Submarine War Lessons and the 1914 London Treaty
A survey of World War I submarine warfare, the impact of U boats on Allied strategy, and the 1914 London conference treaty to “humanize the submarine” by warning before torpedoing. It traces U boat campaigns from 1914 to 1918, American involvement, and coastal raids near Cape Cod and Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Germany
England
Great Britain
Heligoland
Hela
Aboukir
Hague
Cressy
Triumph
Majestic
Jutland
von Tirpits
America
Lusitania
Baltimore
New London
Conn
Newport
R. L
Nantucket
Amderica
John Phillip Holland
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Paul Koenig
Atlantic
von Hindenburg
Admiral Sims
Hindenburg
British Empire
United States
William Baici
Little, ‘Brown and Company
Clark
Cape Cod
Ticonderoga
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
Midocean
Newfoundland
North Carolina
New England
Canadian
France
Cape Hatteras
Thermopylae
Cradock
Cornel
English Channel
John Paul Jones
20 Countries to a Well-Dressed Man
A National Geographic bulletin traces how a summer business man's attire reflects global sourcing. Hats from Italy or the Philippines, straw from Switzerland or Japan, collars with Egyptian cotton, neckties from Japan, coats with mohair from Turkey India and Ecuador, and buttons from Ecuador. It notes shoes from Massachusetts and money from U S mints, with casein pens from Argentina and pencils using American and imported materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
New York
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
Economic League of Nations
Danbury
Italy
Ecuador
Philippines
United States
Switzerland
China
Japan
New Zealand
England
Egypt
Arizona
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
British West Indies
Singapore
Turkey
India
America
Ganges Delta
Colombia
Argentina
Orit
Soviet Russia
Ural Mountains
Yangtze
Man’s right to know wife’s evenings cited in court
Oklahoma City judge dismisses assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges against Alfred G. Picot after he testifies his wife Plumah Plecot refused to say where she spent her evenings. Plecot had sought to prosecute Picot for allegedly striking her, but the judge dismissed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
O. P. Estes
Alfred G. Picot
Picot
Plumah Plecot
Estes
Ohio Woman Granted Divorce and Large Alimony
Helen Werner Catch ings of Columbus Ohio is granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty. She receives a cash settlement of 100000 and an annuity with periodic payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Helen Werner Catchings
Columbus
Portraits and society notes from a New York column
A mix of society sketches and remarks on photography by Pirie MacDonald and Hunter College traditions. The piece recalls MacDonald’s three decades of work and his disdain for photographing women, plus anecdotes on Hunter’s strict rules, Leavenworth donors, peculiar wills, and brief society vignettes from London and Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirie MacDonald
MacDonald
Ritz
Hunter College
New York
College For
Thomas Hunter
Hunter
Park Avenue
Conscience Fund Receives Stamps From New York
A person with a troubled conscience sent about 198 in two cent stamps to the conscience fund of the City of New York Department of Finance. The gift appears to be a private act of penitence filed with city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leavenworth
Yale
City of New
Giant Spruce Cut Stirs Vermiand Parish Firewood Feat
A 275 year old spruce, standing 125 feet tall, was felled in Gasborn parish Vermiand. The tree's size drew local attention and sparked discussions on historic timber resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Gasborn
Vermiand
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United States Navy
C. 8. Bushnell
Augustus Rice
Halstead
N. J
WIT Et Wet
Elmo Scott Watson
Walking
Greek
Macedonia
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Ohio
Dixon of
Yale Fund
Society
The
New Yorker
London Daily Express
Anthony
Bell Syndicate
Bolt
Strathroy
Orville Wad-dell
Adelaide
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