Humhprey and Carter clash over Army Quartermaster power
A bitter exchange over centralization and spending governs War Department debate. Maj. John B. Bellinger defends current controls while Gen. Carter accuses the system of ineptness, pointing to decentralization as a remedy. Humphrey, away, is urged to respond and defend centralized oversight amid war-time needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Carter
John B. Bellinger
Army
Humphrey
Carter
Maj. Bellinger
Tom
Harry
Secretary of War
Department
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Maj
Bellinger
Montauk Point
Long Island
Elyon
Funston
San Francisco
Helinger
Oliver
Virginian Robbed of $45 by Alleged Confidence Man
James P. Grimsley of Accotink Va reported to First precinct police last night that a colored confidence man robbed him of nine dollars and nine coins, claiming he stole it from the Smithsonian. Edward Weard, of 2241 Cleveland avenue NW, was arrested by Private Leavell on larceny from the person. A Marine Band concert at the Marine Barracks in the evening featured selections by Clarke, Boistan, Goldmark, Berlioz, and Sousa with Pfleger performing a grand selection and other pieces listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Grimsley
aAccotink
Firat
Smithsonian Instituten
Edward Weard
Cleveland Avenue
Leavell
First Precinct
Marine Band
Willam H.santelmann
BP. m
Naval Brigade
M. Uo Mo
Clarke
Boistolieu
Goldmark
A. Pfleger
Faust
Berlioz
Uofea Svenoa
Syatn
Lengesmark
Sousa
Charles G. B. Conger Dies in Washington at 57
Charles G. B. Conger, a War Department employee, died at his home on Willard Street at 3 a.m. after a two week illness. A former deputy collector of Internal Revenue, he also owned part of the St. Clair Republican and supervised the National Republican job office. He was an original member of the National Rifles and unmarried at death. Survived by mother Mary A. Conger and brothers Clinton B., Norman E., and Edmund R. Funeral plans await arrival of relatives.
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Charles G. B. Conger
War Department
Willard Street
Conger
Michigan
Internal Revenue
St. Clair
Republican
Gonzer
National Republican
National Rifles
Mary A. Conger
Clinton B
Grand Rapids
Mich
Norman E
Detroit
Edmund R
Edenton, D. C
Railroad Guilty of Unjust Discrimination in Illinois Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the Cincinnati New Albany Dayton Railroad unjustly discriminated against James E. Eaton by denying car supply for Grover Mil Ohio lay and grain shipments in September to November 195, while rivals received cars. The commission dismissed the measure of damages but found discrimination evident and noted similar Pennsylvania rate case.
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Clements
Literstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati Neamston and Dayton Railroad
James EB. Eaton
Grover Mil
Ohio
Anlevator
Bof
Well Bros. & Co
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Culberson Wires Protest On Port Brown Abandonment
United States Senator Charles A Culberson wires Gen F C G Ainsworth urging that Port Brown not be abandoned to protect the frontier from Mexican troop incursions. He notes riots at Brownsville and demands investigation while condemning potential wartime actions. Ainsworth expected to reply. Culberson to travel to New York and Washington.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
F. CG. Ainsworth
Washington
Associated Press
Port Brown
Mexico
Barder
Nny
Brownsville
Culberson
Fght
New York
Divorce Case Reveals Stage Struck Wife and Accusations
Justina Weber asks alimony from Carl Weber a local letter carrier in District Supreme Court. He counters that her stage career aims drained finances and led to pawned jewelry, while he cooked, cleaned, and cared for their child all as she pursued piano lessons and public admiration. Justice Stafford granted temporary alimony of twenty dollars monthly as the case continues.
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Stafford
Justina Weber
Carl Weber
al Answer
District Supreme Court
Justina
Weber
Leon Tsbriner
W. Gwynn Gardiner
Coffin for Mrs. Jaquelina Johnson Requires Ten Bearers
Mrs Jaquelina J Johnson who died Tuesday at her Conduit Road home weighed 500 pounds and her coffin, six feet long and thirty four inches wide, is of solid oak with heavy iron bands. The undertaker notes the coffin is among the largest ever made in Washington and that ten men will be needed to carry it to the funeral today. Mrs Johnson, widow of J Dallas Johnson, was fifty five years old.
