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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1915

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16

Record Wheat and Crop Values Hit Historic Highs Worldwide

U.S. crop statistics from the November report show total farm crop values near $5.6 billion, a half billion above last year, driven by wheat the largest production in any country and corn the most valuable crop ever grown. Corn tops $1.913 billion, wheat valued at $582.5 million, barley rye hay and other crops setting production and value records amid wartime price effects. Potato prospects declined, winter prices rose, and northern states show the shortest early stock.

Department of Agriculture

Crete Autonomy Drive Sparks Greek Independence Optimism

A Vienna telegram reports Athena reacting to a separatist push for Crete autonomy prompted by news from Canea. Crete, once autonomous under Turkish suzerainty, faces a volatile future amid Great Power influence and Greek national sentiment. The text also references a record crop and occupancy of high commissioners in Greece.

Amsterdam Vienna Athena Canea Crete Great Britain Greece

Serbia’s Last Reliance on a Plateau Front in War

Paris reports detail Serbian troops holding a plateau against German artillery for sixteen days. A Serbian captain and M. Londres witness 150 to 160 soldiers, facing tanks and Danube lines, maintaining resolve as shells rain and rifles meet the iron curtain.

Paris Serbia Ljouba Jovan«ovitch Albert Londres Petit Journal M. Londres Palanks Ménaleur Oassetz Vaboratz Michavolatz Germany Orn Vaborata Hungary Verseatto von Mackenzen Danube

Society notes from Washington include DAR meeting and guests

Society pages list Mrs Larner Park McLachlen and others at the Mary Washington Chapter DAR meeting with remarks by national director of the Red Cross. Attendees include Maj Eliott, Col and Mrs Wood, Miss Lola Estberg, Lt Harry Lloyd Merring, and various Washington residents.

Col Mra. Wood Lola Estberg Waukesha Wis Chevy Chase Milwaukee Willard

British trade curbs threaten Swedish bound ships

Chicago packers allege Britain has imposed stricter restrictions on neutral trade to Sweden and Norway. They warn that ships and cargoes may be seized unless bills of lading omit Goods in transit to Sweden or are redirected, prompting State Department action and potential prize court proceedings. The Christianiafjord case centers on Norwegian America Line shipments to Christiania and onward to Sweden.

Chicago State Department Great Britain Britten Foreign Office Counet Ian de Saene SenSuoteselor Polk Skinner Praveihaa Tio Nachetet Carer Pesaine Milwaukee Sweden Alfred RB. Union Henry Veeder Luthar M. Walter Armour & Co. Swift & Co G. H. Hammond Company Morris & Co Washington Christaniafjord Christiania Norway United States Oscar II Frederick Whi Facds England Christianiafjord

Widener Burial Held Without Sermon at Elkins Park Home

Philadelphia on November 8 Widener Peter A B Philadelphia's wealthiest citizen died Saturday and was buried today at Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park in a service conducted by Rev J Thompson Cole only close friends invited no honorary pallbearers The body was later laid to rest in Laurel Hill Cemetery mausoleum

Elkins Park Philadelphia Peter A. B. Widener Lynnewood Hall Widener J. Thompson Cole St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church Laurel Hill Cemetery

Miss J Rhea Werner Weds Neill W Dumont in Shrine of the Sacred Heart

Miss J Rhea Werner married Neill W Dumont in a ceremony conducted by Rev P C Gavan at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart yesterday afternoon. Ma tron of honor Ellwood Ke Werner and best man William T Gallihier attended. The couple will reside in Petersburg after December 1. Commodore and Mrs James Phillips Parker and their daughter Margaret Parkar recently rented an Oakland apartment. Mrs Roy Smith of Annapolis visited. Edith B Jones married Joseph Sanders yesterday at the Church of the Advent.

