Navy seeks record $315 million appropriation for ships
A historic naval bill would authorize $315,826,545 for this year with a total Navy program of $588,180,576 and a grand year funding of $894,018,87. It funds 4 dreadnoughts, 4 battle cruisers, 4 heavy cruisers, 20 torpedo boat destroyers, and 30 submarines while adding a gunshop in Washington and other facilities. It also grants the President power to compel manufacturers to supply material in wartime with penalties for noncompliance.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Daniel
Bride and groom arrested en route to Washington camp
A bride in mens clothes and two men were arrested in Binghamton after attempting to elope and enlist with the First Infantry reserve. Capt E F E Powell reported the trio rode a freight to join the camp at Whitman, claiming parental consent was denied due to age.
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Washington
Binghamton
John Lopes
Thomas Murtha
New York City
First Infantry
Camp Whitman
E F E Powell
New York
Lopex
Marthe
Twelfth Infantry
Roosevelts Army Call Nears Recruitment Plan
Special to The Washington Post from Oyster Bay June 30 says Theodore Roosevelt's arrangements for recruiting and division for service in Mexico may be announced next week. He is expected to confer in New York with tentative brigade commanders as the entire force could be assembled within 20 days after the volunteer call. Roosevelt notes WW war news and Carranza’s withdrawal stance while volunteers and equipment pour in. applicants’ names have been tabulated and summons will be sent once authority to enlist is received.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Theodore
Aummons
Roosevelt
21000 Doctors to Enroll for Service in War Time
Chicago reports the advisory committee of civilian physicians and surgeons issued its plan of operation for medical preparedness. The first step flags enrollment of 21000 doctors nationwide to serve an army of about 39.09 million, with seven physicians per thousand enlisted men. Pennsylvania and Maryland selections begin, and 2000 physicians in Saint Louis have been listed.
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Chicago
Phresi
Ang
United States
Secretares Baker
Daniela
Gorgas
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Army censor gets to work Maj Douglas MacArthur leads War Department press control
Maj Douglas MacArthur, new censor for the War Department, organized his office in the adjoining room to Secretary Baker and announced a policy to provide to the press only news not detrimental to military interests. He pledged to share available information with both press and public as practical. MacArthur, son of Gen MacArthur, entered West Point in 1899, served in the Philippines, participated as military observer in the Russo Japanese War, taught in army schools, authored military texts, and accompanied Funston to Vera Cruz in 1914.
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War Departments
Douglas MacArthur
Secretary Baker
War State
Maj Macarthur
MacArthur
West Point
Milwaukee
Philippines
United States
Gen Funston
Vera Cruz
Illinois Militia First to Enter Texas Camp Near San Antonio
The First Illinois infantry under Col Sanborne arrived at Fort Sam Houston and went into camp at San Antonio. The first battalion headquarters company and supply company reached San Antonio, with the second battalion at 8 o'clock and the third two hours later. The Seventh New York regiment arrived late and moved via railroad to a station near Brownsville.
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San Antonio
Sanborne
Fort Bam Houston
Seventh New York Regiment
Aransas Pass
Brownsville
Arrieta Brothers Move 2599 Men Toward Chihuahua
Reports say the Arrieta brothers long allied with Pancho Villa have moved 2599 men from Durango into Chihuahua and plan to join Gen Jacinto Treviño, de facto commander of the Chihuahua district, forming a junction east of Juarez.
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Juarez
Arrieta
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua
Durango
Jacinto Treving
Carranza’s Son-in-Law Named Border Commander
A report states that the son-in-law of Carranza will command operations on the Mexican border. The designation follows discussions in Mexico City and reflects ongoing changes in command structure amid current tensions. Official confirmation could not be obtained at this time.
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Carranza
Camp Yum Yum Watermelons Gift At Local Camp
Fragmented OCR notes describe Camp Yum Yum in Texas with a gift of watermelons. Mentions June 30 and references to a camp salon perch and awaiting someone. Text is garbled but centers on a watermelon gift event at a local camp.
Four Villa Raiders Hanged in Deming Jail
Four Villa bandits tied to the Columbus raid were executed in pairs at the Deming county jail. Encevio Retterla and Taurino Garcia were hanged first, then Jose Rangel and Juan Castillo. Garcia proclaimed forgiveness for enemies while Rangel smoked. Jane Rodriguez received a stay, serving life sentences. National Guard Company D stood by at the armory.
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Columbus
Jane Rodriguez
Ufe
Company D
New Mexico National Guard
Extra Pay for U S Troops After Crossing Border
The Treasury Comptroller ruled extra pay applies to U S troops serving near the Mexican border. Enlisted men receive 20 percent and officers 10 percent. The ruling also allows government employees who join the National Guard to be paid from their civil position for the first 30 days, with officers’ combined salaries limited by the $2,000 cap.
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Warwick
The
Treasury
Comptroller
National Guard
De Valera Case Probed by War Office in June Dispatch
London reports that a State Department request prompted a Dublin University inquiry into Edward De Valera described as an American mathematician and Gaelic professor. War Office confirms De Valera was a Sinn Fein commander sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment, and notes no recognition of American claim. Home Office also investigating the case.
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London
State Department
Washington
Edward de Valera
Dublin University
War Office
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Home Office
German submarine reaches Baltimore mystery under Chesapeake Bay
The Transatlantic Trust Company of this city, acting as a financial agent for Austria and Germany, reported in a Hungarian newspaper that a German submarine, long rumored to be en route from Hamburg, has arrived Baltimore and is concealed nearby, likely beneath Chesapeake Bay waters. The trust company directorate declined to disclose the submarine’s ex de calcouta details.
