Guard Under Canvas First Day's Active Service
Special to The Washington Post Bolivar Heights West Virginia August 2 1917 camp ordway opened with an American flag ceremony and a heavy drill by the Second Regiment under Col Emmet Urell. Regular troops visited the camp while Gen Harries and staff set plans for ten days of training and sanitation lectures. Major Neumeyer led the logistics with Lieut Pinkney Smith and others assisting as rations and camp necessities were issued.
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W. Va
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Ordway
Thia
Lloyd M Brett
Thirteenth Cavalry
Guy Preston
Meld Artillery
Somerall
Field Artillery
District National Guard
Fox
Leesburg
Harpers Ferry
District Artillery
Halltown
Col Biddle
Old Sol
Adjt Breit
Prof McLeod
Emmet Urelt
Adj
Brett
Cattrell
Flrst
Pirade
Col Urell
United States
Gen. Henderson
Neumeyer
Edward H W Neumeyer
Edward Neumeyer
Pinkney Smith
Smith
William H Chase
Maj Neumeyer
Robert Gaylor
Cadet Corps Refused Arms For Ocean City Encampment
High School Cadet Corps members headed to Ocean City NJ after school officials refused to loan rifles for the camp encampment. Officers sought help from board president J Holsworth Gordon and War Department, but the loan was blocked as a school board matter. The cadets contemplate appealing to President Roosevelt if the loan is not granted.
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W Oi Steinberg
J. Holsworth Gordon
Board of Education
Gordon
Percy M Hughes
War Department
Regular Corps of Cadets
Hughes
Macfarland
Secretary of War
Reed Fulton
Gen Chaffee
Highes
Roosevelt
Willcox Answers Mitchell on Anthracite Strikes
President David Willcox of the Delaware and Hudson Co replies to John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers in the North American Review. He argues arbitration settles open shop and wage questions, notes eight hour day aims, and says further strikes would risk repeating past losses. A Columbus Dispatch item adds a quip about mosquitoes.
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Delaware and Hudson Company
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
North American Review
Willcox
Anthracite Commission
Deadlock on Treaty Delays Chinese Exclusion Talks
The Chinese government led by Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng stalls negotiations for a new exclusion treaty over laborer definitions. The boycott spreads, with U S officials and Chinese authorities at odds on who counts as a laborer, delaying any Senate action.
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Chentung Liang-Cheng
Senate
Peking
United States
Congress
National Reciprocity Conference Leaders Gather in Chicago
Alvin H Sanders, chairman of arrangements, arrives in New York for talks with President Roosevelt ahead of Chicago meetings August 16 and 17. About 150 delegations from agricultural constituencies named. Indy Boston group pressure shifts official stance. Treasury the only department likely to attend as spectator. White House signals no formal invitation or administration support.
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Roosevelt
New York
Alvin H Sanders
Chicago
Home Market, Club
Boston
Wilson
Metcalf
Home Market Club
Albert Clarke
Washington
James R Garfield
Commerce and Labor
Treasury
Shaws
Oyster Bay
Italians for the South report under consideration
Baron Mayer des Planches the Italian ambassador prepared a report after a six month Southern States tour. He argues many Italians could work in farming, especially cotton, in the South where demand is high, noting that most Italian immigrants head to Northern ports and stay in cities rather than farms. He says sugar industry already relies on Sicilians and calls for a working plan to shift immigration toward the South.
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Mayer Des Planches
Baron Mayer Des Planches
Bouth
Southern
Porte
Texas
Senator Mitchell Sentenced Stirs Question on Next Senator
A city paper ponders who will rise to declare innocence with a tearful voice after Senator Mitchell’s jail sentence. The ad promotes Paracamph at Affieck's Drug Store, 1429 Pa. Ave., promising sunburn or tan relief for 2 cents.
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Kangss
Mitchell
United States
Gunston School Founding and Move to Florida Avenue
Beverley R. Mason, linked to Capital's growth, led Gunston School for Young Ladies in Georgetown before plans for a new building on Florida avenue near Nineteenth and T streets. The school expanded across multiple historic sites, with relocations to 1212/1214 Fourteenth street, 1409 Massachusetts avenue, and 1232 Fourteenth street as pupil numbers grew. The new Gunston Hall is set to open October 10, with the 15 September move-in for principals. The school honors George Mason, ancestor of Beverley Mason.
