Battleship built at Brooklyn Yard debated in Congress
Washington reports the House accepted a Senate amendment requiring one of two new battleships to be built by the government at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Representative Hughes charged Bethlehem Steel Works concealed gun defects and used putty to hide cracks, urging an investigation into inspection outcomes. The House sent several items back to conference, including the Bureau of Ordnance and naval reorganization proposals.
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New York Times
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
House
Senate
New York
Brooklyn Yard
Government Yard
Hughes
New Jersey
Bethlehem_ Steel Works
Representative Roberts
Massachusetts
Mr. Hughes
Bureau of Pancer
Navy Department
Coast Gunners Set New Record At Fort Howard
The Fortieth Company of Coast Artillery won the Army championship in 12 inch rifle target practice at Fort Howard Baltimore. Four shots hit a 2 by 3 foot target at three and a half miles, towed at nine miles an hour, in 3 minutes 17 seconds. At Fort Rosecrans San Diego the 115th Company scored one hit in four shots at 10,700 yards with a 10 inch disappearing rifle on a 30 by 60 foot target towed at six miles an hour. The four shots took 2 minutes 36 seconds with an efficiency of 9 percent due to range.
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Baltimore
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Army
Fort Howard
Fortieth Company
San Diego
Cal
Fort Rosecrans
115Th Company of Coast Artillery
Navy middleweight bout enthralls Mare Island crowd
At Mare Island California nearly 3000 officers and crews watched Frank McCool of the Maryland fight Battling Robinson of the cruiser California for the Navy middleweight title. In the seventh round a clash of heads left Robinson down. a physician found no injury but he did not rise and the referee ruled for McCool.
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Valejo
Contractor W L C Todd Found Dead At Home
W L C Todd president of Todd Construction Company was found shot dead at his Fishkill Landing New York home this afternoon beside his .32 calibre revolver. A West arrive contractor who had recently secured a contract to enlarge Ashington Lake was withdrawn by the Water Board over technicalities, with laxes in this dispute believed to have led to his death by his own action.
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New York Times
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Ashington Lake
Newbury
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Water Board
Kosher Bakers Fracas At Clinton Hall Meeting
Kosher bakers held a Clinton Hall meeting to vote on a sympathetic strike in support of east side mills wagon drivers on strike for a union agreement. Charles Iffland and Max Kasimirsky urged against striking while a crowd urged action and a fight erupted, prompting expulsion threats from the union executive committee.
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East Side Water Front
Charles Iffland
Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners’ International Union
Max Kasimirsky
Kasimirsky
Two Men Die After Canoe Capsize Off Brighton Beach
Alfred Reaves and Raymond Kilége of 8 512 Thirteenth Avenue Brooklyn were capsized a half mile off Brighton Beach Park yesterday afternoon when a strong wave struck their canoe. The cries were heard on the pier but help came only after Arlando Harriman, Sperial Officer George Rrdher, and Henry Ohlson launched a row boat and reached the overturned craft. Both men were exhausted and carried ashore.
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Raymond Kilége
Thirteenth Avenue
Brooklyn
Brighton Beach Park
Arlando Harriman
Srighton Beach Park Company
Sperial
George Rrdher
Henry Ohlson
Indictment Adds Seventh Queens Official in Gresser Campaign
A grand jury returned two indictments against John M. Phillips Under Sheriff of Queens County and campaign manager for Borough President Lawrence Gresser. Phillips is accused of collecting 402 from the city on forged vouchers. He surrendered to District Attorney Frederick G. De Witt, posted 2500 bonds, then resigned citing false stories and prejudice from investigations.
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John M. Phillips
Queens County
Lawrence Gresser
Queens
Phillips
Frederick G. de Witt
Policemen Assaulted in Harlem Saloon Brawl
In a 141st Street saloon incident a group of five paraders clashed with two officers and the bartender. Patrolman Boylan suffered a shredded uniform and cuts from a carving knife while Patrolman Stephens sprained a wrist. three attackers Michael Muldoon Thomas Thompson Grover Smith were arrested.
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Harlem
Dietrich Muller
141St Street
Lenox Avenue
Boylan
West 125Th Street
Stephens
East 126Th Street
Michael Muldoon
Fifth Avenue
Thomas Thompson
West 113Th Street
Grover Smith
West 130Th Street
Muller
Harry Muller
Muldoon
Texas lands for settlers begin rapid sale quota
Texas public lands are being sold to settlers at about 1,000,000 acres annually as grazing leases expire. On July 1, 150,000 acres will be offered in 64 acre to eight section tracts. Prospective buyers must be actual settlers within ninety days, sworn applications, and three years residence with 390 dollars in improvements. Installment options at 3 percent interest available. Most land is in western and northern Texas with official trac t lists and forms from the Land Department.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
State of
State Land Commissioner
Ublic
J. T. Robison
Land Department
Auctioneers Keep Cry Going Going Gone
Chicago June 10 The International Association of Auctioneers debated limiting the auctioneer cry. Havene Bergman of Cairo Illinois urged keeping the Go ing Going Gone words as essential stock in trade, and a vote favored retaining the expression.
