Italy Slavs' Friend And The Rome Pact Stance On Austria
An observed Italian and Allied stance in Rome supports a united front against Austria. The Rome pact crowns nationalist aims, while Yugoslav leader Ante Trumbic is welcomed in Rome. Public opinion remains focused on liberating oppressed peoples and upholding the Entente strategy against the Habsburgs.
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Austrias
Kaft
Entente
Austria
Italy
Rome
Campidoshe
Jugoslav Movement
Ante Trumbic
Ita
Orlando
Sonnino
Diaz
Campidoglo
Trahan
Austrans
Hapsburgs
Wilann
Captain Jack Adams Killed in Dugout Near Marne
A letter from Lieut Francis M Brady to Mrs J B Diamond recounts Captain Jack Adams death on July 23 in France. Adams, Washington star athlete from Western High School, led his company in an early frontline push north of the Marne between Chateau Thierry and Jaulgonne, killed by a 150 millimeter shell in a dugout. His loss deeply saddens officers and men of the division.
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Jack” Adams
France
Francis M. Brady
J. B Diamond
Gaithersburg
Adams
Washington
The
Western High School
Charlotte
N. C. Stout
Brady
Jack
Marne
Tocic
Chateau Thierry
Jaulgonne
Missing Lieut Bennett, aviator in France
A report from the air ministry in London informs Mrs. Louis Bennett in New York that her son Lieut Louta Bennett Jr was reported missing on 24. He served with the training corps and was on duty in France. Bennett, son of Louis Bennett of Weston West Virginia and a 1908 Democratic candidate for governor, helped organize a Yale student company of aviators before joining the Royal Flying Corps and piloting the Dolphin, a large British aircraft.
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Air Ministry
London
Mra
Louis Bennett
New York
West Virginia
Washington
Louta Bennett
Tng Corps
France
Lieut
Bennett
Weston
W. Va
Atlantic Clery
United States
Yale
Bregland
Royal Flying Corps
Dolphin
Coroner's Jury Cites Driver in Maywood Fatal Crash
Edilar Francis Hurley of Maywood Virginia was deemed responsible for his own death after a high speed crash on the Aque duct bridge. His car hit a telephone pole and went through a railing into a pulley hole. He is survived by his widow Lillie and brother Lawrence Hurley.
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Edilar Francis Hurley
Maywood
Hurley
Aqueduct Bridge
Lillie. Hurley
Lawrence Hurley
Statement by Italian official on oppression of Austrians
A note from Giuseppe Bevione, Italian Parliament member and director of the Italian bureau of information in the U N B A, urging the oppression problem of Austria to be resolved forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Giuseppe Bevione
Italian Bureau of Information
Riverview Suburb Seeks Partners for Home Ownership Plan
Jacksonville Florida mayoral style appeal from Riverview suburb owner invites large capital partners to join a liberal proposition aiding small investors to build and own homes. The owner stresses organization and readiness and seeks financial aid and associates with strong capital resources.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Riverview
Dead Man's Curve Claims 6 Victims
Six Washington residents occupying James P. Stewart's auto at Dead Man's Curve near Melair Md. were killed or injured. Stewart, owner driver of the car, died instantly. Miss Laulea Childs and Harry Ingraim remained critical at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Others suffered non life threatening injuries. The accident occurred about 2 am as the car, bound for Philadelphia, left the road and somersaulted down the embankment. Stewart operated an auto hack with a Raleigh Hotel stand.
