Maryland Proclaims Compulsory Labor For Able-Bodied Men
Baltimore July 18 Governor Harrington issued a proclamation to take effect August 20 instituting a compulsory work act. All able-bodied men ages 18 to 50 not in lawful employment must register or face consequences. Loafer and idler will be put to work by the state or private employers, with exceptions for students trainees and certain workers. Penalties include fines up to 50 for nonregistration and up to 500 or six months imprisonment for evading work.
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Baltimore
Harrington
Baltimore City
Allegany
Sims Not I C C Candidate and Adams Onson Endorsement
Representative Thetus W Sims of Tennessee said he is not a candidate for the Interstate Commerce Commission vacancy. He urged Chairman W C Adamson of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee for the post, noting Adamson as one of the best qualified men for the job due to long service and railroad expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thetus W. Sims
Tennessee
Interstate Commerce Commisssion
Simms
W C Adamson
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of
House
Adamson
Unite States
Army units renumbered across three branches
General order approved by the acting chief of staff and Maj. Gen Tasker H Bliss with the Secretary of War sets new numbering. Regular army regiments will be 1 to 100, national guard 101 to 300, and national army 301 onward. Infantry divisions: regulars 1 to 28, guard 26 down to 1, and national army 76 up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasker H. Blss
Secretary of War
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Bankers Hear Senators Battle Smoot Amendment
A group of Kentucky, Baltimore and Cincinnati bankers testified before Senate finance and agriculture committees in a formal hearing yesterday. Led by Percy H Johnston of Louisville, they said banks hold 120 million dollars in bonded warehouse loans and warned the Smoot amendment to the food control bill would cause extensive losses. They did not oppose halting further manufacture of distilled beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees
Percy H. Johnston
Louisville
Record Liquor Withdrawal Amid Food Bill Crackdown
Liquor dealers rush whisky from bonded warehouses fearing government seizure under the food bill. In the last ten days over 10 million gallons withdrawn, with daily rates near 1 million, moving mainly to Brock retail outlets. Internal revenue receipts for the first seventeen days run about 7.5 million dollars higher than last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock Im
Trade Commission Receives President's Aid on Reports
President Wilson directed government departments and bureaus to detail temporary assistants for the Federal Trade Commission. The agency, already handling half a dozen inquiries, seeks staff support to study costs in producing steel iron copper coal and other fuels while also examining food prices for the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
The
Trade Commission
Army
Calls for Porto Ricans to work on U S railroads
The Labor Department and the railroad war board discussed bringing 50,000 unemployed Porto Ricans to the United States for railroad work. Roads were asked to report how many islanders they could use under wage, hour, and living condition specs. The plan includes free transport and a pledge workers won’t be used as strike-breakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Labor
Railroad War Board
Labor Department
Nominations for Postmasters in Maryland and Virginia
President Wilson sent to the Senate a slate of postmaster nominations including Maryland towns Kensington Forest Hill Mountain Lake Park Ettricks and Virginia towns Chester Forest Depot Kilmarnock Lovertsyville Narrows New Castle. Names listed include Alice Le. Exley Clarence J. Rathbun Bertha M. Faison Andrew T. Organ E Yancey Howard W Krent Charles F. Shumaker Clarence H. Johnson and Hattie B. Ferrel.
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Wilson
Senate
Maryland
Virginia
Alice le. Exley
Kensington
Charles H. Wilson
Forest Hill
Clarence J. Rathbun
Mountain Lake Park
Bertha M. Faison
Ettricks
Andrew T. Organ
Chester
E. Yancey
Forest Depot
Howard W . Krent
Kilmarnock
Charles F. Shumaker
Lovertsyville
Clarence H. Johnson
Narrows
Hattie B. Ferrel
New Castle
Argentina Discredits Note Sparks Mixed Reactions
Buenos Aires reports lively public mood as Argentina holds firm on its note about the sinking of Argentine steamers. A German dispatch claiming an amicable settlement triggers amusement and skepticism. Newspapers warn that a rupture with Germany could drag in Spain and affect neutral rights globally.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Andermany
Germany
Spain
Mexico to Remain Neutral Amid U S Restrictions
President Carranza told a general Mexico will stay neutral as long as possible. U S export limits have driven food prices higher. The commercial congress plans to import 1,006,000 pesos worth of corn to ease shortages.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Congress
SAY EVERY JOB BROUGHT GEMS
Edward McAllister a colored elevator operator confessed to police that he changed jobs weekly and stole diamonds from apartment house dwellers. He allegedly stole jewelry totaling over 50800 dollars in the past two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward McAllister
Mechanics Strike At Seaboard Shops In Virginia
One hundred twenty five Seaboard Air Line shop mechanics in Portsmouth Virginia walked out today over wage settlement delays with the Department of Labor. Other shop workers will decide fate tomorrow while trolley car crews in Norfolk threaten action if demands for union recognition shorter hours and job runs go unmet. Officials cite an underground agitator with German interests thought to be trying to disrupt traffic to army and navy camps nearby.
