Winchester Soldiers Called To the Colors Second Time
Orders were issued in Winchester for the mustering of Company I Second Virginia Regiment into federal service for the second time in a year. Lt. Fred S. Anderson will command in Captain Conrad’s absence as he attends the National Guard Association meeting in New York.
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Winchester
Virginia
Robert F. Leedy
Luray
Robert Y. Conrad
Fred. S. Anderson
North Market Street
Virginia Woolen Company
Lieut
Anderson
Conrad
New York City
National Guard Association
Prices Paid Today In Grain Markets
Today is a legal holiday in Baltimore and no market quotations were received. Winchester dealers offered 2.08 dollars for wheat, reflecting muted activity and limited trading in grain prices.
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Baltimore
Winchester
German Sub Sunk Healdton Made No Effort to Save
Complete affidavit of Capt. Charles Christopher, sent from Rotterdam, states the Healdton torpedoing by a German submarine was unprovoked and without warning and that the submarine showed no attempt to rescue anyone aboard. Consul Krough forwarded the document to Washington.
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Washington
Charles Christopher
Krough
Rotterdam
Two Vessels Sunk With Americans Aboard
State Department reports from London and Paris say two steamers were destroyed by German submarines. One was British and the other Norwegian, with American crew members aboard. No casualties or dispatch details are given.
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Washington
State Department
Skinner
London
Sharp
Paris
Claude Ryan Re Enlists in U S Navy at League Island
Winchester native Claude H. Ryan has re enlisted and is stationed at League Island navy yard Philadelphia. He joined the Kansas unit and helped capture German sailors who escaped and were interned there. Ryan served twelve years with several merit promotions and was famed for sharpshooting and boxing in the navy.
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Navy
Claude H. Ryan
Winchester
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Kansas
Ryan
Movie theaters spark national guard mobilization in Boston
In Boston on March 26, moving pictures displayed the War Secretary's mobilization order triggering local calls to arms. The Nineteenth Massachusetts National Guard reported to their armory while Second and Ninth regiments also mobilized. Crowds cheered as militiaMembers hurried through streets mirroring revolutionary era scenes.
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Boston
Mass
United States
Moving Pictures
Baker
Massachusetts Regiment of National Guard
German diplomats granted safe conduct across the United States
At the State Department an announcement says German diplomats ordered out of China by the Chinese government will receive safe passage home. The party includes over 200, many soldiers and marines, traveling across the Pacific and America to reach the Atlantic coast aboard a Scandinavian steamer.
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Washington
State Department
China
Pacific
Atlantic
Protocol Is Rejected by U S Over German Treaty Violations
Washington reports repeat U S condemnation of Germany for flagrant treaty breaches. Secretary Lansing cites German actions in 1785 1799 and 1828 Prussian treaties while denying the protocol. He argues one sided concessions would be unjust and that understanding is destroyed. Actress Ann Murdock stars in Envy at Empire tonight.
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Ann Murdock
Empire
Washington
Germany
United States
Lansing
State Department
Frye
EMPIR
Card of Thanks for Vance Yeakley
I wish to extend my gratitude to the many friends in this city and county, also the Elks, for their expressions of kindness and sympathy offered during the illness, and death of my brother, Vance Yeakley. DORSEY YEAKLEY. April 2. Arthur A. Morris, at Kernstown, Va.: Colt, cow, chickens, automobile, household goods.
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The
Elks
Vance Yeakley
Arthur A. Morris
Kernstown, Va
Tests Show Value of Well Balanced Diets For Hens
An experiment at Cornell University studied egg production using different feed rations. Ten Leghorn hens per pen were observed over 20 weeks with one pen receiving meat scraps and oyster shell and another on the standard Cornell ration without meat scraps. Results showed 508 eggs valued at $15.50 on the first diet with a $10.99 profit, while the second diet produced 187 eggs from 294.26 pounds of feed.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Cornell
Winchester Boy Enlists in Navy Former Clerk Joins U S Navy
A Winchester youth, Samuel E. Sampsell, recently enlisted in the United States Navy. He joined January 31, was sent to Norfolk Training Station, and the photo was taken a week after entry. He is the son of Rev W H Sampsell and formerly worked at H L Livick's drug store on North Main Street.
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Winchester
Navy
Samuel E. Sampsell
United States Navy
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Ser
Seaman
W. H. Sampsell
National Avenue
United Brethren Church Circuit
Young Sampsell
H. L. Livick
North Main Street
Mr. Sampsell
Ove
German Sailors Transferred to Georgia Internment Posts
Washington reports 700 German sailors from the interned Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm are being moved from Philadelphia to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson Georgia. A heavy marine guard accompanies the group and claims of two sailors being shot were unfounded. Major Bryan Conrad of Winchester is now attached to the Seventeenth Infantry after a recent promotion.
