Senate Delays Bainbridge Colby Nomination for Further Inquiry
Senators Wadsworth and Calder stall confirmation of Bainbridge Colby as successor to John B. White on the Federal Shipping Board. Edward Hurley named to chair the Federal Trade Commission and the Shipping Board, replacing William Denman who resigns. Theodore Brent also resigns. Goethals departs and Rear Admiral Capps takes over the ship program duties as new board members are expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Brent
Shipping Board
Denman
Capps
Goesthals
The
Star
Washington
Wadsworth and Calder
New York
Senate Committee of Commerce
Bainbridge Colby
John B. White
Kansas City
Federal Shipping Board
Senate
Edward W. Hurley
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
William Denman
Washingtpon
Wilson
Brent
Akinney
White House
Mr. Brent
White
John. A. Donald
R. B. Stevens
Donald
Stevens
Disorderly conduct case outlines conflict with recruit
iLee Coble was fined $2 and costs in police court this morning by Justice Fultz on a disorderly conduct charge. Officers Dove and Armel alleged the trouble grew from an altercation with a young recruit of Company I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iLee Coble
Justice Fultz
Dove
Armel
Company I
Lutheran Reunion At Pen Mar Special Train Friday
Wanted Re eye will pay market price. H. B. Keckley and Bos announce a Lutheran reunion at Pen Mar on Thursday July 26. A special train leaves Winchester at 7 25 am with a round trip fare of $1 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reye
H. B. Keckley
BOS
Pen Mar
Winchester
Virginia Considers County Home Guard Units
The Council of Defense urges immediate county home guard organization as National Guard federalizes next month. Winchester has a ready force while counties lack organized self protection. Congress allows arming Home Guard units. Governor Stuart calls for quick town and county action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Explosion Felt in Three States
A Philadelphia blast at the Atlantic Refining Company Point Breeze plant caused a fire with $750,000 in damage. One man is missing after a series of rapid explosions heard across three states. Windows shattered within a mile as flames rose to about 1,000 feet, sparking citywide fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Atlantic Refining Company
M. W. A. Picnic Notice at Middletown Va August 1917
Big M. W. A. picnic set for August 18 1917 at Middletown Virginia bids invited for running stand ice cream pop watermelon lunch and confectionery amusement bid open to picnic day Write or phone Clerk for details M. W. A. C. E. Wright Clerk 24-1o-71 am CAMP 12184
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Marriage License Issued in Baltimore for Irwin and Rainsberger
A marriage license was issued in Baltimore yesterday to Thomas J. Irwin of Washington D C and Flora Rainsberger of Winchester. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Rainsberger and the late Joseph D Rainsberger of this city. FOR Sale Two young fresh cows and calves Port Jersey good milkers Apply Star office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas J. Irwin
Washington, D. C
Flora Rainsberger
Winchester
Rainsberger
Joseph D. Rainsberger
Port Jersey
Apply Star Office
Walters Returns Home To Lead Prayer Service Tonight
Rev. W. T. Walters has returned home and will conduct prayer service tonight. Miss May V. Lannis has gone to spend some time at Charlestown, W. Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Walters
May V. Lannis
Charlestown, W. Va
Metropolitan Show Delivers Moral Family Entertainment
The Metropolitan Shows of the Charley Reuss Fire Company present high quality amusement noted for cleanliness and wholesomeness. A highlight is the free act by Marvelous Melville, once with Barnum and Bailey, drawing large crowds as he demonstrates extraordinary physical and mental feats. Performances run daily at 4 30 p m with continued coverage on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Reuss Fire Company
America
Rocation
Melville
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Europe
Metropolitan
Jordan White Sulphur Springs August Rates
Reduced rates announced for August at Jordan White Sulphur Springs. Week end guests receive special attention while party dinners can be ordered and served on six hours notice. Ballroom available for engagements via Bell phone 34127 sp sat wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Phone
Sudden Death of Bright Boy Bowly Beck
