Navy officers face age limit reforms debated in navy circles
Admiral Dewey advocates retirement or reserve placement for captains over fifty-five, with gradual reform to avoid abrupt disruption. A broad data review by the General Board targets younger leaders for early command, while many senior officers resist immediate large retirements.
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Dewey
General Board
Navy Department
Congress
Sears
Hindal Band
Bonaparte
Cow Kicks Up Police Fuss At Anacostia Trial Board
Sergt C H Anderson of the Anacostia substation faced a police trial board over alleged improper relations with a woman and interference with policing. Private Crouch testified he shadowed Anderson after a transfer dispute and logged visits to the woman's home, including times in uniform and plain clothes. Witness Oasis, owner of a pasture-creating cow dispute, also testified before the noon-to-noon next Friday resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergi. C. H. Anderson
Anacostia
Analcostia
Twelfth Street
Sergt. Anderson
Crouch
Anderson
Maj Sylvester
Wilton Lambert
Sergi Anderson
George Davis
Oasis
Navy Yard
Columbian Society Debates Honors At George Washington U
The Columbian Debating Society at George Washington University held its first formal debate in Jurieprudence Hall on the topic of a separate indigent insane institution for the District of Columbia. Herbert W Meyers won first honors and Allen G Flowers took second for the affirmative and negative sides respectively.
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H. W. Meyers
A. G. Flowers
Columbian Debating Society
George Washington University
Jurieprudence Hall
District of Columbia
Government Hospital For
H.izabeth
Messrs
L. A. Mellee
E. E Sams
Do Policemen Sway Prigate Murphy Faces Police Trial
Charles Murphy of the Third precinct appeared before the police trial board on charges of intoxication while on duty. Testimony described a swaying motion after being found with liquor. Murphy claimed illness and milk punch. His counsel questioned lieutenant decisions to send him back on duty.
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Prigate
Charles Murphy
Police Trial Board
Murphy
Sergt. Williams
Lieut. Boyle
Will Dust Usurers Promoted Easy Borrowing
Commissioner Warner of the Pension Bureau exposes five division chiefs and others in the department for running high rate loan schemes to fellow employees. Secret Service investigated their methods, with potential removals sought from the Interior Secretary. Reports describe 5 to 10 percent monthly rates, threats of dismissal, and debt spirals that trap sick or financially distressed workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Pension Bureau
Secretary of the Interior
Secret Service
Ricketts
Government Printing Office
Ghost Spotted Cash With $6 Stolen From Hotel Room
James E. Tipper of Emsley Alabama reported to police that $120 vanished from under the bed sheet while he slept in a locked hotel room. He said $125 had been in his wallet placed under the sheet and $6 remained missing when he awoke. No signs of entry or intruders were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Tipper
Emsley
Ala
Capt. Boardman
Hilton to Face Triam in Diamond Ring Theft Case
George T Hilton, former police officer, is indicted for stealing a diamond ring from fellow officer Percy Hoffman. Hilton faces trial in Criminal Court No 2 before Justice Gould on Monday after Hoffman's January 4 loss claim and subsequent grand jury indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odfien
George T Hilton
Percy Hoffman
Gould
Hoffman
Hilton
Salt Rheum Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims
An advertisement asserts salt rheum is an impure blood condition that cannot be cured by local means. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla can perfectly and permanently cure the most obstinate cases. It invites readers to request a testimonials booklet titled Book on Salt Rheus from Hood Co. Lowell, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Pan American Sanitary Congress Elected Bureau and Quarantine Plan
The Pan American Sanitary Congress elected a three year International Sanitary Bureau with semi-executive and judicial powers. Delegates selected as vice presidents include Eduardo Moore of Chile and Liceaga of Mexico among others. The session tackled plague and yellow fever papers, discussed rat and mosquito control, and prepared to adopt a quarantine convention across the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Pan-American Sanitary Congress
Sy Dy
Eduardo Moore
Chile
Juan J. Wiloa
Costa Ries
Juan Guiteras
Cuba
Guiteras
Liceaga
Lavoreria
Johnson
Howard
Lagorerla
J. C. Finlay
Havana
C. J. Finlay
Ullea
Costa Rica
Pr. L. O. Howard
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Dr. Howard
Mexico
Orizaba
Medina
Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay
Bolivia
Colombia
Panama
San Salvador
Honduras
Haiti
North
South America
Wright Declines to Resign as Philippines Governor
War Department notes Manila press reports that Gov. Wright plans to remain in office two months longer and oversee the islands during a period believed to bring improved prosperity. Officials deem the Cable Newsitem reflections as Wright's likely intent and not yet contradicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Manila
Cable News
Philippines Commission
Gov. Wright
Bureau of the War Department
Taft
Kupferberg Sentenced After Fictitious Damages Scheme
Samuel Kupferberg and Louis Semel alias Fink led a fraud scheme against Washington Traction by staged falls from streetcars. Kupferberg fled jurisdiction during trial in 1902, was captured in St Louis, and yesterday received four months in district jail for common law conspiracy.
