Holland writes of Speyer loyal to United States
In Plattsburg camp he serves as private soldier while reports claim New York banker James Speyer opposed Anglo-French loan negotiations due to German sympathies. The piece argues his loyalty to the US, notes his refinancing of the Lake Shore Railroad debt, and cites his American citizenship and defense willingess amid war preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plattsburg
Germany
United States
Wingknd
France
James Speyer
Morgan
Speyer
Speter
Platesburg
Wilf Mary
Frankford
London
Mexico
Cuba
Mrspeyer
Lakesnore
Alsa
Kivatl
Mernan Erthen Holland
Financial trading note from broker THOMAS L. HUME
Thomas L. Hume broker lists buy and sell orders for Capital Traction Potomac Consol Mergenthaler Georgetown Gas and other listings with prices and ex-dividend notes. Includes cash delivery terms and contact at 1410 G Street Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Traction
Rwy
Kleen
Potomac
Georgetown Inn St
Wanh. Rery. Pf
Mergenthaler
Lamaton
Contincum Trust
Wrok
Southern Bank
Munrry Trust
of, & Franklin Sadenal Hank
Nat, Hank of
Washo
High Wat. Bank
No & W
Steamboat
Heartache Brewing
Washington Baseball Club
Gkighoma Gil
Kington Gan
Georgetown Gan
Omer
Lanston
Tv Farmers & Mecinnics Bank
Mooney ‘Trust
Continental Trust
Washington Baseball
Thomas L. Hume
G Street
Tel
Full Freedom of the Seas View in Mdttor Post Letter
A reader endorses the Mdttor Post editorial on full freedom of the seas and questions British loans and American financial patriotism. The writer urges Federal Reserve supervision and notes bankers financing Allied debts could aid enforcement of international law without war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mdttor Post
Wilson
United States
Rench Financial Commission
Federal Reserve Board
A. BR. E
Indorses Plan of Defense Outlined by Gen Wood
J B Allen of Falls Church Va endorses Maj Gen Leonard Wood’s defense plan as a solution to unemployment and a national uplift. He urges every American to read the article and adopt the principles to equip the masses for service if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indorses
Gen. Wood
Leonard Wood
Wood
J.B. Allen
Opposed SIG loan to allies urges Montana focus for capital
A Montana reader argues against lending New York money to the allies. He says funds should instead back western development in Montana and other states, to avoid entangling U.S. with foreign policy and risk. He urges neutrality or clear support for Britain only if funds stay at home. Great Falls, Mont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fost
New York
United States
Montana
Ita J
Imente
Germany
Great Britain
British women appeal for funds to build hospital in France
Gertrude Forbes Robertson calls on British women and sisters overseas to raise £60,000 for a British women's hospital unit aiding France. The appeal seeks £25,000 for a 250 bed unit in France, £25,000 for a second unit aiding another ally, and a convalescent facility for British soldiers, with acknowledgments to donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
British Women's Hospital
France
Gertrude Forbes-Robertson
Robert Street
Adelphi
W. C
London
England
Reminder to Contributors and Letters Policy Notice
Correspondents are reminded that letters for publication must include sender name and address. Writers may use nom de plume or initials if they prefer, and such wishes will be honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belon
General Counsel Upholds National Defense League
James H. Blount, General Counsel for the National Defense League, defends the group in a public reply. He argues Democratic opposition to stronger defense threatens national security and cites Washington and Roosevelt to warn against appeasement. He urges a ready military posture and criticizes Bryan’s stance as weakening the administration’s army program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryanta
Natonal Defense League
Navy League
National Defense League
Democratic Congress
War Department
Congress
Bryan
Col. Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Garrison
James H. Blount
Remembering Lincoln and the Grand Review of 1865
Burr recalls the grand review of Sherman’s Western and Grant’s Eastern commands in April or May 1865. He stood with Sherman’s army, learned of Lincoln’s death en route between Raleigh and Richmond, and notes the event occurred in spring not September, urging reference to Washington papers for confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Andy
John Son
Grant
Sherman
Raleigh
N. C
Richmond
Washington Papers. Co
Burr
Fifteenth Uwinols Infantry
Ships of Britain Armed Under State Department Order
In a letter BF AKERMANN asks if The Post can publish the State Department order permitting unarmed British vessels to carry heavy guns. He accuses the administration of aiding England while threatening Germany and urges public disclosure of the 1914 order dated September 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
England
Germany
Post
BF. Akermann
