Panama Canal Explosion Kills Fourteen Explorers and Workers
A December 13 1908 dispatch reports a massive dynamite blast at Bas Obispo near the Panama Canal that killed fourteen men and injured many more. The accident destroyed a 500 foot stretch of hillside and wrecked equipment while a train carrying five hundred laborers had just passed. Officials ordered a thorough investigation to determine responsibility as crews continue clearing tons of earth and rock.
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Colon
Gas Obispo
Panama Canal
United States
John J
Reedy
John J. Karp
J. T. Hummer
B. B. Cole
Arthur Bassett
Ancon Hospite
Culebra
F C. Boggs
Washington
D. C
Bas Obispo
Trummer
Craneman
John J. Korp
Phillipsburg
N. J
John J. Reedy
Pontman
Indianapolis
Bensmin BH Cole
Rochester
Arthur BH. Bassett
Philaphia
W G Bell
New York City
W_ Esrden
Santer
Rio
Dynamite Safety Efforts Along Patama Canal clarified
Before Bas Obispo disaster officials report steps to curb blasts with Galvanometers and closer drill holes. Isthmian Canal Commission orders testing devices and routine checks to ensure fuses ignite correctly and reduce fatal explosions along the canal route.
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Bas Obispo
Sat- 1
Patama Canal
Empire
Isthmian Canal Commission
Toyo Kizen Plans New Japan South America Steamship Line
At a Tokyo dinner for the Japanese Minister to China it was announced that the Toyo Kizen Company will begin a new steamship service between Japan and South America starting January 1. The regular schedule will include three steamers.
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Tokio
Res
China
Toyo Kizen Company
Japan
South
Save $10 a Month for a Purpose
An old time savings pitch offers certificates by paying $10 monthly. After 20 payments a holder owns a $200 certificate with 4 44% interest secured by guaranteed first mortgages on New York City real estate. Maturity is six years eight months from first payment. Two accounts may yield $504.25 yearly interest.
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Europe
New York City
American Fleet Arrives in Colombo Ceylon Dec 13
The United States battleship fleet reached Colombo on December 13. The Connecticut led the line, salutes exchanged, and the crew largely healthy aside from one smallpox case on the Georgia, vaccinated thereafter. Official receptions and excursions to Kandy are planned with dinners and dances at hotels and events hosted by local officials and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Colombo
Ceylon
United States
Connecticut
Manila
Singapore
Georgia
Kandy
Dalada Maiagawa
Peradenia
Lady McCallum
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific armored cruisers reach Panama harbor
The Pacific fleet arrived at noon with eight cruisers led by West Virginia and followed by Colorado Maryland Pennsylvania Tennessee California South Dakota and Washington. Crowds watched as the line entered the harbor and anchored. Officers and sailors will be entertained ashore with facilities set up in Cathedral Plaza. Rear Admirals Swinburne and Sebree with Minister Squiers will call on President Obaidia to mormor.
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Panama
Yorktown
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Washington
Magdalena
Cathedral Plaza
Reading
Young Men’s Hristian Association
Swinburne
Sebree
Squiers
Obaidia
Mormo
Plans Reorganization in State Department Discussed
Washington December 13 Secretary Root told the House Appropriations Committee that the State Department will likely need major changes as U S power grows and tariff revisions loom. He proposed a politico geographical division to handle European Latin American Far East and British Colonial questions, but cautioned overorganization may be risky.
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Washington
United States
Root
State Department
Committee On Appropriations
Department
Congress
War Department
Navy Department
Day Wave Hits Revenue Decline Under Capers Report
Washington dispatch notes John G. Capers, Internal Revenue Commissioner, reports a $17,758,072 drop in receipts from the last fiscal year and a $7,262,233 decline for the first quarter of the current year. Full year revenue is projected at $250,900,000, down $1,665,000 from last year, with distilled spirits production down sharply due to prohibition, grain prices, and industry curtailment. Denatured alcohol production falls about 2.0 percent. high distilling material costs hinder competition with kerosene and gasoline. Internal revenue collection last year was $4,980,868. next year’s expenses projected at $50.2.
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Washington
John G. Capers
Internal Revenue
Prohibition Movement
Capers
Export trade push cited for bureau of manufactures
Washington reports Major J M Carson outlines growing demand on the bureau of manufactures as exports surge. Foreign markets for waterworks steam ploughing machines rail equipment and glass goods expand, but limited clerical force hampers tariff publishing and data gathering.
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Washington
Bureau of Manufactures
J. M. Carson
Arabian
Kingdom of
Oman
Maskat
Europe
Asia
Africa
Russia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Norway
Portugal
Belgium
China
Japan
Siam
India
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Central America
West Indies
Mexico
Canada
Australia
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Government reports gold and silver coinage profits for 1908
The Treasury or Mint director reports a fiscal year profit of 41,371 on coinage of silver nickel and bronze. It cites bullion deposits, recoinage inflows, and large subsidiary silver coinage the year, plus estimates for 1997 production and world metal stocks.
