Odell Talks It Over Not at War with Platt
Gov Odell held a luncheon with President Roosevelt and then left for Old Point Comfort with Mrs Odell. He rejected reports of a feud with Sen Platt, saying he came to hear the President’s views and offer support. He favored a peaceful adjustment of NY politics including the Depew senatorial question and postmastership considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov Odell
Roosevelt
Odell
McKnight
Old Point Comfort
White House
Arlington I
Benator Platt
New York
Chauncey M Depew
New York City
Tnt
Senator Platt
United States
Goy Frank Blk
Black
Depew
Saratoge
Mir Higgins
Senator Flatt
Essun
M. Depew
Thenato
Lepew
Piatt
President at Dedication at Carroll Hall
President Roosevelt will address a Carroll Hall dedication after a parish procession from St Patrick's rectory. Cardinal Gibbons will preside as Archbishop Ireland Archbishop Kain and Bishop Spalding join a large clergy gathering in Washington for this notable church event.
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Carroll Hall
Carroil Hall
United Irish Societies of
Tisley
Roosevelt
Ireland
Kain
Spalding
Washington
German Envoys Presented at White House for Frederick the Great Statue
Baron Sternburg the German Ambassador and Gen von Loewenfeld with Maj Count Schmettow arrived to represent the German army at the statue unveiling ceremony. The presentation occurred in the Blue Room. The President also received Chekib Bey the Turkish Minister and Sener Domingo Obafdia the Panamanian minister, who offered congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Sternburg
White House
von Loewenfeld
Count Schmettow
Frederick the Great
Women seamstresses bid to keep Civil War work at Schuylkill Arsenal
Minister Obaldia plans Panama trip with Taft after election. Gen Humphrey urged keeping garment work with Philadelphia women, widows, and orphans, despite bids. Statute requires lowest bidder for similar quality, prompting a legal review by the Judge Advocate General to see if wartime policy can override bidding rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumparey
Secretary of War
Schuylkill Arsenal
Philadelphia
Taft
Humphrey
Army
Bilack Likely to Succeed Ware as Pension Commissioner
Gen John C Black of Illinois, former Grand Army chief, expected to return as Commissioner of Pensions on March 4, succeeding Ware who leaves January 1. James L Davenport will serve as ad interim. Black currently serves on the Civil Service Commission and a Western replacement may be named if he moves up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Bilack
Illinois
Grand Army
Ofice
Cleveland
Ware
James L. Davenport
Black
Civil Service Commission
Southern lawyer eyed for Roosevelt attorney general post
Discussion grows daily over a Southern pick for President Roosevelt's Cabinet. Judge I. L Lewis of Richmond Virginia is reported as a candidate to fill the attorney generalship being vacated next March by Mr Moody. A Southern Republican says Lewis is a strong jurist and widely known to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
I. L Lewis
Richmond
Moody
Lewis
Interior issues new lease restrictions for Cherokee and Creek lands
Acting Secretary Ryan of the Interior amends rules for leasing and selling lands in the Cherokee and Creek Nations, requiring future leases needing approval to be processed via Union Agency within 30 days and all past leases filed within 30 days of November 16. Aims to curb oil-land lease speculation. Australian journalist James de Conley Jr visits White House to gather material for series on the United States. plans a ten day stay before Europe trip. He has traveled 30,000 miles over the last year across North America and Alaska.
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Ryan
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Union Agency
White House
James de Conley
de Conley
Washington
New York
Europe
United States
Bre
Canada
Mexico
Alaska
New Panama Crisis Sparks Fear of Coup and U S Cash Fight
Reports from Panama claim an attempted coup d etat by military elements under new secretary of war Guardia threatened President Amador. US observers note tensions as US ships hover offshore and the $10,000,000 canal payment looms as a potential motive behind unrest.
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Huerta
Panama
United States
Huertas
Réfson
New York
Marblehead
Army of
Colombia
Senor Guardia
Senor Arias
State Department
Amador
Tke
Canal Appointments Tied to Civil Service Certification
The Panama Canal Commission informed Gov. Davis that the President’s order extends the civil service to commission officers and employees except for about forty to fifty strictly technical positions. Appointments must now be made only after certification by the Civil Service Commission following examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Panama Canal
Driveway Permit Refused On Sixteenth Street Boulevard Plan
Engineer Commissioner John Biddle declares Sixteenth Street should become a boulevard from the White House to the District Units, restricting business along the thoroughfare. He cites a hearing and recommends Congress act. meanwhile William King & Sons lose a driveway permit at 151 Sixteenth Street NW over objections that the crossing harms adjacent property and cannot be classified under existing practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Biddle
Congress
Sixteenth Street
White House
William King & Sons
Biddle and Macfarland
Biddle
Fire Alarm System Restored After Storm
Electrical Department reports rapid restoration of the fire alarm network after Sunday's storm. By last night nearly all boxes connected to headquarters, ending Chief Belt's standing watch outside fire houses. Fifteen school phones and sixteen other phones remain out of service as focus shifts to police patrol boxes.
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Thas
Allan
Belt
Pee
Congress Heights Receives Fifty-Five Foot Hook and Ladder Truck
Congress Heights gains enhanced fire protection with a fifty five foot aerist hook and ladder truck placed in service by Chief Belt. The unit, commissioned at Chemical Engine Company No. 8 and renamed Combination Chemical Engine Company No. 6 and Truck Company H, will operate near Anacostia Bridge and near St Elizabeths Asylum, enabling near two minute responses for the asylum’s 2000 plus inmates. Capt William Laskey leads the company, and new infrastructure work downstream includes pier and railway track preparations on Water Street and Maryland Avenue southwest.
