Armor Plant Cost Debated By Navy Committee
Widely differing estimates on building a government armor plant and producing armor were presented to the Senate naval committee. Rear Admiral Strauss cited an $11,000,000 cost for an 11,000 to 20,000 ton plant. A C Dinkey claimed similar figures for 16,000 ton capacity. The panel weighs Tillman’s bill for a government factory while Penrose calls for private cost data to avoid the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Dinkey Tesla
Senate
Renate Naval
Tillman
Strauss
Navy Ordnance Bureau
A. C. Dinkey
Midwate Stes] and Ordnance Company
Admiral Strauss
E. G. Graces
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bureau of Yarde and Docks
Navy Department
France
Galt Home for Sale Former Presidential Courting Spot
The three story red brick house at 1308 Twentieth street, once tied to President Wilson’s courtship of Mrs. Norman Galt, is on the market for unconditional sale. Owned largely by the late Norman Galt’s family, it sits on a 270 by 90 foot lot with about 19 rooms. The American Security and Trust Company acts as agents, valuing the property around $15,000. the sale will move the estate entirely out of family hands. A front door card notes the home’s market status, reflecting fashion’s shift away from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Street
Wilson
Norman Galt
Galt
Kiroaelr
American Security and Trust Company
Mrs Sevellon A Brown Dies in Washington
Mrs Sevellon A Brown widow of the state department clerk and daughter of Setts Ledyard Phelps died at her home in Washington after a long illness. Born February 13 1856 she leaves three sons and two daughters including Sevelton L Brown, Jedyard Maynadier Brown, Phelps Brown, Mrs George L Huntreas Jr and Mrs Charlee H Hradley. Funeral at St Margaret s Episcopal Church Thursday at 3 p.m. Interment at Ox Hill private.
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Sevellon A. Brown
Setts Ledyard Phelps
Test Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Department of State
Brown
Washington
Elizabeth Maynadier Phelps
Tuan, Maynadier
Charlee H. Hradley
Sevelton Ledyard Brown
Jedyard Maynadiet Brown
Phelps Brown
Springfield
Must
George L. Huntreas, Jr
Winchester
Mans
Navy
Peru
Pagis Mail Steamship Company
Sevelion Brown
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Oxi | Hil
Bluejackets Well Fed Says Navy Paymaster During Hearing
Rear Admiral McGowan told the House naval committee that American sailors are the best fed in the world and would not accept lower rations. He noted naval meals cost 38 cents daily per man, while the army spends about 26 or 27 cents. He said provisioning 200,000 men is no harder than 2,000 if supply and refrigeration remain available, and distance poses no problem for feeding 300,000 soldiers bound for the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral McGowan
Navy
House Naval Committee
Naval
Army
Kelley
Michigan
United States
Philiippines
British mother's reply to American song about soldiers
A London reader quotes a British mother whose only son serves in the war. She explains she did not raise him to be a soldier, yet she is proud he answered his country’s call, strengthened by the shared sense of national obligation and the love of a mother.
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London
Ives
Colorado
United States
Mann Urges Prepared War Stance Against England
Mann argues war with England more likely than with Germany and urges emergency, nonpartisan national effort to bolster home industries and prepare for possible conflict. He warns preparation costs now but may avert larger debts later, urging united patriotic action to defend national honor and integrity.
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Mann
England
Germany
France
Italy
Pura
Mr. Mann
Elf
Exchane
Congress Debates Railroad, Water Power Bills and Postal Reforms
Senator Norrie and allies seek to delay further action on Newlands resolution while a Senate committee weighs railroad inquiry and President Wilson’s position on intervention. Poindexter pushes a measure to empower the ICC over railroad securities and related finances. A public lands panel proposes a division of leasing power over water power between states and federal reclamation funding. Postal bill amendments seek higher savings limits and allow deposits in federal banks with potential wartime investment of funds.
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Norrie
Newlands Lems
Senate
Wilson
Carranza
United States
Senate Public Lands Committee
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Post Office Committee
Banka
Postal Savinge
Annapolis Bill Boosts Navy Midshipmen to Navy Size
Naval Committee favors an increase for the Naval Academy at Annapolis with 500 additional appointments annually. The administration bill would add roughly 100 new midshipmen yearly and raise yearly appoint ments per senator representative and delegate from two to three. A roll call is expected to gauge support, with four committee members opposing.
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Naval Committee
Naval Academy
Naval Agedory
Annapolia
Holze
Naval Affairs Comraittes
Henley
Missouri
Tribble
Georgia
Cal
Padgett
Congress
District Measure Advances On Street Abandonment and Utilities Exemption
At a weekly meeting the District committee voted to favorably report a bill by Killa, introduced by Representative Carlin, to abandon part of Forty first Street north of Yume Street Northwest and to exempt the Old Dominion Railway Company property outside the District from the District utilities law.
