Washington Post Subscriber Notice and Address Sheet
Remittance options include drafts checks postone orders and registered letters payable to The Washington Post Co. Edward B McLean president. Notices advise subscribers abroad to keep The Port with updated addresses to receive papers nationwide and renew before expiration with dates shown on the address label July 4 1917.
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Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Edward B. McLean
Washington, DC
Paul
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
America to the Rescue as Wilson Frames Draft to France
President Wilson sets regulations and machinery to mobilize the first American army of 500,000 for France. Preparations accelerate as cantonments are built and troops trained, aiming to join the front soon after heavy snow and fires. The mobilization seeks to unify war efforts to restore French morale and advance the Allied plan.
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Wilson
France
Pershing
Germany
Verdun
America
The Expert Council Shapes War Strategy and Cooperation
The Expert Council will be a key war mechanism with authority from Congress to speed or slow the war through prompt, firm decisions. It will include reps from State, Commerce, Agriculture, and Food Administration, coordinating diplomacy, trade, and food distribution. A Shipping Board member may join, signaling centralized oversight of shipping, freight rates, and insurance. Exporters must cooperate, ending independent shipping in this unified effort.
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Congress
State, Commerce, Agriculture and Food Administration
Shipping Board
Export Council
Neutrality and Submarines in Danish Waters
A column argues that neutral powers may enforce territorial waters to curb German submarine incursions. It notes Denmark Norway and Holland face violations, urges allied patrols to protect neutral sovereignty, and stresses careful appointments to the proposed ex-Port council.
The Race Riots and War Time Labor Tensions
A wartime editorial warns to guard labor unrest and avoid policies provoking riots. It condemns racial importation methods in the South, urges punishment for incendiaries, notes psycho logical strain in labor, and cautions against policies that provoke disorder while urging truth and wartime unity.
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South
Erman Press
United States
Washington
Abuse of Neutrality Editorial Cites Naval Rights
A Washington Post editorial notes longstanding use of Denmark’s territorial waters by German submarines as a safe passage to the Atlantic. It cites Hague Convention XIII Article KX in French and English, arguing neutral powers are not obstructed by mere transit of warships or prizes, per the neutrality principle.
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Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
American
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Schleswig-Holstein
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Washington Post
Post of
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Washington
Power of Big Guns Fascinating but Fiery Detail
A Popular Science Monthly description explains how 15 and 16 inch guns propel massive shells through steel and concrete. It contrasts naval and land artillery, notes ranges from sea gunner shots to 8 10 miles, and highlights the US 16 inch guns defending the Panama Canal and Sandy Hook with shells near 2870 pounds.
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Prom
Popular Science Monthly
United States
Panama Canal
New York
Sandy Hook
France reshuffles diplomats names Noulens and Guillemin
Premier Ribot enacts major diplomatic shifts in France naming Joseph Noulens ambassador to Petrograd and recalling Jean Guillemin from Athens. Charles Jonnart, headlined by ties to Edouard Aynard, heads Greece as plenipotentiary. Amidwar news also notes Allenby’s promotion and Turkish-German defenses around Jerusalem.
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France
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Bordeaux
Petrograd
Maurice Paleologue
George Buchanan
Noulens
M. Paleologue
Neva
Athens
Jean Guillemin
Charles Jonnart
Algeria
Ntate
Greece
Constantine
Lyons
Institute
Bank of France
Edouard Aynard
Guillemin
United States
New York
Benjamin Hart
Mme
Old Hart
Paris
Minnie
Marchioness of
Angiesey
Isabella Hart
Rise and fall of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
One hundred years before the Revolution Virginia faced turmoil under governor Berkeley as Nathaniel Bacon led a popular rebellion. After initial clashes, Bacon seized Jamestown and declared a new order, burning the town and challenging English authority. Bacon died soon after in the York River region, Berkeley executed supporters before fleeing to England.
