Irish Nationalist T R Lynch Seeks Roosevelt Aid in Ireland
Col Arthur Lynch nationalist MP urges Col Roosevelt to join Ireland’s recruitment drive appealing to lift Irish spirits and gain Allied support. Roosevelt shows interest but will wait for Lynch’s full message. Lynch, Boer War veteran and former Galway City MP, seeks to shape Irish loyalty amid war and political strife.
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Col. Lynch
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Dublin
Arthur Lynch
Weat Clare
Ireland
Inf
Shepdors Houosevelt
Poonsel
Ls Aah
F Uther
Afrian
Cot Lynch
Galway Eity
Thirty in Khaki at Communion at Metropolitan Church
Thirty Ikhaki clad soldiers knelt in a body at communion services at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Memorial Church yesterday morning. The pastor Harry D Mitchell, DPD official, assisted by Rev Dr Steers, left after the service for France to engage in YMCA work. Weekly receptions are held at the church for soldiers and strangers.
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Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Memorial Church
Harry D Mitchell
DPD
Dr Steers
France
Soldier Drowns After Boat Upset at Camp Humphreys
Private Frank Gillespie of Company F1 Second Engineers Training Regiment stationed at Camp Humphreys drowned yesterday afternoon in a canal near Gien Echo when a canoe he shared with two comrades capsized. Rescue attempts by comrades and by two Potomac Electric Power Company workers failed. Gillespie, from Idaho, remained underwater for about 30 minutes before the body was recovered.
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Frank Gillespie
Second Engineers Training Regiment
Camp Humphreys
Gien Echo
Frank Crowley
Connell
Potomac Electric Power Company
Joseph Moran
George O. Bunday
Gilleaple
Idaho
Will Appeal His Dismissal Of Weather Bureau Official
Cleveland Abbe Jr a meteorologist and editor at the Monthly Weather Review plans an appeal to Secretary Houston after his removal from government service. He denies pro German allegations and says he has been loyal to America though educated in Germany and married to a German. He is preparing a formal statement of his case.
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Cleveland Abbe, Jr
United States Weather Bureau
Monthly Weather Review
Abbe
Houston
Germany
Sin in Premature Peace Sermon by Bishop McDowell
Bishop W. F. McDowell of Washington preached at an open air gathering on the Ellipse urging faith and perseverance for soldiers in France. He warned against premature peace movements and said America must keep sending men until victory is achieved.
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France
W. F. McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
McDowell
America
James L. Ewing Dies After Street Accident
James L. Ewing, 70, of Carlisle Courts, died at Walter Reed Hospital under anesthesia during hip surgery after injuries from being knocked down by a man rushing to catch a street car near Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road NW. He had been in the hospital for nearly two weeks.
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James L. Ewing
Carliele Courts
Walter Reed Hospital
Ewing
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road Northwest
Lutheran Day Observation at Chesapeake Beach
Lutherans from Washington and Baltimore gather at Chesapeake Beach for an annual Lutheran day. A program of music and speeches is planned with Henry Anstadt presiding and Rev V H Harms of Holy Comforter Church Philadelphia to be the principal speaker.
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Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake Beach
Henry Anstadt
Luther Memorial Church
Rev v H Harms
Holy Comforter Church
Philadelphia
Robbed by Negro Pair Tell Police
Private Meyer Sacks stationed at Camp Meigs and Miss Catherine Scott Fletcher of 110 Fifteenth Street SE were robbed and beaten by an unnamed Black assailant at Seventeenth and East Capitol Streets around 10 PM. Both victims received emergency treatment at Casualty Hospital. injuries not serious. The assailant fled after striking Sacks with a rock and threatening the pair after asking for money.
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Meyer Sacks
Camp Meigs
Catherine Scott Fletcher
Fifteenth Street
Seventeenth
East Capitol Streets
C. J. Murphy
Sachs
Miss Fletcher
East Capitol Street
Sacha
War Savings Stamps Boost Household Saving Habits
An analysis of war savings stamps results shows the campaign introduced saving into families where it was nearly unknown. It further reveals that hundreds of families with very limited means saved through the stamps even without liberty bonds or Red Cross contributions, proving popularity.
Staged film deluge at Poli's exposes thrill packed lineup
William A Brady presents Stolen Orders at Poli's with perilous chases, dirigible peril, and a naval rescue. The companion Yellow Ticket screens at Moore's Garden, with Fannie Ward and Pathe’s dramatic values. Over the Top at Moore's Garden Army heroics and German intrigue draw capacity crowds. For Sale lines up Gladys Hulette with a slate of short reels, while Knickerbocker features Constance Talmadge in Good Night Paul.
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Washington
William A. Brady
Poli’s
Pennisens
Esa
Kitty Gordon
Carlyle Blackwell
June Elvidge
Montague Love
A H Woods
Florence Reed
John Mason
John Barrymore
New York
Fannie Ward
Warner Oland
Milton Silla
Armand Kaliss
Helene Chadwick
Paris
Moore
Strand Theater
Pathe
Miss Werd
Viola Dana
Vitagraph
Sergt Arthur Guy Empey
Sergt Empey
Garden Theater
Strand
Sergi Empey
James Morrison
Arthur Donaldson
Lois Meredith
United States
America
Gladys Hulette
Clashing plots and film pairs headline Crandall’s bill
The Knickerbocker showcases Good Night Paul with Clara Kimball Young and Harrison Ford while The Claw stars Mary Laurin in a South Africa set tale at Crandall’s Savoy. Griffiths Hearts of the World screens at the National with Lillian and Dorothy Gish and Wallace Reid in a wartime romance, plus The Firefly of France at the Columbia highlights Devereaux Bayne’s ambulance mission and the pursuit of a missing aviator amid dramatic battles.
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Cynthia Stockley
Crandalls Theater
South Africa
Clara Kimball Young
Mary Laurin
England
Mary
Anthony
Kinsella
Judy
Mia Velatta
Dick Kinsella
Stair
Crandall's
Savoy
Misa Young
Milton Sills
Jack Hart
Henry Woodward
Anthony Kinsella
Mia Valetta
Belle
Maurice Stair
Griffiths Carver
Lillian and
Dorothy Gish
Robert Harron
Fouephine Crowell
George A Seigmann
George Fawcett
Alexander Boy
Wallace Reid
Columbia Theater
France
Marion Polk Angellotti
Saturday Evening Post
Devereaux Bayne
Esme Falconer
Ann Little
Coureé
Photo Playhouse
Columbia Current
Meatless croquettes from leftover vegetables delight
A reader shares a Tuesday meal using potatoes beets carrots corn and onions. Vegetables are cubed seasoned with sage salt and pepper, then bound in a cream sauce with two tablespoons of Ail Sauce. The mix is formed into croquettes, fried in hot butter, and praised for the piquant flavor of Al Sauce.
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Hoover
Jim
Shox
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Roland Oliver
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