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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1919
Page
13
Notice from The Washington Post announces subscription renewals and new orders with payment rules. It lists acceptable methods, addresses for remittance, and editor details. The fragment notes prewar era terms and acceptance conditions for subscriptions.
A call for joint labor and employer organization to stabilize industrial relations. It argues that unified voluntary teamwork, fair wages, and national coordination will speed production, curb inflation, and strengthen the dollar. The piece stresses mutual dependence and warns against antagonism, urging prompt, cooperative action.
Lawmakers propose stricter rules to curb filibuster tactics in the House including roll call demands to reveal quorum. Critics note 132 roll calls this session with one member instigating a quarter of them, each costing about 1324 dollars in overhead while committees totaling 184 meet under the chamber’s direction. Supporters argue timely business requires stronger safeguards against deliberate delays by a single obstructive member.
The column mocks parliamentary tactics and calls for rule changes while noting General Pershing’s fifty ninth birthday in Washington. It questions demands to release Mooney and Debs and mulls a proposed $15,000 antileague of nations trip, ending with a bitter “Fifty-ffty.”
A editorial argues against returning U S dead from France for reburial. It defends marking graves in Europe and proposes an international memorial effort by women of both nations. It denounces Funeral Directors Association pressure as hypocritical and warns of health risks and profiteering, urging respect for the dead.
An editorial urges rapid passage of a bill to end illiteracy, citing 15 million illiterates and 20 percent illiteracy among draftees. It notes immigration from Europe and literacy gaps fueling propaganda, claiming education will curb unrest and improve livelihoods, while commenting on current political figures.
Ancient aristocrats and wealth mark the Dolgorouki family saga in London society. Princess Alexis Dolgorouki, formerly Miss Fanny Westwood Wilson, is described amid marriages, court connections, and Highland estates. The piece notes their Nashdom home at Taplow, the absence of children, and an orphaned ward likely to reap the will. It also recounts Chantilly treasures surviving German looting due to timely removal by curator M. Macon and efforts across France.
The afternoon session covered the peace treaty with Austria, with Lodge presenting a printed copy and speeches by Jones Overman and McCumber. Other actions included railroad restoration proposals, debates on Taft and the court martial, Mexican situation hearings, civil service witnesses, and a bill on stolen auto punishments.
Tokyo reports that the American government seeks inclusion of Manchuria and Mongolia in the financing consortium for China. The note argues exclusion would be unwise, with Hochi Shimbun predicting possible concessions and a settlement by a compromise.
The Aero Club of America verified Roland Rohits's altitude record at 30 300 feet set July 30 at Roosevelt field Mineola, surpassing France’s 29 937 feet by Jean Casale. Rohits flying again yesterday reached 34 000 feet but that ascent remains unofficial pending verification.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh awards honorary fellowship to Surgeon General Ireland of the U S Army, an honor extended to only 75 holders since its 1505 founding. Also notes Italian officials to attend the New Orleans cotton conference and a French naval funding dispute amid war-era upheaval. Marshal Von Mackensen reportedly interned at Saloniki as state dispatches confirm his arrival in the Greek city.
The Washington post prints a condensed train timetable with departures to major cities including Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Jacksonville Louisville Memphis New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmont St Louis and more. It lists multiple daily departures per city from Washington with various rail lines and schedule notes.
By direction of the President Lieut Col N Sanctuary is honorably discharged for the convenience of the government. Lieut A J McGrail and Lieut W D Petton are relieved from duties at tache of Paris and will report to the director of military intelligence for temporary duty and discharge. Brigadier generals W A Bethel A McIntyre R C Davis and F Conner are honorably discharged as brigadier generals effective September 20. Maj Gen A W Brewster is honorably discharged as major general effective September 26.
Three torpedo boat destroyers will accompany the United States transport George Washington when King Albert and Queen Elizabeth sail from Ostend for the United States late this month. The royal party will return by the end of October. The royal suite includes government members and royal aides, but the full composition was not yet finalized.
The Oak Hill estate near Leesburg, 1500 acres and historic orchard once supplying Albemarle pippin apples to Queen Victoria, has been sold from Mrs. Henry Fairfax to Frank C. Littleton of New York for more than 9266,000.
London Aug 2 Correspondence of the Associated Press. The farmer faces rising costs as labor, coal, nitrate, and materials surge since before the war. Wage gains, higher taxes, and price jumps burden operations. a team plowing cost and halved horse labor losses sharply increase expenses. Honduras unrest ends as US landing force returns to Cleveland at Puerto Cortes to protect foreigners.
A Temmenses attorney John Chumbley testifies at the Willant denying bungling of European food dispatches led by Hoover. He praises American relief, notes minimal waste, and highlights Red Cross help and wider aid to Serbia, praising the lasting memory and esteem for the United States among war‑hit peoples.
Maj. J. A. Louder of Pittsburgh lauds Switzerland as marvelous and notes its wartime resilience and Red Cross mercy. He argues American industry should use Switzerland as a bridge to European markets while warning relief is urgent for Fort Peck Fort Peck Indian Reservation homesteaders facing drought and credit loss without congressional aid and patent support.
J Stepanek has been named Minister to the United States for Czecho Slovakia. He previously served as counselor and chief of the Czecho Slovakia foreign office in Prague and settled in the revolutionary organization. Charles Pergler, commissioner of Czecho Slovakia in Washington, was named Minister to Japan.
The battleship Baden the cruisers Frankfort Nuremberg and Emden and fifteen destroyers of the German fleet sunk by its crew at Scapa Flow have been floated at BCI. The State Department was advised yesterday from London. Three more destroyers are expected to be raised.
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