New Naval Vessels Favor Five Scout Cruisers Plan
General Board urges Secretary of the Navy to fund a $41,300,000 program adding six torpedo boats and six destroyers plus five scout cruisers. The plan calls for high speed scouts, bold construction, and a push to Congress with a detailed set of ship classes, displacement targets, and cost estimates. The narrative notes board influence, potential delays, and the involvement of Admiral Dawes and other officials in advancing the recommendations.
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General Board
Secretary of the Navy
Wwe
Gettral
Navy
Sission
Board of Construction
Gorment
Congress
Gertru
Dawes
Vouard Houmage
Wien
Customs clerks suspended over deposit embezzlement allegations
A customs clerk named Longer is suspended amid investigations into large deposits misapplied to valuable parcels. Authorities allege improper appropriations exceed one dollar, with several named individuals questioned as departmental inquiries continue to sift facts and potential leakage of funds.
National Geographic Society season lectures outlined 1901 1905
The National Geographic Society announces a 1901 1905 lecture programme with multiple speakers per meeting. It covers Japan China Russia the Philippines the Panama Canal Manchuria Korea and other topics, plus technical paper sessions at Flubbard Memorial Hall and the National Rifles Armory.
Foreign Mail Report Shows Sharp Rise in U S Mail Abroad
The annual report of Cant N AL Prooks superintendent of foreign mail notes a 68 percent increase in sent mail to foreign countries in the last fiscal year and a net postal income of 2 dollars per mail lot. The U S leads in post offices, letter boxes, mail routes, and postal income and expenditures, with high activity in parcel post and international exchanges.
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United States
Cant
Actuau
Servce
Post Office Department
Mexico
Canada
United States Exchange Post Offices
Universal Postal Union
Urea
Arbitration treaties advance under US push after France pact
Secretary Hay reports assurances from Great Britain and Mexico to negotiate arbitration treaties with the United States along the French US model. Berlin and Rome seek quick German and Italian accords. Switzerland nearing completion. Several Central and South American nations ready to join once Hague framework is reaffirmed at the second Hague Conference.
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Hay
Great Britain
Mexico
America
France
United States
State Department
Senate
Baron Sternburg
Switzerland
Central
South America
Hague
Roosevelt
Arbitration Treaty With Mexico Readiness Reported
The Secretary of State reports Mexico willing to enter into a treaty of arbitration with the United States. Death of Frank Hiram Snell, president and general manager of the Hygienic Ice Company, at Oaklawn after months of heart trouble. He was forty three, Yale graduate, survived by wife isabelle Cromwell, a sister and a step-brother. Snell married Isabelle Cromwell of New Haven, a Yale ceremony at Hadley House, officiated by Res Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. after his ordination.
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Frank H. Snell
Frank Hiram Snell
Hygienic Ice Company
Hia
E C Dean
Oaklawn
Snell
Yale
Clarence Dean
Joseph Paul
Goda
Isabelle Cromwell
New Haven
Conn
Hadley
Yale College
Res Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Paying Election Bets Show Boisterous Washington Fallout
Washington crowds witnessed heavy betting on Roosevelt and New York results after the election. Large payouts at Shoemakers and elsewhere topped thousands, with one winer near 3400 awaiting collection in New York. Street demonstrations featured bettors transporting companions in wheelbarrows and carts, attracting spectators and risk.
Locomotive Parade Through R Street Northwest
Residents along R Street NW witnessed an old locomotive move under steam along a temporary asphalt track. The engine, No 4, once ran on the Chesapeake Beach Railway and weighs 65 000 pounds. It is being hauled to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards with a District permit for street removal.
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R Street Northwest
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Rock Creek Park
Cogan Bros & Co Lette
District Construction Company
Twenty-fifth Street
Littleheld, Alvord & Co
G W Ryan
Chesapeake Beach
Baltimoore and Ohio
Tenth
H Streets
Street
Florida Avenue
Quincy Street
First Street
Iathroad
District Engineering Department
Board of Charities Plans Public Meetings And Membership Changes
The Board of Managers of the Associated Charities met at 812 G Street. They report Alexander Johnsonsen as secretary of the National Conference of Charities and Correction who spoke in Boston and Baltimore. A special address “The Public Servants and Their Monster” was set for Arlington Hotel next Saturday at 8 pm. Prof Bernard T Janney to preside. no collections at meetings. reserved seating for the annual meeting on November 18. Hon Robert W DeForest invited to inspect insanitary conditions Friday with guides. resignations of S B T Tapper and William T Boardman noted. new member to fill Tupper’s term. several long-serving members’ terms due to expire. $30 check accompanying Boardman’s resignation. Secretary Pierce to Havana to establish a branch for Cuban youth. Mr Pierce away about two weeks. banquet in Havana planned. Postmasters appointed include New York Petries Corneil and Jesse Wilder. Virginia Huddleston and David J. Meintoller.
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Associated Charities
G Street
Alexander Johnsonsen
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Society of the Special Assembly
Arlington Hotel
Johnson
Boston
Baltimore
Bernard T Janney
Robert W de Fairest
New Yok City
Washington
Onder
S W Woodward
George M Sternberg
Weller
S B T Tapper
William T Boardman
Tupper
T Janney
Lucy Solger
George Wilson
W JI Boardman
Boardmans
The Life of a Tree lecture at Zion Baptist Church
The lecture presented the tree as a long living, useful organism fixed in place. It explained its parts and processes, and noted landscape gardening and forestry as growing professions in America. A future talk by H A Pressey on The Water We Drink is slated for November 14. Booker Washington denies claims about his son’s army paymaster bid and asserts the boy, enrolled at Tuskegee, has no connection to New Haven or MIT.
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Zion Baptist Church
Board of Education
America
Berles
H A Pressey
Booker Washington
Whitefield McKinley
Booker T Washington
War Department
Tuskegee
Eixteen
New Haven
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
China Opium Traffic Hearing Before Secretary Hay
Speakers including Rey Flark D Gamewell and Mre S Li Ballwin will address Secretary Hay on China opium traffic. The hearing, sought by the International Reform Bureau, aims to persuade Britain to abandon treaty tolerance of opium. Rev. Beard, Ellen M Watson, and others from missionary and reform groups will represent various faith and social organizations. Roosevelt victory noted in election at Washington School with Australian ballots and mixed party voting among teachers and pupils.
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Hay
Rey Flark D Gamewell
Mre
S Li Ballwin
China
International Reform Bureau
Mr Gay
Fis
Great Britain
American Board of the Congregationalists
The
Ly McA
Ww Ll Beard
Ellen M Watson
Pittsburg
W Octuu
Anti Saloon League
Lthe
Imndeavor Society
Washington School
New York
Four Bays
Swallow
Roosevelt
Bays
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Swift Specific CO
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