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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1915
Page
13
A historical notice details delivery options for The Washington newspaper in Washington and Alexandria. Various terms include daily and Sunday editions with prices for weekly monthly and yearly periods. options specify Sunday included or excepted and carrier or mail delivery methods.
The article argues that wartime needs require the United States to curb credit to enemy and allied nations. It advocates paying for purchases with gold and using gilt edged American securities held by foreign nationals as security. It warns that continued large loans will strain credit and favor gold shipments and strong U.S. securities to back allied indebtedness.
In Washington Florida a county detective and several State police admitted attempting to extort a confession by suspending a prisoner from a barn rafter. The detective testified at Fred Kolbus's trial for murdering a merchant that a leather band was used to threaten the prisoner.
The report details a case where a detective tortured a prisoner to compel a confession, then claimed duty while the prisoner fainted and proclaimed innocence. The prisoner said he would die rather than confess to a murder he did not know. Officials hint at action against the detective as public opinion condemns the torture and advocates judicial reform.
A Cooper Union gathering in New York featured John Brisben Walker condemning the President as unneutral and traitorous for U S actions and urging opposition to belligerents. Spectators reportedly became frenzied by the speech while authorities warned against inciting violence and questioning the speaker's conduct.
The American commission for relief in Belgium appeals for new clothing and unmade material to save Belgians and northern French from freezing this winter. Embargoes on second hand garments limit aid as millions remain idle and seek work. Belgians propose making their own clothing from supplied materials.
Fragmentary OCR text notes thousands unemployed and says pressure at home is largely removed with no greater response at this time. The snippet hints at a broader news item but provides no concrete actions, names, dates, or places to anchor a fuller summary.
Prominent peacemonger Norman Angell refutes claims he urged war from preparedness. He stresses that policy definition paired with armed strength is essential, arguing war comes from lack of preparation, not excess. He urges a clear national policy to guide seas and land rights and strengthen deterrence.
Prof A G Webster of Clark University Worcester unveils a photometer device to locate the source of sound in fog and prevent ship collisions. Demonstrated before the National Academy at the American Museum NY the apparatus uses a mirror telescope bulb and megaphone to point to the sound source with a compass readout. If validated this marks a major advance in maritime safety and echoes broader hopes for guidance through fogs and national perils.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria unveils a new flag featuring a double headed eagle crowned, signaling a bold shift tied to imperial imagery. The piece links the symbol to Byzantium, Holy Roman and Russian emblems, and hints at broader wartime ambitions around Constantinople and regional power shifts.
In a $20,000 suit filed by sculptor Giuseppe Donato against M B Hershey the jurors viewed three undraped Venuses in Hershey Pennsylvania. Hershey had commissioned the group for his lawn but neither side claimed the figures, which remained in boxes as the trial commenced in the modern trial town.
A judge notes a doctor’s assessment of a patient as sound and accurate. The physician compared the patient’s condition to being as sound as two dollars, implying solid health with limited illness or concern. The exchange highlights a humorous take on medical evaluation.
Four male cubs two boy lions and a young zebu plus a baby zebra were formally named in a ceremony led by Dolores Rousseau six year old daughter of Theodore Rousseau secretary to Mayor Mitchel. Nigel Stanley Sheba Ayesha Sheik Ganges were announced amid flowers and ribbons.
Walter Williams, dean of Missouri University’s journalism school, told a St. Louis Sunday school gathering that Christ was a master of publicity and that the church must advertise the gospel to survive. He cited Luke’s vivid writing and John’s editorlike boldness, noting even the devil advertises.
In Connelleville Pennsylvania the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad yard saw 125 laborers strike over a 15 cent daily raise to $2 and demanded protective goggles. Railroad officers had prepared for a strike and evicted workers as soon as they stopped work while unloading furnace slag injuring their eyes.
A wartime poem laments Oxford men who went abroad to die. The speaker recalls gray spires and peaceful fields as bugles sound war. They left cricket, games, and halls of learning for khaki and the gun in service of country and God. The piece honors fallen scholars with hope of rest beyond Oxford town.
Residents in Wilkes-Barre witnessed a large deer roam the city for miles before leaping into the Susquehanna River and swimming to the west side. The animal, first spotted in the Dorrance colliery yard, visited the courthouse yard and Lehigh Valley Coal Co offices, then moved along riverfront districts before vanishing into the woods. Hundreds saw the animal, described by locals as the fret to appear in the streets in decades.
Olga Samaroff, wife of conductor Leopold Stokowski, saved a valuable collection of musical compositions and manuscripts from a second floor studio fire at the Stokowski home. She alerted the fire department and directed firefighters as they removed the music from a safe, preserving her husband’s works. The blaze caused about $2,000 in damage.
In a crowded dining room a customer protests the steak while a waiter defends it noting government inspector approval from yesterday. A playful exchange follows implying armored plate expertise behind the approval.
On November 20 1497 Vasco da Gama doubled the Cape of Good Hope proving a western route from Europe to India. Preceded by Diaz in reaching the Cape from the west Diaz named it Cabo Tormentogo but the king renamed it Cape of Good Hope. Da Gama’s voyage completed the western to eastern Indian Ocean crossing and he became viceroy of the Portuguese Indies dying in Goa in 1524.
A lock of Napoleon Bonaparte's hair from St Helena sold for 107.50 to George D Smith at the John E Burton library sale in the Anderson galleries. The artifact came with a letter from Capt Thomas Peypleton of the Fifty third regiment who served as Bonaparte's permanent orderly until June 1817. The Nebraska University library paid 280 for Kingsborough Antiquities of Mexico and J F Lewin paid 88 for a seventeenth century manuscript Koran.
Edwin Longstreet a 13 year old boy was sentenced to State's prison for two to seven years after conviction for breaking into Sylvester Babson's house on August 22. Judge William M Seufert called him a bad boy and noted Longstreet had been a habitual thief since age nine. Detective John W Courter quoted Longstreet's grandfather saying Eddie stole money from his pockets and mates on a ship, leading to multiple disciplinary failures.
A panicked woman about 50 jumps from a Jersey City Bayonne Jina trolley when the controller box explodes at Old Bergen road. She dies from a fractured skull at City Hospital. She wore a plain wedding ring, a light coat, black hat with red feathers and a white shirt waist.
The piece recalls a fashion trend once popular in Kansas City, the Psyche knot. It notes how the style faded years ago and has since been replaced by new twists seen around town, with some calling it reminiscent of an old door knob.
In Washington hotels France pledges adoption of American manufacturing methods to reconstruct devastated regions. Leaders including Maurice Damour discuss textile and metallurgical aims, seeking to buy U.S. machinery while aiming for an aseucid class of goods. Dana Pettibone notes Northwest optimism as rail traffic and crops improve and Kansas politics edge toward Wilson.
A Brooklyn children's court sustained the school board's right to compel medical treatment, ordering nine year old Michael San Gregorio to have his tonsils removed. The boy, a public school pupil, had long suffered from diseased tonsils, hindering progress. Educational Officer Julius Hickfelder pressed the parents, who finally promised immediate action.
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