Militia to Drill Next Monday at Camp Ordway
Camp Ordway mobilized district guardsmen will be free after 10:00 a.m. today if physical exams and inspections are not disrupted. Capt. L. C. Vogt said drill begins Monday with reveille at 5:30 a.m. and daily schedule from 6:00 a.m. mess to 4:30 p.m. drill, with 1:00 p.m. guard mount and 6:00 p.m. retreat. Brig. Gen. Knight and Commissioner Brownlow praised the camp setup and tented city.
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L. C. Vogt
Ordway Grounds
Camp
Ordway
Louis Do. Vogt
Vogt
Knight
Brownlow
Society notes from Washington at large party gatherings
A long list of social events and travel plans in Washington highlights dinners and luncheons hosted by prominent figures. Guests include M Tardien head of the permanent French mission. Baron Cartier Belgian minister. Baron Moncheur. Don Rafael Zaldivar minister from Salvador. various diplomats and military officers. Travelers head to New England and Atlantic City. weddings and visits to Newport, Bridgetown, and other locales are noted along with upcoming church and military engagements.
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Charles Warren
M. Tardien
Thomas Beaumont Hohler
Baron Cartier
Baron Moncheur
Lafayette
Services for Washington Boy Scouts at Covenant Church
Boy Scout buglers will sound from the belfry at 7 30 tomorrow evening for a special service for Washington Scouts at the Church of the Covenant. Prominent speakers include Maj Raymond Pullman, police superintendent, with invitations sent to Secretary of War Baker Secretary of State Lanning Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Vice President Thomas R Marshall. Scout Commissioner J W Patton will lead a scout band of six pieces. Refreshments will be served.
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Church of the Covenant
Washington Boy Scouts
Maj
Raymond Pullman
War Baker
State Lanning
Cut off by family Henry Astor forgives
Special in The Washington Post New York July 27 Henry Astor disinherited heir to a vast fortune will not block a trust benefiting his unfriendly relatives. Details show a 19th century arrangement: marriage wealth protection, alternate beneficiaries, and exclusions. He married a gardener’s daughter, was disinherited, and brothers withdrew as trustees. Henry will allow his brothers’ heirs to inherit.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Astor
Henry
Jacob
Mrs R W Bingham Dead In Louisville
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham wife of Judge R W Bingham of Soulville died at her Louisville home after a two week illness from an acute heart disturbance. She married last November and was part of a prominent Kentucky family.
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Louisville
Robert Worth Bingham
Henry M. Flagler
Bingham
R. W. Bingham
Soulville
Kentucky
Salvation Army Picnic Attracts Large Youth Crowd
About 1,600 attendees enjoyed a Salvation Army outing after a day of rides and games at Marshall Hall. Brig. M. Bacott led the event with Adj. Bartlett assisting, guiding nearly 1,000 boys, girls, and their mothers home after the outing.
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Salvation Army
Marshall Hall
Brig. M. Bacott
Adjt. Bartlett
Home of Mrs Barnett Becomes Club For Marine Officers
Mrs George Barnett wife of the Marine Corps commandant opens the commandant’s house at Marine Barracks Eighth and G streets SE as a clubhouse for Quantico officers during Washington weekends. It offers music dances and sleeping dormitories for about twenty, with the Marine Band providing music for officers and men on alternate Saturdays.
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Marine Corps
Celia Gordon
Wakefieid Manor
Rappahannock
Gen. Barnett
Mrs. Barnett
Barnett
Quantico
Washington
Marine Barracks
Eighth
G Streets
Liberty
Col. Kane
Marine Band
Recruits for Home Rifles Forming at Railway CA Unit
George H Winslow secretary of the railroad department of the M C A announced a special meeting at 8 p m Wednesday in association rooms for enrollment with the Home Defense League Rifles. The 800 members include many experienced rifle shots and officers will speak. A large company may be formed from this branch, allowing drills under instructors on the railway depot grounds.
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George H. Winslow
M. Cc. A
Association
Home Defense League Rifles
Red Cross Calls for Auto Drivers for France Service
The American Red Cross seeks twenty experienced motor truck drivers, twenty helpers and nineteen expert mechanics for service in France. Maj. Grayson M. P. Murphy reports urgent need, with two ton trucks moving Red Cross supplies from seaports due to railroad congestion. The Red Cross will cover transportation and living costs, with offers directed to the District chapter or A. W. Staub in New York.
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Red Cross
France
Red Cross War Council
Grayson M. P. Murphy
Professional
Washington
Ryan Devereux
American Red Cross
A. W. Staub
Atlantic Division
Metropolitan Tower
New York City
Funeral of Mrs A S Hoover
The funeral for Mrs. Alice S. Hoover aged sixty eight will be at 2 PM today at her home 1824 Sixteenth Street NW. Interment will be private. Survived by husband Thomas Z Hoover and six children including Mrs W B Zimmerman Mrs George J HurAt Mrs W J Jackson of Boston Mais C Walter Hoover Roy C Hoover and Frank W Hoover. Native of New York and descendant of Jonathan Edwards and John Hart.
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Sixteenth Street
Hoover
Thomas Z. Hoover
W. B. Zimmerman
George J. Hurat
W. J. Jackson
Boston
Mais
C. Walter Hoover
Bread to be higher with wheat at two dollars
Bakers war council representing 23 000 members protested a two dollar minimum price for wheat. They warned the policy would raise bread prices and prompt farmers to hoard wheat, hindering production, and urged a lower price than current levels in a letter to the joint conference committee on the food control bill.
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Bakers’ War Council
Shoreham Hotel
Joint Conference
Food Administration
Joint Committee
Hospital Ships for Navy Plan Three New Ambulance Vessels
The Ward liner Havana a 1391 ton vessel will be converted into a navy hospital ship and lead a trio of similar ships plus smaller ambulance craft for an expanded hospital fleet. Once refitting completes, Solace the navy’s current sole hospital ship will move to the ambulance group as she is too small for hospital duty.
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Havana
Navy
Naval Establishment
Solace
Washington children collect magazines for Navy League
Washington school children who previously gathered old papers to fund playgrounds now collect old magazines for the Navy League of the United States. They will be paid two cents per magazine and delivery costs are covered. The League prepares 20 page leaflets from magazine stories cartoons and jokes to fit sailors on ships.
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Washington
Navy League of the United States
Navy League
H Street
Northwest
Catching Slackers Easy Says Justice Official
A high DOJ official stated that rounding up slackers who fail to register or use fictitious names will be simple for Secret Service men. The department will target young men who lack disguise skills and can be identified by a vigilant detective force.
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Secret Service
Department of Justice
Départment
Marine Band concert on the Ellipse features national hymn
This afternoon at six the United States Marine Band led by William H. Sentelmenn performs on the Ellipse. The program includes the new national hymn America, MacMillan overtures, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Meditation from Thetis, Massenet ground scenes from The Queen of Sheba, Gounod Waits, Woman's Love and Life, and von Biën Prelude and intermezzo from The Jewess of Jerusalem.
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William H. Sentelmenn
America
MacMillen Overturs
Micotai
Thetis
Massenet
von Bién
Prayer Services Set Across Washington For East St. Louis Riot Victims
Colored churches in Washington plan prayer services tomorrow to honor East St. Louis riot victims. A mass meeting is scheduled at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church at 8 PM. Residents are asked to drape houses in mourning at 3 30 PM.
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Washington
East St. Louis
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
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