Heiress Weds Chauffeur in Secret Gloucester Ceremony
News confirms Priscilla K. Von Ebling of Weehawken wed Fritz Wolfort, New York businessman and former Prussian guard, in a secret November 7 ceremony in Gloucester. Guardianship opposed the match while the mother supported it. couple planned a honeymoon in Asheville and the South.
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Gloucester
Mass
Princilla K. von Ebling
Weehawken
Philip Ebling
Fritz Wolfort
New York
Bertram B. Boivin
First Parish
Class Night Held at Tech for Midyear Graduates
Midyear graduates at Technical High School held class night in the auditorium. Adolph E Gude presided and gave the welcome. The program featured class history by Ernest D Roberts, undergraduates address by J M Ward, undergraduate reply by J M Ward, class poem by F Robinson Steffing, faculty address by principal Frank C Daniela, class prophecy by C F Throck Morton, and selections by the Tech Orchestra. Light refreshments followed. Read names include Doris Ostelie Anderson through Charles James Nicholson.
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Technical High School
Adolph E Gude
Ernest D Roberts
J M Ward
J M. Ward
F Robinson Steffing
Frank C Daniela
C. F Throckmorton
Tech Orchestra
Doris Ostelie Anderson
Frances V Ashford
Julia Carroll Costello
Anne Myrtle Evans
Matilda Katherine Gerber
Dorothy Louisa
Keene Louise Larrabee
Margaret “Mary Smith
Gertrude Muriel Swingle
John Kermnedy Aitceson
George Edwin Blandford
Joseph Reginald Boyd
Clay Evang Brooks
Joseph Frederick Chase
William Livingstone Christian
William Ernold de Vault
Tindsey Pettit Desney
Rudolph Alfred Faust
Adolph Elbert Gude
Charles Clarence Heltman, Jr
Kelvin Chase Kummer
Donald Douglas Lamond
Thomas Michael Lannigan
Randolph Osgood Tewis
John Edwin Linder
William Henry Martin
Eugene Charles Ochsenrelter
Harry Bowdoin Poynton
Charles Merrill Randall
Arthur Oertiny Ridgley
Ernest Douglas Roberts
Jacob Roberta
George John Rodrick
Ernest C
Edward Ruppert
Clarence Adrian Smith, Jr
Harold Arthur Bnow
Frederick Robinson Steffins
Edward Carrier Taylor
Cleon Francis Throckmorton
John Harris York
Charles James Nicholson
British Losses Reported After Kut el Amara Action
Turkish headquarters cite six hour battle near Menlarte east of Kut el Amara on January 21. British attacks repulsed with about 3,000 dead and many wounded. a one day truce was granted to bury the dead. Russian forces near Sare allegedly lost machine guns and prisoners.
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Kut el Amara
Menlake
Kut Ef Amara
Imam Ali Gherbi
Menlarte
Kut-el-Amar
Tierra
Aylmer
Sheik Sata
Persia
Natb Hussein Khan
Sare
Baby Born to Mrs Stokes at New York Hotel
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs W B D Stokes Kwan became mother to her second child about two weeks ago at a New York hotel where she keeps an apartment at another hotel once owned by Mr Stokes. He is 70 years old and resides out of the city.
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Washington Post
New York
W BD Stokes Kwan
Ahe
Faithful dogs guard murdered American during mas sacre
Two dogs Whigkers and Snookers kept vigil by the body of Charles R Watson, killed in the Santa Ysabel massacre. The bulls and Airedale terrier guarded the victim, money found in Watson’s pockets, and the dogs remained by his side for 48 hours. The canines were rescued to the border and adopted by Watson Jr in Los Angeles.
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Santa Ysabel
Charles R Watson
Cus
Whiskers
el Faso
Watson
Hin
Thea
Chihushua
Pete
Charles Watson, Jr
Los Angeles
Dog saved from death in pound saves family from fire
Lenox Iowa January 25 two months after a homeless black and tan dog named Sport was saved from execution by local merchant W Steinkamp the dog awakened him during a house fire saving Steinkamp and his three children. Residents plan to reward Sport with a hero medal collar.
