Taft Proposes Central Authority for Isthmian Commission
Secretary of War Taft urges rearranging the Isthmian Canal Commission into one or three executives to curb delays and costs. President Roosevelt welcomes a plan and will review a new commission with a broader, stable leadership. The exchange includes Roosevelt's approval of a forthcoming reorganized structure and Taft’s plan for new instructions.
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Taft
Co. A. L. Reed
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
William H. Tapt
Alan
Rail officials discussed for canal office roles
The article notes Rock Island official Talant and ex-president Samuel Morse Beltow as potential canal office candidates. It mentions Taft connection and prior rail service since 1868, with emphasis on Wallace retaining head of canal engineering and supervising practical operations alongside Parsons and Burr.
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Rock’ Talant
Samuel Morse Beltow
Chicago and Ger
Rock Island
Taft
Ween
Cincinnati
Felton
Parsons
Burr
Appointment of candidates for United States Military Academy 1906
The President designated principals and alternates for examination admissions to the United States Military Academy class entering in 1906. Names include Joseph P. Aleshire, Jom L. Clem Jr, Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christson, Cresswell Garlington, A Burton Young Read, Stanley Maddux Rumbough, Stanley Rowell, Frederick S. Strong, Daniel Huston Torrey, Frank Lazelle Van Horn, John J. Waterman, Ivens Jones, and alternates such as Donald Connolly, Gerald Cronin, Alfred Erck, Walter Moore, James Irwin Muir, Summerfield Norwood, Kenneth Pothemus, Willard Richards, William Trent Rossell Jr, Myles Standish Slocum, Robert Breckinridge Steele, and George Ball Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
Joseph P. Aleshire
James B. Aleshire
Quartermaster’s Department
Jom L. Clem, Jr
John L. Clem
Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christson
Stonewall
Charles W. Rowell
Second Infantry
Santiago
Cuba
Frank Wheaton
Frederick S. Strong
F. 9. Strong
Y Daniel Huston Torrey
G. W. Torrey
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Dan Huston
Fifth Infantry
Frank Lazelle van Horn
J. van Horn
Eighth Infantry
John J. Waterman
J. C. Waterman
Seventh Cavalry
Ivens Jones
Samuel R. Jones
Quartermaster
G. H. Weeks
Willard Earle Richards
Melzar ©. Richards
Melzar Richards
Twenty-fourth
New York Cavalry
Willam Trent Rossel, Jr
W. P. Rossell
Corps of Engineers
Myles Standish Slocum
B. J. Slocum
Second Cavalry
Robert Breckinridge Steele
T. B. Steele
Artilery Corpa
George Ball Ward
F. K. Ward
Cavalry
Inspector General's Department
Court martial session tests Capt Curtis facts
The second session of the army general court martial at Washington Barracks heard only one witness. Capt Arthur F Curtis of the Artillery Corps faces charges of malappropriation of company funds and conduct unbecoming an officer. Lieut Metcalf testified via documentary evidence from Fort Hunt, Curtis’s command location. The accused admitted the documentary record, so no further witnesses were called. court reconvenes next morning.
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Curtis
Army General
Arthur F. Curtis
Artillery Corps
Washington Barracks
Frank Thorp
Fort Hunt
Lieut. Metcalf
Smoke Nuisance on Maine May Prompt Smokestack Cuts
Rear Admiral Robby D. Evans plans to make the Maine a flagship of the North Atlantic fleet by late March. He believes cutting down smokestacks will reduce smoke, preventing the ship from obscuring signals. If tests on the trip south show boiler repairs fail to fix the issue, the Maine will return to a navy yard for stack changes.
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Maine
Robby D. Evans
Navy
Army Officers Orders Report Extensions and Relocations
First Lieut Cosam J Barcett assistant surgeon granted twenty day extension of leave. First Lieut Willam E Mould relieved from duty at Fort Wayne Mich ordered to join regiment. Chaplain George Robinson retired from active service and to proceed home. Second Lieut Joseph Barnes granted twenty day leave after promotion exam. Contract Surgeon Elmer S Tenney to Fort Strong Mass for duty. Maj Orin B Mitcham to Syracuse on ordnance business. Capt Leonard D Williams to Fort Gibbon Alaska for wireless telegraph work. Capt James E E Normoyle to Lathrop Mo for inspection of public animals and other duties. Henry S Brinkerkoff Jr transferred from Fourth to North Infantry and awaiting assignment. First Lieut Howard H Baily ordered to Army Building NYC to testify March 28 19:30 at general court martial. Capt Tracey Dickson to Watertown Arsenal and Archibald Wheel Co works for artillery material manufacture tests. May Mitigate Arrowood Sentence: President Roosevelt considering Midshipman Arrowood case with plan to mitigate to dismissal for absence without leave.
