Aerial Warships in Public Debate and US Efforts
The United States lags in military aeronautics while nations such as Germany France and Britain push dirigibles and aeroplanes. Taft pledges future appropriations as the Signal Corps expands training at Fort Myer and Fort Omaha, with trials of Dirigible No. 1 and Wright planes planned for July.
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Aeronautical Division
Signal Corps
Army
United States
Congress
Europe
Germany
France
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Taft
Fort Omaha
Neb
Fort Myer
England
Wright Brothers
Lisut, Selfridge
Oryllie Wright
Wilbur Wright
War Department
Military Board of Aeronautics
Lieut Lahm
Meudon
Tegel
George O. Squire
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
Punt
Rochester Clubs Push Early Saturday Closures and Prison Plan
The Rochester City Federation of Women's Clubs backs anti tuberculosis aid including closing stores at six on Saturdays and repurposing the State Industrial school as a state prison. They advocate soap and water as superior to disinfectants though makers may dispute the claim.
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Rochester
N. Y
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Miss Marjorie Ide to Head Father’s House in Madrid
At the Court of Madrid Miss Marjorie Ide will manage her father's house now that he is appointed minister there. She will not gain the title of minister's wife but will hold a dignified role at the head of the household. Her sister accompanied their father to the Philippines, later marrying Bourke Cockran.
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Madrid
Marjorie Ide
Philippines
Bourke Cockran
Locomotives Grow Bigger With Modern Articulated Engines
Popular Mechanics notes a shift from sixty to two hundred ton locomotives, with some larger units under construction. Articulated engines are now common in the U S, numbering over a hundred, and the largest replaces three standard locomotives. Their extreme length requires curve clearance provisions for the front end swing.
Man of the Bail Halts Express With Brave Air Brake Break
At Hopewell New Jersey fireman Perk Woolley saved the St Louis Express known as train 502 by crawling under the tender to break the air pipe. He halted the 75 mph locomotive after the engineer De Groff was crushed. Woolley died two hours later at Trenton hospital.
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Central Railroa
New Jersey
Jersey City
Sal
Philadelphia
Woolley
Frederick de Groff
de Groff
Hopewell
Trenton
World’s Longest Bridge Plans Unite New York and New Jersey
Plans for a colossal suspension bridge across the Hudson River would link New York and New Jersey. The 7,400 foot structure would cost 16 million dollars, serve 500,000 daily users, and handle 20,000 vehicles per day. Five steel cables on two 230-foot pillars would support 200,000 tons weight, each cable bearing 40,000 tons, with half stone half steel construction. The project would be funded by New York and New Jersey authorities.
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New York
New Jersey
Hudson
Timber for Ties
Railroads mostly bought oak for cross ties, statisticians report over 40 percent of ties come from oak. Southern pine ties account for just under 26 percent, Douglas fir ties about 10 percent, with cedar chestnut cypress western pine tamarack hemlock and other woods increasingly entering the market.
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United States Forest Service
Douglas
Boy 14 in Lyons Causes Freight Yard Disaster
A 14 year old boy employed in Lyons railroad yards was sent to switch a track. While searching for his lost son, a freight train entered the wrong siding, wrecking 20 cars and destroying goods valued at 5000 dollars. The incident reflects on youthful labor in France and the mishap's costly outcome.
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Lyons
France
Brakeman Story Shapes Moffat’s Plague Stance
Thomas Moffat, new consul to Trinidad, recalls opposing a local policy declaring La Guaira sanitary. He compares it to a novice brakeman’s fearsome first run, noting the need for a brake to avoid sliding back amid the bubonic plague gripping the city.
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Thomas Moffat
Trinidad
la Guaira
Moffat
Philadelphia Ledger
Dangers of Railroad Travel in China
Dangers on the Shanghai Nanking line include assaults by mobs. Passengers face stone-throwing and extortion by villagers after accidents or crossing errors. Authorities have failed to provide adequate passenger protection, with incidents of granite fragments hurled at moving trains near Chinkang.
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China
Shanghai-Nanking
Chinkang
Railroad Benefits Fund Surpasses 23 Years of Aid
The Pennsylvania railroad relief fund, in existence 23 years, paid out $112,687.39 in January on the Pittsburg line. Of this, $42,076.29 supported families of deceased employes and $70,611.10 aided those incapacitated for work. West of Pittsburg the January total was $45,461.55, with $27,711.55 to incapacitated workers and $7,750 to families of the dead. Since inception disbursements total $25,765,403.18. The fund is sustained by an annual company treasury appropriation and a small beneficiary assessment.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Whistle Save His House At West Homestead Yard
W. C. Morrison, an engineer at the Pennsylvania Railroad Howard yards near West Homestead PA, blew his engine whistle to warn others when his home roof caught fire. He followed orders not to leave the cab, aiding by shifting cars as firemen battled the blaze. The fire caused several hundred dollars in damage.
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W. C. Morrison
Howard Yards
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Homestead
Morrison
Comes the Devil Bird in Ceylon Nature Scene
The piece describes a night singing bird called the ula ma or nlama, whose whistle threatens wary listeners. It likens the bird to a shrill nightingale with a tortured cry, saying its mood shifts from calm to furious.
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Ceylon
Government rail mileage in Germany largely owned by state
Government ownership dominates German railways with about 92 percent of mileage under state control. The figure underscores the vast reach of state influence in rail transport and policy. The data reflect ongoing debates over privatization versus public ownership in the railway sector.
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Germany
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