Socialists Plan Mass Meeting Over War Enlistment
The Socialist party of the District of Columbia will hold a mass meeting at 811 Be Street NW to protest U S involvement in war with Germany and discuss expulsion policies for members who enlist. National actions in New York and Chicago reflect the fight over wartime loyalty amid labor leaders' varied views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Instanois
United States
Socialist Party of
District of Columbia
Germany
Washington
New York
Army
Navy
Joe Richmod
Ignatius Gerac
Red Cross
Morris Braun
Central Federated Union of New York
Socialista
War Department
Arkansans
Socialist Party
Rev Henry paralyzed trickster jailed for thirteen counts
The Rev Henry Carter, a colored man, used a rabbit foot paralyzing act to fool officials and evade arrest. He faced thirteen charges in police court, was sentenced to 30 days per count, then paroled, and was later recaptured in Norfolk before being shipped back to Washington for confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Henry Carter
Missouri
Henry
Rev. Henry
United States Attorney
National Museum
Rev Henry
Norfolk,Wa
Washington
Union Station
Potomac
Washington Asylum
Socialists Rally in Europe Amid War Mobilization
As the European struggle began the Socialists in Germany and France protested but now fight as valiantly as other nationals, aligning with their countrymen regardless of prior political differences and pushing for national unity in the wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Fire engulfs 16000 ton coal pile at Washington Steel Plant
A late yesterday fire roared through a 16 000 ton coal pile in the Washington Steel and Ordnance Company yards at Glesboro Point below Anasco?ia. Engine Company 25 fought flames for hours while steam cranes dredged and removed coal. Valued at about 60 000 dollars, the smoldering pile may burn for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Steel and Ordnance Company
Glesboro Point
Anascostia
United States
Mnav
Engine Company No 25
Dedication Plans at Central High School
Justice Wendell P Stafford will deliver the principal address at the formal dedication of Central High School on Clifton street. The event spans two nights with Friday featuring student choirs and an all student orchestra. Officials including District commissioners and Superintendent Thurston attend as honored guests. The building, praised as one of the world’s finest, opened last summer and now serves about 2,200 to 2,500 students. It will be illuminated Thursday and Friday with guides to showcase features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell P Stafford
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
New Central High School
Clifton Street
Thurston
Board of Education
Oo. P. Newman
Chorua
Emory Wilson
Lincoln suffrage banner spurs select picket squads
A suffrage banner addressed to the President quotes Lincoln on woman suffrage and critiques current policy. Chairmen of picket squads include College girls from Barnard College pledging 150 delegates, with members across Disciplines and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Mias Beulah Amidon
North Dakota
Mina
Congressional
Abby Scott Baker
Elizabeth Fairall
Esther Rosenfeld
Mabel la Rue
W. J. McGee
District of Columbia
W. Thompson Burch
Helena Hill Weed
Connecticut
Mabel Vernon
Delaware
Rebecca, Shelley
New York
Mildred Gilbert
California
Patriotism in Music Grows at National Hotels
The Star Spangled Banner gains prominence in Washington as patriotic mood rises over the Germany crisis. At a leading hotel, the national anthem replaces ragtime on lunch hour programs with well dressed patrons removing hats as the tune plays through the foyer and lounges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Auto collisions injure man near Fourteenth Street
Charles Cockrill, 28, of 313 F street northeast, was knocked down and slightly hurt by a car driven by Mrs. L. C. May at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street NW yesterday afternoon. A large sightseeing auto, operated by George Sonnysack, crashed with a feed wagon of William Galt & Co. at Second and C streets NW, badly damaging the wagon. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death in the killing of Joseph Francisco, Italian track hand, at Washington Terminal Company yards near the Union Station round house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cockrill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Mra. L. C. May
Twentieth Street
George Sonnysack
William Galt & Co
Second
Joseph Francisco
Washington Terminal Company
Union Station
PTA backs prohibition bill and teachers' retirement measure
At the Gage School last night the N. P. Gage Parent-Teachers Association endorsed the Sheppard-Garkley prohibition measure before Congress without a referendum and supported the teachers' retirement bill presented by Mies M. E. Bond, principal. The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P. Gage Parent-Teachers' Association
Gage School
Lawrence Satterfield
Mies M. E. Bond
Been
Peace Delegation from New York Arrives in Washington
A 100 strong Emergency Peace Federation delegation from New York and the East marched to the White House after a day of protests at All Souls Church. They urged a referendum on war, pressed for peace, and presented resolutions to Secretary Tumulty. leaders pledged unity against conflict and urged President Wilson to seek peace.
