Secretary Daniels Rejects Armor Plate Bids for Battleship 39
Washington August 28 Secretary Daniels awarded contracts totalling about 1 087 445 for materials for battleship 39 at the New York navy yard but after a conference with Carnegie Bethlehem and Midvale steel firms rejected all bids for armor plate and chosen no supplier.
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Washington
Daniels
Carnegie Steel Company
J. B. Kendall Company
Carbon Steel Company
New York Navy Yard
Carnegie, Bethlehem
Midvale Steel Companies
Identical bids on battleship armor plates compared
The record notes that the bids across all classes were identical and matched the bids from the same firms for armor plate used on the battleship Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
Patrolman Sloan Retires After Reaching Age Limit
Patrolman Bernard J. Sloan of the Trast Boston station retires at roll call after exceeding the 65 year age limit. He has spent over half his life in the department and takes the regular pension of 650 dollars a year.
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Bernard J. Sloan
Trast
Boston
O'Meara
Sloan
Mellen to Remain in Advisory Role at New Haven
President Charles S. Mellen will not resign on August 31. He will stay with the New Haven road in an advisory capacity for several years at a salary smaller than his president’s pay.
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New Haven
Charles S. Mellen
New Haven Road
Directors mull Mellen role and dividend cuts at meeting
Directors consider retaining President Mellen at a reduced salary after his resignation is accepted. President‑to‑be Elliott would use Mellen’s knowledge to build a paying road. Dividends are expected to fall to 4 or 5 percent as reorganization proceeds to boost earnings.
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Mellen
Elliott
New England Railroad
Alumni gather as St Johns Prep plans large reunion
More than 500 past and present members are expected to attend an alumni association formation at St Johns Preparatory School on Sunday. Representatives from Georgetown Notre Dame Bates Institute of Technology Boston College Holy Cross and other colleges will attend.
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Georgetown
Notre Dame
Bates
Institute of Technology
Boston College
Holy Cross
Typhoon in Japan Kills Scores and Destroys Bridges
Extensive rain from a Japanese typhoon has caused heavy casualties and widespread destruction. Scores of people are dead, hundreds of bridges and houses are ruined, Tokyo reports 15,000 flooded homes, railways and crops damaged, and a group of 17 children went missing while climbing Mount Koma-Ga-Take.
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Tokio
Japan
Koma-Ga-Take
Sixth Maine Battery Elects At Reunion
The Sixth Maine Battery held its annual reunion in Bangor Mo. on August 28. Officers elected include R. N. Smith Milltown president, George H. Sperry Scurry first vice president, C. H. Lane Bucksport second vice president, and J. I. Rhodes Rockland secretary and treasurer.
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Bangor
Maine Battery
R. N. Smith
Milltown
George H. Sperry
Scurry
C. H. Lane
Bucksport
J. I. Rhodes
Rockland
New England Actress Protest Over Stage Realism
London August 28 Miss Maxine Elliott returning to the stage as Potiphar’s wife in Joseph and His Brethren at His Majesty’s Theatre finds Sir Herbert Tree’s push for realism clashes with costume. Elliott objects to two colored men being hired to carry her off on the final act and white actors have been substituted.
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London
Maxine Elliott
Potiphar
Sir Herbert Tree
Joseph and His Brethren
His Majesty’s Theatre
Sir Herbert
Miss Elliott
Methodist Camp Meeting to Close with Love Feast at Asbury Park
The Methodist camp meeting in session at Asbury Park Hamilton will end Sunday with a love feast. Bishop John W. Hamilton and Rev Dillon Bronson are among the speakers. Labor Day will be observed Sunday in Greater Boston churches with sermons focused on labor. The National Tuberculosis Day observance is set for Sunday December 7 by the Norton association and other groups. Rev John S Pendleton of Bradford NH will preach at Dudley Street Baptist next Sunday. The pastor Rev Dr Charles A Fulton is on vacation at Oak Bluffs and will resume duties September 7.
