District Guard Seeks 1000 More Men Before Federal Call
Plans for a final recruiting drive as the District National Guard nears federal service. Drafted men will join the national army while guard units are consolidated into the Fifth division. The 10th engineers forestry regiment will be organized in the city for forest clearing work in France. Regimental HQ set at American University grounds. equipment issued before mobilization.
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Washington
National Army—Forestry Regiment
District National Guard
District Guard
Imstriet
National Army
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
Eniineers
Forestry Regiment
Taent
James A Woodruff
Corps of Engineers
France
American University
Nebraska Avenue
Dstrict
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Cardinal May Send New Priest Here
Cardinal Gibbons likely to announce in days three priest changes in the diocese. Denis C. Keenan of St. Jerome Hyattsville, Walter J. Hayes of the same church, and Andrew J. Carey of Holy Name Washington are named. Carey would replace Weenan Hushtnville, and take charge of Redeemer Berwyn and St Ambrose Landeser missions. Hayes, ordained May 31, may move to St. Vincent Church Washington.
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Washington Post
Baltiimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Dionese
Denis C. Keenan
St. Jerome's Church
Hyattsville
Walter J. Hayes
Andrew J. Carey
Holy Name Church
Washington, D. c
Father Keenan
Carey
Father Weenan
Church of the Redeemer
Berwyn
St. Ambrose’s Church
Landeser
Father Hases
St. Vincen Church
Washington
Wilson Proclamations Reflect District of Columbia Dating Change
President Wilson issues a proclamation dated in the District of Columbia for the first time, signaling a shift from Washington, D C. Chairman Johnson notes since February 21, 1871 Washington’s city charter was repealed forming the District municipality. Mrs A B Washington sustains minor injuries in a Northeast collision. Medical leaders, including Surg Gen Gorgas and Dr Mayo, meet with Secretary Baker on military medical cooperation.
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Wilson
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
Johnson
House Committee On
City of Washington
Washington
Georgetown
United States
Gorgas
Braisted
Navy
William Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Baker
War Department
Miliia
Virginian Tells Police Suitcases Serve Many Purposes in His State
A Virginian tells police suitcases were used in a theft in Lynchburg. Samuel Mease reported two suitcases stolen en route to his home after hiring a colored man to hold them briefly. One case held seven quarts of rye and a punt of whisky, the other six quarts. Police warned of a growing “blind pig” problem.
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Virginian
Olonel
Samuel Mease
Lynchbore
Suffragists Sentenced To Sixty Days In Occoquan Workhouse
Militant suffragists were jailed after a court session that ended with Judge Mulloway imposing a $25 fine or 60 days in prison for each of the sixteen defendants. The women chose to be taken to the workhouse in taxicabs and a car, amid protests from spectators. Dudley Field Malone, then New York port collector, testified for the group and later sought leave to act as their counsel.
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Abbie Scott Baker
Cameron House
Europe
Washington
Qecoguan
Union Station
Mrs. Hagers
Miss Martin
Miss Stevens
Ringgold Hart
Mulrowny
America
United Stat
Mulloway
District Court of Appeals
Hart
New York City
Dudley Field Malone
Malone
Wilson
Port of
New York
White House
William L. Colt
Suffragists urge saner war dress for economy
Mrs Walter McNab Miller vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association asked branches to urge saner garments and a fashion of simplicity. She said sanity in styles means fewer changes and greater durability and that even rich women should use plainer garments to show economy.
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Walter McNab Miller
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Clerks Resist Vaccination Order Amid War Dept Debate
The War and Navy Department clerks, about 1000 to 1100 people, say vaccination is not as bad as reported. Secretaries Daniels and Baker deny earlier papers claiming all clerks must be vaccinated. The regulation mainly affects a small number with reserve commissions and a few women.
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War and Navy Departments
Daniels
Baker
Washington
Quotas for Draft Show War Contrast in Rivers and Chiefs
Figures prepared for Secretary of War Baker by Representative Roscoe McCulloch reveal sharp shifts in state draft quotas. Based on registration data and July 1 population estimates, census figures show Northern states with higher quotas and Southern states with lower ones.
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Newton 2D Baker
RoscoedhCulloch
Census Bureau
Met‘ollock
McCulloch
Bay State Protests Draft Quota From Census Gap
Gov McCall telegraphed Senator Lodge protesting the federal estimate of Massachusetts population at 3 939 561 used for draft quotas. He cites 1916 census of 3 693 310 and argues the figure punishes states with complete registration. War Department group, led by Secretary Baker, toured Potomac river for a briefing amid heat.
