Militia Camp Opens at Colonial Beach with 1300 Guardsmen
District militia little army moves to Camp Ordway near Mount Vernon for a two week drill period. 1300 men aboard the St Johns arrive from Washington under Gen Harvey, tents rise within two hours, and officers prep training as heat and sea air temper the start.
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Camp Ordway
Colonial Beach
Gen
Harvey
Washington Fost
Ordway
Virginia
Athens
America
Hi County
St Johns
Washington
Potomac
Tila
Sutton
St. Jehua
Longest Serving National Guard Veteran Seen At Camp
Brig Gen Harvey presided as orderly Gen Harvey’s Orderly I C Johnson of Company D served today. Color sergeant Charles W Moore known as Pop Moore arrived early with his pipe. Moore has attended district guard camps 20 years carrying the same pipe and may have the longest national guard record in the nation. He began in 1870 with Georgia Militia at Augusta and later joined South Carolina militia. He was a sergeant in the District organization when Harvey was a private. Moore has three sons in the local unit.
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Harvey
I. C. Johnson
Charles W. Moore
Morel
United States
Georgia
Augusta
South Carolina
Sergt Moore
Leper Grable Threatens Flight From District Hospital
The health department disclosed that Emi R Grable a leper at the Eastern Branch hospital warned on January 16 and March 13 of leaving and asked to be removed. He was arrested in Pittsburgh and urged authorities to relocate him or risk escape. Officials said no lepers are being returned to federal quarantine and it is not practical to force a return.
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Tts
Jen Harvey
Camp Ordway
Health Department
Emi R. Grable
Leper Houge
Pittsburgh
Grable
Grabie
Harry
the Treasury
Byron R. Newton
Machinists See Wilson Over Wage Scale at Navy Yard
Union leaders meet with President Wilson at the White House to press for restoring pre July 1 wages for Washington navy yard machinists. N P Altfas states the President pledged to refer the matter to the Navy Secretary. a mass meeting is planned tomorrow at Naval Lodge Hall. A 10 percent wage increase is sought after Congress reconvenes, with Navy support anticipated.
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Washington Navy Yard
N. P. Altfas
International Union of Machinists
Wilson
Alifus
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Lodge Hall
Congress
Navy Department
Naval Affairs Committees
House
Senate
Alifas
Daniels
Washington Man Drowns in Canal at Shepherdstown
Al H Bande a 60 year old, unmarried, who lived with his brother Henry Baker at 1108 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, was found drowned in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Shepherdstown. He had come from Berryville Virginia the day before. No marks of violence were found and officials could not determine if death was accidental or otherwise.
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Hagerstown
al H.bande
Henry Baker
Sixteenth Street
Northwest
Washington
Shepherdstown
Berryville
Charges Against Germany in Press Frenzy War View
A New York dispatch critiques Allied coverage as inflamed by protracted, scapegoating rhetoric aimed at Germany. It argues press, pulpits, and art fueled hatred to provoke war, labeling Germany as seeking supremacy and war readiness amid a world on edge.
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New York
Germany
Herman Rid
Denison Will Filed In District Supreme Court For Probate
The will of Henry Willard Denison who died in Tokyo last year was filed for probate. The Japanese will, translated at Yokohama, outlines generous bequests to widow Helen Wilder Denison of Egypt and various relatives, with William Corcoran Hill receiving 2000 dollars for faithful service.
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William Corcoran Sill
Egypt
Orient
Henry Willard Denmon
Tokyo
Japan
District Supreme Court
Yokohama
Harold C. Huggins
Denison
The
Hague
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
Association de Legislation Compares
Paris
Permanent Court of Arbitration of
the Hague
Helen Wilder Deniaon
John T. Swift
William S Boylan
Kansas City
Kans
Laymen's Retreat Planned at Georgetown University
Catholic laymen from Washington Baltimore and nearby diocese will begin a weekend retreat at Georgetown University under Cardinal Gibbons and Rev J C Geale BJS of Loyola College. The retreat aims to provide calm amid modern distractions and runs Friday evening to Monday morning.