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Washington Post
Lenox
Iowa
Sport
Steinkamp
Faithful Dog and Dying Master in Marin County
A gaunt setter guided Edward Strong to the Gypsy yacht in San Rafael where Cap’n Charlie Fabre lies dying from pneumonia aboard his vessel. The dog accompanied the ambulance to the hospital, while authorities seek Fabre’s wife and son in Alameda. Fabre, famed mariner, is known in Marin and Mendocino counties for a long solitary life aboard his yacht.
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Washington Post
San Rafael
Ita
Charlies Fabre
Edward Strong
Cap'n” Fabre
Strong
Ola Wharf
Cap'n’ Fabre
Alameda
Marin
Mendocino
WAR ON STYLE PIRATES BY PARISIAN GOWN IMPORTERS
New York importers of Parisian gowns declare war on so called style pirates and on American manufacturers who put spurious French labels on goods. The American Fashion Importers Association organized to protect Paris models and blackball fashion magazines from leaking sketches before importers sell their models.
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New York
Couturiers’ Defense Syndicate
Fashion Magazine
Paris
Paria
He Is 80 She 46 So Says License No Unusual Romance
New York report notes Moses Edson Banks a Fairfield Conn farmer aged 30 and Miss Mary Rebecca Buxton of 20 West Seventy fifth Street seeking a marriage license. Buxton says she is 48 born in Asheville. family at home declines comment on the engagement or Feb 26 wedding. both parties are described as well to do.
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Wolfort
Ebling
Priscilla
Mre Ebling
Indian Head Power Company
West Fifty-fist Street
Guardian
Mount Washington
Bretton Woods
H Wolfort
Washington Post
New York
Moses Edson Banks
Fairfield, Conn
Mary Rebecca Buxton
West Seventy-ffth Street
Buxton
James Buxton
Asheville
Ajatera
Banka
Misa Buxton
Prosperity Shrinks James Eads How's Hobo Convention Attendance
Prosperity dampened the James Eads How's hobo convention as 12 delegates and 40 unemployed onlookers gathered. The millionaire hob o leader was absent, while six delegates missed due to jail. Two Philadelphia delegates held by police in Washington, Ind. and four New York delegates jailed in Norristown, Pa were not released despite a $9 telegram.
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James Eads How
Louis
James Eads
Tae Hal
Hobo
Hila
Philadelphia
Washington
Ind
Indiana
New York
Norristown
Polite Burglar Binds Mary Finnegan to Loot Fulton Street Home
New York police were told by 15 year old Mary Finnegan that a polite burglar bound her with a rope and blindfolded her with a cambric handkerchief while ransacking the bureau and taking $50 in cash. He apologised during the theft and missed $200 worth of jewelry.
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International News Service
New York
Mary Finnegan
Fulton Street
Finnegan
Duryea Dies. American Owner Won 1914 English Derby
Herman B Duryea prominent American racing and yachting figure died at Serafac Lake. He bred and raced horses in the United States and abroad with notable partners including Harry Payne Whitney. Durbar II, by Rabelais out of Armenia, won the 1914 Derby in England, the blue ribbon of the turf, with other victories like Sweeper I in the 1912 2000 Guineas. He and his wife Mrs Duryea raced under the Roslyn stable name with Whitney.
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Serafac Lake
Herman B. Duryea
Mr. Duryea
Iriah Lad
Harry Payne Whitney
Brooklyn
Ace
Acsful
France
Armenia
Ascot Belle
Ravello
Monroe Doctrine
Census
Frizette
Spectatresa
England
Durber II
Rabelais
Sweeper I
Newmarket
Blerney
Shannon
Banehee
Westminster Kennel
Meadow Brook
Duryea
Sheepshead Bay
Hig Durbar II
Epsom
Teaspoons Save Life in Improvised Surgery
Dr H W Daniels of the city hospital saved Mrs Coberly at her mountain Beverly home using only two tin teaspoons a pocket knife and a rubber tube cut from a fountain syringe. He made a throat incision with the knife and used bent teaspoons as retractors to insert the tube restoring respiration and consciousness.
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Washington
W Va
H. W Daniels
City Hospital
Beverly
Coberly Home
Mre
Coberly
Daniela
Viscount Bryce Appeals for Armenian Relief in Syria and Mesopotamia
London reports Viscount Bryce former British Ambassador to Washington urged the U S government to take steps to render relief to Armenians driven by the Turks into the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia.
