Britain’s Note Ready for Allies Approval on Neutral Blockade
Ambassador Page reports to the State Department that Britain will reply to the American note protesting neutral commerce restraints. The reply is under review by Russia and France for approval. The British blockade is said to hinge on two main claims: the current blockade failing against the Dutch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Page
London
Great Britain
Russia
France
Department
Multiple Obituaries and Notices from January 1916 and 1918
A compilation of death notices, funeral details, and memorials for individuals including Wini Fred Gooding, Nicholas Crook, Frederick William Glich, Donald McDonald, Marion Osborn, Shapiro, Sheehy, and Francis J Stanton. Entries specify dates, residences, church and cemetery services, and interment plans, with interwoven biographical snippets and family references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Street
Anacostia Mo
Harbaugh
Woodside
Edgar G
Julia C Harbaugh
Grace Episcopal Church
Woodalle
Glenwood Cemetery
Washington DC
Kitch
Wed
Frederick William
J D
Fanny
St Paula Catholic Church
Fifteenth
Vatreeta Northwest
Sibley Hospital
Bppa P
E H McDonald
Rectortown
Ilinois Avenue
Marion Osborn
Laura I Osborn
Nes. King
C Lea Osborn
Ernest W Snoota
John G ' Osborn
Irving C Towson
North Capitol Street
Bessie
Edward J. Sheehy
St Aloysius’ Church
Stanton
Wisconsin Avenue
Francis J
Mary E Stanton
Trueman
Three Great Problems Before Allies Council
Three major war issues discussed by an allied council in London include England's drive to strengthen the blockade against Germany, the Greece crisis and Balkans strategy, and the conquest of Montenegro and its political impact. The discussion reflects strategic aims amid the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
England
Germany
Greece
Balkans
Montenegro
New British Blockade Plan Faces U S Reply
Baltic ports protest a draft blockade linked to starvation policy. The State Department prepares a response to Britain's note, arguing that ultimate destination cannot be proved by assumed facts. The U S will demand proof when a war vessel stops a neutral with noncontraband cargo, amid Britain's push to curb exports to German ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Great Britain
America
State Department
United States
Edward Grey
Porta
Germany
Foreign Office
Hold Up Note To England On Contraband
United States delays dispatch to Great Britain on contraband of war awaiting allies aims and possible blockade changes. State Department favors a reasonable wait, signaling adjustments may follow a blockade declaration and allied consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
State Department
Germany
Department
United States
Ag Great Britain
Lansing
Econtrabrand
VICTORS IN STUDENT DEBATE Georgetown Juniors Win
Georgetown University Law School juniors defeated seniors in a debate on increasing national defense. Robert M McGarley of Worcester led the winning team with William J Cuilinan. seniors were Robert E J Whalen and Julien Hyer. Chief Justice J Harry Covington spoke on Debating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Law School
Georgetown University Law School
Congress
Law School
Robert M McGarley
Worcester
Mass
William J Cuilinan
Robert E J Whalen
Massachusetts
Julien Hyer
South Carolina
Ashley M Gould
Hugh J Fegan
Robert Maurer
Georgetown
J. Harry Covington
Mail Dispute Between Britain Sweden Intensifies
A British blockade dispute with Sweden over detained mail shipments escalates as Sweden holds vast mail for Russia and Britain claims immunity for parcels in transit. Neutral countries protest delays to postal traffic while U S backed by others argues mails aboard Dutch liners deserve high seas immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Sweden
Matis
Stabbornn
Russia
Mali
Kirkwall
Scotland
Holland
United States
English Channel
Hmit
High Seas
Germany Offers Settlement Shift on Lusitania Case
Germany seeks to end the Lusitania dispute by dropping admission of wrongdoing by its submarine commander. A new Berlin proposal may eliminate debate over the torpedoing itself, with Germany offering indemnity for American lives and reiterating regret while noting it has already made future assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Berlin
U S Mail Protest Reaches State Dept On Censorship
Assurances from the British foreign office that the neutral mail opened by British censors and found to be innocent was not delayed reached the State Department through Ambassador Page. No formal reply to the American note protesting mail interference yet. Officials see the assurances as evidence that the protest has sped up censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
Neutral
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Stars at Poultry Show on Capitol exhibits standout fowl
National Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association held its fourth annual exhibit at the arcade last night. Judge J Kriner praises barred Plymouth Rocks as superior. W G Boiteau wins best display cup and special prize. E J Hickey takes first for ornamental bantam cock, John L Holmead wins for best cockerel and pullet. Other winners include Arcus H Young and William E Tilp for buff leghorns, Roy H Waite for white leghorns, P B Crandall and Morris E Johnson for Rhode Island Reds, and E G Johnson for Astlyer Campine plus Prud homme cup. Show continues through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association
