Plan for a 3000 ton battleship sparks funding talk
Congress interest grows as naval officials outline a 3000 ton battleship plan designed for eight inch guns or twelve 12 inch guns. Hear Admiral Capps testified on possible appropriations this year while Rep. Fous seeks clarity on budget needs for a larger ship.
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Navy test to affect all officers at ceremony
A garbled report outlines an order affecting naval officers and exemptions. It mentions President Roosevelt, officer categories, and a horseback ride event, but the surrounding text is unclear and fragmented.
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Captain Webb Retired From Service Amid Medical Findings
Captain Walter B. Of Nn Dh Ceips announced by Wor tfpartment yesterday. He was examined by the board and found physically unfit for duty. He retires with the rank of normal and served as assistant from in the regular service. Navin served previously in the Ptrum of the volunteer army during Oo OSp tus Awert. Details incomplete.
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Armey Durin
Arms Medical
Doaheh Winn
Philippine Health Director protests cholera report criticism
Former health official objects to criticism in a cholera report and accuses the secretary of the interior and Insular government of untruthful statements. The protest text will be made public upon the official’s return to Manila. No war department references appear in the document.
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Manila
Fleet Medals Ordered For Hampton Roads Departure
Bronze medals marking the departure of the American fleet from Hampton Roads have been completed and approved by the President. One hundred pieces will be minted at Philadelphia, priced at 1 each, with proceeds going to the Treasury. Obverse bears President Roosevelt, reverse shows Columbia and three ships.
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Philadelphia
General Fund of the Treasury
Ana Ste
Roosevelt
Baker
Mint
Columbia
Morgan
President appoints new Naval Academy board members
The President named H Murfee of Marion Alabama Rst P Lowry of Erie Pennsylvania Albert T Francher of Salamanca New York Samuel Mather of Cleveland Ohio JW Bostick of New Orleans Louisiana and George A Sanderson of Chicago as members of the board of visitors to the United States Naval Academy. Three members will be added by the Speaker from the House and two by the Vice President from the Senate.
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United States Naval Academy
H . Murfee
Marion
Ala
Rst
P Lowry
Erie
Albert T Francher
Salamanca
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Ohio
JW Bostick
New Orleans
George A Sanderson
Chicago
House
Fairbanks
Senate
Wireless bids postponed for navy wireless tower at Washington
Bids for a Navy Bureau of Equipment proposal to build a wireless telegraph tower at Waslington were delayed as many contractors未 ready. Opening moved from yesterday to January 15. several bids already received.
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Waslington
Soldiers return from Cuba aboard McClellan transport
Speral reports in The Washington Post that Chesapeake and Ohio trains carried returning Cuban army of pacification soldiers to Fort Snelling Minnesota aboard the transport McClellan Luna. The McClellan brought the Twenty eighth infantry with 40 officers and several officers' family members. Roosevelt announced Annapolis appointments for 198 Stephen Hillett, George M Tisdale, and Stewart B Whitney.
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Washington Post
Newport News
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Twenty Eighth Infantry
Roosevelt
Annapolis Naval Academy
Stephen Hillett
Charles P BlHott
Army
George M Tisdale
Taent
R D Tisdale
Navy
Stewart B Whitney
M Whitney
Army Orders Report Multiple Transfers and Leaves
A dated military orders list grants leaves of absence for Lieut HM Chittenden six months and Capt Wo 3 Taylor five days and others to depart for the Philippines or report to high commands. Officers named include Maj A Stark, Capt FW Hinrichs Jr, Lieut TR Hawking, Lieut avid L Rescoe, and Capt Edward T Donnesly. Several report to duty at California, York, or New York, with transport arrangements to the Philippines Islands and related administrative tasks at various posts and stations.
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Taylor Coast Artillery Corps
Stark Medical Corps
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Ordnance Department
Hawking
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Avid L Rescoe
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Crty
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Stat
Heath William A Nichole
Iantry
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Walter B Eimott
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Storkmar Bendel
John & Franklin
Franco
Walter B McCarkey
Peekskill
Robert A .Brown
Buffalo
John T Thompson
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported Across Ports
Fleet movements list ships loading routes between Messina Naples Philadelphia Manzanillo Newport Key West Hampton Roads Norfolk Port Said and other ports. Several vessels including Brutus Dolphin Cheyenne Yankton Macdonough Thornton and Brivus engage in transits from Suez Newport News Norfolk and Port Said, reflecting a broad naval redeployment.