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Washington
James P. Stewart
Dead Man's Curve
Melair
Mr. Stewart
Ninth Street
Laulea Childs
Harry Ingraim
Thirteenth Street
Raleigh
Lake Fanny Bull
Philadelphia
Rifemen Off To Matches At Camp Perry Ohio
The sixteen member District rifle team led by Col. M A Winter left for Camp Perry Ohio to compete in the national rifle matches. Practice begins upon arrival with team matches starting September 16 after individual events. The squad will test new Enfield rifles and aims to improve on their second place finish two years ago in Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Winter
Camp Perry Foday
M A. Winter
Camp Perry
Ohio
Jacksonville
Fla
Patriot shifts name from German to Wakefield in New York
George P. Waitzfelder, ex member of the Council of National Defense, has been granted permission by the New York State Supreme Court to change his name to Georges P. Wakefield. He says patriotic Americans will despise anything with German semblance and cites his New York birth and Civil War ancestry. Wakefield served on supply committees and has worked in the quartermaster general's office for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitzfelder
George P. Waitzfelder
Council of National Defense
New York Sustems Court
Georges P. Wakefield
Wakefield
New York
America
Quartermaster General's Office
Senate committee renames contract inquiry on New Orleans warehouses
The Senate submilitary committee resumed the inquiry into the 10 million dollar construction contracts for quartermaster warehouses in New Orleans. P J O Leary president of Jefferson Construction challenged claims that local firms could not finance the project saying several New Orleans companies could have carried out the work if given the chance.
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Quartermaster Corps
New Orleans
Senate
George A. Fuller
P. J. O'Leary
Jefferson Construction Company
O'Leary
Women Succeed as Farmerettes in District Meeting
Dr BE Vil Wilcox of the Agriculture Department praised women in the District land army for showing aptitude for farm work. He noted they handle many small tasks men overlook. A Rogemont farm letter cited high quality work by women, with awards given to Mrs J D Miley Mrs J E Rodgers and Miss L P Stonestreet for continuous service.
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BE. Vil Wilcox
Department of Agriculture
Women's Land Army
District
Dr. Wilcox
F. J. Ransome
District Army
J. H. Eardley
Rogemont Farm
Rockville
J. D. Miley
J. E. Rodgers
L. P. Stonestreet
Baltimore Markets price list for oats wheat corn and eggs
A Baltimore Market summary lists prices for oats and wheat with varieties from No 3 white to No 1 red winter, plus red garlic and corn values. It includes butter eggs and poultry prices across Western Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and nearby regions with many figures and unit notes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Meryland
Ohio
Drake to be buried here Washington attorney killed in Indiana crash
The body of Otle E. Drake, a Washington attorney, killed Thursday in a car crash near Connersville, Ind., will be brought here for burial. His wife, Mrs. Drake, who was also in the accident, has recovered enough to hear the news. The couple had been visiting Columbus and were returning home. Mrs. Drake is the divorced wife of Pittsburgh steel magnate William H. Donner.
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Otle E. Drake
Washington
Connersville
Ind
Willl
Funeral of Edward Keegin in Hyattsville Md
Funeral services for Edward Keegin, Spanish War veteran and 20 year clerk of the District Court of Claims, were held at St. Jerome's Church Hyattsville. Interment was Mount Olivet Cemetery. Keegin, 42, led Henry Lawton Camp No. 4 and served as publicity chairman for the Hyattsville chapter. survived by wife Annie, seven children and two sisters.
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Edward Keegin
District Court of Claims
St. Jerome's Church
Hyattsvile
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Keegin
Henry Lawton
Hyattaville
Annie Keegin
Daniels Speaks on Marne Day Lafayette Event
The joint committees of the Sons of the Revolution DC NADAR and DC DAR have set a Lafayette birth and Marne battle anniversary program at the Lafayette monument at 5 PM Friday. President Wilson expects to attend with cabinet members and officials. Secretary Daniels will deliver the principal address. The Count de Chambrun, a descendant of Lafayette, will also speak.
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Sons of the Revolution
District of Columbia
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
District of Columbia Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Lafayette
the Marne
Lafayette Monument
Wilson
Daniels
MarqUis de Lafayette
Count de Chambrun
No Mail On Labor Day Observed By Post Office
The Post Office Department announces no mail deliveries tomorrow in observance of Labor Day. General delivery, classified stations, money order, and postal cashier windows will close for the day while stamp windows stay open and registry operates 10 a.m. to noon.
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Post Office Department
Norment Jr Weds New York Bride In Washington Hotel Ceremony
Miss Margaret Polley, daughter of Mrs. Cyrus H. Polley of Buffalo, marries Clarence Forbes Norment Jr. USN in a Hotel Chatham drawing room ceremony. Rev. Floyd S. Leach officiates. The bride, aided by brother Raymond M. Polley, wears white satin and lace with a pearl coronet. The couple heads to Washington where he studies for a naval commission.
