Fletcher Fleet Head Named Admiral Candidate Debate
The article discusses potential successors to Admiral Badger as head of the Atlantic fleet. Rear Admirals Winslow Fiske Flake and Fletcher are named as leading candidates. Daniel and Daniels influence the picks, favoring quick decisive command versus conservative oversight, with Winslow praised for prior Mediterranean service and Fletcher lauded for steady leadership amid Mexican operations.
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Winslow
Fiske
Badger
Morgan Books Examiners Return to Continue New Haven Inquiry
Examiners of the Interstate Commerce Commission resume study of the books of JP Morgan & Co relating to the New Haven Railroad. They traveled back to New York after a weekend in Greenwich. Examiner McAdams missed a planned meeting with William Rockefeller but an engagement was reported for today. The examiner will seek to determine if Rockefeller can endure testimony during the New Haven investigation, with sessions resuming in New York on Wednesday.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
JP. Morgan & Co
New Haven
New York
Examiner McAdams
William Ttorxefeler
Fiancier
Greenwich
Conn
McAdams
Rockefeller
Radium Cures Cancer Ends Gainesville Railroad Official
Ballhimore May 34 Radium was reported to have cured throat cancer in a Gainesville Fla railroad official. Le Glass sought treatment here two months ago after throat irritation began last January. After an unsuccessful operation the cancer was deemed incurable until radium treatment in March. Last night he was told he could return home believing he was cured.
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Glass
Colombia Pact Moves Through House in First Reading
Colombia's house of representatives gave the treaty on the adjustment of the adif n between Colombia and the United erowing out of the partition of Panama its first reading and sent it to a seven member committee for report. The senate had already passed its third reading. The State Department said the treaty will not be sent to the Senate until Panama canal legislation is dealt with. Christadelphians bid adieu after a farewell speech by John W. Lea marking the close of their fraternal gathering at the lodge hall on 30 Pennsylvania avenue with T Creecy G B Taylor and Thomas Purnell presiding. Speakers included J P Kirwin Isaac N Jones John Jencer and H te Vredentuirin.
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John W. Lea
Analoy Lodge
Tennsylv Southeast
Heartquarania Avenue
T. Creecy
G. 3B. Taylor
Thomas Purnell
J. P. Kirwin
Hamilton
Oney AH. Zttmer
Isaac
John W. Langley
Kentucky
United States
Bradley
Marshall Bullitt
Louisville
Bullitt
Senator Bradley
Madonna evening musicale at Holy Cross Academy
Schoolgirls from Holy Cross Academy performed a musicale during commencement week featuring lower and graduating class students. Gertrude Ruppert and others presented choral numbers and Ave Marias while Mer. Lee gave an address. Graduation diplomas will be awarded to Lillie Beck Eugenie Lieutaud Lilian Meehay Dorothy Oettinger Gertrude Ruppert and Mary Shugrue tonight through Friday.
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Madonna
Holy Cross Academy
A.musicale
Lillie Beck
Anna de Lacy
Claudia Lieutaud
Eugenie Lieutaud
Mer. Lee
Lilian Meehay
Dorothy Oettinger
Gertrude Ruppert
Mary Shugrue
Daring Hawaiian mountain climb earns praise for four soldiers
General Edwards cites Second Lieut. Thomas Camp and Lieut. H Nichols and Corporal Farmer with Private Midkiff for a six hour ascent atop a knife edge range in Hawaii. They lowered, swung, and ledged their way through gale, rain, and mist to reach the missing private. The mission, described as one of the boldest feats in military climbing, kept danger near every step.
