Y M C A Marks Fifth Year As American Organization
New York December 5 reports note the YMCA marks five years as an American organization dedicated to the welfare of soldiers sailors and youth. Originating from London in 1844 its growth spans the United States and Canada with 782 buildings, 690000 members in North America and property exceeding 106 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Young
Pieo's Christian Association
Uncle Sam's
Soldier and Sailor Boys
Thomas W. Sullivan
Boston
Old South
United States
Canada
Edinburg University
G. M. Vanderlip
London
Y. M
Vanderlip
Sullivan
Geo. Williams
World Committed
North America
Final Touches In Ohio Division Training At Camp Sheridan
In Montgomery Dec 5 a special report notes the Ohio division has undergone sixteen weeks of intensive training though only six weeks have passed. British instructors drill soldiers on European warfare while 3000 selectmen are expected to fill remaining units. Major Ralph Cole becomes assistant adjutant general and Major Harry A. Lyons joins as assistant judge advocate. Health improves with 1.2 percent non effects and measles remain at 23 cases. Bakery quarantine ends as bread production resumes.
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Sheridah
Montgomery
Ohio
National Guardsmen
Ralph Cole
112Th Military Police
Division
Dolley
Quartermaster Department
Harry A. Lyons
Fort Oglethorpe
HB. J. Turney
Camp Sheridan
John Johnson Case in Federal Court in Boston
West Virginia and Massachusetts clash over extradition of John Johnson a Black man accused of attacking a white girl. Federal proceedings in Boston begin after Massachusetts refused extradition citing lack of evidence and fear of lynching. A new indictment in Charleston accuses him of white slavery transporting Edith Gobey from Charleston to Catlettsburg for immoral acts.
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Boston
Mass
West Virginia
Massachusetts
John Johnson
McCall
Cornwell
Charleston
W. Va
Johnson
Edith Gobey
W. V
Catlettsburg
Sporting Notes and Rumors From The Ring And Diamond
Joe Welling pursues a bout with Benny Leonard the lightweight king. Harvard and other college sports chatter dominates with rumors of players in training and league schedules. Catcher Bill Killifer may quit baseball for California business. Ball players, boxing figures, and football stars are discussed amid early season edges and military exemption debates.
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Joe Welling
Benny Leonard
Harvard University
Charley Herzog
Giants
Morida
Ratters
Syraclee
Bill Killifer
Phillies
California
Mitt Weilding
Bill Brennan
Batting Levinsky
Billard
George Chip
Harry Greb
Pennsylvania
Boston
Brickley
Mahan
Harawick
Bradiee
Harvard
Huns
American League
Walter McCormack
Dartmouth
Haseman
Dick Hoblitzer
Red Sox
Jack Barry
Barry
Navy
Sox
Im Buckley
Ban Johnson
General Treat Honor Guest at Camp Sheridan Reception
Major General Chas G Treat commander of the Ohio division returned from a French front observation tour and was the honor guest at a camp reception. More than 300 musicians formed a single massed band under Alfred Hartzell in Cincinnati. Treat left Hawaii to take command and spent weeks gathering training information with other division commanders.
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Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Chas. G. Treat
Ohio
General Tréat
Alfred Hartzell
Cincinnati
General Treat
Hawaii
Tener Matched Strength With Johnson In Baseball War
Governor John K Tener, president of the National League, plans to oppose drastic measures in wartime baseball. He resists reducing the playing limit from twenty two to eighteen and seeks to present the best possible game while accepting losses. Ban Johnson calls for strict economy and schedule cuts as part of the upheaval.
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H. C. Hamilton
United Press
New York
John K. Tener
Nation League
Ban Johnson
Gover Tener
Johnson
Tener
Chicago
Garry Herrimann
Vatican sees no peace while Wilson holds line against Hohenzollernism
Vatican officials in Washington say peace proposals from Rome are impossible while the United States maintains the president's stance against Hohenzollernism. They believe Wilson’s position ensures the war will continue to a bitter end, with a “No Victory plate” as only possible outcome for a holy father.