Bowly Beck, twelve, died after an operation for strangulated bowels at Memorial Hospital following a recent appendix surgery. He was the only child of Mr and Mrs Beck, with his father in Atlanta at the illness time. Funeral set for 645 pm at the West Water street home with Rev Dr W D Smith officiating. burial in Mount Hebron. Pallbearers listed as Dr B M Rogszel, Fred S Boyd, H D Fuller, and W Nelson Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowly Beck
Memorial Hospital
Beck
Lilian Bowly Beck
George W. Bowly
West Water Street
Mr. Beck
Atlanta
Bowly
W. D. Smith
Christ Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Dr. B. M. Rogszel
Fred. S. Boyd
H. D. Fuller
W. Nelson Page
Prices Paid Today In Grain Markets
Close of Baltimore wholesale markets shows spot Wheat at 2.25, corn at 2.28, and oats at 2.44. Local dealers offer 2.28 for market price this afternoon. Thursday morning July 26 at 9 30, a full attendance is requested by the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ww. C
Pollard and Ellyson Eye Virginia State Posts
Richmond dispatch notes Virginia politicians Pollard Davis and Ellyson weighing four state offices and notes shifting public interest during wartime. Pollard’s temperance record is questioned by a local reader referencing debates at Boydton Harrisonburg and the Constitutional Convention. The piece hints at future political discussion and continues on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Old
Virginia
Atttorney
Commonwealth
Pollard
Mr. Ellyson
Boydton
Harrrisonburg
No decision on price for steel and coal delay
Washington July 26 war preparations are hampered by the Federal Trade Commission delay in fixing prices for steel and coal. Cabinet officers and industry leaders agreed that the government may requisition coal and steel at commission fixed prices, but no action has been taken yet. Some departments face shortages as a result. Lost feather covered-price catalog on Valley Pike. Reward offered at Hotel Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Price
Valley Pike
East
West Army Draft Selections List of Recruits
A long roster of men listed with names and home towns including Winchester Stephens City Berryville Middletown Angers Store Gainesboro Kernstown Fredericksburg and Frederick County. The document continues on page four as indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Presley Newlin
Frederick County
Loney Lee Cline
Winchester
Morris Williams
Stephens City
John William
White
R. FD
Otto L. “Anders
Middletown
Aginherkenen
Limestone Land at $65 Per Acre Near Winchester
Advertises 126 acres of virgin limestone land eight miles from Winchester with a new house and bored well. Describes perfect lay of land and strong crop prospects, price $65 per acre, agent W. L. Fultz in Winchester Real Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
W. L. Fultz
Crowds Pack Dual Carnivals Amid Festive Night
Crowds filled both carnivals last night with many enjoying sight-seers and extended hours. Attendees reported high satisfaction as they moved from one amusement to the next and praised the exhibitions, saying the events exceeded expectations.
War Budget to Reach Seventeen Billion Dollars
Senate briefed on a total wartime bill of 17 billion dollars combining budgets already voted and new sums asked by the administration. Senator Smoot of Utah delivered the figure as a leading financial expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Congress
German Offensives Fail To Reclaim Ground North Of Aisne
German troops north of the Aisne launched night attacks to recapture ground lost to French forces. After bombardments at the Cagennets and California plateaus, German assaults were repulsed and French lines held. Verdun front saw continued heavy artillery duels as the war office reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aisne River
War Office
Cagennets
Californie
Chemin-des-Dames
Verdun Tront
Food Bill Moves to Conference After House Vote
Washington July 96 The House abandoned tactics to delay sending the administration food bill to conference by a 159 to 0 vote. The House disagreed to all Senate amendments and granted conferees a free hand to resolve disputed points with the Senate managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Waishington
Lever
House Committee On Agriculture
Senate
House
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Catherine Baublitz
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Catherine Baublitz wife of John A. Baublitz was held yesterday afternoon from the residence of her son Luther E B Baublitz 42 South Main Street. Rev R H Cline of Stephens City conducted the service in the absence of Rev Dr G Bowers pastor of Grace United Church. Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers A L U Green Dr A D Henkel Dr J A Richard J J Maphis G Casper Fries and W L Kultz. Floral tokens honored the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Baublit
