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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1912
Page
8
Secretary Meyer argues for a government run coaling and supply network at the Panama Canal to keep ships stocked and ready. He favors a subsidized or government owned merchant fleet used as naval auxiliaries to ensure low, uniform rates and impartial treatment in war or peace.
Discussion outlines navy needs for station and vessel support in wartime with a future article counting required sailors. A woman accuses a Seventh Precinct officer of unlawful entry in her building, leading to a police court charge and possible court trial board proceedings.
Secretary Meyer defends navy needs against House push to block new battleships amid calls to bolster auxiliaries. Rep Claude Kitchin argues navy is top heavy and five years needed to man ships. officials insist two new battleships authorized last year are under construction and larger reliance on smaller vessels follows. West Virginian H F Ours dies of pneumonia in Buckhannon.
The Chamber of Commerce board delayed action on a proposed $100,000 emergency hospital appropriation from Congress and called for a special meeting to decide whether to support public private medical charity separation. Directors split, with several urging prompt action while others pushed for more time to consider implications. The meeting is expected next week.
A fire in a frame building at 13th Street southwest endangered more than twenty pets, with Mrs. Sarah Beckley saving many cats and dogs. Firefighters contained the blaze with about 100 in damages. Two dogs remained in danger as neighbors helped evacuate others.
Captain John Daley of the Eighth precinct slipped and fell on the city pavement near his home at 60 Street NW, was found unconscious by two neighbors, and carried inside. He suffered a head wound and brain concussion, with no memory of the fall. Friends and witnesses clarified there was no assault and ruled out vertigo or disease. He will remain home for several days.
The Cincinnati Trust Company and stockholders seek court action to recover funds misused by officers and directors including George B. Cox and Natolth. They allege knowingly wrongful misplacement of assets for private gain and overstatement of investments in the Ford Johnston Company, claimed insolvent.
The Senate inquiry heard about $78 and testimony from a Detroit suspect in Toronto. A surprise witness appeared as Burns took the stand while Kannally, part of the Lorimer election legislature, testified amid the proceedings. Attorneys pressed for details on a summer 10 money source from a nephew’s estate.
Detectives led by William J. Burts visited Justice Wright at the District Supreme Court. The visit prompted speculation that it related to the Gompers case. Wright and Burns knew each other in Cincinnati where Wright was prosecuting attorney.
Louise O Powers a 15 year old Richmond girl who ran away ten days ago was found by detectives at the Georgetown home of Mrs Anna Colberth. The admirer from Manchester near Richmond posed as a helper to the parents and fed them updates on the search while secretly guiding Powers. He visited the family daily and claimed to assist in locating her, but police say he used the information to keep control of the situation. The girl’s parents were notified and the suspect may be arrested.
United States Trust Company president Eldridge E Jordan was feted at a Willard Hotel dinner by the board of directors after the absorption of the local International Banking Corporation branch, a deal valued around 200000 dollars. Guests included Bert Ames Judge Nichols Alexandria VA Samuel Rosa Harold DeWitt John Poole and others. The director slate listed Cahill Clapham Davidson Golden Dennie Riis Henry Lee Staples and Treat of Wayne PA.
Mexico City January 2 Foreign Minister Manuel Calero denies a published report that a deal is near to create a Japanese syndicate monopoly over Baja California fishing waters. He says land grants in Magdalena Bay are unsubstantiated and that concessions in Lower California waters go to American and British subjects, not a Japanese syndicate. He cautions there is no State Department block on any land grant.
A debutante suffered a fall and shoulder dislocation during a rehearsal for a craft ball event described as a state ball merger. She could not attend the formal ball as scheduled, with reports noting a debutante’s orientation and cautious steps after the incident.
Charles M. Walter, 42, general manager of the Gyroscopic Society of America, was arrested in Baltimore and brought to Washington for hearings on two charges of obtaining money by false pretenses and nonpayment of a board bill. He allegedly passed eleven bad checks totaling about 1,000 while renting offices and hotel rooms under names including George M. Bell. He claimed San Francisco roots and said he intended to honor the checks. He had been evading police while moving between Richmond and Portsmouth, Virginia. A detective testified Walter admitted the transactions to Inspector Boardman and said he planned to cover them later. He faced charges at the First precinct police court.
In Tyro Michigan a coroner's jury investigates the deaths of John Wesley Sparling Sr and Peter Sparling ruled caused by poisoning. University of Michigan chemist Dean Vaughan found arsenic in both stomachs. viscera exams by others also detected arsenic. Mother, Dr Robert A MacGregor, and others involved face charges as the Sparling family tragedy unfolds at the Sparling home in Albion.
Former Boston municipal court judge Henry Dewey was detained today on a complaint by Charles Gaynor of the Department of Penal Institutions and sent to the Boston State Insane Hospital for observation. Dewey, once judge advocate general, resigned years ago after health incidents and recently appeared in superior court in uniform as if a brigadier general with sword and revolver.
Willem Lee was found sane by a jury after confessing to killing his father, mother, and brother in Evansville Indiana. The killings occurred while the victims slept last August. Lee claimed insanity but the jury ruled he possessed a sane mind and showed no emotion as the verdict was announced.
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A cat named Napoleon, rival to King Winter, lay dead behind a Kalorama Road rear yard fence on Eighteenth Street. Spectators observed the cat still on all fours with tail extended and a mangled rival beside it, suggesting the fall came after a battle in freezing conditions.
Ensign Englyn Richard C Baufes USN will be reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy after a Norfolk Virginia court martial found neglect in reporting the torpedo boat Biddle's condition and later improper conduct taking the vessel to sea. The report was verbal and showed he was ill and required assistance.
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