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Washington
Vatican
United States
Wilson
Pelham Battery History Ties to Civil War Flag Discovery
A Virginia corps story links Governor Letcher’s descendant commanding Battery F at Camp McClellan Alabama to the Civil War era Pelham battery. The famous Stars and Bars flag, presented by Letcher’s daughter to Major John Pelham’s unit, is exhibited in Richmond’s Confederate Museum.
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Letcher
Virataia
111Th Field Artillery
Camp McClellan
Pelham
Richmond
Virginia
Rockridge Artillery
C. P. Pelham
Roanoke
Rockridge Light Artillery
Virginia Light Artillery
Rockridge
J. B. B. Stuart
La Follette Stands Apart as War Debate Rages
Senator LaFollette sat alone among allied lawmakers as the Senate faced wartime clashes over Austria. He refused to rise with the crowd when the President called for war, his expression unreadable amid cheers from the gallery and officials. Justice White and Brandeis attended the session.
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LaFollette
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Statesmen
Diplomatis
Gallery
Austria
Wen
White
Brandeis
Day Forces to Meet at National Capital
Lead ing workers of the Anti Saloon League of America met in Washington to finalize plans for the national convention next week. Denominations across the United States will be invited to participate with speakers from Methodist Episcopal, Evangelical Association, United Brethren, Episcopal Temperance Society, Presbyterian, Baptist, United Presbyterian and M E Church South.,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
AntiSaloon League of America
United States
Luther B. Wilson
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel P. Spreng
Evangelical Association Church
Geo. M. Matthews
United Brethren Church
James Empringham
Episcopal Church, Temperance Society
William Jennings Bryan
Presbyterian Church
A. J. Barton
Baptist
James A. White
United Presbyterian
James Cannon
M. E. Church, South
Lock the Pantry War Time Theft Report
London war time warning follows a thief breaking into Lambeth infirmary and stealing fifty five ounces of brandy three quarters of a pound of biscuits twelve pounds of sugar a bottle of pickles and a bottle of sauce with advice to lock the pantry.
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London
Lambeth Infirmary
UWI Relatives HUNTING HOME AT SHERIDAN
Montgomery December 5 Special. Surrendering homes and boarding arrangements surge as Ohio soldiers visit for Christmas with the division. Families offer extra rooms and hotels are crowded. Camp Sheridan’s aviation camp will swell Montgomery’s population with about fifteen hundred workers and over one thousand officers plus relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ohio
Monery
Fusa
Sheridan
Medical Advisory Boards Confirmed in Alabama
Montgomery December 5 Special report says medical advisory boards appointed by the state military department to assist in enforcing the selective service act were confirmed by President Wilson. The boards will be located at centers statewide and help conduct physical examinations and advise local physicians during the second increment call up early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Military Department
Wilson
Military Department
What the War Costs Belligerent Nations
A Washington Bee item estimates the total cost of the war to all belligerents at not less than five thousand million dollars. The piece uses large-number comparisons to illustrate the magnitude, noting five thousand million years would still exceed the earth’s age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Bee
Adam
President Wilson applauded in House debate
London debate drew sharp applause as mention of President Wilson was greeted by cheers. Foreign Minister Balfour answered a question noting Wilson had not retracted his idea for a League of Nations.
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London
Wilson
Balfour
League of Nations
Calendar of Sports for the Week
Wednesday Benny Leonard versus Gene Delmont ten rounds at St Paul. Priday Meeting of United States National Lawn Tennis Association in New York. Wrestling bout Kati Caddeck against Yussiff Hassane in Des Moines. Saturday six day bicycle race ends at Madison Square Garden New York.
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Benny Leonard
Gene Delmont
St. Paul
Priday
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
New York
Kati Caddeck
Yussiff Hassane
Des Moines
Watison Square Garden
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Pipty
Reads
Liberty
Kerensky
Lenine
Ionis
Virginia Pelham Artillery
Justice McReynolds
Prince Albert
Meyer
Meyer London
Ollie James
Kentucky
Uass
Anniston Evening Star
Sineys
Edad
MAI
Nici
Bell-Ans
Sunova
Elliott Advertising Service
ING Ss Ee
Nixon Transfer
Anniston
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