Wilson and Taft chair Red Cross meeting in 1917
President Wilson and former President Taft sat together at the annual American Red Cross meeting. Wilson praised Red Cross work in the European war and presided as Dr Richard Strong detailed typhus relief in Serbia. The organization reorganized into military and civilian relief with new leaders and duties.
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Wilson
Taft
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Richard Strong
Serbia
Wiseh
Red Cross Committee Meeting Highlights War Relief Efforts
A Red Cross committee meeting with Gen George W Davis presiding reviewed war relief work by American organizations including American Ambulance Hospital Mrs Robert Bacon and Miss Anne Morgan. The morning session awarded the Gold Medal of Merit and announced certificates of esteem for Rabbi Henry Cohen and Dr J L Renfrew for flood relief. A special delegates meeting is scheduled at Red Cross headquarters at 10 o clock.
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Cconnor
Red Cross
Ontrun
Mexic
Mexico City
Mexico
Graft
Central Committee
Gane A Tivol
John Skelton Williams
Red Cross Nursing
Jane A Delano
Bureau of Medical Service
Robert A. Patterson
Khotes Baverweather
American Red Cross
Hall France
Isoda Anderson
Austria
Viena Sherman
Kingsley
Eastland Advisory Board of Chicago
Rosamond K. Bender Ational
Needlework
American Ambulance Hospital
Robert Bacon
Committee of Mercy
Norman Hapgood
George W. Davis
U. S A
Gen
Davis
Rabbi Henry Cohen
Galveston
Tex
J. L. Renfrew
Brownsville
Canal closed for year before deep draft ships pass
Pacific Mail officers arriving from the Canal Zone say the Panama Canal will be closed to deep draft vessels for the next year. They cite unofficial canal zone opinion that shallow draft ships might pass within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Pacific Mail
Canal Zone
Wilson and Taft lookalikes cause scene at Red Cross meeting
Two maids dressed as President Wilson and former President Taft paraded outside a Red Cross meeting yesterday afternoon. Taft, who left early, spotted the impersonators and reacted with amusement while the scene caused light chaos among attendees.
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Rauscher
Wilson
Taft
Red Cross
Mr. Taft
Nation's steel merger eyed with Cambria ties
A syndicate plans to merge Cambria Steel with Lackawanna Newport News Shipbuilding Youngstown and other plants into a giant steel corporation. Merger may close within ten days as options on Cambria shares are arranged and control of 100 more shares is pursued. Newport News yard seen expanding with a new large mill at the site.
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Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Lackawanna, Youngstown and Cambria Companies
Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Youngstown Steel and Tube Company
Inland
Iroquoia
Chicago
Steel Corporation
J. Leonard Replogie
Cambria Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Replogie
Replogle
New York
Cambria
Newport News
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Domestic business so good war orders not wanted
U S manufacturers say domestic business is strong enough to supersede war orders. Reports from Pittsburgh Wheeling Harrisburg Cleveland Indianapolis Philadelphia New Haven Worcester St Louis and Buffalo show firms turning down or deprioritizing war contracts in favor of stable domestic demand, with many mills running above normal and shifting focus to peace time goods.
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U.S
Washington Post
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
United State Steel Corporation
Wheeling
W. Va
Harrisburg
David E. Tracy
Cleveland
Johnson and Jennings
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Winchester Reposting Arms Company
Maxim Company
Sargent and Marlin
Worcester
Mass
The
Metal Trades Association
Worcester Machine Tool
St. Lous
St. Louis
Buffalo
Mrs Post Drops Suit for Daughter Settlement
Mrs C W Post widow of the Battle Creek cereal magnate announced an amicable settlement of the Post estate. Her daughter Marjorie Post Close will receive the bulk of the estate including the Post cereal plants in Battle Creek and at Post City Texas. Mrs Post retains real estate in Battle Creek and Santa Barbara California. The settlement ends litigation and avoids further dispute over ownership of the Post properties.