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Washington
New York
Chatham
Margaret Polley
Cyrus H. Polley
Thuffalo
Clarence Forbes Norment
U.S. N
Floyd S. Leach
St. Thomas’ Church
Ernest M. Stiree
France
Raymond M. Polley
Gyrus H. Poiley
Mr. Norment
Navy
Labor Day Program at YWCA Features Acts and Games
A Labor Day program at the Young Women's Christian Association Country club tomorrow will feature a Punch and Judy show, jugglers, circus pigeons and trained dogs with performances at 6 and 8 o'clock. In the evening a baseball game between men and women teams is planned and girl war workers and men in uniform are invited regardless of association membership.
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Young Women's Christian Aassociation Country Lab
La Creole Hair Dressing Restorer Ad Offers Color Renewal
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a non dye that gradually darkens gray or faded hair. It claims to restore natural color without staining scalp, smooth and lustrous finish, and suitability for beard or mustache. Sold by several drug stores with a money back guarantee.
Yaqui Revolt Flares Across Sonora Amid Nogales Turmoil
Yaqui Indians revolted at Ortis and Sul lacen in Sonora while reports say 200 fought Mexican federal troops at Torres and seized livestock. Another 300 near Culiacan reportedly revolted and attempted to loot the city but were driven off. Casualties in Nogales rose to 14 dead and 15 wounded as Gen Obregon, new Nogales resident, denied political aims.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ortis
Sullacen
Sinales
Torres
Bila
Culiacan
P. Elias Calles
Sonora
Board of Army Officers
Garza Zertuche
Washington
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Los Angeles
Profiteer order revoked for Mendota Market owner
The District food administration revoked a profiteering order against W. E. Krantz proprietor of Mendota Market at 1900 W Rooming Avenue Northwest after a conference with officials Krantz posted a sign promising to follow the weekly fair price list and cooperate with the food administration.
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Krantz
Mendota Market
Prom
W. EB. Krantz
Wrooming Avenue
District Food Administration
United States Food Administraton
The
Food Administration
Sears Roebuck appeals FTC order to Chicago court
The first appeal to the court of appeals from a final FTC order was filed by Sears Roebuck and Co. The petition seeks review of the agency’s ruling requiring cancellation of advertising deemed unfair and misleading. The FTC has certified the record for the court’s consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Federal Trade Commission
Sears Roebuck & Co
Five Years Hard Labor For Disloyal Remarks
Petersburg veterans report Corp Joseph C Manger of Camp Lee sentenced to five years for disloyal remarks about the United States. Private Clarence Cawley of Pittsburgh also gets five years for disobeying a command. Private Mervin M Mitton of Richmond receives three months for absence without leave. all sentences to Fort Jay and station debt.
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Petersburg
Joseph C
156Th
Camp Lee
United States
France
Bavaria
Manger
Clarence Cawley
Pittsburgh
Cawley
Fort Jay
Mervin M. Mitton
Richmond
Henderson Denies Labor Is Defeatist Policy
August 31 Birmingham Arthur Henderson leader of the labor party in the commons declared labor's international policy was not surrender to German imperialists and not a policy of weakness. He urged a war to win democracy and freedom and criticized German socialist unity as hindering talks until allied labor memorandum is accepted.
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Birmingham
Arthur Henderson
Labor Party
Hones of Commons
Labor
Germany
Brest-Littovak
Henderson
Confederate money scam targets officials in Canada and Germany
Richmond officials report letters demanding payment on Confederate notes totaling 129 dollars sent from Dwight Ontario and Mannheim Germany. The writers claim the notes are losses that must be paid on demand, while authorities caution that the Confederacy no longer exists.
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Richmond
Canada
Germany
Misa Rather V. Wilder
Dwight
Ontario
Johnston
Manhelm
Soldier Joy Rider Killed in Crash Near Florida Avenue
A soldier died when a stolen automobile, driven at high speed, crashed into a railroad bridge column on Florida Avenue between Second and Third NE. The car and a Capital Traction streetcar collided mid span. the soldier identified as J. L. Baldwin from Camp Humphreys perished. Motorman unharmed. auto stolen from Union Station.
