Neutrality Bill Fails Senate panel on enforcement powers
Senate judiciary committee rejected a Department of Justice plan to authorize using land and naval forces to enforce neutrality. Critics said current law already grants ample power, while advocates framed the measure as preventing belligerent ships from using U S harbors. In Paris, French officials and Paris municipal leaders attended Washington statue ceremonies, highlighting wartime ties and shared democratic ideals.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
United States
High Seas
Gregory
Congress
Lansing
Overman
Memorial Hall fund grows with district input
Three hundred forty five thousand dollars has been subscribed toward the two and a half million dollar George Washington Memorial hall project in this city. In three weeks pledges reached twenty six thousand with about twenty one thousand from District residents. A two brick birthday gift of twenty cents from Chloe Wolcott Klinger and Erschel Klinger of Watertown Ohio honored Oliver Wolcott signer of the Declaration. Mrs Dimeck’s nationwide appeal to schoolchildren for ten cent buttons helped spur donations.
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Washington Memorial Hall
Henry F Dtmock
Chole Wolcott Klinger
Erschel Klinger
Watertown
Ohio
Oliver Wolcott
Dimeck
George Washington Memorial Hall
Orders Americans to Bathe in Juarez Policy
Juarez Mexico Feb 22 Retaliatory quarantine measures were imposed by the military under federal health service orders. All passengers arriving by streetcar or auto at the Mexican end of the international bridge were stopped and required to show bath and vaccination certificates. Those lacking certificates were detained briefly. The same rules as at the US quarantine station will apply to Americans entering Mexico. Travelers must carry passports with photographs. A head tax of four dollars will be charged on all foreigners entering Mexico, except Canadians Americans and foreigners of Mexican descent.
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Juarez
Mex
Federal Health Service
International Bridge
United States
Mexico
Neuvo Taredo
Treasury Dept employee praises Dreco cure in testimonial
Mrs Maggie Jackson of 1316 Elvan road Anacostia says Dreco eased years of indigestion nervous breakdown and loss of appetite after doctors urged operation. She credits the medicine with calming nerves improving sleep and restoring weight while affirming its stomach liver kidneys and blood benefits. Dreco advertised by O Donnell Drug Stores Allen and Co Alexandria and Geo B Jury Anacostia.
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Dreco
Maggie Jackson
Elvan Road
Anacostia
Treasury Department
Ike
O'Donnell Drug
Allen & C O
Alexandria
Geo. B
Jury
Anacossia
Adv
Roosevelt Tells of Navy's Birth at Washington Banquet
Assistant Secretary Alfred Roy Thompson and Rev James L Gordon spoke at the annual Order of Washington banquet. A toast to President Wilson was followed by a unanimous resolution offering the order’s services. Roosevelt recalled the navy's 1794 origins and Washingtonian principles while Gordon and Thompson added reflections on patriotism and foreign service. Admiral Stockton presided as toastmaster, with a long list of guests noted.
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Paris
War Office
Foreign Office
Navy
Washington
Lincoln
France
Wilson
Senate
Allie
Roosevelt
Alfred Roy Thompson
United States
James L. Gordon
Order of Washington
Rauschers
United States Navy
West Indies
George Washington
Thompson
Saloniki
Gordon
Belgium
R D. Shepherd
Charles H. Stockton
Order
Ethelbert Feirfax
William M. Conrad
Crawford
Isaac W. Littel
William P. Meredith
Champ C. McCullooh
Frank S. Parks
J. McD. Stewart
Sidney F. Smith
Harry Thomes
William B. Thompson
George Tully Vaughn
Thomas Campbell
Wshington
Paul F. Myers
William J. Martin
Admiral Stockton
George L. Bayard
T. J. W. Brown
J. G. B. Bulloch
W. G. B. Bulloch
L. Ss. Green
C. N. McBryde
Francis B. Culver
Alfred B. Dent
Daniel Smith Gordon
Dr. I. D. Carmon
Edwin A. Hill
Robert W. Hunter
Harry Cox
Women Oppose Parade Exclusion at Virginia Float Debates
Prominent men and women across states clash over parade participation rules led by Col Harper who bars floats and insists only Maj. Gen. Scott and he have authority. Virginia float planned to show Washington to Wilson, cost 450 dollars, money pledged. some members condemn the move while others back Mrs Boggs and Mrs Huffman.
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Col. Harper
Maj
Gen
Scott
Virginia
Washington
Wilson
Miss Huffman
Harper
Elected District of Columbia SAR President Leads Meeting
Rear Admiral Theodore F. Jewell was chosen president of the District of Columbia Society of the Song of the American Revolution at the annual gathering yesterday at Rauscher's. Officers named include vice presidents William Parks Ira W. Denison and George Tully Vaughn secretary John B. Torbert treasurer Alfred B. Dent registrar Albert D Spangler assistant registrar Henry P. Holden historian Selden Ely librarian Charles A. Stewart chaplain Rev George H. McGrew and board members Henry L. Bryan Edwin A. Hill George R. Ide George C. Maynard Frederick D. Owen.