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Boston
Massachusetts
McCall
United States
Lodge
Washington
Newson D Raker
Tucker H Hliss
Henry G Sharpe
War Department
Potomac
Baker
Department
Antidraft riots shake Montreal as protests surge
Montreal July 17 government faces stronger opposition to conscription among Quebec French Canadians after a wave of antidraft disorders. Col Rexford fought by labor MP Alphonse Serville. mob attacked him and his escort, car stoned. Over 10,000 involved. Blondin mobbed on ferry near Quebec City. steamboat officials saved him. Anticonscription orators urge Quebec Canadians to withdraw bank deposits. rural districts see withdrawals.
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Montreal
Quebec
Col. Rexford
Alphonse Serville
Hexford
P. E. Blondin
Quebec City
Blondin
Draft Plans Finish Board Reveals Lottery Liabilities
The draft plan details registrants in a district and the order of liability once the lottery results are announced. With 1500 registrants, numbers above that are blanks, determining who is liable first. Exemptions will be rare, limited to physical deficiency and strict dependency checks. no class exemptions. The President’s decree targets gilded youths in low paid industrial posts. German marks fall to under 60 percent of par. the dollar at $1.07.
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Holland
United States
Treasury Department
Baltimore Motorist Fined 152.25 for Impaired Driving
Frederick Henry of 426 I Street Northwest was arrested by a Baltimore suburb police last night and fined 152.25 on three charges including running into pedestrians driving without a Maryland license and reckless driving.
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Frederick Henry
I Street
Baltimore
Henry
Maryland
Navy to Build Airships In Deficiency Funds Plan
The Navy Department will use 45 million dollars from a deficiency appropriation to develop aviation facilities and build at least part of the aeroplanes needed. Secretary Daniels outlined in a letter to Speaker Clark that funds will support coast patrol and air scouting, cooperative aeronaval plans with allies, expanded aircraft production, and expansion of air bases.
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Navy Department
Daniels
Speaker Clark
House
Coast Patrol
Air Scouting
Mails to Sammies Cheap Unwrapped for Soldiers
Postage changes allow magazines and newspapers bearing 1 cent stamps to be posted unwrapped and unaddressed by publishers. Burleson urged front cover notices asking readers to stamp and hand it to a postal worker for delivery to soldiers and sailors at the front.
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Europe
Burleson
Swindlers Take $32 From Woman In DC Office
Eva Fitzhugh of 1432 Orme Street NW fell prey to two suave swindlers at National Security and Trust Co. on Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue NW. They asked to borrow her $28 after claiming they would cash a draft, then vanished with the money.
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Eva Fitzhugh
Orme Street
National Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
Free cotton zone urged along Rio Grande to curb boll worm
South Texas cotton growers urged Agriculture officials to establish a cotton free zone along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande to prevent pink bollworm spread into the United States. They noted little cotton is grown on the Mexican side but would accept the zone in Texas to combat the pest.
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South Texas
Department of Agriculture
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Texas
Agaiast
Cotton crop abandonment would hit Hidalgo Cameron counties
The note warns that abandoning cotton would cause heavy losses to farmers, with about 24,000 acres currently in cotton in Hidalgo and Cameron counties, Texas, the region most affected.
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Hidalgo
Cameron Counties
Tex
Woman Helpless in Streets Identified as Mary Borden de Sayles
An elderly woman about 75 to 80, dressed neatly, wandered near the Second precinct after 8 pm and could not give an address. She was cared for by a matron at the house of detention, carrying a large black handbag.
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Mary Borden de Sayles
House of Detention
Highwaymen Take $50 From Visitor in Third Street Robbery
Sam Walker of Charlottesville Virginia told police last night that two colored men held him up at the point of a revolver on Third Street between blank and H Streets northwest and robbed him of fifty dollars.
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Sam Walker
Charlottesville
Third Street
Automobiles in Smash-Up Near Washington DC
Brig Gen GC A Devol and Dr B H Smart narrowly escaped injury yesterday when their cars collided at Tenth and I streets NW. They skidded into an express wagon driven by E G Fry, knocking down the horse. Another wreck involving Thomas Francis at 1870 Wyoming Ave NW sent his auto onto the sidewalk into a house at 18th and S Streets NW.
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Quartermaster's Department
B. H. Smart
Third Street
Rhodes Island Avenue
Tenth
I Streets
E. G. Fry
New York Avenue
Thomas Francis
Wyoming Avenue
Eighteenth
S Streets
Army forms radio division under emer signal officer
War Department announced the creation of a radio division under the emer signal officer to handle radio matters for the aviation section and the signal corps. Maj. Nugent Slaughter Reserve Corps is detailed to take charge.
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Emer
Army
Signal Corps
Wils
War Department
Maj. Nugent
Slaughter
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