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Florida Avenue
Second
Third Streets
J. L. Baldwin
Camp Humphreys
No. 4 Truck Company
P. J. Christian
Huntington Street
AEROS DROP 100000 TEA FTERS OVER SLOVAKS AREA
Allied air action over the Adriatic coast involved Italian seaplanes dropping 100000 printed leaflets to inform Slovak subjects of Austria-Hungary. Seven planes with a destroyer escort returned safely, pamphlets in several Slovak languages carried news of American achievements and allied attitudes toward subject nationalities.
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Austria-Hungary
Zare
Adriatic
Two Victims of Thieves and Multiple Marriages in Rockville
In Washington police reports a pocketbook was stolen from Williams Nyles at Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue. Mrs H J Stein reported a bicycle theft valued at 20 dollars. In Rockville Miss Lotitia Burroughs and Harry Embrey wed at the Methodist Church, with two out of county couples also marrying this afternoon including Sallie Lancaster and George Hixson and Virginia Turner and Richard Garnett in separate ceremonies.
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Williams Nyles
Wilkes Street
Alexandria
Washington
Nyles
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
Fourteenth Street
New York Avenue
H. J. Stein
Royalton Apartments
Rockville
Lotitia B. Burroughs
Lewis J. Burroughs
Potomac
Harry V. Embrey
Gabin John
J. W. Duffey
Methodist Church
Sallie Lee Lancaster
George M. Hixson
Lexington
C. Barnes
the Christian Church
Virginia ©. Turner
Norfolk, Va
Richard Henry Garnett
Fortspare
Millard F. Minnick
Chriat Episcopal Church
Mistake delays wedding for missing parental consent
Special to The Washington Test reports from Rockville Maryland that Mel Mil dred J Jones and George L Anderson, both young Washingtonians, planned to wed but the groom was 20 and lacked written parental consent, forcing the marriage to be postponed.
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Rockville
Mel Mildred J. Jones
George L. Anderson
Death of George T Tucker in Sandy Spring Md at 81
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Maryland August 21 George T Tucker a lifelong resident near Sandy Spring died a few days ago at age 81 He is survived by a son and four daughters Burial was in the Friends Cemetery at Sandy Spring
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Washington
Rockville
George T. Tucker
Sandy Spring
County
Friends
Greek Church plans archbishop and bishops for United States
Arch bishop Meletios of Athens announced in Washington that Greece plans to establish a Greek Orthodox hierarchy in the United States with a central head and spiritual jurisdiction over about 400,000 Greeks and 150 churches. He seeks contact with American religious bodies to apply US Christian teachings to the East and notes centuries of Turkish domination and martyrdom in Greek church life.
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United States
Meletios
Athens
Holy Synod of Greece
Washington
America
South America
M Meletius
East
Convention Preparations For Spanish War Veterans Meet
Nine hundred Spanish War Veterans of the District prepare to depart for the national convention in Baltimore on April 3 to 5. W J C Weber leads the party with James B Carver assisting as department adjutant. Planned features include matters of national importance. The gathering was shadowed by the sudden death of Edward Keegin, commander of General Henry W Lawton Camp No 4.
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Wyshlan Hall
Baltimore
W J.C Weber
James B. Carver
Edward Keegin
Henry W. Lawton
British officials head to Chicago war exhibit
Commodore Guy Gaunt and Maj Gen J OD McLachlan will lead a British embassy staff contingent departing Washington tomorrow night for Chicago to attend a war exhibition this week under the Committee on Public Information. The delegation aims to showcase Allied war efforts and foster public understanding during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Gaunt
Naval Matson
J OD McLachlan
Washington
Chicago
Committee On Public Information
Phosphorus Strengthens and Vitalizes Nerves and Organs
Boston physicians tout phosphorated malt as a tonic to restore strength and vigor. Dr. Reid claims phosphorus benefits nerves and organs, aids tired patients, and doubles endurance in ten days. The ad urges readers to try the product, noting a guarantee and availability in druggists and local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Reid
Rosas
Gilman
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Florida Brantzeitung
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