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Theodore F. Jewell
District of Columbia Society of the Song of the American Revolution
Rauscher's
William 3. Parks
Ira W. Denison
George Tully Vaughn
John B. Torbert
Alfred B. Dent
Albert D Spangler
Henry P. Holden
Selden ML Ely
Charles A. Stewart
Stockton assails pacifists at GWU commencement
Admiral Charles Herber Stockton retired U S N president of George Washington University branded pacifists unpatriotic and urged no peace at the expense of liberty or national honor during yesterday's arts and sciences graduation in the assembly hall.
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Charles Herber Stockton
George Washington University
Department of Arts and Sciences
Stockton
Arrest of American in Spanish plot linked to U-19 buoy cache
Paris reports details from Madrid on the arrest at Cartagena of a man calling himself Wood an American. Police found 30 buoy tied boxes with dynamite gun cotton and gasoline. German consul Meyer says the case remains inexplicable besides ties to submarine U-19 connected to Sinn Fein Easter rebellion.
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Paris
Cartagena
Spain
Wood
Madrid
le Journal
Adda
Ood
la Liberte
Meyer
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Sir Roger Casement
Tralee
Good Friday
Daniel J. Bailey
Monteith
D. C. Guardsmen Medal Recipients Named in San Antonio
In San Antonio on February 22 Colonel Glendie S Young awarded service medals to Third District of Columbia infantry officers and noncommissioned officers for ten to fifteen years of service. Recipients included Captains Heap Beckstein Fullam Kheecett, Lieutenants Schmidt Giovannoni, First Sergeant O Neil, Sergeants Davis Miller and Corporal Hart.
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San Antonio
Tex
Third
District of Columbia Infantry
Texas
Glendie
Young
T. P. Heap
William H. Beckstein
Edwin W. Fullam
Tom Kheeecett
Frank 48
Schlosser
F. C. Martin
Alfred G. Schmidt
Joseph A. Giovannoni
Henry H. O'Neil
James A. Davia
Lawrence Miller
Leo J. Hart
200 Pajamas in His Trunk
Halifax reports a German embassy secretary traveling with former Ambassador von Bernstorff on the steamship Frederik VII is found to have about 200 pajamas in his luggage. The baggage of others shows cotton goods plentiful while scarce in Germany. Examiners may remove excess clothing to assess any possible explosives connection.
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Halifax
Germany
von Bernstorff
New York
Copenhagen
Grand Master Field Heads Masons Banquet in Alexandria
Five hundred Masons, including delegates from distant jurisdictions, attended the Alexandria Washington Lodge No 22 banquet in the Alexandria Light Infantry armory honoring George Washington’s birth anniversary. W H Charien chaired as toastmaster. Henry K Field and Congressmen Montague Heflin and others spoke. The George Washington Masonic Memorial Association reelected officers. A wreath was placed on Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon.
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W. H. Charien
Henry K. Field
Magons
Virginia
Andrew Jackson Montague
James Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Spetford
Beverly Maselodge
Martha Washington Chapter
Order of the Eastern Btar
George Washington
M. M. Johnson
Massachusetts
Lawrence H. Wee
John W. Cowles
Kentucky
Mount Vernon
Old Pohick Church
Washington
George Washington Birthday Celebration Association
Tomb of
Harry Hammond
W. W. Ballenger
E. E. Downham
J. William May
A. D. Brockett
Arthur A. Paul
William B. Smithers
Dulaney Hammond
H. Sanderman
Columbus
Ore Dock Guards Ordered at Superior Port
A citizens' committee in Superior Wisconsin reports double guarding of shipbuilding yards and steel works including United States Steel properties. The dispatch urges immediate government protection for the ore docks the nation relies on, warning destruction could cripple wartime production and take months to repair.
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Washington
Superior
Wis
War Department
Citizens’ Committee
United States Steel Company
United States Customs
Evane
United States Treasury Department
United States
Bu‘Derlor
Citizens’ Committee of Superior
FB. & Lawson
Gypsy Smith Jr Evangelist Draws 5000 at City Tabernacle
Nearly 6,000 people packed the tabernacle last night as Gypsy Smith Jr delivered his sermon "All hope that we should be saved was then taken away." About 46 penitents came forward. Henry B. FB Macfarland urged funds to cover expenses and denied rumors of shared collection.
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Big Tabernacle
Gypsy Smith, Jr
Henry B. FB
Macfarland
Pictures Dances of Indians at North Dakota Banquet
The eleventh annual banquet of the North Dakota State Association celebrated the twenty eighth anniversary of statehood at the Ebbitt. Edwin Willard Deming presented motion pictures of Indian sun dancers and old time ceremonies while Lyman Howe travelogues were shown by Professor Blanchard. Grace Wilson sang solos and Robert De Farr told humorous stories. John M. Hancock presided as toastmaster with committee members including Miss Wilson and others. Dancing closed the evening.
