Militia Encampment Focuses on Aeroplaning Lessons
Officers and enlisted men at Camp Ordway hold a schoolroom style encampment day emphasizing hard work and air power. May Castner lectures on aero plane scouting, noting Zeppelin era lessons and rapid field developments. A Washington Merchants visit is planned, while Maj Coppa seeks a one pound gun from Sylvia for salutes as storm damage is repaired and Colonial Beach recovers.
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Washington
Camp Ordway
May
Sylvia
Garson
Speinl
Ordway
Colonial Beach
Datrice Mulitia
Clas
Joseph C Castner
Coppa
Naval Reserve
National Guard
Harvey
Secretary of War
W K . Bilingsly
Ninety Six Bare Legged Girls Draw NY Dance
In a Washington Post clipping from August 17, 96 bare legged beauties rehearse a new tango revue for New Yorkers. The plan faces disruption as a mosquito plague interrupts, yet slaps during the act are praised as more fetching and may join the performance.
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Washington Post
New York
Stria
Man Jumps to Potomac on Mount Vernon Trip
Ernest Vincent Barnes 24 by Adamo Express Company vanished after leaping from the hurricane deck of the steamer Macalester near Jones Point while on a Mount Vernon excursion. Arthur Leonardo, 419 Sixth Street SW, said Barnes had joked about jumping before the fall. Boat delayed notifying captain. search by river launch continued without success. Barnes lived with his widowed mother at 503 EB Street NE and could not swim.
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Ernest Vincent Barnes
Adama Express Company
Union Station
Mary Barnes
EB Street
Macalester
Mount Vernon
Potomac River
Alexandria
Barnes
Arthur Leonardo
Sixth Street
Leonardo
Alexandra
Jones
William Barnes
Windsor
Wimacor
Fort Washington
Reonardo
Titot
Washington Alexandria
Seaside Camp Ordway Notes and Mascot Wiggles
A crowded Colonial Beach excursion brings 1800 passengers each way, with hearty, good natured crowds. Washington visitors Weldon Price Jr and a District Soldier boy entertain with Chaplin imitations and stunts. Camp Ordway health rules tighten sanitation under Dr Groshon while a rainstorm delays tents and punishments, culminating in a Navy of jokes and a pup mascot Wiggles of Company L securing canine cheer and meals.
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Momanta
Weldon Price Jr
Washington
Charley Chaplin
Weldon
Colonial Beach
Camp
Ordway
District of Columbia
National Guard
Gen Harvey
H E Groshon
Narrow miss for Mrs McFadden in Chester porch shooting
Special to The Washington ros Chester Pennsylvania August 17 Mrs Benjamin B McFadden wife of a New York family and Chester paper box maker had a close call when two shots fired from a hedge near her summer residence. The first bullet struck near the kitchen and the second passed within inches of her head. McFadden household and police are mystified by the attack. The family recently relocated from New York.
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Washington
Chester
Benjamin B McFadden
New York
McFadden
McFa
Local Racquets Victors and City Briefs
Local racquets winners are reported amid a page of city briefs. Notes include injuries to Paul McKinney and Willam Es fracture details, safety and fire prevention committee meetings in New York, a moonlight steamer excursion by the Young Women Hebrew Association, and promotions in the District police and insurance spheres. Interspersed are obituaries, a tennis tournament update, and civic milestones.
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Paul McKinney
Willam
Satford
Tom Safety First Association
Elkridge
New York
Safety First Federation of America
G Snow
The
Home Insurance Company of
Young Women Hebrew Association
St John
T Shefferman
Sophie Clepatch
Fannie Taischoff
Bush Is Road Receiver In Bankruptcy Proceedings
Benjamin F Bush named sole receiver for Missouri Pacific and St Louis Iron Mountain lines by Federal Judge Adams at Woodstock Virginia as of August 17. Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain boards issued a statement from New York noting the plan of readjustment dated July 1, 1915 and expressing hope for deposits to meet interest payments but reporting deposits were insufficient and approving Bush’s appointment.
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St Louis
Benjamin F Bush
Missouri Pacific
St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railways
Tudge Adams
Woodstock
New York
Missouri Pacific Board of Directors
St Louisa
Iron Mountain
Bush
Billion-Dollar US Trade Balance Forecast by Sir George Paish
London August 17 Sir George Paish editor of the London Statist predicts a large US trade surplus in the next six months. He cites lower European payments, reduced American tourist spending, and rising exports as drivers and argues the United States could finance Europe’s purchases with credits, gold, or securities while expanding its role as a global money market.
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America
Sir George Paish
London
George Palsh
London Statist
United States
George
Europe
Americas
Britain
England
Great Britain
Europeana
Lexchangas
George Paish
Police News Notes of a Day
Police reports list eight dollar robbery from a store cash drawer at 238 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest. Losses include a box of creamery butter, a black leather card case with twelve dollars and a railroad ticket, and a silver mesh bag with jewelry. Several injuries and accidents are noted, including a man missing from home, a runaway mule collision, a fall causing head injury, a woman slightly injured after falling from a streetcar, a man found dead from apparent accident, a prisoner found hanging in a cell, and a coroner's jury ruling accidental death in an electrocution at a car barn. Additional minor incidents include fires, an ax death investigation, and stray horses reported at precincts.