Middletown
E J. Hickey
John L Holmead
Arcus H Young
Pennsylvania
William E Tilp
Mount Rainier
Roy H. Waite
P B. Crandall
Morris E.johnson
Rhode Island Rede
E.G Johnson
jThomas C Pollock
George Roor
P Ambrose
Bowman
Ryndam Grounding Sparks Censor Shipship Drama
The Holland America Line steamship Ryndam ran aground at Gravesend. Passengers and crew are confined aboard with no one allowed ashore or aboard at night. Official inquiry pending. officials hinted a collision with a British warship may have caused the damage. Three stokers were killed, and the American consul reports none were citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ryndam
Holland-America Line
Gravesend
Steamships Company
Rotterdam
New York
Iine
Police Board Session Lively Over Officer Conduct
The Police Commissioners met in regular session and voiced indignation at learning of force conduct through street gossip after Chief Goods read his annual 1915 report. He urged council approval of a telephone call system, a patrol wagon, and higher pay. The year saw 1,156 arrests and 45,585 worth recovered. a ten day suspension for Talbot followed an intoxicated on duty incident and improper language to Scott. The board conferred police powers on Beahm and scheduled a review of force rules next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Police Commissioners
Sergt. Soott
Talbot
Sergt. Scott
Rosemont Citizens’ Association
E C. Beahm
Schwarzsman
Knight, Shinn
Sweeney
New Deficiency Bill Seeks 16 000 for Valuations
The House approved a further urgent deficiency appropriation bill totaling 12 572 204 to cover government expenditures for the current fiscal year. Local District items include 16 000 for the public utilities commission to finish utility valuations and 32 720 for bridge and Rock Creek projects. The measure also funds motor patrols, expanded engineering staff, high school equipment for colored pupils, central heating and power plant work, and Interior Department office construction. It also allocates 300 006 to fight citrus canker with inspections across gulf states and Florida cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Appropriations Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Col. Kutz
Rock Creek Bridge
Commission
Edward W. Bemis
Chicago
Bemis
Soress Rock Creek
M Street High School
Interior Department
Gulf States
Florida
Memorial tribute marks Lee birth anniversary banquet
Eloquent tributes to Robert E. Lee were paid at the annual R E Lee Camp banquet in Lee Camp Hall Alexandria. Speakers included Rep Frank Clark and Rep William Sears, with Mrs James Alexander honored for Confederate work and Miss Rebecca More praised for an essay on Lee. The event closed after prayers and a speech by Dr Jacquelin A. Marshall. Yesterday was a state holiday with banks, schools, and offices closed.
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Ashington
King Street
Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
R. E. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Lee Camp Hall
William A. Smoot
John W. Hammond
Gen. Lee
Frank Clark
Florida
Sons of
Confederate Veterans
William J Sears
Confederate Navy
James Morris Morgan
Washington
Robert South Barrett
Jheideyita
James &. Alexander
John M. Johnson
Alexander
Charles H. Callahan
Rebecca More
Alexandria High School
Gen Lee
Jacquelin A. Marshall
W. J. Morton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Warfield
Lee Camp
Resinol Soap Promises Skin and Hair Care Benefits
Resinol Soap cleanses and soothes protecting skin and scalp from eruptions and keeping the complexion clear and hair lustrous. The ad claims Resinol Soap and Ointment are not sold by all druggists and invites readers to request a free trial size from Dent. 15-P, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resisol
Baltimore
Pedigree Counts at Sing Sing Pillars of Society
Albany dispatch reports Sing Sing warden George W. Kirchwey praising certain inmates as Pillars of society noting their criminal pedigrees. The list includes Laula Harris Henry F Newell James E Brackett Mayer David Mayer Herold Rich Max Minsky with varied crimes from grand larceny and forgery to highway robbery and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Albany
George W. Kirchwey
Sing Sing
Spme
Pilara
Silk Stocking Brigade
Elmira
Deer Island
Massachusetts
James E. Brackett
Mayer
David Mayer
Herold Rich
Elmira Reformatory
Max Minsky
Daring Monoplane Display Over Washington by Domenjoz
Swiss aviator Domenjoz performed an aerial show above Washington yesterday afternoon for the infant welfare centers of the Washington Diet Kitchen Association. He flew for about 40 minutes at heights up to 1500 feet looping, spiraling, and looping the loop over Capitol grounds, Lafayette Square, and key avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Domenjoz
Washington Diet Kitchen Association
Capitol Grounds
Lafayette Square
Pennsylvania Avenue
F and G
Polo Field
Georgetown
Domenjor
Richmond
Miss Ethyln La Lande Detained in London Sanity Check
London reports Miss Ethyln La Lande of New York claimed as Theodore Roosevelt’s niece is detained by police for sanity examination. If New York relatives request, authorities will send her home without asylum action. Roosevelt Jr denies any relation. city directory lacks her name.
