds as hundreds of able bodied men were detained from sailing from Liverpool. Stokers joined the protest, threatening to quit work, influencing the crowd to turn back would be emigrants amid wartime concerns.
A critical reflection on a wartime episode describes officers recognizing moral flaws after halting sailings. The piece argues the incident exposes conscription logic, showing how the fit youths are pressed into service while risk of emigration or death threatens remaining citizens.
The article surveys Carranza's steady reforms in Mexico including tax enforcement on large landholders and restoring industry while Obregon presses the campaign against Villa. It weighs Carranza as a potential dictator or prudent reformer, urges patience and support, and comments on Turkey Huerta diplomacy and other global happenings with a dash of contemporary wit.
Emperor William named veteran German diplomat Count Wolff Metternich to the Constantinople ambassadorship, succeeding the late Baron von Wangenheim. The article outlines his long London tenure, close ties to British society, and family lineage linking Metternich to several European royal houses, along with a note on the earlier scandal involving his nephew Count Gilbert Wolff Metternich.
Lamar P. J. Croop, manager of the Jefferson Theater, lies seriously ill at home with blood poisoning believed caused by handling money at the theater bar office. The infection began on her hand, spread to her heel, and she was treated for rheumatism before hospital care and a Benton Harbor specialist diagnosis and transfer back to Goshen.
A moving picture scene in New Orleans shows a supposed paralytic with crutches discarding them to perform a clog dance on a restaurant table. The footage, shot to aid a $45,000 suit by Thomas Gilchrist against Texan and Pacific Railroad, features two local women detectives and staged entertainment to mask the camera work. Witnesses describe a string band, stool pigeons, and costly arrangements to secure the footage.
A quarrel over European war mobilization led six sailors of diverse nationalities to clash on the British steamship Hollington near Palmer Street Port Richmond. Police quelled the melee. Oliver R. Johnson, a Scotchman, was badly beaten and hospitalized, while five others were detained. Capt Reed of Hollington will face the prisoners at a hearing.
In a district court suit, Joe Dimarco of Franklin seeks $4,063 from a coal company after a balky mule in a mine crushed him. Three coal cars were being hauled when the mule halted and timber was placed under the wheels. after the mule moved Dimarco was crushed and unable to work.
A collage of humorous verses and light sketches from the Philadelphia Public Ledger includes regional dialect poems about work and bees, a whimsical tale of Mrs Anderson hosting country children, a memory about a pie missing cheese, and quick jests from Lite and Puck. The pieces showcase playful anecdotes and old newspaper humor.
A retrospective on Hannibal Barca born November 2 247 B C tracing his rise from boy soldier to great Carthaginian general. It covers his campaigns in Spain and Italy his rivalry with Rome and ultimate death by poison, highlighting his fearlessness and strained relations with Carthage.
Debba Ferry Dispatch New York Times reports Sergeant Theodore Eberspacher saying a squirrel, exhausted by extreme heat that closed schools, committed death by own action after tooting his horn failed to deter the animal. The sergeant insists the creature deliberately stepped into traffic and was crushed, denying claims it sought food or escape.
The New Jersey supreme court upheld a $1329 award in a case by 14 year old Rose Goldberg against Peter Breidt Brewing Co of Elizabeth for facial scars and nerve damage after a balcony collapsed. The suit claimed $5000. company contended damages excessive. The London Mirror report notes an adjutant’s battlefield joke about looking like a man.
Representative Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, a top Republican on the appropriations committee, said he favored adequate preparedness but would not discuss defense funding plans. He anticipated a busy winter session and noted factional splits in the Democratic Party, with Republicans optimistic about recapturing the House and the presidency.
Two year old William Meisle of 636 North Eleventh Street stood on a high chair alone when his hair ignited from a gas jet. His mother returned to find flames enveloping the child and her face and hands burned. Policeman Moore extinguished the blaze. the boy died soon after at St Joseph's Hospital.
An elderly man arrested for having more than one wife tells the judge he has six wives. He explains the first two spoiled clothes, the third was a cook, and the rest were allegedly lazy, insisting incompatibility was not the issue and hinting at other reasons.
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