Navy Plans and Strength Show Vast U S Growth
Rear Admiral Fighting Bob Evans may be dispatched to the Pacific Coast as new battleships and powerful cruisers join the fleet. The Nebraska will be commissioned in Seattle and serve on the Pacific station while Ten-Tenes and Washington sail from Bordeaux to reinforce West Coast squadrons alongside South Dakota and California. The navy gears toward younger command and a strong fleet, with Japan and the United States compared in a new naval table.
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Bob Evans
Pacific
Maine
Connecticut
Louisiana
Missouri
Virginia
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Aimbamia
Kearworse
Kentucky
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Station
Ten- Nemes
Washington
Bordeaux
France
Astatle
West Virginia
Coloraide
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tellava
Ohio
Wisconsin
North
Stein
Roosevelt
Metcalf
All St Wax
Secretary of the Navy
Fficen
Ronsavelt
Cofinand
General Naval Board
Japan
United States
Britain
Germany
New States
Raa
Whit Ia
Ambiguity Over Japanese Consul Response Stirs Diplomatic Talk
A scrambled report discusses reactions from the Japanese consul and U S officials regarding intelligence offices and privileges. It notes confusion over U S actions, potential protests, and the stance of the Japanese government toward American citizens amid unsettled disputes in San Francisco and Felson Street incidents.
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Sen Drea
Na Decker
Felson Street
Tapas
Apple U
Ste
Jenaacae Consuluy
Su Franciscn Wilels
Ghug Uiet
ghug Uiet the applications from the + oeick Intelligences
Informa
Itowis
Howe
Aspartatat
Wien
Japanese Fear A Break In Allied Relations
Reported anti Japanese sentiment and demonstrations in San Francisco raise fears of ruptured good will between nations. Observers warn pressure on correspondents and potential retaliatory measures by political and business figures may escalate tensions though war is not anticipated. Exposition ticket promotion ends with appeal to readers to join the Post in viewing the Jamestown Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toya
J Lon
San Francisco
Inve
Tnt Gan Franckven
Japanese Fleeing Mexico Deceived By Labor Companies
El Paso reports that Japanese envoy Macao Rambe declares Japanese workers in Mexico were lured by labor supply firms, then driven to seek homes in the United States or return to Japan. Authorities note hundreds of laborers treat Mexico as a stopover en route to the U S, with smuggling along the 2000 mile border hard to stop. Immigration probes push for new inspection regimes and possible U S border controls to curb entry across Mexico and British Columbia.
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el Paso
Texas
L—Macao Rambe
Hunperor
Japan
Mexico
United States
Vancouver
Bureau of Immigration
Counry
America
Tri- Immigration
British Columbia
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Leper Island Mission Draws Salvation Army Leader Wife
Oakland July 1 the wife of Cal Owen French Salvation Army commander Pacific Coast has decided to go to Molokai for mission work and has signaled a willingness to consecrate her life to the cause Col and Mrs French have two children aged sixteen to nine years Cal French is absent in Honolulu on mission work with Japanese and Koreans and is also examining plans to open a leper island He shares his wife’s desire to spend the remainder of their lives with the lepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Owen French
Salvation Army
Pacific Coast
Molokai
Col
French
Cal. French
Honolua
Iniselon
Whitaker Statistician Dies En Route to Indiana Tour
Grenville A. Whitaker a Census Bureau statistician died in a Washington lodging house while returning from a Middle West tour on statistics for a national uniform divorce law. Born near Penyan New York he was sixty two and had long been active in business and civic circles in this city. Survived by his wife Laura and five children the Mason and Pentapaho Lodge member had previously owned a stationery store on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Grenville A. Whitaker
Census Bureau
Park Road
Uris
Jasper
Ink
Stewart House
Whitaker
Washington
Middle West
Vincennes
Ind
Wash
Ineton
Laure
Indiana
Uds City
Penyan
N. Y
Cenaus
Bureau
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sip
Pentalpho Lodge
Columbia
Alams ‘Temple
Myatle
Shring
Che
Mia
Laura Whitaker
Wallace A. Wiliam E. Edln L
Heteh EB
Mary C. Whitaker
Waves Free 20 Turtles Aboard Steamship Bradford
