Col Hodgson Dead Veteran of Indian Spanish-American Wars
Col Frederick Grady Hodgson U A retired veteran of the Indian and Spanish American wars died at his Rochambeau apartment. He was 57, suffered arteriosclerosis, and had served in the supply department of the council of defense after the Germany declaration. Born Athens Georgia January 25 1860 he graduated Univ of Georgia in 1877 and West Point in 1881. He leaves his wife Ida Hodgson. Funeral at 3 30 p m tomorrow at the Rochambeau with Rev W C White officiating Arlington burial.
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Frederick Grady Hodgson
U. A
Rochambeau
Tie
Germany
Council of Defense
del Andyson
Athens
University of Georgia
West Point
Big Dry Wash
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Quartermaster Department
W. C. White
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Arlington
Rankin to address House on women workers investigation
Representative Jeanette Rankin will use a 30 minute floor period to reveal findings from her inquiry into working conditions for women in government departments and Washington business concerns. She has collected data from women workers and expects to present the results of her study after weeks of investigation and reforms at the bureau of printing and engraving.
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Jeanette Rankin
Washington
Miss Rankin
Rankin
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Miss
Public to use new Central High School pool in August
Superintendent Thurston said the large Central High School pool will open to the public around August 15 to alleviate crowding at the municipal pool. It is among the district’s largest and best equipped for men and women. A second pool, similar to Georgetown and Rosedale facilities, is planned for Rocky Creek park near Mount Pleasant at an estimated cost near 7504 dollars on Seventeenth street, near three blocks from the Mount Pleasant car line.
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Thurston
Central High School
Georgetown
Rosedale
Rocky Creek Park
Mount Pleasant
Susie Root Rhodes
Seventeenth Street
Clark Colored Y M C A Guest Speaker Champ Clark
Public meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the colored Y M C A 1818 Twelfth street northwest of the Association for Relief of the Colored People. Aid to farmers and unemployed work will be discussed with plans for a five man state board to cooperate with the government. Prof Jesse Lawson of New Jersey will preside.
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Champ Clark
Society Notes on White House Visit and News of Guests
The President and Mrs Wilson return to the White House after a weekend river trip aboard the Mayflower. Miss Margaret Wilson has recorded The Star Spangled Banner for Red Cross aid, raising nearly $2,000. Generals, ambassadors, and social figures flock to residences and tea gatherings in Washington, Long Island, and Adirondacks, with numerous visits and engagements among military officers, politicians, and society leaders.
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White House
Old Point
Margaret Wilson
Red Cross
Marine Corps
George Barnett
Quantico
Barnett
Deer Park
Lady Crawford
Sir Richard Crawford
United States
France
Myron T. Herrick
Paul Smith
St Paul Smith's
Adirondacks
Mrs. Herrick
Lake Placid Club
Buena Vista Relief Ball Celebrates Washington Ties
A benefit ball at the Buena Vista Springs Hotel supported a permanent blind relief fund for soldiers and sailors. Washington notables attended, led by Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. David F. Houston, with patrons from Washington including Mrs. H H Bryn and Mrs. John Skelton Williams as the event featured lavish grounds lighting and floral decor. Sir Gilbert Parker and Lady Parker visited the area, staying near the host hotel.
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Springs
Washington
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
John Skelton Willams
Therandas
Mme. H. H.bryn
Chester P. Barnett
Frederick WW. Chapin
Thomas Creighton
William Knowles Cooper
Merrell. Calloway
Willam G. DuBose
Ernst
A. G. Johnson
Paul Eywarts Johnson
Carl B. Keferstein
Louis Lombard
Randolph H. McKim
William Gibbs
Buy White Mountain Freezer for home frozen dainties
Promote White Mountain Freezer models in sizes up to 40 quarts with price lists. Includes freezers for making ice creams and ices, plus accessories like Snow Ball Ice Shavers, lemonade straws, ice picks, and paper products. Aimed at hot days with practical kitchen aids.
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White Mountain
Water Coolers and Stands Offered in All Sizes
Nickel plated and unfinished steel water coolers with oak cases available in sizes from one to ten gallons. Algo water cooler stands accompany the lineup for support and stability.
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Algo
Modern Eve enters wilderness amid crowd at Rocky Mountain Park
Nearly 2,000 visitors watch Agnes Lowe, a 20 year old Michigan college girl from Ann Arbor, begin a seven day trek alone in Rocky Mountain National Park. She will forage, cook over a primitive fire, and sleep in a leaf nest, with Enos Mills and government officials present as moving picture crews bid her farewell. Four Dogs, an aging Arapaho thief once associated with Buffalo Bill Cody, also attends in ceremonial regalia.
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Colo
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Agnes Lowe
Ann Arbor
Mich
Enos A. Mills
Long's Peak
National Park
Lowe
Four Dogs
Buffalo Bil Cody
Earl of Dunraven
Military Rites for Airman Charles Fleischmann
A noon military funeral for Charles Fleischmann, Navy flying corps student, was held in Bay Shore New York after a hydroplane crash killed him and George Henry Witte Thursday night. Fleischmann’s parents Mr and Mrs Tulius L Fleischmann of Cincinnati and his fiancée Miss Florence McGregor Sheldon of Brooklyn attended. Witte’s funeral followed the same day without military features as he was not in the flying corps.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Charles Fleischmann
Navy Flying Corps
George Henry Witte
Tulius L., Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Florence McGregor Sheldon
Brooklyn
Witts
Paris to honor U S poet Alan Seeger with statue
Paris reports a statue will stand in memory of Alan Seeger the American poet killed July 4 1916 while serving with the French Foreign Legion. The announcement comes from Le Figaro and commemorates his wartime sacrifice and literary legacy.
