Marines Bring Peace to Haiti and Santo Domingo
Quartermaster Sergeant C. B. Proctor of the U S Marine Corps notes how the marines acted as advance agents of civilization, bringing sanitation, stable governance, and new civic spirit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He quotes Bishop Colmore praising Marine impact and emphasizes their motto Semper Fidelis amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Proctor
U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Charles Blayney Colmore
Porto Rico
Policewoman on Trial Chases Burglars With Dogs
Hempstead New York morning raid sees Mrs. Leo F. F. Warner, Long Island’s only policewoman, rise at 6 to pursue burglars with trained German police dogs. Chief Vandewater assigns her revolver and star to aid in catching early morning thieves plaguing Hempstead Westbury Garden City area. She trails suspects for three miles through fields and brush before losing them in Garden City main street.
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Hempstead
N. Y
Leo F. F. Wanner
Long Island
Robert Vandewater
Warner
Westbury
Garden City
Meadowbrook Farms
DDDLY Identifies His Chum By Radio
American naval officers recount a sea cautionary tale of a wireless romance between two American friends. Dr Flo and the paymaster, former roommates at St Johns College Annapolis, verified each other at sea through coded signals, confirming a ship’s position after initial suspicion of a submarine trick and a stolen code book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Great Britain
United States
Flo
French Gun School Is Ready For Americans
Paris reports the Fontainebleau artillery school preparing to train American officers. Special facilities will ease entry for Americans, with four months to reach aspirant rank. Sixteen hundred U.S. pupils expected, English speaking instructors formed, and minimal gear required for cadets traveling to Europe.
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Paris
Fontainebleau
Europe
Ministry of War
Chateau for Pershing Free Use by Staff in France
American staff to be housed in a French chateau donated by a titled owner. The U S embassy and War Department approve the site though exact location remains undisclosed. Over 100 motorcars offered by French and American owners will serve Pershing and his aides. American women drivers will replace most chauffeur ambulance staff in France.
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Paris
General Pershing
France
United States
War Department
Washington
Dr Shaw Does Bit Sacrifices For Nation
In Pittsburgh, Dr Anna Howard Shaw noted suffragist leader begins doing her bit for the United States. She sacrifices breakfast, switching from two soft boiled eggs and two pieces of toast plus coffee to one egg and one toast with hot water. She says it is a woman's part to conserve the food supply and a way to do her bit in the great war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Anna Howard Shaw
United States
Dr. Shaw
Deaf and Dumb Given New Role in Munition Factories
In France the deaf and mute are now employed in heavy war production. Hundreds work on shells and aircraft parts, earning up to four dollars daily. They face fewer accidents, learn quickly, and maintain high output as ministers order factories to hire them without discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Farmers Shoot Deer to Save Crops in Barnegat
Barnegat farmers in Ocean county say they must shoot deer out of season to protect orchards and fields. A committee led by Ezra Parker and W J Dougan says the governor cannot halt the law or protect crops, though penalties exist. Wardens have made no arrests and enforcement is unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnegat
N. J
Ocean County
Ezra Parker
W. J. Dougan
Board of Freeholders
Otis
Farewells in a Bottle on Frederick Sinking News
A bottle with nine farewell notes washed ashore at the Orkney Islands in February, detailing the fate of the Merchants and Miners' steamship Frederick which left Baltimore in December 1915 and sailed from New York for Archangel Russia. One message from steward George Matthews claimed the crew faced sinking in mid ocean as the captain deserted them.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Orkney Islands
New York
Archangel
Russia
George Matthews
Ex-King Manuel Heads British Red Cross Orthopedics
Former king Manuel of Portugal has been named head of the British Red Cross orthopedic section focused on deformity treatment for wounded soldiers. He tours British institutions with Colonel Robert Jones, visiting wards in Liverpool and assisting in a hospital operation during a three day stay.
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Liverpool
Manuel
Portugal
British Red Cross Society
Robert Jones
Great Britain
Washington group adopts French town for restoration fund
A Washington group has formally adopted the French town of Noyon pledging to raise 60,000 dollars for its restoration through the French restoration fund. The effort represents patriotic support for rebuilding the devastated community.
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Washington
Noyon
Roses On An Apple Tree In Delaware
In Kent county near Dennys Corner a front yard apple tree blossoms with pink roses in clusters like cherries. Planted years ago by Julian Emerson as an experimental graft, the rosebush on the apple tree produced hundreds of roses this year, though the tree will never bear fruit.
