Secrecy Surrounds Sims London Banquet Speech
Commander William B Sims of the Minnesota reportedly voiced pro British sentiments at a December London banquet. Rear Admiral Murdock sent a cable report to Secretary Meyer, who referred the matter to President Taft, while protests from foreign nationals rose. The Navy keeps the cablegram's contents confidential and notes Sims spoke only for himself.
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William B&b Sims
United States
Minnesota
London
Taft
Meyer
Sims
Murftock
Atlantic Fleet
Minnesqu Jn
Meyer Mesterday
Navy
Murdock
Navy Department
Engiish
Sime
Acros
United States Navy
Army Orders Listing Officers and Assignments in Military Movements
Army orders assign OBLE H. CREAGER and officers of the Fifteenth and Twelfth Cavalry to various posts. Reports due, patients released, and duties specified including quartermaster service and board duties. Naval vessel movements noted with routes from Hampton Roads, Gibraltar, Lambert Point, Key West, and other ports.
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Ros
George W. Kil. Patrick
Fifteenth Cavalry
Henry Boixon
Twelfth Cavalry
Department of California
San Francisco
Harry ©. Baines
Coast Artillery Corps
Walter Reed General Hospital
Bleproger
U8es S. Parker
Fourth Cavalry
Quartermaster's Department
Erised
Hector
Vulcan
Hetopton Roads
Manila
Tatapsvo
Hampton Roads
Navy Fes
Coxswain Reagan Commits Suicide on Christmas Night
J Reagan coxswain on the Paducah died by his own hand Christmas night. A wire from Norfolk reported the Navy Department yesterday that Reagan, 24, had served nearly four years in the navy. He was a native of Salem Massachusetts. His father resided at 2 Phelns street in that city.
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J. Reagan
Paducah
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Coxswain
Reagan
Navy
Sailem
Mass
John J. Tea-ives
Insurrection Reported on Ponape in Caroline Islands
German reports say insurrection has erupted on Ponape with 160 German troops arriving. Reuters notes up to 260 insurgents, with natives largely loyal. British dispatches claim four Europeans and five natives killed. Local history cites 1908 outbreaks, religious warfare between Protestants and Catholics, and gunboat Jaguar aiding order.
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Tsingtao
China
Emden
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Berlin
Dee
Colonial Office
Nuremberg
Hongkong
Cormoran
Planet
Brisbane
Australia
Carolines
Spain
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Yap
White House Callers List of Congress and Officials
A roster of officials and lawmakers visiting the White House includes Benator Culberson of Texas Representative Hull of Iowa Representative Diekema of Michigan Representatives Dwight of New York H C Emory chairman tariff board Martin A Knape Presiding Justice New Commerce Court Theodore A Dell of California постоянный attendees noted in the December report
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Benator Culberson
Texas
Hull
Iowa
Diekema
Michigan
Dwight
New York
H. C. Emory
tariff + board
Martin A. Knape
New Commerce Court
Theodore A. Dell
California
90000 VOTE TO STRIKE IN ITALY RAILWAYS
More than 9000 Italian railway workers completed a referendum and voted for strike measures and sabotage to improve conditions. Authorities fear a broad public services strike, while public opinion in France equates sabotage with violent acts to suspend work.
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Italy
France
Automobile industry grows as new building opens in DC
W S Gibbs of United Motors Washington welcomes a 10 pound baby boy named Maxwell on Christmas morning. William Jose, manager of the auto mobile supply dept of National Electrical Supply, says they will move into a new building on New York Avenue near Fourteenth Street within six to seven weeks. Century Rubber Trading Co leases the Fourteenth and R Streets NW corner site to install an auto tire branch with manager Fred L Harveyeutter and district manager Harry D Benner overseeing the project set to complete by January 15. The Commercial Auto and Supply Co will unload a Flanders 20 town car tomorrow. Winter driving requires more frequent steering gear inspection due to snow stresses on front wheels, risking loose joints and bent rods.
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W. S. Gibbs
United Motors Washington Company
Mr. Gibbs
Maxwell
Mobile Supply Department
National Electrical Supply Company
New York Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Automobile Supply
Century Rubber Trading Company
Fourteenth
R Streets
Fred L.harveyeutter
Harry D. Benner
Fashion’s Fads and Fancies at Metropolitan Opera House
A Monday night in the Metropolitan Opera House features a high society audience with diplomats and prominent families. Attire ranges from satin gowns to pearls and diamonds, with notable guests including Senor de la Barra, Mrs. Walter Gay, Mrs. James Gerard, and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. The piece also notes a new London idea for wedding receptions held the day before the ceremony to ease post church crowding, and profiles the Countess of Ancaster, an American-connected noblewoman famed for charm and charity.
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Metropolitan Orfera House
James Speyer
Senor de la Barra
Walter Gay
Paris
James W. Gerard
Gay
Gerard
Newbold Norris
John Ei. Parsons
Jules Bache
Herbert Scheftel
Hazel Bache
Joseph Redding
George F. Baker
Baker
Charles Bennett
Edward la Montagne
Herbert L. Satterlee
London
Earl of
Ancaster
Willoughby de Eresby
Countess of
Harry Vincent Higgins
Covent Garden Opera Company
Hloise Breese
William L. Breese
James .L. Breese
Princess of Lynar
Adam Gordon Norrie
Miss Parsons
Columbus
Ohio
George L. Rives
William’ Lawrence Breese
Julia Kean Fish
Hamilton Fish
Stuyvesant Fish
Cecil Higgins
Cryder
Hihel F. Cryder
Lonton
Lord Willoughby de Eresby
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Frank Worthing Dead Before Detroit Play Opens
Detroit reports actor Frank Worthing died of a pulmonary artery hemorrhage just before the curtain rose for a Grace George production. The crowded house was dismissed after a postponement notice. Worthing, 41, had battled tuberculosis for years and had just left his hotel in apparent health.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Worthing
Grace George
Worthing
Scotland
Duke of Connaught Home From South Africa
The Duke of Connaught returning from his South African tour arrives at Spitz Head and heads to Portsmouth where a large reception awaits him and the Duchess of Connaught and the Princess Victoria Tatritc[a] are listed among the party.
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South Africa
Portsmouth
London
Duke of Connaught
Union of South Africa
King George
Spitzhead
Duchess of Connaught
Princess Victoria Tatricta
Resolutions of the Employer and Employee
A historical set of mutual pledges urging fair wages and humane working conditions. It calls on employers to pay for overtime, provide safe surroundings, and value workers as equals, while employees strive for honesty, trustworthiness, promptness, and self-improvement to advance their craft.
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Eack
Will
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