Wallage Canal Idea Ex chief engineer argues for modern methods
Former Panama Canal chief engineer John F Wallace contends that under present governmental control a high level canal would take longer and cost more than a sea level project done by modern business methods. He urges either a single empowered contractor or a large firm under general guidance to oversee all construction and reduce waste while preserving essential oversight.
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Stevens Goes to Panama for Isthmian Canal Service
Thomas L Stevens, a clerk in the Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy Department, accepted an $1800 post in the Isthmian Canal Service and sails from New York to Panama today aboard the Alliance. Stevens, from Alabama, is a University of Alabama graduate and Georgetown Law Class of 1903. He has many friends in this city.
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Navy Department
Isthmian Canal Service
Saies
New York
Panama
M. Stevens
Alabama
University of Alabama
Georgetown Law School
Cadets Bodies Recovered in Gambier Hall Fire Tragedy
Gambier Ohio February fire claims two cadets Winfield Beott Kunkle of Ashtibula JEB Henderson of Fudge Farm I and James J Fuller of Warren were found dead in Delano Hall basement. Fellow cadets Harry Barnes Lenox Baker and others were hospitalized with burns while cadets Stearn Walton and Barc lett left for home. Investigators suspect spontaneous combustion from oily rags as a possible cause for the rapid blaze.
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Harry Barnes
Lenox Baker
Cleveland
Barnes
Jr. Stearn
Cincinnati
Alexander W Walton
Mian L. Barclett
Denunciation at Pittsburg Y M C A sparks convention storm
The Washington Post reports at the State convention in Washington Pa charges of unchristian spirit and narrow mindedness against the Pittsburg Y M C A by Frederick C Brittain a 31 year veteran. His remarks, though he was called to order, drew hearty applause from many delegates amid debate over admitting an actor as a member to avoid bad influence on the association’s good boys.
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Washington
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Brittain
Good Boys
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Jairus
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Central Office
Roosevelt
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Kaiser Praises Army On Silver Wedding in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria receiving a German and international deputation for their silver wedding with appeals for peace, donations for charitable institutions totaling up to 12 million dollars, and plans for three wedding ceremonies and related royal pageants. The United States Veterans Society sent a gift, a five foot bow on an onyx column with portraits and symbols of German American relations.
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Rerchstag
House of Lords
Brunswick
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Prussia
Great Britain
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William
Roosevelt
Prince Entel-Fritz
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House of Hohenzollern
Dryander
Germany Behind Moors Bank Plan At Moroccan Conference
Algeciras Feb 25 The Moorish delegation's bank project at the Moroccan conference is described by British and French delegates as a German inspired draft blending German and French ideas. The committee aims to craft four definite drafts to present to the full conference soon. French and British pessimism about reaching agreement persists, with some optimism among others that more time may yield a definite accord.
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Sultan
Algeciras
Germany
Gen Kuroki a Chilean born in Chile, claim disputed
Special report from Mexico City notes a Chilean birth claim for Gen Kuroki the Japanese commander. The paper cites witnesses claiming his Chilean birth and a Chilean fisherman father who prospered in Japan, plus letters recalling Chile and childhood memories. It also mentions ship movements listing several liners sailing and arriving in New York from Europe.
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Hi Traiguen
Chile
Gen Kuroki
South America
Gen. Kuroki
Japan
Ramon Fucardo Rosas
Kureki
Gen Kurek
Abraham Koning
Augustin Segundy
Gomez Garcia
Vanderbilt Incident Over Not Prosected
A special cable dispatch reports the Vanderbilt incident will not lead to prosecution. The injured party is compensated and the matter dropped under Italian law. Vanderbilt holds a license and faces no charges for carrying a revolver. The family plans to return to Nice. Mrs. Vanderbilt recovered from shock. Also noted are Vanderbilt relatives in Pisa and Geneva travel mishaps.
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Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Nice
Pisa
Italy
Wiliam K Vanderbilt, Jr
Monte Carlo
Pontedera Priay
Geneva
Reginald Vanderbilt
Paris
Macon
Anarchists Bombardside Raid Ends in Executions
In Odessa at 3 am police raided the homes of three anarchists. Bombs exploded killing a police commissary and the janitor and his wife. Cossacks bombarded the house and killed all three anarchists. In Warsaw a clash between National Democrats and socialists at Praga left one dead and fifteen wounded as troops sealed the hall and seized weapons.
