Navy Yard Crowded Berth Room Short
Busy Brooklyn waterfront scene at the naval yard along the East River shows the battleship Alabama at Main Street with a red flag signaling ammunition removal, Massachussetts near completion of a new mast skeleton, Hancock and Hancock’s crews aboard, and a general huddle of vessels from battleships to torpedo boats as yard activity focuses on repairs, resupply, and preparations for upcoming fleet movements.
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Brooklyn
Sea Wall
Nav Yard
Alabama
Main Street
Massachusetts
Hancock
Cob
New Hampshire
Baltimore
Mayflower
Castine
Hist
Dolphin
Conway HH Arnold
Vestal
Blakely
Tacas
Pawtucket
Pawnee
Powhatan
Narkeeta
Apache
Pewtucket
Pontiac
Ordgence Datees
Hercules
Dubuque
Cat Y
Guantanamo
Marieta
Cuban
Construction Bureau
Pacific Coast
Mexico
South America
Naval Supply Bureau
Mediterranean
Forged Mortgage Case Highlights Title Insurance Policy
A Brooklyn court tried a lawyer for delivering a forged bond and mortgage to a client who paid $4,000 for investment. The article argues that such frauds will recur unless lenders require title insurance, which protects against forgery and secures transactions.
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Brooklyn
Newport Conference findings kept confidential by Navy request
The Newport conference on naval design faces limited disclosure as officers are barred from comment by a presidential directive. Secretary Metcalf may be asked to brief the President and secure an authoritative abstract of the conference results. Roosevelt plans new fleet coalers and three extra battleships to extend fleet reach.
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Newport
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Metcalf
Roosevelt
Naval
Liiely
City urged to buy street fees before subway builds
Commissioner Bassett of the Public Service Commission outlined a plan to avoid large damages if the Court of Appeals upholds the Appellate Division on subway easement cases in Brooklyn. He argued that acquiring or ceding fee ownership of affected streets would prevent future special damages, shifting initial costs to abutting property owners.
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Bassett
Public Service Commission
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Wilhelmus Mynderse
George B. Abbott
Joralemon Street
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
Metz
Fulton Street
Flatbush
Brooklyn Subway
May Be Rival For Standard Oil From Europe To Mexico
Dr Paul Dvorkovitz oil expert and editor of The Petroleum Review arrived on the Amerika en route to Mexico to report on new oil fields. He warned European output could challenge Standard Oil, and cited Russia Romania and Sumatra production as likely to reduce American shipments. He tested the Amerika’s fuel efficiency in the fireroom, suggesting oil could propel the ship faster with less fuel and crew.
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Paul Dvorkevitz
the Petroleum Review
Amerika
Mexico
Dvorkovitz
Standard Oil Company
Knuth
Max Warnholtz
Hamburg-American Line
Pyorkovitz
Russia
Dvorkevitz
America
Porneo
Sumatra
Standerdwin
Six Men Rescued From Stranded Launch Near Kumpsint
Six men aboard the launch Eva encountered trouble while approaching Atlantic City on the inner waters. The boat became stranded on a bar off Kumpsint but a government rescue crew answered the distress signals and saved the occupants.
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Tre Tribene
Atlantic City
Growmaea
Kumpsint
Rush Channel Work Opens Wider Harbor Access
Army engineers push to finish a clear one thousand foot wide stretch of Ambrose Channel to the required forty feet. When half done, the channel will be two thousand feet wide and opened to large vessels, with Roessler in charge. Currently only ships over twenty nine feet deep and over six hundred feet long can use the path, limiting access to Lusitania Mauretania and a few German liners.
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Ambrose Channel
8. W. Roessler
Lusitania
Mauretania
Congress
Roessler
Manhattan
Atlantic
Raritan
Navesink
Cromwell Verdict Reversed in Richmond Case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a damages verdict against George Cromwell, president of the Borough of Richmond, in a suit by William A. Cleveland of Richmond. Cleveland had won $1,700 alleging Cromwell interfered as a friend rather than as attorney over a suspended prison sentence stemming from a 1898 indictment questioned as double larceny.
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Supreme Court
George Cromwell
Richmond
William A. Cleveland
Cleveland
Dengan Hills
Cromwell
Rock Island Railway Reports Declining Yearly Finances
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway details a year of revenue declines with total transportation revenue at 38,115,624 and operating revenue at 55,454,1% down from prior year. Net income dropped to 14,486,755 after taxes, dividends fell, and funded debt rose by 6,268,000. Equipment purchases included 51 locomotives and 2,947 freight cars as the company faced a weak freight market and high empty-car movement costs.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Rock Island Lines
Industrial Department
Godden
Rock Island
Chicago & Alton
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Rock Island Securities
Petroleum Field Developments Show Mixed Output Across Regions
In the petroleum fields progress is uneven with no major developments last week. New producers appeared in Ohio’s Fairfield County and Jefferson County’s Mingo pool, while older wells declined. Notable gains include Rushville No 6 at 2 barrels per day and Guyan Oil No 12 in Lincoln County holding above 400 barrels weekly, with Osage Appleton-Osage No 13 flowing 1,175 barrels in six hours after a shot. Refining prices steady at 85 cents per barrel and 6 cents per bulk. European spot markets largely unchanged.
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Fairfield County
Ohio
Rushville Oil and Gas Company
Mingo Pool
Jefferson County
Roane County
W. Va
Pleasants County
Lincoln County
Guyan Oil Company
Cove Pool
Fallowsbee
Osage
Oklahoma
Appleton-Osage Oil Company
American Oil and Gas Company
New York
London
Antwerp
Bremen
Bank Exchanges and Stock Sales Compared Last Week
Bank exchanges of the New York Clearing House and stocks sold on the New York Stock Exchange are listed for last week and the same week in the two prior years. Figures show exchanges of 1,508,252,133 and 2,198,641,524 and 2,066, aia,098 with shares sold 8,288,078 4,071,090 4,472,385, reflecting year over year differences.
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New York Clearing House
New York Stock Exchange
Weekly cattle market report from Philadelphia trade data
Receipts: cattle 4246, sheep and lambs 11773, hogs 3540, calves 758. Market activity steady across beef cattle and hogs with varied price bands for steers, cows, calves, sheep and lambs. Notable figures include fat cows 4.25 to 4.00, calves 6.0 to 7.0, and lambs 5.0 to 5.75 with regional price ranges for western and country dressed stock.
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Philadelphia
Esas
Texas
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Gregory
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Remsen
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Fulton St. Dameice
Army and Navy News
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William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
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Georgia
Henry D. Clayton
Augustus Thomas
John J. Lentz
69Th Regiment
26Th St. Nr
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E. P. Dutton & Co
West 23d Street
Panama
District of Columbia
North America
Edward Knobel
Tribune
New York Tribune
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Nassau St
Berkshire
Madison Ave
Madiso
Berks and
John H. Moran
Plaza
Kirby, Petit & Green
Park Avenue, New York
City
John N. Golding
Ruland & Whiting CO
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Flushing
Welling
HA Hogert
Lawrence Ave
Washington St
Elliott, Jaffray, & CO
New York City
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Grand Canal
T B Ackerson Company
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John Dickson
Isabella Bell
BH. Dickson
Martha McIntyre
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A. Bell
Emma Porte
Robert. Bell
R. Dickson Bell
John James Bell
Martha Dickson Black
Jans McMullin
Maria Watson
Francis Dickson
Lewis J. Morsisen
Lewis Hopkins Rutherford
Martha J. Dickson
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The
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Washington, D. C
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