Navy Health Row Over Hospital Ship Relief Authority
Surgeon General Rixey admits friction between the Bureau of Navigation and the Medical Department over hospital ship Relief command. He notes battleship fleet deployment led to authority conflicts and that hospital ships should be medical command under joint army navy policy, not navigation control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownson
Surgeon General
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Medicine
Navy
Rixes
Rixey
Army
Army and Navy Board of Medical Officers
Secrtary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Megisiena Tay
Navy officering of hospital ships debated
The secretary of the navy should decide the matter as it pertains to the bureau of medicine and surgery. The surgeon general's statement was shown to Admiral Brownson, who declined to comment on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownson
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Secretary of the Navy
Secrecy Sparks Gossip Over New US Hospital Ship
Washington reports rapid, secret preparation of the hospital staff for the Relief. About twenty doctors and thirty nurses will join the ship in San Francisco, with full hospital stores and instruments. It sails to join the fleet Evans brings to the Pacific, capacity about six hundred. Public speculation follows the secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
United States
Relief
Admiral Evans
Pacific Coast
In Case of Sudden Invasion
Colonel T. C. Woodbury states the Pacific coast would be helpless if a navy failed to stop a 20,000 strong land invasion at unprotected bays. He notes fewer than 2,000 regulars on the coast and a need for about 15,000 infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
T. C. Woodbury
Department of the Columbia
Pacific
General Shake-Up Prompts Navy Department Overhaul
Washington reports a likely congressional push for a thorough probe of the navy department after Rear Admiral Brownson resigns as chief of the bureau of navigation. Critics say friction among seven bureaus and wasteful spending justify a department wide reorganization and audit when Congress returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Brownson
Bureau of Naviciation
Navy
Croker Confidant Lawrence Delmour Dies at 69
Lawrence Delmour longtime Tammany Hall figure and confidant of Richard Croker has died at age sixty nine after grippe illness. Known for his reticence he was nicknamed whispering Larry and retired from politics years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croker
New York
Lawrence Delmour
Tammany Hall
Delmour
Richard Croker
Larry
Roosevelt leaves for Pine Knot cottage holiday visit
President Roosevelt travels to Pine Knot Virginia with Mrs. Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. for a holiday stay then plans to return to Washington for New Year's Day at the White House. In Newcastle Pennsylvania Charles Quimby fatally wounds his wife and escapes. Flour shipments from Minneapolis in 1907 will miss 1906 totals by about a million. At Sharon Pennsylvania William VanBush slashes his wife’s throat and wounds himself. Sees Soobnlown, anaes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Knot
Washington
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Virginia Hills
White House
Minneapolis
Sharon
William VanBush
Anaes
Post Office theft case pits federal and county custody
Stanislaw Putz, a former convict who admitted stealing stamps from the Eliel post office substation, faced a circuit court sentence of two to fourteen years. Federal agents and the sheriff then clashed as Putz was turned over to the sheriff but the sheriff refused to deliver him to federal custody, citing his duty to send him to Jeffersonville reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Stanislaw Putz
Burglars Raid Mt. Summit in Nearby Indiana Town
Mt Summit Indiana residents were awakened by an overnight burglary. The men forced the safe at Guy West’s General Store with nitroglycerin and stole 152 dollars in cash and over 10 dollars in stamps and money from the till. They then took Win Cloud’s horse and buggy. Cloud heard the blast and saw the thieves flee. A sheriff’s posse chased them, with reports locating the suspects near Wherry and Cloud’s horse abandoned near Mt Liberty. Local towns have been alerted, and a capture is hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Mt. Summit
Bartlars
Guy West
Win Cloud
Cloud
Wherry
Mt. Liberty
Grakeman Shot and Killed Near Terre Haute
Terre Haute Ind Dec 26 William L Ralston a Big Four tabway brakeman was shot and killed while coupling gravel cars north of the city A bullet struck him in the head A group of Hungarian workers in a drunken Christmas celebration near the camp were searched four were jailed after a life was found in their possession Ralston had recently joined the company and is believed to have come from New York Several bullets hit the caboose during the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
William L. Ralston
Ralston
New York
South Bend declares emergency to curb crime wave
In South Bend Indiana the city council has declared an emergency and ordered twenty plainclothes officers to assist the regular night police. Over the past three weeks a carnival of crime has led to losses of goods, chattels and money totaling about 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Board of Public Safety
Quarrel Turns Fatal as Man Flees After Shooting
In Terre Haute Jonas Ussie and Wil Howe clashed over a card game at Ben Murray's saloon on Thirteenth street. They fled and later Ussie shot Howe in the abdomen before escaping. Howe was taken to the hospital and not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Jonas Ussie
Wil Howe
Ben Murray
Thirteenth Street
Ussie
Howe
Searching for Heir to English Baronetcy in Missouri
Kansas City man posing as Gentile Cave-Browne Cave is sought as heir to Sir Mylles Cave-Browne Cave. Gentile, born 1889 in Leicester, wandered through countries then came to Kansas City as Gen Cave. He claimed cowboy aims and disappeared after attempts to reconnect with parents failed. Attorney Solomon investigates after the baronet’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Gentile Cave-Browne
Sir Mylles Cave-Browne Cave
Henry Solomon
Genille Cave
Kansas
Genille Cave- Brown Cave
Leicester
England
Gen Cave
Solomon
Sir Mylles Cave- Browne
Recalls Old Romance in New Jersey Boat Builder
Pioneering boat oar inventor James Piestow of Ponehkerpsie aged eighty seven killed himself. He long shaped oars for major American clubs. His life included a three year period with Tish Territory Indians, a dramatic rescue of a captive girl, and a later marriage to her after she survived typhoid aboard a vessel near Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponehkerpsie
Njas
Piestow
Seott Lake City
Tish
Renslow
Detroit
Pittsburg Woman Dies in Panic Over Apparition
Sanz Foon Wash, a 39 year old Chinese resident of Pittsburg, collapsed at her cousin’s home after an apparent opium overindulgence. A panic among onlookers prevented a physician from aiding, as they feared a Joss visitation.
