Man Drowns After Love Fails At New York Beach
A man at Manhattan Beach is dragged from the water after writing of a life of sorrow and unrequited love. A Greek immigrant, identified as Constantine Altonylantis, left $12 to the American Red Cross and his body to science. His letter, found in a coat, outlines travels from Constantinople to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States, detailing a lifelong heartbreak and his decision to end his life to escape pain and sorrow.
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New York
Manhattan Beach
American Red Cross
Anatomical Laboratories
Constantine Altonylantis
Albus
Eighth Avenue
Manhattan
Constantinople
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Amertes
Draft Numbers Called as First Virginia Muster Near
Mayor Fisher’s office stayed open late for hundreds of registrants seeking serial numbers to see if they were in the first draft. Co L W J Perry informed Alexandria Light Infantry will muster into Federal service July 25 and be quartered at the armory before deployment. Virginia troops may head to Anniston for training. exemption board to begin after War Department instructions. P F Gorman offers 5 percent discount on city tax bills paid by July 28 and 3 percent by September 1. delinquent bills after December 1 incur 50 percent penalty.
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Fisher
P. F Gorman
Woodmen Close Convention After Two Weeks in Atlanta
The twelfth biennial meeting of the sovereign camp Woodmen of the World adjourned in Atlanta after two weeks. Delegates travel home as the executive council chooses the next convention city. Woodmen Circle delegates keep sessions to resolve factional differences over Mrs Emma Manchester's powers.
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Serge Eee Odcen
Atlanta
Woodmen of the World
Executive Council
Woodmen Circle
Emma Manchester
Supreme Guardian
Cities of Nation in Clean-Up Work
Secretary Daniels says navy yard clean-up drives spur national action. In cities with naval stations cooperation follows. several inland cities have started morality campaigns, and some Pacific coast centers have begun sweeping reforms. The department cites three non naval towns energized by the push.
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Daniels
Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Chicago Press Club marks Mau rice Alten’s death anniversary
The White Chapel Club held a midn ight ceremony in Chicago recreating ancient Greek rites to honor Maurice Alten Collins Coline, a Chicago reporter who died by suicide to advance his social critique. Attendees commemorated the 25th anniversary of his death and sent a tearful tribute to the Indiana shore site where his funeral rites were performed in 1892.
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Chicago
Chicago Press Club
Greece
Athens
White Chapel Club
Maurice Alten Collins Coline
Indiana
Lake Michigan
City Briefs and Local Notices from Washington and Virginia
City briefs report Robert Maxwell released on personal bond after conscription case in District Supreme Court under Justice Siddons. Five Kebensky brothers petition to change surname to Kay. Dan underage. Prayer service for army navy men held at Addas Israel Synagogue. Master Horseshoe Protective Association votes to raise shoeing prices in Washington. Navy Secretary Daniels to speak at Fort Myer YMCA tonight with music by the Fourteenth Coast Artillery band. D C N G batteries hosted by First Presbyterian Church youths. Obituary notes report Mrs Elizabeth Rebecca Johnson of Charlottesville, 85, dying after a stroke. interment at Antioch tomorrow. five children survive.
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Robert Maxwell
District Supreme Court
Siddons
Maxwell
Daniela Will Delver
Young Men’s Christian Aassociation
Fort Myer
Fourteenth Coast Artillery Band
Charlottesville
Elizabeth Rebecca Johnson
J G. Johnson
Antioch
Moses M. Johnson
Basic City
J. G
John
Johnson
Thos, B. Johnson
Misa. ‘Patie BK
Johidom
Senators Aid Red Cross Ambulance Fund Listing Names
A long list of United States Senate employees contributes to a fund to purchase an ambulance for the American National Red Cross for service in France. The names include Abbott, Agnew, Ashe, Auclair, Bachschmidt, Baer, Bateman, Beam, Behymer, Byrne, Cady, Draper, Draper, Ernst, Evans, Fisher, Gillespie, Glick, Graham, Harris, Halsey, Hawkins, Irby, Jeffress, Jones, Kellner, Kilbourn, Lawson, Lloyd, Locke, Long, Lynch, Mack, McGrain, Murphy, OToole, Overman, Peters, Postles, Preston, Reed, Richards, Shuey, Sweeney, Thomas, Williams, Wilson, and many others. The document enumerates hundreds of names as contributors collected to fund the ambulance purchase for wartime service in France.
