Defense debate on Wood testimony and Pacific risk
Gen Wood warned Congress of defense gaps and possible attack from the Orient while urging immediate action. A Tamaft bill seeks a national defense council as politics swirl over a confidential War Department report and its handling by the House.
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Orient
Wood
Fen
Congress
Japan
China
McLachlen
California
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Washington
United States
Hobson
National Council For Defense
Taft
Dickinson
War Department
Lerk
spMce
Japan Rules Pacific Banquet Marks Seventh PASL Convention
At the New Wizard a banquet followed an all day PASL session as delegates from the United States and Canada gathered for the seventh annual convention. Speakers included Senator Theodore Burton and Representatives Greene and Olcott. G A White was toastmaster and new PASL president. Greene urged ships and crews to augment the U S fleet for war readiness while Humphrey pressed immediate ship subsidy legislation and warned the Pacific coast remains vulnerable to Japan’s potential forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Passenger Steamboat Lines
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Theodore &. Burton
Ohio
Greene
Massachussetts
J. van Vechten Olcott
New York
W. E. Humphrey
Washington
A.A. Schantz
G. A. White
Association
Mr. White
Marine Representative Greens
Humphrey
Pacific
Japan
Russia
Philppines
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Fire at Armstrong Manual Training School
A fire in the physics and electrical laboratory at Armstrong Manual Training School for Negroes caused damage to a filing case and a wooden partition wall, with total damage estimated around 3300 dollars. Principal Arthur C. Newman, who found the blaze after dismissal, along with janitor Robert Beverly, J D Baltimore, instructor, and student Herbert Stevens, extinguished it before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armatrong Manual Training School
Jeina
Arthur C. Newman
Newman
Robert Beverly
J. D. Baltimore
Herbert Stevens
Carnegie Gives Ten Million to Peace Trustees
Carnegie presents a deed of gift of ten million dollars to the Peace Trustees and declines a board seat while Senator Elihu Root is named chairman to outline a pacific plan. The donor declares that Great Britain and the United States can prevent future wars by negotiation though no specific method is announced.
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Great Britain
United States
Canned Aald
Senate
Joseph H. Choate
John L. Cadwalader
New York
Kilhy Root
James Barry Scott
State Department
Board of Trustees
Carnegie's Gift for World Peace Through Bonds
Andrew Carnegie transfers ten million 5 percent mortgage bonds to a trustee board to fund universal peace by abolishing war. The trustees, including Elkh Root and Nicholas Murray Butler, will manage about 300000 annual income and decide on research and international arbitration efforts. The move aligns with Taft and Knox aims for a judicial settlement of disputes as part of a broader peace program.
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Carnegie Peace Fund
Climlea
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
United States
Great Britain
Carnegie
Board of Trustees
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Knox
Asia
Fund Commission
American Society
Taft Liicewise
Taft
James Brown Scott
Society
Joseph H. Choate
Andrew J. Montague
Virgina
New Peace Fund
Weather Conditions Report From Washington Bureau
There is a rapid fall in pressure nationwide except the Northwest and extreme West with a central low over the lower Lake region. No precipitation overall, aside from light snows in parts of New York and New England and rains in Texas. Temperatures moderate, above zonal average except along the middle and north Atlantic and gulf states. Thursday and Friday will see further rise, with southeast winds and storm warnings from Sandy Hook to Port Jefferson. Local readings show various hourly temps, sunshine, and rainfall notes. Harpers Ferry reports Potomac and Shenandoah rivers clear and frozen.
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Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Lawrance Valley
Lake
New York
New England
Atlantic
Gulf States
Mississippi River
West Gulf States
Michigan
Sandy Hook
Fastport
Middle’ Atlantic
South
Auantic
Florida
East
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
Armstrong Faces Court As Police Officer Linked To Conduct Charge
Armstong, a local police officer, faces a trial board on conduct unbecoming an officer and may be summoned before the Senate third degree committee. He also must answer to a police court for an alleged assault on his wife and demands a jury trial. His attorney claims oppression and vows to show his client as a victim of circumstances.
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Senate
George H. Armstrong
Armstrong
William Weaver
Michael F. Mangen
Bound and Gagged Blackmailer Case Draws Arrests
A daring blackmail scheme in Cairo and Takoma Park ended with the arrest of James B Knott 20 and Alton A Armstrong 20 along with Mrs Knott and Benjamin Knott 9 in a bold “badger game.” Henry Rosenthal a retailer in D Street NW signed a $5 000 check under threat then compromised to $3 000 after exposure with photographs. Police described the case as one of the citys most daring.
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Cairo
Henry Rosenthal
Dentor Memb Ber
Sporting Goode
Rosenthal & Levy
D Street
Baur
Cornwell
James’ B. Knott
Rosenthal
James B. Knott
Takoma Park
Knott
Detetiiva Baur
Benjamin
Alton A. Armstrong
South Dakota
First Precinct
Benjamin Knott
Polies
Mia Hnedt
Prisner
Armstrong
Rozenthal
Knott i
Washington
Knott Blackmailer Gang Routed After Operation at Rosenthal Store
Police recount a staged blackmail scheme involving Rosenthal and Mrs Knott at the Knott apartments. Detectives Baur and Cornwell trap Knott and Armstrong after Rosenthal’s warning and a late confession reveal Armstrong as the principal blackmailer with a history of robberies in Richmond and a gambling house hold up in Chicago. The men are jailed as further inquiries unfold.
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Knott
Cornwell
Baur
Chicago
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Lake Mohonk
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
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Virginia
William M. Howard
Lexington
Thomas Burke
Seattle
Wash
James L. Slaydon
San Antonio
Tex
Andrew D. White
Germany
Robert
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
L. Taylor
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
George W. Perkins
Robert 8. Woodward
Cleveland Wi
Carnegin
Carnegie Institute
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Potomac
Shenandoah
Portland
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Uteh
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Triedo
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Pea
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Enthal
Lansburgh & Bro
8Th Street
Phoenix
Dresden
Droop's Music House
Steinway Pianos
Victor Victrolas
Central Office
Rosenthal-Levy
Westing
Chatham
Probey Carriage CO
N. W
Sultana Raisins
John H. Magruder
Conn. Avenue
K St
John F. Ellis & Co
Penna Avenue
M. T. Pollock
Conn
Ave
Georges & Son, Inc
Kwong Wah Hing CO
St. H.W
Pedro Domocq
Christian Xander
Security Storage Company
Fifteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Charles P. Ravenburg
Pleasent
Frank E. Chapin
J. Jay Gould
J. Naramore
Gallantine
Shoemaker Co
Motion Pictures
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