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Hamilton
John W. Hamilton
Dillon Bronson
Boston
Greater
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
John S. Pendleton
Bradford
N. H
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Charles A. Fulton
Oak Bluffs
Jewelers call for licensed uniformed sample case porters
At the national jewelers convention delegates urged licensing and uniforming of porters who carry valuable sample cases for salesmen. The push follows the theft yesterday of a sample case worth 25 000 dollars, owned by Charles G Anderson of Philadelphia, left in a jewelry store.
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Chicago
National Convention of Jewelers
Charles G. Anderson
Philadelphia
How to Lead Child to Study by Father Swickerath
Rev Jather Robert Swickerath S J spoke at the Catholic Teachers Institute in Boston College Hall on teaching children to study. He urged careful memorization, pre reviewing lessons, and using clear lesson divisions. The morning session covered class work and the use of blackboards especially for geography.
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Jather Robert Swickerath
S. J
Catholic Teachers’ Institute
Boston College Hall
Father Swickerath
Reckless Driving Cause of Auto Fatality in Dedham
An inquest in Norfolk Superior Court finds Walter Green and two friends died in a July 4 automobile crash in Dedham. The accident was caused by reckless driving by Green, described as a colored chauffeur, with the vehicle turning turtle.
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Fast Dedham
Walter Green
Norfolk Superior Court
Odham
Hutchinson
Militia Halts Mineral Springs Horse Races
Mineral Springs Ind August 28 two companies of State militia in camp on the grounds of the Mineral Springs Jockey Club force the abandonment of the 15 day racing schedule. Owners remove horses and promoters depart the track closes.
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Mineral Springs
Ind
Jockey Club
White House Courts Busy at Tennis in Washington
Aug 28. For the first time in nearly six years a cabinet member has played on the White House tennis courts. Miss Eleanor Wilson organizes the games and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has admitted his fondness for the sport. Tennis waned during Taft’s era as golf rose in popularity. President Wilson prefers golf, but the Misses Wilson champion tennis and racquet sports.
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Washington
White House
Eleanor Wilson
Treasury
McAdoo
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Farm to Table by Parcel Post
Washington Aug 28 Fruits fresh laid eggs and other farm products are being forwarded by mail in increasing quantities from suburban producers to urban breakfast tables. The parcel post system is also used for manufactured articles and officials praise public adoption of the new service.
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Washington
Burleson
Post Office Department
Horatio Harris Death Not By Own Action
The Post reported Horatio Harris of Roxbury died by his own hand but is informed the claim is an error. The Harris death resulted from a severe cold combined with mumps, not suicide.
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Horatio Harris
Roxbury
Harris
Woman is found after three days lost in Maine woods
Mrs. Leroy Embroff of Providence Rhode Island was missing near Scraggly pond for three days after following a deer into the brush. She was found at Scraggly pond by two men from Schools and is recovering from exhaustion and hunger with no lasting injuries expected.
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Bangor
Leroy Embroff
Providence
R. I
Scragsly Pond
Embroff
Scraggly Pond
Patten
Penobscot
W. Chornley
Cat Bite Death Claims Boy and Mother in Philadelphia
John Miller, 11, died of hydrophobia today from a family cat bite six weeks earlier. His mother, bitten while trying to help, died on August 10, and the husband killed the mad cat.
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Philadelphia
John Miller
Forest fires at a minimum this year says forest service
Washington dispatch reports the forest service noting only two states Massachusetts and Maine have invoked emergency provisions due to high fire hazards. Long droughts across regions create unusual danger but officials credit current fire fighting organization for few disastrous fires this season.
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Massachusetts
Maine
Forest Service
Swedish Protest Over U S Pulp Wood Rule
Stockholm Aug 28 The Swedish government instructed its Washington minister W A F Ekengren to protest to the United States against a customs ruling that Swedish wool pulp is admitted free only when shipped in Swedish bottoms. The decision clashes with Sweden's friendly stance toward the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Washington
W. A
The Making of a Zoo by Francis E Leupp
A fragment from Sun Day’s Post Magazine discusses the cost of procuring animals from around the world to edify a curious public. The piece reflects on the expense and scope of building a zoo for public education.
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Francis E. Leupp
Post Magazine
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