Lipton to Build Shamrock IV for America's Cup Defiance
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton selected Charles E. Nicholson to construct the new Shamrock IV for a challenge under deed of gift conditions. Lipton says the New York Yacht Club will be notified and the race may be delayed to 1914. The present Shamrock IV and the Reliance may be used, with possible rig changes for a schooner format.
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New York Yacht Club
Reliance
London
Charles E. Nicholson
Gosport
England
Thomas Lipton
Lft
Thomas
America
New York
Sir Thomas
Lime
Sir Thomas Lipton
Germany
Oceanic
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Cormack
New York Nacht Club
Sir ‘Thomas
City Island
N. G. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Bermuda
Crevasse Explorer's Tomb Revealed by Mawson Dispatch
Wireless message from Dr. Douglas Mawson recalls the death of Lieut. B. Ninnis and Dr. Navier Mertz during the Australian Antarctic expedition. Mawson describes the December crevasse fall, survival struggles, Mertz's death from malnutrition, and his own perilous return journey in Adelie Land.
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Sydney
B. B.S. Ninenis
Royal Fusilliers Regiment
Navier Mertz
Douglas Mawson
Mawson
Adelie Land
Ninnis
Mertz
di Mertz
Aurora
Five Killed by Blast in Dynamite Accident
In Keen Brook near Los Angeles on March 5 a premature detonation of dynamite killed the foreman and four crew members from a Santa Fe construction gang and injured 25 others, some fatally, in a blast at the work site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mar
Santa Fe
Keen Brook
Rescued by Revenue Cutter in Severe Mid Atlantic Storm
A three masted schooner J Manchester Haynes capt Rixon, bound from Jacksonville to Boston with lumber, was waterlogged after a violent storm. Deckhouses smashed, cabin washed out, crew lived on deck for two days before the revenue cutter Onondaga towed them into Newport News.
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Newport News
J. Manchester
Haynes
Rixon
Onondaga
Jatkeonville
Boston
Cape Lookout
Lights To Stay Committee Takes Up Matter
At a Chamber of Commerce board meeting, a five member committee was formed to plan subscriptions for Washington memorial funds. The board approved fixtures for lectures in Europe with photos of Washington buildings. Harry Wardman resigned. Thomas W Smith elected to fill the vacancy. Committees for law and legislation and public schools were confirmed with many named members.
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Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Brown
C. J. Bell
John Dolph
James F. Oyster
Washington
George Washington Memorial Building Fund
Pennsylvania Avenue
R. P. Andrews
Baltimore
W. J. Gude
Jowest
Glenn, Brown
B. P. Andrews
the Brotherhood of Locomative Firemen
Washington Kennel Club
New York
Europe
Harry Wardman
Thomas W. Smith
Callahan
Taft
Walter Balderston
W. W. Bowie
John W. Braner
Chapin Brown
T. Janney Brown
Charles W. Clagett
Michael F. Colbert
Fred G. Caldren
R. Golden Donaldson
Walter B. Guy
W. G. Gardiner
Frederick C. Handy
John W. Holcombe
J. Mister Kenyon
Phil King
W. M. Lewin
Horace G. Macfarland
G. Percy McGlan
M. D. Rosenberg
T. J. Ryan
Jackson H. Ralston
Allan
H. Rogers
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Joseph D. Sullivan
George B. Willams
William F. Gude
Arthur Ramsay
Albert Schulters
Fred Coldren
Isaac Gans
B. B. Harn
G. M. Hunt
Myron J. Jones
W. Johnston
2. D. Blackistone
Charles W. Carr
Burr N. Edwards
Joseph Strasburger
Charles W. Semmes
John O. Gheen
George K. Walker
George ¥. Worthington
Samuel Hoss
Ernest L. Thurston
Thaw Bribery Probe to Go Before Grand Jury
Testimony from the Albany inquiry into the effort to obtain Thaw’s release will be presented to the grand jury next week. Dr Charles Kennedy said he could talk with Thaw only with witnesses present and may seek a seclusion order. Col J F Scott reportedly issued the no-contact rule at Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane.
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New York
Mar
Charles Kennedy
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawan State Hospital
Thaw
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Col
J. F. Scott
State Superintendent of Prisons
Albany
Mattéawan
Grand Jury
Governor's Committee
Whitman
John W. Carlisle
Committee of Inquiry
Movements of Ocean Steamers
Sailed Southampton Philadelphia for New York Kaiser Wilhelm III Bremen New York Sable Island Amerika Hamburg dock New York Friday Brewhead ace New York reported movements of ocean steamers from London to Minneapolis and destinations including New York Philadelphia and Bremen noted in London shipping reports.
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Anity
New York
Minneapolis
London
Oceanic
Southampton
Philadelphia
New — York
Kaiser Wilhelm III
Bremen
Sable Island
Amerika
Hamburg
Brewhead Ace
Democrats Plan Senate Wins Across Illinois and New Hampshire
The Democratic National Committee meeting led by William F. McCombs adopted a resolution urging action to assure two Illinois senators and one in New Hampshire. James Hamilton Lewis and Charles Boeschenstein were named candidates in Illinois, while Henry P. Hollis remained near victory in New Hampshire. McCombs outlined ongoing party organization work and the need for constant preparation.
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Democratic National Committee
Sealon
William F. McCombs
Illinois
New Hampshire
Senate
Clark Howell
Georgia
McCombe
Ilinois
Ininois
James Hamilton
Lewis
Charles Boeschenstein
Henry P. Hollis
McCombs
Homer
Cummings
Connecticut
Rollo Wells
Missouri
Washington
Thomas J. Fence
W. G. McAdoo
Wilson
John J. Martin
Sargeant-At-Arms
Mary EB. Foy
Los Angeles
California Woman's Democratic League
Democratic Women of
California
White House
Moore
Ohio
W. R. Wallace
Utah
Thomas H. Browne
Vermont
Taft
MacVeagh Saved Eight Million For U S In Four Years
The Treasury Department committee on efficiency and economy reported to Secretary Franklin MacVeagh that he had saved eight million dollars for the government during his four year term. It details reforms instituted and notes the current annual saving near three and a half million, with total savings over the term around five million.
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Treasury Department
Franklin MacVeagh
W. F. Frederick Piano Company
Frederick
Shock Kills Two Old Persons in New York
In New York on March 5, attorney George C. Coffin died suddenly of heart disease after entering a barber shop and reacting to a truck streetcar collision. Mrs Reche Law of Brooklyn, 75, collapsed and died at her St James Place home from apoplexy brought on by the shock of Coffin's death. A note in Coffin's coat asked a former partner to have his body cremated.
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New York
George C. Coffin
Political plum allocations eyed in early administration
The article outlines likely noncompetitive appointments across federal departments. It notes the civil service expansion will limit changes, with key posts in State War Navy Interior Agriculture and Justice under review. Potentially retained officials include Atlee and Carr, while many assistants and bureau chiefs will be named as the new Labor Department forms.
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State Department
Cvil
Consular Service
Atlee
Carr
War Department
Navy Department
Department
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
Treasury
Register
United States
Currency
Mint
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Explorer recounts Kongo peril and 7-foot gorilla tale
J Sinclair Hamilton, aboard the Ryndam, described in Congo interior dangers for British and Canadian interests. He spoke of sleeping sickness among villagers, a seven foot gorilla that attacked natives, and a white man living among natives for 40 years with a tombstone for a former comrade. Mrs Hamilton plans to take him to Toronto.
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New York
J. Sinclair Hamilton
Ryndam
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Toronto
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