Secrecy over Sims London banquet remarks sparks protest
Commander William B Sims of the Minnesota delivered a pro British speech at a December London banquet. Rear Admiral Murdock sent a cable summary to Secretary Meyer who referred the affair to President Taft. Protests from foreign nationals followed amid debate on naval officials speaking in official capacity.
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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 Assignments and Movements
Army orders detail Yeaven of absence for ObIe H Creager Maj ros Capt George W Kil Patrick of fifteenth cavalry ten days Henry Boixon Twelfth cavalry to report for assignment pending Twelfth cavalry arrival in San Francisco Capt Harry Baines coast artillery relieved from Walter Reed Hospital to Bleproger station Parker Fourth cavalry detailed for quartermaster department Lopez to duty on board surveys Purnell to Vickburg Wilson to Goldsborough Pousland to Pretle Gearing Jr to Lawrence Conditt to Hopkins Connor to South Dakota Tipton to Glacier McClain to Rowan Vessel movements Hector and Vulcan at Newport News and other ships sailing routes listed.
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Quartermaster's Department
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Vickbourg
WW. Wilson
Goldsborough
C. FL Pousland
H. €. Gearing, Jr
Lawrence
J. H. Conditt
Hopkins
E. H. Connor
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Coxswain Reagan Dies by Own Action on Christmas Night
J Reagan coxswain of the Paducah committed death by his own action Christmas night. A wire message received at the Navy Department from Norfolk reports he was 24, nearly four years in the Navy, and a native of Salem Massachusetts. His father John Reagan lives on Phelps Street in Salem.
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Coxswain
Reagan
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Sailem
Mass
John J. Tea-ives
Insurrection Reported in Ponape Caroline Islands
German naval forces move to Ponape to quell unrest on the Caroline Islands after a 1908 outbreak. Naval units Emden Nuremberg Planet and local gunboat Jaguar dispatched from Hongkong, Brisbane reports cite Europeans killed. natives remain largely loyal.
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Germany
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Yap
White House Callers on December 1 Report
The note lists visitors including Texas’ Benator Culberson, Iowa’s Representative Hull, Michigan’s Diekema, New York’s Dwight, tariff board chair H. C. Emory, presiding Justice Martin A. Knape of the New Commerce Court, and California’s Theodore A. Dell.
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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 Italian Railways
More than 9 000 Italian railway workers voted in a referendum to strike or sabotage as a means to improve working conditions. Authorities focus on preventing a railway stoppage that could spill over to public services. Public opinion appears uneasy, with sabotage terms already linked to violence in France.
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Italy
France
Automobile minded year ends with a baby and new shop plans
W S Gibbs of United Motors Washington becomes a first time father to a 10 pound Christmas morning boy christened Baby Maxwell William. National Electrical Supply planning a new building on New York avenue near Fourteenth Street with space for tires and other auto parts. Century Rubber Trading Company rents the Fourteenth and R Streets corner to open a branch with Fred L Harveyetter as manager. Harry D. Benner named district manager. Commercial Auto and Supply to unload a Flanders 20 town car tomorrow. Winter driving requires extra steering gear inspections due to heavy snow stresses on front wheels.
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United Motors Washington Company
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Century Rubber Trading Company
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R Streets
Fred L.harveyeutter
Harry D. Benner
Fashion's Fads at Metropolitan Opera House Society
A Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera House mirrored the season's elite, with diplomats, ambassadors, and society leaders in lavish gowns of satin, net, and pearls. The piece highlights attendees, their outfits, and a London proposal for a prewedding reception to ease post ceremony crowds.
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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
FRANK WORTHING DEAD AT DETROIT THEATER
Detroit, Dec. 9. Just before the curtain riser, Frank Worthing, a leading man with Grace George, suffered a hemorrhage and died minutes later. The crowd was dismissed after stage announcements of postponement. Physicians attributed death to rupture of a pulmonary artery. Worthing was 41 and had long suffered from tuberculosis. He had walked from his hotel in apparent health.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Worthing
Grace George
Worthing
Scotland
Duke of Connaught Arrives in Portsmouth After South Africa Tour
The Duke of Connaught returning from South Africa lands at Spitzhead tonight and sails for Portsmouth where a large welcome awaits him tomorrow morning. He is accompanied by the Duchess of Connaught and Princess Victoria Tracta.
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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 Roles
The text outlines mutual pledges for fair pay and humane working conditions. It urges employers to provide honest wages, reasonable hours, safe surroundings, and respect for overtime. Employees should work diligently, avoid wasting employer time, and seek personal growth through training to advance without always needing higher pay.
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Eack
Will
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