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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
13
In a 1914 Washington Post editorial, the piece argues that U S railway development requires government guarantees and credit. It urges national control to assure safe securities, fair rates, and government aid in financing expansion, likening such public backing to transcontinental lines and the Panama Canal.
The text argues railways must be developed nationwide as a national asset in perilous financial times. It calls for government guaranty of honest management and fair returns, reasonable public rates, and government credit and cash support when needed.
A historic appeal argues that national defense is the most urgent matter for Congress as war disrupts nations and forces a reevaluation of policy. It cites Swiss and Danish neutrality efforts, praises U S prudence in neutrality, and urges Congress to review military and naval needs as unity for national defense.
Secretary McAdoo directs collectors to withhold outward cargo details and destinations for 30 days after clearance to shield legitimate American commerce from wartime disruption. The move aims to reassure exporters, reduce wartime surveillance impact, and emphasize neutral rights at sea while allowing consuls to obtain information when possible.
A brief editorial contrasts depressions with the public psyche, arguing they force people to think for themselves and resist demagoguery. It likens this to fleas keeping a dog aware of its condition, and notes that Americans can prosper without depressions while referencing the New York Evening Sun advocating higher railroad rates and calling out intelligence in public discourse.
The passage argues that Americans act in their own interest by supporting prosperity and protectionist tariffs. It notes minimal protests to a 5 percent increase and scarce opposition from shippers, claiming voters favor protection when tariff issues are clear and that revenue tariffs tempt a quick shift to protectionist support during prosperous times.
The halt of American travel to Europe will keep between 100 and 250 million dollars at home. Many travelers, including 100,000 returning Americans, spent heavily abroad on clothes and souvenirs. The loss will hurt European hotels and railroads, while boosting domestic tourism and interregional exchange.
A Montreal Montreal piece profiles Lord Hilenborough aboard the Cunard liner Lusitania. It notes his Crimean War service as midshipman on Colossus under Admiral Napier and catalogs a long, globe spanning career including captures near Marathon, blockades in the American Civil War era, pirate hunts in the Red Sea, Ashanti command, and ties to American heiresses and Pittsburgh estates.
William Burguson of Charleston Motor Scales Co captured a large five to six foot rattlesnake in North Charleston using a twine lasso. The diamondback struggled under multiple car passes, then was stunned and snared, brought alive to Charleston for Prof. Rea at the museum.
A firkin of butter, 100 pounds, lowered into a Towanda Pennsylvania well to keep cool. The rope broke, the butter sank with muddy water. Thirty years later the well was pumped dry and the butter found intact and sweet, despite butter price rising to cents a pound.
Frank Aziwa an expert mechanic at a Wichita auto company has gone to Seattle to meet his wife from Japan. The couple who married two years ago via their fathers plan to settle in Wichita after immigration papers are completed. Mrs Aziwa would be the first Japanese woman to make her home in Wichita.
A canary bird at Samuel Poe's home in Hastings fights a hungry mouse in its cage. The bird blinds the mouse with its bill in seconds, then trills its joy after the win. The account is sourced from the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Tom Bodine in the Jos Mercury recalls Sam Venable of Paris Missouri a 69 year familiar figure long known for courtesy and humor. Though often drunken he remained gentle and cheerful and his memory endures as he joins the golden streets smiling and doffing his hat to old friends.
An elderly engineer laments goats on rail lines, recounting near-misses and the difficulty of striking them, then recalls hogs geese and a tar and feathers joke. The piece also includes two wartime songs from the London Times about German cruelty and the Kaiser, urging vengeance and victory.
Dr Charles A L Reed of Philadelphia reports at the Mississippi Valley Medical Association that epilepsy can be cured by operating on the intestines rather than the brain. He argues poisons absorbed from the intestines cause most epilepsy cases and says his method has demonstrated success in several cases.
South Framingham dispatch reports Miss Margaret E. Knight, famed inventor nicknamed the Woman Edison, fled Framingham Hospital after a three month illness. Knight lived in the Curry cottage, developed the Knight Davidson motor and several engine devices, held seven patents, and faced repeated patent lawsuits while pioneering rubber cotton and shoe machinery.
Lawrence Edwards of Mullica Townsmp swerved to avoid a deer in the road and collided with a second buck. The car lifted, the top panel gave way, and Edwards crawled out while the vehicle veered into scrub. Game Warden Loder found deer hair and blood but the animal escaped on three legs. Edwards suffered only minor injuries.
A Newark News story recounts a Newtown visit for Yale president Dr Hadley. An elderly hack driver, with a worn horse and carriage, takes a reporter toward Hadley’s summer home but learns the target left town. The hackman offers half fare, two dollars, due to the mistaken trip and senility noted.
The Weather Bureau report from Washington outlines tides and morning rain, mainly Friday, with fair Saturday and near normal temperatures across the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia Maryland and New York New England and the Great Lakes region show light rains in the early hours and generally fair conditions with seasonable temperatures across the continental United States. Local figures list midmorning to afternoon temperatures from about 42 to 66 degrees and humidity around 72 to 74 percent with sunshine around 38 to 96 percent of possible.
In a Willard lobby scene, prominent figures debate Gerard Glynn and Wadsworth in New York political race prospects, Roosevelt’s influence on Davenport, and Sulzer’s support. A Mississippi tale of fish traps and fines sets a cautionary political aside. Louisiana cooperative marketing aims to bulk buy produce for lower coast prices. Oklahoma plans school based road building to teach youths better methods, stressing roads over rivers.
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