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Cosam J. Barcett
Willam E. Mould
Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Wayne
Mich
George Robinson
First Infantry
Joseph Barnes
Artillery Corps
Elmer S. Tenney
U.S. A
Alistam
Fort Strong
Mass
Orin B. Mitcham
Ordnance Department
Dover
Syracuse
Leonard D. Williams
Signal Corps
Nome
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
James EE. Normoyle
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Lathrop
Henry S. Brinkerkoff, Jr
Fourth Infantry
Noth Infantry
Howard H. Baily
Army Building
New York City
Edson A. Lewis
Tracey ©. Dickson
Watertown Arsenal
Watertown
Archibald Wheel Company
Lawrence
Lisner Built A Washington Department Store Dynasty
Lisner born in Meinigen Germany October 5 1852 came to America and joined Ajtman Co New York as a buyer. He moved to Washington in 1877 to run a small dry goods shop later expanding to a large department store at Eleventh and G streets and grew it into one of the citys largest with steady employment and strong financial integrity.
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A Lisner
Meinigen
Germany
America
Lisner
Washington
Twelfth
Abraham Lisner
Pennsylvania Avenue
Raleigh
Eleventh
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
May Cruise At Home As Navy Debates Atlantic Fleet
The Navy Department weighs options for the North Atlantic fleet next summer. After target practice in Florida waters in May, forty ships comprising battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats and auxiliaries head north for overhaul before a possible European cruise. Rear Admiral Barker leads the battleship division. Vessels now at Guantanamo include Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Nevada. The Caribbean squadron under Rear Admiral Sigshee has nine cruisers with several at Santo Domingo and Guantanamo. others in Hampton Roads. The plan may keep ships in New England waters or send several ships to Europe, with possible calls at British ports.
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Navy Department
West Indies
Florida
Kearsarge
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Olympia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Des Moines
Eet
Barker
Battleship Division
Grea Britain
Guantanamo
Texas
Arkansas
Nevada
Sands
Caribbean
Sigshee
Newark
Castine
Chattanooga
Denver
Detroit
Dixie
Newport
Tacoma
Yankee
Santo Domingo
Hampton Roads
European
New England
Europe
United States Navy
Mohns Dismissal Approved by President Under Army Trial
The President approved the sentence of dismissal for Second Lieutenant Albert J. Mohn Fourth Cavalry from a general court martial at Jefferson Barracks St Louis for conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. Mohn a Butler Ohio graduate served as private in Eighth and Third Cavalry before his 1901 commission. First Cruise of the Pennsylvania to Culebra for sea trials then Provincetown to standardize propellers. Navy orders issued. Otis B Wheeler Baptist minister Indiana appointed chaplain in the army to fill the retirement vacancy of Chaplain George Rob NSO.
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Fourth Cavalry
Albert J. Mohn
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Department of Missouri
Mohn
Butler High School
Butler
Ohio
Eighth
Third Cavalry
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
Culebra
Provincetown
Mass
Otis B. Wheeler
Indiana
George Rob- Nso
Dinner Marks Sixth Annual Superintendents Dinner
Members of the Superintendents Association gathered at Foundry Church for the sixth annual dinner and social hour. Rev James H Gilbert gave the principal address on the teacher’s vital role in shaping character, with other talks by Lyman L Pierce and John B Sleman Jr, though two speakers were delayed by illness. A musical program preceded the meal, featuring Mrs Richard W Burkhart and Mr R R Rodrick among others, as committee members outlined participating Sunday school superintendents from various denominations.