B. C. Werner J. Rhea Werner Neill W. Dumont P. C. Gavan Shrine of the Sacred Heart Ellwood KE. Werner William T. Galliher Commodore James Phillips Parker Margaret Parkar Jamestown H. S Oakland Roy ©. Smith Annapolis Parker Edith B. Jones Thomas J. Jones Joseph Sanders Church of the Advent

HELPING ORPHANS OF FRANCE MEETING IN PASTRY PARLOR

A public Rau scher meeting announced a national committee to direct American aid for French war orphans. Attendees included Mrs. Franklin K. Lane and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, Miss Julia Lathrop, and many other notable figures.

Rauscher’s Orphelmat Des Armees France Franklin K. Lane William Phillips Franklin Rooseveltt John W. Foster Frederic Delano Hennen Jennings Frederick R. Coudart New York Frederic Huidekoper Paul Bartlett Florence Schofield Paris Fell London Julia Lathrop Children's Bureau Archibald Hopking Mme. Jusserand Mme. Havenith Franklin K. Lane Franklin Roosevelt Adolph Caspar Miller Delano Edson Bradley R. C Bulmer William

Open-Air Diversion At Hot Springs Sojourners

Hot Springs Va November reports a sunny open-air outing with tea on the lawn. Notables including James J. Van Alen Felix Doubleday Robert Lovet and Dr Thomas Brennan enjoyed riding. John D Rockefeller Jr and Mrs William Caleb Loring drove near Dunny Gap while the Electric Power Club golf group contested a handicap blind bogey cup won by Charles Robbins of Pittsburgh. The Canadian agriculture minister and Mrs Burrell departed Ottawa after a three week visit. Ethel Zabrick leaved for New York and Mrs W Earl Dodge returned there with others arriving by automobile including the Holely party and Grace Burch. The McCloskeys arrived from Atlanta to spend their honeymoon.

Washington Prat Hot Springs James J. van Alen Felix Doubleday Robert W. Lovet Thomas Brennan John D. Rockefeller, Jr William Caleb Loring Dunny Gap J. Amory Haskell Marie Haskell Frances Riker Edward V. Close John Stamner Electric Power Club Charles Robbins Pittsburgh Martin Burrell Ottawa Ethel Zabrickle Miss Silver New York W. Earl Dodge George H. Holely Migs Grace Burch Detroit L. F. McCloskey Atlanta

Cleveland teens White Sulphur Springs

Special to The Washington Post reports on Cleveland teens visiting White Sulphur Springs West Virginia with Gov. Livingston Beeckman of Rhode Island arriving by private car. The party later drove to the Greenbrier River area, with accompanying New York and Ipswich residents.

Washington Post White Sulphur Springs W. Va Livingston Beeckman Rhode Island New York Newport Tyler Morse J. N. Frothingham F. Bd Hubbard Ipswich Greenbrier River Merk Skitmar Willing Willing BR E

Slandering Premier Botha Case Verdict Upheld

Johannesburg reports that Mannix Wied was found guilty of slander against Premier Botha in a parliamentary election case. He accused the premier of mishandling gold bars valued at 4,750,000 dollars left by Paul Kruger’s departure. Wied faces three months' imprisonment or a 250 dollar fine with an appeal planned.

Johannesburg South Africa London Botha Matnik Mannix Wied Paul Kruger Mantik

Canada to Issue Loan Heads Duke of Connaught Subscribes

Montreal Nov 4 WTT White federal finance minister said a domestic loan in installments would be issued at month end and that the Duke of Connaught would head the subscribers list. He expressed confidence the ententesalles would win and urged Canadians to maximize savings and production.

Montreal Wtt. White Duke of Connaught

Former Washington writer Guy Comly dies in Columbus Ohio

Guy S Comly, once an authority on financial news and longtime Associated Press writer in New York and Washington, died recently in Columbus Ohio after more than a year of illness. He was a son of the late Gen James M Comly, editor of the Ohio State Journal and former minister to Honolulu. Comly had left newspaper work four years ago due to health. In 1911 his health failed and he left his post in New York.