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Hell's Pocket
Koolan Mountains
Hawaii
Washington
Clarence R. Edwards
Thomas J. Camp
Second Infantry
H. ¥. Nichols
Corporal Farmer
Midkiff
Kentucky
Edwards
Camp
Nichols
Corp. Farmer
Obituary for James I Campbell veteran of Civil War
James Irwin Campbell, a Civil War veteran born in Belmont County Ohio in 1838, died yesterday morning at 180 Jackson Street Northeast. He served in Company 3, 105th Pennsylvania volunteers the Wild Cat regiment during the Peninsula Campaign under General McClellan, later worked in the general land office and bureau of labor in Washington, and was a member of the G A R. He leaves five children. Funeral services for Samuel English, who died suddenly Friday near 1016 D Street Northeast, will be held today at 1 o'clock from the residence. English worked 33 years in the Government Printing Office after moving from Wellsboro Pennsylvania and held national and local offices including grand commander of the Maccabees of the World and officer in the Order of Modern Maccabees. He was an Eastern Presbyterian Sunday school assistant superintendent and elder. He is survived by his wife, four children and a sister. The Rev. Alfred E. Barrows will preside. interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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James Irwin Campbell
Jackson’ Street
Mr. Campbell
Belmont County
Ohio
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Wild Cat Regiment
MacClellan
Washington
General Land Flee
Bureau of Labor
Campbell
The
G A. R
Samuel
Eastern Presbyterian Sunday School
Grace
Lucy
Richard
Harl English
Lina English
Alfred E. Barrows
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Red tape in Alaska administration urged by Lane
Secretary Lane urges a three member Alaska development board to control all natural resources and merge duties from the general land office forest service road commission bureau of mines and fisheries into a single agency. Bills for boards align with Lane plan and point to a nationwide meat supply solution via reindeer industry and new road and town plans.
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Emerald
U. S
Alaska
Lane
Interior Department
Pittman
Houston
Congressional Committees On
Territories
General Land Office
Forest Service
Road Commission
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Education
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Fisheries
Chamberlain
Wickersham
United States
Cost of congressional nomina tions drops as living rises
Politicians reviewing expense accounts filed with the House clerk note lower nominal costs for nominating campaigns. North Carolina's Claude Kitchin reports 52.50 spent for renomination. Roger Page 247.70. Webb 845.26. In Pennsylvania William Ware certifies zero, Hampton Moore zero, and Arthur De Walt 2575.
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Clerk of the House
Congress
Indiana
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Roger N. Page
BE. ¥. Webb
Judiciary Committee
J. Ham Moore
Pennsylvania
William 8. Ware
Philadelphia
J. Hampton Moore
Arthur G. de Walt
Bradley's Toga Aims for November Senate Election
Gov McCreary to name Johnson N Camden of Woodford county June 16 as Democratic senator to fill the Bradley vacancy. Camden would seek the short term starting November and ending March 4 1918. Possible long term bids include J C W Beckhem Bennett Young and Smith.
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Frankfort
James B. McCreary
Johnson N. Camden
Woodford County
Democratic State Executive Committee
W. Bradley
Camden
Bradley
J. C. W Beckhem
Bennett H. Young
The
United Confederate Veterans
Smith
United States
West Virginia
United Service Vera Cruz Club proposed for on duty officers
In Vera Cruz awaiting return, navy army and marine on duty consider forming a united service club. Circulars invite expressions of interest. Paymaster Hovey King of the Virginia and Capt W A Burnside on shore asked to communicate with respective officers. The proposed name is United Service Vera Cruz Club.
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Vera
Crivz
Navy
Army
United Service Club
Marine Corps
Washington
Marine
Hovey King
Virginia
W. A. Burnside
Infantry
U. S
Hotel Tarminal
United Service
Vera Cruz
Fire Drives Family From Bed In Fourth Street Blaze
A fire on the first floor of 146 Tenth Street drove Charles Sworm and his wife from their home at 16 North West, aided by tailor Simon Belass. They escaped in night clothes via the back stairs as smoke and flames confined the blaze to the first floor. Estimated damage to building and stock is 1800 dollars. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Amoke
Tenth Street
Simon Belass
Charles Sworm
Heroic Conductor Eyster Flags Freight Train After Fatal Crash
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger engine derailed near Cooks Mills Pennsylvania killing four: engineer Hughes and Lloyd and brakemen Dean and Rizer. Conductor C C Eyster, badly burned, saved a second freight collision by flagging an oncoming train. Injured firemen Miller Romesburg Semple listed. Eyster died later.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cooks Mills
Pittsburgh
Hughes
Lloyd
Connellsville
Guy W. Dean
Cumberlana
Tarry Rizer
C. C. Eyster
Grant Miller
James Romesburg
Markleton
William Semple
Miller
Eyster
Tinghes
Dean
Rizer
Senate Leaders Eye Adjournment By July Twenty
A push on trust legislation and antitrust bills shapes Senate plans for adjournment by July 20 as leaders seek agreement on the amount of trust measures and a presidential okay. House aims to send three antitrust bills to the Senate, with a likely focus on the interstate trade commission measure amid debates over labor union exemptions.