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Naples
Prairie
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Newport Dubuato
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Connecticut
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Vermont
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Newport News
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Dolphin
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Newvert News
Orders to Naval Officers and Medical Personnel
Navy notices list Midshipmen AB NeNeill and A T Oxbourn assigned to Philadelphia and Mississippi respectively, with D McCormick to Toledo. Passed Assistant Surgeon W J Zatecky assigned to New Orleans, with Asst Surgeon FE Sellers to the New Orleans recruiting station on January 15 and Acting Surgeon BR Hayden ordered home on standby.
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United States Naval Hospital
Philadelpnia Pa
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Mississippi
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Toledo
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New Orleans
Sellers
Navy
Hayden
Boston Symphony Delights Washington With Strauss and Elman
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its third Washington concert at the National Theater featuring Mischa Elman in Tschaikowsky's violin concerto and a program led by Richard Strauss tone poems. Critics praised the Strauss premiere as a test of program music while noting the enduring questions about its ultimate greatness and future reception.
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Washington
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Acty
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Schumann
Beethoven
Edward MacDowell
America
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Alexander Petchnikef
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Bhrenice Thompson
Wright Unbothered by Threatening Letters Over Bucks Stove Decision
Judge Daniel Thew Wright shows no alarm about a flood of threatening letters tied to his Bucks Stove and Range Company ruling. He dismisses harm as unlikely and jokes about discarding or saving letters as he reads only when feeling down.
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United States District Attorneys Office
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Ghost burglars haunt Baldwin home in Asheville
Reuben Baldwin, a South Biltmore resident, told county commissioners that white dressed intruders with black masks terrorize his family. He barricaded windows but shots and tools used by the specters failed, with a chloroform cup thrown at his wife. The sheriff is puzzled while noting a recent nearby case of concealed burglars.
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Washington Post
Ashville
Reben Baldwin
South Biltmore
Baldwin
Sheriffs Office
Engagement Breakup Breach Suit Involves Shelmerdine Man
Realization that a deep rooted Joye would not endure is the claimed reason by Thornton W Shelmerdine of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for breaking his engagement to Martha Rock. The suit seeks $60,000 in the United States circuit court as Miss Rock faces social pressure and reputational effects in a close Rock Hall community. Judge Holland set a $2,500 bond for Shelmerdine and a court ball is noted amid the case.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Thornton W Shelmerdine
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
William H Shelmerdine
Rapid Transit Company
Martha
Rock
Merdine
United States Court For
Eastern District of Virginia
Edmund Waddil Jr
Alexandria
W H Lomax
Lomax
M Washington
Dennia Watkins
Ella Kia
Austin Bowen
Arlington
Henry Delipig
George Campbell
Fort Myer
Mrs Croxton Seeks Divorce in Break With Norfolk Link
Mrs Warner W Croxton wife of the former Southern Railway passenger agent in Norfolk and daughter of Edward Milton Steckly seeks an annulment alleging she was too young at marriage and cannot live with him due to jealousy. She recounts a morning disturbance at Oak Point Comfort and notes her sister’s stage appearance rehearsals in New York Broadway theater plans.
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Oki Pont
New York
Virginia Briefs: Crises and Frontnews Across the Commonwealth
Virginia brief items report Fordwick cement plant revival plans with 100 workers and hopes to grow, a fatal kerosene stove accident injuring Beulah Parker, the Parker home burned, and Benjamin P Gilbert’s murder case moved toward life imprisonment. Other notes cover a Rapidan bridge pledge, a Presbyterian aid boat for Congo Mission, Roanoke salary increases, Judge Henson’s resignation plans, and Roane’s resort Sta ten open as a tuberculosis hospital.
Christian Congress Coming In City Fourth Annual Session
The National Christian Congress Association led by Rev R B Robinson will hold its fourth annual session in this city for three days during inauguration week. The group began at Miles Chapel four years ago to educate the powers classes in mural and industrial work. Membership has grown to several hundred, with large representation anticipated for the meeting. The exact venue and full program will be announced later by Secretary Prof W C Payne who oversees arrangements.
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National Christan Congress
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Miles Chapel
Pouier
Ita
W C Payne
Sick Headache Relief from Miles Anti Pain Pills
Mrs Louise Lewellyn of Powell learns of speedy relief from sick headache after using Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills during attacks. The ad notes headaches stem from nerves at the brain base affecting stomach and other organs and promises relief by soothing irritated nerves with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Miles
Louise Lewellyn
Powell
Bond Issue Stirs Voters in Winchester Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Winchester Virginia January 5 voters discuss a bond proposal of 55 500 to meter a sewer system. A campaign with circulars and speeches has begun. The council plans to vote Thursday amid a tight contest with slight support for the bond, opposed by some residents.
