Navy Personnel Shortage Warns of Weak Link in War Readiness
Admiral Crowninshield warns that the navy would be barely adequate in a first class European war, with 181 officer vacancies and insufficient personnel across bureaus. He urges doubling naval academy appointments, expanding officer ranks, and tying vessel funding to personnel growth, noting England and Germany plan large manpower increases. He lauds training, cites desertions, enlistments, and shipboard readiness, and highlights South Atlantic gains and Asiatic station needs.
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Washington
Crowninshield
Navigation Bureau
Naval Academy
Congress
England
Admiral Crowninshield
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Asiatic Station
Navy
Marine Corps
Oregon
Heroic boy prevents burglary and saves mother in attack
Emily Holt of 2421 Buttonwood Street suffers serious injuries after a burglar named William Holroyd tries to rob her home on a Saturday afternoon. Her 16 year old son Lewis fights the intruder and is wounded in the thigh while restraining him. Policeman Malcolmson arrives and the suspect is jailed for further proceedings.
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Emily Holt
Buttonwood Street
Mrs. Holt
Lewis
Holroyd
Policeman Malcolmson
Ninth District
Count Arrest Casts Shadow on Paris Exposition Claim
New York on November 11 detectives detained Count Herman Hartzheim, a British subject of Winnipeg, accused by C. T. Morehouse of Birmingham Manufacturing Co. of pilfering 1,000 francs at the Paris Exposition. The Count claimed he earned a 5 percent commission and challenged his accuser to face him. La Champagne, the French Line troopship, first to return here since July, arrived from Havre with 900 passengers after severe gales.
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New York
la Champagne
China
Havre
Herman Hartzheim
Winnipeg
C. T. Morehouse
Birmingham Manufacturing Company
Birmingham Company
Eight Killed in Paris Train Collision
Eight people died and fifteen were wounded when a suburban train collided with an express at Choisy le Roi near Paris yesterday morning. The suburban train telescoped as it entered the station to allow the express to pass, wreckage blocked the line for hours.
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Paris
Choisy le Roi
Comiae
British Reoccupy Philippolis After Four Hour Battle
Pretoria reports British forces have reoccupied Philippolis after four hours of combat. General French to command the Johannesburg district. The health of Lord Roberts daughter deteriorates.
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Philippoli
Pretoria
Philippolis
French
Johannesburg
Lord Roberts
Treacherous Ocean Claims US Victims in Monticello Disaster
Yarmouth Nova Scotia November 11. The wreck of the Monticello claimed many lives as sea and rocks battered the coast. Twenty five bodies recovered including Captain Harding with four survivors. total on board placed at thirty six. Rescue work continued amid heavy seas and shifting tides as more victims were feared lost at sea.
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TIMES
Yarmouth
City of Monticello
Harding
Sewins
Rupert Oliver
Wilson
Monticello
Pinckpey's Point
Copeland
Benham
Whitmore
St. John's
Smith
Quartermaster Wilson Cook
Stewardess Smith
Elsie McDonald
Lawrence
Halifax
Philadelphia
Senior Partner of Hood Foulkrod Co Dies at 80
Colonel Thomas G Hood senior member of Hood Foulkrod Co died at his home 1714 Arch Street after a brief illness pneumonia. Born Middletown Pa May 22 1820 he began in the dry goods business as a teen and rose to partnership guiding Hood Bonbright Co and later Hood Foulkrod Co. He paid off over 100000 in indebtedness by 1881 and led the firm for forty years. He leaves a daughter Mrs Samuel Y Heebner and a sister in law General H H Bingham. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm at 1714 Arch Street with services by Rev Charles Wood and Rev Dr McIntosh. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas G. Hood
Hood, Foulkrod & Co
Arch Street
Colonel Hood
Middletown
Samuel Hood
Ond Street
Hood & Co
James Bonbright
Hood, Bonbright & Co
Hood
Fortune
Fim
Board of City Trusts
Cleventham Market Streets
Colonel Hood Wa
Maria Bingham
James Bingham
H. H. Bingham
Samuel Y. Heebner
Chestnut Hill
Old Phoenix Hose Company
Girard Bank
Union Trust Company
Second Presbyterian Church
Charles Wood
McIntosh
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Murder Charge Looms In Van Liew Vitriol Killing
Special Telegram from Van Wert Ohio reports Mrs Emma Van Liew wife of the local bank cashier and social leader faces trial for the killing of Miss Alice Hammell a belle with vitriol The victim suffered weeks of agony including facial disfigurement The murder occurred September 12 and the defendant proclaims innocence The trial set for Tuesday promises a hard fought case
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Timms
van Wert
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Emma van Liew
van Wert National Bank
Alice Haiwnmell
Man Killed by a Trolley Car
Andrew Morrisey, 35, of 2549 East Somerset Street, was struck by a trolley car at Belgrade and Somerset streets late Saturday night. He had his right leg amputated at Episcopal Hospital but died the following morning after blood loss and surgery.
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Andrew Morrisey
East Somerset Street
Jefferson and
Master Streets
Belgrade and
Somerset Streets
Morrisey
Episcopal Hospital
Perished in Snow Storm Near Lyon Mountain
Henry Lemaire, a coachman for Assemblyman C. E. Johnson of Pattsburgh, died from exposure after being lost in a snowstorm on Friday and Saturday. He and two companions were deer hunting near Lyon Mountain and Elienburgh Mountain when they became stranded. The others reached a logging camp, but Lemaire was found later by a search party.
