Maine's Hull to Be Sunk With Honors
The Maine relics will be retrieved after debris removal and the hull sunk in deep water near Havana about March 4. The North Carolina and Birmingham will receive relics, crews will attend a Cuban funeral, guns will fire salutes, half mast flags, and a funeral dirge followed by volleys and taps as the wreck sinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy and
War Departments
Maine
Havana
Navy Department
North Carolina
Birmingham
Leonidas
Morro Castle
Arlington
Moro Prince Seeks Wives in United States Tour
Abdula Piang a Moro prince and sultan of head hunters arrives in America to collect wives. He brings gold crown robes jewels and a letter from Jobin J Pershing to General Leonard Wood. He is one of Datto Piang's forty nine wives restless father ambitions linked to Mondi. His mission to tour the country asks for many brides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdula Pians
House of Piang
Moro
Philippine Islands
United States
Prince Piang
Mero
Jobin J. Pershing
Calabato
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Datto Piang
Abdula
Datto
Mondi
Abdula Piang
Bin
Seek Money for Aviation in Army Aeronautics
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Brigadier General James Allen urge Congress for a 1250000 aviation appropriation for the army. They oppose a proposed cut to 875000 and say the army should receive funds similar to last year. President Taft favors a larger aero nautical appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Stimson
James Allen
Signal Corps
Congress
Army
Military Affairs Committee
Allen
Taft
Judge Knows Be His Own Enforcer in Midland Court
In Midland Texas Judge J H Knowles halted court after a man called him a liar. The judge and Commissioner Jules Driver exchanged blows before Knowles withdrew then returned and fined himself for fighting. Proceedings resumed with the court adjourned briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Knowles
Midland
Tex
Jules Driver
Judge Knowles
War veteran loses leg from stubbed toe mishap
Colonel Beverly Winfred Wrenn of New York, once an orderly to General Lee in the Civil War, suffered a severe toe stub that led to blood poisoning. Doctors amputated his left leg just below the thigh after the infection worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee
Lee
Beverly Winfred Wrenn
New York
New Arctic Expedition to Reach Crocker Land in 1912
The American Museum of Natural History leads a new Crocker Land expedition to map the unknown Arctic region seen by Peary. George Borup and Donald MacMillan will head a team with Eskimo helpers, sledging from the Bache peninsula to Cape Thomas Hubbard and beyond toward Crocker Land during 1912 1913 and 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
North Pole
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Pole
Crocker
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin University
Borup
MacMillin
America Museum of Natural Hiistory
Museum
American Geographical Society
Yale University
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Chandler Robbins
Thomas Hubbard
The
Peary Arctic Club
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert E. Gregory
Yale
E. O. Hovey
H. L. Bridgman
MacMillan
Etah
Sydney
Bache Peninsula
Axel
Crocker Land
Borup and MacMillan
Ellesmere
Axel Heiberg
Grant Land
North Star Bay
Erry
Civilization
Arctic
Borup and
Greenland
Roosevelt
President Osborn
Rooosevelt
North Polar
Messrs
America
Hole Shipped to Museum From Ancient Limestone
A glacial pothole found in Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, was moved to the Museum of Natural History in New York after a snow filled sled route allowed its transport. The artifact measures two feet across and four feet deep, encased in archaean crystalline limestone with flint, formed by swirling water and stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence County
N. Y
Museum of Natural History
New York
E. O. Wover
Museum
Russell
First Negro Woman Called for Juror Duty in U. S.
Dorothy Coates, a Black woman, summoned for jury duty in Spokane Superior Court, reportedly the first of her race to be called for such service in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Coates
Spokane
United States
Chicago Schools Propose New Simplified Pronouns
Chicago schools head Ella Flagg Young promotes a reform for “reformed English” with new third person pronouns heer hiser himer to replace he or she his or her and him or her. She argues for simplified course work and gender neutral language in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Churches to Advertise in Newspapers Faces National Panel
A commission of newspaper men under the Men and Religion National Conference plans to expand church advertising in press space. Members include George W. Coleman, Victor Lawson, J. A. MacDonald, Milton McRae, Josephus Daniels, George B. Dealey, and others. A New York religious congress day in April 1924 will focus on publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men and Religion National Congress
George W. Coleman
Boston
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
William T. Ellis
Swarthmore
J. A. MacDonald
Toronto Globe
Milton McRae
Detroit
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Raleigh
N. C
George B. Dealey
Dallas News
Dallas
Tex
Edmund W. Booth
Grand Rapids Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
E. W. Halford
New York
Frank W. Ober
William S. Powers
W. C. Covert
Religious Congress
Nine Foot Sheets Proposed in New York Bill
Assemblyman Phillips advances a bill requiring hotels to provide two sheets per bed with the top sheet at least nine feet long and stamped site on all sheets. Beds must be made with the upper sheet folded over blankets to isolate potential bacteria. Whitney counters with a pure mattress bill requiring material disclosure for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assemblyman
Phillips
New York State
Whitney
Unusual Hot Water Strikes Gulf off Louisiana Coast
Sailors report a belt of hot water in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana with a half mile circle of dead fish. The surface appeared greasy and several vessels passed through the belt. No volcanic eruption or sea upheaval noted. depth near the area about a hundred feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Navy under construction makes steady January progress
Forty five ships and vessels are under construction for the United States navy with good progress in January. Battleship Wyoming reached 90.8 percent completion on Feb 1 followed by Arkansas 88 percent New York 23.9 and Texas 51.38. Four battleships fourteen torpedo boat destroyers twenty submarines two seagoing tugs and five colliers are advancing toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Wyoming
Arkansas
New York
Texas
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Stimson
Admiral Peary
Natural History Museum
Hole
Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company
Every Bell Telephone
Chehalis County Fair
G. C. Girard
Aserdeen Avenue
Hoquiam
Harper
Fred Hewitt Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen
Wash
Kentucky
Mississippi River
HOTEL
Washington
Griffin & Morck
Heron St
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron Street
Thomson
Orrine
Aberdeen Drug Co
Heron and
H Streets
Lilly
Cai
H. Lilly
Seattle
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