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Berkeley
Nathaniel Bacon
Gov
Bacon
Willamsburg
Iddle Plantation
Jamestown
Maryland
Carolina
New England
America
York River
England
Army Orders Move Officers to Signal Corps Aviation School
Army orders assign James L. Dunsworth to Ran tout to command the signal corps aviation school. Arthur R. Christie proceeds to Fair field to assume command. Robert Mec Beck placed with the Second cavalry. Byron Q. Jones to Mount Clemens Michigan for aviation school command. Maj. Frank A. Barton retired by the President from active service as lieutenant colonel.
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James L. Dunsworth
Signal Corps
Rantoul
Tfl
Arthur R. Christie
Fairfield
Enen
Robert Mec
Beck
Second Cavalry
Byron Q. Jones
Mount Clemens
Mich
Frank A. Barton
Ffth Cavalry
Slang Through Time and Names in the Lexicon
The piece notes slang shifts from Victorian era terms to modern coinages and the fading of words like snide and lemon. It discusses how proper names retain cultural memory, mentioning Bowdlerize Fletcherize and the hangman Derrick as examples of language linked to individuals.
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P. Wtterm
Harper's
du Mauricr
Edgarism
Proceedings in Brief From Congress and Committees
Recessed at 5 20 p m until 11 o'clock tomorrow as general debate on the administration food bill continued. Senators Reed and McKellar opposed some features while Chamberlain did not submit his cloture motion. The prohibitions section not yet taken up. Finance Chairman Simmons reported a revenue bill raising war taxes by 1.6%0 170 600. bill to be taken up after the food bill. Lodge praised Simmons, Hasting Walsh Ashurst and Hollis urged Frank McManamy to ICC. Ashurst urged troops for copper mine strikes in Arizona. Thame and Lowycharged with fomenting trouble via German agents. Interstate Commerce Committee urged price fixing for coal based on cost plus profit. Wilson nominated rear admiral and Brotherton to captain. Adjourned at 12 13 p m until noon Friday. Higfott sworn in after election to fill vacancy. naval committee to inspect Atlantic coast stations on Mayflower return July 10. Record crowded as Walsh’s absence led to clamoring for print, Crisp forced adjournment.
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Simmons
Finance Committee
Lodge
Hasting
Walsh
Ashurst
Hollis
Frank McManamy
Federal Boiler Inspection Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arizona
War Department
W Clifford Thame
Iowa League of Municipalities
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Henry B. Wilson
William C Brotherton
Richard Hiifott
Indiana
Representative Comstock
Naval Committee
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Crisp
Georgia
A Toast to the Flag and Alaska Jack Rescue
A Milwaukee Journal piece recounts a shipboard tale from San Francisco about Alaska Jack, a thorough Irish terrier, saved by his master James E Fuller after leaping from a deck in foggy Alaska waters. Edward Corbett and other passengers watched as Fuller’s dog swam to a launch about 200 feet away.
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Milwaukee Journal
Edward Corbett
San Francisco
Alaska
Jack
Fairbanks
Corbett
New York
James E. Fuller
Red Cross
Albany
Jacek
Dutch Are Heaviest Smokers Across Europe
The London Chronicle notes that Dutch smokers top the ladder, with Holland consuming four times as much tobacco as the English. A German study ranks countries by smoking, placing Holland first and Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany behind it. France Sweden and Spain are modest, Britain near the bottom, with Italy and Russia behind. The U S smoker nears the Dutch with about three ounces a week.
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London Chronicle
Great Britain
Holland
Austria
Denmark
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Britain
Italy
Russia
United States
Views of Capital Visitors on Interesting Current Events
Washington hosts talks on restoring French towns destroyed by Germany with James Keating noting 1590 occupied villages. Missouri roads progress and food distribution, rail transport issues, and calls for government rail takeovers are discussed by Edward Austin and others. The piece links relief aid to restoration efforts and wartime logistics.
Doting Mothers From Judge Doting Mothers
A judge quotes a relative recalling Leslie Tootiwalt Snicker as a child and later as a young man. The passage describes his upbringing, fashion choices, and entourage, noting a shift to a “sissy” appearance before an arranged marriage to a widowed woman with four children and red hair.
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Leslie Tootiwalt
Polke
Leslie
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