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Pishburg
Dee
Sanz Foon Wash
Pittsburg
Chihill
Joss
Cut Off His Family
San Francisco readers learn that T Otway Sadler, West End branch manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust, killed himself after the bank’s failure and left his estate to J Dalzell Brown, the former bank manager. The will bequeaths about $1000 in cash and an automobile, and cuts out Sadler’s sisters and brothers. Public Administrator Stultz seeks letters of administration since Brown as executor has not applied.
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San Francisco
T. Otway Sadler
West End
Slugged and Robbed by Highwaymen in Carmi
Carmi Illinois December 26 VanCleve Reid a well known young businessman was robbed and slugged by highwaymen on his way home suffering serious injuries. At the same hour an attempt to rob the home of John W Powell a prominent businessman was made in Carmi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
VanCleve Reid
John W. Powell
Shah Indisposed Delays Oath to Constitution
Teheran December 26 The shah is indisposed and postpones the formal taking of the oath of allegiance to the constitution promised for today. A recent meeting of the diplomatic corps at the French legation discussed foreign intervention.
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Shah
Teheran
Dowager Queen Carola of Saxony Dies in Dresden
The telegram notes the death of Dowager Queen Carola of Saxony in Dresden. In Ha Sleton Pennsylvania the Jeanesville free works passes to a receiver. The report also mentions renewed repressive conditions in the New York stock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carola of
Saxony
Dresden
Jeanesville Free Works
Hasleton
New York
Goldfield Mines Seek Court Action to Dissolve Union
The Goldfield Consolidated Mine company filed in Nevada district court for an injunction against picketing and to dissolve the Goldfield miners union and Western Federation of Miners. The suit cites intimidation, property destruction, and a reign of terror, naming local officers and Industrial Workers of the World ties. Roosevelt troops may remain to aid court enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield
Nev
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
Circuit Court of
District of Nevada
Goldfield Miners’ Union
Goldfield Consolidated Mine Company
Goldfield Miners
Western Federation of Miners
Charles A. McKinnon
Goldfield District
Goldfield Union
Consolidated Mines Company
George Wingfield
Roosevelt
Regatta Fetes US Battleship Fleet at Port of Spain
Christmas aboard the American fleet featured a grand regatta watched with keen interest by Admiral Evans and officers. The big ironclads were dressed for the holiday as crews from many ships competed in exciting finishes in placid Gulf waters. Coaling continued after the celebration.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Admiral Evans
Gulf
Coaling Resumed as Ship Prepares to Sail
Crew enthusiastically continues bunkering with an energy relay. It is expected all bunkers will be well supplied long before the sailing date.
Powers Case in Georgetown Dull Christmas Day Testimony
December 26 Georgetown Kentucky reports dull Christmas Day in the Caleb Powers trial. W R Day ex state treasurer testifies while Charles Finley’s deposition is read. General Dan R Collier testifies posthumously about the Capitol hotel room and a coded telegram. Judge Jere Morton describes shots fired and silhouettes seen from the window. Charlies Kerr corroborates, saying the man he saw was not James B Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
W. R. Day
Charles Finley
Dan R. Collier
Commonwealth
Henry Youtsey
Powers
Jere R. Morton
Lexington
Court of Appeals
Goebel
Morton
Captain Sharp
Yectsey
James B. Howard
Howard
Charlies Kerr
Bloody Christmas in East Tennessee and nearby states
Christmas week brings multiple fatal and near fatal shootings across Tennessee and neighboring areas. Incidents include a Newport police shooting of William Allen, a double murder near Del Rio, a wife’s illness linked to a shooting near Strahle, and other violent events in Isabella and Harris. Separate notes mention political elections in Portugal and a Chicago excavation project on LaSalle Street.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Newport
Robert Knowles
William Allen
Knowles
Allen
del Rio
Isaac Murray
Luke Norton
Norton
Murray
Strahle
Alex Wright
Missouri
Wright
Isabella
Polk County
John Hall
William Crowder
Luther Wallace
Lee Eldridge
Holstong Valley
Wallace
Harris
Shesta White
Eldridge
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Admiral Brownson
Navigation Office
DR. Rixey
Navigation Bureau
Helief
Charles Quimby
Uncle Sam
S J. Joe
Grakeman
James Renstow
Miners Union
Consolidated Mine Company
Miners’ Union
Port O' Spain
Chamber of Deputies
LaSalle
Chicago
LaSalle and
Streets
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