Tramp Sets Coast to Coast Train Trip Record
Clarence Fields of San Francisco completed a coast to coast run on a Lackawanna flyer in one week and three minutes, enduring dust storms, kicks from trainmen, and a two day food drought while hopping between lines and finally reaching New York City for medical treatment. He recounted the journey with dramatic detail and pride.
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New York City
Clarence Fields
San Francisco
Cal
New York
Santa Fe
Mojave
Atec Country
Kansas City
New Wilmington
Chicago
Newburg
Hudson
Newsboy Banker O Neill Arrested in Vancouver After Wallace Bank Collapse
Ida Bernard F O Neill once a New York newsboy, Carnegie Trust director, and Wallace State Bank of Commerce president with a fortune over 1 000 000, was arrested in Vancouver B C on a warrant tied to the Wallace bank wreck. Penniless, he planned to start over. Indictments against other eastern Washington financiers followed the bank’s suspension. He rose from Park Row newsboy to finance leader, later donating to the Children Aid Society, and had a dayslong link to state gubernatorial politics. He returned to New York for a directors meeting a year ago and spoke to the boys before a Carnegie Trust payment. His misfortunes began with the bank’s failure.
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West
Ida—Bernard F. O'Neill
New York
Carnegie Trust Company
State Bank of Commerce
Wallace
Vancouver
B. C
Wallace Bank
O'Neill
Washington
O’neill
Children’s Aid Society
Knickerbockers
Park Row
Iowa
Nebraska
California
Idaho
Lst
American Bankers’ Association
Newsboys
Fourth Street
St Louis Porter Croesus Who Lives Like a Millionaire
C W Massee a St Louis millinery porter who rides a high speed touring car to work at 6 45 am and returns to lavish quarters in the evenings. He owns 3000 acres in Minnesota and substantial property in St Louis earning about 50 a month yet spends as a wealthy man. A college man he married a widow and dreams of farming in Minnesota.
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T. Louis
Croesus
C. W. Magsee
St. Louis
Massee
Minnesota
St Paul
Minn
Road Settles Famous Sandwich Case in Kansas
Traveling salesman L. M. Couchman sued a western railroad after being forced to pay 10 cents for a hardtack and pork sandwich he could not eat and seeking 2000 dollars for distress. Evidence from traveling men weighed in as the railroad settled by paying Couchman for his suffering and returning the 10 cents. The exact settlement amount was not disclosed.
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Kansas Courts
L. M. Couchman
Topeka
McFarland
Smedroom
Coachman
Couchman
Presence of Mind Saves Trains in Narrow Escape
Division superintendent hails the brave as reckless, praising a dispatcher who, after a long night, averted a collision on an Indiana electric line by promptly cutting power. Two trains halted on a curve, crews warned, and a potential wreck prevented by quick thinking.
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Electric
Indiana
Lmiteds
Oil Fueled Railroads Extend Across Nation in 1910
A United States Geological Survey report notes oil powered rail lines totaling 21,075 miles in 1910, akin to five transcontinental routes. Railroads consumed 24,526,883 barrels of fuel oil, with 768,762 barrels for non locomotive use. Total locomotive miles reached 88,318,457, enough to circle the globe about 1.9 times.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Ocean
Grade Crossings Going Fatal Across Britain and Nation
The report notes railway grade crossing fatalities in Great Britain and the United States. Two people die at crossings in Britain, while over thousand are killed and thousands injured in the U S across grade crossings. An exchange lists blood stained records for January through July, totaling forty six men nine children and thirteen women killed, sixty seven seriously wounded, and sixty six vehicles demolished. The cost to eliminate crossings is high, with blood costs greater.
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Great Britain
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
How the Raisophone Enables Train Telephony
A German engineer Klaus von Kramer unveils the Raisophone, a moving train telephony system using a roof coil and undercarriage frame to link with overhead telegraph lines. Each track carries a fixed circuit connecting a transmitter with a moving train’s receiver, enabling direct in-motion calls without transfers.
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Klaus von Kramer
von Kramer
Uncle Sam's Fine Railroads in Panama Zone
Albert Edwards argues in Success Magazine that Panama hosts two rail systems, the Isthmian canal commission line for construction and the profitable Panama Railroad. The two together cover about 300 miles, boast low accident rates, and outperform most U.S. private lines per mile. In the year ending June 30, 1910, Panama Railroad reported gross earnings of 6.1 billion with expenses of 4.36 million, and its Colon to New York steamer service earned over 150 thousand net for the year ending June 20, 1910.
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U. S
Albert Edwards
Panama
Success Magazine
Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Chisago
Panama Railroad Company
Colon
New York
Rail and Brake Facts Show Train Safety Limits
A compilation notes 28 long tunnels in a small nation, Canadian lines converting to oil burners, and the Pennsylvania Peters burg cut off storing 3000 freight cars. It explains air brakes enable high speed control, stopping a ten-car train from 60 mph to 700 feet, with an instant stop implying 2 g shocks.
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England
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Frisco Mayor Faces High Task And Public Works
San Francisco elects James Rolph Jr as mayor for four years to oversee a $100 million public works program and prepare for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. He must also lead a moral cleanup of the city ahead of worldwide visitors and ensure San Francisco's good name and prosperity. The new leader rose from humble beginnings, forming a shipping and commission business with George Hind in 1909 after school and early odd jobs.
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James Rolph, Jr
San Francisco
Ralph
Rolph
George A. Hind
Water Front
Hind
Pastor of Church 40 Years and World Baptist Leader
Rev Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur longtime pastor of Calvary Baptist Church New York City and newly elected president of the World Alliance of the Baptist Church. Born in Canada to Scottish parents he led his church from 238 to 2500 members and contributed over 2 million to missions. His unanimous Philadelphia election signals a global bishopric in the Baptist denomination.
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Robert Stuart MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
New York City
World Alliance of the Baptist Church
Dr. MacArthur
Canada
Rochester Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Baptist World Alliance
Kitchener Appointed Agent and Consul General in Cairo
Field Marshal Viscount Kitchener is appointed minister plenipotentiary and consul general at Cairo with £7000 yearly salary. He will effectively arbitrate Egyptian policy and oversee administration of Egypt and the Sudan under British government. Known as Kitchener of Khartum, he rises from private beginnings to British military leadership in Egypt.
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Viscount Mitchener
Cairo
Lord Kitchener
Egypt
Sudan
Britain
Kitchener
Khartum
Fas
Laurier to Remain Opposition Leader After Defeat
In Ottawa Sir Wilfrid Laurier said he will not quit parliament and will serve as opposition leader through the next session. He noted he had planned retirement but will stay to lead the party, defending himself against accusations of accepting gifts from a corrupt corporation and stating he financed his home with his own funds and a mortgage.
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Wilfrid Launer
Ottawa
Wilrid
Wilfrid Laurier
Alexander McKenzie
Lfe
Dominion
Wilfrid
Lady Laurier
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Uncle Sam’s Fine’ Railroad
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