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Chicago
International Association of Auctioneers
Hacene Bergman
Cairo
Dowager Duchess Will Declared Proper for Probate
Depositions returned to the Surrogate by Richard Westacott US Vice Consul General in London state Consuelo Yznaga Dowager Duchess of Manchester died November 20. Her will dated January 7 1908 with codicil October 28 last is proper for probate, focusing on execution and testamentary capacity.
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Consuelo
Duchess of
Manchester
Richard Westacott
United States
London
Consuelo Yznaga
New York
Western disturbance advances eastward across the nation
A western atmospheric disturbance moved east Friday night, with low pressure stretching from the Upper Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico. High pressure over the Western Atlantic and Canadian Maritimes slows its progress, while rains were reported across the Atlantic, Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri regions in the past day.
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Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Transatlantic Mail Sailings and Supplementary Rates
Supplementary mails at double postage rates open on piers of American English French and German lines. Sail tomorrow Colon Cristobal 1 30 AM and 3 00 PM Sail Mondeque Seramacea Paramaribo 11 00 AM 1 00 PM Includes calls at St Louis Southampton Hamburg Liverpool Havre New Orleans Jamaica Nassau Bermuda and other ports with various ship departure times.
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Vaderland
Antwerp
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London
Due di Genova
Naples
Friedrich der Grosse
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Borno
Newfoundland
Trent
Bermuda
Zulia
Curacao
Carolina
San Juan
Coenigs More
Havana
Orotava
Jamaica
Colon
Cristobal
Seramacea
Paramaribo
Incoming Ocean Liners Near Sandy Hook Reported Positions
Ships including SS Cleveland SS New York SS Celtic and SS Lapland were tracked east of Sandy Hook within 750 miles, with arrivals due at their respective piers around Sunday or late today and Plymouth. The Philadelphia was southeast of Brow Head, heading to Plymouth by noon today.
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Hamburg
Sandy Hook
New York
Philadelphia
Brow Head
Plymouth
Lapland
Antwerp
Shipping Lanes Report From Atlantic and Gulf Ports
Navigational log notes positions of ships SS Merida SS Rio Grande SS Arapahoe SS Ocmulgee SS Comal with distances south of Scotland Lightship and times 8 P M 9 20 P M and 6 P M 10th Cristobal and Cristobal ports listed with monetary figures 8 40.
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Merida
Havana
S. of Scotland
Rio Grande
Galveston
M. S. of Scotland
P. M
Arapahoe
Jacksonville
M. S. of Scotsland
Ocmulgee
Brunswick
Comal
Mobile
M & of Scotland
Cristobal
Foreign Ports Arrivals and Sailed Ships List
Arrivals include SS President Lincoln Plymouth June 15 and SS Barbarossa Naples June 10. Other ships reach Colombo Antwerp Port Said St Michaels Bermuda Dublin Liverpool June 10. Departures include Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Southampton June 10 and Prometheus Hamburg June 7. Several vessels listed with destinations or routes, including New York Antwerp Naples Hamburg and Pacific routes via Vancouver Victoria.
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Plymouth
Barbarossa
Naples
Albenga
Colombo
Kroonland
Antwerp
Seneca
Port Said
St. Michael's
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Southampton
Prometheus
Hamburg
Ueagali
Barbados
Indramayo
Manila
Postmaster Reports Transcontinental Mail Dispatches
Postmaster Morgan notes mails from Shanghai and Yokohama dated May 17 and May 19, received by steamer River Clyde, were dispatched east from Seattle at 1 45 AM in June. The mails are due in New York the morning of Sunday June 12.
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Morgan
Shanghai
Osaka
Yokohama
Open-End Pattern One-Cent Envelopes Now On Sale
Postmaster announces new open-end one-cent plain and stamped envelopes for third-class mail. These envelopes have a partially sealed top flap for contents inspection and reduced risk of tearing. Nos. 5 6 8 13 stamps in various colors are offered at regular open-top prices.
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Morgan
General Post Office
Military Placements and Vessel Movements Reported
The Army assigns Ca Rp. Fifth Field Artillery to Fort Leavenworth on Aug. 15. First Lieut J M Hewitt becomes Surgeon on the Buford at San Francisco. Navy transfers and ship movements list crews, duties, and ships arriving at Long Beach Annapolis Guantanamo and ships sailing from Cristobal Portsmouth and Cavite.
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Mare Island Hospital
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