The steamship Bradford arrived from Port Antonio and battled a violent gale near Cape Hatteras. Twenty cases of five turtles escaped their crates, roamed the deck, and caused a mutinous scene until secured. One casualty occurred when a tyre role tipped a turtle crate. the rest were recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradford
Port Antonio
Cape Hatteras
Eac
Bredford
Suopuay
Postoffice Shifts Promote Johnson to Delivery Head
Postmaster Barnes promoted Henry L. Johnson from superintendent of the money order division to superintendent of delivery at 2700 dollars with Maj. James E. Bell reassigned to Station A. Howard Beall moved to money order division head at 2400 dollars, Charles P. McCurdy to assistant money order superintendent, and other clerical changes followed as part of a delivery service reorganization aimed at improving efficiency. Johnson, a Civil War veteran, has led the money order division for nineteen years and brings executive and financial experience. Beall, a Washington native, has served seventeen years as assistant superintendent and is described as efficient. Johnson’s tenure and Beall’s experience cited as key underpinnings of the reorganized structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Howard Beall
Charles P. McCurdy
Hia
Changea
Saga
Barnes
Henry L. Johnson
James E. Bel
Howard Bend
Franklin D. Burrows
Edward J. Birch
Aupert
Maj. Bell
Johnson
Beall
Washington
Columbian
George Washington University
McCurdy
Deliver
Springfield
State Department Promotes Staff and Raises Salaries
The fiscal year opening brought salary increases for two State Department bureau chiefs and several promotions. Clarence F. Gaus moves to deputy consul general with pay up to 1300, Norris Owens advances through service to AK S HeOne, Wirbert G. Hengeiler becomes assistant chief of the Consular Bureau with 1600, BM. Hamilton reaches 1300, Percival Heintrlemar becomes consul at Daley at 3600, filling a vacancy from promotion.
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State Department
Clarence F. Gaus
Oes
Maputy
Genera Wna
Bhanghad
Norris Owens
District of Columbia
Wierbert G. Hengeiler
BM. Hamilton
Percival Heintrlemar
Daley
Seamttign
Funeral Services for Mrs Sally Roth Tyler in Richmond
The funeral of Mrs Sallie Robb Tyler wife of Nathaniel Tyler who died Sunday after a four month illness will be held at 8 o'clock this morning at the Ontario. The body will be buried in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Va. Interment will follow. Mrs Tyler was known across the South and belonged to several historical associations. She is survived by her husband and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Roth Tyler
Sallie Robb ‘Tyler
Nathaniel ‘Tyler
Ontario
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Tylee
Thie
South
Virginia
Promotions in Patent Office Examiners Advance to Fill Vacancies
Examiners in three grades promoted to fill original vacancies in the Patent Office. Individuals named include Lindley G. Anderson Washington. Bawin A. AN Commerce. Robert C. Child Virginia. Charlad H. Pierce Tennessee. Third assistant examiners promoted at 31,600. second assistant examiners at 51,400. Names span New York Nebraska Michigan Maryland District of Columbia Illinois and others.
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Patent Office
Lindley G. Anderson
Washington
Bawin A. AN
Robert C. Child
Virginia
Charlad H. Pierce
Gyrus D. Backur
New York
Mavrica J. Perk
Nebraska
Lavix E. Gites
Micittean
Everett W. Varacy
Pesus Lvebia
James 2 Hodges
Marzland
Arthur 8. Holt
Hassan
John 3. Johnson
Colushia
Peni
John “Hinckman
Sivhigao
Whiteni W. Lanmen
Merrand
Cecil J. Blake
Masia Comatta
Jobin H. Bruntaga
Tisnels
Promoted Clerical Staff Amid County and City Names
Helstead of Indiana Frank A Whiteley and Frank R Spowden mixes names of locales Otis G Measenger of Towa Homer Smith of New York and Herbert W Kenway of Meymchuseux. promotions include a 1.20 rate to third as a talent 6x miner and a $400 figure. Thirty two clerical promotions also announced shortly.
AI-FOOT SHARK KILLED OFF AMAGSETT ISLAND
Special to The Wellington Fest reports a 21 foot thrasher shark entangled in a long net set by Captain George Mulford and J. S. Hose off Amagansett Long Island. The shark weighed about 200 pounds and had eight rows of teeth. The tale shifts to Raleigh Luckett an Adams Express inspector who attempted suicide in a New York City club after domestic unhappiness. He was wounded near the spine, remains in critical but improving condition, with his family at his side as doctors plan surgery.
