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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1907
Page
33
President Theodore Roosevelt announces seventeen million acres added to U S forest reserves through thirty two proclamations. He argues immediate action preserves timber from lumber syndicates and safeguards land for homemakers and future generations, stressing congressional review remains possible.
The army transport Sumner arrived in Washington to haul House and Senate military committees to Hampton Roads for fortifications inspection. Brig Gen Murray leads. Taft and Maj. Gen. Bell possible. Sumner draws more water than any river vessel to Washington. Departure moves to 1 PM today due to night travel risks. party returns Thursday morning.
An Navy Department report on the Connecticut typhoid outbreak points to contaminated water pipes before the battleship sailed from New York to the West Indies. Investigators traced the infection to either infected pipes or faulty sterilizing equipment, noting the sterilizer operated all night.
War department orders list Lieutenants, captains and surgeons reassigned to stations and duties. Officers including Cotchett, Travis, Power, Haver, Doda, Ecker, Cornish, Root, Duan, Sandoz, Buchanan, Aileen, Halsey, Rodger, Crosse, Walker and Shaw receive transfers, detachments or retirement steps. Vessel movements note arrivals at Guantanamo and other yards.
The U S battleship Vermont was formally placed in commission at Charlestown Navy Yard with Lieut Commander Levi C Bartolette acting as commander. Capt William P Potter will command the Vermont. ceremony was brief as orders were read and the flag raised amid guard salutes and a navy band. The silver service gift from Vermont will be presented later.
Maj Lloyd M. Brett of the First Cavalry adjutant directs annual muster and inspection starting with the Third Battalion on Friday. General staff units, March dates across Second Regiment, First Regiment, and others, conclude with Naval Station aboard the U S Puritan. all inspections in the evening with Captains Riges and Cook assisting.
The Postmaster General Mr Cortelyou issues a rule reversing the old practice of using working days nine as the divisor for average daily mail weight. From now on the divisor equals the actual days mails are weighed, including Sundays if carried, or excluding them if not. The change aims to ensure fairness to railroads and the government.
Secretary Straus orders immediate transfer of assistant inspectors between districts for passenger carrying vessels in U S waters. Rotation aims to improve results by avoiding long stays in a single district and enhancing inspection frequency and effectiveness.
Secretary Taft reassigned Maj Frank McIntyre to the position of assistant chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. He was promoted from captain in the Nineteenth Infantry and had performed the duties of the office for two years. His promotion leaves him unattached to any regiment and creates a vacancy among captains, with a potential regimental assignment if relieved from the current office.
A periodical warns March brings health risks due to seasonal change. It advises fortifying the body with wholesome food and medicine, particularly Father John’s Medicine, to drive out impurities and build strength, claiming it prevents colds and throat or lung troubles without using dangerous drugs or morphine.
A New York City mother, Mrs Kei leher of First Ave, reports her very thin baby with bronchial trouble is improving after using Father John's Medicine. She notes the remedy is doing her habit world of good and says she has recommended it to neighbors.
A vivid social column describes elite guests at a New York opera night and their Paris and Washington connections. It notes the tight social circle of Senatorial families, mentions Mrs Edmund Randolph and Mrs Richard Stevens, and lists attendees including Mrs J Pierpont Morgan and Miss Janet McCook, with references to May Van Alen and Brk Cockran. The piece also details a presidential christening visit, White House perks, and Roosevelt's public duties and social engagements.
Miss Des Skinner of Norfolk marries George Bronson Howard, magazine writer and novelist of New York, in New York City last Wednesday. The bride is daughter of Capt and Mrs William W Skinner. The couple, engaged quietly, wed for Howard to sail abroad soon. they will live in New York after their return.
King Edward arrives from England in Paris on March 4 and travels incognito to the Bristol Hotel for a brief stop before joining the royal yacht Victoria and Albert in Biarritz. After about three weeks, the couple will cruise the Mediterranean and return to England by late April. Queen Alexandra plans London and Sandringham entertainments and will host the dowager empress of Russia, arriving March 7 for a week.
Ada L. Howard born 1822 died last night in Brooklyn. First president of Wellesley College, she led the school from 1878 until health failed in 1881. Earlier she taught at Mount Holyoke College and Western College, Oxford Ohio, and served as principal of Knox College's women's department in Galesburg. She also ran a private school at Bridgeton New Jersey.
The article reports John F P Stevens named temporary chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission succeeding Theodore P Shonts with Col George F Goethals to take charge later. Maj Gallard and Sibert to join as commissioners as vacancies arise. Secretary Taft to inspect Gatun locks pits arriving April 1. Griswold sang for Kaiser at Berlin palace. Minnesota battleship delivered to government.
A sweeping view of tuberculosis spread from neglected colds to serious lung disease is given. A physician endorses concentrated oil of pine as a quick relief and lung stimulant, with a folk formula combining oil of pine glycerine whisky for every four hours. Cautions are raised about impure patent medicines causing kidney issues.
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