War Mobilization Plan for Reserves Tells Col Parsons Hopes for 15 Day Instruction
War department plans for a definite mobilization scheme advance as Gen Pershing notes progress with the reserve system. He urges annual refresher courses and 15 day assemblies every other year, with future appropriations allowing attachment of replacement officers to regular army and national guard units for training. He stresses involving reserve officers and improving their status within defense plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. W. B. Parsons
Preas
War Department
Pershing
Waring
Willard Bartlay Parsons
New York City
Army of the United States
Congress
Reserve Corps
Yourng
Regular Army
National Guard
Pitched Ball Kills Player in Brooklyn Game
A pitched ball struck Heuer, 25, of Brooklyn in the head during an amateur game yesterday in Brooklyn and he died today. The incident occurred while he was at bat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Heuer
Brooklyn
Crown Prince talks continued from first page
The Crown Prince discusses his exile life on Wieringen with English fans, his modest means, and ongoing memoir project. He praises authors like London and Kipling, describes daily routines, boxing with a Dutch heavyweight, and plans to reveal war truths to counter hostile press. He reflects on critics and possible American reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Dell
H. G. Wells
Baroness Orezy
John’ Maynard Keynes
Crown Prince
Jack London
Oliver Curwood
Rudyard Kipling
Germany
Wieringen
London
Merchants League Opens With Potomac Electric and Washington Gas Clash
The Merchants baseball league begins its second season with Pepco facing Washington Gas Company in the opener. Clubs include Pepco, Washington Gas, Peoples Drug Stores, Piggly Wigely, Hecht Company, Chestnut Farm Dairy. Games are on Monument grounds Diamond No 3, Tue Wed Fri weekly under president T. B. Williams. Schedule shows Pepco vs Washington Gas May 2, Peoples Drug Stores vs Piggly Wigely May 3, Hecht Company vs Chestnut Farm Dairy May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Baseball League
Potomac Electric Power Company
Washington Gas Company
Fepco
Peoples Drug Stores
Piggly Wigely, Hecht Company
Chestnut Farm Dairy
T. B. Williams
Monument Grounds
Pepco
Pigely Wigely
May &, Hecht Company
Four in a Row for Dominican Lyceums Tops Barrett A C
The Dominican Lyceums won their fourth straight on a 10 to 7 victory over Barrett A C yesterday. Hitquist pitched well until the eighth inning when three straight hits and a 21 home run produced four runs. Score by innings shows the visitors leading 1 to 0, then 4 to 0, and final 10 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lycouyma
Barrett A.C
Hitquist
Barret A
Dom
Lyceums
Hiliquiat Ace
MacDoneld, Lloyd
W. Linkensaug
Muschlitz
Rex Tossers Defeat Clarendon 20 to 1 in Baseball Skirmish
Rex A. C. pounded Clarendon A. C. for 21 hits and a 20 to 1 victory. Digges allowed the onslaught on the mound for Clarendon, while Rex A. C. pitchers Schacter Patterson Gio vannette and Patterson held the line. Seat Pleasant A. C. blanked Quincy 10 to 0 behind Main’s pitching. The Pirate Midgets announce a game with Marine A. C. on Monument grounds at 3 o'clock with listed Pirates players required to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex A. C
Clarendon A. C
Rexren
Digges
Clarendon
Nationals
Rex A. G
Schacter
T. Patterson
Giovannette
G. Patterson
Ball and Martin
Seat Pleasant A. C
Quincy
Main
Seat Pleasant
Pirate
Marine A. C
Monument Grounds
Pirate A. C
F. Cifla
G. Cifla
G. Glaser
J. Cohn
C. Defllippis
McQueeny
F. McQueeny
Sykes
Tipton
Comedy and Drama Share Honors On Local Screens
The Metropolitan’s week features comic miracles from Buster Keaton in Cops and a Charles Ray turn in The Barnstormer. Viola Dana stars in Glass Houses at Loews Palace, with The Green Temptation and Bought and Paid For also on offer. Norma Talmadge headlines The Moth at Crandall, while Around the Clock and The Iron Trail headline Strand and other venues with a busy vaudeville and film program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropoliy