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Odessa
Premier Witte Appeals to Timiriazeff Over Cabinet Life
In St. Petersburg on February 25 Premier Witte hosted minister of commerce Timiriazeff for a long dinner to persuade him to withdraw his resignation from the cabinet. Timiriazeff had resigned over disagreement with an empire wide law allowing summary court-martial for political offenses. The exact outcome of the talks remained unknown as Timiriazeff was inaccessible after midnight.
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St. Petersburg
M. Timiriazeff
Commerce
M.lmiriazeff
Count Witte
Mimimazeff
M Tirblazeff
Nicholas
Police arrest theater managers and actors after Sunday closing order
In Louisville. Kentucky on February 2 police arrested managers actors and staff at Hopkins vaudeville Buckingham burlesque and empire on suit theaters after a Sunday closing order. Avenue Theater staged a test with an improvised act while others remained open. No arrests that night. Salons and shops stayed open. The Masonic and Maculey’s did not operate on Sunday. In New Jersey John Cullen drowned in six inches of water after his feet tangled in parched wire. he had been drinking.
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Board of Sitety
Louisville
Hopkins
Buckingham
Empire
Avenue Theater
Masonic
Maculey’s
Trenton
John Cullen
Doctor credits Grape-Nuts for cure and strength
A physician recounts his own recovery after avoiding ordinary foods and embracing Grape-Nuts with cream. He notes breakfast relief, mood stability before night visits, and rapid aid for indigestion, heart trouble, and convalescence from fevers. The product is endorsed by Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich.
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Spirit World Investigation Reveals Conflicting Claims
In New York City wealth and learning circles debate recent spirit world experiments. Two groups report telepathy aided communication with living and dead souls, one supporting spiritualism, the other disputing it. Dr John D Quackenbos leads claims of hypnotic soul contact and clairvoyant feats, while Prof James M Hyslop questions the methods and aims of these investigations.
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Psychical Research Society
London
Earth
New York City
Richard Hodgson
Hodgson
James M Hyslop
John D Quackenbos
Quackenbos
Maeterlinck
Hyslop
Thompson Hudson
Anna Fortwangler
Gustav A. Gayer
Adele
Dlain
Hysiop
Sleepwalker Falls to Death in New York Flat
Special to The Washington Fest. Lawrence McCarthy, a long time somnambulist, fell from a sixth floor window at 414 East Seventy Fourth Street in the early hours. His wife awoke to footsteps and saw him on the window sill before he plunged to the courtyard. In Rome, Pope Pius consecrated nineteen new French bishops at the Vatican with thousands present.
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East Seventy-fourth Street
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Rome
Pope Pius
Vatican
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Merry del Ya
Fires ruin multiple looms and mills across cities
Portland block on Federal street occupied by J B Goold & Co wholesale drugs wrecked by fire early today with losses around 120000. In Memphis Moore & McFarrin's box factory in North Memphis burned with an estimated 75000 loss. Pierce Manufacturing in Buffalo destroyed cars and bodies in a blaze. Bates Manufacturing sash and Dodge & Elias office burned in Jersey City causing about 80000 loss. Vienna customs war ends as Serbia accepts Austrian terms and frontier duties likely to reopen soon.
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Federal Street
J. B., Goold & Co
Memphis
Tenn
Moore & McFerrin’s
New York
Bates Manufacturing Company
Dodge & Elias Company
Jersey City
Maj Gen Thomas J Wood Dies in Dayton at 83
Major General Thomas J Wood died at his Dayton home aged eighty three after years of feebleness. He had been bedridden since Christmas and succumbed to complications since the war. He requested Dumas be at West Point for his funeral. Survived by widow and two sons, Capt George Wood and Thomas J Wood. He retired from the army in 1868 as a major general.
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Dumas
West Point
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the G. A R
Capt George Wood
Cuba
Philippines
Idaho
Wood
Army
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