Hazing at West Point and the moral guardrails of the academy
A Washington correspondent reviews the Whittaker case and defense of hazing at West Point. Colonel Mills pressed reform, cadets shifted opinion, and the Young Men’s Christian Association rooms offered refuge from torment. The piece defends cadet honor, religion, and discipline as intrinsic to military education.
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Mwest Point Military Academy
Whittaker
Washington
Chicago Record
City
New York
Academy
South Carolina
Roscoe Cruce
Albert L. Mills
Harvard
Ile
West Point
Mills
Colonel Mills
Booz
Santiago
Annapolis
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men’s Fan Association
United Tates
Mitchell
Mattoon
Kits
Burnett
Illinois
Hls
Young Men’s Christian Association
Warner
Havana to Install Electric Pumps for New Sewer System
The Electrical Review outlines a Havana sewer plan using substantial electrical machinery. A west harbor collection, a siphon across the harbor, a 24 foot lift to a main pumping station, and a 1,190 meter outfall tunnel will feed two five foot pipes to the sea. A 30,000,000 gallon per day pump with 11 foot lift will operate temporarily, with Vedado sub stations underground holding two 2,500,000 gallon daily lifts and two 800,600 gallon daily lifts. Two 12 kilowatt generating units at the main Vedado station will supply power for automatic operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Vedado
Greek tycoon leaves island charity via yearly Cretan lottery
A Triest correspondent reports a rich dead Greek of Corfu left his fortune in trust to the island archbishop. The archbishop will pay the interest each year to one poor Cretan chosen by lot. Applicants are to be evaluated before a ballot decides the beneficiary.
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Triest
Corfu
Island
Lot
British Admiralty Forming New Home Service Squadron
The British admiralty plans a new naval squadron for home service. It will likely join the present reserve squadron as a second channel squadron, kept at home when the channel fleet cruises and vice versa.
Lawson's Great Copper Monoply Powers Millionaire Rise
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston leads a bold copper plan with Rogers Rockefeller to form a nationwide monopoly. The scheme targets copper mines near Butte and Montana Ore Purchasing, aiming to control output and substantially grow capital. Lawson touts past earnings, losses, and a method to educate capital on copper as a safe, large-scale investment.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
New York
New York Journal
New York City
Standard Oil
H. H. Rogers
Tom Lawson
Lawson
HL UW
Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Treasury
Washington
Stillivan
Wall Street
United States
Butte City
Mon
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Frederick A August Ueinze
Arthur P. Neinze
John MacGinnis
Stanley Gifford
Heinze
I. Rogers
Chicago
Michigan
America
Montana
Anaconda
Calumet
Heela
Plans for Raising Macaroni Wheat in the United States
The United States may launch a macaroni wheat industry after shipments of Russian seed to Washington. Secretary Wilson and Jared G. Smith stress the crop could be grown profitably in regions like the Dakotas, with potential factories in St Paul and Minneapolis. They urge a coordinated approach separating it from bread wheat, noting needed new markets, dedicated mills, and dedicated equipment.
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United States
Washington
Marseilles
Holding the Sack over China's Affair Budget
The Italians may not take the China relief outcome calmly, notes the San Francisco Chronicle. Their expenses aiding the ministers relief effort have strained the budget, and taxpayers are already asking how the hole will be filled.
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China
San Francisco Chronicle
Premier of All of Them
An American girl employed in a Paris expor tion department received 117 marriage proposals from men of 14 nationalities. The Chronicle notes she is in demand wherever she goes.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Novel Hanging Railway Over Wupper River Aims for Rapid Transit
Ainslee's Magazine describes Eugene Langen's suspended electric railway for five miles over the Wupper river in Germany. The line carries 60 passenger cars, trains run up to 19 miles per hour with automatic blocks and air brakes, and 18 stations serve a route from Vobwinkel to the terminus, promising space-saving urban rapid transit possibilities.
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Eugene Langen
D. Allen Whitney
Ainslee’s
Wupper River
Barmen
Ilberfeld
Germany
Langen
Vobwinkel
Thhe Road
New York
London
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