Gas House Drills Warn Soldiers on Gas Threats in Frontline Training
In France Aug 6 the Associated Press reports American troops will be exposed to intense gas mixtures in a training gas house to prove mask effectiveness. Officers and men will learn rapid mask adjustment, with ten seconds allowed after the alarm. The lesson emphasizes proper equipment use, daily checks, and the danger of careless handling as gas shells become more common.
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France
Associated Press
Will of Henry Ferguson Bequeaths Clough $100 Monthly
In Hartford the probate of Henry Ferguson’s will memorializes a pension for Frederick Clough of San Francisco. The 71 year old former Hornet sailor, survivor of the clipper ship Hornet’s 44 day life boat ordeal, receives $100 a month until his death.
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Pecal
Washington Post
Winsted
Conn
Henry Ferguson
Hartford
Frederick Clough
San Francisco
Clough
Ferguson
Hornet
Perguson
South Pacific
Hawaii
FLIERS OUTNUMBERED BY GERMAN AIR FORCE NEAR BELGIUM
Paris reports Lafayette Escadrille pilots Adits Lufbery Lovell Willis and Parsons engaged six German aviators inside Belgian lines on Sunday. They withdrew as six more Germans joined the fight, but the Lafayette pilots escaped unharmed. A German pilot damaged his motor after an encounter with Lufbery. Weather cleared and the unit hopes to resume action soon.
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Paris
Adits
Lufbery
Lovell
Willis
Parsons
Belgium
Lafayette Escadrille
Flying ace holds bullet amid German trench fire
London reports a bold aviator flying low over German lines. He faced a hail of bullets from trenches aimed upward to ignite his fuel tank. The cool pilot halted briefly as a bullet descended, then grabbed it and pocketed the shell as evidence of the peril.
Japan to Send New Mission to Study U S Conditions
Tokyo reports 127 members of the house of representatives decided to send a delegation to the United States to study conditions. They will depart around September 1 and return in December. The group will represent all Petitive.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
United States
Pettice
Fleeing with Daughter After Supposed Kidnap Plot
Mrs. Marion Venable, daughter of Henry K. McHarg, fled Stamford with her six year old daughter after firing five shots at an intruder seen at Marion’s window. She believed efforts were underway to kidnap the child and sought safety for Marion.
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Washington Post
Stamford
Conn
Marion Venable
Henry K. McHarg
Marion
United States Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Big McHarg
Strawberry Hill
Ceanon
Swiss Resist Loan Demand of Teutons
State Department reports Germany has asked Switzerland for a gold loan in exchange for coal. Officials view this as proof of Germany’s financial strain, as German marks lose value and gold is needed to honor neutrals. Switzerland resists, better positioned than Holland or Scandinavia to withstand pressure, though it relies on Germany for coal while Allies may assist.
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State Department
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Third D C Ordered South for Greenville Train Transport
Definite orders direct the Third regiment of the District National Guard to depart for Greenville South Carolina. The brigade with New Jersey troops is rescinded. it will now join the Third South Carolina regiment. Cars will be placed on Rosslyn Virginia tracks Monday afternoon to move the regiment. The Third Separate Battalion of Negro troops remains on guard in the District.
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District National Guard
Greenville
S. C
New Jersey
South Carolina
Rosslyn
Woman's Body Found in Quicklime in Wisconsin Farm Cellar
The body of Mrs. Cora Miller was found buried in quicklime in the cellar of Edwin Hauge, a La Crosse County farmer. A warrant was issued for Hauge, who vanished since July, with police theorizing a hammer attack during a rent collection dispute. Mrs. Miller, a former schoolteacher, had been missing since February and left behind a husband who died years ago. Her mother resides in Elyria, Ohio.
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Hauge
Ohio
Elyria
Cora Miller
la Crosse
Wis
Wins Her Prince but Takes Poison in Discovery of Love
In Bridgeport Annie Sederholm an 18 year old who sent a soap wrapper hoping a fairy prince would marry her, met Nicholas Krines after he found the note, they wed on one day’s acquaintance. Two months later she swallowed poison and is in St Vincent’s Hospital with a chance to recover. Ottawa reports Americans in casualty list: Wounded R A Kirkraevitch Milwaukee Wis and F A Knowles Elkhart Ind.
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Washington Post
Bridgeport
Conn
Annie Sederholm
Nicholas Krines
Mary
Annis
Nick
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Coast to Coast Run on 20 Lap
Staunton Va August 7 bearing an official message from President Wilson to the governor of California the car driven by Mrs Roe Fulkerson on the first lap from Washington to the Pacific coast reached here at 445 pm the trip taking 9 hours 45 minutes Mrs Fulkerson accompanied by Mrs Joseph L Magary. Hopkins Jr of Greenwood started the second lap at 5 pm with a relay to Sulphur Springs the run aims to test transmission of documents during emergencies and to spur work on a national highway Congress may consider. The start in Washington was at 7 amid cheers and California visitors sending letters home.
