Famous American fleet leaves Gibraltar for home sweet home
The sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Sperry left Gibraltar at 11 this morning in double column for Hampton Roads on the final leg of a 45,000 mile around the world cruise. The fleet, greeted with cheers, will be escorted home by Rear Admiral Arnold’s Atlantic fleet.
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Hampton Roads
Washington
Gibraltar
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Inmoor
Georgia
Nebraska
New Jersey
Sthode Island
Virginia
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Buy Perintendent
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Australia
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Hampton Reds
Robley D. Evans
San Francisco
Charles M. Thomas
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Mississippi
New Hampshire
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Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Spermy
Roosevelt
Battle Over Portland Gateway Sparks ICC Investigation
The Interstate Commerce Commission will, on February 17, begin an investigation in Chicago into whether the Northern Pacific can close the Portland gateway to through traffic. The case centers on Harriman lines fighting for a through rate to Seattle via Portland and whether all lines must join in through tariffs for travelers.
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Chicago
Record-Herald Today
Harriman
Hillines
Pacific Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Portland
Harriman Roads
Commission
Seattle
Harriman Izne5
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Buttington
St Louis
Com
Jacob Riis Pleads for More Neighborliness in Chicago
Chicago February 1 Jacob Riis visiting to deliver an address urges a stronger sense of neighborliness saying the city needs more humane acts and less neglect toward those in distress He recalls better times when residents looked out for one another and helped neighbors in trouble.
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Chicago
Jacob Riis
Captain Quastrowed Guilty Of On Duty Intoxication Navy
Captain Edward F Quastrowed of the battleship Georgia was found guilty by court martial of intoxication on duty and conduct prejudicial to good order. He is suspended six months and loses ten numbers in rank. Rear Admiral Sperry approved the findings as the Atlantic meeting ship HMS meets its homeward voyage. Captain Quastrow has been detached and will sail home as a passenger on the Georgian. Lieutenant Commander George W Kilne remains in command of the Georgi on the homeward journey.
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Gibraltar
Edward F
Quallrough
George W Kilne
Baekelite Seen as Rival to Japanese Lacquer Work
Dr. M. L. Baekeland announced at an American Chemical Society meeting the discovery of a new insulating substance called baekelite. The material blends amber, celluloid, and carbon traits, is cheaper than hard rubber, and can harden soft wood to be nearly indestructible. It may impact Japanese lacquer ware in the U S market.
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New York
M. L. Baekeland
American Chemical Society
Jokich! Takamine
Nippon Club
Discovery Way
Japanes e wave honored by Dr Backeland discovery
The text notes Japan praising Dr Backeland and welcoming Baekelite as a significant new discovery. It contrasts this with perceived neglect in the United States where California and Nevada legislation is described as not supporting the spirit of fair play.
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Japan
Backeland
Nevada
Son of Lincoln Declines to Attend Lincoln Day Events
Chicago February 8 Robert T Lincoln son of the late president will not participate in Lincoln meetings this year. He says the family will observe the anniversary like past years and he is glad to see broad public plans to honor his father. He notes he has loaned relics to the historical society.
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Chicago
Robert T. Lincoln
the Historical Society
Floods claim lives across Germany as rivers rise
Berlin reports widespread flood casualties as the Rhine Elbe Oder and other rivers surge. Dikes are being strengthened while towns like Dresden Leipzig and Regensburg contend with floodwater and threatened bridges and infrastructure.
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Germany
Rhine
Frankfort-on-the Main
Rer
Wiesbaden
Regensburg
Elbe
Drescen
Ulessayt
Oder
Dulenburg
Welser
Muennen
Leipsig
Dresden
Detectives Seek Missing Mineowner Daniel Van Wagenen
Detectives in Chicago are searching for Daniel Van Wagenen a mineowner from Los Angeles who stayed at a local hotel. His disappearance followed a visit to a bank to draw money and he has not been seen since.
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Chicago
Daniel van Wagenen
Los Angeles
Cal
G. P. Floyd
van Wagenen
Former peddler dies aged 106 in New York
Simon Harris a Russian born peddler who voted in every Republican presidential election since Lincoln died in New York aged 106. His death followed the passing of Rabbi Adolph M Gradin. Harris gained notoriety for hurrying from Jerusalem to register in time to vote for Tart.
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Jerusalem
New York
Lincoln
Simon Harris
Russia
Adolph M. Gradin
Harris
Tall
Bomb Blast Strikes New York Tenement Vestibule
A bomb exploded outside the vestibule of a seven story New York tenement early today. Police suspect the Black Hand. A grocer Pacolocel on the ground floor received threatening letters. Doors and windows were destroyed and tenants fled with several scarlet fever patients.
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New York
Anoon
Krocer
Pacmocel
Pacolocel
Birmingham
Prisoner Crushed by Freight Train Relief Comes Too Late
Charles Thompson lay trapped beside a freight train as it backed toward him. He struggled to free his left foot from a switch frog but was crushed to death before he could crawl away.
