Navy Fight Over Promotion System Echoes in Congress
High ranking naval officers and politicians clash over the general bill’s promotion method. Secretary Daniels supports selection based on merit while opponents defend seniority, arguing it keeps professional leadership and avoids political influence from lay secretaries. The debate focuses on how to handle promotions of rear admirals and the impact on retirements and pay.
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Navy Department
Congress
Daniela
Admiral Badger
General Board
House
Senate
Daniels
Dmecers
Navy
Quits Fight on Cummings in Senate Vote
Senator Jones of Washington ended opposition to Andrew J Cy Cummings for the DC excise board after finding charges unfounded and pledging to enforce the law. He noted Cummings assured strict adherence to morality temperance and good citizenship and predicted confirmation despite earlier objections. If confirmed Cummings will be judged by his performance and the approval of moral forces in the District.
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Jones
Washington
Andrew J
Cummings
Senate
Excise Board
Cumminge
District of Columbia
Mr. Cummings
Remembered Esparta Incident Moves to Legal Action
The incident in the stream below New Keana involved the British ship Esparta carrying bananas and the lightship Magnolia carrying President Roosevelt. Admiralty hearings nearly blamed Magnolia, prompting Esparta owners to seek mutt for the case under international law. authorities estimate damages around 12,974 dollars.
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Senate
Esparta
Magnolia
Roosevelt
New Keana
Butler’s Bank Confirmed and Lieutenant Colonel Butler Death
Matthew C Butler shot by H J Spannell in Alpine Texas on July 2. Senate confirmed Butler’s promotion posthumously and authorized president to issue his commission dated July 1. Action increases his widow’s pension. Also Federal Reserve board lowered rediscount rate on agricultural and livestock paper to six months.
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Matthew C Butler
H J Spannell
Alpine
Tex
Senate
Butler
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Near Beer Ban Enforced in District Saloons and Hotels
District officials announce that near beer may not be sold after August 15 without a liquor license and Sundays in saloons and hotels will be prohibited. Sellers must obtain an excise license, as in ordinary saloons, after ruling in the District of Columbia v. Lyon. Police directed to arrest any violators under the same case standards.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
District of Columbia
Lyona
Newman
Police
Pullman
Francia H Stephens
Excise Board
Gyena
Bucennaralty
Botanic Garden expansion proposed by adding parks and conservatories
Senate approves enlarging the Botanic garden by incorporating East and West Seaton parks and nearby blocks. The plan would raise the area from about 11.38 acres to nearly 30 acres with flower beds and modern conservatories. Critics warn removal would cut access and public benefit, while an arboretum site near Rock Creek park is suggested.
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Senate
Botanic Garden
Seaton Parks
Third
Sixth Streate
Missouri and
Maine Avenues
Maryland Avenue
United States
Washington
Rock Creek Park
White House
Senate Faces Adjournment Hurdles On Key Bills
Senate leaders agreed September 16 as the earliest adjournment date with major bills still in play. The general revenue bill, government-owned ship measure, and child labor questions remain unsettled, likely delaying passage into next week or later. Conference reports on army and navy, Philippine, and conservation bills loom amid campaigning and tax debates.
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Senate
Congress
Follom
House
Administration
Year’s U S Food Exports Fall Short of Last Year
Department of Commerce reports U S exports of foodstuffs cotton and oils for the just ended fiscal year at 1 289 735 326 dollars, down 58 400 000 from 1915. Breadstuffs declined sharply led by wheat and Gaza. meat and dairy rose with bacon and ham gains.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Gaza
Suffrage pledges asked from Congressional nominees
The National American Woman Suffrage Association prepared questions for Senate and House candidates. Mrs. Frank M. Rossing sent two mail-in forms asking whether candidates favor woman suffrage, would support a federal amendment, and would push such a measure on a committee. She noted leaders like Hughes influence peers, and predicted candidates’ public stances could impact election prospects.