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Wellington
Amagansett
Long Island
Tropics
Capte
George Mulford
J. S. Hose
Mulford
HoKe
Julius Caesar
Raleigh F. Luckett
Adama Express Company
de Soto
Garrick Glob
Fourteenth Street
Pennaylvents Avenus
Luckett
Bin
George T. Vaughn
I Street
Ce. Luckett
F Street
Adams Express Company
Pop
Ilfe
Formens
Isa Gertrude Harlow
Alexanria
Juckett
Garrick
Haltimore
Joe
Tucker Keeps Silent but Expects Vindication
Chicago dispatch reports Lieut. Col. William F. Tucker, paymaster for the Department of the Lakes, again refused comment on War Department charges raised by his mother-in-law Mrs. John A. Logan regarding his relations with Myrtle B. Platt. A fringe friend says Tucker hopes full vindication after the War Dept. inquiry. Tucker and relatives declined to discuss the Manila Times story as investigations proceed.
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Washington
Chicago
William Fittucker
Department of the Lakes
United States Army
War Department
John A. Logan
Thomas E. Wilder
Elmhurst
Tucker
Mia
Myrtle B. Platt
Achoal
Manila
Manila ‘Times
Mire. Platt
Col. Tucker
Murphysboro
John Logan
Col. E. M. Logan
Gen. Logan
Cal. Tucker
Col Tucker
13 Crushed by Cars at Carnegie Steel Yard
In Youngstown Ohio under a heavy rain a switching engine backed into a car team and crushed Milton Brambaugh a former school board member and at least twelve others were injured with several in serious condition as workers sheltered under cars at Carnegie Steel Company noon today.
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Youngstown
Unio
Milton Brambaugh
Board of Education
Parsons
Ohio Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Stormy Night Brings Lightning Strike on City Cupola
A thunderstorm swept through the city last night striking the cupola on Mrs. Mary Ahern’s home at 812 D Street East. No. 1 Engine fought the blaze, which was quickly extinguished, with damage reported at a figure around ten dollars. The storm’s downpour cooled humidity, while daytime highs reached about 101 degrees and were expected to fall to near normal today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ahern
D Street
No. 1 Engine Company
Cays
Capitol Subway Progresses Toward December Completion
The Capitol subway project from the House side toward New Jersey venue progresses rapidly and is expected to complete by December 1, five months before Congress reconvenes. Electric-powered passenger coaches will shuttle Representatives and officials between the Capitol and office buildings using power from the nearby plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Capitol
Pulsaing
New Jersey
Syndicate Plans Purchase Of National Rifles Armory
Reported plans show a syndicate ready to acquire the National Rifles Armory on G Street between Ninth and Tenth streets NW. Expected price around 80 dollars, about 108 dollars per square foot, with a 67 18 by 112 foot lot. Estly & Lampton brokers handling the deal. House sale noted at 88 Fourteenth Street NE for 3.50. Jamestown Contest entry offers a chance at a ten day trip to the Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Street
National Rifles’ Armory
Street
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Ws Syndicate
Estly & Lampton
Reward for Motorman Vigilante Arrest in 1905 Tragic Crash
Captain McCafferty of the Detective Bureau announced the capture of Paul Kelly, the suspected motorman linked to the Ninth Avenue and Fifty third Street wreck that killed a Neugass son and injured many. A $1,000 reward linked to Leopal Neugass aided nationwide circulars, and extradition steps will be pursued to bring the suspect to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speeta
New York
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
Paul Kelly
Ninth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Manhattan
Kelly
Leopal& Neugass
West 134Th Street
Neugass
Newgase
Polices Department
Neuwuts
San Francisco
Unions Continue Fight Over City Building Work
The Building Trades Mechanics' Council says it will keep visiting city buildings and strike nonunion workers where open shop prevails. One dwelling on Nineteenth Street near S Street NW was affected as iron, sheet metal, and electrical workers walked off. nonunion plasterers were at work elsewhere. Strikes at the Municipal Building ended yesterday with nonunion replacements not yet employed. Academy of Music work continued with nonunion craftsmen. Central Labor Union endorsed James J. Parsons for locking out nonunion men and vowed support if employers press further. Employers plan to bring hundreds of nonunion workers from nearby to fill striked positions.
