Women gain hope from England suffrage push in war era
Washington suffragists hailed Lloyd George and Asquith approval of England’s election reform including women’s suffrage, predicting a bold fight in Congress for a constitutional amendment. leaders like Barin and Jones planned early introductions, while Huth Waite argued war powers justify enfranchisement, Canada already grants suffrage, and American women pledged service to nation during wartime.
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Washington
United States
Lloyd George
Asquith
England
Hheir
House
Senate
Representa Te Barin
House of Representatives
Jones
Washburon
Warner
America
Uolten
Congress
Ioglaed Masuid
Lerve
Meas Huth Waite
One Inch Too Short enlists Kansas City Man
Kansas City May 28 Carl R Wheeler applied for enlistment with the Third Missouri infantry but was found to be one inch short of the required height. Six guardsmen offered to help and after massaging and rolling he was examined again and accepted. His stature was said to have been reduced by carrying sacks of cement.
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Kansas City
Carl R. Wheeler
Third Mussouri Infantry
Wheeler
Claim teacher is disloyal in Baltimore school board
Baltimore March 28 Direct charges of disloyalty were made against George H Schwartz German teacher at the Polytechnic Institute. The school board in executive session reviewed the accusation from Principal King and Supt Koch noting that Schwartz declared he would be interned rather than fight if the country went to war with Germany.
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Baltimore
George H. Schwartz
Polytechnic Institute
Supt. Koch
King
Schwartz
Germany
Parliament Favors Votes for Women in War-Era Debate
In a wartime session, leaders urged unity and swift reconstruction after victory. Asquith shifted away from earlier opposition to woman suffrage, praising women's contributions to the war and arguing suffrage is essential for postwar governance. He endorsed electoral reforms and one-day elections, pressed by Long and others for nonpartisan progress.
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Asquith
asgeotCes Rik
Esree
Haray
Asneu
Latest pointers on babies exhibit at Woodward & Lothrop
Mothers and fathers may attend a child welfare exhibit held April 24 to May 2 at Woodward & Lothrop's auditorium in Washington. The event, part of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, offers up to date conferences with doctors, nurses, and social workers.
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Woodward & Lothrop’s
National Congress of Mothers
Raleigh
Cuban Rebels Loot Entire One Ring Circus
Howard and Lottie McGinley arrived from Cuba detailing a raid by Cuban revolutionists who seized the circus horses garments of Caesar and Cleopatra and food supplies while drawing lots for distribution. They also captured a 23 year old Mon and Hattie the elephant. The circus was performing near Habana at the time.
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New York
Howard
Lottie McGinley
Cuba
Caesar
Cleopatra
Mon
Hattie
Habana
Lecture on Porto Rico by F C Roberts at Metropolitan Church
An illustrated talk on Porto Rico covered the island’s industries and native life. A Red Cross class will organize this afternoon at 4 30 at the Mason House under the Teachers' Club. The evening class meets weekly on Tuesday at the Mason House.
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Porto Rico
Island
F. ¢. Roberts
Metropolitan Church
Mason House
Teachers’ Club
Women Seek Recruits as Enlistment Rises at Navy Stations
Across major cities patriotic women campaigned for Navy enlistment. Indépendence Hall in Philadelphia opened as a recruiting station for the sixth time, while Boston and Kansas City reported high applicant numbers. Eleven women volunteers and ten new yeomen recruits joined Navy efforts, with women assigned to clerical roles to free men for fleet service.
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Marine Corps Station
Independence Hall
Cradle of Liberty
New York
Navy
Philadelphia
Smith
Russell
Navy Yard
Naval Air Defense Reserve
Kansas City
Natval
Nuffolk
United States
Naval Reserve
Morgan and Astor Clash Over District Trade Invasion
The Murray Hill Association led by Mr. Morgan opposes intrusion by trade into a residential block. Baron Astor owns the zone’s houses and, through his attorney, argues the restriction is confiscation. The case will be taken to the highest courts.
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Murray Hill Association
Morgan
Baron Astor
Churches Plan for War Effort in Washington Meeting
The Washington committee of the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America met to discuss wartime church work. General secretary Rev. Charles B. Macfarland and associate secretary Rev. Worth M. Tippy attended from New York. Plans include Red Cross relief cooperation, more army and navy chaplains, and other soldier welfare measures. a committee of bishops and clergy was formed to craft concrete plans.
