Linking Science And Industry To Strengthen American Commerce
Dr. Samuel W. Stratton, head of the bureau of standards, urges stronger ties between applied science and industry to equip American business for new wartime and postwar conditions. He notes decades of prewar preparation aligning standards with nearly every industry and recalls his career from Illinois to Chicago and into government service in 1901.
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Samuel W. Stratton
Bureau of Standards
Tor
Litchfield
Doctor Stratton
University of Ilinois
University of Chicago
Furll
Has Fun With His Face Rep Simeon TD Cass of Obie Is Proud
Representative Simeon TD Cass highlights Fess as absur dly unprepossessing. Fess jokes that if he were handsome, there would be less fun with himself. He lectures widely, often avoiding reception committees, enjoying the quiet sport of observing the crowd’s disbelief at his supposed persona.
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Simeon
Cass
Obie
Fess
Hess
University of Chicago
Pennsylvania
Alm
Wess
Mrs Lansing Emerges as Washington Social Leader
Washington society greets the newly appointed secretary of state Robert Lansing with keen interest in his wife’s upcoming social role. Mrs Lansing is praised as a leading social figure, well educated, tactful, and influential in supporting her husband’s international law duties.
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Washington Society
Robert Lansing
Lansing
Washington
Cleanor Foster
John W. Foster
Harrison
New Supreme Court Nominee John Hessin Clarke Named
John Hessin Clarke of Cleveland aged fifty nine is named by President Wilson as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. Born in Lisbon Ohio, he graduated Western Reserve University in 1877 and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He served as district judge since 1914 and previously edited the Youngstown Vindicator.
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John Hessin Clarke
Cleveland
Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
Lisbon
Western Reserve University
Iaw
Obio
Youngstown
The
Youngstown Vindicator
Judge Clarke
United States
Mark Hanna
Tom Johnson
Baker
Bryan
Baltimore C Onvention
Last Tribute Paid to Francis R. Conroy at Arlington
Private Francis R. Conroy of the Second Dillng Infantry died in service after a mule kick at Fort Sam Houston maneuver. A 50 mile machine gun company trip attended the funeral at Arlington. Burial in Arlington’s soldiers plot, under Sgt. May. Meridith escorted back to camp. Military life details follow.
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San Antonio
Second Dilners
Fort Sam Houston
Francis RR. Conroy
Conroy
Leon Springs
Government
Arlington Cemetery
Sergt
Albert Becker
First Infantry
William CG. Meridith
Wild horses disrupt Camp Wilson artillery drills
In Camp Wilson Leon Springs, First Illinois artillery units faced real danger as runaway horses disrupted training, with past week’s targeting tactics compromised by the roaming animals. Infantry rifle ranges meanwhile tested against imagined foes.
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Leon Springs
First
Illinois Artillery
Camp Wilson
East African Battlefields and Ruanda's Prospects
A National Geographic bulletin highlights Belgian control of Ruanda in German East Africa, noting Ruanda’s forests, high altitude climate, cattle wealth, and vast agricultural potential. It contrasts the Watussi and pygmy populations and cites exploration by Duke Mecklenburg and Burton Speke.
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Ruwanda
German East Africa
Congo
Belgium
Central Africa
National Geographic Society
Ruanda Meg
Lake Kivu
Upper Congo
Alexandra Nile
Lake Victoria Nyanza
Ruanita
Europe
Watussi
Kwidschwel
Lake
Kiva
Bugole
Butwatelbe
Kivu
Tanganyika
Ruanda
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg
Belgian Congo
Shangugu
Lake Tanganyika
Congo Basin
Slungugu Wes
von Gotzen
Count Sen Gatadural
Rhodes Island
Ujiji
Richard Burton
J. H. Speke
Lake Tangansiki
Henry M. Stanley
David Livingstone
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Clinois
Timois
Texas
Rataplan
Dlingis
Frrederick H. Blayney
Samp Wilson
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Joseph W. Mattes
Congress
James E. Parker
Browneville
Mexico
Don Phelps
F Troop
Teo
Fred Funston
Chicago
Sergi G. B. Maendes
Rhoades
Wyman Williams
E Troop
Canary
MT. Kulmanjaro
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