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Washington Post
New York
Transatlantic Trust Company
Amerikel Maygar Nepszava
Hamburg
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Trust Company
Austro Hungaria Onsul
Alexander Nuber von Fereked
Offrats
Ex de Calcouta
Mexican requests bodies from front renews Trevino answer
Mexican Consul Garcia sought permission to move bodies to the United States. He said Trevino at Chihuahua must grant it, but would relay the request. American authorities say Trevino has ignored it amid border conflict fears. Fort Bliss base hospital hosts Troop K reunion as 23 troopers recover. Rushed border hospitals expand at Fort Crockett Fagle Pass Laredo Nogales to treat wounded soldiers.
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Garcia
United States
Trevino
Chihuahua
Fort Buen
Lewis Morey
Colonia Dublan
Mexico
Fort Bliss
San Antonio
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Fagle Pass
Laredo
Nogalea
Will tattooed will found on back in Hood murder case
Special to The Washington Post Pittchureh Pa June 2 a coroner discovered the last testament of George Ballantina Hood tattooed on his back after Hood, fatally shot by footpads during a robbery attempt for his diamonds, died months later. The will bequeaths all to his mother though she is dead. distant relatives are believed to live in this territory.
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Washington Post
Pittchureh
Ghiltecker
George Ballantina Hood
Hood
Schildecker
No Bar to Steel Merger Plan Approved by U S Court of Appeals
In Philadelphia this June Judge McPherson refused to interfere with Bethlehem Steel's plan to buy the assets of Pennsylvania Steel Company of New Jersey and its subsidiaries. The case by stockholder Clarence H Venner of New York argued the consolidation violated antitrust and Seven Sisters Act laws. The sale involves 31,841,630 dollars.
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Philadelphia
McPherson
United States Court of Appeals
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
New Jersey
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Clarence H Venner
New York
Four Die in Central Indiana Storm Fatality Toll Grows
Four persons are dead and one seriously injured when a severe electrical storm swept central Indiana late today. The victims include Frederick Kelly 14 Dennis Brummitt 22 and two others unnamed. A widow identified as P Ja Int and an unidentified man were also mentioned in damaged reports. The fatalities occurred along a public roadway about twelve miles east of Indianapolis.
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Ind
Anere
Indiana
Frederick Kelly
Dennis Brummitt
Flete Kelson
Mar
German Foreign Minister Seeks to Avert War in Mexico
Reporter notes a Copenhagen conversation where German Foreign Minister von Jagow cautions against U S involvement and denies German plans for aggression. He stresses humanitarian aims and warns against Japanese manipulation while insisting Germany seeks only to limit, not expand, hostilities along the Mexican border.
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Illiam Bafard Hale
Copenhagen
Newey
Vow
America
Imany
Nister
United Ad
Carranza
Indig
Jagow
Tauscher Declared Not Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Former German Army ter acquitted on a plot to blow up the Welland Canal. Jury read verdict as Tauscher and his associates, including Mme Gadski and Miss Lott, listened. Tauscher’s daughter cried with relief. Indictment tied to a April grand jury and linked to Krupp gun works network.
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Mme Gadski
Tauscher
Branz von Papen
Germanys
Wolf von Igel
Alfred A
Fritzen
Constantine
Vanl Tauscher
Krupp
Lord Kitchener Left 850000 Will Remembers Officers
The will of Field Marshal Karl Kitchener probate shows estate valued at £171420. Major bequests include £20000 to nephew Henry Hamilton Kitchener and the Broome Park estate to Comdr Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener. Bequests extend to officers and personal aides, with large lands in British East Africa and other gifts to public bodies. The document was dated November 2 and references posthumous arms and honors.
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Hampshire
Orkneys
Adm
Ted
Henry Hamilton Kitphener
Broome Park
Kent County
Sigs
Comdr
Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener
Royal Aviation
Env
Bejvests
Ela
Oswald
Fenwick Harnsan
Harrison
Mercy mission death of Victor Chapman over France
Victor Chapman of New York, serving with the Franco American aviation corps, died on a mercy errand for a wounded comrade during an air battle near German lines. He shot down two German planes before being shot down himself, inspiring a religious memorial in New York with French officials and family present.
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Paris
Victor Chapman
New York
Boele
Aeropianes
Chapman
Nergt
Clyde Balsley
San Antonio
Tex
Verdun
Trinity Church
Victor Emmanuel
Hapman
Franco Amerian Flying Corps
France
Erat Chapman
John Jay Chapman
B Kinkaid
Barrytown
Renova Office Move Notice and Bank Charter Update
The notice outlines Renova moving its office by June 30 to 620 10th St NW after 28 years at 110% B. It also includes Comptroller of the Currency actions approving extension for Riggs National Bank of Washington DC’s charter period to close of business June 26, 1936, and references to various vendors, advertisers, and historical banking steps in Washington DC.
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Ebant
Washington
Varbon
Renova
Wenty
10Th ST
HL & J B
McQue Treasury Dr
Partmnt ~ Inc. Office OF
Comptrols
Sauals
Riggs National Bank OF
Washington DC
District of Columbia
Riggs National Bank
Federated Halanyse
Servatory of Music Incorporated
Chicago
Manufacturera
Bert
Ty Onlivc Best
Holland
Roehed Tarterurne Brtal Stow
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