Campaign for Jewish relief drive in Warr town meeting
A December 26 fund drive in Warr town aims to raise up to 9000 dollars for Jewish war sufferers in Europe. Campaign officers Emil Berliner Otto Werner and other leaders, with attendees including Rabbi B L G Grossman and Judge Milton Strasburger, organized the effort at the Town and Country Club to assist victims in Turkey Galicia and elsewhere.
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Reet
Turkey
Galicia
Lown and Country Club
Harry Lewin
Europe
Esterday
Aegirives
Soryow
Washington
Kigymin
Trasse
Niloounehaumnan
Niuon
Remutter
Emil Berliner Chirman
Otto Werner Secre Tar
RFB FL Lyon
Lee Hrumgarten
Fulton Brylawski
David Pacc
Jarek Fiseman
To Freund
Foubbi
Joseph Glushak
Charles A
Foaksmith
Garfinkle
LG Grossman
T Gresner
Moses
Isaac Ceoldenberry
Samuel Ganss
Isaac Tians
Abbbi
Er Horwitz
Tius F Karger
Henry J. Kaufman
Adolph Kahn
D J Kaufman
Harald Levy
Lester Tanaburgh
A Tasner
Col FE HO
Lehman
Worton
H Lucha Sel Meyer
Sordlinger
Nordlinger
Julia Clleyser
Abe Sigmund Nathan Samuels
Apram Simon
Milton Strasburger
Sidney W Strauss Simeon
Wolf Sidney West
Moses’ Yoelson
Seized Liquor Outside Law Sparks Blockade Justice Talk
Police seized more than 12000 quarts of liquor during bootlegging raids. The confiscated bottles remain at precincts and headquarters as prosecutors plan broader action. U S District Attorney Tap Given said trains from Baltimore will be searched for whisky buyers while shipments to destinations face possible tracing.
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Taph Given
Baltimore
Steamer Sinks Motorboat Off Potomac Coast
Horner and Turner, sailors at the navy yard, died after a steamer struck their motorboat near Tort Washington on the Potomac. Dense fog prevented the steamer Charles Macalester from seeing the hit until after it passed. The men clung to life jackets as they floated for about 30 minutes before rescue by UCS sunchaser No 197 to Alexandria. Both suffered severe exposure.
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Swerd Horner
Turner
Navy Yard
Potomac
Charles McAllester
Charles Macalester
UCS Sunbchaser
No 197
Alexandria
Two-Year Pace Forecast for Postwar Peace Talks
London dispatch says the second stage of peace negotiations may last two years. The first stage will finalize demobilization and reconstruction, while the second tackles wider European settlement and a league of nations. Hearings on borders involve smaller nations. key seas issue to be settled with major powers and the United States. Norway Denmark Portugal Greece expected to agree with France Britain Italy.
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Universal Service
London
League of Nations
United States
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Greece
Yanks End Long Hike Four Weeks On March
American occupation forces push to a 30 kilometer semicircle boundary centering on Coblenz as French troops secure the bridgehead east of Cologne. British troops complete the Cologne bridgehead while bands play and troops billeted in towns behind the line. The advance of December 14 to 16 sees regular authorities recognized, workmen’s committees ignored, and ample food supplies amid a generally orderly, cautious occupation.
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Mayence
Cologne
Tenth Army
Lig Im Tips
London
Olpe
Obercassel
Seelscheld
Hohkeppell Olpe
Solingen
Hilden
France
Soldiers Welcomed Inside White House Complex
With President Wilson's approval soldiers and sailors were allowed to visit the cabinet room the President's office and the executive chambers of the White House yesterday marking a change since the United States entered the war when access to the White House grounds had been previously denied to visitors.
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Wilson
Cabinet Room
White House
United States
White Houge Grounds
Have to Quit Schools Due to Poverty Withdrawals Rise
More than 1,000 children aged 12 to 16 left public schools as parents cite poverty. A Labor Department children's bureau report shows a 163 percent jump in employment certificates in one year. Of those employed, 41 percent joined government departments, 40 percent to stores, 17 percent as office messengers outside departments, and 2 percent to factories.
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Children’s Bureau
The
Department of Labor
Davis Arrives in London Amid Escort From Plymouth
American Ambassador John W. Davis and Mrs. Davis arrived in London with Vice Admiral Rime and escort personnel after traveling from Plymouth. Officials of the American embassy and military and naval attaches greeted them at the railway station before they were taken to the embassy.
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Mugland
London
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Muskegon man faces slaying charge in bigamy case
Milo H Piper, a wealthy Muskegon insurance man, is brought back to face a murder charge in Michigan tied to the death of his alleged bigamous bride. The case centers on tracking Piper after a two year mystery involving a Chicago connection and a body found near an Eggleston Township railway crossing.
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Muskegon
Mich
Milo H Piper
Piper
Hamilton Ont
Western Michigan
Misa Frieda Weichman
Chicago
Crown Point
Foribault
Minn
Grand Trunk Railway
Eggleston Township
FO W Kijake
Hinadale
Miss Welchman
Weilchman
Dances Charm Large Throng at Washington Fine Arts Recital
The Washington Fine Arts Enterprises opened with Yaadora Bunega dancers and pianist George Copeland in the Shubert Belasco Theater, drawing a full house. Copeland impressed with tone color and rhythm, performing MacDowell Tragica, Bach, Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Liszt, Gluck, and Spanish pieces, while dancers offered graceful interpretive pieces including Nocturne No 5 and Valse Brilliante. Encores, especially Debussy L apres midi d un Faun, were well received. Next program features Alfred Cortot in a piano recital at the same venue.
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Washington Fine Arte
Prises
Ona B Talbot
Shubert-Belasco
Yaadora Bunega
George Copeland
Piantat
Copeland
Bach
Scarlatti
Mendelssohn
Debusay
Liszt
Gluck
Grobler
Albeniz
Luisa
Waa
Aulia
Schubert
Debussy
Washington Fine Arts Enterprises
Alfred Cortot
Funeral of Maj. A L Christie in National Cemetery obituary
Funeral services for Maj. A Larue Christie A B A of Passaic M J retired who died December 4 at Fort Evere N Max will be held at the Washington National Cemetery at 3:30 this afternoon. Christie who was well known in Washington entered the army in 1901 and served as a lieutenant of infantry. He served with American forces during the Boxer troubles in China and later was stationed in San Francisco.
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A. Larue Christie
Passaic
M. J
Fortevere N. Max
Theington Nationral
Ma Christie
Inshington
China
San Francisco
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