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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
2
Stockholm Tidningen cites a Moscow-based merchant detailing chaos under Bolshevik rule, with the social revolutionaries gaining ground. Peasants revolt, dozens of armed peasants threaten Moscow, and red guards terrorize towns. German embassy issues spark secrecy as foreign anger climbs.
Amsterdam reports Cologne Zeitung claims Germany can fear American invasion, arguing the United States cannot field 300000 troops in a month. It cites sunk ships, notes only 200000 to 250000 picked men possible, and doubts compulsory service. Concludes American power will lag until 1919 or 1920.
Cardinal Gibbons sues in District supreme court against Mutual Benefit Life Insurance of Newark to recover St Matthew's Catholic Church property at 172 Rhode Island Avenue. The petition, filed by lawyer Paul Lo Wright, seeks appointment of two new trustees to release the deed of trust and clear the lien, arguing Gibbons remains owner under Maryland law.
British dispatch from Aug. 21 reports Germany's military leaders uneasy over a potential revolution at home. Ludendorff orders officers and rail authorities to suppress talks and search leaves for weapons, with courts martial to force front-line service if needed. He urges officers to color news with a rosy hue rather than black.
The District government will cooperate with the Food Administration to aid the public in buying food under favorable terms. A conference with Food Administrator Wilson and George M. Roberts led to turning the marketmaster’s office into an Information bureau. Prices for a Boston fish carload were fixed: haddock 1.24 per lb, flounders 1.24 per lb, cod 1.50, whiting 1.24, bake 1.24 per lb or 1.50 if steaked.
The War Industries Board is compiling a revised priority list of industries to receive coal, transport, labor, materials, and financial aid for war or civilian needs. Expected within ten days or two weeks, the list will guide work or fight orders and local draft boards. The current list has 32 classes. the new version will be about twice as large.
London reports that Jonkheer Colyn, former minister of war, will become Dutch premier after Queen Wilhelmina summoned him to Hetloo following failed attempts by Deputies Nolens and de Sovernin Lohman to form a cabinet. Earlier, Colyn was said to head a German peace mission in England, a claim he denied.
Spain announces it will employ German ships in Spanish ports to replace sunk Spanish vessels while maintaining neutrality. Madrid says merchant marine losses exceed 20 percent, with many sailors killed or wounded, and notes measures to intern German ships in Spanish ports if sinkings continue. The cabinet credits restraint and warns compliance with peace, amid censorship and denial of any note breaking off relations.
A 14 year old Sampson J had been left alone at Varney Brothers store on the Alexandria Washington turnpike north of the city when an armed robber demanded the cash drawer, securing about $11 before fleeing toward the Potomac freight yards. Police pursued but the thief escaped.
Huntington W Va Aug 21 A battle with alleged army deserters in Mingo county left Deputy Sheriff George Dillon and another man named Ellis dead. A urgent response from Charleston sent deputy marshals and state military police toward the scene while twenty militia from Huntington race to Mingo. In Hagerstown Md Aug 21 a smallpox case prompted quarantine of ten coworkers at Security.
Col Ridley granted permission for a demonstration in Lafayette Park but suffragettes canceled the gathering. No permit request had been made by the group, and a prior request had been refused. Miss Alice Paul calls this capitulation by the government, insisting only a suffrage amendment can silence protests. Hunger-striking women at the District jail regain strength though several remain weak.
A blaze at 6:45 this morning caused by spontaneous combustion spread from a car of fish scrap to the E. B. Josey guano plant on the northeast river. It wiped the plant out with $100,000 loss, burned eight freight cars, ruined 3000 tons of guano, damaged machinery and potash, but the plant is insured and will be rebuilt.
State Senator Adam M. Andrews of Dorchester has filed certificates in every county of Maryland's Eastern Shore to seek the Republican nomination for the Sixty sixth Congress. Andrews, a longtime anti-Goldsborough figure in Dorchester, was elected to the State Senate last year over Democrat Daniel B. Fretty, and represents Gov. Harrington's home county.
