Washington Post Subscription Terms and Rates 1913
Daily and Sunday subscriptions offered in Washington and Alexandria by mail and carrier. Rates include daily only or with Sunday, varying by duration from one week to one year. All by advance payment. remittances by drafts checks postoffice orders or registered letters. Foreign ad rep and mailing details listed. Friday November 21, 1913.
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McCombs policy seen as vital to Democratic unity
The national chairman resists leading factional fights, stressing that his retention is crucial for democracy. He pledges to unite party elements in State and city efforts, opposing anti-Tammany moves while warning against aligning with British interests that threaten U S policy amid tensions in Mexico and Colombia.
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McCombs
Democratic Party
France
United States
National Committee
New York
Tammany Hall
New York City
Ifal
Mexico
Colombia
The Conservation Split Deepens Over States Rights and Policy
The Arkansas legislature asserts state control over forestry and water power, prompting withdrawals from the National Conservation Congress. Montana and Washington State signals of nonparticipation threaten a new body with state rights at its core. Pinchot allies celebrate yet warn of costs to public sentiment and effective conservation. The piece critiques convention rules, funding issues, and urgent District public works needs including lights bridges and pavements.
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National Conservation Congress
Arkansas
Conservation Congress
Stewart
Montana
Washington State
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Stimson
Interior
Garfield
Fisher
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Congress
Inquiries and Congress on Cruelty to Animals
The piece discusses Secretary Redfield's clothing industry inquiry as a fact gathering census aiming to reveal how clothing costs affect the public, with no tariff bias. It also covers animal protection congress sessions in December focusing on vivisection, cruelty in science, and potential regulatory measures, noting reported animal abuses and calls to end cruel testing.
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Department of Commerce
Redfield
Logal
Tion and Animal Protection Congress
District of Columbia
Philadelphia
Tured
Congress
Murfeld
Washington
London
Copenhagen
The District Bill and Municipal Growth Debate
A district appropriation measure mirrors last year, assuming no growth while revenues rise. A New York funeral procession speeds through the scene, half fare humor surfaces, and remarks touch on various political figures and global cites.
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House
American peeress held royal favor in British society
Juliet, Lady Carrington, American-born widow of the Marquis of Lincolnshire’s brother, wielded quiet influence at Queen Victoria’s court through her discreet, long service. Her death at Folkestone ends a life linked to royal circles, with her husband Sir William Carington serving as key private secretary and keeper of the privy purse, and their family rooted in Abel Smith lineage and Pitt era peerage.
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New York
Bilix Warden
London
Paris
Carington
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Lincolnshire
Wien
Wiliam Carington
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Grenadier Guards
Queen Victoria
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Privy Purse
Bill Carington
Edward Pelham Clinton
William Carington
Prince of Wales
Privy Council
Lady Carington
Folkestone
Bill’ Carington
Bel-el-Kebir
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Washington
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Bromiley
Smith
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Lilian
Pitt
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House of Lords
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Garter
Edward
British Fleet and Panama Canal Fortifications Debate
The British shipping interests challenge the fortification of the Panama Canal arguing it undermines equal access for all nations. Secretary Garrison says fortifications are an accomplished fact and Taft era law defends the canal, signaling a shift away from treating it as a neutral unfortified waterway.
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United States
Royal United Service Institution
London
United States Senate
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Taft
Congress Condensed Senate and House Actions Today
Senate drew a long list of diplomatic and consular nominations including Henry McPindell to be Ambassador to Russia. Hoke Smith pushed a good roads bill. Mexican situation not taken up. banking and currency split, with rival bills to be sent to the Senate. House saw Park sworn in, Gary bill to bar convict-made goods, Shackleford good roads bill, McDonald strike investigation, adjournment planned for noon.
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Tinois
Russla
Thomas
Colorado
Winston Churchill
Hoke Smith
Banking and Currency
House
Kentucky
Rank Park
Georgia
Roddenberg
Gary
Shackleford
Napoleon's Last Days Described On His Tomb
A London Chronicle summary notes Corsican Napoleon’s tomb inscriptions and a personal view from Ajaccio. It cites a writer in the English Review who recalls Napoleon’s death in St Helena, describing funeral details including the coffin, cloak, sword, and heart reportedly placed with coins and kept in a silver case for potential return to friends.
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London Chronicle
Napoleon
Leipzig
Mmiliery
Ines
English Review
Ajaccio
France
Helena
Na- Poleon
Adde
Marengo
Teaden
York
Ruseflitz
Army Orders Leaves of Absence and Duty Reassignments
The board of officers appoints leaves of absence for named officers across cavalry infantry and engineers. It also details transfers to hospitals forts and districts and lists duties for coast artillery and engineering corps with assignments to Los Angeles Portland Washington DC Bay defenses and Fort Oglethorpe. It notes resignations and acting dental surgeons assigned to multiple forts and posts.