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J. Dallas Johnson
Jaquelina J. Johnson
Conduit Road
Washington
Johneva
Japanese Cadet Buried Far From Home at Rock Creek
The body of Kingiro Muteukata, a 19 year old Japanese cadet who died of typhoid at Annapolis, was buried yesterday afternoon in Rock Creek Cemetery. Japanese Embassy officials and naval attaché Fantuguchi led the funeral as the War Department declined a burial in Arlington National Cemetery. The cadet, son of a former Japanese minister of finance, had entered the academy under an agreement between the United States and Japan.
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Kingiro Muteukata
Annapolis
Rock Creek
Com
Arlington
War Department
Rock Creal
Matsukata
Japan
Academy
United States
Conflict on Lake Erie sparks annual US Canada clash
The Canadian cruiser Vigilant allegedly tears nets of American fishermen on Lake Erie prompting diplomatic exchanges. Revenue cutters report recurring incidents as disputes over boundary placement and nets escalate. history suggests further quiet diplomacy may follow. Surgeon Pease resigns after dismissal for unfair promotion exam methods.
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Lake Erie
Revenue-Cutter
Ennui
Department of State
Mummied Prince Taces Raps Modern Society
Mummified Prince Taces, a Pharaoh’s prince from ancient Egypt, travels in a coffin atop a freight wagon to Saratoga Springs after a Washington showing. He laments modern reporters and presses, recalls years in the Halls of the Ancients, and fears an uncertain fate as his artifacts move to Pompeii in Saratoga.
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Mummied
Prince Taces
Taces
Christ
Pennsylvania
Saratoga Springs
Lnten
Prinas
Franklin Webster “Smith
Washington
Saratoga
Smith
Holidigs
Prince Tacos
Ptolemy
Franklin Webster Smith
Cairo
Egypt
New York
Petrified body found in old Carlisle house in Alexandria
Workmen uncover a seven foot pale figure in a sealed wall compartment of the 1650s Carlisle house on Fairfax and Cameron streets in Alexandria during renovations. The site, tied to Washington and Braddock’s era, is leased by Dir. Simpson of the remodeled structure. The exact identity and fate of the discovery remain undecided.
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Alexandria
Washington
White
Carlisle House
Fairfax
Cameron Streets
W. W. Stimpsons
Alexandrlay
Simpson
Unite States
Braddock
Fittshore
Saratoza
Police arrest eight youths in bicycle theft gang
Police from the Tenth Precinct captured eight colored boys amid claims they ran an organized bicycle theft ring. Suspects led by Harry Brooks allegedly stole six to eight bikes daily, using lookouts and transporters who split proceeds with leaders Young and Foster. Homes yielded multiple bikes and parts as officers prepared a court hearing.
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Tenth Precinct
Green
Carroll
Harry Brooks
Eighth Street
Richard Fonen
John Stevenson
Eighth
George Washington
Frank Tyler
Zant Brightwood
George “Vas - Meter
Edward’ ‘Young
George Foster
Pomeroy
Young
Ter
Potiene
Foster
Retired Merchant Jacob J. Appich Dies at Home
Jacob J. Appich, recorded as a retired businessman and philanthropist, died at 901 Hast Capital Street at 7:40 p.m. yesterday. Survived by his wife and two daughters with their spouses and grandchildren, he had roots in Dieffenbach Germany born September 4, 1819, and came to the United States in 1865 settling in Washington. He married Caroline Ermold July 10, 1870. He owned a Pennsylvania Avenue meat and provision business until 1890s retirement, and helped found the German Orphan Asylum serving as its president for years. He held leadership roles with the Rappert Howe for the Aged and Indigent and led the Butchers Benevolent Association. Active in Demolay Knight Templars New Jerusalem Lodge No. 9 and the Mystic Shrine, he attended First Reformed Tiluthy church. He leaves his wife, two daughters Mrs. aris merling and Mrs. Charles G. Rogier, and several grandchildren.
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Jacob J. Appich
Etreet
Mr. Appich
Dieffenbach
Wirtemberg
Germany
United States
Washington
Caroline Ermold
Orlein
Pennsylvania Avenue
Chris Rammerling
German Orphan Asylum
Rappert Howe
Butchers” Benevolént Associaion
Appich
Demolay
Knight” Templars
New’ Jerusalem
Mystic
Trophy for Washington in Bowling Contest
Philadelphia team won the Beatty trophy with a 2350 three-game score, defeating Washington which placed second. Detroit earned the consolation prize as scores list Philadelphia 2990, Washington 2274, Cleveland 2142, Chicago 2085, Baltimore 1949, Detroit 1949. Individual events drew fierce competition with many prizes.