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Washington
Federal Council of the Churches of Ghriat
America
Westerday
Charles 8. Macfarland
Worth M. Tippy
New York
American Red Cross
Barl Cranaton
Alfred Harding
W. F. McDowell
Wallace Radcliffe
Charles Wood
G. Livingston Bayard
Alfred Pruden
Cloth shoes rise as leather substitutes gain favor
New York reports the National Retail Shoe Dealers' Association to promote cloth uppers as a standard for the coming season with a committee to guide buyers on color combinations. Executive secretary A K Genting notes prices are climbing, predicting a $5 shoe may reach $6 to $6.50 by next fall.
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New York
National Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
A. K K. Genting
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
L. Douglas
San Francisco
America
Brockton
Mass
Seventeen I. W. W. members fined in Kansas City
Seventeen members of the Industrial Workers of the World were fined $290 each in Kansas City after a raid on a recruiting detail. The judge ordered stays of execution if they left the city, citing no room for anti war sentiment during the crisis.
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Kansas City
Judge
Industrial Workers of the Works
Jorden Municipal Jurge Coon
Kansas Ciy
Wins suit against turfman in Memphis
A Memphis jury returned a defense verdict in a $50,000 suit filed by Elliott F. Loving against his father-in-law, George C. Bennett, a noted turfman. Loving alleged Bennetts actions alienated his wife and forced separation, with Bennett and his wife and daughter denying the charges.
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Memphis
Tenn
Elliott F. Loving
George C. Bennett
Loving
Bennett
Plan to aid kin of men at the front
Defenive demonstrations by Jewish women erupted in Chicago on Sunday and resumed Monday at the kosher market on 2063 West Division Street. A detective guarding the market was knocked down and beaten. three women were arrested. Police reported larger, less serious protests over meat prices as well, with many women carrying babies fleeing as motorcycle officers approached.
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Tlanger
West Division Street
Villa Forces Retreat From Chihuahua City Skirmishes
Villa withdrew after fighting near Chihuahua City in a concentrat ing movement toward Satevo fifty miles south. Gen Francisco Murguia issued the statement. Carranza forces held prisoners in starving condition and had to be fed before answering questions.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
Satevo
Francisco Murguia
Carranza
Flagler Estate Grows. Value Reaches 8 Million Dollars
The Ida A. Flagler estate, first wife of Henry M. Flagler, rose by 2 051 087 last year and now stands at 8 123 801 in the supreme court report of the committee managing her property. In Atlanta, the house passed the Harris bone dry bill by 12 to 48, outlawing possession of liquor in Georgia.
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New York
Ida A. Flagler
Henry M. Flagler
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Gen Funston leaves estate to wife and three children
San Francisco March 26 Mrs Funston filed for letters of administration revealing Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston left no will. Estate consists of a life insurance policy for 20000 and personal effects valued at not more than 10000, to be shared by his wife and three children.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frederick Funston
Funston
Palais Royal
Washington
Palais Royal—Street
11Th St
Planned Demonstration Parades for German American Commission
Pacifist rallies to back a German American joint commission to end the war. A Washington parade Saturday leads to the Capitol with flags and singing. Emergency Peace Federation plans funds and a mass meeting to recruit delegates and speakers for the April 2 demonstration in Washington.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Joint Commission
Emergency Peace Federation
Washington
Convention Hall
New York
Fannie Garrison Villard
David Starr Jordan
Daniel Kiefer
Cincinnati
Henry Overstreet
Emily Greene Balch
Judah L. Maxnes
Palais Royal offers women's ribbed undergarments and vests
The listing promotes ribbed underwear in sizes 29c and 35c and super weave ribbed vests with high and Dutch necks, varied sleeve lengths, and pant options. It highlights comfort and shoulder stay, claiming “Comfy” cut vests that stay in place, marketed with low prices.
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Palais Royal—Street
Bargain Stockings and Suits Auction Listings
A damaged OCR page lists prices for boys and girls stockings at 25 cents and hose at 10 cents in all sizes. It mentions girls union suits, neck and ankle garments, and athletic man suits with varying sizes and prices, plus infant weights and outfits.
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Onyx
Phoenix
Bear Brand
Holeprouf
Conqueror
Aiere
Girls Union
Be Beys Athletic Man
Canada to Rush Ships in War Time Drive
Ottawa reports Sir George FE Foster met with Canada shipbuilding interests to accelerate output. Imperial Munitions Board contracts exceed 25 million dollars for commercial vessels and more for other ships, with steel supply seen as a hurdle. Wallace shipyards of Vancouver to build a 2500 ton freight boat for 200000 dollars in ten months, plans for a second vessel, to form a government fleet linking Atlantic and Pacific harbors via the Panama Canal.
