Atlantic Fleet Prepares for Inspection in Harbor Stay
About 123 ships participate as Jack Tars prepare for inspection and are promised a good time during the harbor stay.
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Jack Tars
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1912
Page
3
Atlantic fleet arrival sparks New York for naval review
Admiral Hugo Osterhaus arrives aboard Wyoming with 15 battleships to await the October 12 to 15 Hudson River naval review led by President Taft. The total fleet will total 123 ships with 27,000 enlisted men and about 720,486 tons. A presidential salute and visits follow as diplomats, lawmakers, and naval officials gather aboard Mayflower and Dolphin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugo Osterhaus
Wyoming
New York Harbor
Hudson River
Quivive
Atlantic
Taft
Meyer
Dolphin
Senate
House
Osterhaus
Navy Fleet Arrives as New York Prepares Welcome Week
Admiral Osterhaus leads 16 principal ships as New York hosts a star studded fleet visit. The entertainment committee plans a week of open ships, parades, smokers at the Astor, a Waldorf dinner, and a public land review for officers and guests, with private events across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Osterhaus
Committee On Entertainment
Hotel Astor
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Waldorf-Astoria
United States Navy
San Francisco
Manila
Sailor Boy
Fifth Avenue
Goulds Going to France for Residency Abroad
Frank J. Gould the railroad magnate and his wife with her three sisters have arrived from France. They plan to establish a residence there Gould has disposed of all his American property He backs Taft for president citing his administration and a desire for policy continuity due to health reasons He will remain an American citizen living abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank
J. Gould
France
Gould
America
Taft
United States
Trade excursion of Corpus Christi businessmen planned
Twenty autos led by the Commercial club will depart Tuesday for a two day trade trip covering about 350 miles through Angelita Odem Sodom Portland Gregory Taft Linton St Paul Papalote Skidmore Beeville Mathis La Fruita Sandia Casa Blanca Orange Grove Alfred Bluntzer and back. An aviator fatality rate is noted as one death per 62,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Commercial Club
Texas
Angelita
Odem
Sodom
Portland
Gregory
Taft
Linton
St. Paul
Papalote
Skidmore
Beeville
Mathis
la Fruita
Sandia
Casa Blanca
Orange Grove
Alfred and
Bluntzer
Wickersham to Retire From Taft Cabinet March 4
Attorney General Wickersham will retire from President Taft's cabinet on March 4 whether Taft is re elected or not. He told friends in Washington and New York that he may announce his departure soon. Officials say outside interests and trust busting duties leave him little time for his own business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Taft
Washington
New York
Enormous San Antonio cleanup hauls vast trash load
A long period cleanup in San Antonio yields 437 500 cubic feet of city trash removed by 43 wagons, with 7 to 8 big local businesses adding 10 to 12 wagon loads daily. The ongoing effort, called the spotless town campaign, keeps the garbage department busiest, as wagons travel to the city dump from dawn to night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
New Braunfels
Clower
San Antonio Clean-up Drive Targets All Trash for Lasting Reform
A city wide clean-up campaign removes decades of trash in San Antonio with ward by ward efforts. Residents aim for a permanent program and monthly clean-up days led by ward committees. A Milam street meeting and Precinct 14 women group discussion push ongoing community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubiola
Milam School
Mason and Hackberry Streets
Ward 3
Percy Starr
Zavala Street
San Antonio
Novelist Atherton quits public smoking in California
LA writer Gertrude Atherton says she will not smoke cigarettes in public while in the United States after a letter from a WCTU leader, said to represent 1000 Los Angeles women. She notes little personal smoking and supports efforts for children's welfare, citing anti cigarette law concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Gertrude Atherton
California
Annette Kellerman Chosen for Mermaids Poster
Baltimore report notes Miss Annette Kellerman has been selected to pose as the mermaid in posters for the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific exposition. Newspaper artist John McCauley will create the drawings. In Miller Indiana the town board shut off electric current during a firefly visit, deeming the insects provided enough light. Lanmark area shows about 35 cattle per 100 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellerman
Baltimore
Annette Kellerman
San Francisco
John McCauley
Miller, In
San Antonio In Public Eye North and East Plans
J F Carter secretary of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce returns from the north and east with plans for a winter advertising campaign. He reports Texas attracting national attention and urges shipping and port usage at Port Aransas to benefit Southwest Texas. He notes manufacturing plant visits and a zoological garden study, plus a call to align tonnage with coastwise trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
J. F. Carter
Chamber of Commerce
Carter
Washington, D. C
American Association of Commercial Executives
Panama Canal
Chicago
New York
Texas
Resolutions Committee
Mount Vernon
Conness
Aransas
Port Aransas
Atlantic Coast
First Woman in Government War Aviation Corps
Miss Bernetta Miller becomes the first licensed woman aeroplane pilot in the government war aviation corps. She earned her Aero Club of America license days ago and heads to Washington at Captain Ryan’s invitation to fly at the College Park Army aviation grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernetta Miller
Government
War Aviation Corps
Washington
Ryan
United States Aviation Corps
Army Aviation Grounds
College Park
Maryland
Miss Miller
Aero Club of America
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Atty. Gen. Wickersham
Connecticut
von Meyer
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