Germany Will Remain World Power, Says German Scholar
Professor Eugene Kuehnemann of the University of Hreslau asserts Germany’s rise is inevitable and beyond blame. He rejects the Lusitania sinking as policy but argues Germany’s existence and progress justify the war, saying the Kaiser is not sole author and Germans will fight on until victory.
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Port
Kuehnemann
Teutonic Empire
Washington Post
Terrott, Mich
Eugene Kuehnemann
University of Hreslau
Germany
United States
Sleeping Baby Guides Thief Through House
A calm father perched with a revolver on a stair while a burglar hunted the dining room. Fearing a shot would wake a sleeping baby, the tailor Weiss urged the intruder to leave with the pocket book filled with dollars, as his wife begged him not to shoot. After hours of watch, the burglar escaped unnoticed with the money.
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Washington
Scottdale
Frank F Weiss
Hiis
Weiss
Mia
Weather and Tide Details From May Day Coastal Report
Daily sun and tide figures with high and low tides, followed by a Washington area forecast for Monday through Tuesday. Weather conditions include likely cloudiness in DC, showers in Maryland and Virginia, cooler temps in the east, and northwest winds. Local reports note river conditions near Harpers Ferry with a clear Potomac and slightly cloudy Shenandoah.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
North
Virginia
Routh
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Upper Lake Region
South
Ohio Valley
South Atlantic States
Unit States
Mississippi River
Warner
Plates
Plateau
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Potomac River
Shenandoah River
Postal Savings Bank to Expand Depositors and Access
The Post Office Department announced broadening postal savings accounts to be opened and maintained by mail after July 1. About 2,641 district depositors hold 311,553 with 161,240 in bonds. total accounts could reach 500,000, with 600,000 depositors expected. The new rules allow applications via local postmasters, mail deposits, and withdrawals. many see improved accessibility, privacy, and safety.
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Government Bank
Postal Savings System
Post Office Department
Burleson
Postal Savings Bank
United States
Postal Savings
Washington
Post Office
Gang revelations solve mystery of bomb explosions in 1913 strike
New York May 16 District Attorney Perkins has obtained information from Dopey Benny Fenn and other gangsters that could clear up the 1913 spring bomb explosions. He declines to discuss details but says one group, led by a man who knew bomb making, sought unions to terrorize employers. Reports cite beatings and intimidation across unions including cloak and suit, bakers, painters, and furriers as authorities probe the era’s violence. A future meeting of the United Cloak and Skirt Makers Union is to discuss indictments of labor leaders linked to the case.
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Washington Post
New York
Perkins
Dopey Benny" Fenn
Breckinnridge
Max Fleischer
Bakers’ Union
Fleischer
Delance
Sussman, Watlach & Sonntag
Fifth Street
Frauhama Bros
West Fifteenth Street
Hornthal, Benjamin & Reim
East Fourteenth Street
Be Rosempel Manufacturing Company
Roadway
Cor
Rious
Second Avenue
Ofway Corners
Ift
Pakers
Hebrew Trades
Blip
United Cloak and Skirt Makers’ Union
East Eleventh Street
Benefit aids F-4 fund at Poil's theater
A Washington benefit for the F-4 crews drew about 1200 guests including many Navy Army and Marine officers and families. Lieut Clarence N Hinkamp lectured on submarines with lantern slides while the Marine Band played and moving pictures illustrated the program. Proceeds go to wives and families of the men lost off Honolulu.
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Navy
Marine Band
Washington
Poil
Marine Corps
Clarence N. Hinkamp
Honolulu
Hinkamp
Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
George W. Steele
Jackson
Thomas Holcomb
Harold Wirgman
Ackergon
Stephen Rowan
Adolphus Staton
Edward J. Foy
Lee Noyes
Lieut
Rowan
John H W. Iseman
Navy , Yard
James Lee Ackerson
John Washington Davidge
Alice Downing
Fitch
Margaret Michie
Carolyn Nash
Ord Preston
Dewsy
Roosevelt
Josephua Daniels
Crozier
Frederick B. Downing
Preston
Eberle
Edward W. Eberle
Lieut. Hinkamp
Phillips
Maurice Joyce and
Copenhaver
W. F. Gude
Florist
Government guarantees to repay deposits on demand with interest
A 1916 bulletin from Postmaster Otto Praeger notes Washington Postal Savings deposits grew as the system expanded. By end of April 2,641 depositors held $211,553 above $161,240 already converted to savings bonds, and eight months prior saw a $19,000,000 net gain, with thousands of new accounts and hidden savings redirected into commerce amid high demand.
