War Bill Divides Senate Over Ship Registry Question
Debate on a measure to require American ownership of vessels and registry reform drew opposition from foreign ownership advocates and support from Pacific and commercial groups. Nominations for Fed posts were discussed in executive session as deaths influenced timing. The session adjourned out of respect for Mrs Wilson-Smoot.
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Wilson
Smoot
Siecer
Fenris Mit
Senate
Wes
Pacific
Permissen
Plans for seven year air route race starting near Greenland
Walter Jo Brock becomes the lead American in a bold seven year expedition to chart unsurveyed coastlines from Greenland through the Arctic, with provisions caches and aid stations, aiming to benefit aviators in a around the world contest and provide data on ice limits and topography.
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San Freancisco
Greenland
Cam
Inambr Starshouse
Aldo
Arctic
Decker
Constan
Reunion of Odd Fellows at Pen Mar Parade Day
About 12 000 visitors attended the fifth annual Odd Fellows reunion for Virginia West Virginia District of Columbia Maryland and Pennsylvania at Pen Mar Maryland on August 6 The day began with a concert followed by a Patriarchs Militant parade featuring cantons from Baltimore Washington Hagerstown Chambersburg and other towns Judge Paul A Benson presided over the exercises with prayer by Rev Dr Martin L Beall The oration was delivered by Representative John W Bryan The event also included twelve Rebekah lodges and a Garden Rebekah drill led by Mrs Lillian James Several committee members listed plus local officials from Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia
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Washington Fes
Pen Mar
Odd Fellows of
Frederick A. Groome
Baltmore
C. A. Geasaman
Waynesboro
EB. D.thompson
Washington
Jesse W Briggs
York, Pa
Millard I Thompson
Carlisle
R. G. Molesrworth
Mount Airy
RH. A. Shafer
Hagerstown
Robert L. Gray
Winchester
R . Beeman
Harrisburg
D. L. Clayton
Cumberland
T Licksider
Shepherdstown
George W Appleby
Martinsburg
U S Flag Plan Hangs On Congress Action For Morgan Fleet
A Morgan organized group controls the International Marine Company with majority stock in the United States. If the Panama Canal act amendments pass, 14 steamers expected to transfer from Belgian and British flags would add over 140000 tons and about 17000 passenger capacity to the American merchant marine. Ships named include Lapland Red Star Zeeland Vaderland Arabic Cymrie Teutonic Maverford Herron Dominion Canada Manitou Marquette Menominee Mecaba Atlantic Transport. Transfer faces no legal hurdle as ownership remains in the United States and American registry requirements would be met.
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Morgan
New York, Aug
International Mercantile Company
Lapland
Red Star
Zeeland
Vaderland
White Star
Cymrie
Teutonic
Maverford
Herron
Dominion
Canada
Manitou
Atlantic Transport
Marquette
Menominee
Mecaba
Atlantc Transport
American
Leyland Lines
International Marine Company
J. P. Morgan
Shell
Stop Rush to War Bills Target Undesirable Foreign Born Citizens
Rep Harrison introduced a measure to bar readmission of aliens who leave the United States to fight in foreign wars, excluding diplomats. The bill, aimed at pacifying the nation amid war fears, would revoke citizenship for naturalized or non naturalized foreigners who join foreign hostilities, with exceptions for officials and their entourages. A second note reports a canal towpath break near Williamsport causing renewed navigation disruption.
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Harrison
Mississipp
America
Europe
United States
Home Fleet Assembled for Review by King in England
Great Britain prepares a ceremonial review of its Home Fleet as King England presides. The assembled ships reflect naval strength and royal presence in a traditional pageant marking national defense and maritime prestige.
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Great Britain
England
Germans Remain as Many Apply for Naturalization and Consular Relief
London reports a surge of Germans in Britain seeking naturalization and consular aid to return home or avoid conscription. An estimated 100,000 Germans in England face curbs under new restrictions while British families discharge German servants. The Daily Mail urges strict enforcement to prevent security risks as alien controls tighten.
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Germany
Home Office
Prince Lichnowaky
Wles
Irwin B Laughlin
England
Great Britain
William
Mai
Inen
Allena
Untesa
Europe
Senate Passes Mrs Wilsons Alley Slams Bill
The Senate approved a measure to ban dwelling construction on alleys under 30 feet wide that do not connect streets and lack sewer water mains. Existing buildings on forbidden alleys depreciated by 30 percent or more cannot be repaired. The bill, pushed by Mrs. Wilson and introduced by Rep Ben Johnson, now awaits House action with a likely compromise before session end.
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Smith
Maryland
District of Columbia
Senate
Pomerene
Ohio
Wilson
Ben Johnson
Kentucks
Garibaldi Grandson Plans Return to Fight Austria
Gen Giuseppe Garibaldi III, grandson of the Italian liberator, prepares to lead volunteers from New York back to Italy to oppose Austria. He writes Prof Michael Duprin seeking Servian support, noting past Balkanic aid and the intent to act if Italy remains neutral. He hopes to meet the Servian consul before departure.
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Garibaldi
Austria
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italy
Adriatic
New York
Michael T Dupin
Professr
Servia
Damatkos
Janina
War Correspondents Duty Runs Deep Through History
The article surveys wartime reporting legends from Sherman to Kipling, noting that great correspondents often faced gatekeeping by fronts and nations. It recalls Archibald Forbes, Napoleon era wire services, and the Valley Forge era, highlighting risks, secrecy, and the profit from early news.
