U S safety questioned as foreign liners could land 150000 troops
Captain Hugh D Wise warns in The Infantry Journal that distances do not shield the United States from invasion. He argues Europe’s volatile politics and growing navies threaten New York and the Atlantic seaboard, with 150000 troops potentially landed to strike major cities.
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India
Transvaal
England
Tonquin
France
Europe
Hugh D. Wise
Third
United States Infantry
Service Magazine
United States Army
Captain Wise
Regular Army
United States
New York
Wise
Germany
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
New England
South
Middle Atlantic
Chesapeake
Atlantic
73 Years Old Lives On Four Cents A Day
Marcus M Wood of Webster and his wife claim to live on four cents daily for two months. Their simple meals include fried Indian meal pudding butter jelly doughnuts bread tomato soup buckwheat pudding milk. He says a $1,000 policy would cover a lifetime at four cents a day for edibles.
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Worcester
Mass
Marcus M Wood
Webster
Wood Home
Wood
Skates Put Under Court of Zanzibar
New York June 7 Mr and Mrs Earl Reynolds world champion roller skaters returned from British East Africa on the Mauretania and found the Sultan of Zanzibar ordered roller skates for every court member The Sultan watched amused as mostly fat courtiers glided along an incline outside the palace Guards prodded slowing skaters with spears.
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New York
Earl Reynolds
British East Africa
Mauretania
Zanzibar
Chilean Denies He Is John D or Crazy
New York June 7. Henry Equekiel Ossio of Chile wealthy nitrate exporter denies implying he is richer than Rockefeller. He says he is not crazy and that rumors were a newspaper joke. Consul General Manuel Gonzales of Costa Rica acted as interpreter in Ossio’s Hotelville apartment. He cites being a man of industry and needing attendants and secretaries.
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New York
Rockefeller
Peery
Henry Equekiel Ossio
Chile
Senora Ossio
Manuel Gonzales
Costa Rica
Missing Peer Sought By Marconi Inquiry
London June 7 Lord Murray, a major holder of American Marconi shares, is missing as the Marconi investigation seeks his testimony. He has been traveling in South American countries since January 1, making oil contracts for his firm, and his present location is unknown. It is believed he may be in or headed to Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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London
Lord Murray
Marconi
Marconi Investigation Committee
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Tan Shoes and Police Dog's Favorite Dish
Chicago June 7 Municipal Judge Williams delayed final action in the civil dispute over ownership of "Snooky Ookums" a Boston bullpup valued at 1000 dollars. Miss Helen Cann says the pup was a birthday gift and owns him because he bites tan shoes. Miss Mary Harney contends otherwise based on evidence from the dog’s behavior.
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Chicago
Williams
Snooky Ookums
Boston
Helen Cann
Mary Harney
The Jap Takahashi Leaves Atlanta Prison Reform Hope
The light of freedom shone on K M Takahashi as he exits the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after a year and a day. An artist by trade, he created vivid murals and a central hall frieze while serving time and plans prison reform ideas for Japan upon his return.
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K. M. Takahashi
Federal Penitentiary of
Atlanta
Takahashi
Japan
Togo
New York
Moyer
Hawkes
Giants
Penitentiary
McMillan to Lead Arctic Expedition for Museum
Donald B. McMillan, veteran of Peary’s North Pole march, has finished Harvard graduate work and will lead a three year Arctic expedition for the American Museum of Natural History to Croeckerland. The party of seven white men sails from Boston July 5, including Dr Harrison Hunt Ensign Fitzhugh Green Theodore Allen wireless operator W E Ekblow geologist Dr M C Tanquay zoologist and W Small mechanic.
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Boston
Donald B. McMillan
Peary
North Pole
Harvard
American Museum of Natural History
Croeckerland
McMillan
Harrison J. Hunt
Bangor
Fitzhugh Green
Annapolis
Theodore Allen
W. E. Ekblow
University of Ilinois
M. C. Tanquay
New York
W. Small
Provincetown
Amateur Will Command Sir Thomas Challenger
London June 7 It is understood that Sir Thomas Lipton s challenger for the Americ..a cup will sail in June and proceed to New York for trials. The news hints at the imminent announcement and preparation details for the challenger yacht ahead of the race.
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Thomas’ Challenger
London
Thomas Lipton
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Empire Furniture
Whitehall Street
Mitchell St
Trinity Ave
Sauke
Grand Rapids
Michigan
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