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Washington
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Portamouth
Department of Labor
South
Virginian Railway and Power Company
It Ie
Nyessa McMean Donates Poster To Navy League
Miss Nyessa McMean, New York illustrator, donates a patriotic poster to the Navy League’s New York city chapter. The image features a national service school girl at attention with the caption Patrioticam Americaniam Service. The poster supports recruiting by the women’s section while new Red Cross dietetics and national economics classes open at the Theodore Bailey Myers Mason house under Miss Kathleen Mackin from the Drexel Institute. A night class in national economics for employed women began last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyessa McMean
New York
Navy League
New York City
Patrioticam
Service
Kathleen Mack
Police News Notes From Washington Street Scene
A Black man Richard C Pilgrim, 30, New York, claimed a divine war stopping revelation and was sent to Washington Asylum Hospital for mental observation after telling policemen at the White House. Isaac Saidman, 1742 Good Hope Road SE, collided with Joseph Pezzaro, 1442 C Street NW, near Pourteemth and D Streets NW. Saidman was slightly hurt. John F. Given, 50, Sidney OH, found dead in a Pullman lower berth. Coroner Nevitt ruled apoplexy. Bergt. H. J. Miller, Walter Reed Hospital patient with hemorrhage from 518 Twelfth St NW. Colyne Wiehle, 2612 Cathedral Ave NW, concussed at Emergency Hospital. his brother Max Wiehle, 40, shaken when their auto collided with Mrs Luke Thompson of Cherrydale VA at 18th and I Streets NW. Thompson and others unharmed. An auto driven by Jeanette Anchicloss, 1647 Thirtieth St NW, collided at 18th and L Streets with Tracy Yruit, 1029 Eighteenth St NW. both cars slightly damaged.
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White House
Wilson
Richard C Pilgrim
New York
Washington Asylum Hospital
Pourteemth
D Streets
Isaac Saidman
Good Hope Road
Joseph Pezzaro
C Street
Saidman
John F. Given
Sidney
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cyrus T. Green
Nevitt
H. J. Miller
Hospital Corps
Co. S.A
Walter Reed Hospital
Twelfth Street
Colyne Wiehle
Cathedral Avenue
Iemergency Hospital
Max C J. Wiehle
Eighteenth and I Streets
Luke Thompson
Cherrydale
Thompson
Jeanette Anchicloss
Thirtieth Street
Eighteenth
L Streets
Tracy Yruit
Eighteenth Street
Plans Airplane Plant May Need 600 Mechanics
The General Aeronautic Corporation of this city received a charter from the state, with $100000 capital, reporting options on 500 to 600 acres near here for building and testing airplanes. Officers named are John G. Graham president K W Ogden treasurer and H E B Greens secretary. The firm expects to employ about 600 skilled mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
Kingstreet
Alexandria
General Aeronautic Corporation
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
John G. Graham
K. W. Ogden
H. E B. Greens
Arlington Ice and Storage Company, Inc
Rosslyn
Alexandria County
William McGuire
Henry Wassing
Washington
Berlin Crisis Looms Over Reichstag Peace Resolution
The center and national liberals clash over reform to allow a parliamentarian to join the government. Vorwaerta warns against delaying action as the fate of the Reichstag peace resolution remains uncertain. The radical socialist and Catholic deputies pushed a plan urging labor for peace and reconciliation with no forced territorial gains.
