Navy Yard Data Urges Expansion and Ordnance Plan
A Navy Yard report by Rear Admiral Edwards and others to Senator Tillman warns that current Washington yard facilities are insufficient for heavy gun production. It urges land acquisition, new modern shops, and a commissioned ordnance policy to extend output, with emphasis on rapid turret gun manufacture and adequate ordnance reserves for national defense.
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Washington Yard
Brest
Daniels
Washington Navy Yard
Edwards
Naval Constructor
Stadt
Evans
Parks
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Naval
Ancrease
Bothes
United States
Naval Ordnance Plant
Ordnance Industrial
Baste
Mobile Elopement Sparks Family Fight and Legal Battle
Miss Delilah F. Bradley, a 1-year-old stenographer who eloped from Pemberton New Jersey with her employer Joel M. Foster, faces a family dispute as her father Henry Bradley and fiancé Horace D. Linderman travel to Mobile to sway her. Foster is held on bail under $2,000 on Mann white slave act charges, while Bradley vows loyalty and plans marriage once a divorce is finalized for the girl’s mother. Foster has enlisted two top lawyers in Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
Delilah F. Bradley
Pemberton
N. J
Joan M. Foster
Henry Bradley
Horace D. Linderman
Foster
Ahe
Chum
Washington to stage colossal outdoor pageant The Fire Regained
Washington plans a national scale outdoor pageant The Fire Regained to be staged next May in an amphitheater shaped venue echoing the Parthenon The event will involve 700 800 participants with top city officials and prominent locals in leading roles and will attract rail excursions from up to 700 miles The Drama League and major business groups back the project with committees and support from the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Association and Board of Trade.
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Waanington
White House
Epertacle
Washington
Hera
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Board of Trade
Isaac Gans
D. J. Callahan
W. F. Gude
J. Je Leverton
Isaac Goldenberg
Joseph Behrend
C. Graham
W. H. Singleton
I. H. Droop
D. W. Harris
C. J. Gockeler
Oden
Wilson
Joseph R. Wilson
Nashville
J. M. Frank
Standup for Sullivan Fire Deputy Denies Retirement Date
Deputy Chief Sullivan remains on duty amid petitions from fire department members and citizens urging retention. Commissioners deny a set retirement date while contemplating a trial board or structural changes to the fire department’s personnel actions. The issue dominates tonight’s Chamber of Commerce meeting and weeklong civic discussions.
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Bulli
Jetter
Sullivan
Newman
Board of Commissioners
Newman Asia
Georgetown
Rock Creek
Fire Department
Poll Department
Gakam
Chambenor Commerce
Missing Marine Sergeant Vanishes From Navy Yard
Fear for life of Sergeant Geret Frederick W. Wilson of the United States Marines, 54, disappeared from the navy yard on January 10. He had $8 on him, wore civilian clothes, and was believed to be returning soon. Police and Marine Corps detectives hunt leads. foul play suspected by some friends.
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Geret
Frederick W._Wilson
United States
Navy Yard
Sergt. Wilson
Wilson
Marine Corps
White House Bride Rumor Sparks Two Weddings
A second White House wedding in under two months is reported as Alice Howard, longtime White House kitchen assistant, may have wed William Clements a colored stone mason. A license was issued in their names last week and William has disappeared amid the chatter. Alice’s sister had previously married William, who is now dead.
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Kig
White House
Alice Howard
Tme
Pasa Christian
Alice
William Clements
William
Tart
Obituary for Mrs Mary Balbina Quill and others
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Mary Balbina Quill 53 wife of Thomas J H Quill from apoplexy at home on Third Street Northeast after a four hour illness. She previously Miss Mary Nelson of Hartimore lived here most of her life and belonged to St Josephs parish. High mass at St Josephs Church Thursday at 9 am, body to Baltimore for interment at Bonnie Brae Cemetery. Survivors include E F Costigan and Mrs J F Brannon of this city a brother A H Nelson of Baltimore and a sister Miss Bertha Nelson of Baltimore. Also noted is the death of Miss Katherine mries 283 years old daughter of Mrs Mary EK Briel at 511 F Street Northeast Saturday at 7:40 pm from tuberculosis. Funeral service today at 4:30 pm officiated by Rev H C Fultz at Joan's Lutheran Church with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Commander John F Hubbard Navy Department reports his death at Government Civil Hospital Hong Kong January 10 while commanding the Wilmington. He was 47, a New York native, served on Terror and Constellation during the Spanish War.
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Mary Balbina Quill
Reed
Thomas JH. Quill
Third Street
Quill
Mary Nelson
Hartimore
St. Joseph’s Parish
St. Joseph’s Church
Baltimore
Bonnie Brae
E. F. Costigan
J. Ft. Brannon
H. Nelson
Bertha Nelson
Katherine Mries
Mary EK. Briel
F Street
H. C. Fultz
Oe Joan’s Lutheran Church
Prospect Hill Cemetery
John ¥. Hubbard
Navy Department
John F. Hubbard
Government Civil Hospital
Hong Kong
China
Hubbard
Wilminston
New York
Terror
Senate Reconsiders Norris Telephone Data Resolution
Democrats in the Senate failed to avert embarrassment as Senator Norris urged the Postmaster General to disclose all data behind a proposal to seize telephone and telegraph systems. Senator Bacon moved reconsideration, and the issue is set to be revisited today.
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Senate
Genator Norris
Bacon
Norris
Against Lane Radium Plan in Colorado Rep Taylor Opposes Ores Policy
Representative Edward T. Taylor of Colorado attacks Secretary Lane's plan to keep radium bearing ores on public lands. He and other Colorado lawmakers will meet Lane to appeal for West access. He warns that government action could halt mining, shrink supply, and spike prices.
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Edward T. Taylor
Colorado
Lane
Congress
Mr. Lane
Mr. Taylor
Washington bankers prepare to urge federal reserve bank
Washington bankers and business leaders plan to present facts and figures at tomorrow morning’s hearing before the currency system committees. H. H. McKee and William H. Singleton lead the testimony with support from Newman Siddons and local associations. Hearings will shift to other cities Friday through Saturday, spanning five weeks with allocations for Baltimore Richmond Raleigh Wheeling Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Mesere. Newman and Siddons
Reserve Institution
Houston
McKea
Washington
Singleton
Newman and Siddons
Houe Asaceration
John Poole
A. G Clapham
W. T. Galilher
H. H. McKee
George W. White
Board of Trade
W. M. Singleton
W. F H. Saunders
John B. Larner
Chamber of Commerce
John Joy Edson
D. J. Callahan
Retail Merchants’ Association
M. A. Leese
Ross P. Andrews
Treasury Department
Baltimore
Richmond
Raleigh
N. C
Wheeling
W. Va
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
McAdoo
Ryan Announces NBC Joins Federal Reserve System
New York January 12 Thomas F Ryan a longtime stockholder in the National Bank of Commerce said the bank will join the Federal reserve organization He praised President Wilson calling his handling of the crisis masterly and Lincoln era great He added the only trust is in the President and urged broad support Ryan 63 rarely speaks for publication
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
National Bank of Commerce
Federal Reserve Organization
Wilson
Lincoln
Ryan
P. D. Budget Breaks Record In Post Office Bill
The post office appropriations bill, totaling 206 million dollars, became the largest single budget ever presented to Congress. It includes a proposed exemption for 2,400 assistant postmasters from the civil service and a 200 thousand dollar allotment for railway mail car experiments.
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American Congress
Post Office
House
Moon
Civil Service
Maddern
Illinois
Steenergan
Minnesota
Civil Services
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Chesapeake Blaugas Corporation
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