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Alan Seeger
Paris
France
Foreign Legion
The
Figaro
Marshall plans jaunt for baby in distinguished company
Clarence Ignatius Morrissey, 13 months old, will travel from Washington to Patowaky Michigan with Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall, wife of the Vice President, and the Vice President will join the party. Mr. Marshall will be away from the Senate about three weeks amid healthy reports from the child’s party. Argentine newspaper Pats is burned out in Buenos Aires. Swift & Company notes beef sales in Washington for the week ending August 4, 1917 averaging 12.44 cents per pound.
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Clarence
Thomas Riley Marshall
Mich
Clarence Ignatius
Mr. Marshall
Senate
Swift & Company
Washington
Adi
Hiding Behind the Flag Sermon Attacks Draft Dodgers
Reverend D H Martin chairing Exemption Board No 1 denounces aliens in the U S as dodging the draft and calls for either citizenship or expulsion. He warns many are unfit for work spreading disease and urges strict enlistment or removal. Other pastors discuss Christian scars and the fight for Christ and humanity amid world tensions.
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Wesley Chapel
Franklin School
Dr. Martin
United States
J. Franklin Bryan
Caroing Avenue
Red Cross
Army
Christ
Worry Sinful, Says Bishop at St John the Divine
New York Aug 6 The Rt Rev Charles E Woodcock Episcopal bishop of Kentucky told a Cathedral of St John the Divine audience that worry is as sinful as drinking or gambling. He said worry shortens life and weakens the heart warning it is a personal weakness and harmful as alcohol or vice.
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New York
Charles E. Woodcock
Kentucky
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Ex Congressmen Young Dead In Michigan At 67
Ishpeming Mich Aug 8 H O Young a leading Michigan Republican died at his home early today after a complication of diseases He was 67 and had served twelve years in Congress
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Michigan
Ishpeming
Mich
H. Oo. Young
Congress
Drowns in River as Canoe Upsets Near Glen Echo
Norman J. Goorskey 24, a Bureau of Standards employee, died when a canoe overturned in swift river near Glen Echo Maryland. Roy O. Fitch survived after clinging to the overturned craft. Goorskey struck his head on a rock and disappeared. Authorities notified his Chicago father and joined Montgomery County search efforts.
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Norman J. Goorskey
Bureau of Standards
Maryland
Roy O. Fitch
Chevy Chase
Goorskey
Goorakey
Fitch
Washington
Wee
Tennallytown
North Tripp Street
Chicago
Montgomery County
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Glen Bho
Speaker Clark backs discount on carried goods for women
Speaker Clark endorsed the National American Woman Suffrage Association demand for discounts on bundles carried home by the purchaser. He criticized delivery costs, urged cooperative delivery, and said shoppers should share the savings rather than merchants keep the profits. He praised Mrs. Newton D. Baker for leading the effort and warned that without delivery cost cuts, the carry-your-own campaign benefits merchants, not the public.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Clark
Suffrage
Newton D. Beker
Joint Committee of Consumers
Washington
Knights of Columbus seek five million fund
Chicago reports the Knights of Columbus may raise the relief and recreation fund for Roman Catholic soldiers to five million. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty said plans for camps at cantonments have expanded and several states have contributed beyond their initial asks. New York has given 125,000 and over a million in contracts has already been let.
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Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Supreme Knight
Supreme Council
Flaherty
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Camp Good Will Hears Drum Corps At Rock Creek Park
Kaliipolis Grotto drum and bugle corps entertain 140 children and mothers at Camp Good Will in Rock Creek Park. Past Monarch Pullman and Shackelford organized the event with Grand Monarch Schmid leading the delegation. Ice cream and treats were provided. next week other lodges plan pilgrimages to the camp.
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Camp Good Will
Rock Creek Park
Kaliipolis Grotto
P. HK. Pullman
Charles D Shackelford
Edward S. Schmid
French Navy Attache Praises American Women for Warm Garments
Commander B de Blanpre writes to Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, head of the Navy League comfort committee, thanking American women for 1000 woolen outfits for French seamen. He notes sailors will use them in winter along the ocean and channel while hunting submarines and accepts further offers to supply more.
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cComdr
B. de Blanpre
James Carroll Frazer
Navy League Comfort Committee
Minister of Marine
Stovall Speaks at Solothurn Soldiers' Home Opening
United States Minister to Switzerland Pleasant A. Stovall was a principal speaker at the opening of a new Swiss soldiers' home in Solothurn. He was the only foreign diplomat invited, noting that Americana funded two Swiss homes. He praised U.S.-Switzerland relations under President Wilson.
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Berne
Switzerland
Pleasant A. Stovall
United States
Solothurn
Americana
Ice Shortage Pushes Washington Dealers to Seek Supply Elsewhere
Wholesale ice dealers in Washington report a record demand of about 100 tons daily. R S Miller, manager of a major company, says ice is manufactured and sold as fast as produced, with a need to limit sales. Some firms consider sourcing from Baltimore or Philadelphia to ease the strain. Georgetown residents face the worst shortages as local storehouses are emptied and weather remains hot.
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Washington Concern
Kimberly
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Millar
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Miller
Roberts
Georgetown
Mt. Pleasant
S. A. Kimberly
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Christian Heurich Brewing Company
R H Gangwisch
Death of Dante Barton Industrial Relations figure dies
Dante Barton vice chairman of the Industrial Relations Commission dies in New York at his home from typhoid fever. A long time chief editorial writer on the Kansas City Star he is survived by his widow and three children. The body will be taken to Chicago for burial.
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Dante Barton
Industrial Relations
West
This City
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