Navy Plans to Meet Coal Shortage for Battleships
Navy planners press coal supply measures as sixteen battleships and several cruisers require fuel. Bureau of Equipment strains to furnish coal for Pacific and Atlantic needs, with railroads and dry docks eyed for support. Shipyards at Mare Island and Bremerton are ramping up, while coal shipments rely on American and foreign bottoms due to law. Manila holds 4000 tons on hand with 30000 more under contract for Cape Horn route.
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Bureau of Equipment
War
Uar
Leburg
Pacific
Une Oval
Buret
Navy Yard
Mare Island
America Navy
Navy Department
Mencoy Congress
Bremerton Navy
Tuwau
Wales
Tabor
Thia
Navy Yard War
Brewerton
Walyan Whallington
Congress
Bureau
St Tytic
Suyr Bse
San Francisco
Saloen
Conj
Puget Sound
Mare Island Navy Yard
Metcalf
Magellan
Pacific Coast
Navy
Cape Horn
Manila
Buex Canal
Negotiations on Magdalena Bay Naval Base Shift to Mexico
Reports claim the United States eyeing Magdalena Bay Lower California as a Pacific rendezvous and drill ground. If talks succeed a treaty could transfer territory or allow a purchase to guard western Panama Canal approaches, with Secretary Root aiming to advance the plan during a Mexico visit.
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Secretary of Navy
Mexico
United States
Magdalena Bay
Lower
California
Magdalens
Aay
Guantanamo
Cuba
General Board of the Navy
Pacific
Root
Magausena Vay
Navy Department
Goodrich
Hila
General Board
Retary of
Navy
Tf Ix
State Department
Creel
Mexico City
City of Minneapolis Hidden Caverns Threaten Streets
For three years city engineers labored beneath Minneapolis to shore up roofs of caverns formed by former subterranean lakes. Concrete pillars support flats above First National to Farmers and Mechanics banks as safety measure against a possible collapse unseen by the public.
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Locha
Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolia
Andrew Rinker
Curnca
Firat Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Sixth
Fourth Street
Reut
First National
Northwestern National
Farmers and Mechanics
Basset Creek
First Avenue
Receiver for Solvent firm under cloudless assets
Louis Ray was named receiver for Lewis Voight & Sons Co wall paper makers due to the continued absence of president William Voight. The firm is solvent with assets $125,000 and liabilities $15,000. Voight’s whereabouts are unknown. his disappearance four months ago prompted the action. Otto Klass seeks $80,000 in commissions via attorney Frank Kumkel.
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Apedal
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. Louis Ray
Lewis Vought& Sons Co
Wallpuser Makers
William Valent
Otto Klass
Frank Kumkel
Klass
Voight
Ita
Rau
Raisuli Threatens Sultan After Capturing Bodyguard Leader
Tangier dispatch notes British Minister G A Lowther plans a strong note to the Sultan over the capture of Caid Gen Sir Harry MacLean, commander of the bodyguard, seized by the Raisuli bandit. Tribesmen fear Sultan’s hostility and weigh opposing Raisuli.
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Sultan
Caid MacLean
Tangier
Morocco
G. A. Lowther
Caid
Harry MacLean
Raisoll
Kmass
Raizull
Cars Plunge in Inclined Railway At Prospect
Niagara Parts N. Y. July. The inclined railroad cars plunged to the foot of the incline at Prospect when the cable broke. Several passengers injured. Mrs A E Burke Covington Ky sat about the eye and knee. Mr Burkes arm broken and he received cuts, their son bruised. One injury is fatal. Money to lend at 4 per cent on real estate. F T Rawlings 1605 Page Ave.
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Niagara Parts
Prospect
A. E. Burke
Covington
Burglary at East Thirty-First Street Boarding House
A masked intruder used a skylight to enter the boarding house of Mrs. Emily Griswold at 31 East Thirty-First Street in New York. Charles C. Mann, a Wall Street bank teller on the top floor, awakened near 4 am, fought the burglar, sustained a cut foot, and the thief escaped with no loot found. Police notified.
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Washington Post
New York
Mra
Emily Griswold
Chinese Reformer Appeals to Roosevelt Over Exclusion Laws
Kong Yu Wei, Chinese reform leader, writes from Mexico City to President Roosevelt calling for revision of U S exclusion laws. He cites decades of policy harming about 400 600 Chinese and warns of possible unrest unless equal rights and justice are granted. He argues American treatment of Chinese rivals Russia's anti Semitic stance and threatens potential harm if grievances remain.
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Roosevelt
Mexico City
Kong Yu .Wai
New York
Jawa
Kong Yu Wei
Daily Record
Kong
United States
Russia
Two Drown While Rowing at Lagoon Resort
Fred A Grose a young businessman and Mical Clara Thurkin a young telephone operator were found drowned in a boat at the Jake pool Lagoon across the river in Kentucky. The couple were alone in the boat when screams drew life savers who found only the boat half full of water. Grose had married six weeks earlier. his wife has gone to Cleveland.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Fred A. Grose
Clara Diorkin
Jake
Lagoon
Kentucky
Gross
Cleveland
Ming Thurkin
Roosevelt capital policy labeled fanatical by ex judge
London dispatch quotes Morgan O'Brien former New York Supreme Court justice describing President Roosevelt as fanatical on capital policy. He says the stance has led to stagnation of business, compares legal delays in England and America, and blames high costs in Britain and cheap law in the U S.