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Thomas J Lewis
Coast Artillery Corps
Robert M. Goolrick
Marcel § Keene
Donald J. Maclachelan
Twenty-second Infantry
John B. Maynard
Herbert Hacheson
Herbert H.white
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
Jacob G Galbraith
Cavalry
Menils
Philippine Department
William Forse
South Atlantic Coast Artillery District
William M Wright
Adjutant General
Adjtent General's Department
Corps of Engineers
Robert R. Raymond
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles H. McKinstry
Portland
Oreg
John J. Kingman
Sthedl
Washington Barracks
William ©. Delombrh
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
William Whicks
Edward O. Ord
Thomas O Humphreys
James 5S Dusenbury
Coast Arimary Corps
Coast Defenses
Bayannsh
Oacar A. Rubbell
Mdical
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Robert Qannin
Fifteenth Cavalry
Daniel G Morrissett
Edwin S Black Wel, Jr
Fifth
Augustin M Prentiss
Thirteenth
Ralph Hospital
Theodore Barnes
Roger B Hart
Charles B Hazeltine
Fourteenth Cavalry
Chapman Grant
Fort Oglethorpe Ga
Samuel 3
Randall
Fort Robinson
Ebr
Charles Tainter
Fort ‘Barrances
Dong Woorf
Fort Totten
Oscar G Skelton
Fort Huachuca Ary
Harlan L Thompso
Fort Sil Okla
Robert FH Tobias
Texas City Tex
Naval Orders Detachments and Transfers Noted
Asst Pam BD reports CHALMFRS detached Ozars to Severn Asal Paym to F HODAPP. Retarded by Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Ozark Prot of Math MILTON IPDEGHAFE detached to hydrographic off to Naval Station Samga.
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Hodapp
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Ozark
Milton
Naval Station
Samga
Fresh air fallacies in crowded rooms says oxygen not diminished
Professor Leonard Hilliald Inca argues in London cables that crowded rooms do not exhaust oxygen or raise carbonic acid enough to harm health. He says air changes via cracks keep oxygen levels within one percent and any odor from crowded air lacks evidence of poison, often affecting only sensitive individuals.
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London Cable
Boston Transcript
Leonard Hilliald Inca
New Lord Chief Justice Rufus Isaacs Named
London Tit-Bits reports Rufus Isaacs, the new lord chief justice, famed for extraordinary work capacity. A former “bad boy at school,” he rose with relentless early mornings, similar to predecessor Lord Alverstone. The piece recalls his humor and leadership in early career and hints at stern discipline in briefs and court life.
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London
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Rufus
Lord Alverstone
Jaomi Alverstone
Richard Webster
Sir Richard
Hens Protected by Coat Trick Arrest in St Louis
A St Louis police report tells of a man pursued after a tailor mishap disguise led to three hens dropping from his coat. The suspect claimed the birds flew in to keep warm, and was taken into custody. Nearby, a humorous verse and a separate court note describe Mrs Kelly recanting in a assault case where she could not identify her attacker.
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St. Louia
New York
Weather and Sun Tides Report With Forecast
Sun and tide data listed with sunrise sunset times and high and low tides. Weather section notes a west low pressure system with two centers over South Dakota and Colorado, bringing rains and snows west of the Rockies, with warmer temperatures in the plains and rising chances of rain or snow extending Friday into the lake region and eastern half. Local temperatures recorded midnight through afternoon, humidity, rainfall, sunshine percent, and year earlier highs and lows.
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Washington
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Goloradd
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
South Atlantic States
Lake Region
Missouri Valley
West Gulf States
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
East Gulf States
Detroit
Toledo
Dean
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Superior
Visitors at the Capital Debate Beef Prices and Emigration
At the Willard, commentators including Ida Lasate of Texas ranches urge public action to curb unfair beef pricing by middlemen. Dr Joseph Redlich of Vienna critiques American statework and cites emigration limits as Austria debates. West Virginia miners celebrate a broad victory, while Wyoming schooling systems showcase strong local funding. Eugenics skepticism highlights scientific limits and a grafting anecdote from New York.
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Cheare
Ida Lasate
Texs
Willard
Lagater
Lazarer
Southwest
Beef Trust
United States
Austria
Joseph Redlich
University of Vienna
Redlich
Carnegie Foundation
Rediich
Vienna University
Dr Rediich
America
Dr. Redlich
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Europe
Revival of Thrift As American Society Promotes Saving Habit
A new national movement, led by a Chicago banker, forms the American Society for Thrift to revive saving over extravagance. It advocates reducing waste, cultivating the saving habit, and preparing for hard times through prudent living and wiser spending.
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New American Society
Chicago
United States
Mr &. W. Straus
The
American Society For Thrift
Five Thousand To One Chance Inquest Reveals Fatal Kidney Loss
At a Southwark inquest a boy struck by a car died after surgery to remove his right kidney. Doctors found he had only the left kidney missing, making life impossible. A medical witness noted that only one in 250,000 are born with a single kidney.
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Ireland
Lord O'Brien
Emerald Isle
George
Arthur Balfour
Pether
Packer
Haxine
Walter Boyd
Keogh
Trig
Marquise DE Fontenoy
The
Brentwood Company
Wyoming
J. Underwood
Cheyanne
Wyo
Conservation Congress
Achgel
Mit
Aphod
Lendon Mall
Southwark
Guy's Hospital
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrived at Multiple Ports
Movements of naval vessels arrive at Norfolk yard Mare Island Ker Wer Salles New Hampshire from Venuz to Tuxpan Celtic from Villefrancle for Marser Alert from San Pedro far gan Mega Tecumaeh from Norfala for Washtngos and Cuminon from Key Wes for Pensacola.
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Ker Wer Salles
New Hampshire
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