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Winchester
Feelimg
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Ie Ote Council
Two Dead In Train Wreck At Caperton West Virginia
A Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad wreck near Caperton 30 miles west of Huntington left Engineer Thomas Edwards and Fireman Peter Trent dead and Express Messenger W L Crenshaw injured. The fast train No 1 ran into an open switch three hours late. several passengers were cut and burned. Among the injured were Waugh of Shelbyville Kentucky A C Miller of Kimberton Indiana and Paul Dean a Black man.
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Shelbyville, Ky
A C Miller
Kimberton
Ind
Paul Dean
Graham to Be Speaker Son of Late Statesman Chosen by North Carolina Democrats
Augustus W Graham son of William A Graham was chosen by the North Carolina Democratic caucus as speaker of the house. The house has 30 Republicans and 3 Democrats, while the senate includes 11 Republicans and 7 Democrats. Twenty house members and seven senators did not serve in the last legislature.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Raleigh
Augustus W Graham
William A Graham
United States
Renewal feud feared in Limestone area after train shooting
In Limestone township near Asheville North Carolina the Sumner and Frady families feud reignites as Price Sumner shoots at a train containing James Drady narrowly missing him. Earlier Frady killed Parris Sumner for alleged intimacy with Mrs Frady and was sentenced to two years but pardoned a month ago. A deputy sheriff fired at Sumner, a crowd intervened, and the youth fled into the mountains pursued by the Fradys.
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Washington Post
Asheville
Jane
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Frady
Limestone Township
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James Drady
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Magistrate Asked to Resign Over Bribe Case
Sneusl reports that Baltimore police magistrate William J Garland sought resignation after admitting to taking $40 from a saloonkeeper to dismiss a liquor violation case. The governor and grand jury learned of the issue as Garland awaited reappointment. Crothers had renewed him despite earlier opposition.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Ge. Crothers
William J Garland
Third Ward
King
Garland
Goy Smith
Goy Warfield
Goy Crother
Don’t Blame Your Stomach For Digestive Woes
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and related stomach issues. It claims the tablets aid digestion, improve breath, and restore natural balance after meals. The copy urges readers to obtain a trial package from F A Stuart Co. in Marshal Michigan.
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Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshal, Mich
Man killed by freight train near Mount Vernon avenue crossin Alexandria
A man believed to be E Warren Orrison of Arco Loudoun County Va was struck by an eastbound Southern Railway freight train at Mount Vernon avenue crossing in Alexandria County and killed Dr S T Ashton coroner notified inquest set for 11 oclock this morning He was about 60 years old and well dressed Letters on his body hint at his identity as a country merchant.
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Washington Post
EW Orrison
Warren Orrigan
Roanoke Line Opens as Virginian Railroad Extends
The first train over H H Rogers Virginian Railroad to Roanoke ran this afternoon. The Roanoke River bridge 27 miles east is finished, completing the Norfolk to Roanoke segment 243 miles long and Roanoke to Rich Creek 77 miles. The New River bridge will be finished in two weeks, enabling trains from Norfolk to Deepwater via Roanoke and beyond.
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Roanoke
Maryland Happenings in Early Condensed Notices
Maryland items include Dr William Rosenau of Johns Hopkins declines Temple Emmanuel’s call. Arthur Rosenau of Hagerstown and nearby towns faces bankruptcy. Andrew Schuyler dies in Blower coal mine accident with two-ton fall. Fraternal Order of Eagles paymaster renamed. multiple marriages reported. Virginia and West Virginia insurance law reform urged. murder accusation in Smithfield. Thompson Wickard, Cumberland printer, passes away. train strikes deaf mute brothers Perryville. no blame on train crew.
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James Schuyler
Blz Veln
Lonaconing
Order of Eugies
Gatholig University Wins Court of Appeals Reversal
The Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling directing a verdict against Catholic University of America in the Thomas F Waggaman bankruptcy case. The university sought $78,308,794 from John F Waggaman for promissory notes dating 1867 to 1902, endorsed by Thomas E Waggaman, with interest until 1904.
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Catholic University of America
Thomas F Wagga
John F Waggaman
Thomas E Waggaman
Alderson
Washington Post
Waggaman
Raleleh
Jan O
Court of Ap Today
Tim Heiderticht
Figar
A Verdict for Him A New Trial Ordered
A court orders a new trial with the jury to act as the judges of the facts, directing reconsideration of the case and evaluation of evidence anew under legal guidance.
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