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London
Van
Ethyln la Lande
New York
Theodore Rosevelt
Miss la Lande
Theodore Rooseveltt, Jr
New York City
Ends Life on Wedding Day in Oklahoma City
J O Welday state socialist party leader and former Oklahoma City High School head was found dead in a hotel room with a bullet wound. A revolver and letters lay beside him. he planned to marry Mises Olive Todd that day. A suicide note spoke of madness and sleep deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. O. Welday
Socialist Party
Mises Olive Todd
Mra
M. Wélday
Ninth Street
Loraine
Ohio
Pennsylvan ia to Begin Official Trials Off New England
Newport News announces the superdreadnought Pennsyl vania under construction will run official trials off New England in February. The battleship will sail to Rockland, Me, for standardization tests to determine revolutions needed to meet contract speed, followed by speed and endurance tests.
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Newport News
Bunters
Pennsylvania
New England
United States Navy
Rockland
Court hears enjoinment bid over Breakwater funds
Secretary McAdoo was ordered to show cause why he should not be enjoined from paying 8505.86 due the Breakwater Company of Pennsylvania for harbor breakwater work in Cleveland. Receivers of United Safety Co seek court action and prior claims from sureties United States Fidelity and Guaranty and the plaintiff. Also declared bankrupt Max Berman faces unpaid claims totaling 453, 22.80 and 353.40. A rent suit for 550 against Herman Heienberg and a $100 fine were added in concurrent cases.
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McAdoo
The
Treasury
Justice Anderson
Breakwater Company of
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Ohio
United Sifety Company of
Maryland
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Aece Surety
Breakwater Company
Surety Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Ellis and
Donaldson
A. BH. Ferguson
Pleintift
District Supreme Court
Max Berman
Atreets
Reuben Fishbein & Co
A. Galewski
Salt
Herman Py Abraham Hieenberg
Byron A. Graham
Leon Tobriner
United States
Ralph Given
Massino
Pennsylvania Avenue
Given
Kelly
Pugh
Rone and Beach
Steamer Palientia Seeks Aid in Mid Atlantic Rescue
Urgent distress signals from the British steamer Palientia in mid Atlantic were relayed to Halifax via the Allan Maer Siberian 150 miles away. The Palientia reports heavy leakage and failing pumps, with coordinates 46 42 N 35 30 W about 76 miles from Cape Race. Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi altered course and speeds to assist.
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Washington
Halifax
mid-Atlantic
Allan Maer
Pallentia
Cape Race
Guiseppe Verdi
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Britain
U. S
Ambassador Page Cables
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol Street
Lincoln
Carles
George F . Thos
Sergeon
Frank Geier’s Sons CO
Vaderc
J. WM. Lee
Chepal
Modena
Modest Ie “Pennerienninere Nw
Thos. M. Hindle
Carertaker
Embalmer
Nevius & Browy van New York
J. H. Small & Sons
Cornerith
H Street
Allies’ Council
Gonooc
Cut
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
D Streets
California
To-Kalon Co., Inc
U. 8
U. 3
Lusitania
U. S. Mail
Plymouth Rock
NCE
National Biscuit Company
Weils
Reliance Fire Company
Reliance Steam Hire Engine Company
AL. &. Abler
J.sid Douglas
William P. Taylor
M. W. Padgett, Jr
Frank Chilcott
A R. Fair
H. H. Schwab
W. H. Boniz
A. D Grimes
P F. Gorman
Kenneth W. Ogden
W. M. Glasgow
Conrad Schwab
Harry Padgett
Hose
Columb Street
Blafe Hill
Whenezer Hill
Connecticut
Miles Hill
Misa
Helen Jolliffe
Mia
Florence I Blake
Noby Ball
Harlow
Noby Harlow
South Payne Street
Noby Hall Harlow
Tather
Knights of Pythias
Oriental Lodge
Pythian Hall
Ernest R Boyer
Grand Otter Guard of
the State Lodge
Thomas Herbert
Herman Friedlander
Robinson Moncure
L. F. Post
Louis ¥. Post
Laymen’s League
Brotherhood
Post
Robert H. Cox
Corporation Court
William P. Woolls
Louis C. Barley
L. Shields
Philadelphia
Shields
Katz
Lee
Golias Genfiahle
Ms Gagany
Chitteenth
Col. Roosevelt
Tophams
District Court News
Margaret L. Casey
Mullowny
George Taggart
Frazee
Otomac Laundry Company
Septem
Mary Matthews
E .L. Gies
Ig G&gderholdt
Leguarly
Pallentia Sentis
W. W. Deal & Company
H Street N. E. Lincoln
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