Torpedoes Not To Be Abandoned Say Officials
Washington officials dismiss reports of torpedo unreliability near Provincetown Mass. They cite improvements in speed range and accuracy and note occasional steering glitches fixed by an internal gyroscope. Discussed mental health and discipline issues among junior officers amid rising breakdowns.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Provincetown
Mass
Navy Department
Division of
Navy officers face inquiry into disappearances and deaths
New York Aug 7 The number of naval officers who died by own action suffered mental breakdowns or disappeared in the last year or two has grown large enough to prompt Brooklyn navy yard officials to propose a board to probe possible causes. Within the last twelve months twenty officers are noted.
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Thas
H. Fletcher
Associated Press
New York
United States Naval
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Chile Accepts Dreadnought Class Battleship Bid
Santiago Chile reports the government accepted Arm strong Whitworth Co of Newcastle to build two Dreadnought class battleships for Chile. London notes an arbitrator ruled for the workers in a dockers dispute but the men will not return until porters and lightermen grievances are resolved.
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Santiago
Chile
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Newcastle-on-Tyne
London
Bona Parté avoids opinion on Roosevelt testimony
In St Andrews New Brunswick former attorney general Charles G Bona Parté staying at a hotel declined to express an opinion when shown Roosevelt's testimony yesterday on the Tennessee Coal and Iron merger.
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ST. Andrews
Charles G. Bonaparte
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Big side wheel steamboat Washington Irving nears completion
The largest side wheel steamboat in the world, to be operated by the Hudson River Day Line, will carry 6000 passengers and reach 27 mph. It will have no freight or sleeping quarters, and features extensive use of steel, plate glass, and asbestos in its construction.
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Associated Press
New York
Hudson River Day Line
Washington Irving
No Effort to Move British Cruiser Cornwall Off Cape Sable
Halifax Aug 7 no effort was made during the night to pull off the British cruiser Cornwall which ran aground on ledges off Cape Sable in a falling tide. The vessel grounded at reduced speed and local wrecking boats and the government steamer Lady Laurier were sent to assist while the ship remained in place awaiting the next high tide. The Cornwall has a crew of 300 and 300 cadets aboard used as a training ship.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Cornwall
Cape Sable
Niobe
Clark's Harbor
Post D Travelers' Protective meeting at Menger hotel
A meeting of Post D Travelers' Protective Association was held at the Menger hotel to plan an Italian dinner for state officers and directors on August 12. They also scheduled a joint basket picnic with United Commercial Travelers at Hot Wells on August 19, with families invited, and a baseball game at Electric Park on August 26 with free grounds admission for women and children.
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Post D, Travelers’ Protective Association
Menger Hotel
Menger
Travelers’ Protective Association
United Commercial Travelers
Electric Ball Park
Bone Growth Found Near Priest Blade’s Heart
Terre Haute Ind Aug 7 One Blade died suddenly and autopsy by Coroner Jett found a bone growing about the heart partly encasing the organ. The cause of the growth could not be explained.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jett
Growth in San Antonio factories 1904 to 1909
San Antonio's factories rose from 141 in 1904 to 194 in 1909, with output climbing from $7,402,000 to $13,435,000. The census bulletin highlights rapid local growth, plus similar trends in Sherman, Waco, Denison, Palestine, and Paris, detailing increases in establishments, wages, materials, and capital.
Social war in Newport spurs Vanderbilt committee actions
Mrs Reginald C Vanderbilt chairs a committee of fashionables tasked with settling a social war between the parti sans of Mrs Ogden Mills and Mrs John R Drexel in Newport. The group aims to admit newcomers with a clean slate and keep society moving in Newport, with Mrs Vanderbilt bearing much of the burden.
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Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Ogden Mills
John R. Drexel
Newport
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Industrial growth figures show rising costs and investments
The report notes higher operating costs across stages of production, with 74 percent value added by manufacture and 67 percent value of products. Materials costs rise 63 percent, and capital invested up 41 percent. In 1909 there were 45 establishments, up from 29 in 1904, an increase of 16 or 55 percent. Values climb from about $855,000 in 1904 to $1,430,000 in 1909, an increase of $575,000 or 67 percent, with approximate 1909 and 1904 figures of $32,000 and $329,000 respectively.
Alaskan Delegate Wickersham retires after one term
ST. LOUIS Aug 7 Alaskan Delegate Wickersham arrived to visit his son and said he would not run for congress again and that he had had enough with one term. Phoenix Aug 7 a fire of unknown origin destroyed property valued at $100000 and threatened downtown.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Wickersham
Fphoenix
Ariz
Converse Bridge plant destroyed by fire at Ridgedale
The Converse Bridge company plant at Ridgedale, a Chattanooga suburb, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss estimated over 25000 dollars and fully covered by insurance.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Converse Bridge Company
Ridgedale
River flood destroys bridge. man drowned near Guthrie
A flood in the Cimarron river washed away the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific bridge at Dover and a wagon bridge near Guthrie. A man was drowned in the disaster.
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Guthrule
Oxla
Dover
Guthrie
Ten-Hour Day Granted for Missouri Kansas & Texas Shops
Sedalia Missouri Aug 7 An order reduces daily hours for 700 employees at the Missouri Kansas & Texas shops to ten from nine hours per day.
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Sedalia
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Dr. Rambeaud Recovering After Auto Crash
Dr. George Rambeaud head of the Pasteur Institute in New York, severely injured in an automobile accident last week, is on the road to recovery according to attendants at Vassar hospital in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Rambeaud
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
George Rambeaud
Pasteur Institute
New York
Vassar Hospital
Indemnity Payment Planned for Alsop Claims
New York reports the indemnity awarded to the United States in the Alsop claims will be paid by the Chinese government to the American ambassador in London next Wednesday under the arbitral judgment of King George.
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New York
United States
Alsop
King George
London
Hall’s Texas Wonder Claims Quick Kidney Relief
Advertises Merit Never Loses and Hall’s Texas Wonder as a universal cure for kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. Claims quick permanent relief with seldom a bottle failing to cure and urges readers to write for local testimonials. Dr FE W Hall Saint Louis MO, sold by druggists.
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Hall
FE. W. Hall
St. Louis
Chosen as Labor Dictator for Houston Celebration
Jhon Marione Johnson of Galveston has been selected as labor dictator for the Houston celebration planned on an elaborate scale this year.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Jhon. Marione Johnson
Galveston
Strikebreakers Leave in Houston Rail Yard Swap
Strikebreakers brought from Kansas City to replace union boilermakers at Houston and Texas Central railway vacate their positions with six exceptions. No new developments reported as about seventy eight men are out between Denison and Houston. Both sides express satisfaction with conditions.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Kansas City
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Denison
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