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United States Senate
American National Red Cross
France
James A. Abbott
Frank E. Agnew
R. Www
Arnold
S A. Ashe
Rodolphe Auclair
Paul Bachschmidt
Nathan Baer
John L Bateman
Edward Beam
Grace Behymer
S A Hell
Leslie L Biffte
E H T Biggs
H L Cobb
Eugene Colwell
William J. ‘Coll
M. T. Coates
Irene M. Craig
Iamea A. Crystal
John Crockett
P. A. Crossen
Leona Curtis
Josephine Davin
Marshall D. Davis
Harriet G. Daley
HH. Darneille
Thomas I Dawson
W F Dawson
Robert T Davidson
N. L. Diggs
D C Dinger
Mary M. Dinkins
John W Deards
E W. Doherty
J. Dorroh
F. E Dodson
C. W. Draper
Paul A. Draper
F .A. Eckstein
John Edwards
E F R. Ernst
John G Evans
Anna H Farden
Faunt Leroy
Harry V_ Felt
Chester J_ Fitch
Joseph J. Fitzsimmons
EF W_ Foster
William G. Gallager
Gambrell
Wiliam
C Hi. Hicks
J. A. Hicks
H Reed Howell
Mary E Hughes
Paul Harney
H. Huff
Don M. Hunt
Otto Hasting
John 8. Irby
Ewing Laporte
W W. Leinster
W G. Lieualen
Daniel B. Lloyd
Agnes B. Locke
C A Loeffler
Byford E Long
M B. Louthan
James W. Lowe
Alice H. Lyman
Oc. F. Lynch
Frank McCampbell
EH. H. McDermott
James M. McDonald
J. W. McGinn
Anne F. McGrain
Frank B
C. Murphy
H. V. Murphy
John P. Murphy
Mra. M. Murphy
Lewis A. Nalis
Harry Nash
Thomas Neal
L. H. O'Connell
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph B. O'Toole
J. Overman
J M. Otternesa
Charles F Pace
George HH. Payne
James Payne
J W. Peters
George W Pophing
Poslam Excels in Conquering Worst Eczema
Poslam claims to heal eczema faster with concentrated energy and a soothing balm for irritated skin. Advertises free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City and promotes widespread availability and benefits beyond basic remedies.
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Poslam
West 47Th Street
New York City
Ernest N. Janson Dead Naval Architect in Washington
Ernest N. Janson a naval architect in the Navy Department and resident of Washington for 25 years died yesterday morning at his home 3118 Sixteenth Street Northwest from organic troubles. He is survived by wife Amelia Eberly Janson and daughter Hilda Eberly Janson. A native of Goteborg Sweden he lived in the United States 28 years. He will be buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. private funeral at his residence tomorrow at 2 30 PM.
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Washington
Ernest N. Janson
Navy Department
Sixteenth Street
Janson
Amelia Eberly Janson
Hilda Eberly Janson
Gottenburg
Sweden
Oak Hill
Dr Charles W Kent Critically Ill in Morgantown
Dr Charles W Kent, Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English at the University of Virginia, is critically ill in Morgantown West Virginia after reportedly suffering a stroke while delivering an address at West Virginia University. He lies at his wife’s bedside as physicians and several colleagues and relatives are summoned.
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Charlottesville
Charles W. Kent
Linden Kent
University of Virginia
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Itis
Kent
John Staige Davis
Tucker Smith
Washington, D. C
Robert JL. Kent
Rich
Hyattsville to Fete Troops Before Mobilization
Hyattsville Md July 21 Local national guard company to mobilize here Wednesday and camp ten days near the high school before joining First Maryland infantry for a move to Anniston Alabama The company has 123 men with about 50 enlisted since war declared Several members have joined regulars or assist in aviation and naval service The town plans a sendoff with church reception and a play by local talent and other preparations for the soldiers.
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Hyattsville
National Guard
First
Maryland Infantry
Anniston
Eagle Pass
Tex
Francis Fainter
Capltain
Oswald A .Graeger
Nathan R Warthern
Thompson Lyons
Company F
Uncle Sam
Galen M Sturgis
Marine Corps
Charles Hebinson
Fort Myer
Henry Spalding
Princeton
WN. J
Edward Devlin, Jr
Navy
Matthew V. Halloran
France
Pershing
Edward RR Halloran
Hyattaville
Johnson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Hall
Howard Morrow
Washington
James R. Tucker
Baltimore
Isaac W. Grimea
Riverdale
Stewart J Canvin
Savage
Howard County
Howard
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Siddong
Webster Ballinger
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Stoke
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Mangeasas
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Parent- Teachers’ Association of the Public Schools
Ezra Bayliss
S L Bayliss
North Payne Street
A EF Spielman
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David Rosenburg
Lexandria Corporation
Catholic Outing Today
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Army
Addas Israel Synagogue
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Church
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E. R. Johnson
Real Reed
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Henry H. Schoenewolf
Alfred H. Selby
James F. Sellers
Carolyn B Sheiton
Charles Sherlock
Theodore F. Shuey
Jessie L. Simpson
John Sims
Frank M. Smith
J S Smith
W B Stewart
H.C. Stubbs
J J. Sweeney
N R. Switser
Auguste B Sworda
Jeremiah Sullivan
Amelia Selby
James E H. Talbert
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Talbert
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Henry G Thomas
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T Hudson
Thomas
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Titlow
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UL Wallingen
Vv. Wallace
Louia H Warner
C L. Watkins
J T. Waldorf
Hrougham Wayland
John T Wayland
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Charles West
C. B Webb
Mary B Webb
EK M Wiley
Margaret Winston
John Russell Williams
O. A Williams
Peter M. Wilson
Ansel Wold
C. D. Woodlen
A. S Worsley
Cortez L. Wright
E. J L. Yates
Williams A. Young
W. Kent
Perma
Maggie Durbin
Victory Street
Little Rock
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