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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
13
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The United States stands firm on neutral rights amid British disbelief at Washingtons stance. Britain, a debtor to American funds, risks straining friendship if it persists in seizing ships and disrupting commerce. Americans warn against lawless policies and urge fair dealing to preserve ties.
President Wilson challenged pacifists at the Manhattan Club to detail their safeguard strategies and to specify how they would respond if the United States were attacked or threatened. He warned that nations might act first for gain, and arbitration might not be accepted. He cited the mobilizations at the start of the European war to illustrate risk of delay.
The text questions if adherents of Peace policy would accept war if foreign troops landed on U S soil. It argues that reliance on inadequate defenses and volunteers reveals a readiness to parley, and notes that preparedness gives a nation both the ability to plead and to enforce its rights.
The article notes the Ancona incident suggests enemy submarines may have tried to escape after being hailed, with British and Austrian patrols expanding in the Mediterranean. It highlights rapid submarine growth, with German, British, and Austrian subs bold in the Baltic and Marmora, and calls American industry to match foreign innovation as observers study foreign types.
Discussion notes the large foreign born population in the United States and argues against literacy tests. It urges health and moral standards for immigrants and warns that after the war a flood of migrants could strain labor markets. The piece favors controlled influx over educational restrictions.
A fragment discusses migrants who would cause congestion in higher forms of occupation, leaving demands for common Tabor unfilled.
The Interstate Commerce Commission releases a September summary for 167 railroads covering 224 794 miles showing operating revenues of 278 088 416 up from 261 719 958 in September 1914 and expenses easing to 172 137 597. Net earnings per mile rise to 471 from 397, signaling broad national improvement beyond war orders and hinting at durable recovery.
A satirical piece credits Prof Henry G Walters of the Plant Research Institute with discovering that plants and insects have souls. The rambling mock-argument touches on babies, baldheads, Nero and the Roman diletantti, and quips about ignorance and eugenics, closing with a quip about Billy Sunday Jr. and football injuries.
Marquis de Fontenoy dies in Paris at 95 amid enduring notoriety from a prolonged libel and inheritance dispute. The case exposed forged birth certificates and a convoluted plot by a Catalan blacksmith and conspirators to drain funds from claims, with Alfonso XIII and President Poincaré represented in mourning and ceremonies.
A Philadelphia Rapid Transit rule bans women ticket sellers from crafting at work, angering riders and workers who say they fill idle time with needlework. Officials consider the impact on service, while one clerk notes hemstitching is acceptable but tatting and drawn work must stay home.
A playful Chicago Herald exchange features Precocious Offspring questioning why night falls while day breaks. Patient Pater offers a gentle, humorous dialogue on time and perception in a domestic vignette.
From the New York Herald. Harvey Hinsheimer two years old survived when his baby carriage was ground under a speeding automobile at West End Avenue and Ninety sixth Street. The child cried through minor injuries while his mother and father suffered bruises and a hip injury. Police and bystanders freed the carriage as Charles Hayes of 82nd Avenue veered onto the sidewalk to avoid a collision.
Dr. Robert Miller Cox of Chester was injured in a bear encounter near Trout Run while hunting birds with Edmunds of Rochester and William Fott of Trout Run. Cox lunged with a hunting knife at the bear, missed, and was struck by a paw as companions fired. the bear was killed by multiple shots.
Katie Serras an orphan 14 from Manhattan and Long Island City drank iodine in a bid to avoid school after protests to attend classes. She later told doctors she would be glad to return if she recovered, as sisters watched over her in St. Johns Hospital.
All at home by the old-time fireplace the speaker recalls winter winds and roses, asking where they go on a wintry night. The verse paints a cozy scene of lovers by the fire, children dreaming, and love enduring through shadows and night.
Denver Dispatch reports Frank Alvah Parsons urges bold attire at a Colorado Teachers Association talk. He warns loud colors attract attention and should serve as backgrounds, with examples linking orange to loudness and brown to a muted harmony.
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Post references Dr Wombat and a humorous line about a rest cure amid a restless bridge of deadbodies and dancing, illustrating quirky newspaper wordplay.
On November 11 1620 the Mayflower compact was signed forming a civil body politic for the Plymouth colony. Forty one men with families established governance for the first New England settlement, beginning Pilgrim colonization amid harsh harbor landing and early hardships.
Kal amasco dispatch reports jeweler Foley created a left-handed watch that runs backward from right to left to help left handed users. The idea, inspired by a daughter’s complaint, has led to plans for a small manufacturing venture producing left handed watches and clocks. A left handed wrist watch is planned for future release.
In Norristown Orphans Court the estate of Charles Blashand was settled after a 1908 agreement with his wife promised her $1,000 upon his death for deserting him. The widow's claim, objected by children, was reduced to $275 with an exemption of $306 and a $600 legacy, after the Swedeland real estate and life insurance were accounted.
A Salt Lake Telegram piece extols sports spectatorship as healthful. It claims cheering and jumping in bleachers stimulates blood flow and organs, improves mood, and provides oxygen to the lungs, equating fan energy with a healthier alternative to alcohol.
Capital visitors discuss Ohio politics and a Republican surge in major cities like Cincinnati and Cleveland. They note gerrymandering impacts, anticipate Democratic gains in 1916, and discuss Belgium’s distress, oyster prices, and Germany’s postwar trade outlook with economists and businessmen weighing in.
Parry Stahl a 38 year old merchant of Lewisburg Pennsylvania suffered severe injuries when a wind toppled two brick chimneys he had tied to his house. He hung from a rug between the chimneys and was buried under bricks and plaster. Both legs were broken and internal injuries followed.
In a short Pittsburgh Post item a Plunkville citizen discusses a “Take It Back” campaign. The speaker asks if any item was borrowed and not returned, while admitting a prior incident where someone labeled another as a liar about three years ago.
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