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Mate
Reichstag
Vorwaerta
Herr Michaelis
von Bethmann Hollweg
Scrap of Paper Cause of Hollweg Downfall
Jules Cambon says Emperor William aimed to remove Bethmann Hollweg to ease peace talks. Cambon depicts Hollweg’s fall as a scapegoat for Germany’s faults, naming Michaelis as a disciplined yet flexible Prussian official. He contrasts German factions and notes Liberal conservatives seeking agreement with conservatives.
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Hollweg
Jules Cambon
Paria
William
Associated Press
M. Cambon
von Bethmann Hollweg
Germany
Michaelis
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorfft
National Liberal Party
Center Party
Belgians See Frontier Show During West Tour
The Belgian war mission toured Denver and Utah with frontier day events and cowgirl broncho busting as it neared the Pacific coast. Baron Moncheur spoke on Belgian distress and US relief, while Gen. Leclercq praised four months of drill for American troops. Oklahoma Gov Williams plans a casual Tulsa reception in July heat.
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Denver
Colo
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Ogden
Chenne
Cheyenne
Baron Moncheur
Belgium
United States
East Lake City
Utah
Leclercq
West
Salt Lake
Forty-third
United States Infantry
Camp Douglas
Mormon Tabernacle
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Oklahoma City
Okla
R. L. Williams
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Bunt
Patriotic Appeal Averts R R Strike at Rock Island
Chicago July 18 Appeals to patriotism by government officials stopped a strike of 6000 railroad workers of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. At a conference officials and labor leaders settled wage questions granting 8 hour day and small raises across the board. The company projected large annual outlays for gains, with carmen to receive about 844,972 dollars more per year and machinists about 400,000 dollars more.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Federal Department of Labor
Duty for Home Guards in War Mobilization
The withdrawal of military guards from public utilities and key sites is needed as the national guard mobilizes. Secretary Baker says the task should shift to state and municipal authorities. Soldiers will guard places of national importance. home guards may be called out by local authorities.
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Baker
Regatta Back Fire Injures Boat Winners At Put-in-Bay
Put-in-Bay Ohio July 18 two men escaped death when Baby Rambler’s engine back fired igniting the power boat two miles off shore. Arthur Stroble Toledo and Ralph Herman Monroe Mich leaped overboard. Loss pegged at 5000 Commodore E C McGreening Monroe Yacht Club owner. Spider disqualified after mistaking buoy for flag. Grey Jacket of Buffalo Yacht Club second in universal class. Today's class winners include Clauss Q Grey Jacket 21-footers Edison Boat Club Detroit Class R Clartee Cleveland Yacht Club modern cruisers Chewink Grosse Pointe Yacht Club 18-footers Fudge Cleveland Yacht Club Yacls Bethlen Detroit Yacht Club 16-footers Ingonede Toledo Yacht Club Shadow Ottawa River Yacht Club D Y C 5 Detroit Yacht Club private cats Kitty Kat Detroit Yacht Club D Y C 3 Detroit Yacht
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in-Bay
Arthur Stroble
Toledo
Ralph Herman
Monroe
Mich
Commodore E. C. McGreening
Monroe Yacht Club
Spider
Mathias
Feledo
Buffalo Yacht Club
Clauss
Jackson Park
Edison Boat Club
Detroit
Clartee
Cleveland Yacht Club
Chewink
Point Yacht Club
Fudge
Cleveland
Bethlen
Detroit Yacht Club
Ingonede
Toledo Yacht Club
Ottawa River Yacht Club
D. Y
Archibald McLellan Dead in Boston
Archibald McLellan, a member of the Christian Science board of directors and longtime counselor to Mrs Eddy, died suddenly in Boston. He had served as a trustee of the Eddy estate in later years.
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Boston
Archibald McLellan
Christian Science Board of Directors
Hiis
Eddy
Endeavorers Lay Stone At Beacon Hill Cornerstone
Boston July 18 cornerstone of the international headquarters building of the United Society of Christian Endeavor on Beacon Hill laid today. The six story structure is funded by contributions from hundreds of thousands of young people in nearly every country in the world.
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Boston
International
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Beacon Hill
Split in Movie Men's Ranks Amid New Organization Talk
Representatives from twenty states met in Chicago on July 18 to bolt the National Motion Picture Exhibitors' League and form a separate group. A. P. Tugwell of Los Angeles and S. H. Trigger of New York led the faction accusing the league of running as a machine. Lee Ochse seeks reelection while bolters claim the machine aims to railroad his return.