Wilmington August 21 eighty three of the three hundred drafted negro selectmen were ordered to report by the city draft board for final instruction. Preparations to entrain them for carp tomorrow failed to bring them before the board and police are authorised to arrest all. If they do not report by 9 30 tomorrow morning they will be reported as deserters to the adjutant general s office. Special to The Washington Post Danville Virginia August 21 Mrs J B Oakes received a telegram from her sister in New Brunswick saying her brother Lester Wadman had been killed in action in France. Archie Cook of Schoolfield aged 22 native of Pelham North Carolina is reported missing in action. He worked in the Dan River Cotton Mills. Fredericksburg Virginia August 21 the will of Gen John E H Roller probated. He is believed the wealthiest man in Harrisonburg with estate about 500 000. The will left all property to five daughters two from first wife and three from last wife. Executors named include George C Grattan of Harrisonburg and Royal Cabell of Richmond.
Martinsburg West Virginia August 21 Word arrives that Master Engineer Kelley E Snodgrass of Princeton New Jersey died in France about two weeks ago near the fighting line from an accident He was born in Martinsburg the son of John T Snodgrass and lived here until several years ago.
Rockville Md Aug 21 John J Prury 33 of Newport News Va and Mrs Cora W Dean 44 of Washington were married by Rev Millard F Minnick Licenses issued for Dr Frederick W Pluggse 24 of Washington and Miss Edith Cragg 18 of Philadelphia James E Curtin 21 and Miss Margaret A Rucker 19 both of Washington Rockville Md Aug 21 Louis M Leizear lifelong resident died at Oakdale aged 65 survived by his wife and several children funeral held at Lay Hill Methodist Church burial in cemetery nearby
Death of Fannie Davenport at age 13 from peritonitis after an appendicitis operation. Interred at the uncle John Costin’s cemetery near Heathyville with Rev. Langhorn officiating. Also brief items: Dr Lindsay W Newland safe after air raid. Lieut Newland served with 166th ambulance in France since last November. J Henry Burnett elected business manager of Mercer College after varied roles at Baptist Book Concern and Tennessee College. Richmond College connection.
Men at the New York Central Iron Works returned to work in Hagerstown as a wage dispute with the plant's management awaits an adjustment by the War Labor Board. The action follows a strike and underscores wartime labor tensions in Maryland.
With a view to securing the best team possible to represent the District at the national rifle shooting matches at Camp Perry next month, it has been decided to hold another marksmanship test on the rifle range at Glen Burnie Maryland Saturday and Sunday. Call for the test was issued yesterday by Col M A Winter executive officer. The District team at Camp Perry will be composed of sixteen men.
The car belonging to Representative H. C. Woodyard was stolen from his Northwest Washington garage yesterday morning and found abandoned near Fairfax, Virginia later the same day. Inspector Grant traveled to Fairfax to recover the vehicle. no arrests have been made.
Baltimore market notes show poultry quotes for alive chickens by weight and age, ducks and muscovy, white leghorns, old roosters and hens, and pekins. Butter and dairy prices for Western separators and creamery products across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia, plus grain and oats and corn figures from Chicago and Baltimore markets.
Middling New York at 2489, Norfolk 32.06, Philadelphia 35.05. Prices reflect regional bids for fiber as market observers note steady demand and modest shifts in spot quotations across the eastern ports.
Norfolk reports hundreds of barrels of lubricating oil from the Nordhav, sunk off the Virginia Capes, washed ashore near Virginia Beach during a daytime gale. Fishermen and locals salvage the cargo as a valuable find with assortments of wreckage recovered despite rough seas. Charlottesville records the death of Lieut. Hubert Hancock Wood Jr in a flying accident while training. The UVA and Jefferson School alumnus was 22, with kin in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Stock listings from Chicago show hogs and cattle pricing, with figures for light hogs roughs feeders and prime beef, plus cull and breeding details. Entries mention Leef cattle, hamps chow and i, and ewes with medium to prime quality and price ranges around 12 to 18 dollars.
Simple funeral services for United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger were conducted this afternoon at the First Baptist church in Concord New Hampshire. Rev Walter C Myers led the service and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge paid tribute to Gallinger recalling his long public service in and out of Congress. All city businesses closed at 1 pm in respect.
Charlottesville report says W. W. Landes formerly stars at the University of Virginia married Miss Eleanor Carter of Camden Texas on Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Miami Florida. Landes from Staunton, Virginia, was a notable football player at UVA several years ago.
The city mourns the death of a senior Brazilian senator Al cinde Guanabara a prominent Pehtietan and long time editorial writer on paix in Rio de Janeiro. His death marks the loss of a leading political voice and public intellectual in Brazil.
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