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Killa
Carlin
Forty-first Street
Yume Street
Old Dominion Railway Company
Navy officer shortage requires 1022 more by July 1 1913
Read Admiral McGowan told the House naval committee that the Navy must commission ships already built and authorized on a full war basis, needing 1,022 additional officers by July 1, 1913. Dr Mary Walker urged sending 60 American women to talk with Japanese peers, while Daniels noted fuel costs and coal versus oil in fleet deployment.
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Daniels
House
Mary
Walker
Navy Department
House Naval Committee
Admiral McGowan
Pastvester
Alaska Coal Fielda
Mary Walker
Japan
United States
Congress
Hague Peace Tribunal
Army artillery reform hearings reveal shock 16 inch guns
Col Charles G Treat testified before a Senate military affairs committee on United States field artillery remodeling based on European lessons. He described 16 inch guns on mobile platforms and high explosive shells that outperform shrapnel in morale impact, plus a shift to three inch and 3.8 inch howitzers with longer ranges. Brig Gen Harry P McCain backed limits on enlistment and debated a continental army vs regulars, noting feasibility and political support.
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Senate
United States
Europe
Senate Committee
Charles G'Treat
General Staff
Col."Treat
Field Artillery Ayatern
United States Army
Apolié
Oura
Harry P. McCain
Adjutant General of the Army
McCain
Good Roads Bill Passes with $25 Million Appropriation
The Shackisford good roads bill, carrying 25 million dollars to aid state post road improvements, passed the House 231 to 81 with three present. It moves to the Senate amid expected strong opposition and local fears of further requests. Longworth opposed citing national defense preparedness concerns.
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Shackisford
House
Senate
Staten
Messare
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Day District vote split over prohibition and school control
North Capitol and Eckington Citizens' Association spoke against shifting school management and favored prohibition, with the school change vote passing unanimously and prohibition divided. New members admitted include B C Wheeler and John E Hogan, among others, and committees formed across executive, membership, rails, press, streets, sewers, fire police, schools, city limits, parks, mail, and public health.
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North Capitol
Eckington
L.boehs
John W. Thome
Boyd R. Reed
M. E. Pittman
H P. Walker
J. B. Cissel
John E. Hogan
C. H. Bebuke
Charles H. O'Connell
R. K. Middleton
M. Davidson
John T. Schrott
H.W. Belfiap
Edgar D. Thompson
Sehlon M. Ely
Edward Foulke
Herman B. Blau
Albart F. McDowell
William G. Henderson
A. 0. Tingley
A. Cofilter Wells
C. A. Bowman
B. J. Watera
I. Walter Sharp
J. D. Yoakley
A. G. Peery
A. H. Jaeger
P. H. Walsh
We ¥.Finn
T. H. Hall
Meekman
T. Farmer
H. J. Redfield
E S. Bruce
F. B. McGivern
Arnold
Burd
J. B. Corridon
J. W. Lovefess
W. J. Frizzell
BR. J. Mawhinney
Truesdell
Bruce
James E. Thomas
Dolon Clemnon
EH. Latch
M. J. Ryan
M. & Wright
Walter A. Sherwin
Dr. Sart
Bipsa
Alc. "Miller
2Rlesco
Stuart 3Nia
WL Munger
Tm. Angelo
Bryan to Join Stockholm Peace Committee
A Stockholm dispatch to Reuters reports William J. Bryan accepting membership on the Ford permanent peace committee and signaling plans to depart the United States for Stockholm.
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London
Reuter
Stockholm
William J. Bryan
Ford Permanent Peace Committee
United States
Rescue of Woman at Sea to Win U S Hero Medal
Marcus A. Jordan, brother of Eldridge Jordan, is to receive the life saving medal from the Secretary of the Treasury if a Senate bill passes. The award honors his 1911 rescue of two women from the Hamburg American ship Cleveland after they fell overboard in the shark infested Java Sea. Jordan, then 16, faced drowning and sharks, and he lived at 20 in Mace, Washington, where he is known for owning a boat of Florida.
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Marcus A. Jordan
Eldridge Jordan
Secretary of the Treasury
Wiliams
Brary Committee
Senate
Medsl
Hner Cleveland
Java
Jordan
Mace
Washington
Bas & Boat
Florida
Athenaeum Elects Officers In Annual Meeting
Dr. Charles Warren Currier reelected president of the Spanish Athenaeum Society at Rauscher's last night. Officers chosen for another term include G C Anderson as first vice president Walter Scott Penfield as second vice president Seslor Jane La Fevre as third vice president Mrs Jennie Ber liner secretary and Mark H Fintey Jr treasurer. An executive board of listed members was also named and a brief program followed with speeches poetry and a soprano solo.
