District of Columbia rifle team wins Hilton trophy at Camp Perry
The District of Columbia rifle team led by Col. M A Winter won first place among 55 teams in national matches for the Hilton trophy at Camp Perry Ohio. D C members Perkins Stokes Chinholm Morris H BE Dove Mc Garity Jensen Strachan Schmidt Weeder Wheate plus Robert Morrin earned a silver medal in the 300 yard rapid fire event. Weather hindered shooting with rain and storms through the meet.
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Washington Post
Navy
Camp Perry
Ohio
District of Columbia
Hilton
Uyon
William C. Harllee
M. A. Winter
Harllee
Navy Department
Marine Worps
United States Cavalry
United States Infantry
Col. M. A. Winter
Fred H. Phillips
National Rifle Association
Baid
Yilian
Louis Browlow
Col. Winter
Col Winter
CC. D. Perkins
Ralph C. Stokes
F. Chinholm
Robert M. Morris
H. Be, Dove
Ralph H. McGarity
Just C. Jensen
Edward A. Strachan
A. G. Schmidt
S H. Weeder
R. V. Reynolds
J. C. Wheate
Robert
No minimum hog price fixed by Hoover office
Chicago September 25 in answer to a telegram from local bureau of markets officers the food administration at Washington stated that no minimum price on hogs had been fixed or contemplated. The report of livestock producers committee which met the food administration this week recommends averaging about 8.50 for October. The message notes the proposed price is a general average and not a minimum.
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Chicago
Food Administration
Washington
Bureau of Markets
Robbery reports from sleeping camp residents downtown
Lizzie Clay on 1200 C street north east reported clothing valued at 74 dollars missing after sleeping in camp. Thomas A Dillon of Hyattsville Md asked police to locate 35 burlap bags 400 pounds of feed four bales of hay one wagon harness and a riding saddle and bridles stolen from his stable at Eight senth and C streets northeast. Michael F Deham of the bureau of standards camp on Connecticut avenue northwest was robbed of 85 dollars while asleep at the camp.
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Lizzie Clay
C Street
Thomas Aa. Dillon
Hyattsville
Senth
Michael F. Deham
Bureau of Standards
Connecticut Avenue
Building Up Our Womanhood
An old advertisement extols Peruna tonic as a cure for various illnesses and uses a testimonial from Miss Clara Lohr of Grand Rapids Michigan. It urges women to seek relief today, notes Peruna available in liquid or tablet form, and directs readers to contact The Peruna Company in Columbus Ohio for a free health book and almanac.
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Peruna
Clara Lohr
N. Gold St
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mise Lobr
Dr. Hartman
Paruna Company
Dept
Columbus
Ohio
Rubin to be brought back to face charges
United States Attorney Laskey said Benjamin Rubin, who made a false confession claiming to be Eva Roy’s murderer and later repudiated it, will be returned from Fairfax Virginia soon. No charges determined yet. Rubin was under arrest for assault and was extradited, with possible return to the reformatory.
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United States
Laskey
Benjamin Rubin
Eva Roy
Fairfax
Rubings
Junk Dealer Released on Bail After Habeas Corpus
Ruben Aaronson a Rossian junk dealer from Wa was held by local police to await actions of Rossiyn Authorities. He filed a writ of habeas corpus before Chief Justice McCoy and was released on 560 bail for appearance in court on October 4. He plans to return to Virginia to face charges there. He is charged with receiving stolen goods related to brass crown sheet from a railway locomotive, part of a law on railway rolling stock theft recently passed by Congress.
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Ruben Aaronson
Rossiyn
McCoy
Virginia
Agronson
Aaronson
Congress
Nine Regiments to Be Organized at Camp Humphreys
Brig. Gen. Charles W. Katz reorganizes officers and men to form six sapper regiments for overseas service by October 1. Nine regiments will be created from training units and other engineer camps, with about 1,600 personnel each. Leaders named include Maj. Douglas H. Gillette and Lieut. Col. W. H. Lanagan. most transfers come from New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and DC. An area land purchase of 3 300 acres near the camp is planned at an estimated 280 000.
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Humphreys
Charles W. Katz
Union
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
District of Columbia
Douglas H. Gillette
Philadelphia
W. H. Lanagan
California
A. L. Ganahdl
A. F. Allen
George H. Robinson
Camp Humphreys
Tinstern Department
Army
War Department
Washidges
America
Hang 1st Negro for Army Riot
In San Antonio Texas on September 28 the Twenty fourth United States infantry hanged Private William D Boone at Fort Sam Houston daybreak for taking part in the Houston riot of August last year in which fifteen whites were slain and twelve wounded. With his death the army has disposed of all negro suspects in the case. Five others were hanged last week and thirteen were executed last December. An additional ninety eight soldiers remain in prison serving terms from two years to life. One committed suicide while awaiting trial.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twenty-fourth
United States Infantry
Houston
William D. Boone
Fort Sam Houston
Twenty-fourth Regiment
D C to Benefit by Water Ways
Dr Clarence J Owens managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress returned from Boston after attending the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association conference as Washington Chamber of Commerce representative. He also served as representative of the Southern Commercial Congress and city of Baltimore under commission from Mayor Preaton. Owens will draft a four part report on Washington Potomac waterfront in the national inland waterways plan for the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida, and spoke at Fall River and Boston responding for the South to New England.
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Clarence J. Owens
Southern Commercial Congress
Boston
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Preaton
Owens
Washington
Potomac Water Front
National Plan of Inland Waterways
Atlantic Seaboard
Maina
Florida
Fall River
New England
Coast Forts Train Artillery Aboard to France
Special to the Washington Post reports Fort Monroe Virginia hosts a vast coast defense training system turning forts and reservations into heavy artillery schools for the American expeditionary force. At Eustis Camp Hustis and related sites 20 000 troops train with heavy guns, officer and enlisted promotions boosted, and coast artillery officers cadet courses ongoing with 800 students already enrolled.
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Washington Post
Monroe
America
Coast Artillery Training Center
Fort Monroe
Coast Defenses
Camp Hustis
James River
Eustis
France
Una
Coast
Coast Artillery Corps
Officers’ Training School
War objectors good as farmers in wartime camp
Conscientious objectors at Camp Sherman reportedly earned money by hauling manure and feeding hogs for a local farm owner who disposed of camp garbage. The War Department outlines the process, with objectors tested by a board of inquiry and placed in a special detachment under military control. Those deemed sincere may join noncombatant service.
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Camp Sherman
War Department
Red Cross
Walter G. Kelloge
Julian Mack
Dean Harlan F. Stone
Columbia Law School
Board of Inquiry
Fort Leavenworth
War Savings Stamps Stir Soldiers In Trenches Letter
A letter from First Lieut. Bussey of Company E Nineteenth Engineers to the district war savings committee urges continued support for the war savings stamps drive. He recalls Fort Myer days and lauds American trains and crews carrying bonds as a means to propagate culture and respect for America amid German retreat.
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District War Savings Committee
C. Bussey
Company E
Nineteenth Engineers
Bussey
Fort Myer
America
Lemon Juice Freckle and Tan Lotion Ad
Squeeze juice from two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of a freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Grocers stock lemons and three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage on face neck arms daily to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan.
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Capital
Robert M. Mor Tig
Marine Corps
Col. Winter Chosen
Lsureau of
Rubin
Lorton Reformatory
D. C
Dr. Owens
Camp
The
Lieut
U. S
Rocker
Burrows
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