n——Chrii
Buster Kenton
Crandall
Metropolitan
Charles Ray
Buster Keaton
Pathe News
Pathe Review
The
Barnstormer
Joel Mathews
Gwendolyn St. Clair
Joel
Estinen
Lionel Belmore
Wilfred Lucas
Charlotte Pierce
Viola Dans
Metro
Washington
Loew's Palace
Miss Dana
Harry Geaumont
Clara Genevieve Kennedy
Edith Kennedy
Gaston Glass
Mayme Kelso
Helen Lynch
Claire du Brey
Hisworth Gage
John Steppling
Joy Duval
Billy Norton
Harriet
Billy
Crook
Heve
Palace Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Joseph Gannon
Mendelssohn
Victor Hyde
Fred Grey
Jean Carpenter
Russell and
Hayes
Jack Reddy
Cart
Inez
Wyndham Standing
Thurston Hail
Alma Tell
Regimald Denny
Helen Knight
Concert for Wounded Men With International Artists
Four distinguished artists from different nations perform at Uncle Sam's naval air station NOF Ana costia to entertain wounded soldiers in hospitals from New York to Norfolk. The concert, broadcast 410 meters, also reaches California and Hawaii, aiding a Soldiers' Institute fundraiser for a summer outing resort. Performers include Patricia Ryan, Willem van Andel, Samuel Furedi, and Elsa Louiss Raner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Naval Air Station Nof
Anacostia
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Norfolk
Atlantic
California
NOF
Hawaiian Islands
Soldiers’ Institute
Patricia Ryan
Willem van Andel
Samuel Furedi
Elsa
Louiss Raner
Culpeper Assault Sparks Turmoil After Train Visit
Special to The Washington Post reports a brutal assault on a young white woman by a negro in Culpeper Virginia after she alighted from a Washington bound train. She identified Jamesz Yager as her attacker during a lineup as police pursue other suspects. The victim was bruised and the town remains tense as investigations continue and officers pursue possible accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Charaeter
Norma Talmadge
Lucy Gillam
Selsnick
Crandall
Anthony
A. Valentine Spencer
Nita Wilbur
Lucy
Capt
Ruchester
Misa Talmadge
the Moth
Eugene O'Brien
Hassard Short
Virginia Dare
Washington Post
Culpeper
Washington
D. C
Jamesz ‘Yager
Ecase
Tax amendment protest voiced by District chamber group
A petition and speech sequence urge opposition to a proposed tax amendment. Thomas Bradley denounces tax dodger impressions while Judge White calls the plan novel and harmful. Mary Wright Johnson cites Federation of Women’s Clubs opposition, warning rent increases and housing strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Bradley
Board of Trade
White
Cosls Sion
House
Aoagh
Congress
Mary Wright Johnson
Federation of Women's Clubs
John A. Logan
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Gen. Pershing
Bolland
Costa
Potsdam
Silesia
America
Disselate
Attila
Verdun
Him
Enting
Col. Q. Ehrhardt
Max Lindenbaum
Amsterdam
Dresden
Maken
Holland
Luljt
W. K
Wilhelm Kronprinz
Luist
Farrier
Amerieca
Alsage-Lorraine
Franfce
England
France
United Feature Syndicate
Great Britain
Conanr
Mexico
Argentina
Eras
Japan
Post
Continental Assurance Company of Chicago
Golden Donaldson
Farrington Mills
James 3
Fit
Pale H. Baden Laureros A, Slaughter Ies. ‘Preaident and Cashier
Vita Co Preaident
Merchants League
Dominican Lyceums
Rex
Swamp Clarendon
Cranda
Leow
Rinlto
Paris
Betty Compson
Mahlon Hamilton
Theodore Kosloff
Mary Thurman
Genelle
Gaspard
Pitéu
Audiente
Coralyn
Duchesse de Chazarin
Allenby
Duchesse
Red Cross
Hugh Duyker
Joan Parker
Count Qudry
United States
Joan
Count Oudry
Scotland Yard
Hero
Loews
Columbia
Konight
Loew
William DeMille
Paramount
George Broadhurst
Jack Holt
Agnes Ayres
Broadhurst
Miss Ayres
DeMitle
Walter Jers
Leah Wyant
George K. Bernice Frank
Ethel Wales
Clara Beranger
Mr. DeMille
Virginia Blaine
Robert Stafford
Mr. Holt
Virginia
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Leon Brusilef
Crandal
National Tomorrow
Lien
Raleigh Haberdasher
Pennsylvania Ave
Munsey Trust Company
Munsey Building
Pa. Ave
N.W
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