Vanishing Fleets Opens War Plot in Washington Tale
In this imagined drama set during rising tensions between the United States and Japan, Secretary Guy Hiller and Norma Roberts become lovers as Japan declares war. The plot follows missing fleets, a radioplane army, and a daring plan to stage a peace demonstration in London while the Kaiser’s fate intertwines with a dramatic race to locate Norma Roberts and the British king.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Guy Hiller
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
Guy Hither
England
Florida
Hawaii
Tokyo
United Sates
Hullier
Kaiser
King Edward
Admiral Begins
Thames
Diventor Roberts
Rioberts
Nippon Supreme
America
Berlin
Canadian
Great Britain
London
Armanda
Norma
Bevins
Roberts
Atlantic
Secret Service
Royal visit aboard a flying radioplane mystery
A British officer visits his sovereign as fog hides a dramatic voyage. An American radioplane engine shocks the king, who tours the ship like a spacecraft over the Atlantic at 600 miles an hour. The inventor guides him toward the Chesapeake as a friendship forms among the party. The queenly companion and Beving note the mission’s course. (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Kaiser
Great Federation
United States
American Republic
Brockton
Europe
Roberts
Beying
Fields
Saint Paul's
Saint James’ Park
Bevins
Cecil
Strand
Hippodrome
Westminster Bridge
Blackfriars
Buckingham
Hose
England
Soruus
Atlantic Ocean
Channel
Ireland
Chesapeake
Admiralty
Beving
Bill” Roberts
Begins
Settled the Whole Question at New York Dinner
Reverend William Carter described at a New York dinner his experiment of conducting services in the Belasco theater. A Scot from Peebles recalled a London theater memory about a big minister. He whispered to Dr Saunders McIntosh in Peebles, doubting what their church friends would say.
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William Carter
New York
Belasco
Peebles
London
Drury Lane
Dr. Saunders McIntosh
Auld Kirk
Dr. Saunders
Signals and color vision in railroad signaling
Prof. George M. Stratton of Johns Hopkins analyzes how signal colors used beside tracks can mislead engineers under stress. He notes white, red, and green night signals face misperception, fog, and glare, with red glare reducing visibility. He discusses laboratory tests showing red glass requires up to 30 times more brightness than white to be perceived, urging clearer night signaling.
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George
M. Stratton
Johns Hopkins University
Popular Science Monthly
Prof. Stratton
Whittenton Junction
Masa
Baggett
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
Runaway train halted by vigilant guard John Bates
John Bates, guard on a goods train on the London & Northwestern line from Bletchley to Banbury, saved a major disaster by manually applying brakes on successive wagons after the engine moved with no driver. His actions stopped the train near Buckingham before a passenger service from Banbury could collide. Bates, 45, of Bletchley, has 27 years service. The report appears in the London Daily Mall.
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John Bates
London & Northwestern
Bletchley
Banbury
Padbury
Bates
Buckingham
Westbury
Buckingham Station
London & Northwestern Company
St. Martin's Road
Brackley
Winslow
London Daily Mall
Telegraphic timing and the Erie railroad lesson
A 1850 Erie railroad official used telegraph lines to delay one train and accelerate another, proving telegraphy could save travel time. The incident, cited by Popular Mechanics, helped spur the adopting system of train dispatching that survives today.
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Erie Railroad
Express Messenger Hero Rescues Child at Bloomfield Tracks
Harry Wendel four years old wandered onto railroad tracks as a train neared. Express messenger Morris Wyker leaped from the platform, grabbed the child, and hurled him away from danger. Wyker then saved himself, narrowly struck by the pilot, and limped away, praised by the crowd.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Harry Wendel
Morris Wyker
Harry
Pension Payouts for Pennsylvanian Railroad Workers
The Pennsylvania Railroad paid pensions to 2,176 employees on January 1, 1909 with 1908 disbursements totaling $544,245.08. Since 1900 the pension fund has disbursed $3,445,753.77 to retired workers. Pensions equal 1 percent of the ten year average salary per year of service. 367 retirees were pensioned in 1908 and 211 pensioners died.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pension Department
London’s Immense Traffin Report
London’s immense traffic described, estimating daily entrants by rail. If 1,977 trains each carry 600 people, the total would require a single line of 221 miles of railroad, highlighting the vast scale of movement into the capital.
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London
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