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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
8
The author urges public opinion to treat deserters as guilty of the worst crime while praising steady service as noble. After twelve years in the army or navy, individuals should receive preference for certain offices without examination. Proposes a special corps for manual labor now done by privates and marines.
The article urges stricter officer promotion exams up to major, with automatic retirement for stagnation, and argues for extended drills, a chief of cavalry, and higher pay equality across services. It supports a separate service corps, more rigorous horseman ship tests, and more officers. It then shifts to naval needs, insisting on a larger fleet, strategic dispersal and regrouping, peacetime training at sea, and a Pacific voyage to test readiness and reveal actual needs.
The author argues a larger navy is essential surpassing international limits on armaments. He urges building battleships, torpedo boats, destroyers, and coastal forts with ships kept together to threaten the enemy fleet, while warning against dispersing forces during war and stressing offensive power over harbor defense.
A published message argues for strict duty standards and merit in naval promotion from lieutenant to admiral, condemns promotion by seniority alone, and calls for broader tests, improved training, and legislative fixes to balance top and bottom rank progression while preserving battlefield readiness and peacetime preparation. It emphasizes civilian oversight, medical corps support, and modernizing curriculum at Annapolis. It also reviews foreign affairs treaties on obligatory arbitration, debt collection, and the creation of an international prize court, urging continued progress toward peaceful dispute resolution.
The United States receives an invitation to participate in the Tokyo Exposition from April to October 1912. The piece also details the German tariff agreement and related measures to prevent a tariff war, including a commission visit to Berlin and a temporary commercial accord extending duties. It notes reforms in customs valuation practices, China indemnity adjustments, and a Central American peace conference, plus broad Pan American initiatives through the International Bureau of American Republics. President Theodore Roosevelt urges action and international engagement.
The second international peace conference convened at The Hague in June and adjourned in October. Delegates from major nations debated methods to reduce war dangers and its harms. Thirteen conventions set out progress toward future agreements, including arbitration, limited armaments, and neutral rights at sea, though unanimity on some points remained elusive.
The United States explains its Cuban policy as aiding elections and eventual self government after restoring order with a provisional government under Governor Mangoon. Officials say Cuba must prosper under self rule and not fall back into chaos, with U S interference limited to helping achieve these goals.
A historic exchange outlines close bilateral friendship between Mexico and the United States, noting shared borders, extensive American residency and investment in Mexico, and the mutual aim to foster peace and prosperity. It highlights trade, population distribution, and the need to address queries between the nations within a framework of courtesy and fair dealing.
In a Dublin county court a humorous exchange unfolds as the allegator claims the driver’s box in the road is being saved. The judge probes the charges while a string of misheard lines and comical banter leads to a punch near the nose. The tale ends with a quip about friendship in need.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece recalls a dealer selling prize mice with prices from 25 cents to 300 dollars. The catalog lists white, singing, and various colored mice, noting breed societies akin to those for dogs and horses. The dealer extols a $40 silver gray mouse as a gift for a child.
A public notice questions whether ferry company rules against spitting and guiding life preservers may go too far, noting a conspicuous sign and pondering reform in the Peotua river crossers. Also included is a discussion on the spread of alfalfa as a valuable, hardy livestock feed now common from New York to California.
A Baltimore American note highlights three tall men in the coming contest for the House of Representatives. Sillaway of New Hampshire, Barefield of Pennsylvania, and Anthony of Kansas are listed with heights six feet six inches, six feet three inches, and six feet four inches respectively. Sillaway’s hump is mentioned, with friends urging exercise to improve posture. Also noted is Mrs Anna’s divorce filing following her husband’s pastime of pelting ancestral portraits with a large homemade cutty in Denver.
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