Labor not for peace how British workers bear price burden
Bristol dispatch reports the Trades Union Congress voting down a peace terms measure for the Labor Party. George Lansbury says labor is exploited as coal and bread rise while wages lag. Ramsay MacDonald denies urging shirk. F Bevin chosen to attend a convention in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
George Lansbury
Great Britain
Wales
Tramsay Macdonald
Congress
House of Commons
F. Bevin
Bristol Dock Workers’ Union
Senfranciaco
Veterans Parade Escort For G A R Display Draws Criticism
A.A. Tasker of the Potomac G A R writes that a September 29 parade escort of army Navy regulars 1500 DC National Guard and 100 distinguished citizens risks overshadowing veteran memory. He argues the bannered display may jar youth and obscure the Union crisis memory and urges emphasis on the hour’s true lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
District of Columbia National Guard
Igen
Miles
A. P. Tasker
Dept. of the Potomac
Oldest G A R Post in Pennsylvania Charters and Parade
George G Post No 1, oldest G A R post in Pennsylvania, chartered October 18 1866 by B F Stephenson. Its roster holds 1150 comrades including Gen U S Grant and Gen H H Hingham. Parade planned September 29 with 66 comrades and 30 Sons of Veterans, U S Soldiers Home Band, at Cochran Hotel Washington. Henry Lohn adjutant invites veterans to greet him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Meade
Pont
Department of Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
B. F. Stephenson
Order
U. 8. Grant
United States
H. H. Hingham
Samuel J. Randall
George W. Parker
Gustavus Josephs
K Streets
Cochran Hotel
Mia
John B. Evans
Carbondale
Zimmermann
First
United States Cavalry
Henry Lyohn
Mormon Missionaries Leave Germany as War Began
Reed Smoot of Salt Lake City brands a Berlin clipping as a fake claiming American Mormon missionaries were urged to stay home as war erupted. He notes no missionaries remained in Austria or Germany since war began and asserts all had left within a month of war declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington Post
Berlin
Utah
Austria
Reed Smoot
Zabern Lieutenant Killed in Action in Berlin Report
Berlin reports Lieut Baron von Forstner, noted for the Zabern incident at Alsace in 1913, has been killed near Louvain in September 1914. He earlier faced 43 days imprisonment after urging soldiers to bayonet insulters of the German flag. The episode sparked wide German agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Berl
Baron von Forstner
Lileut. von Forstner
Louvain
Zabern
Alsace
Col
von Reuter
Lieut
von Torstner
Hil
Col. von Reuter
Germany
HELP WANTED JOB ADS FROM OLD CITY NEIGHBORHOOD
Help wanted notices list male applicants for barber shop work, hotel kitchen, chauffeurs, housekeepers, cooks, and laborers. Positions include barbers two white wage offers, hotel pastry and bread bakers, chauffeurs for white and colored applicants, and general housework, with wages and locations across street addresses and company names referenced. The page also notes opportunities for sales and management and a variety of seasonal or steady postings, many seeking immediate start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Ua
W. A. Ray
St. Aw
Ds. Ne
Barder
Pe. Ave
Pa. Ave
Metropolitan Hotel
Laurel
N. Cap.st
Show Bros
Hore
Opportunities Exchange
Buffalo
N. Es
Bat
Huy Cogswell
Onge
Fisher's Agency
N. J
Takoma Park
My. Smith
St. Sw
F. J. Casey
H St
Irving St. Ow
Apply Sanitary Flooring Co
Yo Ave
Washington Barber College
Washington, D.C
Western Union Telegraph Co
140Th St
New York Age
Bird Saves Tenants In Fire In Brooklyn Home
A screaming poll parrot alerted police to a three story Brooklyn house fire at 64 Columbia Street. Firefighters found twenty canaries perished in smoke. On the second floor two children and their mother escaped as Gaspardi Raskell led his family out before collapsing from smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Street
Brooklyn
Gaspardi Rasgall
Thinks Single Tax Would Bring On Lasting Peace
Easter Post argues war arises from political and economic causes with land monopoly as the root. It claims popular referendums could prevent war and urges abolition of taxes on labor while restoring land to the people as proposed by Henry George, noting rents and prices drive conflict. W D Mackenzie signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Henry George
W. D. MacKenzie
Spanish supplying U boats in Bay of Biscay
The Petit Gironde reports a Bilbao registered steamer recently sailed with 300 barrels of benzine. After leaving port empty barrels appeared at sea. The ship allegedly delivered fifty barrels to a submarine at Gonda de Artedo last June. Bilbao agents say gasoline is being sent to the Bay of Biscay norte from northern Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
Germany
Bay of Biscay
Petit Gironde
Bilbao
Spain
Gonda de Artedo
Dodges U Boat Off Spain on Wireless Warning