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Wilmington
Del
Kent County
Joseph Davis
State Road
Dennys Corner
Julian Emerson
Zavis 0
National Defense Council Warns Governors On War Measures
Governors consulted the Council of National Defense for war guidance covering economy delaying nonessential public works and cautions against hysteria. It notes possible price controls, road planning for military needs, and discourages state censuses for military or industrial service. Areas likely to be war theaters include Long Island region, Chesapeake Bay, Pacific coast, Mexican border, and Great Lakes.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
National Defense Conference
Helstnalzationinge
Germany
National Council
Council
Baker
Houston
Long Island
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Great Lakes Area
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Women Help Win War In The Kitchen Commandments
In New York Ida Vera Simonton urges women to aid the war effort from home by following twelve commandments. Reduce waste, ration meals, do own shopping, choose nutritious foods, eat many raw, use vegetable butter, peanut oil, pulverized coffee, brown sugar, cornmeal over wheat, replace meat with rice beans or fish, bake green bananas, cultivate every space, keep clean, and boycott dealers inflating prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ida Vera Simonton
Vigilantes
Thrice Dreaded Submarine Encounter After Thracia Sinking
Douglas Duff, Thracia’s fourth officer and sole survivor, testifies that three hours after the sinking by a German submarine the sub approached his capsized boat and asked about the ship and its destination. Duff says the commander threatened to shoot but declared he would not waste powder on an Englishman and left him. Duff was rescued twelve hours later by a French fisherman.
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London
Douglas Duff
Thracia
Duff
Liberty Loan 1917 Publicity Bureau Details
A 1917 Liberty Loan explainer outlines bond types bearer and registered, denominations from 50 to 100000, 3 percent interest, 30 year term with 15 year prepay option, tax advantages, and exchange rights for higher rates. It notes purchase via Treasury, banks, post offices and emphasizes patriotic participation and accessibility for small investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Treasury
Army of soil readies last big drive for food gardens
Washington reports Major General Pershing leading U S forces to France as the National Emergency Food Garden Commission urges a final drive to produce a million gardens this year. Readers are told which crops to plant and when including navy beans, lima beans, late potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, cabbage, string beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, lettuce, radishes, table beets, with guidance to request a free garden primer and conserve harvests.
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Washington
United States Army
Pershing
France
Charles Lathrop Pack
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
National Emereency Food Garden Commission
Maryland
War Lessons For U S Chief Men In Leadership
William Hard, investigator and magazine writer, told joint sessions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Machine Tool Builders Association in Cincinnati that the United States should place seamen in control of the navy and entrust army and navy actions to competent military leaders. He argued civilians should not hold such duties.
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Cincinnati
United States
Great Britain
William Hard
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
National Machine Tool Builders’ Association
Hard
Navy
Army
Army needs generals promoted by merit, says War Dept
Officials estimate the new national army will include about twenty nine major generals and over one hundred brigadier generals across thirty six divisions. The Army Act lets the President appoint officers at his discretion, but officials expect merit and fitness to guide promotions, aligning with French and British practice of advancing younger leaders.
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Washington
National Army
War Department
France
England
Speaker’s Son Wears Khaki in Congress
Bennett Clark son of the speaker of the house received an ovation when he entered the chambers in a khaki army uniform. He had begun training in the officers reserve corps at Fort Myer and returned to the capitol as rookies were dismissed. Representative Mann the minority leader escorted him into the hall as members cheered.
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Washington
Bennett Clark
House
Army
Young Clark
Fort Myer
Capitol
Representative Mann
Clark
Bartlett to Lead Neptune Arctic Expedition
Captain Robert A. Bartlett will command the Neptune in July to retrieve Donald MacMillan and his party from the Arctic. The venture follows past Peary Stefansson explorations and a prior rescue effort by Dr Edmund Otis Hovey's party aboard the Cluett. The Neptune, once a top Newfoundland fishing vessel, sails from St John’s in the first week of July with a Danish crew aboard for the mission.
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Neptune
Bartlett
Arctic
Peary and
Stefansson
New York
Donald MacMillan
Peary
Crocker Land
MacMillan
Shetland Islands
Robert A. Bartlett
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Barge Point
Labrador
Etah
Edmund Otis Hovey
Greenland
Hovey
Melville Bay
Cluett
Dr. Hovey
Elmer Ekblaw
George B. Comer
Etab
Harrison J. Hunt
J. C. Small
Tutor Keeps His Job In Juvenile Court
In Kansas City Missouri Judge Porterfield allows twenty two year old private tutor John Sterling to continue instructing fourteen year old Miss Elva Diestelhorst in arithmetic geography writing spelling Greek history reading hygiene and grammar. The tutor must report progress to the juvenile court on the first Friday of each month. Neither pupil nor parents appeared in court but Sterling did.
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Kansas City
Elva Diestelhorst
Austin Diestelhorst
Porterfield
John Sterling
Diestelhorst
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U. S. Marine Corps Publicity Bureau
Marine Corps Field Artillery
Port AU Prince
Haitl
Nter
RED Cross
National Defense Council
Publicity Bureau
Liberty Loan
W. Woolley
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
America
Lusitania
High Seas
New World
U. S
American Press Associatio
Captain Bartlett
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