Final leg of Atlantic fleet cruise ends at Hampton Roads
Battleships and squadrons returned to Hampton Roads on February 22 after a voyage from Gibraltar. President Roosevelt aboard the Mayflower reviewed the fleet as it anchored between the Horseshoe and Lynn Haven bays. A elaborate reception program followed with speed trials gunnery drills and endurance tests setting new records for US war vessels.
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Ampton Roads
Atlantic
United States
Gibraltar
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Horseshoe
Lynn Haven Bay
Sperry
Maine
New Hampshire
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Salem
Birmingham
Chester
New Records for Sailing and the Atlantic Fleet
The article recalls historic grand sea voyages from mythic Argo adventures to modern naval feats. It notes Meypt and West Indies voyages, then compares to Cervera’s doomed Spanish Armada and the Santiago de Cuba loss. It highlights Roosevelt’s order for the Atlantic fleet’s practice cruise from Hampton Roads and English speaking sailors certainty in punctual readiness.
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Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Roosevelt
Pacific
Hampton Roads
England
Philip I
Spain
Historic World Cruise Ends With Pacific Ocean Commission
The article lauds the U S fleet completing a world cruise asserting the Pacific Ocean is now under commission. It contrasts American ships with Russian and Spanish fleets, praises Admiral Sperry, notes the assembled force of 20 battleships and cruisers, and emphasizes the moral impact and international prestige of the United States Navy.
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Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
China
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Dewey
Manila Bay
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Formation of the squadrons details ship groupings
The article lists ship groupings by divisions in two squadrons. Admiral Sperry’s Connecticut leads with Louisiana Vermont and Kansas, captains Osterhaus Wainwright Potter and Vreeland. The second division of the first squadron includes Georgia with New Jersey Rhode Island and Virginia under McCrea Southerland Murdock Schroeder. The first division of the second squadron sails Minnesota with Ohio Missouri and Maine under Hubbard Bartlett Merriam Harber. The second division of the second squadron includes Alabama with Illinois Keargarge Kentucky under the captain listed.
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Tyne
Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Louisiana
Vermont
Kansas
Osterhaus
Wainwright
Potter
Vreeland
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Virginia, Commanded Respectively By Capts. McCrea, Southerland, Murdock
Schroeder
Minnesota
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
Hubbard
Bartlett
Merriam
Harber
Alabama
Illinois
Keargarge
Kentucky
Navy Battlefleet Lineup of Capital Ships and Escorts
The passage lists four Virginia class battleships Veeder Bowyer Hutchings and Cowles with superimposed turret types. It names the armored cruiser squadron under Admiral Sebree including the Tennessee California Nebraska and South Dakota plus the Washington and St. Louis. It details torpedo boat flotilla led by Lieut Hutch I Cone with Whipple Hopkins Hull Stewart Truxton and Lawrence and assigns officers Cone Howe McCommons Hellweg Kerrick and Ensign Frederick. It also lists auxiliary division ships Glacier Culgoa Panther Yankton with commanding officers Hogg Patton Nelson and Gherardi.
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Veeder
Bowyer
Hutchings
Cowles
Admiral Sebree
Tennessee
California
Nebraska
South Dakota
Washington
St. Louis
Magellan Straits
Hutch I. Cone
Whipple
Hopkins
Hull
The Modesty of Greatness in Lecture Event
A man praised the speaker after a lecture on The Art Spirit of Southern Europe. The praised man humbly deflects thanks and reveals he controls the slide projector, not the speaking. The anecdote highlights the unseen role behind the presentation.
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Europe
Food Value of Sugar in French Army Experiments
Experiments on sugar as food in the French army show it provides substantial muscular energy, indicating sugar’s strong value as a fuel source for soldiers.
Tobacco Trust Faces Scrutiny Over 1901 Consolidated Deal
Washington report to President Roosevelt chronicles the formation of the great tobacco combination beginning as the American Tobacco Company in 1890 with 25 million capital and a current net capitalization of about 316 million. It notes a 1901 Consolidated Tobacco Company move that shifted profits to a small board, prompting criticism of fiduciary duties and unequal gains.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Tobacco Combination
America
Consolidated Tobacco Company
Combination
American
Continental
The
Consolidated
Smooth the Path for Knox in State Secretary Case
In Washington the house settled the Knox eligibility issue for the secretary of state by sending the appropriation bill to conference and authorizing the committee to treat the salary provision as disputed. The move could cut the pay from 12000 to 8000. Republicans faced a surprise resolution opposing senate amendments creating new under secretary posts. The post office bill for 232 million was debated in the senate, with Penrose criticizing La Follette for delays in reporting large appropriations.
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Washington
Knox
House of Representatives
Fitzgerald
Senate
Penrose
la Follette
War prep urged by U S Army chief in Albany
Maj. Gen. J Franklin Bell urged strong wartime readiness at the New York National Guard association dinner in Albany. He said the prospects of war in the future are greater than in the past and emphasized the need for national military policy and ongoing preparation.
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Albany
N. Y
J. Franklin Bell
National Guard Association
Senators Seek Half Navy in Pacific Waters
The senate approved an amendment to the naval bill directing that, in the president's discretion, one half of the navy be kept in Pacific waters as far as practicable. The president already has authority to divide the fleet, but this measure signals congressional support for such a deployment.
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Pacific
Washington
United States Navy
Senate
Congress
MrsLemp Wins Divorce With $6000 Alimony And Custody
In St. Louis Judge Hitchcock granted Mrs. William J. Lemp Jr. a divorce with alimony of 6000 dollars yearly and custody of their son after a week long sensational trial that ended Tuesday.
