Navy Report Urges Bigger Fleet to Guard Peace
Secretary Morton urges a larger navy as best defense against war, notes the continued value of battleships, supports a public gun factory, and stresses sustained target practice. He highlights high costs, the need for more officers and men, and the role of ships and training in maintaining readiness.
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Morton
General Board
Admiral Dewey
HET . le
United States
Bureau of Navigation
Long Thirdang
Nat Oyet
Navy leadership roles shaping current wartime problems
The passage notes Rear Admiral Taylor, in his riper years as president of the War College, as a member of the general aid, and as chief of the Bureau of Navigation, has given earnest consideration to the problems now occupying the attention of all interested in the navy’s welfare.
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Admiral Taylor
Henry Clay Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Department
War College
General Aid
Taylor
Cause of Death Mystery Surrounds Mattie Matthews
Police and coroner investigate the death of Mattie Matthews a twenty five year old black woman found unconscious with a facial cut near North Capitol Street and New Jersey Avenue NW. She died at Emergency Hospital at 2 30 PM. Doctors differ on cause with no poisoning suspected the wound likely from a fall autopsy planned. Ernest Brown a friend is held as possible witness.
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Mattie Matthews
North Capitol Street
New Jersey Avenue
Nevitt
Nevitt Wis
Oriole Court Northwest
Newitt
Ernest Brown
Printers Honor Fallen Colleagues in Memorial Service
The Columbia Typographical Union No.101 held its second annual memorial at the temple on G street with 3 o'clock services. The roll called thirty-two deceased members, including Aven Pearson and Howard Morrison, as a varied program of music, prayers, and addresses concluded with benediction. An unrelated accident delayed traffic near Alexandria, while a missing child and a fatal apoplexy in Northwest were noted in brief followups.
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Columbia Typographical Union
Hell
Temple
G Street
Pension Office
Union
Messrs
Philip 9. Steele
J. Gompetts
Wiley H. Davis
KE. S. Wild
Henry W. Weber
Nettie V. Wallace
John R. Berg
George Seibold
Daniel Grady
J. C. Martin
Gomer C. Davis
Alexander
Wiliam H. Hickman
Orlando Gibon
Sidney YT. Bates
J. L. Welty
B Hackmar
E. P. Cumming
A. J. McGuiggan
A. Saxton
John (. Lamont
H. M. Armistead
F. ©. Grose
James E. Fitzgerald
Fred A. Hat
James B. Harris
C. M. Roberts
J. B. Horne
J. W. Thomas
Charles L. Crow
William H. Towers
Albert E. Ingalls
George D. Hughes
Thaddeus
Wilpy Hy Davis
Golo
Joe M. Johnson
Will E. Burchfield
Jackson H. Ralston
Ralston & Siddons
Jesse Spencer Hover
Jesus
Rossini
Nordica Mandolin Club
Thomas J. Jones
E. B. Bagby
Beaumont
Southern Railway
Alexandria
Washington and Alexandria
Prisoner in Sixth Precinct Attempts Self-Hang in Cell
Eugene Lewis, 28, a prisoner at the Sixth precinct, tried to hang himself with a shirt noose in his cell early yesterday. Found in the act, he was moved to Emergency Hospital and confined in the strong room. He will be held for a hearing in the Police Court.
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Eugene Lewis
Police Counony
Elks Memorial Service Crowded at National Theater
Washington Lodge No 15 held its annual memorial for dead Elks in the New National Theater with over 300 attendees. Senator George L. Wellington and Rev Father Timothy O Rourke led eloquent addresses praising charity and Elkdom as a civic mission.
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Elks
America
Tlere
Order
Washington
New National Theater
Bach
Marine Band
William H. Santelmann
Joseph Carr
Samuel G. Kinsley
Charles C. Walter
Hugo Ziemann
G. de W. Showalter
Washington Lodge
United States
George L. Wellington
Cumberland
Lodge
Timothy P. O'Rourke
Catholi Church
William H. Chapman
Father O'Rourke
Col
Richard A. O’brien
Thomas Yeamans
Frank W. Vaille
Indianapolis
Charles Primrose
Brooklyn
John Brassil
Cambridge
Mass
William Reilly
New York
Joseph Williama
Denver
Edward Kehoe
Maysvie
Mr. Payfatt
Joplin
Senator Wellington
Miss Hates
St. Louis
Richard Sylvester
Wiitaen McFarland
Alexander Mosher
Frank Rebstock
Walter Humphrey
Wellington
Kopin
Smith
Cavalleria Rusticana
Charity the Elks’ Mission
Woman May Face Deportation After Larceny Charge
Minnie Sagel a German girl eighteen years old who has been in the United States only three weeks was arrested by Seventh precinct police on a petty larceny charge. Found in the basement of Lewis Hopfenmaier’s home she fled but was caught. In her trunk police say they found items belonging to Mr Siepfenmailer along with spoons knives and forks believed stolen from a steamship. Arrangements will be made today for deportation if possible.
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Minnie Sagel
Lewis Hopfenmaier
Siepfenmailer
Band Has Real Good Time On River Excursion
About 100 members of the Washington Buengerbund held an oyster roast at Clifton Beach yesterday. They sailed from Washington at 10 AM and returned after a burlesque on Congress staged on the deck of the steamer Samuel J. Pentz. Theodore Brower impersonated Roosevelt as the president and a beer ban was defeated 97 to 2 in the mock session. Frank Claudy led as commodore with Adolph Levy as chief navigator.