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Superintendents’’ Association
Foundry
James BE. Gilbert
Sunday
Foundry’ Methodist Church
Charles W. Needham
George Washington University
Robert M. Moore
Theodore A. Harding
Lyman L. Pierce
Young Men's Christan Association
John B. Sleman
Mark E.” Watson
Hamline M
James EH. Gilbert
D. D
American Society For Religious Education
Richard W. Burkhart
D. Olin Leech
R. R. Rodrick
T. L. Jones
Charles B. Bayly, Jr
E. J. Bourgain
L. D. Alden
J. E. Nichol
J. W. Reisner
E. H. Jackson
Association
Baptist
J. T. Dent
J. HE. Dawson
C. G. Lynch
P. H. Bristow
L. S. Tenny
S. T. Smith
Ansley Hall
R. W. Christian
T. W. Binsted
D. C
Fountain
C. I. Gess
F. A. Holden
J. P. McCurdy
Congregational
D. W. Montgomery
G. R. Ball
J. BE. West
A. R. Taylor
W. H. German
P. A. Menzel
H. Albera
J. C. Slater
H. F. Kunkel
J. B. A Depraten
H. H. Seltzer
W. H. Finkel
K. Voelekner
D. N. Klepp
J. Raab
Charles Huteman
A. B.ene J. Wi K, Young
Methodist Episcopal
A. B. Aust
Edith Reed
A. M. Steele
A. Terry
J. D. Bloodgood
E. W. Fowler
Isaac Burch
S. M. Croft
I. Thompson
J. H. Pierce
J. B. Austin
M. 4. Watson
S. G. Mason
R. V. Belt
W. C. Eldridge
S. L. Sommers
C. Croxton
J. F. Green
EB. Williamson
J. E. Slick
Hattie Worthington
H. L. Strang
D. S. Elliott
H. A. Pressey
H. B. MacFarland
M. ‘. Hyer
J. B. Linton
A. B. L. Leckie
F.C. Warman
A. B. Garden
G. A. Provost
W. A. Hedrick
H. K. Simpson
C. A. Baker
Ed. Tarring
A. N. Dewey
C. H. Carrington
M. A. Skinner
Leslie Morrison
Mra
H. P. Wiles
Howard Fisher
H. G. Kimball
Depue
Leetch
W. H. Ramsey
W. J. Springer
Grant Leet
J. B. Sleman
Sunday School Needs Better Texts and Paid Teachers
Rev. Edward S. Crown urges church and state duty through a strong Sunday school. He calls for better textbooks and qualified teachers, arguing churches must pay to elevate religious education and that public school funding reflects public demand for quality schooling. He warns against treating sacred instruction as mercenary while supporting fair compensation for educators.
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Rev. Edwards
Crown
D. D
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
Churchman's League
Church of the Epiphany
New York City
Rehearsal and Inaugural Chorus Concert at Convention Hall
Final rehearsal for the Inaugural Chorus repetition with 600 voices, directed by Percy E Foster, joins the Marine Band under Santelmann. Friday night 8 o'clock program includes Parker anthem Union and Liberty and Fanciulli solo One Flag and One Country. Proceeds benefit a permanent festival chorus.
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Convention Hall
Percy
Foster
Marine Band
Santelmann
Annie Grant Fugitt
Horatio Parker
de Koven
Hichberg
Musicale by D A R Chapter in aid of hall
The Dolly Madison Chapter D A R hosts a musicale at Mrs Hdwards Graves 927 Massachusetts avenue this evening to benefit Continental Memorial Hall. Regent Mrs Job Barnard and officers welcome guests. Refreshments served. Featured artists include Mrs Shir Clff Mrs Ralph Barnard Mr Nolan Mr Anton Kaspar and Prof Lawrence in vocal and instrumental numbers. Also recital and notices of changes in Blind Reading Room appointment and a local medicine advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly. Madison
Hdwards Graves
Massachusetts Avenue
Continental Memorial Hall
Job Barnard
Shir-Cliff
Ralph Barnard
Nolan
Anton Kaspar
Lawrence
Fourth Bischoff Concert Delights Blind Organist Honor
The fourth Bischoff concert at First Congregational Church featured Dr J W Bischoff performing organ solos including the Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream and Peer Gynt Suite on organ for the first time here. Singers Mrs Charles H Henney and Mr Wiley H Davis offered strong contributions with Henney praised for voice quality and range while Davis showed youthful promise and was recalled after his final piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Bischoff