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George W Satterfield
Rhode Island
Evanve Nothmatt
Nalley
Washington
Kansas City
Gussie Smothers
S Street
Northland Clothing
Clarence Jackson
Sixteenth Street
Anna Gassaway
Florida Avenue Northwest
Morall Brozier
Potomac Electric Company
Bickington
John Thomas
Washington Grove
John Jackson
Canal Road
Petworth Citizens to Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Petworth Citizens Association plans its annual meeting on September 21 in Petworth Methodist Church parish hall. Officers will be chosen and reports from several committees will be heard, including the Fourth of July celebration committee. Durcan spoke on the Sixteenth Street jitney line, promising more frequent service as operations normalize, and the association seeks support to retain the right of way on Sixteenth Street. Stuart Johnson of Cleveland visited as guest of the association president, with J James delivering several solos.
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Petworth
Graft Inquiry Deepens With Out of Town Witnesses
Washington investigators probing alleged hush payments by police gather former underworld residents now in other cities. Laskey and associates interview witnesses as they seek to trace origins of the graft, aiming to close the probe within the week, with many testimonies still uncertain and scattered.
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Washington
McComas,Hawkens
United Statea
Maj Pullman
United States
Laskey
Proba
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Virginia office vacancy sparks three way race pace Doherty and Pace
In Alexandria and Richmond reports, M R Pace of Richmond competes with incumbent James B Doherty for Virginia State labor commissioner. Lewis H Machen and Howard T Colvin of Alexandria are among candidates, backed by labor groups. The contest draws statewide attention as Doherty seeks reappointment and a third candidate surfaces. Separate items note a Greek lunchroom theft, a Chinese restaurant disturbance, Old Dominion Boat Club training, and a marriage in Washington with Hooker moving to Richmond. Governor Stuart also names Edward Duncan of Alexandria a delegate to the Fan American Road Congress in Oakland, California, on September 13.
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Washington Post
King Street
Alexandra
Howard T Colvin
Alexandria Trades Council
State Legislative Reference Bureau
Lewis H Machen
James B Doherty
Richmond
Doherty
M R Pace
Richmond Typo
Colvin
Organized Labor
Old Dominion Boat Club
Carl J Mueller
Tas Aard
Potomac Boat Club
Washington
Duncan
Road Congress
Guv Stuart
Edward Duncan
Alexandria County
Virginia
Oakland
Cal
Merchants Aim to Reopen Branch Post Office Fight
Avenue Merchants committee led by Isidor Grosner seeks renewal of efforts to establish a branch post office on Pennsylvania Avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets after a prior defeat. The group cites inadequate service at contract stations and plans a Friday meeting at 1:30 PM with members including Charles Muncaster Louis Jacobs George Harris Lem Towers Jr and Carl Brost.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Avenue Merchants
Re‘tall Merchants Association
Isidor Grosner
Grosner Yexter
Grosner
Charles Muncaster
Louis Jacobs George Harris
Lem Towers, Jr
Carl Brost
Abandoned Baby At Union Station By Unknown Mother
A four month old white girl infant was left at Union Station by a woman about 20 years old. The mother, described as 4 feet 11 inches tall with dark brown hair and eyes, wore a dark blue suit and broad brim hat. She asked a waiting room girl to hold the baby, then left for the baggage room and did not return. The baby was taken by the matron, then to the police after a two hour hold.
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Union Station
Foundling Hospital
Bethesda
Womens
Resignation of Col T S Hopkins Heads Veterans Home Board
Col Thomas S Hopkins, longtime president of the Veterans Home Board, resigns in protest over district commissioners not following the board’s recommendation for a successor to Capt A A Maxim as superintendent of the temporary home for Union ex soldiers and sailors. The board had proposed Capt Israel W Stone, but the commissioners cite his advanced age and seek further recommendations as Bernard Bugher, a Spanish American War veteran, is discussed as a potential alternative.
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Hospital Corps
Evers
Bryson
Hudson
Washington
Tenta
Veterans’ Home Board
Capt A A Maxim
Thomas Hopking
Isreal W Stone
Capt Stones
Bernard Bugher
Press Club Tale of War Reporter G. Shepherd
G Shepherd, a United Press correspondent who has covered Europe since the war began, spoke at the National Press Club last night about his adventures. He recalled filing early reports from Mexico on the occupation of Vera Cruz and other frontline experiences.
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G. Shepherd
William G Shepherd
United Press Association
Europe
Mexico
Vers
Cruz
Ntda
National Press Club
Funeral of S Morris Pool Held at 2 This Afternoon
The funeral of Morris Pool, 74, who died Monday at Casualty Hospital, will be held this afternoon at 2 from 1246 Maryland Avenue Northeast. The Rev. C E K P Coggawell will officiate.
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Andrew A Lipscomb
J William Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
J Henning Nelms
Church of the Ascension
Morris Pool
Casualty Hospital
Clotk
Maryland Avenue
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T Holmes
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Sibley Hospital
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Retell Merchants Association
R P Andrews
Gen W. Harvey
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Frank Rivers
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Georgetown
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Criminal Division 1
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Tells Press Club OF War
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SOL. Herzog & Co., Inc
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Chas Waldrows
Frank Finney
Lew Kelly
Rehman
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Odiva
Roclé
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Blanche Sweet
Theodore Roberts
Secret Orchard
Union Garage
Walter Hoover
Cali Main
S&dt
Wilcox Trux
Congressional Garage CO. Agta
Pa Ave S
Emerson & Orme
Main
Oldsmobile Waverley Electric
Pollock Car Corporation
Cylineer
Cadillac Baker Electrics
Cook & Stoddard Co
Conn. Ave
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