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London
The
Sunday Observer
Morgan
Gbrien
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Roosevelt
O'Brien
England
America
Fourth of July Deaths Rise in Chicago Areas Record
Casualties from Fourth of July events reach 63 dead and 3,807 injured nationwide with Chicago leading in fatalities at twelve and Pittsburg at two. The Chicago Tribune’s compiled tally lists cities from Aberdeen to Spokane with multiple injuries and several deaths attributed to tetanus and fireworks explosions.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Aberdeen
S. Dak
Atbla
Iowa
Bay Dmich
Belvidere
Chatham
Cleveland
Ohio
Davenport
Des Moines
Effingham
Evansville
Ind
Fresno
Cal
Fort Wayne
Garrett
Bank Teller Runyan Linked to Wife in Embezzlement Case
Police hold embezzler Runyan and his alleged accomplice Laura Carter after he stole $9,090 from Windsor Trust and hid about $79,000 to $80,000. Carter, under bail, claims no missing funds while Mary Duncan, a servant, faces $50 bail. Investigators seek missing $325,000 and two Tenderloin men as vault searches loom. Carter, living under multiple aliases, once admitted aiding herself with some funds but now denies possessing the money. Runyan awaits court action as bail is set and vault entry requires Supreme Court order.
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Warhington Post
New York
Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
Laura Garter
Wee
Mary Duncan
West Hath Street
Trust Company
Carter
Neraelt
Teast Company
Liberty Storage
West
Sixty-fourth Street
Jordan J. Rollins
Safe Deposit
Liberty Company
Laura Payne
Tme
Ale
Windsor ‘Trust
Supreme Court
Rollins
Laura Carter
Tenderloin
Baltimore
Rungyan
Lia Word
Marron
Reagan
Ant
Tolle Headquarters
Chicago
Mr. Rocketcher
United States
Marshal Hey
Judge Ia
H H Rogers Indisposed and Denies Subpoena
Henry J Rogers the magnate has not been served with a subpoena for a Chicago Federal court appearance. His son in law William Benjamin says Rogers is suffering a severe cold and declined visitors at his summer home near Fort Prenix after landing. Mrs Rogers entered a car and was driven away this morning.
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Magnate
Far Raven
Mase
Henry J! Roxées
eGronany
Grrivet
Sea Bech
Kanawha
Rogers
Fort Prenix
William Benjamin
Ben
Jamin
Chicago
NO OBSERVATION OF MARS Harvard Director Indifferent
Special to The Wellington Post reports that Harvard Observatory Director Edward C. Pickering dismisses efforts to study Mars. He says focus remains on stars for lasting value and that locating evidence of habitation on Mars is not worthwhile. Other astronomers remain skeptical, viewing the 1877 satellites as curiosity.
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Wellington Post
New York
Mars
Columbia University
Department of Astronomy
Boston
Harvard Observatory
Edward C. Pickering
Pickering
Mr. Lowell
Hail
Washington
Rockefeller Goes Home From Chicago to Cleveland
John D Rockefeller departed Chicago for Cleveland while in the station he gave reporters an interview on the U S financial condition. He predicted opportunities for wealth would grow and prosperity would continue, joked about the octopus, and avoided questions on the Federal court and the Standard Oil Company.
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Chicago
Jay
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
William Rockefeller
New York City
John.d. Rockefeller
United States
Rockefeller
Federal
Standard Oi Company
Queen Wins Schooner Class at New York Yacht Race
In New York on July 6 the Glen Cove Cups race at the New York Yacht Club concluded with Maxwell's Queen taking the Schooner class after a keen 19 and a quarter mile triangular course. Ingomar trailed by 3 minutes 11 seconds. An accident aboard Vanderbilt's sloop Aurore saw Capt Christensen knocked overboard but rescued by Pembroke Jones and teammates as the vessel rounded Parsonage Point buoy.
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New York
New York Yacht’ Club
Maxwell
Queen
Ao Nineteer
Ingomar
Christensen
Cornainsy Vanderbilt
Aurore
Vanderbilt
Oliver Harriman 1
Pembroke Jones
Wire & Vander
Aurora
Imposter Reverend Peabody Sentenced in Utica Court
Special to The Washington Fest reports that Rev Philip B Peabody posing as a Western clergyman and trained nurse was arrested in Utica after posing as a missionary. He admitted past coast to coast impostor work and was jailed for six months on petit larceny. his wife aided the crime spree before Rome custody.
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Washington
Utica
N. E
Philip B. Peabody
Denver
Colo
Hig Eérmons
Hilm
Peabody
Oneida
Olmstead
Bof Wes
Rome
Soety
Oil King Rockefeller in Landis Court Probe
John D Rockefeller testifies in Chicago federal court as Judge Landis probes Standard Oil Indiana ownership and finances. Crowds surge outside the courthouse while officers manage the packed room and reveal earnings near 40 percent of capital during 1908 to 1910 era.
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Aanuel
Rockefeller
Standard
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
New Jersey
Tinton Tank Line
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Tnion Tank Lins
Standard Oil Company of Indians
Charles M. Pratt
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Tee
Union Trust Co
Lewis Voight
Cable of Incline Railroad
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Niagara
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Jamestown
Wall Street Bank
Morgan O’brien
Atlant
Seabasic Resorts
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John'd, Rockefeller
OIL Trust Finances
Canital
Indiana Company
Standard OI Company of
Standard GI Company of
Union Tank Line Company
Rockefelier
H.H. Rogers
Harvard
Seabee i
Indiana Concern
Union Tank Line
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard 7 Company of
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Marshal Hay
Nolhe
Cour Room
Joan D. Rockefeller
William Rackafelier
Federal Building
Harald F. McCormick
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