Royal Spithead Review Highlights Naval Power Then and Now
The piece recounts King George’s inspection at Spithead during coronation week, detailing 107 British warships and the celebration of sea power. It contrasts the era’s battleships with newer Dreadnoughts, noting foreign visitors, royal processions, and the imperial display of naval strength. It mentions battleships, cruisers, and the Diamond Jubilee era defense build and the prominence of nations like the United States, Japan, France, and Austria in the evolving arms race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spithead
Southampton
Lalrge
Victoria and Albert
Elines
Alexandra
Admiralty
Eechantvers
Arthur Moore
Prince of Wales
Bottieghipe
Roferite Creed
Invinente
Taft Takes Air Ride With Sopwith in Pitcairn Flight
President's brother Henry W. Taft joined British aviator Sopwith and seven others on multiple flights over Garden City Hempstead and Mineola. The trip reached three hundred feet, Taft expressed delight, and spectators included Helen Gould.
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Sopwith
Henry W. Taft
Nasca Boulevard
Mr. Taft
Thomas Sopwith
Garden City
Hempstead
Mineola
Sop- With
Timothy L. Woodruf
Helen Marts
Mr. Woodruff
Helen Gould
Earth
Chase After Runaways Ends With Patrolman Hurt
Bicycle patrolman Zimms led a six-vehicle chase of runaway truck horses from 145th to 120th streets in Seventh Avenue. Zimms, dragged six blocks, sustained severe bruises and injuries before regaining control at Lenox Avenue and 129th Street after Dr. J Smith Petersen helped recover the team and stop the horses.
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Zimms
Seventh Avenue
145Th Street
120Th Street
Autiue Dogeanor Clorpo
144Th Street
Zimma
129Th Street
Ctonpo
J. Smith Petersen
No. 112
East Sith Street
Lenox Avenue
Mob attack on patrolmen ends with arrests on highway robbery
Late at night on 20th street and Ninth avenue a crowd of about a thousand mobbed two patrolmen trying to seize two prisoners. A blow struck Patrolman Guiduff in the face as the escape attempt unfolded. reserves from West 41st Street station aided in breaking the mob. The prisoners identified were Edward Kelly, 26, and John McGuinness, 21.
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20Th Street
Ninth Avenue
Gilduff
Patroman
Eleventh Avenue
Old West Doth Street
Edward Kelly
John McGuinness
Guiduff
Otter
Sad voyage of the Momus from New York to New Orleans
New Orleans reports the Morgan Mner Momus docking two days late with about eighty strike breakers aboard including firemen and waiters. Crew clashes and poor discipline plagued the voyage from Hatteras to New York, with sailors muttering about hard labor and misused personnel while passengers found the trip pleasant.
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New Orleans
New York
Jobe
Hatteras
East
Mal de Mer
Julius Dosse
Speech Restored After Skull Operation at St Raphael’s
Haven Conn June 24 An operation on the skull at St Raphael's Hospital restored the speech of Harry Wiltse who had been mute for months and living under restraint since a horse accident at age seven left brain damage. The surgeon Dr Morris Slattery removed a bone fragment pressing on the brain and Wiltse called to him with a clear greeting. Wiltse, now thirty six, had previously been moved to an insane asylum after the accident and later returned to relatives who moved to this city.
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Haven
Conn
Harry Willee
St Raphael's Hospital
Morris Slattery
Wiltse
Flello
de Wiltse
45Th Street
New York City
the Tribune
Pensacola
Fla
Leonard J. Boutwell
W. B. Allen
Episcopal Sdiocese
Boutwell
Ella Woodward
New York State
Pensasola
New Orleans
New York
Archdeacon Alten
C.D. Weeden
West
109Th Street
Leonard J. Houtell
Henry Sherman Houtell
Switzerland
Tronard J. Boutell
Roger 3. Houtell
American Minteter
Morse seeks writ of habeas corpus in prison release bid
In Atlanta Judge Newman heard Morse seek a habeas corpus writ claiming lawful confinement in a federal prison for felons is improper for a misdemeanor charge and that a fifteen year sentence exceeds legal limits. The government cited a prior case of a misdemeanor convict sent to a state felon prison. Further arguments set for next week.
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Atlanta
Yur
Charles W. Morse
Taft
Morao
Morse
Jide Newman
Westessay
Park Commissioner confronts impudent lieutenant at West 152d Street station
Park Commissioner Stover visited the West 152d Street station house to address complaints about an impudent lieutenant who had spoken back. He then went to inspect a playground near Flatbush Street and Amsterdam Avenue crowded with children. Neighbors complain of gangs using grounds at night. Stover ordered police to ensure order with three patrolmen on duty.
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152D Street
Stover
Ini Schmittberger
Stever
Amsterdam Avenue
Hilty
Schmittberger
Women Ride Astride In Polo Pony Race At Brookline Club
A Brookline Country Club polo pony race drew about one hundred spectators with five riders. Miss Tina Hitchcock won by a margin over Miss Eleanora Sears and others, riding in breeches and side saddles during a two lap three eighths mile event.