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Washington
Frank A. Leach
United States
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Mint
New York
Dean Bailey Denies Roosevelt Commission Franking Privilege
Dean Bailey of Cornell and a member of the Roosevelt Country Life Commission formally denies Washington reports that the commission uses franking privileges. He says franks are used by a department member with the commission, not by the body or its members individually. The commission will tour Minnesota after completing Wisconsin hearings Saturday. Bailey declined to name the person involved.
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Tribune
Madison
Wis
Dean Bailey
Cornell
Roosevelt Country Life Commission
Washington
Franks
Agricultural Department
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Franking
Meil
Stricken on Train While on His Way Home for the Holidays
Congressmen Grant E. Mouser of Marion Ohio lies dangerously ill at Wooster Hospital from uremic poisoning after a Christmas holiday trip from Washington. He became unconscious before arrival after stopping in Pittsburg and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Mouser is serving his second term. defeated for a third by Carl Anderson.
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Tribune
Wooster
Ohio
Grant E. Mouser
Marion
Wooster Hospital
Washington
Pittsburg
Mouser
Carl Anderson
Taft inauguration committees named in Washington
James B. Henry of The Philadelphia Press is named chairman of the press committee and Charles H. Boynton of New York is vice chairman of the finance committee for the Taft inauguration on March 4. Major General Barry will command the regular army division of the inaugural parade and Rear Admiral Sperry will command the naval division as the fleet heads home from the Far East.
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Washington
James 8
Far East
War Department
Military Academy
West Point
Army
West Pointers
Midshipmen
Annapolis
Are You For or Against an Adequate Protective Tariff
James W. Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers argues the group cannot back specific tariff changes but supports an expert non partisan tariff board. He notes hearings aid a national tariff commission and urges Congress to act this winter or next session with broad public backing.
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American Industries
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Co’ E
Congress
Association
Ways and Means
Payne
New-York Tribune
Theibune
Taft
United States
Warning to manufacturers on duties in 1919 hearings
A speaker warns manufacturers at Ways and Means Committee hearings against seeking sweeping duty increases. If demands stem from selfishness they may anger voters and affect party fortunes in the 1910 congressional election, with past experience suggesting a Democratic House could lead to a Democratic Presidency in 1912.
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Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Free Trade Congress
Turbines to drive battleships in navy plan
Parsons turbines selected for the battleship Florida and sister Utah clearing a long dispute. Curtis turbines praised for American invention in a bid for economy and performance comparison with the Parsons machines.
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Tribune Bureau
Wesston
Secretary of the Navy
Florida
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Curtis
Parsons
Utah
New York Shipbuilding Company
Naval Board On Construction
Newberry
Patching Up Drydock In Navy Yard Brooklyn
Workmen brace the crushed end of Drydock No 4 in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Diagonal beams strengthen piling while minor tremors occur. Water seeps into the excavation, yet pumping is avoided to aid sheet piling. Repairs are temporary with rain risk.
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Navy Yard
Brooklyn
The Maine Goes to Hampton Roads
The Maine finished coaling at Fier 79 North River on Saturday and resumed anchorage in the river until yesterday morning when she proceeded down the river.
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MAINE
Hampton Roads
Fier 79
North River
Battleship fleet to attend Havana inauguration in January
The Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina and scout cruisers Chester, Salem and Birmingham head to Hampton Roads for rendezvous before sailing to Havana for President Gomes’s January 2 inauguration. They will later join returning Pacific battleships to escort them home.
Birmingham arrives for standardization test at Rockland
The new scout cruiser Birmingham reached Rockland, Maine, for standardization tests after a 13 knot run from Provincetown. The board of inspection and survey will hold the standardization trial nearby tomorrow if weather permits. Commander W. T. Walling said the voyage faced rough seas with rain up the coast but no mishaps occurred.
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Rockland. Me
Birmingham
Provincetown
Mass
Board of Inspection and Survey
W. T. Walling
Better Equipment for Militia Ordered by War Department
Washington reports that the War Department orders that militia clothing and equipment be issued from army supply sources. The latest style articles will be provided, ensuring no obsolete items. Officials say the regular army is being sidetracked to benefit the militia.
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Washington
National Guard
War Department
Boy Struck by Auto Taken to Hospital
Eleven year old Henry Schanerte of 1 Nassau Street Astoria was run down and seriously hurt yesterday at Flushing Avenue and 13th Street. The automobile, owned by James Churchill of Central Park, was driven by Moyse J. Leclare of West 19th Street who started the car with the key and drove to St. John's Hospital with the boy.
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Henry Schanerte
Nassau Street
Astoria
Queens
Flushing Avenue
13Th Street
James Churchill
Maia Central Park
West
Moyse J. Leclare
Wealy0sth Street
St. John’s Hospital
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Broadway
N. Y. Tribune
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Colombo Harbor
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Politico
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Treasury
Country Life Commission
Mr. van Cleave
the Gorham Co
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5Th Avenue
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Karakul
34Th Street
35Th Street
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Army and Navy Notes
Puget Sound
Olongapo
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Rixey
Navy
House Naval Committee
Army Medical Reserve Corps
Army Medical Department
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