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Mng
Archibald Forbes
Napoleon
Valley Forge
Bender
Ship Turned Back by Wireless Command in War
Miss Beulah B Chambers recalls the German liner Friedrich der Grosse turning west in mid ocean under wireless orders to seek a neutral port. The ship sailed with lights out, anchored outside New York harbor, and carried $1,090,000 in copper.
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Beulah B. Chambers
Fifteenth Street
Miss Chambers
Baltimore
Europe
Americana
New York Harbor
Socialists denounce war at Washington meeting
A Washington Socialist Society meeting on Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW discussed Europe’s war from a socialist view. Speakers included Miss Jeanette Gershank, B Glosberg, and I. E. Rogers, praising production over destruction and honoring slain French leader Jean Jaures. Literature opposing the war was distributed.
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Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Europe
Jeanette Gerjshanick
B Glosberg
I. E. Rogers
Washington Socialist Society
Jean Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
Vilain
Europa
Milwaukee Chosen to Sail North to Protect U S Interests
Hurried preparations were under way at Puget Sound navy yard to ship the cruiser Milwaukee to sea with orders to British Columbian waters. Officials offered no details, but the move is understood to safeguard American interests and enforce neutrality in waters near the boundary.
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Bremerton
Wash
Milwaukee
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Rule with iron hand in China leads to executions and exile
A lengthy dispatch from Peking reports Yuan Shikai's cabinet enforcing drastic penalties for political offense. Officials taking bribes, rebels, gamblers, and secret police implicated in Sun Yat Sen issues face death or banishment. Innocent people are feared victims of fraudulent accusations and corrupt surveillance.
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Peking
Aug
Yuan Sh Kay
Yuan Shi Kai
Tong Chong
Helaokanksten
Baltimore Marks 185 Years Since Official Birth
Baltimore celebrates the 18th anniversary of its official founding on August 6 1729. The city has since grown to a population around 650 000, with the occasion noted by local officials and residents.
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Baltimore
Yachts race to Panama in private canal challenge
Mrs Clara Stocker aboard the California sails from New York toward Panama racing against Joseph Letter aboard the Niagara from Washington. The California, 20 feet long with a 22 knot claim, aims to reach Colon in five days. the Niagara faces a longer route, making the outcome a near tie as both proceed toward the canal and then on to the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Norfolk
Clara Baldwin Storker
Lucky' Baldwin
California
New York
Panama
Joseph Letter
Canal
Stocker
United States
Letter
Honolulu
Europe
Leiter
Lawrence Grags
Grass
Plot Against Austria Makes Reply to Prof Pupin
Washington dispatch reports Austro Hungarian Ambassador Dr Constantine Dumba denying Prof Pupin's pan Serb agitation claims and presenting Narodna Obrana manifesto as evidence of Serbian aims to sever Serb and Croat lands from Austria Hungary. Dumba asserts real Serb goals include liberation and unification under a new order.
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Washington Post
New York
Constantine Theodor Dumba
United States
Dumba
Dupin
Servia
Pupin
Franz Ferdinand
Columba University
Austria
Narodna Qbrana
Belgrade
Narodna Obrana
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of
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Money Rush at Bureau Mint for $150 Million Bills
The European war spurred a $150 million currency production surge at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. About 200 printers and crews work three shifts to fill the Treasury demand in two weeks. Faces room handles 168 presses as money moves from inspection to sealing and numbering before vaulting for shipment.
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Secretary of the Treasury
National Treasury
New York
Vureau of Engraving and
Treasury
Joseph E Ralph
Bureau
Uncle Sam
U’mted
Admiral Bradford Dies in Chelsea Mass Funeral Rites Held
Rear Admiral Royal Bird Bradford US retired died Tuesday in Chelsea Massachusetts. Funeral services will be at St Margaret's Church at 10 a.m. Interment in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. Services conducted by Ray C J Winget. A Military Order of the Loyal Legion committee will attend. Bradford’s body was brought to Washington yesterday by his widow and two daughters. A third daughter in New York is unaware of her father’s death.
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Chelsea Maas
St Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church
Connecticut
Florida Avenues
Arlington Cemetery
Ray C J Winget
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
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Absalom Kirby
US N
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LF & N
H G Richardson
U & Volunteers
Washington City
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Lieut Richards
Edward D Johnson
Howard A Brockway
New York
Europe
Cities Get Only 127 Million For Emergency Subtreasuries
The Aldrich Vreeland act allocated about 127 million in extra currency to subtreasuries as the government aided banks during the European war. Key distributions included New York 1,082,000. Chicago 267,010. San Francisco 15,408,000. Boston 12,005. Philadelphia 9,?. St Louis 491,700. Baltimore 940,?. Cincinnati 5,?. New Orleans 2,163,000.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Boston
Philadelphia
St Louis
Baltimore
Cineinnat
New Orleans
Bryant Press Candidate Likely to Succeed Carrigan
A noon meeting in the Senate press gallery will nominate a Southern candidate for the standing committee of correspondents to replace John Corrgan of the Atlanta Constitution. The gallery polls will run from 12:30 to 5 PM. Buck Bryant of the Charlotte Observer is the favored choice.
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Senate Press Gallery
John Corrgan
Atlanta Constitution
H E C Briant
The
Charlotte Observer
Buck
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