John A. Baublitz
Luther EB. Baublitz
South Main Street
Rk. H. Cline
Stephens City
George &. Bowers
Grace Intwins Church
Toade
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Messrs. A, LU. Green
A. D. Henkel
J. A. Richard
J. J. Maphis
G . Casper Fries
W. L. Kultz
Miss Gray Hospitalized at University of Virginia
Miss Mary J. Gray of this city is a patient at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. She went to Charlottesville several weeks ago to attend the summer normal school, according to a university message received by The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Gray
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Miss Gray
University of Virginia
West Christian Church Pastor to Lead Capon Bridge Meetings
Pastor C. R. Line of West Hamilton Ohio will preach in Capon Bridge at the Christian Church Thursday evening July 26 and continue through the following Sunday August. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R
West Christian Church
Hamilton
Ohio
Christian Church
Capon Bridge
Fuller returns to National Training School after illness
Mr. J Scott Fuller has returned to the National Training School following a bout of illness at his home and reports of his continuing good spirits. The brief note places him in Weedstock, Virginia as the return progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Scott
Fuller
National Training School
Weedstock
Plan by General Crowder for National Army Amid Draft Uncertainty
Washington July 26 General Crowder announced a plan to draft 687 060 troops as the first increment of the National Army but warned the plan could change by the department. The draft and war budget credit confusion center on financing the second increment and the Treasury estimate of 5 billion dollars days before Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Av Department
Crowder Reo
Wer
Obatt
Treasury
McAdoo
National Army
Congress
First Men Mobilized In Pall Draft Begins
General Crowder explains mobilization of the first draft to local boards. Men held for service must report by a specified date. After assembly they join the War Department under military jurisdiction for the first time. Quartermaster and adjutant generals will arrange transportation to cantonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Quartermaster General
Adjutant General
General Staff
Rules For Assigning Men To Cantons In War Time
The passage outlines two rules: combine state contingents when possible and send each contingent to the nearest canton. It describes orders to hold men for court martial if they refuse or fail to obey, warning that deserters face severe penalties, including possible death, in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piret
Fourth Annual Sunday School Convention in Stonewall District
The Fourth Annual Sunday School Convention of Stonewall District will be held at Welltown M careful notation South on Thursday August 2 1917. You are cordially invited to attend with us. Committer 7-25-1p-St John Millig. Millig injured in an auto crash near Martinsburg has recovered enough to return home to his mother in this city. Bedfast but improving. Mrs Robert M Ward has gone to Massaletta Springs near Harrisonburg Va for several weeks. Mr Alexander Hamilton of Charleston W Va is visiting sister Mrs W Lee Pisher on National Avenue.
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Pollard
South Carolina
Southampton
Wall
Virginia
Fillyson
Richmond
Stonewall District
Welltown M
Chanel
South
John Millig
Martins
Burg
Robert M. Ward
Massaletta Springs
Harrison
Alexander Hamilton
Chark Town
W. Va
W. Lee Bpisher
National Avenue
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Yee
Mr. Colby
Stuart
Council of Defense of
Old Dominion
Wire
M. W. A. C. E. Wright
Marrie
Firemen’s Carnival
Jordan
Bright Boy
Young Bowly Beck
W. (. T. U. Meeting
Danville
Mr. Davis
Hig
Potlard
West Army
France
Thomas Heywood Manuel
Chester
Dgar Parl Drake
John William McDonald
Berryville
Henry Burner
Elmer Russell Lonas
Brook
Zeiler Wara Bageant
Angers
Loyd William Painter
Steph
Ens City
Omer Harrison Ingram, Steph
Edgar Albert Rush
Winches
Mathew H. Whersole
Berry Ville
Harry Bpllis Maley
RFD
Richard Felix Hatcher
Win
Magnant Leslie Nalls
Paul Tyler Grant
Wade Hyatt Emmart
Gainesboro
James Walter Nicholson
R. F
Roy Loving Pilcott
Walter Splown
John Semples
William Carroll Willis
Harfry B. ‘Thatcher
Lancher
Harrisonburg
Daily News Record
William I. Baker
F. Yara
Ridgeway Siatinedas
Verdun
House of Delegates
J. A. Baublitz
Crowder
Admange
Pall
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