New Infantry Outfit Starts This Week at Rock Island Arsenal
The US Army begins manufacturing a lighter 38 pound infantry equipment set at Rock Island arsenal to replace the 48 pound load. Improvements include an improved knapsack, a crimped blanket bundle worn on the back, a redesigned haversack, new canteen, and a front carrying cartridge belt to reduce abdominal pressure and fatigue. Within a year about 5000 sets will be produced for the army.
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United States Army
Rock Island Arsenal
Philippines
Dickinson
North Dakota Perfect Ship Praised by Captain and Crew
Captain Albert Cleaves calls the battleship North Dakota the most perfect in the world and notes the crew’s satisfaction. In Newport news, 100 sailors were granted shore liberty with 18 remaining aboard during the visit. Admiral Schroeder praises the fleet’s reception and extends Newport’s thanks for events during last week’s celebration.
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Washington Pr
Newport
North Dakota
Trmes
Albert Cleaves
Noss Dakota
Newsae
Ataye
Hehroeder
Tig Fleet
Admiral Schroeder
Norwegian Vessel Held Responsible For Navy Collier Loss
A naval court of inquiry concluded the Norwegian steamer Rosario di Giorgio caused the loss of the U S Navy collier Marcellus after an collision off the coast. Washington was urged to recover the value of the Marcellus and her cargo, officially estimated at 126000. Norwegian owners may resist, with admiralty proceedings pending.
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Naval Court of
Admiralty Court
Middies to Land Sunday After Atlantic Cruise
The Annapolis squadron under Captain Clark nears Solomons Island for liberty shore leave through Sunday. The group, finishing a 10,000 mile voyage to foreign ports, will return to the academy tomorrow aboard the Standish with football players granted 30 days leave.
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Annapolis
Clark
Solomons Island
Raorrow
Unte
Destroyer Paulding Sets Oil-Burning Speed Mark
Rockland Me Aug 23 The torpedo boat destroyer Paulding carved a new record for oil burning warships during standardization trials on the Rockland course. Its fastest mile ran 33.94 knots, beating the Delaware course best by nearly 2 knots, with an average of 33.7 knots across five top runs. The ship completed 26 runs as orders listed movements to Newport, Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, Gloucester, Solomons, and various coastal points.
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Rockland
Paulding
Roa
Delaware
Arriyead
Trame
Newport
Navy Yard
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Borkland
Aesar
Hampton Roads
Pelpnin
Gloucester
Ajax
Vestal
St. Dubuque
Bluefields
N. Y
TraMec
Bar Harbor
Bagley
Annapolis
Solomons Island
Chesapeake Bay
Standish
Boston
Nesy Yard
N.Y
Connecticut
Michigan
South Carolina
Kanaac
New Hampshire
Georgia
Nebraska
Rhoda Island
Virginia
Minnesota
Vermont
Dri] Grounds
Severe storm hits Chicago and Midwest downpours
Widespread damage reported in Chicago as wind reached 68 mph and rain soaked the area. Yachts, dredges and boats were torn loose, buildings struck by lightning, basements flooded, and phone circuits disrupted. Injuries included shocks from lightning and minor fall injuries.
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Hammond
Ind
Calumet
Whiting
Indiana Harbor
Gary
Ludington
Mich
Golden Age
Boyd
Grand Rapids
Lake Michigan
New Orleans
Mexican Gulf Coast
Caribbean
Porto Rico
Cadets Hold Funeral for Midshipman Landy at Naval Academy
Funeral services were held at the Naval Academy chapel for Midshipman Richard R. Landy of Tennessee who died of peritonitis aboard the battleship on a summer practice cruise. Six classmates served as pallbearers as Supt Bowyer and Cmdr Koontz led officials and plebes in escorting the body through the Academy gateway before it was sent to Lewisburg, Tennessee.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Richard R. Landy
Tennessee
Towa
Bowyer
Koontz
D. H. Clark
Academy
Lewisburg
Tenn
Pirates in irons after piracy charges aboard Pedro Varela
Five American sailors from the Pedro Varela are jailed in Horta after being accused of piracy for plundering four vessels on the high seas. They will be turned over to U S authorities in Annapolis with two witnesses aboard the Iowa task force. Names include William R Albert and Charles Mitchell among others.
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Iowa
Chesapeake Bay
Pedro Varela
New Bedford
Mass
Horta
Fayat
Azores
United States
Navy Department
Annapolis
Padgett
Baltimore
Bond
Patuxent River
Naval Officers Ordered To Duty And Appointments
A roundup of naval promotions and assignments lists Lieut Comdr W W Phelpa to Delaware duty and many lieutenants ensign and midshipmen to various ships and stations including Castine Perry Iowa Virginia Dixie Yankton and North Dakota. It notes retirements and clerical appointments and confirms Arthur C Humphreys’s reappointment as Mexican consul at Norfolk, effective immediately.
