Fletcher 6 rebpaid transfer in few weeks
Navy Department announces honor for Frank Fletcher who led Vera Cruz action and will be promoted to commander in chief of the fleet succeeding Charles Badger. Medal awards, $100 pay, and letters of commendation authorized for Fletcher and 41 officers and 65 enlisted men for bravery and leadership at Vera Cruz with Daniels praise and president’s acknowledgement.
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Department
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Willwaukee
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Decker
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Mfcera
Villa Says No Rift With Carranza Ahead of Zacatecas Move
Gen Villa rejected rumors of friction with Gen Carranza and said no action would derail the military program. He announced a force of about 26,000 to strike Zacatecas, with 51 artillery pieces and 6 million rounds, and noted all troops are well supplied. Carranza reported 100,000 constitutionalists with 1,000 field guns and ample ammunition, awaiting Villa reinforcements from Torreon.
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Tagerne
Rafael Zubaran
Chier
Washington
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Jose Vasconcelos
Sill
Zabaran
Mediation Difficulties Mark Niagara Falls Conference
U S mediation parties clash over armistice demands as Niagara Falls talks near a critical stage. Carranza delegates await official welcome while Diaz allies seek provisional government terms. Washington reports ongoing contact with J U S Lamar Lehmann and Carranza agents as Mexico’s crisis deepens.
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Felix Diaz
Diaz
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Villar
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Madero
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Felix Diag
Rail mail pay fight seen over Moon administration bill
Ralph Peters cites Washington dispatch noting a clash over railway mail pay as Congress debates the Post Office Moon bill. Democratic and Republican members fault Postmaster Burleson while Bourne and Richardson defend scientific rates and the goal of paying railroads a fair car mile return based on passenger traffic.
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Washington Dispatch
Bers
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Committee On
Boston Transcript
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Conggross
Postoffice
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Burleson
Transcript
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Commission
Moon
Bouse Committee
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Lorenz
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bourne Commission
Post Office Department
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Washington
Mr Richardson
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Joint Congressional Committee On Railway Mall
Joint Committee On Railway Mall
Postoffice Department
Obituary for Kenton Neal Harper in Gettysburg
Funeral services for Kenton Neal Harper were held at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Donald C. MacLeod officiating. The body, escorted by Orient Commandery and later honored by Martha Chapter and the Knights Templar, will be buried in Gettysburg under Good Samaritan Lodge RA AM supervision.
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Flist Presbyterian Church
Donald C. MacLeod
Orient Commandery
Templar
Harper
Martha Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Knights Templar
Gettysburg
Good Samaritan Lodge
RA AM
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Welcomes First Grandson in New York
Theodore Roosevelt Jr born son to Mr and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr in New York on June 14. The newborn, named Theodore Roosevelt, is the former president’s first grandson to bear the family name. Roosevelt Jr and his wife Eleanor married June 20, 1910, their daughter born August 17, 1911. Mrs Richard Derby, formerly Miss Ethel Roosevelt, also has a son.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Col Roosevel
Theodore, Jr
Wleanar B Alexander
Richard Derby
Ethel Roosevelt
Train kills three men in auto collision at crossing
Ripley New York June 4 three men were instantly killed when an automobile was struck by a Lake Shore train at the crossing near here. Two other occupants leaped from the car and escaped injury. The dead are Frederick G Bird his son and Otto E Walker all of Dunkirk.
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Ripley
Lake Shore
Frederick G. Bird
Otto E. Walker
Duni
May Reward May Reward For Officer Roberts
The Senate may pass a bill to promote Spencer Roberts of the Washington Metropolitan Police Forge to Class 3. The House District committee found he was forced out due to a conspiracy and discharged for an alleged offense he did not commit. He was later reinstated as a private, and the bill seeks to restore his rank and vindicate him through legislative action.
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House
Spencer Roberts
Washington
Roberts
Tragic Terest Glen Fire Kills Baby. Man Injured
A Maryland blaze started by a lamp explodes through the Sisson home at Terest Glen, burning 3 year old Elizabeth Sisson to death. Neighbors and the Brown family fought the flames with buckets and extinguishers, saving adjoining houses. Peter Brown dislocated his shoulder after falling from a roof while helping. Father Roscoe Sisson was away at National Park Seminary when the tragedy struck.
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Forest Glen
Elizabeth Siason
Roscoe Sisson
National Park Seminary
Sisson
Terest Glen
Peter Brown
Edward Brown
Aubry Slason
Siagon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lewis
Jones
Wanesington
Gas Poison Ends Life of Prominent Washington Woman
Mrs Charlotte Dailey a former vice regent of the DAR and a leading Washington society figure was found dead in her home at 2200 Twentieth Street NW. A gas tube attached to a chandelier was found in place, with the room locked, and coroner Nevin ruled death by illuminating gas. Her brother Powell Manning said she had suffered neurosathenia and had shown improvement recently. The burial likely in Baltimore in the family vault.
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Robertson
Mra Catley
Morris
Nevin
Mra
John W Childress
Mra Dares
Chapaqua
Childress
Hudson
Powell
Baltimore
Flag Day Observances Spark Citywide Display and Church Programs
Flags flew from business houses and homes as the city observed Flag Day with public and church ceremonies. The main event was at Union Station plaza where three flagstaffs waved for visitors arriving from trains, led by Col G E B Beckman and the Sons of Veterans with GAR and Spanish war veterans. The celebration featured a push for a permanent garrison flag for the plaza, with Congressional support and a pending presidential signature. Patriotic music sounded in churches, including Calvary Baptist, and planned activities extended to the State War and Navy Building Treasury and Northeast Temple tonight with speeches by officials and veterans.