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Building Trades Mechanics’ Council
Nineteenth Street
S Street
Academy of Music
Central Labor Union
F. C. Roberts
James J. Parsons
Washington
Union Ordered to Pay Damages by Court
Special to The Washington Post from Seattle reports a federal court ruling that labor unions may be liable for damages even if unincorporated. Printer D. E. Johnson sued Seattle Typographical Union No. 202 for 30,900, claiming loss of work after his expulsion. The union defense argued it is not incorporated and questioned individual liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Seattle
Wash
Federal District Court
D. E. Johnson
Wen
Seattle Typographical Union
Johnson
Seattle ‘Union
Loa Anngeles
Nonunion
Tremor Felt Across Washington Area and Beyond
A seismograph at the Weather Bureau recorded a moderate to large earthquake likely south of Washington occurring around morning hours with tremors felt in Cheltenham Maryland and other stations. Reports describe waves traveling north south and east west with peak motion in the late morning and a distant origin possibly 1,000 to 2,000 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Weather Bureau
Washington
Magnetic Observatory
United States Coast and Gendetic Survey
Cheltenham
Kingston
Jamaica
Marion
Meridien Imne
St A
Alheny
State Museum
New York
West Indiea
Central
South America
Eerfoux
Fiavana
Belen College
Bethesda residents seek freight car for light use on Georgetown Rockville line
Bethesda Citizens Association transportation committee met at the school hall and urged the electric railroad to annex a light freight car for local convenience. Robert Willson reported this year’s crops would be late and poor except beans and potatoes. Dr. Ernest Schroeder spoke on hydrophobia cures, noting dog attacks in Northeast Washington killed cattle. Dr. John J Lewis urged draining nearby marshes. James Jingle proposed methods to deter bats from firearms on public roads amid rising danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda Citizens’ Association
Bethesda Ciizens’ Association
Fhe
Georgetown
Rockville
Robert Willson
Agricultura
Willson
Weather Conditions July 1 1997 U S climate report
Weather notes from the U S Weather Bureau dated July 1 1997 describe summer temperatures across regions. Texas highs reach 102 degrees while Southern Arizona tops 134. The Lake region and parts of the Northeast face sun and fair skies with a forecast of some thunder storms in the South and a general two day shift in conditions. Winds shift along the Atlantic coast and Gulf coast patterns, with forecast partly cloudy weather toward the Grand Banks and notes on ship departures for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Dept
Agdenltyre
Weather Bureau
Washington, D.C
Lake
Texas
Arizona
South Dakota
Colorado
New England
South Atlantic
Stains
Arkanaar
Washington
New Fugland
Middle
Mrs G M Halpine Dies After Heart Failure
Mrs Margaret G Halpine widow of Gen Charles G Halpine died suddenly yesterday at 1641 M Street NW after a heart failure attack. Born in London in 1782 she lived there a short time after marriage before moving to New York then to this city in 1682. The body will be taken to New York for burial as family plans are discussed.
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Margaret G. Halpine
Charles G. Halpine
M Street
Halping
London
New York
Mrs. Halping
Reneet Gaeta Seers Dauntiers
Beer Gummiers
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Frisca
Tokyo
Werarrer Habr
Gensus
Deas
Kenry L. Johnson
Miltary Service
Washington Citizens’ Association
E. B. French Lodge
Raleigh Luckett
Young Express
Joseph 2. Lucktex
Columbia Theater
Edith
Virginlauckett
Laurel
Mrs. Logan
BUI
M. B. Platt
Sirs
Logan
Case
Maj
West
Inspector General's Department
Portland
Oreg
Widam
F. Tucker
Galbraith
Maj. West
Taft
Tucker Long
Wich
Culver V. Sniffin
Bolt
Capitol Subway
Moors 4 Hill, Incorporated
Thomas Pickford
Atte
Building Trades Mechanics' Council
Lansburgh & Bro
7Th St
UNION
Bunshino
Seerine Stash
Welva
Special River Bulletin
Marpere Ferry
W. Va
Suly L
Ray Mexall
Apm
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic CE
Wi Boson
Sass
Bumalo
N.Y
Cheyenne
Towa
Dosver
Golo
Maines
Galveston
Felepa
Kansas City
Little Ork
Ark
Omeks
North Flaite
U Fs
Plitebares Balt Lake
Cus
Dea
Br. Louis
St. Parl
Ein de Saringttis
M. G. Halpine
Tharp
Mc Grogan
St. T
Castelberg's
Jewelers
Opticians
Penna. Ave
Christian Xander
Lucas
Atest
M. Brown
N Sts
Mr. Employer
The
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