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Washington
Baltimore
Carding Gibbons
Georgetown University
J. C. Geale
B. Js
Loyola College
Father Geale
Gonzaga College
St. Aloysius’ Church
Leagues of the Sacred Heart
Official war reports from Paris and Vienna Aug 16
Intermittent artillery and bombardments across the front. French and Austrian reports describe heavy losses, advances, and bombardments from Quen neveiren to Neuvre plateau, and actions in Vosges, Argonne, and Tyrolean fronts. German and Russian offensives and counterattacks yield prisoner gains and tactical shifts along the Narew Bug lines.
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Paris
Quen‘nevieren
Neuvre
Godat' d
Berecess
Bac
Loivre
St. Marie-au-Mines
Muenster
War Office
Eafternoon
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Nouvron
Aisne
Quenneyieres
Weskern
Argonne
Vosgek
Burhhadot-le-Bas
Ammerzweiller
Austria
Vienna
Biala
Kiikawka
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Krana
Koeyets
Kukawka
Brest-Litovak
Viladimir-Volynskyi
Bug
Galicia
Tonale Pass
Lavarrons
Foulgaria
Tonale Road
Popena
Schluderbach
Dreizinnen
Ern
Doberdo
Venice
Yuan Plans Monarchic Rule In China Alarm Rumors
Reports from Peking claim Yuan Shikai intends to crown himself emperor and seek a permanent monarchy. Prof Goodnow reportedly advised a monarchy under certain conditions, while Yuan Kai's regime faces concerns over succession and political control amid China’s fragile republic era.
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Yuan
China
Kuang
Nanking
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Breakfast lapse leads to fatal self harm near Winchester
In Winchester Virginia on August 16 Gordon F Hardy aged 3, an unmarried farm resident near Hackwood battlefield, reportedly shot himself after missing breakfast due to his housekeeper’s duties. He died instantly. father Charles W. Hardy survives.
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Winchester
Gordon F Hardy
Hackwood Battlefeld
Charles W. Hardy
Catholic Leaders Vow to Aid World Peace Movement at Toledo Meeting
President John J. Whalen of the American Federation of Catholic Societies declares Catholics will work with church hierarchy to promote world peace. He cites cooperation with the Bill Posters Association against objectionable posters and notes progress in limiting harmful film influence. Cardinal Farley regrets missing the meeting in a written message.
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National Federated Societies
Poledo
America
Toledo
Ohio
Convention of American Federation of Catholic Societies
John J. Whalen
United States
Billposters’ Association of
Canada
Federaon
Cardinal Farley
New York
Whalen
Nelson and Reagle Go.
Annapolia Md Aug 16 Ralph McK Nelson of Peekskill N Y and Charles M Reagle of Wellesville Ohio the only midshipmen to be dismissed after the investigation of cribbing at the Naval Academy left the grounds for home Both expected dismissal and were not greatly distressed Nelson a gifted mathematician has accepted a position with a major ship building company Reagle will pursue another path The six other defendants previously restricted to the Reina Mercedes since June 3 were restored to duty and allowed to visit Annapolia this afternoon.
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Annapolia
Ralph McK. Nelson
Peekskill
Charles M. Reagle
Wellesville
Ohio
Naval Academy
Nelson
Reagle
Naval Service
Reina Mercedes
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T. W. Denison
Washingtonian
Mary Shepherd Denison
Lancaster
Columbian University
George Washington University
Helen Wilder Crogs
Wiliam Corcoran Hill
Hill
Nellie §. Boylan
John C. Denison
Charles J P Denison
J G. Denison
Boylan
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Foreign Office
Robert W. Irwin
Huntington Wilson
Mr. Denison
Baron Kikujiro Ishii
Mr. Denigon
John Russell Kennedy
Kijuro Shidehara
James R. Morse
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Silesian Landwehr
von Mackensee
Clare
Glawatycze
Mlodowa
Goodnow
Yuen Shi Kai
Goodnew
Prof Goodnow
Prof. Goodnow
Mexico
Yuan Kai
Id Yuan Yang
Winter Palace
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Arthur Ruhl
Washington Post
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