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Ny Telegraph
Boston
Brookline Country Club
Eemiy Lindsay
Philadelphia
Tim Hitchcock
Hempstew
Long Island
Back Bay
Atlantic
Eleanora Sears
Tina Hitchcock
Hempstead
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Emily Randolph
Lakewood
N. J
Emily Lindsay
Miss Hitchcock
Miss Hitchoock
Mrs Randolph
Lindsay
Hitchcock
Sears
Miss Randolph
Maree Randolph
Mre Lindsay
Randolph
Mra
Thomas J. Hitchcock
A. F. Frothingham
Alexander Higginston
Trusted man held as thief in Jersey arrest
Henry Steupfer of 118 Ridge Street Short Hills was jailed after detectives found silver forks and spoons valued at 61.Units owned by Tiffany & Co. He admitted the items were stolen, saying he had long served as a trusted employee at Tiffany & Co. The arrest followed an attempt to pawn the goods at Headquarters yesterday.
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New York
Henry Steupfer
Ridge Street
Short Hills
No 1
Steupfer
Win
Tiffany & Co
White Breupfer
Memorial fund denied for Cleveland birthplace appeal
Frank K. Phillips of this borough says Grover Cleveland disliked the Caldwell name and refused to attend local functions, leading him to oppose contributing to a fund for buying the Cleveland birthplace. Old citizens recall Cleveland’s departure with his father’s household wagon and his anger at the Presbyterian pastorate ousting, vowing never to return.
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Caldwell
Nassane
Grover Cleveland
Frank K. Phillips
Cleveland
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Cleveland
Caldwel
Curtiss Demonstrates Hydro Aeroplane At 80 MPH
Gloriously fast display in Fall River Massachusetts as Glenn H Curtiss drives a hydro aeroplane over the water dodging pleasure craft and rising to heights of 300 to 400 feet. Lieutenant Theodore G Ellyson, War Department aeroplane expert, accompanies him as passenger. The performance includes a first run at 70 mph and a later flight reaching 80 mph lasting about twelve minutes.
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Fall River
Mass
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Theodore G. Ellyson
Evert
War Department
Boy takes poison thinking candy in Williamsburg
Wilfred Quick, six, son of Mrs. Sarah Quick of 144 North 4th Street Williamsburg, swallowed twelve bi chloride of mercury tablets after mistaking them for candy from a drug store. He was taken to Williamsburg Hospital in convulsions and his condition was reported grave.
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Wilfred Quick
Sarah Quick
North 4Th Street
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Hospital
Call s Minister a Samson in West tour remark
J G M Bergeron of Quebec accompanying R L Borden during a West tour against reciprocity criticized Western papers for the incident. He compared Finance Minister Fielding and President Taft to Samson and Delilah, saying Fielding yielded to blandishments. He apologized for the feminine parison remark and noted no offense to any woman.
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Quebec
Fielding
Winnipeg
Man
Taft
Samson
Dellish
J. G. M. Bergeron
R. L. Borden
Conservative
United States
Bergeron
Borden
Dominion
Fieldings
Medicine Hall
Alberta
Bert
Parison
White House
Chief Inspector Fights Crowd Arrests Brother-in-Law Shooting
Chief Inspector Schmittberger arrested Francesco Amedeo of 440th Street on felonious assault charges after Amedeo allegedly shot his brother-in-law Giuseppe Lucascio of 7 St. Mark's Place. Lucascio was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with five bullet wounds. Amedeo reportedly married Lovaseto's sister last October amid rising tensions.
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Schmittberger
Francesco Amedeo
440Th Street
Sil Street
Amedeo
Giuseppe Lucascio
No. 7
St. Mark's Place
Bellevue Hospital
Lovaseto
St. Mark's
Locaseto
Inspector Schmittberger
DEWEY
T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
N.Y
Three Meet Death In Boathouse Fire
A fire at a boathouse owned by Albany resident William Barnes Jr destroys the structure on Commercial Wharf. Miss Helen Wilson of New York City, Miss Mildred De Haven of Brooklyn, and valet Ulysse Pabud die. two others seriously burned and several injured as guests jump into harbor to escape. Fire started by a match thrown on an oiled floor. property loss runs to many thousands of dollars.
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Blaze
Albany
Valet
Burns
Ntucket
Mase
Youn
Helen Wilson
New York City
Mildred de Haven
Brooklyn
Ulysse Pabud
William Barnes, Jr
Thomas Kerr
Thurlow Weed Barnes
Harry Wilson, Jr
Phebe Judkins
Ruth Wilson
New York
Tanner
Buffalo
H. R. Wilson
de Ha
Hugh de Haven
Ulysse Pahud
Willan Barnes
Mr. Kerr
Miss Wilson
Harry
Helen
Wiliam Barnes, Jr
Barnes
Miss de Haven
Young Barnes
Kerr
Pheve Judkins
Miss Tanner
Buffals
Barnes Goes to Scene After Midnight Hotel Manhattan Fire
Mr Barnes returned to the Hotel Manhattan where he stays shortly after midnight and hurriedly arranged to catch the o clock train to Nantucket. He described the party as friends of Nis son and confessed limited knowledge of them. He doubted how ore could trap anyone if boathouse. The one story boathouse with many windows and doors left escape possible. Mrs Mildred De Haven is daughter of Hugh De Haven, the president.
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Barnes
Manhattan
Nantucket
Nis
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