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Ottawa
George FE. Foster
Canada
Imperial Munitions Board
Wallace Shipyards
Vancouver
Game
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Burglar Steals $40,000 In Jewels From Wrigley Home
Pasadena police report jewels valued at $40,000 were taken from William Wrigley Jr.'s residence. The thief climbed a porch, entered via a bathroom window, and escaped with a bag of jewels and $250 cash while Mrs. Wrigley slept nearby.
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Pasadena
Cal
William Wrigley, Jr
State Senate kills vote for women to elect president
Lincoln Nebraska reports the state senate rejected a bill allowing women to vote for president and many municipal and county officers. Prohibition measure favorability was noted without bone dry provisions. In Illinois, a referendum on statewide prohibition was defeated 30 to 7 in the lower house. Ignacio Bonillas left Mexico City for Washington to assume duties as ambassador. Panama Canal traffic totals show 3,094 ships carrying 12,881,567 tons since August 1914. German consul E K Vietor in Richmond flies two American flags at his business. his son serves as a German artillery officer.
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Lincoln
Nebr
State Senate
Springfield
Ill
Ignacio Bonillas
United States
Mexico City
Washington
State Department
Panama Canal
Washington Post
Richmond
E. K. Vietor
Victor
Time clocks for husbands punch in wee hours in DC bill
A Washington report notes the Sheppard bill to create a time clock regime in the District, forcing husbands to punch in on arrival hours, amid widespread alibi pressure from wives in wet cities. A Petersburg 1812 marker ceremony is described with officials and a Granite Memorial unveiled by Cockade City Chapter.
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Wee Sma
Sahara
District of Columbia
Chicago
Washington
Curbon
King John Barleycorn
Petersburg
Cockade City
Daughters of 1812
Central Park
National Society United Daughters of 1812
J. C. James
Robert Gillian
Arthur Kyle Davis
Southern Female College
Missea Hosa Belle Williamson
Jessie Bell Young
U V A to Establish Military Training Program
Charlottesville reports the University of Virginia will establish military training with a senior division of the reserve officers training corps. The board of visitors plans to request U S Army officers to serve as professors and instructors in military tactics. Also noted is a death of Michael Morvatz and a boy struck by a train nearby.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Board of Visitors
Wilson
Reserve Officers, Training Corps
United States Army
More Men Needed by Hospital Corps
Recruitment drive for the Hospital Corps in the District of Columbia and nearby areas seeks 20 privates and noncommissioned officers, 2 cooks, and medical staff. Resignations trimmed ranks. Maj. L. R. Feildfelder presides as chief surgeon. Miss M. Klock spearheads first volunteer effort at 622 Shepherd Street NW with evening recruitment at district office 230 First Street NW on Tuesday and Thursday 6 to 6 PM. Mart insburg WV notes Confederate Veterans endorse Wilson policy toward Germany.
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Pirce
Americancatti Hordeshoer
Igi Hospital
Dastrict of
Catinehta
Maj LI
ER Feiohelder Fer
TaMonal Guard
District of
Shepherd Street
Klock
Old District
First Street
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Too. Cornwell
Berkeley County
Wilson
Germany
James Whann McSherry
W.R. Colston
Marshalk
Champ Clark
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John Bhllenderson
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Ella Riegel
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Nevada
Maud Younger
California
David L. Wolfinger
Hagerstown
David J. Wolfinger
Washington County
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Reid
Bobby
N Inch
Great Britain
Empire
Woman Suffrage From the Standpoint They Occupied Before the War. Mr. Asquith
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Arthur Clavette Salter
Walter Hume Long
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Pensacola
Fla
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Iddle May Anderson
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Ed Muth
Wilson Normal School
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Churches Plan For War
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Chihuahua
Flagler Estate
Georgia
Gen. Funston
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wiliam F. Gude
Washington Chamber of Commerce
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Briscoe
N. B. Briscoe
Thomas Grant
George H. Markwerd
Board of Trade
St Retail Shoe
Golden City, Colo
W.L. Douglas
Golden City
Colo
Nebraska
U. S
Douglas Shoe Co
Spark
Woontee HL
Goreglas
Nsylvania
U. of V
Cumberland Md
Michael Morvatz
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Romney
Paul Peters
Rowlesburg
Baltimore and Ohio
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