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Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Iabor
Federation of Labor
Jiocal
Army
Navy
National Guard
Organized Labor
Wilson
New York
Capitol
White House
Senator Stone—Day
Emergency Peace Federation
All Souls’ Church
Congress
la Follette
Federation
Washington
Btone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tumulty
Germany
N. M Thomas
Henry Villard
Ita
United States
Edward Cassidy
D R. Sorenson
Nebraska
Villard
College Antimilitarist League
Mra
J Sargent Cram
New York City
Jane Addams
Reed
Harry Allen Overstreet
City College of New York
Joseph D Cannon
Western Minera’ Union
America
Oscar Galloway
Texas
May Wright Sewall
International Association of Women
Theresa Malkiel
John A. McSparran
The
National Grange
Peace Federation
Emily Greene Balch
Ella Flagg Young
Drug addicts urged for treatment over punishment plan
John Capers former commissioner of internal revenue recommended opening state and federal courts to place drug addicts in treatment centers before serving in penal institutions. He cited Oxborn reports and urged medical jurisprudence society discussion at the University Club meeting. George Sawyer was elected to membership and Clarence R Wilson presided in place of the absent Dr William C Woodward health officer of the District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John & Capers
Internal Revenue
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
University Club
Capers
Oxborn
Internal Revenue Bureau
George A. Sawyer
Clarence R. Wilson
William C. Woodward
St Aloysius Campaign Nears Half of $100000 Goal
After three days of fundraising the St Aloysius campaign reports 94613215 total with 13091 50 raised by 80 teams and 7558 30 by 20 women's teams. Men contribute 4695 while the executive committee adds 884. Team ledgers capture top banners with Team M Milas Hortense A McGowan and Team 4 J J Puller Jr. winning daily honors. Major donors include Norma Herston 1000 and others at 500 260 200 and 100. The drive funds a new parochial and high school for girls, with eight days to go ending next Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysius’ Roman Catholic
Milas Hortense A McGowan
J J Puller, Jr
Hrtson
Norma
Daniel T Dooley
A ¥. Burny
James F. Farrell
Bernard Rober
Inaugural Seats in Lively Demand
Demand for parade seats spikes as the inaugural committee accelerates stand construction along the march route. Since ticket sale time, letters requesting seats have poured in and requests are being filled rapidly. About 100 cars offered for public order use on March 5. The hotels and vehicles subcommittee met in the District building with Maj. Pullman presiding. George H. Macdonald named chairman and A. J. Driscoll secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Order
Maj. Pullman
George H. Macdonald
A. J. Driscoll
Peace preferences drive Teuton home in dispatchs
The article notes a push for peace and avoids war, detailing considerations of conference powers and a limited sailing of four marked American ships. Informants say the country is not for war and will only fight if forced, with few vocal for hostilities and a large majority seeking peace with honor.
Ice Tightens on Potomac and Skating Likely Soon
Cold weather drives ice formation along the Potomac freeing skating at the tidal basin and Zoo. Temperatures hover around freezing after a night near 10 degrees above zero, with northwest winds sealing an open channel from Washington to Jones Point and impairing navigation downstream.
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Akating Gate
Zoo
Potomac
Washington
Jones Point
No Parley Until War on Neutrals End
Report continues from page one detailing Germany's stance on seizing ships and neutral vessels. Officials seek full status of two warships and eight merchantmen in Hawaiian ports to finalize conditions in American harbors. Protests persisted over the detention of 64 American sailors, now reported released, amid a severance of relations with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hawaii
Philippines
Gerard
Westfalen
State Department
Wilson
Congress
Germans in Hawaii Free Court Dismisses Charges
Honolulu February 12 German sailors from ships that sought refuge in Hawaiian waters were released from detention under orders from Secretary of Labor Wilson. Federal court dropped charges against officers and men over alleged destruction of machinery and damage to the ships at the request of the U S district attorney, who provided no reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
San Franciseco
Salora
Hawaiian
Wilson
Simultanso
United States
Guest of Mystic Shriners Luncheon
Benry F Niedringhaus of St. Louis imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will be guest of honor at a Raleigh luncheon for Masons today after noon. He arrives from Richmond after attending a Masonic convention. other District Masons listed as guests include Whiting Hstes Harrison Dingman Roe Fulkerson James T. Gibba Henry Lansburgh Capt. Louis C. Wilson Charles A. Stevens and Capt. John H. Cowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benry F. Niedringnaue
St. Louis
Imperial Potentate
Mystic Shrine of North America
Raleigh
Niedringhaus
Richmond
Number L
Whiting Hstes
Almas Temple
Harrison Dingman
Imperial
Roe Fulkerson
James T. Gibba
Henry Lansburgh
Louis C. Wilson
Charles A. Stevens
John H. Cowles
Juvenile Court Bill Advances Through Senate Reform
Senator Pomerone secured passage of the juvenile court bill in the Senate after Hoke Smith withdrew his objection. The bill, operative upon Presidential signal, gives the court jurisdiction over youths under 17 with specified exceptions. It requires a president appointed judge and probation staff, including at least one woman, and bans jail detention for minors in favor of separate facilities without contact with adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerone
Senate
Hoke Smith
House
Wilson
Allen's Foot Ease Advertises Comfort for Tight Shoes
Advert shows Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder used in shoes and foot baths to loosen tight footwear and relieve corns, blisters, callouses, and sore boots. Claims instant relief and comfort, priced 25 cents and sold everywhere. Address for trial backers listed.
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Allen
Allen G. Olmsted
Ke Boy
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Chicago
Allan J Benson
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Central High
Wee
GEO. A. Dickel & Co., Distillers
Nashville
Tenn
Charlies Cockrill
Indorses
Gage School Association
John G. Capers
ST. Aloysius
Parish Girls’ School
Alanis
Scires Taffeta
Teuton
Paul Ritter
Free Court
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