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Washington Buengerbund
Clifton Beach
Washington
Conch
Congress
Samuel J. Pentz
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Frank Claudy
Grosvenor
FF. A. Rockar
Theodore Brower
Roosevelt
Saengerbund Club
Representative Sulzer
New York
Herbert Levy
Adolph Levy
William Bouchert
E. A. Joerss
Dr. Frederick
Capitol
Saengerbund
The Attractive Girl and the Reform of Womanhood
An article extols the modern American girl and the pivotal shift from maidenhood to womanhood stressing natural charm. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female illnesses and urges trials with a $500 reward for uncured cases, citing testimonials from Mrs. W. T. Ma of Macon Georgia and others.
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Dr. Pierce
W. T. Ma
Straton Street
Macon
Four Days Carnage and Harbor Assault Reported
Dispatch from St. Petersburg cites rumors of continued Japanese naval actions near Chefoo and the possible capture of 403 Meter Hill. The report notes uncertainty from the admiralty and war office and argues that control of nearby forts would determine any gain.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
War Office
Chefoo
Russian Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Link to Pacific Explored
St Petersburg dispatch says Admiral Wirenius denied plans to send the Black Sea fleet east, while Capt. Clade reveals a memorandum from Admiral Skrydloft detailing a Pacific squadron composition. The list includes Vice Admiral Rozestvensky's ships, coast defense ships Slava Nicholas I and Alexander II, cruisers Kororloff Posadnik Abrek Folveda, and torpedo destroyers for potential reinforcements. London editorial warns Britain would not revise the treaty to allow the fleet’s exit, but may agree after the war to open the Dardanelles to all powers.
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St. Petersburg
Wirenius
Black Sea
Far East
Clade
North Sea Commission
Novae Vromya
Skrydloft
Pacific
Rojestvensky
Slava
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Kororloff
Posadnik
Abrek
Folveda
London
Dec
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Russia
Skirmishes in Manchuria Reported by Russian Generals
Telegrams from Gen Kuropatkin dated December 3 note minor skirmishes in Manchuria. Left flank troops found seventeen Japanese corpses stripped of clothing, likely by locals. Two wounded Russians left in trenches since October 16 survived by scavenging. Gen Gripenberg arrives at Harbin to take command of the second Manchurian army. Red Cross warehouse burned at Harbin. patriotic league theater event funds soldiers at front. Chinese sources claim four Japanese divisions in reinforcements, reportedly undersized troops.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Gripenberg
Red Cross Society
Patriotic League
German Collier Barred From Coal for Russians
Cardiff reports the German collier Captain W. Menzell barred from shipping coal after proof of a previous load sent to ships of the Russian Pacific squadron off Dakar. Foreign Office action under the foreign enlistment act orders discharge of the coal already loaded and allows only enough to reach the nearest home port. London Times cable notes Japan’s growing indignation over European aid to Baltic fleet progress and France’s neutrality stance.
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Cardiff
W. Menzell
Foreign Office
Dakar
Germany
London Times
Washington Post
Tokyo
Japan
Europe
France
Saigon
Igwangchan
Refitted Japanese Warships Sighted Near Sasebo and Dalny
The French steamer Binh Thuan reports Japanese battleship Mikasa unscarred and Asahi seen rehabilitated near Shantung as torpedo boats and destroyers remain in good order. Repair work has progressed secretly since August with fleets concentrated at base sites.
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Chefoo
Binh Thuan
Japan
Sasebo
Mikasa
Shanturg
Bink-Thuan
Asahi
Fort Dalny
Warships for Russia and Russian naval moves abroad
London reports Charles R Flint arrived in Moscow under an alias and traveled toward Constantinople with a $5,000,000 credit tied to Argentine and Caleban warships. Shanghai is cited as a Russian depot with meat and coal orders amid neutrality tensions. Brest notes Russian naval vessels sailing to Tangier and Tsushima patrols.
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London
St. Petersburg
Standard Telegraphs
Charles R. Flint
New York
Moscow
National Hotel
Charles Ranlett
Warsaw
Odessa
Constantinople
Flint
Russia
Instantinople
Shanghai
Morning Post
Weather and Local Fires Report From December Forecast
US Weather Bureau bulletin outlines a ridge from the Mid Atlantic to the Pacific, with a developing disturbance along the Gulf Coast and mixed precipitation across regions. Rain in the Gulf and Texas, snow in the Southern plateau, and cool temperatures with shifting winds. storm warnings on the Texas coast and freezing warnings in the sugar region. Local figures note midnight to 10 p.m. temperatures, humidity, rainfall trace, and tides, plus three fire alarms for minor blazes at residences and a grocery tax pile incident with minimal losses.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle Atlantic
Pacific
Middle Gullf
Gulf State
Texas
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
New England
South Atlantic
East Gulf
Great Lakes
Sugar
Amieck
Seta
Sermon on St Francis Xavier at St Aloysius Church
Rev Edward X Fink president of Gonzaga College preached a panegyric on St Francis Mavier at St Aloysius Church yesterday morning. The sermon noted Mavier’s recent designation as patron of the Propagation of the Faith and referenced elaborate feast day ceremonies in New York Boston and Philadelphia cathedrals.
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St. Francia Xavier
Edward X. Fink
Gonzaga College
St. Francis Mavier
St. Aloyalue
New York
Beaton
Philadelphia
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