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Charles Warren Currier
Hetalonia
Spanish Athenaeum Society of Athe
Rauscher’s
GC. 1. G. Anderson
Walter Scott
Penfield
Seslor Jane la Fevre
Jennie Berliner
Mark H. Fintey, Jr
L. Beckwith
R. M. de Morrison
Miss Baskett
Arturo Guerra
Gustavo Guerra
Misa E. Brainerd
Merrill
W. T. Faulkner
P. Kennedy
C. E.G. Anderson
Lestor Don Manuel’ Fraile
Mise Florence Coombs
Misa Beildred Rider
Burton Holmes paints Panama-Pacific Exposition highlights
Burton Holmes lectured at the National Theater yesterday afternoon using motion pictures and color slides to show the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The talk emphasized architectural, landscape, and pictorial splendor of the San Francisco fair, with long views of the palace of fine arts courts promenades and arches. It also noted the amusement zone fireworks and Art Smiths aerial feats in biplane acts unmatched in the East.
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Burton Holmes
National Theater
Alidea
California
San Francisco
Meade
Palace of Fine Arts
Tower of Jewels
Jiny Hiad
Tapines Apse
Art Smith
Samuel 8 Chamberlain Dead San Francisco Exec Dies
Samuel 8 Chamberlain a noted newspaper executive died in San Francisco on January 25 from heart failure after a brief illness. He left behind his wife at their Chappaqua New York home, a son who is a newspaper publisher in New York, and a daughter. Chamberlain began at the New York World, served as private secretary to James Gordon Bennett, and joined the San Francisco Examiner in 1889, remaining with Hearst papers most of his career, shaping organizational growth.
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San Francisco
Cal
Samuel 8. Chamberlain
Chappaqua
N. Y
New York
Chamberlain
New York World
James Gordon Bennett
San Francisco Examiner
Hearst
Dry Bill Fails in Kentucky Senate
Frankfort Ky Jan 26 A bill to submit a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition was defeated in the Kentucky Senate by a 10 to 14 vote, ending its prospects to originate in the upper house of the general assembly.
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Frankfort
General Assembly
Street Work Taken Up by Alexandria Council
The Alexandria city council reviewed tentative plans for major street improvements in annexed areas. Proposals call for 9000 to lay a 19 foot bituminous center on Russell Road to Rosemont, 9000 for a similar road on King Street to Janneys Lane, and 5300 to pave Duke Street from Stonebridge to the viaduct. The council extended sewer connection deadlines to Aug 1 and discussed sewer taps costs. They authorized finances to take over the Alexandria Light Infantry Armory for debts under 3600 and to hire counsel. Estimates also itemized resurfacing North Washington Street at 2500 and end-of-South Washington Street improvements at 1000. A frame building within fire limits was ordered removed.
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Alexandria Council
Washington Post-Biureau
King Street
Alexandria
City Council
Committee On
Que
Russell Road
Rosemont
Alexandria County
Janneys Lane
Duke Street
Stonebridge
Council
Desmond
Orienge
Alexandria Light Infantry
Committee On Streets
North Washington Street
Wrthe Street
Corporation
South Washington Street
J. Matthews
Two Destructive Fires Hit Alexandria Yesterday
Alexandria reported two major fires with extensive damage. A Montgomery street frame building, formerly a basket factory, burned completely in hours, destroying machinery and an automobile truck from Herfurth Bros. and causing about 5000 in losses. the owner was W. A. Smoot & Co, with 1800 in grain. A second blaze at the Southern Railway coal chute damaged the wooden structure about 99 feet high, with losses estimated at 16000 to 20000, started from hot cinders and fed by coal in an endless bucket chain.
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Alexandria
Montgomery Street
Washington
St. Asaph
Herfurth Bros
W. A. Smoot & Co
Southern Railway
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Appeals For United Action
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Mexico
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Annapolis
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Longworth
Bryan
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A. Jordan
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Spanish’ Society
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Bill
Kentucky
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Lars Millinery
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Alexandria Lodge of Elks
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Prince'street
Jacob Brill
C. C. Cartin
Thomas A. Fisher
Kerman Friedlander
Barrett
John Ewald
George W. Bontz
Bertine Entwinle
J. W. Bales
Clarence Johnaon
Maurice Lowenback
Herry Simpson
Potomac
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St. Elmo
J.wred Birrell
County Board of Supervisors
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Baltimore
Union Cemetery
Charles Stuart
Smith Desa
Washington Post
Charles Stuart Smith
Daniel D. Tompkins
New York State
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Excellee
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Flanders
47Th ST
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Hermitage
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10Th & H Sts
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Ponce de Leon
Robert Murray
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McAuliffe
Man’s
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Chicago
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Mevanish
Jacksonville
Merchants and Miners Trans Co
W. P. Turner, & P. A
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15Th St. N. Wt
Woodward Big
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