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Bain
Thom
Illinois
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Labor Advocates
Powers assails antitrust bill over coal monopoly fears
Senatorial notes report Representative Caleb Powers of Kentucky warning that the administration backed antitrust legislation could spur a nationwide coal monopoly by forcing local output into monopolists’ hands. The item also notes Judge Henry C. Clayton leaving Congress for a federal judgeship in Alabama and J. J. Speight’s Democratic nomination to fill the seat. Additional items include Benjamin G. Humphrey’s waterway book, K. Stauffer’s Congress nomination, and protests against changing the U S flag with slim chances of action.
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Caleb Powers
Kentucky
United States
Powers
Henry C. Clayton
Alabama
J. J. Speight
House Judiciary Committee
Clayton
Speight
Democratic Congressional Committee
Third District
Child Felled by Automobile in Southeast Street Incident
Three year old Violet Thrift of 724 Virginia avenue southeast was struck by a car driven by James A Cahill of 599 Thirteenth street northwest yesterday afternoon. The front wheel ran over her right leg and she suffered head cuts. Dr Chester Pyles said injuries were not serious. Cahill said the car was moving slowly and the girl darted into its path.
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Violet Thrift
Virginia Avenue
James A. Cahill
Thirteenth Street
Chester Pyles
Railroad Inquiry Is Held Up In Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission investigations into the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad operations have been paused for a conference. The inquiry, begun last Friday, may resume with focus on the Pere Marquette Railroad acquisition and sale, though the commission faces a heavy workload.
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C. H
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton ‘Railroad
Commission
Harlan
Tt 9
the .C. H. and D
Pere Marquette Railroad
Lawmaker Pushes Navy Plucked Officers Bill to Assign Duties
Representative Britten of Illinois announces a bill to require the secretary of the Navy to employ officers who have been plucked from retirement. The measure would amend the Navy Personnel Act of 1809, preventing future retirees from drawing retired pay without service and mandating assignment to suitable duties with salary limited to that of a lieutenant commander.
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Hlinda Man
Navy Retiring Board
Britten
Illinois
House
Congress
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Tenue
Nehthouse
Sam
Mr. Britten
Karluk Expedition Crews Reported Safe Await Bear Arrival
News from Nome Alaska indicates the revenue cutter Bear will reach the Karluk expedition site within days. Officials hope for definite reports on the stranded crew of Stefansson's Canadian Arctic whaling voyage. The Bear may not reach Wrangel Island before relief if another vessel fails to locate them.
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Nome
Alaska
Karluk
Viljhalmar Stefansson
Berthalf
Revenue Cutter Service
Jay
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Coutel
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Charles J. Badger
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Vaniela
Admiral Make
Daniela
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Thadels
Teat Arioleai
Fletcher
Mesiin
Dan
Yanks
Mexico
Neesle
Morgan Books
Florida Railroad
Colombia
Committee of Seven
Galt & Bro, Jewellers
Sieversmiths
Pennsylvania Ave
Wspape
Knife-Edge Mountain
Gen. Edwards
Midkitt
Corp
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Daily Post
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Giorgia
Wash
D.C
Laie
Ware
Moore
de Walt
Will
Gov. McCreary
J. N. Camden
Annapolis
Naval Academy
CLI Ax
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WILD
Aya
Cloke
Senate Committee
Benjamin G. Humphrey
Mississippi
Mississippi River
K. Stauffer
John Kejm Stauffer
Antil
Republica
Albert G. Dewalt
John H. Rothermel
Representative Hayes
California
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Marine Barracks
United States Marine Band
William H. Santelann
Sousa
Leather Butte
Grieg
Austra
Vollstedt
Wagner
St. Rotunda
Address Pyrodonto
Baltimore, Md
T.E. Young Gomes
Fotomac Hectric Power’ Company
Mazda
District OF Columbia
Board of Trustees
Commercial Fire Insurance Company
District of Coumbia
Southern Building
Bonett R. Tuttle
Bestor I. Walters
Dudley
Wiliam F. Thyses
Paul F. Grave
John McKee
Clarence A. Krouse
Bates Warren
Richard Whatman
Georgetown Gas Lights Company
Dumparton Arenue
Stoclholders
Gretchathes Wuisiness
Clls
Charles P Williams
Xander
Palm Beach
Calvert Shop
Federal Finance
John Poole
N. H. Shea
Chase B. Lyddane
J. J. Darlington
Federal National Bank
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