Dr. Bischoff
J. W. Bischoff
Charles H. Henney
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Wileyh. Davis
Church of the New Jerusalem
Kate Vannah
Fisher
Tipperary
Davis
J. Airlie Dix
Tosil
New Hampshire Association Musical Program At Headquarters
The New Hampshire Association hosted a high order musical program at 419 Tenth Street NW. Ladies English and Latin Music Club led by Mrs Clara Baker Smith presented solos by Nellie O’Hare and Nellie Conigan, a trio, and choral pieces with Miss Regina Baptista and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire Association
Tenth Street
Ladies’ English and Latin Music Club
Clara Baker Smith
Clara Moran
Johnson
Nellie O’hare
Nellie Conigan
Little Cotton Dolly
Gelbel
The
Music Club
Id Prego
Nicholas
Mrs. Smith
Bartlett
Miss Monigan
the Angelus
Miss Regina Baptista and Music Club
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Taft Griticises
REED
Isthmian Canal
War Department
Ashington
Ion A
C. A. L. Reed
Isthmien Canal Commission
Isthmus
Panama
United Stites
American Medical Association
Mippant
White House
Secretary of War
Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal Commission
Spooner
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific
Admiral Walker
Mr. Burt
Burt
Léonor F. Loree
Erie Retiroad
Cassatt
Pennsylvania System
Leree
Baltimore and Ohio Pa
ALL Sons OF Soldiers
West Point
Arrowood
Burlington
N. C
North Atlantic
Munyon
Philadelphia
Continental Chapter
Ebbitt House
George Bacon
George Flavel Beach
Alonzo Shunk
Cornelia Louise Llogg
Continental Hall
Florence Kk. Solger
Lillian Rozell Messenger
Cornelia L. Lloyd
Horace K. Fulton
John Doyle Carmody
Mabel L. Whites
William H. Decker
George Marsh
William R. Lowe
Thomas ©. Taylor
Rogere
Sydney A. Duffie
Middleton Smith
Anna Graham
John W. Gerber
Jessie Goode
Jessie M. Goodnoy
Charles EH
Annie L. Goodrie
S Street
Miss Goodno
Goodno
Department of Justice
Glenwood Cemetery
W. Swift
Bureau of Navigation
Washington, D. C
J. E. Pillsbury
J. E. Wilson
H. T. Mayo
H. W. Jones
C. H. Woodward
B. ‘Thomas
HB. 8. Bogert
Naval Academy
Annepolis
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Oregon
Bainbridge
Chauncey
Dale
Barry
Decatur
Nanshan
Gen Alova
Hongkong
Hannibal
Lambert Point
Mercales
Key West
Abarenda
Ponygacdla
Dolphin
Charleston
Porto Rico
Stewart
San Juan
Ei Parker
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor
Crossett
Lewis A. Crossett
North Abington
Maas
Great Chorus
D. A. R. Chapter
Margeret Hitchcock
Randolph
Arthur W. Hall
Decker
Beorse’ Webber Vail
Iung
Dr. Miles
C. F. PF
Burchmore
M. D
Ave
Boston
TREAS
le Palais Royal
Ogee
Brussels
A, Lisner
Fred Stone
the Scarecrow
David Montgomery
Tin Woodman
Lew Dockstader
Columbia
Tornight
Mats
de Wolf Hopper
New York
Merry Ang
MR. Forbes Robertson
Hig
Thureden
Burton Holmes
Japan
Chase
Albert Chevalier
Sores Occan
James J. Morton
Jane Courthope & Co
Foherman
Camille
Josephine Ainsley
Delmore
Reed & Shaw
Fayet
Sation Pictures
Four Mortens
Riccobano
Troba, &c
Orera House
Quincy Adams
Sawyer
Capt
Barrington
Choral Society
Musical Art Society
Campanari
Babytone
Mendelssohn
Gounod
Sch.bert
Spore
Elger
Chase’s
Academy
Fast Life
Julian Rose
Kernan’s
Matinees Daily
Stafford Subject
Richard Ill
New National Theater
Catholic University of America
Knights OF Columbus
District OF Columbia
Percy S. Foster
U. S. Marine Band
W. H. Santelmans
Smith's
Sanders & Stayman
Kneisel Quartet
T. Arthur Smith
Fulton’s
Ninth Street N. W
Ehenee Dismaom
Candy Cathartic
Bowars
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