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Bulletin
Washington Post Office
Department
Hen Swallows News Item. Sensation at Breakfast
Sedalia Missouri May 16 Mrs J A Jared wife of a clergyman reports a boiled egg contained a readable fragment of a country newspaper wrapped around the yolk and shell. The newspaper letters remained legible suggesting an odd method of preserving news amid breakfast chatter and prompting humorous speculation about cost reduction in hatening.
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Washington Post
Sedalia
J. A. Jarad
Jared
Sixteen Get Diplomas Today At Chevy Chase Seminary
Commencement exercises close a five day celebration at Chevy Chase Seminary with sixteen graduates to receive diplomas from John Barrett Pan American Union director general. Music by Misa Corinne Lockett Marguerite Toole and Felix Garzigla. graduates listed with states and country Canada included.
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Chevy Chase Seminary
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Misa Corinne Lockett
Marguerite Toole
Felix Garzigla
Ellen Adair
West Virginia
Dorothy Bartone
New Jersey
Bernice Claypool
Ohio
Dorothy Hill Ferguson
Illinoia
Katharine Grace Gallagher
Pennsylvania
Helen Britain Hall
Oregon
Martha Lingle Hofman
Edwina Horn
Indiana
Alberta Kirchhof
Colorado
Helen Boynton Lane
Massachusetts
Julia Neville Lawson
Lenora Elizabeth McCormick
Virginia
Wilconsin
Teutons claim capture of King Albert and 40000 Belgians
A Belgian tale from Rotterdam dated May 16 reports German posters in Brussels announcing the capture of King Albert and 40,000 Belgians to frighten the population. The notice claims a Galician victory and portrays a German win to deter Belgian resolve.
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Teutons
Albert
Wackington
Rotterdam
Brussels
Great Aid for Belgium Five Million Dollar U S Contribution
The American Commission for Relief in Belgium will provide about 66 million dollars in foodstuffs to mid August. American donors total around five million, with similar contributions from other regions. Belgium funds remain largely supplied by Belgians through a financial system set up by the commission. Bread cost is lower than in London, and over 76 percent of Belgians receive food without direct charity. The operation converts paper money to food payments, supporting northern France as well with 2 million more people added to the relief program.
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Condon
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
America
Commission
London
Herbert Clark Hoover
Eisatédl Jtg
France
Lawes
Washington Post
Radium Fertilizer Co
Pittsburgh
Mail Lost On Lusitania in Prize Court Protests
Breitung's papers for the Dacia claim lost with 82 bars of U.S. mail. U.S. demands against Germany in Lusitania torpedoing include compensation for mail losses. Officials note no official State Department mail on the Lusitania. diplomatic pouches are carried by American and neutral vessels since submarine warfare began.
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United States
Germany
Lusitania
Edward N. Breltung
Hig
State Department
Mee Wins Gaston Medal at Georgetown Debate
Thomas C. Mee of Georgetown University class of 1917 won first honors in the annual Gaston Hall prize debate on the death penalty, though his side lost. He will receive the Gaston medal, with a panel including Edward J. Callahan and Daniel H. McCarthy among speakers.
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Thomas C. Mee
Georgetown University
Gaston Hall
Gaston Medal
United States
Mr. Mee
Edward J. Callahan
Daniel H. McCarthy
Henry D. Keresey
Mr. Keresey
J. F
R Conor
Thomas J. Gasson
J. J. Toohey
Mee
Williamses to spend summer at Leiter estate Beverly
Col and Mrs J R Williams of Washington will occupy Edgewater, the late Mrs Levi Z Leiter's Beverly estate. They are parents of Mrs Joseph Leiter, and will attend the exposition before coming to the North Shore for July and August. Edgewater has been vacant since Mrs Leiter Sr died three years ago.