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Samuel Kupferberg
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
Ekupferberg
Louis Semel
Fink
Washington Traction Company
Kupferberg
Wink
Shupferberg
Weather conditions forecast from Weather Bureau report
Frosts were general east of the Mississippi Friday morning with a daytime rise in temperature, especially in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys. A disturbance in the Middle West brings cooling, while a NW high area lowers temps in the Dakotas to Utah. Rain and snow are expected in the Central Rockies and the Mississippi and Ohio valleys with fair weather in the East and Gulf regions by Sunday. Winds vary by coast and region with steadiest sunshine at the lakes. Local figures show midnight temps near 40s, highs around 61, humidity around 60s, and no rainfall past 8 p.m. for the period.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi River
South Atlantic
Gulf
Ohio
Miselasippi
Upper
Lake Region
Middle West
Kansas
Bes
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Lower Lakes
Montana
Wyomingy
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Louisiana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Mississippi
East Gulf States
Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
Gulf States
New England
Gulf Coast
Huron
Superior
Grand Banks
Noun
Reappointment of West as District Commissioner
Commissioner West is reappointed to succeed himself as District Commissioner. President Roosevelt forestalled opposition by acting before the current term ends. West, three years in office since December 4, said the appointment gratifies him and reflects appreciation from the people and the President.
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Commissioner West
Post
West
Ross
Senate
Roosevelt
Tragedy On Trestle A Freight Train Kills Williams
J Archibald Williams, 32, metal worker of 719 M Street NW, was struck by a freight engine while walking a Trestle behind St. Elizabeths Asylum and drowned. Companion William Roach escaped and guided police to the body recovered by the Vigilant crew. Coroner Nevitt ordered an inquest to determine the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Archibald Williams
M Street
St. Elizabeth's Asylum For
William Roach
Vigilant
Sergt. Dean
Nevitt
Williams
Roach
Two Dead Infants Reported in Separate Incidents
Coroner Andrew Baldwin investigates two infant deaths found near his home on K Street northeast and in a gutter at N Street and New Jersey Avenue. One white male infant about two weeks old shows neck and head injuries. a second, a black infant about a month old, was found in a gutter. Police from the Sixth and Second precincts are handling inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Baldwin
K Street
Baldwin
George Jones
N Street
New Jersey Avenue
Sixth
Costa Rica Denies Panama Union Plans in 1905 Letter
Costa Rica's minister in Washington forwards a government reply denying any foundation to reports of a proposed union with Panama. He states cordial relations with neighbors and that nothing has been done or proposed toward such a union. Letter dated October 13, 1905, is published for the Hdntor Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hdntor Post
United States
Panama
Costa Rica
B. Calvo
J. Costa Fican
Washington
NO CARS TO CARRY GRAIN IN WHEAT BELT
Special report from Topeka Kansas dated October 18 describes 100 railroad stations with great piles of grain on the ground as elevators fill and railroads lack cars for shipment. Little hope remains to move the crop before 280 million bushels of corn are ready for harvest, risking market access for wheat. The piece ends with an ad for Red Clover Creamery Butter at all grocers.
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Washington
Topeka
Kans
Wheat Belt
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Columbian Society
Bluécoats
Hiephante
Ghost
Cash
Triam
Harria Ewing
Senor
Don Pedro Reusna Burmundez
Republic of Uruguay
Peru
Paita
Finlay
Sala
Rorado
J. H. Hileman & Co
Atignéa, Ga
Traction Company
Asheville
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Iowa
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Marquette
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North Pigtte
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Baby Victims OF Crime
Red Clover
Atall Grocers
Paris
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Correggio
Barabino
Titian
Bouguereanu
Greuge
Murillo
Joseph Reynolds
Greuze
Rembrandt
St. John the Baptist
del Sarto
Raphael
Papaelias I
A Julius II
Virginia
Tl A. m
Raward
Richmond
Libbey Prison
Harpers Perry
A. &. Armary
Old Point Comfort
Hygela
Cheat River
Qur Mr. Carpenter
Affleck’s
Penna. Ave
Labor Committee Central Labor Union
Horn
the Tailor
Massachusetts Avenue
LMR Ao
Uae
Steinway
F Droops. Co
Pa. Ave
N. W
Perez
Senor O'Farril
Marberto Perez
American Hosiery Co
Frankison, New York
J. J. Georges
Chiropodists
Abner- Drury Brewing CO
HUB Furniture CO
Connecticut
Tharp
Berkeley
N.W
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
7Th St
H and I Sts
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street
Newcorn & Green
F Street
St. N.W
Mahaia Moore
Moore
4Th St Nw
White Lili Paave
Shoomaker CO
Miller
B. B.E
Zarnshaw & Bro
M Ste
McGill & Wallace
W. Stanley Jones
Home Life
14Th
Dr. C. AL
Batterson
Alice We Patterson
W. L. Smith
D. Q. Washington Loan and Trust Co
H. Trumbull
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