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Chicago
National Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League
A. P. Tugwell
Los Angeles
Arst
8. H. Trigger
New York
Lee Ochse
Boltders
Officials deny Hinsch escape tale as untrue
Federal officials in New York state that a Baltimore report claiming Capt Frederick Hinsch, American agent for North German Lloyd, slipped from a Jersey port to Bremen is false. They assert Hinsch remains in hiding in the United States and expect his arrest within days.
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New York
Baltimore
Frederick Hinach
Lloyd
Bremen
Jersey
Hinsch
United States
Ridgemark Wins Big Ohio Stake at North Randall
Ridgemark, the outsider driven by Trainor, upset to win the $3,000 Ohio stake at the North Randall Grand Circuit meeting. The day featured six races with a jammed crowd and bets, as Ridgemark paid $141.80 to win and $39.90 to place. Other winners included Mack Forbes in the 2:12 trot and Edward P in the 2:12 pace, with several favorites faltering and a judges’ ruling affecting the final heat of Colleen in the 2:06 pace. The card also listed multiple stake results and notable performances.
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Cleveland
Ridgemark
Trainor
Wilask
Ohio
Kelly de Forest
Ruth Mainsheet
Forest City
Tommy Murphy
Mack Forbes
McDevitt
Chilcoot
Colleen
Walter Cochato
Edward P
Battle King
B. ‘ Weil
Valentine
Busy
Lucilie Spier
Spier
Murphy
Seo
Colorado Range
Graves
Fasig
B. c
de Forest
Harvest Gale
Be. Veater
Cox
Worthy Vola
McDonald
Colorado
B. Ty
Fore City
Mica
Dewey Watts
Vouka Fletcher
Great Boomne
Ramco
Stokes
Comely
Will Albing
Hollywood
Bob
Wat
Ensorthern
Peter G
Snow
Rattle King
B .V. Fleming
Re. G
Trampfest
Jamison
al Joseph Jay
Say ‘BieGieger
King
Fedrick
Buttie Hale
Br. G
Sen. Hale
Br. H
Rweeneyah Sanmel
B. G
Samuel Tarris
Harals
Chileout
H. Bien Noa
Allerton
Eolman
RS Bacelli
Bertini
White
Tommy Tod
Todd Mac
Dontin Usb
Mayor
Toad
Man
Jack Moone
Forbes
Menonaiay
Hollyreed Bate
To. Dodge
Donger
Liasie Worthy
Rodney
Din
Redfield May Take Direct Control Of Exports
Secretary Redfield considers direct oversight of export controls after the resignation of Dr. Edward E. Pratt as chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Burwell S. Cutler will serve temporarily, a Buffalo manufacturer who came to Washington at the outbreak of war. Licenses for shipping goods from the United States will be issued soon at major ports with local handling where possible and reference to Washington only as needed.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Edward E. Pratt
Redfield
Burwell S Cutler
Arst
Cutler
Washington
Germany
Commerce Department
Dr. Pratt
Department
Exports Council
Wilson
Mr. Redfield
United States
Department of Commerce
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
Galveston
Los Angeles
Mill Holland Estate Divided Heirs and Values
Fragmentary notes report division of a Mill Holland estate with heirs named James Carry BR and Paul 1. Address appears as Twenty-ninth Street Northwest, Washington. Values listed include 2350 and 256,014 Cumberland and May 7 date appears in the fragment.
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Cumberland
Timr Bert
Fiat
James
Paul
I Shingion
Digging his own grave Corey ends life on farm
Erie Pennsylvania July 18 Digging his own grave under a stump on his farm and burying himself was the method of death used by 93 year old James L Corey The younger Corey aged 66 offered a $100 reward and led neighbors to the body after two days of searching The death of Coreys wife near seventy years may have unsettled him
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Erie
James L. Corey
Corey
Jefferson's Sentence Stands In Cape May Malfeasance Case
Former Prosecutor Atthew Jefferson of Cape May county must serve a sentence of one to three years at prison after the New Jersey Court of Errors upheld his conviction for malfeasance in office diverting bail of prisoners to his own use and conspiracy with Cape May slot machine interests. Jefferson was appointed prosecutor by President Wilson during his tenure as New Jersey governor.
