Costly British battleship upkeep and Navy yard waste
A Britain US style assessment shows annual upkeep for a battleship at about 1.16 million dollars with other ship classes costing 88 500 for a destroyer 30 800 for a torpedo boat and up to 700 000 for armored cruisers. The piece criticizes shore establishment costs and wide price variations across yards, arguing for better coordination and efficiency.
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Ashington
Admiralty
Edin Robertson
Magdalena Bay
United States Navy
Congress
Navy
Dayton
West Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Abso
Judge Rules on Roosevelt Dismissal Power in Reid Case
In New York on May 5 Judge Hough heard arguments over President Roosevelt’s authority to dismiss three Negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth infantry for alleged Brownsville riot participation. The suit by Private Oscar W Reid seeks $122 wages after dismissal. Defense argues constitutional protections bind the government as civil contract. prosecution cites presidential commander in chief power. Judge Hough reserved decision, briefs due by Wednesday, and will continue the matter later in the week.
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New York
Judge Hough
United States District Court
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Oscar W. Reid
Reid
United States District Attorney
Chase Mellen
Mellen
Army
Navy
Congress
Hough
Melen
Cigil
Railroads Fined Heavily in 28-Hour Cattle Transport Cases
In Chicago Judge Landis fined six railroads a total of 13150 after 99 government cases over cattle transport violations. Rock Island 45 cases $6550 Northwestern 26 $3600 Illinois Central 9 $1100 St Paul 7 $950 Santa Fe 5 $750 Burlington 2 $200. Chicago & Northwestern mostly pleaded not guilty.
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Rairoads
Chicago
Inu
Landis
United States District Court
Rock Island
Northwestern
Illinois Central
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Burlington
Chicago & Northwestern
Harriman Seeks $100 Million Union Pacific Bond Issue
E H Harriman announced that Union Pacific stockholders meeting in Salt Lake City would be asked to authorize a $100,000,000 bond issue. He said $50,000,000 of bonds will be reserved for construction and acquisition of new lines and additions under guarded provisions.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railway Company
Salt Lake City
Night Riders Burn Tobacco Beds in Davidson County
Night riders destroyed the tobacco plant beds of F. C. Wishel a prominent farmer of Friedberg in Davidson county near Winston Salem North Carolina during May.
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Winston Salem
N. C
F. C. Wishel
Friedberg
Davidson County
Snowfall in Cheyenne marks heaviest since November
Snow began Sunday in Cheyenne Wyoming and continued into yesterday marking the heaviest fall since last November. In London Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived from a Scandinavian tour yesterday afternoon returning to the capital.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Edward
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Japan Pleased by Russo Japanese Embassies
Tokio reports the press welcomes the creation of Russo Japanese embassies as a new token of friendship. The economy remains the dominant topic with talk of a further redemption of thirty million Japanese debts by month’s end, dampening hopes for relief from the depression. The balance of trade stays unfavorable with no relief in sight.
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Japan
Tokio
Russia
Homeopathic Physician Surgeon At Iowa Regroups In City
Homeopathic physician surgeon Peemwiay, formerly interne at State University of Iowa, now centers practice at Office 263 Black. Houseshoe Black named as affiliated address.
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Homeopathic
Peemwiay State University of Iowa
Houseshoe Black
Black
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RED Cruiser
Ptarvyeland
Mainester
Terenane
Georgia Saen
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Vermont
Minnesota
OZASS
UeeraDenane” Papar Sarc
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Chas, A. Grubb
Atlantic
Trust and Savings Bank
G. R. Miller
Sulte
Gilleapie
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Athsntlo
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R. A. Gamble
Opera House Block
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Vistey,d.c
DRS
Finley & Finley
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Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy and X-Ray Laboratory
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Bell
Cheatnut St
Atlantic, Iowa
Nels Brown
Atisotie
Butler
H. Butler
Musson
A. H. Goodspeed
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