Review of a stormy but proud White House review in Washington
President Wilson with Gen Harvey and staff reviewed the District of Columbia National Guard on the White House Ellipse under heavy rain. Troops in soaked uniforms marched in. soldiers slept in dog tents and faced mud as they returned to Washington aboard the St Johns.
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White House
Colonial Beach
Winson
Harvey
Maj. Castner
Dla
Col. W. W. Harts
National Guard
District of Columbia
St. Johne
Boys of the Guard
Battery A. Field Artillery
Wilson
Third Infantry
Wirat
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Emet
New York Avenue
Thirteenth Street
New York
Fifth
L Streets
Firat
Twelfth
U Streets
Signal Corps
Firat Street
Indiana Avenus
Camp Ordway
Soldiers duties training in Capital Business Men activity image
Picture shows Company C members from Washington learning camping and rifle handling under a regular army sergeant. In the center M. A. Cobb is taught rifle use, and Hasil Miles demonstrates machine gun mechanism. Bottom row features J. O. Totten, Frederick L. Huldekoper, and Thomas R. Shipp.
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Washington
M. A. Cobb
Hasil Miles
J. 0. Tottencenter
Frederick L. Huldekoper
Thomas R. Shipp
Plattsburg
Futhor
Eruit
Totten, Jr
Frederick Huldekoper
Basil Miles
United States ‘Chamber of Commerce
Ragnal Bolling
Haughton
Wheeler
Poes
Washingtonians
M l L Goodwin
A. Z Pyles
G O Totten, Jr
J. ©. Smith
Es, Bryant
M. A Cobb
Duke
F L Huldekoper
L R Magan
Bassl Miles
F. S Downs
G. H Gregory, Jr
G. T Weltzel
Robert Bacon
France
Nelson O'Sraughnessey
Mexico City
Winard Straight
J P. Morgan
State Department
Robert H. Patchin
New York Herald
Tom Shipp
Soldiering Aspiration Replaces Navy Past For Billy
In Colonial Beach tale, Billy, once contact with many, shifts from navy days to supporting the Boy Scouts as a stepping stone toward soldiering. He declares joining the Boy Hearts necessary only to reach soldier shoes, believing nothing surpasses being a soldier in value.
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Billy
Bill
Navy
Colonial Beach
National Service
Elks Set Big Clambake on Steamer Johnn for Sept 12
Washington Lodge No 16 BPO Hike announces the fifth annual clambake aboard the steamship Johnn on Sunday September 12. The event features seafood breakfast, athletics program, music by a 12 piece orchestra, and prizes with tickets distributed by committee chairmen ahead of a September 9 cutoff.
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Washington Lodge
Elka
Bt. Johna
Fred J. Mersheimer
Eerwin H. Negmeyer, Jr
Gus Brahler
Jake Richards
Hugh F. Harvey
John C. Maxwell
Zim
John H. Balz
Security Savings and Commercial Bank
Elks Club
Mersheimer
Washington Weather Cuts Loom as Summer Falls Short
City briefs report a fall weather pattern in Washington with cooler mornings around 56 and a slow rise to summer levels. Community events include Fort Myer Heights gospel series ending tonight with speakers McKintosh, Gripp, Rich, and Greathouse, and Oscar Price to headline a Virginia Society meeting at Old Masonic Temple on September 10. The Industrial Home School lawn fete at Wisconsin avenue was postponed to Tuesday due to weather, with nine swimming events and folk dances by 60 girls. The Roselyn to Fort Myer military road closes for three weeks for repairs, and Epiphany Church in Cherrydale hosts a morning service by Rev. Stephen Gardner. The Washington HUe Bar and Throat Hospital lawn fete is planned for Friday or indoors if rain. St Johns College free scholarship exams extended to September 15 for ages 11-16, with tests at 9 oclock daily at 1225 Vermont avenue.
