Berlin Sags Under Defeat and Hardship in War’s Close
A traveler returns from Germany with a grim Berlin report. Defeat on the western front depresses people as dark streets, shortages, and rising crime mark daily life. Mobs are dispersed by military guards, while women protest for higher wages and food lines stretch. children go barefoot and adults lack soap as Kaiser support wanes.
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Woman Sues District Over $16000 Injury From Hole
Mary T. Kouns sues the District of Columbia in the District Supreme Court for $10000 damages after tripping in a pavement hole in front of 3547 Tenth Street Northwest on February 18, 1917. Attorneys Hogan and Donovan represent her. the hole had existed for three years without repair.
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Mary T. Kouns
District Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Frank J. Hogan
William H. Donovan
Kaiser Must Go Says Hin Protest
A Swiss-Franco sourced dispatch reports increasing revolutionary pamphlets in Germany despite authorities suppressing them. Anonymous sheets praise Prince Lichnowsky, condemn Bethmann-Holweg, and call for replacing the Kaiser with a democracy. The writings argue Germany seeks global dominance and warn monarchy must yield to a German democracy.
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France
Switzerland
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Edward Grey
Junkers
Soldier Sues For Discharge From Army
Oliver Cooley, private in Company C, first replacement regiment of engineers, files a habeas corpus in the District Supreme Court seeking discharge on grounds he is an enemy alien illegally inducted. Born in Straza, Hungary in 1891, he became a La Porte resident as a minor and held Hungarian citizenship. he was drafted April 27 and placed in Class 1 A after asking to be in Class five.
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Washington Barracks
District Supreme Court
David E Anthony
Foley
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Caetana
Hungary
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United States
Drury
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Unlicensed Milk Dealer Faces Prosecution Over Mouse Contamination
District Health Officer Dr. Fowler reports a mouse found in a bottle of milk from a wagon of an unlicensed dealer. He shows dirty bottles and says the case will be prosecuted under the pure food and drug act. Authorities note large volumes of milk from unlicensed sources enter the district and vow stricter action.
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Carcer Fowler
Washington
By & Groger
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Fowler
Police Court
Protests Against Suit Tax Adopted by Washington Tailors
The Merchant Tailors' Exchange of Washington adopts two resolutions protesting a 20 percent tax on tailor-made suits over 50 dollars. They urge a uniform smaller tax on all suits, arguing the high levy would remove higher priced suits from the market and defeat the law's aim.
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Washington
Community Workers Honored At Central High Dance
Commissioner Louis Brownlow praised district centers for wartime recreation at Central High School Community Center. Navy Yard Band led by Bandmaster S Totina played a concert before a dance, with Harry T Ashe of Wartcamp Community Service directing community singing.
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Central High School
Brownlow
Navy Yard Band
S Totina
Harry T Ashe
Wartcamp
American War Correspondent Draws Croix de Guerre in France Tales
Floyd Gibbons, after eighteen months on the western front where he lost an eye, shared vivid battles over the top with French and American troops at the National Press Club. He explained a captain’s view on mutual perceptions, noting the French and Americans clash in humor yet work well together.
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West Front
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Wounded Soldier to Wed in West Primates Church
Sergt Frank Ross wounded in France will marry Miss Amy Hansen of Detroit this afternoon at 5:30 at West Primates Presbyterian Church. Miss Selma Borchardt will accompany the bride and Mr Spicer, former Georgetown student, will be best man. Rev. T E Davis to perform the ceremony. Miss Hansen is in war work and staying at 664 Highland avenue.
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France
Amy Hansen
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Mr Spicer
Georgetown University
T E Davis
Hansen
Highland Avenue
German Workers Strike in Boechum City
Geneva reports indicate 200000 German workers strike across Boechum in Westphalia, with dispatches from Munich noting 300000 involved, 3000 sent to the front and 8000 deported under escort. Troops guard the town, a center of steel, iron, and coal mining, 26 miles northeast of Düsseldorf. prewar population about 70000.
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Westphalia
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Dusseldorf
Allied advances and captured in Somme and Scarpe regions
Aug 30 reports from London Paris and Rome describe Allied progress across the Somme and Canal du Nord zones. British, Canadian, French andItalian fronts cite captured villages, prisoners, and limited gains despite German resistance, with actions near Peronne Bullecourt Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt Remy and along the Scarpe and Lys rivers.
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District draft boards ordered to harden work or fight directive
Maj. D. J. Donovan announced district boards will intensify enforcement of the work or fight order. They aim to weed out men in nonessential jobs and penalize shirkers by immediate induction. Deferred dependents classifications will be ignored as boards push for stricter compliance. Reports on exact numbers were not yet available.
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General Crowder
D. J. Donovan
Maj. Donovan
Motor Truck Line Gives Up
The Maryland public service committee ordered the Highways Transfer Company to discontinue its motor freight service on September 4, ending its District to Mechanicsville operations. The firm says the route was not profitable as farmers between Waldorf and Mechanicsville largely haul their own produce or rely on neighbors and hucksters in the District for transport of tobacco and other goods.
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Maryland Public Service Committee
Highways Transfer Company
District Line
Mechanicsville
Waldorf
Mechanicnville
Driven to Drink Says Husband Files Limited Divorce Answer
Frank L Dvorak, an Interior Department clerk, filed an answer in District Supreme Court to Anna Dvorak's limited divorce suit claiming her continued nagging and alleged abuse drove him to drink. He cites attacks with kitchen knives and tearing of clothing as the cause.
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Department of the Interior
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Anna Dvorak
District Supreme Court
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