Great Lakes shipbuilding boom lifts 1916 outlook
The Great Lakes shipbuilding revival spreads from Cleveland to Detroit Toledo Duluth and Chicago as 1916 orders surge. Foreign buyers push us yard activity with 46 vessels at Cleveland and 30 more in progress. total 1916 tonnage exceeds 100000 in Michigan and 112700 across Great Lakes freighters.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Duluth
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Lake
Panama Canal
Europe
New York
Weland Canal
England
Lorrain
Ashtabula
Ecorse
Manitowoc
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Michigan
Ohio
Superior, Mich
Calumet Docks
Norway
Calumet
Lake Erie
Atlantic
American Shipbuilding Company
New Shipbuilding Company
Welland
Allies Decline Disarmament of Merchant Ships
Entente allies reply individually to Secretary Lansing's proposal and effectively reject the idea of disarming all merchant ships.
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Washington
Entente
Lansing
Danish Ship Sunk in British-Varied Results
London dispatch reports two ships sunk in wartime action, the Danish steamer Christianssund of 1017 tons with all 22 crew saved, and the British steamship Fulmer of 1270 tons with 18 crew rescued.
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London
Christianssund
Fulmer
Friday Markets Cotton Receipts and Prices Reported
New Orleans market dull but steady with mixed Texan rainfall impact. July futures eased. spot demand down, Middling at 11.88. New York and Liverpool futures and spot shown with steady close and varied early gains. Prices for cotton seed oil, weekly figures, and dairy items listed. Chicago and U.S. stock activity noted.
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New Orleans
Texas
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Allis-Chalmers
American Beet
American Can
American Car & Ac Ee
American Locomotive
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting
American Sugar
American Tel. & Tel
American Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chi., Mil. & St. Paul
Chi, R. I. & Pacific Ry
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore Ciss
Interborough Consul, Corp
Internat. Merc. Mar
Pfd
Kansage
Mexican Petroleum
New York Central
N. Y
N. H. & Hartford
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep. Iron & Steel
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Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Virginia-Caro, Chem
Wabash
Ctfs
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
United Fruit
U. S
U.S
Officer of cruiser found shot to death in Seattle
Junior Lieutenant Normond C. Pailthorpe was found shot to death in his room aboard the cruiser Saratoga in Seattle on March 24. The cause and circumstances of the death were under investigation by naval authorities.
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Seattle, Wash
Normond C. Pailthorpe
Saratoga
VESSELS IN PORT VERONA TO MOBILE AND BRAZIL DOCKS LISTED
Port entries include numerous steam ships, bark and schooners at Ollinger Bruce and L and N docks, with vessels such as Flora A Kimball Mary C Hale Clara E Randall and Empress. Shipping lines show Gulf Dry Docks Olinger Bruce Docks and United Fruit Company connections with cargoes and destinations including Mobile Progreso and Fort Morgan.
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Blanchie H. King
Oscar G
Gladys
Flora A. Kimball
M. A. Achorn
Edna V. Pickels
Mary C. Hale
Clara E. Randall
Stream Empress
Philip M. Brooks
E Whiting
Sawyer Brothers
Beatrice
Persis A. Colwell
Springfield
Corinthia
Kentuckian Arrested in Girl's Murder Case
A warrant for 24 year old Will Roy Dupin was issued after inquiry into the ambush killing of 18 year old Eva Gregory near Solway Hardin county. Dupin worked on John Monroe’s farm. Ella Monroe, implicated earlier, was detained on circumstantial evidence. Authorities allege Dupin borrowed the shotgun used in the shooting.
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Elizabethtown
Will Roy Dupin
Eva Gregory
Solway
Hardin County
Dupin
John Monroe
Ella Monroe
Miss Monroe
Miss Gregory
Monroe
Infantry Battalion Ordered to El Centro
One battalion of the Twenty-first infantry was ordered from Vancouver barracks to El Centro California to reinforce the border patrol at the request of Major General Bell commanding the Western department. Also: Elizabeth Johnson faces trial on charges tied to the killing of Annie Alexander with Elvira Winbush seeking a severance. Poverty and soap economy noted alongside grain and feed prices listed.
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Washington
Twenty-first Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
el Centro
Cal
Border Patrol
Bell
Western Department
Elizabeth Johnson
Elvira Winbush
Annie
Alexander
Plateau
Winbush
British Valentia Loads Crossties for Export at L N Docks
The Valentia loads crossties from Hunter Lumber for export at L N docks. Verona of United Fruit Co receives coal for departure to Tela Honduras. Nepos due from Progreso with sisal marks first sisal cargo in some time. Peerless discharges passengers to Montgomery and will load a return cargo. Carmela under repair at Ollinger Bruce docks. Several vessels wait for repairs or hull work as banana ships Corinto and Banan sail from Barrios on the weekly United Fruit schedule.
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Valentia
Hunter, Benn Lumber Company
Verona
United Fruit Company
Tela
Honduras
Nepos
Progreso
Mexico
James Gibboney & Co
Peerless
Municipal Docks
Alabama River
Montgomery
Carmela
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
Ecome
Corinto
Banan
Barrios
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