Washington Columbus Ohio Guy 8. Comly Associated Press New York Comly James M. Comly Ohio State Journal Honolulu York

Library program and city notices in brief

The evening program for the blind at the Library of Congress features Mrs Gertrude Rider presenting a travelogue Thirty Days in Japan at 3 16. district requests a shelter shed at Portland street and Nichols avenue southeast for the Washington Steel and Ordnance Company. Oliver P Newth on a three week tour of cities to study commission government. Police Captain William Henry Harrison marries Edna Robarty. Experimental pavements may be built on agricultural department grounds. Rural mail service motorized route out of Aptasila to Oxon Hill now satisfactory. Luncheon talks at the Commercial Club cover work of twenty four hours a day clubs by John B Slaman with Clinton and Hibbard. The district may establish a mission for Sixth Presbyterian Church near Longfellow street and Colorado avenue northwest. action not taken. Wm McBath dismissed to Holton presbytery. Proposal for free reciprocal transfers between Washington Railway and Bledtme and Washington interurban at Fifteenth and H streets northeast. A recital on the development of song led by Prof Nicholas Douty at the National Museum. An address on Folks and Good Reading by Frederick E Wootward at Brookland Brotherhood. New Hampshire Association meets at Sixth Street NW offices with remarks by D W Hildreth and W E Abbott.

Tthe Sixth Presbyterian Church Longfellow Street Colorado Avenue Washington Presbytery New York Avenue Church Wmi. McBath Holton

Wineries Fight Tax Change While Congress Deliberates

California wine growers protest a tax change that would raise brandy used in wine making to 1.108 dollars per gallon after December 31. Attorney General Gregory declines to rule on the rate, citing hypothetical questions, while internal revenue and wartime tax provisions push toward a 1.10 dollar per gallon levy unless Congress acts. The lapse of the wartime 55 cent rate and the prior differential provision fuel industry fear of collapse.

Congress Internal Revenue Gregory Revenus California Revenue Division

GO LONG WAY FOR THEIR BEER

Naval reports state Werlman officers and crew of interned ships Hite and Wilhelm at Norfolk Navy Yard face beer shortages. Previously they could fetch supplies through the yard via a growler pass. Now the growler is forbidden, forcing launches to ferry beer from an inland transfer point outside the yard.

Washington Hite Wilhelm Norfolk Navy Yard Navy Yard Noron

Porter wins right of first choice in Fort Berthold land drawing

Minot North Dakota November 8 Charles F R Porter of Anoka Minnesota won the right of first choice for a 160 acre tract in the 706 homesteads to be opened next May at the Fort Berthold land drawing. The theater audience of land seekers watched a girl draw the envelope with Porter's name from a large wooden box as 700 envelopes were selected. There were 30 561 registrations with most first hundred winners being Minnesota and North Dakota residents.

Minot N. Dak Charles FR. Porter Anoka Minn Fort Berthold Porter Minnesota North Dakota

Washington Saengerbund Hosts Season Opener Musicale

The Washington Saengerbund opened its season with a Wednesday musicale at its hall 314 C Street NW featuring vocal and instrumental numbers by Mr and Mrs Jack Bowie William Madigan Miss Mable Latimer Mr G M White Howard Cook and violinist Anton Kasper. Kasper delivered two Hungarian and one German piece prompting encores while Arion Maennerchor of Baltimore directed by Carl A Bochau joined as guests for favorite selections. The next program is Poli's Theater on November 15.

Washington , Saengerbund C Street Northwest Saengerbund Faure Baltimore Carl A. Bochau Saengerbundsa Poli's

Chile Lays Orders for Sanitary Equipment over $1 Million

Chilean government has placed New York and New England orders totaling more than $1,000,000 for sanitary appliances and hospital equipment in the last two weeks. The initiative covers four complete hospitals from tiling to surgical instruments. Trade circles also report a Connecticut shipbuilder was awarded five submarines at about $500,066 each.

New York, Nav New York New England Robert Lee Dunn All-American States Association Connecticut

New York City Budget Set at 214 Million for 1916

The city of New York will cost 214 million dollars to run in 1916, announced at city hall after the budget was completed. The figure exceeds the 1915 budget by over 15 million, and Mayor Mitchel estimates the tax rate will rise from 1.92 to 2.10.

New York City of City Hall Mayer Mitchel

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