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Staunton
Wilson
California
Roe Fulkerson
Washington
Pacific Coast
Mra
Fulkerson
Joseph L. Magary
John G. Hopkins, Jr
Greenwood
Sulphur Springs
Ashland
United States
Congress
D Annunzio in Air Raid Over Pola Bombardment
D Annunzio the poet was aboard one of the larger planes during a Pola raid. Italian aviators flew 320 kilometers with 160 over enemy territory, bombing the arsenal a naphtha depot and sea plane station and burning them. The squadron, guided by Capt. Gori, cruised nearly five hours and returned without losses despite intense Austrian fire.
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Rome
Pola
Fola
D'Annunzio
Gori
Navy plans $1 million naval aero plant at League Island
Secretary Daniels ordered construction of a Philadelphia League Island naval aircraft factory costing about $1,000,000 to be finished in 100 days. It will employ 2,000 workers and produce 1,000 small planes yearly. The plant aims to expand U S aviation capacity and free private plants for mass production of approved types. Daniels seeks further funds from Congress for naval aircraft production.
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League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Daniels
United States
Navy Department
Daniels Haa
Congress
Covington to Visit West on Government Business
Chief Justice J Harry Covington of the District Supreme Court plans to leave Washington today or tomorrow for the Pacific coast on government business at the request of President Wilson. He had been spending the summer at his Has ton Maryland country home with his family when the order arrived.
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J. Harry Covington
District Supreme Court
Washington
Pacific Coast
Wilson
Haston
Call For Coal Council Aims To Seize Mines If Needed
Illinois defense officials call a conference of governors from sixteen states in Chicago on August 16 to seek unified action to lower coal prices, including possible seizure of mines. The plan cites eminent domain and police powers, proposes state price controls, and urges federal law granting broad price and distribution powers to an administrative body for immediate relief.
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Illinois Defense Board
Chicago
Aug
Hlinofa State Council of Defense
Levy Mayor
Tennessee
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ohio
Kentucky
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indians
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Trinda
Mayer
Pennsylvania Avenue Most Traversed Street By Nation's "Big Men"
Pennsylvania Avenue is depicted as the busiest conduit for political leaders, from the Capitol to the White House, with Executive Avenue crowded by frequent conferences shaping national destinies. Suffragist pickets line the route, forming a recognizable cadence of daily movement and shifts in presence along the federal corridors.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Fifteenth Street
State
War and Navy
Executive Avenue
Price List Fragments on Sale Items
Fragmentary listing shows multiple price points with kind now descriptors. Values include 16.50 12.98 10.00 and 12.00 alongside the word Kind-now indicating promotional pricing on assorted items.
Prohibition Assembly Draws 2500 in Virginia
More than 2,500 Loudoun County residents attended the opening day of the fortieth annual temperance and gospel assembly in Purcellville Virginia. Sunday school day featured a program with participating schools from many denominations under a special committee.
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Loudoun County
Virginia
The
Prohibition and Evangelical Association
Purcellville
Rifles Drill at Business High School in City
Companies K and LI of the home Rifles drilled and fired at targets under Capt. Richard LaGarde. The Order of Red Men plans active support and form a company. Capt. Frederick H. Kramer reports steps by the Great Council of Red Men. Companies H and T and the Second precinct also drilled. Capt. C. A. Calvert calls a rally at the Senate office building Friday night with Senator K. D. McKellar as principal speaker.
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Home Rifles
Business High School
Richard LaGarde
U. 5B
Order of Red Men
Frederick H. Kramer
Great Council of Red Men
C. A. Calvert
Company H
Senate
K. D. McKellar
Tennesase
Wise Eating A War Measure At Catholic Alumnae Meeting
Dr. Cora Smith King urged eating wisely and without waste at Carroll Hall as part of a food conservation talk for the women of the war service relief committee of the Catholic Alumnae. Short addresses followed by Father Laula J. O'Hern and Mrs F L Ransome highlighted practical conservation ideas.
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Cora Smith King
Homeopathic Hospital
War Service Relief Committee
Carroll Hall
Laula J. O'Hern
Catholic University
Mra
Airman Sets New World Record in Consecutive Loops
Hampton Va Aug 7 Edward Stinson aviation instructor at Langley Field today set a new world record for consecutive loops carrying a passenger Mrs Robin Grey of Norfolk. From 4000 feet he looped the loop 32 times with no mishap before landing safely on the field amid army officers and spectators.