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Roselyn
Fort Myer
War Department
St. John’s College
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Vermont Avenue
Light celebrates hunting days with new street lights
The Southeast Washington Citizens' Association hosts a Wednesday evening celebration for the new street lighting on Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh and Eighth streets southeast. Officials including District commissioners and Maj Pullman are invited. The event features a parade after the lights are turned on. Hunters anticipate a strong season with shorebirds scarce but reed and black birds common, and police warn against violations as shooting begins in the District and Virginia edge areas.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Eleventh and
Eighth Streets
Washington Citizens’ Association
Maj Pullman
Second Street
Anacostia River
Eleventh Street
Eighth Street
Navy Yard
Eleventh Streets
Anacostia
Virginia
Potomac
Plattsburg rookies prove tough in daily drill at camp
Washington business and professional leaders, among 1300 national figures, endure 6 a.m. reveille to 9 p.m. taps at Plattsburg military camp. Capt. Corey and Capt. Johnston lead the rigorous routine as bankers, diplomats, and journalists join the army training, aiming to spur a national reserve system through example and broader camps nationwide.
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Army of Defense
Washington Post
Plattaburg
N.Y
Washington
United States
Corey
Gordon Johnston
Raveille
Plattsboro
Federal Reserve
Plattsburg
Mexico City Starvation Report Details Charcoal Famine
A Mexico City correspondent describes dire hunger under revolutionary rule with burning fuel shortages, charcoal smuggling, and slaughterhouse blood famine. He notes vast bread lines, death by starvation, and an American Red Cross visit as conditions deteriorate and chaos dominates daily life.
Penny-a-Day Club Aids Friendship House Campaign
Thousands of Washingtonians joined the Penny-a-day Club to raise funds for Friendship House. The drive aimed to cover deficits from milk station, day nursery, free kindergarten, and outings. Officers and workers led by Henry P. Blair and Lydia A. Burke Tin organized volunteers in stores and theaters to collect coins, not all pennies.
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Friendship House
Henry P. Blair
James W. Cit
William G. Stuart
Kirk Holmes
Ellis Spear
Lydia A. H. Burke Tin
Milo B. Atkinson
Weather Summary and Sun and Tide Table Data
Forecasts indicate showers in the District of Columbia and Maryland on Sunday with partly cloudy conditions Monday. Virginia sees morning showers and Monday partly cloudy skies. northeast to north winds become variable. Temperatures rise to around 90s to 110s in western regions, with fair weather in many areas later Monday, and general showers shifting across the Midwest and South Atlantic states. Local readings show varying temperatures, humidity, and light rainfall, with maximums near mid-60s to 70s in some regions and cooler conditions elsewhere.
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Dept of Agriculture—Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Colombie
Maryland
Virginia
Northeatern
Dakotas
Texa New Mexico
Arizona
Rocky Mountains
Red Blut
Central Nest
Middle Atlantic
Middle West
Want Gulf States
Onlo Valley
Upper Lake Region
Olo Valley
Jake
Eat Gulf
South Atlantic
Uniay
New England
South Atlantic States
Lower
Ohio Valley
Polk Named Counselor of State Department in Lansing Era
Secretary Lansing formally announced the selection of Frank L Polk of New York City as counselor of the State Department. Polk will succeed Lansing, who became secretary last June, with the vacancy filling duties in the secretary’s absence and during cabinet meetings.
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New York Corporation
State Department
A. Mitchell Palmer
Cone Johnson
Frank L. Polk
New York City
Lansing
Mr. Polk
Hoas
Polk
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Pennsylvania
John Bassett Moore
Washington
Seoanselor
Germany
Lusitania
Manning Appointed Director of the Bureau of Mines
Congratulations flowed from friends and technical men nationwide as Vanney H Manning was named director of the Bureau of Mines by President Wilson. He succeeds the late Dr J A Holmes and will be sworn in tomorrow morning. Manning, son of the late Mississippi Congressman, is active in multiple clubs and societies and authored a monograph on United States coal exports.
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Vanney H Manning
Bureau of Mines
Wilson
Manning
J. A Holmes
Mississippi
Cos- Ton Club
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Engineering Club
Mississippi Society
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Trowet Club
the Interior Department
National Geographic Society
Topographers’ Club
the Geological Survey
United States
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Gripp
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Oscar Price
Interior Department
Weat Virginia Society
Old Masonic Temple
Camden
D. W. Gall
Industrial Home School
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Stephen Gardner
Church of the Redeemer
Chicago
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Cherrydale
Board of Lady Governors
Washington Hue, Bar and Throat Hospital
Iowa Circle
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Mexico
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Porter
Jose
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O'Connor
American Red Cross
Stephen Bonsal
Red Cross
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Toluca
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Carranszistas
Pablo Gonzales
Maxton City
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Estado
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Atlantic
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Iowa
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Helena
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Will
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Felicitate Manning
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