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J. R. Williams
Washington
Beverly
Washington Post
Manchester
Mass
John R. Williams
Edgewater
Levi Z. Leiter
West Beach
Beverly Farma
Williams
Joseph Leiter
Juliette Willams
Lei
Riggs Bank Loans Case Refutes Comptroller Affidavit
Riggs National Bank officials counter the comptroller of the currency affidavit. They claim statements are misleading and cite Carlisle and Statter loans to officials as not in office. They note loans prior to 1906 were common and the 1906 reform limits saw a shift in enforcement. The case moves to dismiss in district court before Justice McCoy.
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Riggs National Bank
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Riggs Bank
John G Carlisle
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Cleveland
Lst
Comptroller
Statter
Williams
Comptroller’s Office
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Bank Saga
Mec-Coy
District Supreme Court
Eastern Presbyterian Churchs Fortieth Anniversary Celebration
The Eastern Presbyterian Church marked its fortieth anniversary with week long events beginning at Sixth and C streets N.E. Secretary Bryan delivered a keynote address on the first commandment, urging devotion to God over wealth fame and other modern idols. Church leaders welcomed attendees as a schedule of greetings and talks unfolded through the week. The church, organized May 19, 1875, has 426 active members and its cornerstone dates to 1892.
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C Streets
Bryan
Alfred E. Barrows
John Compton Ball
George A. Miller
D. D
T. Nicholas
Clarence A Vincent
Randolph H. McKim
James Shera Montgomery
J. Alvin Campbell
Andrew R. Bird
James D. Buhrer
B. H. Warner
Thomas C. Easton
Charles L. Naibel
T. DeWitt Talmage
King to Lose Black Eagle
Reports from German sources say the Kaiser will strip British royals of the Order of the Black Eagle. The honor, established by Frederick the Great, would be removed in likely retaliation for Britain depriving German royalty of the Order of the Garter.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
Frederick the Great
George
Riches of Rothschilds And Allies Seized by Austria
Geneva May 16 Authentic reports state that Austria has confiscated the property of the Rothschilds as well as that of various English French and Russian families. The property taken consists of estates securities in banks and articles of value worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Geneva
Austria
Riots in Trieste Kill 47 Women and Wound 300
Special cable from Rome reports that on May 16 crowds mostly women attacked the governor's palace in Trieste, shouting Death to Francis Joseph. The Austrian flag and emperor's pictures were torn down, shops wrecked, and gas pipes torn up. Gendarmes faced stones, barricades, and looting before troops dispersed the rioters.
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Trieste
Washington Po
Rome
Rre
Francis Joseph
Fortune for Capital Girl Nellie Griswold Inherits Large Estate
Special to The Washington Post from St Louis Missouri dated May 16 reports Miss Nellie Griswold daughter by the late Joseph Lo Griswold owner of the Laclede Hotel will inherit a large portion of the estate valued at over 1 million dollars. The will witnessed by Chief of Police William Young will be read at the Laclede Hotel with heirs widow and attorneys to decide the hotel property disposal.
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Nellie Griswold
Washington Post
St Louis
Washington
Joseph Lo Griswold
Laclede Hotel
William Young
Laclede
Griswold
Explosion shakes garage injuring four and damaging seventy cars
A massive blast at 317-319 West Fifty-ninth Street in New York shattered a two story Mutual Auto Exchange building. Four bystanders were hurled to the street, glass rained over blocks, and a bright flare lit the sky for ten minutes. Police say no bomb was involved.
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New York
Sedal
Washington Pr
Mutual Auto Exchange Company
West Fifty-ninth Street
Columbus Circle
Raina
Auto Exchange
Maj Taylor for Brigadier General Nomination
Mal Roy Taylor, former disbursing officer of the District National Guard, faced a formal application process for appointment as brigadier general. Supporters cite his long service in the disbursing department, knowledge of military requirements, and ties to the district militia as factors in his favor.
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Metrict National Guard
Cents H Haines
Tayfor
Gary Arar
Os Association
Woth Militars Eda Tea
Dig
Maj Taylor
Brycen Asher Taylor
Washingtoan and Trust Company
Distrat
Washington
Sims and
Navy Tub
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