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London
Viscount Bryce
Washington
United States
Rend
Syria
Mesopotamia
Greek officers duel over forced resignation in Athens
A duel broke out today between naval officers M Courmoulia and M Melas in Athens over the forced resignation of Melas brother, secretary to King Constantine, due to his political opinions. Courmoulia was wounded in the clash, reflecting tensions surrounding the king's administration and naval leadership.
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Constantine
Athens
Courmoulia
M Melas
Courmoulis
M "Melas
Women in England Must Work as Farm Laborers
A London dispatch reports Lord Selborne, president of the government board of agriculture, urging that Britain must draft women into farm labor to avert a food shortage. A proposal would register women farm workers across England Scotland and Wales as part of mobilization for munitions and conscription.
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England
Lord Selborne
Government Board of Agriculture
Scotland
Wales
Board of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Appeal for suffering Jews prompts national plea in Senate
Simon Wolf calls Washington citizens to donate to aid distressed Jews facing war caused hardship. He notes a Senate resolution urging the President to issue a proclamation on January 27, framing the appeal as a universal call for uplift and justice. The letter seeks broad support beyond co-religionists.
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United States
Senate of
Washington
Simon Wolf
Women of the Hour organize to aid 11 Jewish societies
Washington Jewish women formed the Women of the Hour committee led by Mrs Louis Ottenberg to raise 25 cents weekly from Hebrew housewives toward a 12 000 to 25 000 dollar relief drive. Eleven organizations joined including Deborah Lodge Rebecca Lodge and the Zionist Society with plans for envelope solicitations and coordinated fundraising over a year.
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Louis Ottenberg
Europe
Hebrew Housewives of
Washington
Eighth Street Temple
Women of the Hour
Laula Ottenberg
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Emmanuel Simon
Giles Heldprin
Lawa
Poland
American Jewish Relief Society
Simon Wolf
Deborah Lodge
Rebecca
Ottenberg
Sought Mohr estate newspaper men take stand
Providence January 26 testimony opened in the Mohr murder trial with Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr and two colored men charged in the death of Dr C Franklin Mohr. Evidence shows she sought custodianship of his property and his probate petition named relatives. Defense seeks to portray confessions as jokes while prosecutors await Capt. George Monahan as final witness before noon adjournment.
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Providence
R. 1
Elizabeth F Mohr
C Franklin Mohr
Milford D. Rogers
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Charles M. Mohr
Baltimore
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
William H. Lewis
Brown
Spellman
Dr. Mohr
Mr. Lewis
Mr Lewis
Ralph Bailey
Miss Burger
Bailey
George Monahan
Providence Police
Federal Road to Annapolis Defense Funding Proposal
Maryland legislators seek a $160 000 appropriation to build a Federal road linking the Naval Academy at Annapolis with Washington D C and completing a triangle with Baltimore. The plan calls for quick action to defend Baltimore Annapolis and Washington as a military road.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Annapolis
Anne Arundel and
Prince Georges
Duvall
Naval Academy
National Capital
Washington
mapoHs
Baltimore
Albanian Port Occupied as Austrians Advance
A Rome dispatch reports Austrian forces have occupied San Giovanni di Medua a seaport in Albania located 17 miles south of Scutari. In Peru President Pardo had not yet accepted the resignation of Aurelio Garcia Lastres as finance minister, tendered yesterday.
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San Giovanni di Medua
London
Rome
Albania
Scutark
Lima
Peru
Pardo
Aurelio Garcia, Lastres
Sefior Lastres
Tag Day for Jewish Relief Proclaimed by Wilson
Tomorrow the nation observes American relief day for Jewish war sufferers in Europe. Washington’s relief committee seeks 1000 volunteers to work a tag day, reporting at 9 am to the Hebrew Temple Vestry Rooms on Highthend Street North West.
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American Jewish Relief Society
Wilson
Europe
Washington
Relief Committee
Hebrew
Temple, Highthend
I ‘Weat
Ferrets to Join Trench Aide for Rat Eradication
Special cable reports Britain contracts 800 ferrets to Flanders to combat rat infestations in trenches. Rat squads form amid growing nuisance as ferret prices jump from 25 cents to 126 dollars, signaling high demand among entente forces.
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Washington Post
London
Flanders
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