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Beverley R. Mason
Virginia
New York
Archer Institute For Young Ladies
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Norwood Institute
Gunston School For Young Ladies
Georgetown
Archer and
Norwood Institutes
Mason
Gunston School
Thomas Nelson
Yorktown
Bishop Nelson
Georgia
Gunston
Fourteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Messrs Davidson & Davidson
Florida Avenue
Nineteenth and
T Streets
Gunston Hall
Fairfax County
George Mason
Beverley Mason
Ancon to House Admin Buildings and Governor Homes
The Isthmian Canal Commission plans to build administration offices and governor and employee residences at Ancon Panama. A seven percent foot zone will be cleared of brush and mosquito breeding sites to protect nonimmune residents from yellow fever. Engineering work at Culebra will pause to reallocate labor for new quarters and sanitation tasks. Washington reports delays in contracting labor from various nationalities until Panama’s sanitation is improved.
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Panama
Colon
Ancon
Isthmian Canal Commission
Culebra
Washington
Canal Work Prepares for Isthmian Digging Program
Canal administration reports reduced digging activity with most labor redirected to preparing quarters for workers and sanitary improvements. Shonts and Stevens lead about 1500 men in repairing French ruins, building houses, filling swamps, and eradicating mosquito breeding areas to prevent yellow fever as the project readiness moves forward.
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Isthmian Canal
Shonts
Stevens
Food for Britain in War Report on Food Importation
London reports that a royal Commission led by the Prince of Wales has presented findings to Parliament. It states no imminent blockades of British coasts seem likely due to fleet adequacy, but endorses grain storage experiments and notes a six weeks reserve at certain times, urging a national storage system.
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London
Prince of Wales
Duke of Sutherland
England
Mississippi and Louisiana quarrel over quarantine actions
Mississippi officials defend quarantine measures along the Gulf coast while Louisiana objects to cross border patrols. Governors Vardaman and Blanchard trade warnings as states adjust detention times and health inspections amid yellow fever fears. 官
Yellow fever cases update and public health actions across cities
Reports from July 28 to Aug 2 show Montgomery confirms a single convalescent yellow fever patient at Emergency Hospital with no additional cases or surveillance concerns. Shreveport notes a convalescent patient at the detention camp and no new fevers. Chattanooga reports officials suspending a quarantine supervisor and a city engineer over fee and attendance accusations. Savannah proclaims statewide quarantine against Louisiana travelers and orders special quarantine officers at rail entries.
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Ala
Board of Health
Shreveport
Chattanooga
Tenn
Doughty
J . Sheff
Robert Hooke
Sheff
Hooke
Savannah
Herman Myers
New Orleans
Louisiana
Strikes Disrupt Great Northern and Northern Pacific Rail Service
In St Paul on August 2 hundreds of telegraphers from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads are on strike, causing widespread station closures and major delays. Despite efforts to keep some trains running, many routes are disrupted with intercontinental schedules affected and some fast trains delayed up to five hours. Railway officials expect a return to normal service within ten days as more workers are recruited. union leader President Perham says 97 percent of members are striking and will remain out.
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St Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Dahe
Perham
United States to Send Delegate to Moroccan Conference
Aug 2 Tangier United States government informs Foreign Office it will send a representative to the Moroccan reforms conference. Portugal has also accepted the Sultan’s invitation to participate. London Aug 2 Madrid Daily Mail correspondent reports the conference to be held in Madrid starting in early November.
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Morocco
United States
Foreign Office
Portugal
London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Calf and Cow Analogy in Bathing Suit Sparks Family Query
A Philadelphia press snippet shows a boy asking about the calf of his leg and a father humorously pointing to a large man in a bathing suit, muttering about cows. The exchange highlights playful family banter and coastal humor in daily life.
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Philadelphia
Protest to Shaw Over Winona Interference with Louisiana Boats
Governor Blanchard wired Secretary Shaw protesting the revenue cutter Winona's interference with Louisiana fishing boats in federal waters. He sought immediate action to release boats reportedly held, and questioned authority with Ship Island quarantine officials. Similar messages were sent to Biloxi customs and a marine hospital official. No reply yet, and officials claimed no seizure or Washington instructions confirmed.
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Shaw
Guv Blanchard
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Gulf
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