Veterans in Washington Honor Union Triumph Parade
Twenty thousand veterans of Gen Grant’s army, aged and worn, march past President Wilson in review along Pennsylvania Avenue in a solemn pageant recalling Civil War glory. The scene mixes pride and sorrow as old comrades salute, tears well, and the nation honors its defenders with guards of honor, nurses, and civic groups.
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David J. Palmer
Guard of Honor
Secretaries of War and Navy
Army
David W. McClure
Baldwin, Pa
Co. K
148Th Pennsylvania Infantry
Court of Honor
Supreme Court
Wild Stock Boom Sparks Wartime Mania on Wall Street
A New York market session shows a wild surge with about 1.6 million shares traded, led by Baldwin Locomotive and Lackawanna Steel amid general war stock strength. Traders deploy big lots and railroads fall behind as industrials surge and speculation climbs, with quotes racing and ticker tape lagging behind the frenzy.
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Stock Exchange
Baldwin Locomotive and Lackawanne Steel
Baldwin Post
Lackawanna Steel
Tennessee Copper
Crucible Steel
Tis
Sheffield, Steel
Henry Clewn
Wall Street
Wall
Are Carlo
Elected Lord Mayor of London Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield
Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield was chosen as lord mayor by the City Council, succeeding Sir Charles Johnston whose term ends in November. Wakefield, an alderman, wears the Legion of Honor, and heads a London manufacturing company.
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London
Charles Cheers Wakefield
Charles
Charles Johnston
City of London
Wireless telephony proves transcontinental link to ships
Navy tests complete first long-distance wireless voice transmission from Arlington Virginia to Mare Island California covering about 2500 miles. Secretary Daniels hails results as a milestone with AT T and Western Electric cooperation and plans for further naval and commercial use. President Vail and officials in New York also joined in the demonstration, showing automatic land-to-radio transfer of conversations.
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Arlington
Mare Island
Daniels
Great Naval Plant
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Daniela
Navy Department
Western Etectric Company
Arington
California
Western Electric Company
Signal Corps of
Army
A. T. and T Company
Wall
Bethel
Waterbury
John J. Carty
A. T. and T. Company
Th Western Electric Company
Suill
Department
Balkans Clash Near Strikes In East Berlin And Paris
Balkan clashes escalate with Bulgarian and German officers drafting campaign plans as Bulgaria readies to attack Serbia within fifteen days. Allies land troops in Greece near Saloniki while Austrian and German forces push toward Dvinsk and other eastern fronts amid heavy fighting along the western front.
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Morgan returns will in Virginia records case
Richmond, Sept 7. P Morgan of New York has sent to Justice James Keith the will of Mrs Martha Washington for disposal at his discretion. The will, taken from Fairfax records by a Federal soldier, was bought by Pierpont Morgan for his library. Fairfax Harrison aided Morgan and Gov. Stuart as mediator. The move may end Virginia’s suit to reclaim the public record. The will would be kept in Mount Vernon fireproof vault by consent.
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James Keith
Virginia Court of Appeals
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Fairfax
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Virginia
Mount Vernon
Boehm of Bavarian Air Corps Defeats Four French Planes
Berlin reports Flight Berg Boehm of a Bavarian aviation corps rose alone to meet four French aeroplanes near Freiburg. With an aiding companion he directed the craft and fired. He killed the pilot of one plane and the observer of another. The two planes landed and the occupants were captured.
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Tuckerton
N. J
Berg Boehm
Freiburg
Boehm
Gen Tracy Will Leaves $200000 Estate To Son And Daughter
The will of Gen Benjamin F Tracy, former Secretary of the Navy, filed at Owego New York, leaves property valued over 200000 to Frank B Tracy, the general's only son, and Emma Wilmerding of New York City, the sole daughter receives 8000. The remainder estate, including a 400 acre farm near Owego Maryland valued at 30000, is divided equally between son and daughter.
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Benjamin F. Tracy
Marahland
CAPT FF HOLMES DEAD Lived in Italy since retirement nine years
Captain FF Holmes U S N retired died in Rome after his son notified Bellingham Washington of the loss. He navigated the Baltimore in the Manila Bay battle and served against the Boxer rising later commanding the Marblehead in the Pacific reserve fleet. He survived by his wife and one son. L C Emerson Hymn Writer Dead at Hyde Park Boston composer Luther C. Emerson died at 72 collections of church music.
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Rome
FF. Holmes
Holmes
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China
Marblehead
L. C. Emerson
Boston
Luther C. Emerson
Hyde Park
Prof. Emerson
Pannonfield
British Defeat Turks in Mesopotamia Retreat Toward Baghdad
In a House of Commons reading, Gen. Nixon reports three Ottoman armies scattered by Anglo Indian forces. British forces carried a strong Tigris crossing and overcome Turkish defenses near Kut. Casualties listed as under 600 with hundreds of prisoners taken as the Turkish retreat accelerates toward Baghdad.
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London
Bagdad
Austen Chamberlain
India
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Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kut
Five Murderers Executed at State Penitentiary
Five condemned men were electrocuted at the State penitentiary within an hour and ten minutes. Joe Malloy was executed for the Marlboro county murder of Prentiss Moore and Guy Rogers, both white, four years ago. The other four, Meeks Griffin, Tom Griffin, John Crosby, and Guy Rogers, were convicted of killing John Q. Lewis, an elderly Confederate veteran, in 1912.
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Joe Malloy
Marlboro County
Prentiss Moore
Guy Rogers
Meeks Griffin
Tom Griffin
John Crosby
John Q. Lewis
British Seize Two Ships Near Leith and Kirkwall
The British authorities detained the steamship California, from New York August 31 to Christiania, at Leith with a general cargo. The Swedish steamer Helsingborg from Port Arthur August 28 to Aarhus with cotton seed was detained at Kirkwall.
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Yae Wamso
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Helsingborg
Port Arthur
Tex
Aarhuus
Denmark
Hirkwall
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