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Hampton
Edward Stinson
Langley Field School of Aviation
Stinson
Robin Grey
Norfolk
Army
War Revenue Bill Ready for Debate
Senate debate on the House war tax bill revised upward to levy 42,008,970,000 in new taxes opens tomorrow after food legislation disposal today. Finance Chairman Simmons plans to call up the revenue measure immediately after the vote with aims to pass in two weeks and finish conference early September. La Follette plans a separate report to raise more by income, war profits, liquor and tobacco taxes. Mrs Milton Norris died at 1016 M Street Southeast Monday night, survived by husband and four children.
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Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Finance Committee
Congress
Harding
la Follette
Bih
Gora
Thomas
Red Cross Buys Million Pounds Wool For Soldiers' Warmth
The Red Cross has purchased one million pounds of knitting wool to be made into garments by American women for soldiers and sailors this winter. Wool will be distributed to Red Cross warehouses and sold to chapters nationwide, with proceeds returned to the Red Cross treasury for other work. Three spinning mills are producing the yarn, supplying material for 1,300,000 sweaters and 2,000,000 pairs of woolen socks.
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Red Crosse
Red Cross
United States
Treasury of the Red Cross
Food bill vote today continues duel over oil influence
The debate centers on oil price controls with Senators Gronna and Chamberlain trading charges. Gronna calls the conference report a victory for Standard Oil and grain exchanges, while Chamberlain denies oil company gain and disputes farmer manipulation allegations.
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Senator Gronna
Standard Oi
Chamberlain
Mr. Gronna
Mr. Hoover
All Dressers At 20 Percent Off Regular Prices
A local sale lists dresser prices marked down by twenty percent from regular. Items range from $93.00 for the Kind model to $11.00 for the smallest unit, with intermediary prices of $87.50, $41.00, $56.00, $35.00, $20.00, and $14.00.
Local furniture sale listing highlights mahogany pieces
A brief ad lists a $50.00 mahogany Davenport a $10 mahogany rocker and a $5 mahogany rocker. The items are named with prices, suggesting a small sale or catalog entry.
Gronne Attacks Prohibition Section as Sham
Senator Gronne denounced the conferees proposed prohibition section as a makeshift, a sham and a fraud, suggesting it be eliminated. He labeled the compromise a political feudal tama and criticized its substance.
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Gronne
Hand Made Flag Sent To French Squadron
Mrs William G McAdoo received a letter from Capt Chenault commandant of the Lafayette flying squadron in France thanking American women of the Internal Revenue Bureau for a flag. The missive says the flag embodies the heart of America and the 7th of July delivery will stand in the squadron's calendar. It expresses praise and a pledge to keep their standard over fields of honor.
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William G. McAdoo
Chenault
Lafayette
France
Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury
America
l'Escadrille Lafayette
Must Remain Here For Suit In District Supreme Court
On complaint of Eadie A Craigen his wife Earl W Craigen a lithographer was brought into the District Supreme Court and required to give 500 bond to remain until Mrs Craigen s suit for maintenance settled She says her husband earns more than 60 a week and she is under a physician s care and unable to work The Craigens were married in Wilmington Del in March 1904 and have a daughter aged 10 A hearing to fix temporary alimony is set for August 17 Elly Giles Ja counsel for the wife Paris Aug 7 Orphans of La Rochelle have received 680 collected by the children of New Rochelle NY
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Eadie A. Craigen
Earl W. Craigen
District Supreme Court
Baltimore
Elly Giles Ja
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Pal Mull Gazette
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Teutons
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Milwaukee
F. A. Knowles
Elxhart
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Hopkins
Baker
Hunter Liggett
Burleson
Peatmaster
Naval Aero Plant
League Island
Covington
West
Call For Coal Council
Court of Claims
Palais Royal
Chiffor
Purcellville, Va
Rev
G. A. Miller
Hey. J. H. Nelms
R. J. Bustler
Methodist Church South
Hamilton
H. M. Hoge
Lincoln
George T. Baker
Leesburg S Baptist Church
J. Henning Neélma
Church of the Aascension
Clarence True Wilson
Defense League
Stinson Loops
Milton Norris
M Street
Thomas G. Hardy
Alze & Ft
Standard Oil
Butte
William Ad Mary
Cac
William and Mary
Stickley Bros
Auust
Mrs. McAdoo
French Flying Corps
E. W. Craigen
Bond
New Rochelle
la Rochelle
la Roch~elle
N,y
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