Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1909 — VETOES CLEMENCY BILL [ARTICLE]

VETOES CLEMENCY BILL

President Refuses Condonation of Na* val Officer’s Bibulousness. Washington, Feb. 9. President Roosevelt returned without approval a bill which would advance in rank Lieutenant Commander Kenneth McAlpine of the navy. The message quotes a report which states the officer left the service as a result of his indulgence in alcoholic intoxicants. \ The president says the bill would undermine discipline.

Potts to Command Georgia. Washington, Feb. 9—Captain T. M. Potts has been selected to command the battleship Georgia, taking the place formerly held by Captain Edward F. Qualtrough. who was suspended from duty following trial by court martial at Gibraltar.