News gatherers’ busy routine in wartime Washington
Washington reporters describe the daily scramble across all government departments to cover war news. Secretaries Baker Daniels Lansing and Creel oversee official material while press associations and special correspondents file from the White House and State, War, and Navy offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arty
Navy
State Departments
Congress
White House
Times
War
War Department
Newton D. Baker
United States Army
Navy Department
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Baker
Army
Public Information Office
Committee of Public Information
George Creel
Jackson Place
Lafayette Square
State, War and Navy Departments
Public Information
News Sentinel
Robert Lansing
Secretary of State
State Department
Daily Press
Cheese Icicles and a Romantic Misunderstanding
A newly married couple receive a cheese as a gift and hang it in the kitchen to display. On a cold night the husband cuts the rope and burns the cheese, while the wife sleeps. In the morning he shouts that the icicles are hanging from the fire ribs, revealing the improvised display.
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Jean
Knagg Exchange Tangles With Mrs Knagg in Boston Transcript
A brief, dialogue flavored note from the Boston Transcript shows Mr Knagg and Mrs Knagg debating time and fiddling away. The exchange centers on a quarrel about focus and repetition as the couple argues.
Texas Declares Food Conservation Week 1917
Governor Hobby proclaims October 28 to November 4 as food conservation week in Texas urging 992000 Texas families to sign pledges and ministers and Sunday school leaders to urge congregations to cooperate with the national food administration in conserving food for war and allied needs.
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Austin
Tex
W. P. Hobby
Texas
United States
England
I. W. P. Hobby
State of
Creby
Poe
Russian Fleet Sails North From Moo Sound
Russian Riga fleet moves northward from Moo Sound possibly seeking escape routes through island channels or engaging German dreadnoughts and ships as it leaves sheltered waters after last week’s refuge.
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Riga
Moo Sound
Gulf of Finland
Giants Receive $61 227.38 Share of World Series
The 1917 World Series finished with John Bruce handing a check for 61 227.38 to Captain Charles Herzog and John Lobert of the New York Giants to distribute among players as the losers' share.
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New York
John Bruce
National Commission
Charles Herzog
John Lobert
McLennan County Votes Dry for First Time
McLennan County, Texas, voted in favor of prohibition in a Saturday election. This marks the first dry result in the county, whose 80 000 residents see about seventy saloons mostly in Waco. Five wholesale liquor houses operate in Waco. The prior countywide vote in 1912 favored the antis by 859.
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Waco
Tex
McLennan County
Bob Fitzsimmons Dies After Illness in Chicago
Former world heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons died at a Chicago hospital after a five day pneumonia illness. He was well known in boxing circles for his long career and title reign.
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Chicago
Robert Fitzsimmons
Land Deal Involves 3 000 Acres In Cameron Parish
Orange Texas reports that Litten and Smith completed a real estate purchase from H W Bland and heirs Mrs Thomas Stephens J C Turner and George A Foreman for a tract of about 3000 acres named The Pines in Cameron Parish Louisiana.
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Orange
Tex
Litten & Smith
H. W. Bland
Thomas Stephens
J. C. Turner
George A. Foreman
the Pines
Cameron Parish
Louisiana
Boots for Russian Soldiers Awarded Contracts
Washington awarded contracts Friday for 1,500,000 pairs of boots for the Russian army at a total cost of 7,500,000 dollars.
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Washington
War department to create comprehensive Will Index of all U S soldiers
The War Department plans a statistical division with a Paris branch to maintain an alphabetized card index of every U S soldier. Each record will include name, next of kin, and emergency address with casualty details updated promptly. Faces numbers will be avoided. a neck tag with name and company may be used.
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War Department
Department
Paris
United States
Europe
Eivery
National Army
France
J. J. Jones
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Statistical Division
Lee
Statistical
Minto
Shipbuilding urged as vital for war effort in Chicago
Lord Northcliffe head of England’s war mission spoke at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet noting US enthusiasm for the war and warning that without ships the army’s value is limited. He urged massive ship production to enable a lasting peace and a successful Allied campaign.