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Trenton
N. J
Atthew Jefferson
Cape May County
Cape May
Jefferson
Wilson
New Jersey
Divorce Granted to Mrs Matthews in Cincinnati Court
Special to The Washington Poet Cincinnati Ohio July 18 Mrs Florence Matthews daughter of U S Senator J B Foraker was granted a divorce from Randolph Matthews in domestic relations court on grounds of neglect The suit followed her father’s death a few weeks earlier They married in 1901 and separated in May Matthews is a grandson of Supreme Court Justice Stanley Matthews and has a bishop brother in the Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Florence Matthews
Tate United States
J. B. Foraker
Randolph Matthews
Matthews
Lola
Stanley Matthews
Supreme Court of the
United States
Episcopal Church
One and a half million Armenians exiled from Armenia
New York July 18. Cablegram reports 1.5 million Armenians Syrians and Greeks deported from Armenia to Syria and Asia Minor. They face dire need as bread winners perish through massacre deportation or conscription. Message sent by W. W. Peet via Constantinople and read at a dinner for Abram Filkus hosted by Cleveland H. Mode.
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New York
Armenia
Syria
Asia Minor
Committee For Armenian Relief
Abram Filkus
Turkey
Cleveland H. Mode
W. W. Peet
Constantinople
Alleged Slav ers Trapped in Woods Near Winfall
A long distance message reports Albert L. Barrett and his 14 year old son Aubray Barrett trapped in a woods near Red House after the killing of W. T. Roach. Citizens plan to watch the area at daylight. Governor Stuart orders Richmond Blues to Winfall to protect the suspects and bring them to Lynchburg. A special train carried bloodhounds toward Gladys to renew the search at daybreak.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Gladys
Albert L. Barrett
Aubray
W. T. Roach
Red House
Winfall
Rustburg
Gladya
Barretta
Stuart
Richmond Blues
Brookneal
Alta Vista
Lynchburgh
Robert Perrow
Lynchbure
Soldier Killed in Troop Train Wreck Near Victoria La
Marshall Texas July 1 A troop train derailment near Shamrock Louisiana on the Texas and Pacific Railway left one American soldier William Stonebreaker dead and five others injured two seriously The wreck cause is under investigation A special medical train was dispatched to the scene and the injured were taken to Alexandria Louisiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Tex
William Stonebreaker
Sham~rock
Victoria
Texas and Pacific Railway
Alexandria
Alien enemy surrenders in work permit breach
Martin Lessen, described as an alien enemy, surrendered to U S Marshals in Baltimore after authorities received advices from the Attorney General. He appeared at the marshal’s office to hear a barred zone permit, which had been erased, and admitted making the elimination before deciding to turn himself in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Martin Lessen
United States
Stockham
Gregory
Lessen
Marshals Office
Leasen
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Arlington Ice and Storage Company
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Oronoco Street
St. Adaph Streets
St. Asaph
Nowhere
Young Men's Sodality Lyceum
Mary Quinn
Ruth Holand
Helen Nugent
Lena Moore
Sergia
Nelson and Wills, Corp
Blanchard
Mechanic van Dyke
Herbert Lackey
Wiliam P. Taylor
William P. Taylor
J. A. Dienelt
Rosemont
RE. V. Reageaster
M. EL Church South
Andrew Jackson Lodge of
Masons
Alexandria Lodge
Hils
Reliance Fire Engine Company
Corporation Court
Hattie H. Gates
Roberta Hill
H. B. Caton
Robinson
Jane van Horn O'Leary
Fred A. O'Leary
Berlin
Patriotic Appeal
R. R
Federal
United States Marine Band
Jacques L. Vanpouckes
Franklin Park
Natucodenosor
Joly
Bown South
Myddleton
Archibald M’lellan
Doubt Hinsch
U. S
Big Ohio
Shipping Board
B. S. Cutler
Millholland Estate
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Matthews
Foraker
America
Lynchbure Va
Texas Railroad
Atlantic City
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Hagerstown
Fredericksburg
Staunton
Winchester
Washington Post Building
National Electrical Supply Co
New York Ave
Southern Auto Supply Co
Pennsylvania Ave
National Remembrance Shop
14Th and
Pa. Ave
N. W
Ham Ada
Lanner & Berry
14Th St
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