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W. W. Phelpa
Delaware
A. Norris
K Whiting
Navy
H. J. Knerr
J. W. Barnett, Jr
D. C. Patternon
Dixie
R. C. Griffen
Iowa
F. A. L. Vorster
Virginia
W. F. Amsden
Castine
Enalon R. R. Stewart
Perry
EB. G. Allen
C. A Jones
T. A. Thomson
W. V Woodward
J. McC. Irish
J. James
Yankton
M.S. Brown
W. D. Brereton, Jr
Michigan
W. Smith
Panther
W. W Smith
North Dakota
H. T. Smith
West Virginia
P. B. Halnen
Georgia
C. C. Davis
Connecticut
H. H. Porter
Idaho
F. Cohn
G. Hearne
Ne. Bhaw
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Totulia
Samoa
Norfolk
Arthur C. Humphreys
Juan Pedro Didapp
Mr. Humphreys
Firemen Convention Opens in Alexandria Virginia
Alexandria hosts the twenty fourth annual Virginia State Firemen's Association convention with parades and events on King Street. Delegates from Harrisonburg Charlottesville Lexington Staunton Covington and Danville arrive with bands and families as plans for parades contests and official duties unfold over three days.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Arginia
Harrisonburg
Charlottesville
Lexington
Staunton
Covington
Danville
Washington Street
General Committee
Washington
Virginia State Firemen's Convention
Opera House
Fred J. Paff
C. C. Carlin
J. H. Trimyer
Washington and
King Streets
Virginia State Firemen's Association
Customs Seizures Mark Ship Arrival of Jewel Tales
On the Grosser Kurfuerst voyage to New York customs officers seized items from multiple travelers. Alfred Dugrenier and his wife faced a hearing after she confessed to not declaring valuables including a gold chain, watches and pins. Separate seizures involved William Maginnis and Mrs M Stuhlbach over undeclared gems and unset stones hidden on their persons.
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New York
Alfred Dugrenier
Lawrence
Mass
Dugrenier
William T. Maginnis
New Orleans
M. Stuhlbach
Passaic
N. J
Lisbon envoy sees pope amid ambassador appointment talks
Rome Aug 23 The Pope received Count de Lagoac the new charge d affaires of the Portuguese embassy in private audience as Lisbon contends with difficulties in naming a new ambassador to replace the late Senor Martins de Antenas. Portugal seeks to maintain Vatican relations while considering several candidates for the post.
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Ihne
Count de Lagoac
Senor Martins de Antenas
Lisbon
Vatican
Portugal
Tragedy Follows Reunion in Philadelphia
Elwood M. Smith, known contractor and local horsemen figure, shot his wife in the breast then killed himself after a quarrel at their Philadelphia home. Mrs. Smith died en route to the hospital. the couple, separated six months but reconciled last night, leave three children.
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Philadelphia
Elwood M. Smith
Britons Held as Spies Second Man Captured at Borkum
In Emden Germany on August 2% a second Englishman was arrested at Borkum on suspicion of spying. He offered violent resistance to arrest. Reports say photographs were taken of fortifications at Borkum and the new defenses on Wangeroog in the North Sea near Jade Bay.
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Borkum
Emden
Germany
Wangeroog
North Sea
Jade Bay
Wreck Probe Finds Negligence in Pen Mar Freight Crash
In Hagerstown Maryland on August 23 a coroner's inquest held engineman Charles Eichelberger and conductor Lewis Hopwood responsible for the Raven Rock bridge wreck near Pen Mar that killed H. M. Gigous and D. E. Fouke. The jury charged criminal negligence and forwarded manslaughter counts for the November grand jury.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Charles al Eeichelberger
Lewis S. Hopwood
Maryland
Edgemont
Harry MN. l Gigous
D. BE. Fouke
Eichelberger
Hopwood
Raven Rock
Pen Mar
H. B. Gigous
D. E
Clayton Koontz
Smithsburg
Co 3B
Hichelberger
H. E. Burgee
O. N. Lynn
Roy Messner
Thurmont
A.B. Fox
G. W. Roach
George B. McKane
Gigous
Foube
Koontz
Littlestown
Chewsville
W. C. Fleigh
Jacob W. Sheeley
Smmithsburg
Vote to Continue Strike by Wheeling Division Machinists
Machinists on the Baltimore and Ohio Wheeling division reject a company compromise by a 342 to 10 vote and decide to continue the strike. An additional conference is planned, with possible extension to the Chicago division if negotiations fail. Vice President Walter H. Ames of the union left for Washington to press for calling out Chicago terminal line workers next Monday.
