Marines Relief Urges More Officers and Men
The commandant Maj. Gen. Biddle warns the Marine Corps is short handed at home when expeditions depart. He calls for two advance base regiments, full officer strength, and promotions for Annapolis graduates to fill vacancies, with a plan to fill second lieutenant slots first from Naval Academy graduates.
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Annapolis
Nowcome
Marine Corps
Biddle
United States
Navy
Navy Yards
Naval Academy
Auto dealers toast cooperation at Washington oyster feast
Washington Automobile Dealers Association held an oyster feast at the Hotel Sterling with sixty guests. Speakers including H B Leary and W D Arrison addressed cooperation among dealers, discussed trade prospects and plans for the automobile show next February. Twenty three makes were represented along with tire firms and dozens of attendees listed.
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Automobile Destera of
Washington
Washington Automobile Dealers’ Association
Hotel
Sterling
W. D. Arrison
H. B. Leary
Jir
Leroy Mark
W. R. Hmerson
Irving J. Henderson
C. R. Erkman
Firemen Seek Higher Pay at Navy Yard Protest
Navy Yard firemen join Central Labor Union protest over an eight cent per day wage cut after a prior raise from 92.24 to 2.40 dollars. They accuse the wage board of failing to make proper inquiries and plan a protest letter to the Secretary of the Navy. The meeting also featured A McKenzie urging District suffrage and support for the Taverner bill on local representation.
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Navy Yard
Brotherhood of Firemen
Central Labor Union
Secretary of the Navy
John B. Colpoys
Henry Nolda
J .H. Toone
Union
A. McKenzie
Jury Deadlock Discharges Burroughs in Manslaughter Case
The District Criminal Court jury on the manslaughter charge in the Elwood Saller death failed to agree and was discharged by Chief Justice Cla baugh with nine for acquittal and three for conviction. Burroughs testified Sailer attacked first. Sailer later died from brain hemorrhage. Burroughs will face trial again amid indictments of other individuals and various civil actions and probate dispositions noted in the same report.
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Irving L. Burroughs
District Criminal Court
Elwood H. Saller
Burroughs
Clabaugh
Sailer
Alonzo May
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hawken
United States Attorney
United States
Wampler
Hawken Aard Burroughs
Gertrude Griffith
Gertrude Mancha
Lillian” J Thomas
Oswego Apartments
Pacific Coast
Clarence Keifer
Keifer
Los Angeles
Washington
Daniel Mankin
Wiliam G. Berry
William H Dickey
Herman Lewis
Percy Brown
Crosley Mayhee
William Taylor
Percy N. Padgett
Valentine Horst
Richard E. Street
Joseph Fulton Henderson
Ellen G. Reed
John D. Reed
Sixth Street
P Street
Edward O. Reed
3 Street
Thirteenth Street
Riggs Road
Benning
Herbert G. Reed
S$ Street
New Jersey Avenue
Sallie Rideout
Helen Washington
Wilbur Lee
Peter E. Chaconas
Denver B. Weiler
Circuit Court No. 1
Justice Barnard
H. H. Obear
Toomey
John P. Hulbert
District Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hulbert
D. W. Baker
W. &. Leahy
Isaac Toliver
Waco
Tex
Gladys
Aquila Tolliver-Bing
Robert Wiliam Toliver
Leroy
Clement I. Tolliver
Marie EB. Toliver
Twenty-first Street
Thin City
Architects to discuss better estimating methods
Architects and contractors meet tonight at the Builders' and Manufacturers' Exchange 12th New York avenue to discuss adopting improved estimating methods. G Alexander Wright of San Francisco, the movement's originator, will be principal speaker. Flowers for Thanksgiving decor available at 1214 F street.
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Builders’ and Manufacturers’ Exchange
New York Avenue
G. Alexander Wright
San Francisco
Wright
Parker's Jack Knife Safety Fountain Pen advertisement
City notices describe a fountain pen that cannot leak from Parker's line and list a Fountain Pen Shop at 1421 Pa. London By Night noted. Through sleeper trains from Washington at 6 10 p m bound for St Louis with connections, and other Washington departures at 3 15 p m and 11 10 p m for Cincinnati and Louisville. Also items for Sea Foam Kissex 21c and various foods at Cambridge prices.
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Parker’s
Foreign pay 38 held up by War Department audit
Comptroller of the Currency George Downey upheld the auditor for the War Department in denying extra foreign service pay to officers serving abroad while physically in the United States. The Buellis case was cited by supporters. Captain Schultz, assigned to Cuba, spent over a month in New York for consultations. The decision allows extra pay for foreign service.
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George BE. Downey
War Department
Bculis
Schultz
Cuba
New York
Thie
Darkness Aids Thefts Declares City Council
Alexandria council meeting notes call for more arc lights to curb freight-car robberies on poorly lit streets. Finance committee to review a $50,000 loan ordinance with a 5 percent cap and a sinking fund plan. Washington Street garage ban proposed. Poultry Show slated for December 30 to January 1 under Northern Virginia association.
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Brockett
Finance Committee
Washington Street
Washington Post Bureay
King Street
Alexandria
Committee On Finance
Brumback
Committee On General Laws
Council
8. P. Fisher
Fairfax Counties
Poultry and Live Stock Association of
Northern Virginia
Harry Demarest
C. E H. Outcast
J. William May
Harrie White
White
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Clifford M. Lewis
W. B.C
Case
Bozen
Washington Brewery CO
Linsoin
C. A. Muddiman
Byron
Adams
Prince Albert
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F Street
N. W
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Yeyperer
G. A. Wright
City Bulletins
London
Virginia Theater
Arischino Herries
Ak~ingham's
Rich
Henry Vaughan
C. O. Sipple
Vaughan
Southern Railway
Harry Bales
Charles Tines
Howard Black
Warrenton
William Schoent
T. A. Maddux
Faughuier County
R. P. W. Garnett
Jon Friday
Robert F. Lee
Robert Fleming Lee
Richmond
Ivy Hill Cemetery
W. J. Morton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Princeton Street
Pitt and
Royal Streets
James T. Patterson
Corporation Court
Wilson
First Vieat
Joseph W. Strachan
Philippine Scouts
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