British steamer Oranta returned to Corunna Spain after wireless warning that a German submarine was off Cape Finisterre. It sighted a sailboat with twenty or more people aboard believed to be from a torpedoed vessel, but kept away fearing a trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corunna
Spain
Oranta
Cape Finish Terre
Orania
Rockefeller funds hospital for drug habitues in New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr through the Rockefeller bureau of social hygiene sent 18000 dollars to Katherine B. Davis commissioner of corrections toward a hospital for drug habitues on Hiker's Leland. A ten thousand dollar gift from Mia Vanderhilt and other contributions help proceed with construction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller Bureau of Social Hygiene
Katherine B. Davis
Corrections
Leland
Mia
W. K. Vanderhilt
Traffic officer urged at Columbia Road and 16th Street
A reader urges stationing a traffic officer at the Columbia Road and 16th Street intersection during evening hours 6:30 to 11 p m due to dangerous crossing conditions amid heavy auto traffic. The letter highlights life risk and requests enforcement to improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Road
Sixteenth Street
Brit ish Silver Shell launches largest tank ship here
Washington Sept 19 The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company of London launched the 435 foot long tank steamer Silver Shell at Harlan and Hollingsworth yard. Mrs James Roberts sponsored the vessel as the yard operated with restricted access to prevent accidents. Three sister ships are under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Silver Shell
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company
London
Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation
James Rroberts
Multifaceted Washington Classifieds Seek Partners and Loans
Various local adverts seek business partners with 200 dollars and servicers for a novelty item, a souvenir store for sale on Pa Avenue, a real estate manager selling office fixtures, and loans from Saunders & Co. plus money-lending offers on D C real estate. Also offered are used carriages, ponies, saddles, and related equestrian gear at Willard Storage Office near 14th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serviers
G. A. R. Novelty
Pa. Ave
Bueluens
Zaz Yorrowers
Wm. H. Saunders & Co
Southern
Tyler & Mutherford, Inc
Willard Storage
14Th
Wanted: Salesmen For Artzkraft Felt Raga And Auto Tires
Salesmen needed for Artzkraft felt ragas line with exclusive territory, prepaid sample offered, and wholesale price. Also seeks competent auto tire salesman familiar with dealers and brokers across Maryland and DC, high commission and proof of results required. Position opens October 1. apply to How 1000, Buffalo, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artzkraft
Battle Creek
Mich
Condon
Ifr
Stonington
Maryland
District of Columbia
Buffalo
N.Y
HELP WANTED SOLORed COOKS CHAMBERMAIDS AND MORE
Fragmentary early 20th century help wanted notices seek cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, decorators and general house workers for households and establishments. Mentions white and colored workers, studios and hotels, with several locations and incomplete details. Also references violinists and minkers, but text is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henzeman
Fastman
Gentlewomas
Tallor
Miss Lawson
Coun
Ave
U.S
Bste
Ani Praniut
Atate Iowest Mliry
Virginia Theater
Charlottesvire
Tate-Brown Company
Vt. Ave
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Holland
U. S
Mi Spesers
Uhorough
Mr Speyer
Frankfort
Lake Shore Railroad
Iwi Aplus
The
Washington Loan & Trust Company Cor
John Joy Edson
Allies
Best Weapon
Falls Church, Va
Lady Forbes-Robertson
Firat Dewde
Eitedre
Lowtia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
N. W
General Counsel
G. A. R. Post
Pennsylvania
Balt Lake City
Mele
Rennovatio
Phone West
Urentwood
4Th St
Carh
Sthet
Ape
Ida
T St. Ne
Coon
Zist
Cook
Do Latmary
Park Road
Fairmont
Kalorama Rd
Northumberland
Col _ryad
St. Sp
Sint Sf
15Th St
Maw Ave
Mt. Apt
Kemp
Har _sard
Virginia
Dawson
Holly
Takome Park
Keokuk St
de Sales
Mommes Munst
Bryant
Rneyrle
Wervard
Kman
Ainy Mighta
Montay
Apt
Columbia
Auvs Gamfinkle & CO
Garlington
A. C
Shepherd
Harvard Stow
Hota
Decator
Br. Breen
Oxford
Army and Navy
Carlisle Court
Ith
City
Peacia
Seaand
Tue Alamo
F.E T
IBM Park Rand
McGhee
Pond Rand
Sellch Apply
Candityan
Reward
SONEY
Daft Orier
Columbia, Rd
la Potomac Park
Woodwank
Woodward
Ist
Fonts Jn
Toon Station
Jensen
Spote Tache Jones
Troy
Ala
Hbleigh
Bell Park
Teward
Kaun “Hous & Co
Mias McShace
Fort Myer
Varewant
Ining Ghd Henyon Ets
Mward
Ash
Montans
Scari
Clinton KE
Washington Terminal
Staton Malyases
Valise
Crow-Elkhart
Clese
Burke
Cley
Iuto
Tee Asa
Jetty
Sperial — Soc
Nori
Heer Phobe S
Rene White
Phoor
Cara
Amousfoes
Uene Nyeer
Pol Taylor
Lith
Prudential” Ali-atee
Allen
Warley-Davidsons
Excelsions
THOES
Howard A. French & CO
Ninth Street N. Wy
Bird
Parrot
Canaries
Wuntington
Warbing
Hooma
Arenden
Roe’e Pharmacy
Ata
Astoria
New York Avenue
Canitol St
H. Rosa
antPi
Whttenidle
G. B. Bury
Nichola
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