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Battle Creek
Michigan
Battle Creek, Mich
C. W. Post
Santa Harbara
Cal
Marjorie Post Close
Cereal Company
Hera
Postmpany
Cdtion
Post
City
Tex
Rich Gems Smuggled In Parcel Case Revealed
A British cruiser seized a Rotterdam to Copenhagen parcel carrying diamonds worth millions bound for New York. Antwerp dealers and four firms hide the gems in ordinary parcels to dodge duties, with one man aboard the Amsterdam mail packet implicated as the sender. The sting uncovered a multi firm, multi city smuggling network and a shipment valued about 5 million dollars over six months.
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Washington Fort
New York
Megng
Tejilliad
Gamond
Antwerp
York
Pansok
North Sea
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
United States Customs
War Tax To Be Extended Before Christmas Adjournment
After a conference with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Leader Claude Kitchin said the Democrats will seek a temporary reenactment of the war emergency tax before Congress adjourns for Christmas. The general revenue question will be debated after January 1. He expects the emergency tax law will be extended without a protracted fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Claude Kitchin
Congress
Kitchin
Red Cross Collection Hits Four Million Total
A British Red Cross meeting in London announced that a one day empire wide collection raised 4,000,900 dollars for the Red Cross. The sum surpassed expectations and will aid relief efforts across the empire.
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Great Britain
London
British Red Cross
Empire
Red Cross
Torpedo boat destroyer Conyngham completes endurance run
Rockland Maine December 8 The torpedo boat destroyer Conyngham logged an average speed of 286 knots an hour during a four hour endurance run Today’s test of sustained speed satisfied both her builders Ee-TT representatives and naval officials.
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Rockland
Conyngham
Ee —— TT
Doubt on Communipaw Fate as Reports Conflict
Conflicting dispatches from Rome London and Washington left the fate of the American tanker Communipaw uncertain after reports it was sunk off Tobruk and later arrived at Alexandria. A second message claimed the vessel had been captured, while a later communication from Alexandria said the Communipaw reached Alexandria safely and would sail to New York.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Rome
London
Communipaw
Tobruk
Tripoli
Ortciat
Ambassador Page
Bortte
State Department
Londo
Mediterranean
Amassador Page
Cabies
New York
London Lieyds
Ofl
Standard Oil
Nord[stront
George C. Mountcastle
Washington
Avanol
Dk G B. Heinecke
Georgia Avenue
Madison Place
Mr. Mountcastle
Heinecke
Brightwood
Madison Street
Prince Georges County
Frank Sewall
Washington Society of the New Jerusalem
Ralph P Barnard
Snow 18 Feet Deep Ends Caucasus War
Petrograd reports a halt to fighting on the Caucasus front as a war office statement cites heavy snow in mountainous sections reaching depths of 18 feet, impeding operations and contributing to the ceasefire. The Weather and military officials note the snow blocks supply routes and hinders troop movements in the region.
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Petrograd
Caucasus Front
War Office
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Arthur Murray
Rockefeller Foundation
Victor Records
E.F. Droop & Sons Co
Steleway Pianos
Wee
Sie
RED Cross Committee
Mabel T. Boardman
William H. Taft
Gen. Weaver
John Bassett Moore
American National Red Cross
Red Cross Central Committee
Wilson and Taft
J. L. Replogle
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Philadelphia
Baldwins
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Locomotive Works
Baldwin
Pennsylvania
Bell-Ans
Mrs. Post
Cotten
Dales
Sea Island
Census Bureau
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Vassel
Rowterdam
Capen
U. 8
Biones
Walats
Second Floor
Goldheim's
Wang’ Places
S. Goldheim & Sons
N. W
Maid” Shoe Seld
Hirsh'’S
E. W. Grove
George C. Mountcastie
Robert E. Joyce
Fulton Gates
Mountcastle
Richmond
Burlington
Brightwood Hotel
Jones- Works
California
Naples
Eolans
Ogate
Graduol
Aeolian
Vocalions
Emmons
Smith
A. D. J. DE Moll & CO
John H. Magruder
Conn. Ave
E St
Washington Gallery
G St. N.W
Washington Railway and Electric Com Pany
14Th
F Streets
Willis J Wentz
Cubitt
Washington, D
Washington Time Insurance Company
Trestees
Alfred H Lawson
District Title Insurance Company
Anenerthy
Fred H Dawson
Continental Trust Company
Harry G. Iseil
Fan N Street
Nash
Blick Bros
Florida
Prancolletti
Casey
Burchell
St.n.w
Arbhi
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