Army and Navy to Lose Noted Men in 1916 Retirements
Nineteen senior officers, including one admiral and four rear admirals, will retire in 1916 under the law. Prominent names include Bradley A. Fiske, Cameron Winslow, and T. B. Howard. Eight naval captains will be promoted to flag rank as replacements are chosen by seniority and Wilson will select Army successors.
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Bradley A. Fiske
Cameron McRae Winslow
T. B. Howard
Wilson
Washington
Army
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Naval War College
Atlantic Fleet
Corps of Engineers
Army War College
Frank F. Fletcher
Clifford J. Roush
Vera Cruz
de Witt Coffman
Austin M. Knight
Navy War College
Newport
H. McL. P. Huse
Admiral Fletcher
William R. Rush
James H. Glennon
Wyoming
Robert 8. Griffin
Harry Knapp
George W. McElroy
William L. Rodgers
Kingman
Wisser
Macomb
Evans
Scotch collie saves Shafer family from enraged bull
In Marne Iowa Fannie the collie twice saved John Shafer Sr and his son from an enraged bull. The dog halted the charging animal allowing the men to escape during two separate barn incidents. Nel Shafer alerted the dog for the first rescue and Mrs Shafer followed in night clothes for the second.
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St. Louis
Fannie
John
Shafer
John Shafer
Marne
Nel- He Shafer
Petra the ancient rock city with temples and tombs carved in stone
Garrett P. Serviss describes Petra as a mysterious abandoned city in a remote Arabian valley. Grandeur and isolation define its rock cut temples, tombs, and dwellings beneath towering cliffs, with rare visitors and peril from wolves, jackals, and serpents.
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Petra
Arabian Desert
Burckhardt
Hadrian
Isis
Stephens
Rome
Athens
Idumea
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
The Greek Boilermaker Prank On an American Cruiser
A veteran recounts a Greek boilermaker Charlie Maro shipped aboard during a Mediterranean station tenure. Believing the navy would bow to Greece, Maro sought command after being teased into thinking the US Navy would hand over ships to Greek officers. Marines restrained him as the skipper learned of the ruse.
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Mediterranean
Navy
Gibraltar
United States
Naples
Charlie Mara
Maro
Greece
Ake
Turkey
Pacific
Willa Bim
Charlie Maro
Sun
Charlie
Marc
Navy Department
Bo’sun
Bo'sun
Hellas
Navy of
Old kindness repaid with five hundred dollar check
Sedalia Missouri Mrs J T Albertson received a $500 check from Daniel C Jacklin of San Francisco honoring kindness shown years earlier when he was an orphan on her farm. Jacklin, now a wealthy mining engineer and stockholder in her firm, invites the couple on an eastern trip. A separate note reports the Holland family near Iowa City welcomed their sixteenth child, a son, after fifteen prior losses.
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Sedalia
J. T. Albertson
Daniel C. Jacklin
San Francisco
Albertson
Jacklin
Warrensburg Normal School
Rolla School of Mines
Mrs. Albertson
Iowa City
Herbert Holland
Low
Bor
Burglar Finds $50 After Ignoring Safe Sign in Fresno
In Fresno California a burglar reads a sign saying the safe is unlocked and contains no money. He opens the safe and finds $50. He then cross the street and breaks into B J Moncriefs store seeking more loot.
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Fresno
Cal
Parker
B. J. Moncrief
War Profits Grow From Cleaner’s Chloride Mistake
Anton Gamer of Parsons Kansas ordered 90 gallons of carbon tetrachloride by mistake and was charged $1.29 a gallon. The dry goods firm refused to take back the wrong order, but the war raised chemical prices and the seller later paid him $30.15 a gallon for the ninety gallons. Gamer netted more than $2,500.
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Parsons
Kan
Anton Gamer
Andr Cently
Chemical Company
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W. Moxley
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Attorneys AT Law
W. F. Whitney
Wenatchee
C. B. Hughes
J. A. Adams
Hughes & Adams Attorneys At Law
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
E. L. Baker
Ira Thomas
G. H. Hannan
Thomas & Hannan Lawyers
Wenatche
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
E. A. Fox
Weeler
Leavenworth
John E. Porter
Attorney At Law Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Knights of
Pythias
Firemen’s
Hall
Harry Warner
A.R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
E Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
The
Echo
Clinedinst
American Press Association
Fletcher
Winslow
Howard
Collie
City OF
Arabia
Uncle Sam
Gamer
Dental Service of Quality
P. A. Snyder
Wenatchee Milling Co
What F. S. Jacobsen & Co., Inc
de. Laval
de Laval
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
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