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Chicago
Lord Northcliffe
England
Chicago Association of Commerce
United States
Dusseldorf
Atlantic
War Topics for Club Women Programs Proposed
The educational department of the women's committee of the council of national defense led by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt asks women’s clubs to study war causes, European prewar conditions, America’s role and sacrifice, food conservation and distribution, child welfare, community life, and peace terms for lasting peace.
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Women’s Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman’s Committee
Home Products Day A Success In Houston Event
Houston held its first home products day judged across categories. Winners include Louis Nickel for greatest variety, L Frazier for best corn, Mrs G N Buell for best cotton, J D King for best peanuts, Louis Nichols for best forage crops, Mrs H D Wood for best canned products, Geo D Collins for best poultry, Oscar Kruse for best dairy, and Emelio Daglio for best truck crops.
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Houston
Tex
Louis Nickel
Route 2
Humble Road
Geo
D. Collins
Galveston Road
Oscar Kruse
Pasadena
Emelio Daglio
Post Oak Community
Raiders Destroy Merchant Fleet Sinks Vessels in North Sea
London reports losses of 150 seafarers as five Norwegian one Danish and three Swedish ships are sunk by two German raiders in the North Sea. British destroyers Mary Rose and Strongbow perished, convoying the merchantmen. 135 officers and men reportedly lost.
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London
North Sea
Mary Rose
Strongbow
Navy league and DAR redirect navy comfort gifts
After severing ties with the navy, the Navy League and the Daughters of the American Revolution inform about new delivery channels for comfort garments. A letter from Robert M. Thompson directs that garments for sailors be sent to Mrs. James Carroll Frazer in Washington, who will arrange ship delivery.
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Navy League
Daughters of the American Revolution
Navy
League
Daniels
Robert M. Thompson
Navy Department
United States Navy
James Carroll Frazer
Sixteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission Opens Relief Hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission reopened the 15 percent rate increase case for Eastern railroads and set the first hearing for November 5. The move follows a carrier proposal at last week’s conference to extend the case for sixty days, which the commission dismissed as in error.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Travis to Vote on Local Option in Travis County
Travis county commissioners court votes 4 to 1 to hold a local option election for all of Travis county except Precinct 6 which remains dry. The election is set for November 15.
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Travis
Austin
Tex
County Commissioners Court
Travis County
Commons Reject Redmond Motion on Irish Policy
London reports the house of commons, by a 133 vote margin, rejected John Redmond's motion deprecating the government's Irish policy as likely to jeopardize the Irish convention's success.
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Redmond
London
House of Commons
John Redmond
Nesbitt Named Commissioner of War Risk Insurance Bureau
Charles S. Nesbitt, superintendent of insurance for the District of Columbia, was designated by Secretary McAdoo as commissioner of insurance in the government's war risk insurance bureau in Washington.
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Washington
Charles S. Nesbitt
District of Columbia
McAdoo
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Ministers Named From Biddle University Graduates
Of 1,488 graduates at Biddle University, a Presbyterian institution for Negroes, 170 have become ministers.
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Biddle University
Presbyterian
Flying machine envisioned as world state instrument
The Toledo Blade argues that faster travel via aircraft dissolves borders and speeds global integration. It contrasts a Turin to England rail journey of 86 hours with Captain Lauriat’s 12 hour flight and suggests internationalists seek a world state enabled by swift air travel.
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Turin
England
Lauriat
Mrs Russell Sage Takes First Ride in an Automobile
Mrs. Russell Sage aged eighty eight finally consents to ride in an automobile marking a notable shift in her mobility and public appearances.
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Russell Sage
Gompers Opposes Plan on Women in War Work
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor opposes employing women in war-related labor, signaling AFL opposition to the plan.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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