GWE FOR WAR RELIEF BROUGHT HOME FROM EUROPE
Treasury lists about 1,400 Americans who obtained relief funds in Europe after the war and have not repaid. Total advances exceed 100000 from a 2750000 relief fund, with about 200000 still outstanding. Names of those able to pay but refusing are withheld. some addresses fictitious, some people untraceable. Major items include 1370 and 1300 tied to L. S. deBesa and I. S. DeBesa of New York City.
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Treasury Department
United States
Europe
Congress
Tox
Postofice Department
Department of Justice
L. S. deBesa
West
135Th Street
New York City
I. S. DeBesa
West 135Th Street
Uade
Themers
Europs
Vravess
Tennessee
York Harbor
London
Berlin
Official War Reports Austria and France Fronts
Vienna reports heavy bombardment and attempts to cross the Stripa front foiled. Italian and Bulgarian actions in the Isonzo and Serbian theaters described with ground gained and prisoners taken. Berlin notes Bavarian gains near Neuville and Tahure losses for the French, with Italian and Balkan operations ongoing on multiple fronts.
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Austria
Vienna
London
Imeneral
Stripa
Lute
Czartorysk
Tolmine
Gorizia
Carso
Doberdo
Tenai
Col di Lana
Vishegrad
von Koevess
Columy
Valjjevo
Razana
Gra Milanovac
Egerlandstrom Battalion
Kragujevats
Lapo
Bulgarians In Pursutt
Slatina
Kniajevatz
Pirot
Valumtince
France
Paris
War-Office
Lombaertsyde
Artois
Souchez
Bols En Hache
Neuville-St. Vaast
Champagne
le Mamail
la Courtine
Vosges
Ban de Sapt
Viola
Butte de Tahure
Tahure
Fares
Butta de Tahure
Treasury to publish names of note signers who owe funds
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury, William P. Malburn, says many obligations have been paid but some remain unpaid. The government will publish lists of delinquents, investigate each case, and pursue repayments where individuals can afford to repay. Additional lists will follow as the department identifies unwilling payers who are able to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Malburn
Trassury
Treasury Department
Motorcyclists for Militia Demonstration
Fifty members of the District Motorcycle Club gathered on the ellipse for photographs to submit to Brig. Gen. William Harvey R. A. Sturgeon. The group estimates 150 men could be supplied for a local citizen militia division, with riders providing their own machines and uniforms under militia supervision, following a sociability run to Baltimore.
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William Harvey R. A. Sturgeon
Baltimore
France and Britain curb U S Steel demand with higher prices
American steel sales to France and England are curtailed as prices soar, with four fifths of the market lost. At a London Paris conference, British mills will supply all Britain’s needs and over half of France’s, reducing U S contracts to small quantities for special products. Expiring contracts total hundreds of thousands of tons, as French and English producers increase output to meet own needs.
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England
Washington
Pont. Parla
France
Albert Thomas
Lloyd George
Great Britain
United States
Census Begins as Police Enumerators Start City Count
The 1915 biennial census kicks off with police precincts acting as enumerators. A house to house canvass will cover offices, buildings, stores, and factories over four weeks. Earlier figures in 1913 put District population at 53,297 with 55,153 whites and 98,144 colored? (Note: OCR fragment).
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Georgetown
Bar Steel Prices Drive Global Trade Shifts in Peace Time
Bar steel remains more profitable than istéel ralls with prices above fifty dollars per ton locally while American offers top six hundred dollars a ton. Speculators seek seventy dollars. French and English mills plan to retool and expand to meet demand, reducing Americans' chance to win orders as freight costs reach two hundred sixty dollars per ton. Analysts warn the loss to U.S. manufacturers could be four fifths of current business due to price extortion policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Steel
Istéel Ralls
Jewish Congress Planned in Washington Meeting
Representatives of Jewish societies in Washington gathered at the Pythian Temple to gauge support for an international Jewish congress aimed at aiding destitute Jews in Russia and Romania after the war. D. H. Alpher presided, stating Washington could send delegates if organized, with another meeting likely next month to name them.
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Pythian Temple
Russia
Roumania
Washington
D. H. Alpher
Education Board Grants 875000 to Four Colleges
The general education board backed by John D Rockefeller announced gifts totaling 875000 to Carlton College Hobart College Lafayette College and Kalamazoo College. The board also funds studies of Gary public school education and the Hampton Institute system plus rural teacher training.
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New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Gary
Ind
Hampton Institute
Carlton College
Northfield
University of Chicago
Lotus H. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Southern System
Maine
Department of Education
New Hampshire Superintendent of Education
School of Education
Robert C. Ogden
Flexner
Abraham Flexner
Board
Estimates on 800 foot battle cruisers speed and size
Estimates say new battle cruisers from Secretary Daniels would reach about 35 knots and require longer hulls than the Mauretania with arms nearly as heavy as battleships. They would be nearly 800 feet long with a 100 foot beam, and save weight in armor.
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Daniels
Mauretania
Suffrage Convention Next: NAWSA Program to be Announced
National American Woman Suffrage Association plans its Washington convention December 14 to 19 with delegates from 66 affiliated groups. The event will discuss state national work relations amid campaigns in Iowa and West Virginia for 1916. A potential post election jubilee hinges on results in three big Eastern states and a wave of recent federal and state approvals.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
National Board
Towa
West Virginia
House of Representatives
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GWE
Official War Reports
Neuville
le Mesnil
Balkan
von Konvess
Milanovac
Boyadalieft
U. S
Cordova
Louise Roberts
Frank Roberts
Cordova Apartments
Twentieth Street
Florida Avenua
W. D. Baldwin
Cordovi
Roberta
Misa Roberts
Mrs. Baldwin
Ifk
Ira W. Dennison
D. C. Howard
Army and Navy Club
S. W. Belling
Edith Belling
President Wilson
Nevitt
Rockefeller Board
Min“neadta ‘University
Agdi- Sattarat
Lil Four
Craft
Maur
Law Pratent
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
E.F. Droop & Sons Co
Steinway
Music Musical Instruments
Sth
Ang & On
Shoreham Hotel
W.& J. Sloane
San Francisco
Chaumont
H Street
N.W
Kann Sons & Gn
ST. NL
Kann
Victor Records
Kann’s
Florence Hinkle
Sealey
Hinkle
Rossetth
Lehar
Land of
Theeter
Ings -Gadman
Yrinen
Coe Tosti
Lowise
Dennis
Ac Benter
Reichardt
Nirwe Papertneelvr
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