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Wheeling
Spectal
Washington Post
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Walter H. Ames
Machinists’ Union
Washington
O'Connel
Murdered couple buried as Claymont crime stirs police doubt
In Wilmington Delaware on August 23 a funeral was held for Mr and Mrs Robert Casey murdered in Claymont last Saturday. About 500 attendees filled the home of Mrs Caseys brother William Claud as Reverend J Harry Chesley led services. Autopsies showed skull fractures and facial injuries. death cited from these causes. No arrests yet. police lack a crew. Washington News Service report.
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Delaware
Claymont
Wilmington
Del
Robert Casey
William Claud
Moose elect officers at annual Loyal Order of Moose meet
At the twenty second annual convention in Baltimore E E Tanner of Columbus was chosen dictator over James F Lennon of Philadelphia. Other officers include Arthur H Jones Pittsburg supreme vice dictator Ralph L Donges Camden supreme prelate B F Crawford Pittsburgh John Ross Kalamazoo E B Winsett Oklahoma City James Heogh Baltimore H Davis Cleveland and L L Moore Seattle. The group leaves for Baltimore at 5 30 on a special car to march in tonight s parade J L Rodier was initiated yesterday.
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Order
Supreme Officers of the Loyal Order of Moose
E. E. Tanner
Columbus
Ohio
James F. Lennon
Philadelphia
Arthur H. Jones
Pittsboro Pa
Ralph L. Donges
Camden
N. J
B. F. Crawford
Pittsburg
John Ross
Kalamazoo
Mich
E. B.winsett
Oklahoma City
James Heogh
H. ¥. Davis
Cleveland
L. L. Moore
Seattle
Wash
Order of Moose
Eagles’ Club
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
J. L. Rodier
NAMED TRAFFIC MANAGER FOR NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD
B L Bugg named traffic manager of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad replacing E J Lamb as Col H C Hudgins becomes assistant to the president and W W Croxton is named general passenger agent. Effective September 1 W H Landon will temporarily oversee the Old Dominion Steamship Office in Norfolk. Bugg previously served as a general agent for the Old Dominion Steamship Company in Norfolk after coming from Savannah Georgia.
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George S. Hinkins
The
Southern Railway
Belle-Pre Glass Company
Charles A. Ervin
Ervin
Southern
Norfolk, Va
B. L. Bugg
Norfolk
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Col
H. C. Hudgins
Norfolk and Southern
E. J. Lamb
W. W. Croxton
W. H. Landon
Newport News
Bugg
Savannah
Central of Georgia and Southern Railway
Mine Rumor Triggers Panic at Benwood Mines
Dramatic scenes unfolded at the Hitchman coal works mouth in Benwood as word spread of a serious explosion and 30 miners entombed. Wives and children rushed to the pit, officers had to restrain the crowd, and the danger proved false with only a minor injury to George Maybrick who was burned but will recover.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Hitchman
Benwood
George Maybrick
Held on forgery charge in Bluefield case
Insurance agent G H Marcham, allegedly W A Harris of Atlanta, was arrested in Bluefield West Virginia on forging the name J N McHacheron to three notes totaling 31000 drawn on the Third National Bank of Atlanta. He agreed to return to Atlanta without requisition papers, arrested at a hotel with his wife and child, and said to have acted as agent for General Accident and Life Insurance Company claiming blackmail.
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Bluefield
Atlanta
Washington
W. Va
G. H. Marcham
W. A. Harris
J. N. McHacheron
Third National Bank of
Marcham
General Accident and Life Insurance Company
Husband Held Pending Inquest In Delaw are Case
Laurel Del Aug 2 Harvey Wells arrested on charge of threatening to exile his brother in law and a possible poisoning charge linked to his wife’s death reported as investigators begin proceedings with an inquest set for tomorrow, authorities said.
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Laurel
Del
Harvey Wells
Young Defeats Maynard in Norfolk Dem Primary Clash
William Young won the Democratic primary in Virginia's Second District, defeating incumbent H. L. Maynard by 169 votes as results from Norfolk city favored Young and several counties swung against Maynard. Final tallies: Young 4,109. Maynard 3,940 with more precincts pending.
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William Young
Congress
Virginia
H. L. Maynard
Young
Maynard
Norfolk City
Portsmouth
Isle of Wight
Southampton
Nansemond
Norfolk County
Princess Anne
Loy
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