Navy Department Reforms Take Effect December First
Secretary Meyer unveils sweeping changes to the Navy Department including two divisions for material and personnel, abolition of the board of construction and the bureau of equipment, and the creation of operational and inspections aides. Rear Admiral Wainwright, Vice Admiral Swift, and Captain Aaron Will lead the new support aligns as reforms aim to centralize policy and cost keeping while consolidating bureaus and simplifying administration.
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Innae Jalnis
Meyer
Fealay
Bureau Avatom
Bake and Manufacurig Companion
New England
Jy Chee
Bajar
Wanel de Esmout
Board of
Onstraction
Bureau of
Equitqanenit
Navy Department
Bureau of Equipment
Congress
Neer
Richared Wainwright
Diviston
Atlantic
Wm. Swift
Hoston Navy Yard
Aaron Wi
Reginald F. Nickervon
Potter
Navy Yards
Lee
Henry
Bee, Newberry
Sperry Board
Leute
Bureau of Steam Engineering
See. Newberry
See
Swift Board
Serpent Tongue Man Cannot Be Found
NEW YORK December 18 English poet William Watson, famed for his poem The Woman With the Serpent Tongue, has disappeared after a quarrel that led to a duel. A vigorous search by the Arguith family yields no clues to his whereabouts, drawing attention in English and American social circles.
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New York
Willian Watson
Wettack
Arguith
Amon
Aslonged
Grand Duke Niet Klaveviten Dies in Russia
Imperial Grand Duke Niet Klaveviten, uncle of the Czar, died here today after a long illness. News from St. Petersburg notes his high rank and relation to the Russian throne, with officials confirming the death in the capital.
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Niet
Klaveviten
Cate
Russia
Cardinal Satolli in Rome Faces Critical Health Crisis
Eminence Cardinal Satolli, in Rome, remains in critical condition as physicians monitor his deteriorating health and treat complications. The situation draws attention from church officials and observers.
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Rome
Eminenco
Cardinal Satolli
Parr Ate Fortune From Sugar Frauds in New York
December 19 report notes Richard Parr, a customs collector, to meet with the collector of customs over a large sugar weighing fraud. Parr seeks a share of government recovered funds, potentially making him very wealthy.
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Parr
New York
Ream Byou
Richard Parr
Frayde
Sigar
Hit Netutener
House rushes business in preholiday session
Washington reports the House of Representatives faced a heavy preholiday work load with sixteen hundred and eighty-eight resolutions introduced by holiday time. The rapid pace marked an unusual volume of business to be disposed of before the recess.
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HOUSE
Washington
House of Representatives
Unclear OCR note on Hawaii Governor Pena and health
Fragmentary report mentions Walter Pena and Governor of Hawaii on a public event. Text is garbled and unreadable in places, offering no clear facts or dates. Further readable details are required to produce a precise summary.
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Frear
Saul Repare
Hom
Walter ¥. Pena
Hawaii
Tony
Eastern Trainmen Demand Higher Wages Across Railroads
The Heatherhood of Railway Trainmen issued notices demanding a general wage increase. Seventy five railroads east of the Mississippi are affected with changes taking effect Tuesday. The ultimatum cites prior raises of 5 to 40 percent and about 75,000 trainmen could be impacted if satisfied.
Warships to gain skeleton masts in spring plan
The Pacific fleet will receive new skeleton masts for capital ships as ordered by the Navy Department. Arrangements are to be made to carry out the instruction in the spring.
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Pacific
Navy Department
Madriz Arrives Amid Tumult in Managua Crowds
Madriz, hailed as savior of Nicaragua, arrived in Managua to wild demonstrations. A mob numbered about 80 overwhelmed Madriz supporters who formed a bodyguard with revolvers drawn to reach the hotel.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Madrix
Madriz
Belmont Mortgages Madison Square Home in $100,000 Pledge
New York December 18. Mrs Belmont used her Madison Square residence to secure a $100,000 mortgage. The move was disclosed after she ejected four inmates from jail and explained the loan was tied to her home to address the tragedy and security concerns.
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New York
Mra
Belmont
Madison Square
Admiral Cowles Heads Bureau Yards Division Reshuffle
Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, brother-in-law of Roosevelt, becomes head of the bureau. Meyer heads a new division of inspection, splitting the yards into machinery and hull sections. Commandants and captains at the yards stay to ensure policy continuity, with diverse bureaus reporting directly to the department.
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W. 8. Cowles
Pres. Roosevelt
Meyer
Newberry
Hull
England
Germanny
Panama Canal traffic speeds through Panama Bay port
Five muller of the Panama canal have been speed to mainralon from the bay of Panama to the wharfs at Thulbod. Steamships plying between Sim Vraveheo and Panna the West canal ports of South America and Panama use the canal daily. Buffalo goes to Panama to take Marines for Nloww. If this part of the canal were widened the channel would twenty thirty feet at low tide.
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Washington
Panam Canal
Mainralon
Bay of Panama
Thulbod
Sim Vraveheo
Panna
West Canal
South America
Panama
Pamina
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Abadie
NAVY
Deotte Trestlope
Burm
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Bureau of Mupplies
Czar
Satolli
Panama Canal
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Kodaks
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