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Congress Heights
Chief Belt
Chemical Engine Company No. 8
Anacostia Bridge
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Combination Chemical Engine Company No. 6
Potomac
Water Street
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Fourteenth Street
Postmaster General Removes Wisconsin Stenographer
Wynne yesterday removed D. M. Monroe of Wisconsin from the office of stenographer in the First Assistant Postmaster General’s department. The charge was insubordination and writing critical communications about Payne, the late Postmaster General, and about the department’s records and directives to clerks.
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Wynne
D. M. Monroe
Wisconsin
Payne
Tributes to Dr Meador Highlight Baptist Convention Sessions
The Columbia Association of Baptist Churches met at Temple Baptist Church for its annual gathering. Reports on suppression of liquor traffic and education were read, and Rev Filippo of the American Baptist Publication Society spoke on the society’s Philadelphia building and printing plant. A memorial service honored the late Rev Dr Cr C Meador, praised for gentleness and godliness, with remarks from several colleagues.
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Columbia Association of Baptist Churches
Temple Baptist Church
R. R. Riedel
J. Welsh
George E. Truett
W. B. Gibson
Fippo
American Baptist Publication Society
Philadelphia
Filippo
C. C. Coleman
Cr. C. Meador
Fifth Baptist Church
Meador
Muir
Association
Washington
Weston Bruner
Bruner
B. Hez Swem
Second Baptist Church
Samuel H. Greene
Calvary Baptist Church
O. F. Filippo
A. A. Hobson
Hyatteville
American Baptist Missionary Union
Japan
Committee On Sunday Schools
C. Coleman
B. W. Spilman
Nashville church meeting ends with evangelistic service
field secretary of the Sunday school board at Nashville Rev A K Wright of Centennial Baptist Church Mr C N Richards and others participated The day closed with a special evangelistic service led by Rev Weston Bruner The meeting of the association will be brought to a close today with three sessions to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Board
Nashville
A. K. Wright
Centennial Baptist Church
C. N. Richards
Weston Bruner
Agricultural Building Bids Pinpoint W E Spier As Low Bidder
The list of bids for furnishing the new Agricultural Department building shows W E Spier of the city offering to use Blue Hill granite for both base and superstructure at 1 153 000. A B Stannard of New York submitted the lowest bids on three combinations. Bids cover many stone varieties including Blue Hill Clarkson Redstone Webb Stone Mountain and others. Richardson Burgess offered 1 212 274 for Blue Hill granite base and superstructure while Spier proposed Clarke or Deer Island for base and Blue Hill for superstructure at 1 167 666. The highest bid reached 1 598 976 for Rockport gray base and South Dover superstructure.
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W. E. Spier
Agricultural Department
Blue Hill
A. B. Stannard
New York
Swenson
Winnsboro
Woodbury
Concord
Hurricane Island
Maryland
Proctor
Deer Island
Blue Ridge
West Rutland
Richardson & Burgess
Spler
Clarke
Rockport
South Dover Granite
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Platt
Chekib Bey
Sener Domingo Obafdia
Eweserad
Obaldia
MR. Ware
John C. Black
Pension Bureau
Judge Lewis
Virginia
Stituwhicon
Isthmus
Manuel Amador
Commissioners Act
Unes
Malari
W. B. Moses & Sons, Sess
Cor Tm
Corby
Corby’s Modern Bakery
Baptist Association
Post
National Ietrest
Daniel Frohman
Cecilia Loftus
Jemel Zangwill
Charles Brobman
George Edwarsden
Sam Bernard
Kay’s
Ot Hattie Williams
Abby Johnson
Abby
Gtoneleigh Oourt
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
Lace
London
Evening Star
The
Times
G Street
Amus
Columbia Filmie
Kirke Lashelle
Owen Wister
Dustin Farnum
Robert Mischelminind
Robert Drouet Exquis
Gramatic
Lafayette Opera House
William Gilletts
Sherlock Homes
A. Conan Doyle
Russ & Fenton
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Reginald DE Koven
Lafayette Theater
Mme. de Montjan
David Bispham
Eugene D’albert
Mme
Shotwell Piper
Kirkby Lunn
Ubscribers
Rt. Arthur Smith
Sanders & Stayman
E'S
Coleridge-Taylor Musical Festival
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha
the Lyric
Baltimore
Marine Hand Orcheatra
Burleigh
Barytone
Clough
Soprang
Ur. Chestnut
Centralia
Mr. Freeman
Enor
Philpitta
Droop
Peara
AMT
Charles Wagner Othe
T Arthur Piri
F St
Miss Wilson
Mimie
Melba
National Theater
T Arthur Smiths
Sandera & Stayman
Wold
Chase
Pewitt
NY Journal
Claude Galingwater & Co
Chassino McMahon
Maida
Signor Germical
Couture & Gillette
Motion Pictures
Yale-Princeton
le Basques Quartet
E &E
Chase's ACADEMY _ wuiee
Ana'aae
Spencer & Aborn
Kernan’s
Scribner's
Devil’s Daughter
Clarence Wilburne Patsey
Vaughn Glass
Calvary Baptist U
Fulton
Winth Street
N. W
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