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Washington
Eitel Frederich and
Kronpring
Wilhelm
Philadelphia
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort McPherson
Arly
Seventeenth Infantry
el Paso
Tex
Georgia
Bryan Conrad
Winchester
Examination of teachers certificates in Winchester
Examination of applicants for teachers certificates will be held at Court House Hall in Winchester Virginia on Thursday Friday and Saturday April 12 13 and 14 beginning promptly at nine oclock Maurice M Lynch Supt of Schools
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Court House Hall
Winchester
Maurice M. Lynch
St Louis Arrives Safely in English Port Ending Blockade
The steamship St Louis of the American Line arrived safely in an English port, announced by Secretary Daniels. The liner left New York amid armed neutrality rules, carried American mail, and was among the first to mount defensive guns, signaling end of the German blockade on American commerce.
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Washington
St. Louis
American Line
Navy Department
Daniels
Wilson
History to be Made This Week by United States
President Wilson will present to Congress a full account of his stewardship since March 4 and outline steps in response to German aggression. The extraordinary session opens next Monday as Congress prepares to hear about armed neutrality and acts against the United States. The final draft of the message will be completed just before the session.
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United States
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Germany
Whitlock
Soll
Seventy First Regiment Seizes 1600 Guardsmen for Federal Service
In New York on March 26 the Seventy first Regiment National Guard mustered 1,600 men into federal service for the second time within a year. A clash occurred at noon when a Hungarian immigrant named Elmen refused orders near the armory and was bayoneted by a sentry, receiving head wounds and being hospitalized.
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New York
Seventy-first New York Regiment
National Guard
Seventy First
Louis Dimen
Elmen
French Repulse German Attack Between Aisne And Sommer
Paris reports continued fighting last night with German assaults repulsed between the Aisne and Sommer rivers. French forces advanced west of Laon and reached Prolembray amid rain and fog. French artillery fire north of Rheims set a large German ammunition magazine ablaze.
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Paris
Aisne and
Sommer
War Office
Laon
Prolembray
Rheims
U Boats Sink 76 Additional Ships
Overseas News Agency reports German submarines in the past days sank 25 steamships 14 sailing vessels and 87 trawlers totaling about 80 000 tons. The March 9 British biplane was downed by a submarine in the English Channel.
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Bepalin
Overseas News Agency
English Channel
Navy manpower push urged in Daniel's plea for enlistment
The 1917 letter to The Star urges prominent publication emphasis on the President’s order increasing Navy enlisted strength to 87 000 and calls for editorial support to recruit more sailors. Josephus Daniels letters from Washington appeals for swift national defense staffing.
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Washingon
the Star
Winchester
Congress
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Small Blaze Destroys Shed Behind Rice's Music Store
An alarm at 4 30 this morning reported a fire in a rear shed behind Rice's Music Store on North Main Street. Mrs. C B Bluntsberry spotted the flames and raised the alarm. the shed burned and prevented spread due to surrounding tall buildings. The shed contained waste paper and rubbish and the cause is believed to be moulder ing ashes.
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Rice's
North Main Street
C. B. Bluntsberry
Weather forecast predicts fair start with rain risk late week
Weather Bureau predictions for the week begin today call for generally fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic States until Thursday or Friday, with rain likely afterward and temperatures running well above seasonal normals.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Frederick man James Diffendal Jr visiting Winchester
Mr. James Diffendal Jr of Frederick Maryland is spending a few days in Winchester.
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James Diffendal, Jr
Frederick, Md
Brother Dy'ng In A Baltimore Hospital
Mr. Harvey Grubb of Moorefield West Virginia received a telegram stating his brother confined at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore is dying after an operation. The brother, who lived in Moorefield, left for his bedside and there is little hope for recovery.
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Harvey Grubb
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Mr. Grubb
Moorefield
W. Va
Gore land damaged by new railroad route
In Frederick county Circuit Court proceedings the Winchester and Western Railroad Company seeks a right of way through Walter T. Gore land west of Winchester near Chambersville. Gore contends the route will take and divide his property, greatly reducing its value. A five freeholder commission conducts the condemnation hearings with only a portion of witnesses heard so far.
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Chester and Western Railroad Company
Walter T. Gore
Wisichester
Chambersville
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