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North Dakota State Association
Ebbitt
Edwin Willard Deming
Lyman H. Howe
Professor Blanchard
United States Reclamation Service
Grace Wilson
Robert de Farr
FTC invites publishers for talks on newsprint price plan
The Federal Trade Commission asked over 100 representative newspaper publishers to attend early next week conferences on a proposal by paper manufacturers to fix newsprint prices. The commission will decide after publishers are heard. Francis J. Heney leads the investigation and is meeting with non signing manufacturers, with many expected to join the agreement.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Francis J. Heney
Penn Alumni At Annual Banquet
Speakers at the University day banquet of the District of Columbia Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania discussed World War crisis and service by alumni in France. Notables included Dr. William McClellan, Representative Crago, Albert Brunker, Dr. James McKay, William Speakman, and D. Roberts Harper. Speakman praised ambulance corps service as a monument to America. fifty six men earned Croix de Guerre and two the Medaille Militaire.
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District of Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
University Club
William McClellan
Wharton School of Finance and Economy
Representative Crago
Pennsylvania
Albert R. Brunker
National Associated University of Pennsylvania
James G. McKay
Army Medical Corps
William G. Speakman
American Ambulance Corps
France
D. Roberts Harper
Washington
Speakman
Ambulance Corps
America
H. €. Yarrow
H. H. Kerr
Charles W. Richardson
Peter Koetz
W. F. Baughman
HL A Gardner
H. W. Blum
T. W. Sidwall
E. R. Cheyney
I. 8. Hocker
G. F. Snyder
G. M. Whiteside
C. BE. Haupt, Jr
J. L. Solty
L. M. Leisenring
M. Lansburch
K. C. Corby
J. A. Nelson
A. B. Crane
J. M. Meyer
S. H. Rosas
C. H. Winter
Hyland Johns
M. Prickett
Karl W. Corby
Dr. McKay
Young pacifists protest at Capitol
Fifty youths from the Emergency Peace Federations visited Senate and House members to press antiwar views. They rejected any US entry to the European conflict unless invasion occurred, urging nonresistance. Henry Holcer, 14, died after a bicycle collision with William Gaines’ auto at First Street and New Jersey Avenue NW. Gaines drove him to Casualty Hospital.
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Capitol
Senate
House
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Auto Hills
Henry Holcer
Anna Holcer
G Street
Wiliam E. Gaines
Tennessee Avenue
First Street
New Jer Avenue
Gallinger fills Dewey vacancy at annual monument society meeting
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire was elected to fill the vacancy in the Washington National Monument Society caused by Admiral Dewey’s death. The eighty fourth annual birthday meeting at Theodore W. Noyes’s home featured tributes to Dewey, with Justice Van Devanter eulogizing him. The group elected officers for the year including William A. Maury, Theodore W. Noyes, and Frederick L. Harvey. A luncheon and reception followed.
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Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Washington National Monument Society
Admiral Dewey
Association
Theodore W. Noyes
New Hampshire Avenue
Justice van Devanter
Henry B. F. Macfarland
United States
William A. Maury
Frederick L. Harvey
Noyes
Suffragists Plan War Vote at District Meeting
Militarists and pacifists within the District suffragists will vote on the policy they deem best for the movement as war looms. A special District Congresssional Union meeting at 4:30 Sunday will elect delegates to the upcoming convention and issue instructions. Mrs. W. Thompson Burch, District chairman, will preside.
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Congressional Union
Mra. W. Thompson Burch
Breakthrough in Car Tie Up Spreads Across Regions
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 163,274 cars affected by a nationwide tie up due to weather, congestion, and power shortages. New England roads hold or ship surplus cars while eastern lines show heavy deficits and the Chicago area remains a key congestion center. Efforts to relieve Chicago by dispatching empty cars West aim to boost overall car supply.
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North
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
East
Middle West
Boston
Maine
Long Island
Central New England
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Erie
Lackawanna
Central of New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Lota
McChord
Grima
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Street Lights Wrecked by Autos Near Thomas Circle
Autos operated by Parker Lock and Oscar Scott collided yesterday on the north side of Thomas Circle. The impact threw the cars against the stand holding the group of large electric lights, wrecking the stand and the light globes. The drivers escaped injury.
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Parker Lock
Wardmancourt Northwest
Oscar Scott
C Street Northwest
Thomas Circle
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Relief From Constipation
Dr Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative remedy for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The tablets are sugar coated olive colored and gentle with no griping. One or two at bedtime offered as pleasant regular relief, priced at 28c per box.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
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Richmond
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Rebecca Lloyd Tabb Brent
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North Columbia Street
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Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
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Charles C. Carlin
Louis G Barley
Arthur Snowden
Eugenes B. Taylor
George Uhiler
St. Paul's Cemetery
Littlejohn Shooting
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Samuel Littlejohn
Parker
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Masons of Virginia
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Trade Board
PENN
Peace Federation
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Dewey
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