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Song of
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Phesa
William B Cushing
Sons of Veterans
G EB Beckman
GAR
Cushing
Wiliam B
United States of America
District of Columbia
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Marland
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Garrison
Congress
Kenyon
Griffen
Hay Col Beckman
Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Department
State War and Navy
Treasury
Flag Day Observance by Federal Departments in Washington
State War and Navy and Treasury workers prepare for a Departmental Flag Day on the Capitol grounds with the President and Secretaries leading. A 2400 strong turnout is expected with the Treasury choir of 150 and Marine Band accompaniment. Speakers include Charles Hamlin and Rev Walter F Smith.
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Treasury
Daniels
Washington
Marine Band
George H. Wilson
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Daniels Offee
McAdoo
Department
Charles § .Hamiln
Walter F. Smith
Whitney Avenue Memorial
In Praise of Emblem Salute by Calvary Sunday School
About 1 200 people witnessed a Calvary Baptist Church Sunday school Tag Day ceremony led by Rev Dr Samuel H Greene. Six hundred children marched under oak branches held by girls, then sang America and saluted Old Glory, with readings and songs by local pupils and the high school cadet color guard. The program featured original songs, recitations, and choruses, concluding with a Dr Greene address and plans for a school rally on October 11 and a large general committee.
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Dr. Greene
Calvary Baptist Church
Samuel H Gresne
William Allen Wilbur
Greane
America
William Griffin
Bliss Mary E Bord
Pierson H Bristow
Adam Geibel
Philadelphia
Army of the Lord
Robert E Lee
Katharine Bilas
Winifred Royke
Eleanor Devoe
Mra Goulds
Bliss Nettle Meddler
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Dr Greene
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Melle M Taliaferro
Sarah EB White
Marjorie Feller
Edna Green
Genevieve Greene
Lucile Jeffries
Ethel Jones
Grace Jones
Arlene Kane
Ruti Lukens
Helen Mickle
Alice Pumphrey
Louise Pumphrey
Ethel Rogers de la Bereford
Virgle Schlueter
May Stambaugh
India Sisson
Edith Urbon
Russians Favor a Treaty Negotiations Drift
Mutoukoff, a reader of the opposition, argues Russia should pursue industrial and commercial treaties with Germany and the United States. He insists both parties can overcome obstacles, urging government ministers to press commercial accords with America and Germany. Gouton agrees, saying regular, sound relations with the United States would be welcomed and questions why the matter has stalled.
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St Petersburg
Mutoukoff
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Germany
United States
America
Gouton
Petworth M E Sunday School Holds Children Day Program
Youngsters at Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church celebrated Children’s Day with a morning program of songs and recitations. Rev William A Haggerty praised class members for their year’s work and addressed eighth graders from Petworth School progressing to finish their course. Mass Mary Frank directs next week’s hymn singalongs with the church choir.
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Fetworth Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Wiliam A Haggerty
Haggerty
Petworth School
Mass
Mary Frank
Rumor of Police Changes at District Headquarters
Rumors in police circles say changes are planned due to Inspector Boardman’s protracted illness. Boardman may retire and Lieut Hartley become assistant superintendent of police with a 260 dollar salary. Capt Charley Peck of the First precinct may be named chief of the detective force at 1500 dollars yearly.
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Maj Sylvester
Lieut Hartley
Charley Peck
Igby
Boardman
Geasford
Two hearings on saloon transfers before excise board big week
Julius Eyloft seeks to move his saloon from Third Street SE to 22 Pennsylvania Ave SE while opponents plan to attend the hearing tomorrow morning. Maria Keane seeks transfer from Ninth Street NW to Seventh Street NW to be heard the following day amid ongoing political rumors.
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Third Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Maria Keane
Ninth Street
Seventh Street
Samuel Thualbfus
Court of Appeals
Kalb Fus
Siddons
Kalhtus
Statesman Author Townsend Sues Over Hawthorne Infringement
Representative EW Townsend of New Jersey sues in a New York district court to determine if Hawthorne of the U S A by George M Cohen and Sam H Harris infringes his rights as author of Keegan’s Coup at Ka Mr Townsend claims the producers used the entire plot and dramatic situations of his story without permission.
Five Killed by Gas Explosion in Columbus Trench
A gas explosion in a trench where laborers laid a gas main killed five men and fatally injured ten others in Columbus Ohio. Four of the deceased were foreigners. several injured are said to be foreigners as well. George W Scott, 40, of Columbus is among the dead. foreman C F Potter, 42, and John Gump, 36, are among those believed fatally burned. A cap on a gas pipe joint is thought to have blown off, igniting escaping gas after a cigarette.
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Jame
George W Scott
C F Potter
John Gump
Signing of Panama tolls repeal bill today
President Wilson will sign the Panama Canal tolls exemption repeal bill today with little ceremony. Congress wrestled with the measure for over three months, and the White House indicated no formal program was planned for the event. The President is expected to affix his signature promptly when the bill reaches his desk.
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Wilson
Congress
White House
Band Concert at Soldiers' Home Features Universal Freedom
At 4 pm the band at Soldiers' Home presents a program directed by John S M Zimmermann. Selections include The Seids of Japan and The Star Spangled Banner. Names Blankenberg Relatigzer Monckton, Waldteufel, Greene also appear with pieces linked to Buenos Aires and Mexico.
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John S M Zimmermann
March Universal Freedom
Blankenberg
Cig
Japan
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