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National American Woman Suffrace Association
Frank M. Rossing
Congressional
Senate
House
Congress
National Association
Rossing
Atlantic City
Hughes
Woman Sau?frage
Lead in Suffrage Fight Sets Active West Roles
Prominent national Woman's Party leaders will take major campaign roles in Illinois Montana and California after a Colorado Springs conference August 10 to 12 defines the party's presidential campaign strategy. Miss Elsie Hill Mrs Jessie Hardy Stubbs MacKaye Mrs Abby Baker and Miss Doria Stevens bring varied suffrage experience and organization to the effort.
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Elsie Hill
Jessie Hardy Stubbs MacKaye
Abby Scott Baker
Misa Doria Stevens
Woman's Party
Colorado Springs
Miss Hill
MacKaye
Illinois
Congressional Union
Minnesota
Indiana
Wilneis
Chicago
Oberlin
Congressional Union National Organization Department
Maines
Arizona
Union
Vocational Education Bill Seeks Federal State Cooperation
A proposed measure to promote agricultural and industrial education would create a Federal board including the Postmaster General and several cabinet members plus education commissions. It would fund 1917 at 600000 dollars, 1918 at 790000, increasing by 250000 yearly to 1926, then 3000000 annually, with allocations based on rural population. The bill has not yet passed the House.
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Stoate Minder Pasnet Sonator
Hoke Smith
Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Commissionss of Education
Danish Press Attacks Sale of Danish West Indies
Danish conservative papers criticize the government over the treaty with the United States for selling the Danish West Indies. National Tidende says the government acted beyond belief. Politiken notes previous attempts to use the islands and warns neutrality risks under war conditions. Some papers question the secrecy and suggest the islands are worth far more than 25 million dollars.
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London
United States
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
National Tidende
Politiken
Denmark
Rate complaint against rail proposed by eastern shore exchange dismissed
The Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday dismissed the complaint by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange alleging the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company's rates on potatoes from Accomac and Northampton counties Virginia to North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Louisiana and Tennessee were unreasonable.
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Virginia
New York, Philnadipetal and Norfolk Railroad Company
Accomac
Northampton Counties
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Interatats Commerce Commission
Auto Bandits Still At Large In Detroit Hold-Up
Detroit police search for the daylight hold-up bandits who robbed the Burroughs Adding Machine Company pay car, fleeing with an estimated 33090 to 34000 dollars. Six men were arrested and released on alibis as clues are pursued. the robbers used a common small touring car enabling their escape. Numerous suspects remain under inquiry across Detroit and Lansing.
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Detroit
Mich
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Lansing
Republicans Blamed by Senator Lewis for Carrizal Massacre
Senator Lewis charged the Republican convention and its anti Mexican policy with provoking the Carrizal massacre, branding the party as responsible and calling for punishment. Senator Fall defended the administration, accusing opponents of treason and demanding accountability for American soldiers’ deaths and mistreatment in Mexico. House members debated investigation into campaign contributors tied to arms shipments to Mexico.
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Carrizal
Patform
Mexico
Carriizal
Chicago
America
Republican Party
United States
Carranza
Villa
Benagtor Lewis
Inet
Innocenta
Charles Evans Hughes
Senator Fall
Democratic Party
Senator Falt
Chamber
Senate
William Rovwerher
House
Ilinova
Inquiry Demands Probe of Casement Clemency Telegram
Utica New York reports a demand for a searching investigation into charges of a conspiracy to delay the American clemency plea for Roger Casement. The Irish Friends of Freedom telegram to President Wilson was said to be framed by James K. McGuire and sent after Casement's execution at Pentonville.
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Utica
Roger Casement
Irish Friends of Freedom
Wilson
James K. McGuire
Executive Committee
Congress
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
Casement
Pentonville Prison
Death of Brig. Gen. James G. Lee at Hague Lake George
New York reports the death of Brig. Gen. James G. Lee at Hague Lake George, New York, yesterday. The U A retired officer was 55. Funeral services will be in Washington next Sunday with interment in Arlington, Virginia.
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Hague
Lake George
N. Y
James G. Lee
U. A
Washington
Arlington
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