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Pattsburgh
Henry Lemaire
C. E. Johnson
Lyon Mountain
Elienburgh Mountain
Lemaire
Iron, Mountain
City News Notes and Local Incidents
Rev W W Wilmorth preached at Roxborough Baptist Church for the first time in two months due to health leave. Police seek 14 year old James Gehrie missing from 881 North Twenty seventh street. Daughters of the King of Wissahickon celebrate sixth anniversary at St Stephen's Church with Rev Dr John P Falkner delivering the sermon. Agnes Smith aged 8 months died after falling from a hammock at 118 Cooper street. cause of death internal head injuries. William Taylor 48 of 2001 Mount Vernon street died at German Hospital after a brain concussion from a fall while intoxicated. Mrs S Henderson 34 of 238 North Fifty eighth street fractured arm after a stair fall. treated at Presbyterian Hospital. Eight year old John Dugan of 2670 Braddock street toppled while playing. skull fracture confirmed at Episcopal Hospital and prognosis poor. A false alarm was triggered on a fire alarm box at Fourth street and Montgomery avenue. lawmen and crowd responded before it was debunked. The Columbia Photographic Society plans a collection at 181 North Broad Street tonight. exhibit continues through Friday and Friday night. After a gas explosion at the home of G Bros 4841 Germantown avenue, William Greke sustained injuries risking loss of an eye. An explosion incident occurred near a nearby workman, causing alarm but no further injuries reported.
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W. W. Wilmorth
Roxborough Baptist Church
James Gehrie
North Twenty-seventh Street
John P. Falkner
Germentown
Agnes Smith
Cooper Street
William Taylor
Mount Vernon Street
8. Henderson
North Fifty-eighth — St
Yesterda
Presbyterian
Presbyterian Hospital. Eight-year-old John Dugan, of 2670 Braddock Street
Episcopal Hospital
Fourth Street
Montgomery Avenue
Eighteenth District
Pennsylvania Hospital
Columbia Photographic Society
Willey
Broad Street
Depinet
J. Apene Bees Peel Ames Vossiter
Steewart
Weather forecast for Eastern and Western states with rain and fair days
The United States Weather Bureau reports for Sunday that Eastern New York and Eastern states may see rain Monday with northern snow or rain, followed by fair Tuesday with fresh northeasterly winds. Western regions stay mostly fair Monday and Tuesday with variable winds. Temperature and rainfall metrics are noted, including sunshine 11 percent and accumulated temperature and rainfall excess since November and January.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Desperate husband dies after violent assault in divorce case
In Bucyrus Ohio Mrs Amos Dice filed for divorce yesterday. Early today her husband forced entry with an axe and demanded withdrawal of the suit. He fired three shots striking her in the breast before shooting himself and fatally wounding himself. He later cut his throat. Mrs Dice is in critical condition.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Amos Dice
Dice
Boer Commanders Killed in Belfast Fighting
Cape Town reports General Fourie and Commandant Prinslee among Boers killed in recent clashes near Belfast. London dispatch says General Baden Powell III has enteric fever but is not in serious condition.
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Cape Town
Belfast
Fourie
Prinslee
London
Baden Powell
The
Daily Mail
Overcoat Store Dominates Philadelphia Market
The store drew more customers on Saturday than any other in town and is now admitted as the leading, most popularOvercoat seller in Philadelphia. Competitors claim to offer only common coats from wholesalers, while this shop fortifies its appeal with better selection and service.
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Philadelphia
We Make Our Overcoats Best by Honest Craft
We offer a wide range of overcoats and guarantee a perfect fit and quality. Our store stresses responsibility to customers, showcasing more styles than rivals and employing skilled tailors, cutters, and draughtsmen to ensure superior garments.
Overcoat Store Advertises Range From Five to Forty-Five
The Overcoat Store promotes winter overcoats from five to forty five dollars with fall weights reduced to five dollars. An eight dollar fifty cent coat is described as sturdy and comparable to ten dollar options elsewhere. The sedan Montagnac coat features satin lining and velvet piping and is priced at forty five dollars.
Clothing To Measure at Keen Tailors Sparks Rivalry
Keen tailors boast a vigorous merit culture among stores and skilled cutters. They claim their staff’s sharp competition fuels growth and praise for precise fits. They advertise suits to measure from twenty dollars and overcoats from twenty five dollars, with styling costs listed as zero.
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Philadelphia
Wanamaker's Welcoming Offer For Suit Or Overcoat
The advertisement at Wanamaker Twelfth and Market Sts invites customers to inspect a wide stock of suits and overcoats. It promises tailored options, featuring skilled cutters and five tailors, with prices highlighted and a push to choose the right garment.
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Bureau of Navigation
United States
Bridge Trust
Trenton Workman
Germany
Grounding of
the Times
Trenton
William J. Lee
Lamberton Street
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company
Lee
American Bridge Company
Capital
William Holroyd
Eastern Penitentiary
O’brien
Lewis Holt
la Champagne’s Pier
Bay of Fundy
Cape Sable
Montcello
Rockville
Eldridge
Poole
Tripp
McGessons
St. John
W. W. Gibbs
City News
Amonia
G Bros
Germantown Avenue
William Greke
United States Weather Bureau
Raio
Baden Powell Ili
Wm. i. Wanamaker
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