Geronimo Dies at Fort Sill After Pneumonia
Geronimo the Apache war chief died at Fort Sill hospital after a two day illness from pneumonia. He had been held as a prisoner of war for years and was buried in the Indian cemetery near the fort. The funeral was led by Christian missionaries after his reported religious conversion three years ago. He was captured at Skelton canyon in Arizona 22 years ago following a long pursuit by Gen. Nelson A. Miles and his troops.
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Lawton
Ohio
Skelton Canyon
Arizona
Nelson A. Miles
Attell Driscoll Fight Draws Mixed Verdicts in London Ring
In New York reports a Friday night bout between featherweight champion Abe Attell and England’s Jem Driscoll drew a crowd that believed Driscoll held the edge, despite no official decision.
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New York
Abe Attell
Jem Driscoll
England
Driscoll
Bloodhounds Trail Bank Robbers in Kilgore Heist
Robbers blew open the Kilgore State Bank vault in Kilgore Texas early Friday and escaped with 3400 dollars. Bloodhounds have been put on the trail.
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el Paso
Tex
State Bank
Kilgore
Earthquake Kills About 7000 in Luristan Persia
Reports from western Persia state that around 7,000 people died in the Luristan province earthquake. Sixty villages were destroyed in the mountainous, sparsely populated region, about 300 miles from Tehran, with courier the only link to the capital.
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Teheran
Persia
Luristan
California governor signs anti race track gambling bill
Governor Gillett signed the Walker Otis bill aimed at stopping race track gambling in California. The act becomes operative 60 days after signature, preventing Emeryville and Santa Anita from completing their current racing session.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Gillett
Emeryville
Santa Anita
Tariff Commission Demanded by Indianapolis Conference
Resolutions from the tariff commission conference in Indianapolis urge Congress to establish a permanent tariff commission immediately. The move follows a Wednesday meeting where delegates argued for sustained tariff oversight and uniform policy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
Tariff Commission
Beloit Woman Ends Her Life in Fire
Mrs. George M. Allen wife of a prominent local man set fire to her clothing Thursday in a state of insanity and perished from the burns.
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Beloit
Wis
George M. Allen
Girl Baby Born Aboard Nickel Plate Train
A baby girl named Claypool Valentine Miller was born Wednesday on Nickel Plate passenger train No. 3 between Sidney and Packerton in Indiana to Mr and Mrs Thomas M Miller.
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Warsaw
Ind
Claypool Valentine Miller
Thomas M. Miller
Sidney
Packerton
Mine Disaster at Deering Coal Company Kills Four
A second explosion in Deering Coal Company's Mine 18 near Benton, Illinois, followed Tuesday's blast that entombed four shot-firers. Rescuers reached the shaft but found the mine on fire and the second explosion wrecked the mine, likely delaying recovery of the four bodies.
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Holinois
Benton
Deering Coal Company
Roosevelt backs Gatun dam and rock canal plan statement
President Roosevelt told Congress the rock type Panama canal is preferred over sea level. Engineers praise Gatun earth dam as central to the project, find no dangerous seepage, and say locks and dams are feasible and safe. Sea level plans would raise costs and time with no navigational gain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
Gatun
Taft
Gatun Dam
Republic of Panama
Panama Canal Company
Ife
Tock Canal
Riot Flares In Ottumwa As Mob Circles Jail
A large mob grew from 100 to over 1000 in Ottumwa Iowa around the city jail seeking a suspected African American assailant. Three suspects were jailed locally and one in the county jail as authorities feared planned lynching.
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Ottumwa
United States
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Springfield
Charles M. Johnston
Citizens’ Guard
Curious Case of Telepathy Reported Aboard Regina Elena
A sailor on the Italian battleship Regina Elena claimed telepathic communication with his fiancée. Granted leave to Messina he slept and dreamt she was alive. He returned with companions and located the ruined house, finding the girl unharmed.
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Messina
Must Dwell in Soft Places
The text describes a snipe’s ancient instinct to follow worms into marshy ground to pull them from their chambers. It highlights a three inch long thin sensitive tip instrument used to extract worms, noting frost or drought can harden ground and force the bird to starve or travel.
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Strand Magazine
Roosevelt Replies to Hemenway on Secret Service Controversy
President Roosevelt issued a lengthy rebuke to Senator Hemenway’s report on the secret service. He called the document inaccurate and misleading and defended seven years of Secret Service action. He argued Congress did not intend a spy system and noted cases where justice actions aided prosecutions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Hemenway
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Hale
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Justice
Morse
New York
Roosevelt’s Nephew Dies in Harvard Dormitory Fall
Cambridge Harvard sophomore Stewart Douglas Robinson aged 19, nephew of President Roosevelt, fell from a sixth story Hampton Hall window on Massachusetts Avenue Sunday and was killed. He was son of Douglas Robinson.
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Roosevelt
Cambridge
Mass
Stewart Douglas Robinson
Harvard College
Hampton Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Douglas Robinson
Four Quake Shocks Felt In Spain At Elche
Four prolonged earthquake shocks were felt Saturday night at Elche in Alicante province Spain but no damage was reported.
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Spain
Madrid
Elche
Alicante
Kansas City Man Sentenced for Home Invasion Attempt
Robert D. Bledsoe of Dallas was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary after entering Lawrence M. Jones home on Tuesday and attempting to take $7,000 from the wealthy Kansas City merchant.
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Kansas City
Robert D. Bledsoe
Dallas
Tex
Lawrence M. Jones
Senators and Rep Eulogized in Special Session
In Washington a special Sunday session of the House honored the memory of deceased members Senators Allison of Iowa Latimer of South Carolina and Representative Wiley with formal eulogies delivered by colleagues during the tribute
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Washington
Allison
Iowa
Latimer
South Carolina
Representative Wiley
House
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