Busy American in Europe is Ambassador Page
The American Embassy at Grosvenor Gardens handles wartime duties for Germany Austria and Turkey with hundreds of thousands of dollars in disbursements and a dozen extra secretaries. Morgenthau’s telegrams with ransom cases reveal cross empire coordination while passport chaos tests staff patience and limits.
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Walter Hines Page
London
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Grosvenor Gardens
Great Britain
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Germany
Austria
Turkey
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England
Uncle Sam
State Department
Washington
Berlin
Vienna
Constantinople
Rome
Petrograd
Morgen
Petiehe
Morgenthau
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Two County Clerks Die at Same Hour
Ernest A. Toadvine of Wicomico died at his home yesterday at 10 AM while a candidate for re election. W Lake Robinson of Dorchester died at Appleby near Cambridge at 10 AM from Brights disease. he chaired the Democratic State central committee for eight years. Survived by a widow Florence Hubbard, two brothers and four sisters.
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Ernest A. Toadvine
Wicomico County
W. Lake Robinson
Dorchester County
Bright
Salisbury
Toadvine
Democratic State Central Committee
Appleby
Cambridge
Florence Hubbard
German Attache Von Papen May Lose Post Over Dumba Letter
The German military attaché in Washington Captain von Papen faces possible recall in disgrace due to links with the Dumba affair. He is named in Dumba's letter for backing a munition plant strike plan and has been under government investigation on three occasions for alleged illegal activity on behalf of Germany.
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von Papen
Dumba
Tumba
War cripples become skilled in use of their remaining members
Paris dispatch details wounded veterans adapting to work after injuries. An ex noncommissioned infantry driver operates a taxicab with a one handed steering setup and a knee controlled hand brake. A former waiter at Rocaflu Mode uses an artificial arm while the public favors returning mutilated workers. Other veterans with medals work as clerks, hosts, or entertainers, aided by prosthetics and public sympathy.
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Paris
Vienna
Geza Zichy
Hudulph Gurtelsehmied
Spokane
Wash
Old Union signal system to be used encampment week
Washington September 4 The opening day of the Grand Army encampment will feature a greeting by President Wilson translated into signal flag language. Veterans of the old Union signal corps will relay messages from stations around Washington with Mount Tabor Church as the corps headquarters. Jubilee messages will be flashed from Fort Stevens Fort De Russy Soldiers Home Fort Richardson and other historic points using the old code.
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Grand Army
Wilson
National
Signal Corps
George Carr Stound
United States Signal Corps Association
Georgetown
Mount Tabor Methodist
Fisher
Greely
Scriven
Albert J. Myera
Fort Stevens
Fort de Russy
Soldiers Home
Fort Richardson
Fairfax Seminary
Signal Corps Association
Chattanoooga
Gettysburg
Little Stories of the Big War Highlights
London George orders many grouse shot on royal estates and sent to military and naval hospitals. London Philippa Fawcett becomes a rural Suffolk post woman to cover a husband’s war duty. Zurich Swiss breweries thrive as export beer bans aid local production. Rome the King may decorate an Italian naval surgeon who saved a sailor after the Amalfi torpedoing.
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London
George
Philippa Fawcett
Suffolk
Zurich
Munich
Rome
Amalfi
Austro Italian Naval Battle in the Adriatic Sea
Rome reports a clash between Italian and Austrian naval forces assisted by a French submarine in the Adriatic. The Papin torpedoed Austrian torpedo boats near Cape Planka on September 9, with one boat seriously damaged and Italian torpedo boat services sustaining damage.
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Adriatic Sea
Rome
Ministry of Marine
Papin
Adriatic
Cape Planka
Johnson Denies Candidacy for Secretary of State
Hon Vernon E Johnson of Berkeley Springs West Virginia denies a report he will seek the Republican nomination for Secretary of State.
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Vernon E. Johnson
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Plan to Defend Nation Links Vocational Ed to Military Service
Indianapolis officer John A. Lapp urges tying vocational education to army and navy training to build a ready defense. He proposes post lands for agriculture and crafts, varied enlistment terms, and schools on military camps to train men for war and peaceful productive work.
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Indianapolis
John A. Lapp
Lapp
Wilson
Commission On
Congress
Indiana
Army
Navy
Fourteenth Anniversary Observed of President McKinley Death
In Canton Ohio on September 14 a quiet observance marked the fourteenth anniversary of President William McKinley's death. Floral tributes were laid at the McKinley mausoleum by the McKinley National Memorial Association and by friends of the late leader.
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Canton
William McKinley
McKinley
McKinley National Memorial Association
Cudahy Home for Girls Transfer in Pasadena
The former Michaelt Cudahy residence in Pasadena California is conveyed to the Sisters of a new academy. Bishop County of Los Angeles coordinates the deed from the heirs of the Chicago millionaire. The mansion and grounds valued at about $100000 will host higher education for girls and is noted as a local beauty spot.
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Pasasiena
Cal
Michaelt Cudahy
Aewly Name Academy
Bishop County of
Los Angeles
Chicago
Chicago Vault Scrambles for Pennies After Shortage
Chicago needed 15,000,000 pennies as the 180,000,000 coppers ran low and 16,000,000 more were sent from the U S Treasury. The supply remains insufficient despite frequent Treasury shipments, a situation noted at the Chicago sub-treasury.
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Chicago
Chicagoe
U. S. Treasury
Chicago U. S
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