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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1915
Page
6
Miss Madelyn Reser overheard a wire talk and Perryburg residents gathered as four bandits raided the village. An auto ambush led to a volley of fire, two wounded, and four captured with one attacker later caught by Toledo police.
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports 200 Belgians, mostly women and children, arrested yesterday for mourning the German occupation anniversary. Grief demonstrations at places of amusement closed and reopened, and signs of sorrow were forcibly removed.
New York, Aug 31. The American import era for German toys looks brighter after London announced a shipment valued at 600000 worth of goods would pass through Rotterdam. Importers say the British order in council, restricting trade with Germany, was the only obstacle to shipments resuming.
The French Foreign Office awarded a gold medal to Mrs WK Vanderbilt on the recommendation of the Ministry of War. The honor recognizes her as New York president of the American Committee for Clothing the Wounded. The office notes her active sympathy and aid to wounded soldiers.
In Paris, the Stalian Court of Assizes fixed October 5 for the arraignment of Porter Charlton, the American charged with the murder of his wife whose body was found in a waterway. Proceedings place under presiding Baron Stlacca.
A Nantucket style social to do lists guests from London Washington and New York as luncheons dinners and a golf tournament unfold at Narragansett Pier Country Club and the Teamo Casino. Notables such as Mrs Craig McKarrow Mr and Mrs John Henry Hanan and Miss Elizabeth de Cant attend. Prizes at the casino ball include a best costume prize won by Arabian nodemen.
Judges Moore hosts a Beverly event featuring a notable horse show with guests from New York and European legations. The gathering includes prominent exhibitors from Rock Margin and Stratoge, with cross coast attendance and national hare show connections highlighted by 1900-era colonists and winners.
Lizette Hoag, the first female boxing manager, guides her brother Clarence Hoag, known as Clarry Marshall, in a groundbreaking push from ringside to front-line promoter. She coaches, signs contracts, handles finances, and eyes a world title as promoters praise her savvy. Though she shuns suffrage, her impact reshapes the sport.
New York August 21 A young English singer known as Stella Carol later Lillie Le Bland was aboard the Arabic. She had performed before Queen Mary and with notable figures and was to tour the United States this winter under impresario Hugo Goeritz. At 17 she was reported saved after a life at sea and had earlier been adopted and trained in London after being noticed by Mme Amy Bherwin.
A large Saratoga meet crowd packed the track with Henry P. Whitney and Joan Whitney among attendees. Dominant and Borrow ran well in feature races, Uhlan trotter exhibitions drew cheers, and floral horseshow honors were presented. Society figures, lawmakers, and Cuban envoy De Cepedes attended as a flower day fundraiser supported Saratoga Hospital.
Special to The Washington Post reports Governor James Withycombe of Oregon insisted on private citizen treatment at the San Francisco exposition. He refused silk tile attire and white gloves, and declined official participation, while Simon Benson was to receive all attentions as Oregon’s distinguished man.
Bar Harbor Me August 21 A women suffrage meeting at the cottage of Mr and Mrs Ernesto Fabbri drew nearly all the summer residents of Bar Harbor and many from Sea Harbor and Northeast Harbor, with notable guests including J E Towne Courtlandt Van Rensselaer Lyman Kendall and others. William Mutt Gadorne spoke on prison reform at the MecCage cottage this afternoon, and Mme Wilhelm Ekengren won the putting contest at the Kebo Valley Club after a tie with Miss Katherine Force.
Special to The Washington Post Newport Rhode Island August 31 The week closed with a gala at the villa colony including a Berwind ball at the Elma for Miss Margaret Dunlap drawing 300 guests and electric lighted Italian gardens Supper and ballroom dancing followed Luncheons were hosted by prominent guests and fashion featured Miss Margaret Sargent in an 1820 style ensemble with blue linen bodice, silver buttons, white lace sleeves, gray taffeta skirt, gray silk hat and daisies
A charity auction bridge at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia raised a handsome sum for the Industrial School and Home for Homeless Boys at Covington Virginia. Fourteen tables attended this morning in the spring room off the Greenbrief. Mrs. Walter A Wells of Washington hosted a pretty breakfast for twelve guests. Notable arrivals included J D Martingale of New York.
The Hot Springs Clubs Invitation tourney concluded with Washingtonian Rheema defeating her opponent four up in the men's division while Cincinnati's Tyler Field won the women's title six down. St Luke's choir played a baseball game 7 to 6 against White Sulphur Springs.
Lenox Massachusetts August reports Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt negotiating to purchase Hesking Park, the Lenox estate of George Westinghouse, who is in Pasadena with his family. Westinghouse agents and Mia Vanderbilt viewed the property twice as a title search occurs. Mrs Vanderbilt has no current country place and shows strong interest in Lenox.
Omaha Aug 21 It was announced that a Union Pacific subsidiary will not convert its Omaha shops into a war munitions factory. The halt comes on orders from Mrs H Harriman widow of the financier.
Inez Milholland Boissevan reports from London on the somber mood as England steels for prolonged war. She describes mournful scenes among harbor crowds, the toll on families, and the tension between public bravado and private grief, with leaders’ infallibility questioned and the nation confronting grim realities.
Social worker Mick M Le Carpenter reports at the San Francisco labor conference that 76 percent of women in U S city vice districts are recruited from domestic service. He cites Chicago church women noting country girls hired into homes face danger from heads of families and elder sons, with long hours and poor meals fueling delinquency.
A fragment from a diary recounts Senora Francista Villa wife of Francisco Villa visiting Long Beach with her sister and baby. The writer notes wartime welfare aims and rising government aid, comments on class pay gaps, and reflects on education, social types, and the spectacle of soldiers and families at public events.
Masked highwaymen held up nine cars on the boulevard two miles south of Butte after midnight, taking about $2,500 and $3,660 in diamonds and jewelry. Victims and drivers were forced to surrender valuables, with I Stokes, an automobile dealer, among the robbed. The bandits took Stokes’s car and fled. no arrests reported.
Grace Strachan district superintendent of schools in Brooklin resigns from the National Education Association after her defeat in the presidency race. She blames unfair means and factional disloyalty, condemning middle class motives and praising civilian service over military conflict in a chastened, reflective note.
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