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Chicago
Charles Thompson
Japan not alarmed by Nevada action on anti Japanese resolution
In Tokio February 6 the passage of a Nevada lower house anti Japanese resolution draws little concern in Japan. Newspapers note Nevada is small and not representative of America. Foreign Minister Komura’s remarks in the House of Lords draw no discussion. Japanese papers cite California’s alien land act defeat and U S letters to Governor Gillett as influencing coverage. The Asahi and Hochi express cautiously that relations with the United States remain unimpaired.
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Tokio
Nevada
Komura
California
New York Board of Trade
Roosevelt
Gillett
Asahi
Mit
Agverlen
Japan
Hochi
Caliifornia Legialature
Amelia
Hoch
California and Nevada Legislatures Strain US Japan Ties
United States officials warn that California and Nevada legislative actions threaten commercial and diplomatic relations with Japan. Japanese newspapers report mixed reactions, with disappointment at how the United States responded to Japan's hospitality toward American naval officers and sailors.
Closing Quotations of World Markets
New York and other centers report a mixed day in stocks with limited gains and broad declines as prices moved narrowly before a late downward turn. Notable losses appeared in Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Southern Pacific among others while a few issues like St. Louis Southwestern showed slight improvement and heavy closes persisted.
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New York
Wight
Slosa-Shemerd
Tomses
Lackawanna
Delaware and Hudson
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Toledo, St. Louis and Western
General Flectric and Mackay Companies
Denver and
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Wisconsin
Stock Prices and Readouts For Major U S Steel Firms
Amalgamated Copper led with 74 3-4 while American Car and Foundry was 40 1-2 and American Locomotive 6 1-2. American Smelting traded 65 with pla at 702 3-4 and American Sugar Refining 130 1-2. Anaconda Mining 45 1-8, Atchison Railway 99 4, Jachison Railway 701 5-5, Baltimore and Ohio 107 9, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 71, Canadian Pacific 1735 1, Chesapeake and Ohio 65 6-8. Chicago Northwestern 177, Chicago MUI and Staur 144 7:8, Colorado Fuel and Iron 39 1-4, Colorado and Southern 64, Delaware and Hudson 17 1-2, Denver and Rio Grande 27 7-2. Denver and Big Grande 55 1-4, Erie Railway 30 68, Great Northern pid 140 3-4, Great Northern OreWtts 70 1-2, Illinois Central 140 7-8, New York Central 126 7-5, Reading Railway Law, Rock Island Co 25 1-5, Rock Island Co pr 05 75, Southern Pacific 177 5, Southern Railway 26 1-2, Union Pacific 176 1-5, United States Steel pid iP, United States Steel pfs iP, Wabash Railway 18 1, Western Union 67, Standard Oil Company 65 5.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchisan Railway
Jachison Railway, Ptd
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
MUI
Staur
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver
Rilo Grande
Big Grande
Erie Railway
Greatly Northern
Great Northern
Iinels Central
New York Central
Reading Railway
Law
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Btec
United States Steel, Pfs
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Ol) Company
Chicago and Kansas City Livestock and Market Close Notes
Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets report cattle receipts around 400 and 300 respectively with steady to strong demand. Prices range cattle native and western steers 3.90 to 8.00, hogs 5.05 to 6.52, sheep 5.25 to 7.85, while futures and metals follow mixed moves across wheat corn oats lard and rye with New York copper and silver trading dull.
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Chicago
Western
Kansas City
Delaware Battleship Delaware Launched At Newport News
The great battleship Delaware was launched by Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. witnessed by 3,000 people including Assistant Secretary Satterlee and Governor Pennewell. Miss Anne Pennewell Cahill christened the ship as a champagne tribute. The Delaware, part of four sister ships, features heavy armor, a 21 knot speed, and a broadside greater than any existing battleship, with armor belts and compartments designed for maximum protection.
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Newport News
Delaware
Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Company
Satterlee
Pennewell
Anne Pennewell Cahill
Bridgeport
Del
Hazel
Dover
Ellen Coleman Dupont
Wilmington
Congress
North Dakota
Quincy
Massachusetts
Florida
New York Navy Yard
Utah
Damien
New Jersey
Delawar
Board of Construction
Naval Architects
Spedal Board
Great Britain
Vanguard
McFarland Powell Bout Cancelled in San Francisco
The lightweight bout between Puckey McFarland of Chicago and Lew Powell at Coffroth's arena on Washington's Birthday was canceled. McFarland now faces Dick Hyland in a twenty round match the same day. Weigh ins for Powell and McFarland were scheduled, with a 2 40 p.m. bell.
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San Francisco
Puckey McFarland
Chicago
Lew Powell
Jimmy Regan
Monte Attell
McFarland-Hyland
Sugar prices and coffee rates in New York market report
New York listings from February 6 show sugar rough and refined prices with figures for raw sugar, refinery grades, and powdered, granulated values. Coffee futures or prices also referenced, with specific notes on standard numbers and varieties.
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