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Capital Florists
Dayton
Ohio
Rhiodelphia
Chicago
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Crawford, MacGregor, & Canby Co
Philadelphia
Langtry Hissed by Folkestone Audience After Short Play
In Folkestone Mrs Langtry, winner at the races, faced an indignant audience after a twenty minute South African episode. The crowd hissed her from the pavilion and she had to be escorted from the pier by police amid the upset scene.
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London
Cuban Rebels Take San Luis in Santa Clara Proving Ground
Reports from Havana indicate insurgents in Santa Clara Province and nearby areas are advancing with revolvers and limited arms. Vice President Capote returned to Havana to address rumors while Gen José Miguel Gómez’s arrest stirs speculation of a larger rebellion plan.
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Santa
Slava Prov
Santa. Clara
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Meindex Capote
Havana
Bainae
Rodrigue
Mmi
Jin Breat
Far Ag
United ‘States
Bante Clara
Gorhez
José
Migixel Gomes
Santa Clara
Bani 4 Clara
Irving
Gomez
Orestes
Ferrera
Cuban revolutions and U S reaction noted in dispatches
A Cuban mutiny in Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces is reported suppressed with order restored. Roosevelt has received no new information on Cuba and has given the matter no thought. A Havana dispatch states the revolt was quelled and the republic restored, while State Dept inquiries are described as enlightening officials.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Havana
Pimar del Rio
Halter Seeks Freedom in Habeas Corpus Hearing
New Yorker Halter, sought in Philadelphia on charges tied to a mining stock scheme, appeared in Brooklyn Supreme Court on a writ of habeas corpus. He was arrested on various charges and held for possible extradition as $55,000 in stock manipulated by unnamed parties. Governor Biggins withheld requisition panels pending case outcome in Brooklyn courts.
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New Yorker
Wachington Port
New York
Alexander J. Haleer
William Street
Manhalish
Hrogllyn
Philadelphia
Weather Bureau report notes record low temperatures in Northeastern Colorado
The Weather Bureau dispatch from Washington dated Wednesday reports unusually low temperatures across the Northeastern Bloc and Rocky Mountain districts with unsettled weather and thunderstorms spreading from the Ohio River to the Gulf and Middle Atlantic. Winds shift from southwest to southwesterly along the Middle Atlantic coast, with variable conditions across the Great Lakes region and northern New England. Local figures show a high of 54 and a low of 82 with no rainfall. sunshine at 15 percent.
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S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Colorado
Alghest
al Gogreas
Blox
Encky
Lake Region
New York
New’ England
Rocky Mountain District
Dorghern Lake
Rocky Amountain
Murray
Seat Wit
Hent
Middle Atlantic
Cpant
Goucherly
South Atlantic
Sud Gulf
Grend Banks
Havre
Maximur
Snlatmumy
Affleck
Ashevine
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
N. Dae
Bouton
Mass
Buffalo
N.Y
Enleaga
Gincinnati
Ohio
la Ce
Qheyenne
North
Pla
Elitsburg
St. ° Louis
Paul Mu
Vicksburg
Misa
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Edward Beard
Charles Conger
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Blocksom
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War
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Kleber
Hartlett
Cameron County
Welch
Africa
Wiliam Macdonald
Hays
Agricultural Department
Macdonald
Transvaal
South Africa
America
Hood
State Department
Pease
Navy Department
Theodore N- Peise
Senate
Spirita
Mr. Smith
Bedelia
Isis
Osis
Pompeiia
Sennacherib
Christendom
Hostetter’s
Qur
Hind
Old Carlisle
Anl
Mrs.’ Langtry
Shepherd
Lansburgh&Bro
Seventh “St
San LU
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Raattik
Masaachusetta Avenue
Presidentiel
Cuba
Sleeper
Halter
River Bulletin
Washington Post
Harpers
W. Va
Sanders & Stayman Co
Carleton Vaughan
F Street
N. W
Eniige
John Wedderburn
Wilkense Sherry
Wilkens-Sherry Printing Co
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. New
Christian Xander
Pride of Virginia
Thyear
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