Navy tests push submarine fleet toward Pacific voyage
Navy advances submarine torpedo boat tests at Narragansett Bay and Long Island waters under Rear Admiral McLean. Ocean trials include five hours forty eight minutes submerged, 107 feet depth, and a 24 hour undersea test. Submarine flotillas, led by Octopus and Stringham, plan to tow boats across the Pacific to the Philippines and later move to Chesapeake Bay, Charleston, and Philadelphia for Founder’s Day observances.
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Board of Inspection of the Navy
Thomas C. McLean
Provident
Narragansett Bay
Long Islind
Far West
Philadelphia
Phila- T
Ream
Wills G. Hitchell
Barney
George Pegram
Tingey
Janes Richardson
de Long
Bader
Thornton
Charles A. Blake- Jey
Melcan
Hitchcock's Adviser Senator Crane Aims and Influence
Massachusetts Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, active Taft campaign adviser, wields substantial influence in the Republican Senate. Known for practical wisdom and social know-how, Crane is a former governor, a wealthy industrialist, and a trusted power broker whose stance helped Lodge in the Philippines debate.
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Massachusetts
Winthrop Murray Crane
Crane
Tually
Sastencock
the Nations Committee
Taft
Ol Ray
Senate
George Frishle Hoar
Wis
Honr
Lodge
Philippines
Nixon
Nevada
Ekay
Lil Lodge
Bin
Archbold Heads Standard Oil in Foraker Letters Incident
John Dustin Archbold becomes active head of Standard Oil and features in the Foraker letters affair from the presidential campaign era. Archbold, aged well into his sixties, has long been associated with the company since 1875 and is noted for philanthropy to Syracuse University.
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Standard Oil
Foraker
John Daxtin Archbold
Standard Oi Company
Joseph Kenson Foraker
Archbold
Standard
Rockefeller
John Dustin
Lnol D. Eisty
Syracuse University
Heaton Robertson Nomination Sparks Connecticut Convention
Ex governor Tom Waller refused the Democratic nomination to avoid embarrassing his Republican son Charles who seeks GOP appointments. Waller urged exemption with a plea for Judge A Henley Robertson of New Haven, later nominated for governor after Waller’s push. Robertson had run four years earlier and lost by a wide margin.
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Connecticut
Tom Waller
Charles
Republians
Waller
Bryan
A. Henley Robertson
New Maven
Charles Waller
New London
Court of Common Ples
Jukige Robertson
Connecticut Democrats See Hopes in State Ticket Edge
Despite a small vote margin of 00, the Democratic ticket led by about 6,000 votes, with over 6,000 more than Judge Walker, the Democratic candidate for president. Democrats in Connecticut hope to carry the state for Bryan amid Republican divisions.
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Judge Walker
Connecticut
Bryan
Pocketknife Sharpening Rules From a Craft Expert
An expert explains sharpening razors and pocketknives. A razor should rest hollow ground on a hone for a fine edge. A pocketknife needs a stiff edge and must not lie flat on the stone to avoid dulling. Set the angle at twenty to twenty five degrees with a chisel like edge.
Hearst May Move to Nevada and Run for Senate
A circulating political gossip item claims William Randolph Hearst plans to relocate to Nevada to obtain a dry climate on medical advice and pursue a U S Senate seat within two years. It asserts he aims to use a Senate term as a springboard to a future presidential bid and to present himself as the tribune of the people to win broad support.
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East
William Randolph Hearst
West
Nevada
United States Senate
Senate
Tribune of the People
Hearst
Ade Farm Tour Mixes Modern Tricks With Hospitality
A humorous Chicago News fragment recounts George Ade touring the middle west with a fantastical Brook farm featuring electric lights on every field, rapid harvests, and an automatic processing machine. Guests enjoy salads whipped from machine outputs in seventy five seconds, while other bits lampoon modern life and social scenes.
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Middle West
Taft
George Ade
Mr. Ade
Tils Furn
Brook
Ade
Ceuthur
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