Gun Carriage Emery Scandal Reveals Private Profit From War Funds
The War Department board report details Emery's 1906 to 1908 contracts for a 12 inch gun carriage at Sandy Hook. Despite roughly 200000 dollars appropriated, about 145000 paid, with no final delivery or proof tests completed. The act authorized advances and changes, but the government has little to show for the funds beyond foundations and a railroad track.
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Moore
Board of Ordnance and Fortification of
War Department
Hla
Emery
Balpen Isson
Usk and S
Secretary of War
Aiery Waa
Chief of Ordnance
AH Emery
Roky
Mgr
Vmore
Wen
Reremas de
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Battleships in War Game Near Newport and Hampton Roads
Newport News Nov 15. The first third and fifth divisions of the North Atlantic Fleet will starve Newport text Thursday headed for the Virginia coast. They will assume the guise of an attacking squadron while the second and fourth divisions act defensively. The two latter divisions are in the water near Hampton Roads undergoing practice maneuvers.
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Newport
Virginia Coast
Hampton Road
Moro Outbreak in Mindanao Sparks War
Several thousand mountain Moros in Lanao province have declared war after a failed disarmament attempt. The uprising is described as the most serious since the United States took possession of the Philippines. Troops were sent in. small detachments were killed as General Pershing prepares to lead cavalry forces to Mindanao.
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Poole
Washington
San Francisco
Lanao
Mindanao
Logan
Manila
United States
Philippines
Geomabe Pershing
Richeson to Plead Today in Fatal Poisoning Case
Boston, Nov 12 Tomorrow marks a month since Avis Linnell was found dead from cyanide. Rev Clarence T Richeson, once engaged to Linnell, will be called in supreme court for grand jury charges that he supplied the fatal poison. Police still lack a crucial link in the evidence.
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Boston
Avis Linnell
Clarence
Ot. Richpson
Supreme Court
MAY REUNITE TARKINGTONS
Special report from Indianapolis notes Booth Tarkington returned home as talks to settle the troubled marriage with Mrs Tarkington advance. Divorce trial date remains unconfirmed while mutual friends pursue an amicable settlement.
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Weabington
Tnalanapolis
Ind
Booth Tarkington
Finney Weighs Princeton Presidency Offer
Baltimore Nov 22 Dr J M T Pinney surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital said he had received a formal offer to become Princeton University president but would not decide soon. He noted no unusual activity surrounds the matter and that he could refuse or accept at any time without impropriety.
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Baltimore
de. Finney
Eighteenth Murder in 18 Months Shocks Birmingham Area
In Lewisburg a constable, W. W. Enara, was killed and his 8 year old son Ralph was shot in the thigh tonight. The boy identified Tom Wagan and Bob Payne Hagan as the shooters who then yielded at the county jail and gave a sit up. The motive remains unknown.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lewisburg
W. W. Enara
Ralph
Tom Wagan
Bob Payne Hagan
Merchants Edge Plan Early Christmas Shopping Drive
The Retail Merchants Association of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday afternoon to finalize plans to bring the public to stores early for Christmas shopping. Signs will urge shoppers to buy early and avoid the rush, said President Sealph Strasburger, who urged public interest in shopping early for greater variety and better facilities when stores are not overcrowded.
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Retail Merchants’ Association of the Chamber of Commerce
Sealph Strasburger
Elephants at Raj era display and labor in India
An Allahabad missionary desks a morning elephant sight at Princeton Hall in India. He recounts elephants eating breakfast on the lawn, their names, mahouts, training methods, and the royal use of elephants for display and labor. He notes how government controls, gender roles in work, and the rituals of decoration shape elephant life.
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Allahabad
India
St Nicholas
Princeton Hall
Mission
Sliver Starly
Mott
Hia
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Paiz
Habi
Terra Firma
Ut & Tory
Chad
Ike
United
J. Lockwood Kipling Fela
Himalayas
Siam
Odima
Oudh
Ex Midshipman Leahy Barred From Annapolis Grounds
Ex midshipman F Leahy, brother of Lieut Comdr Leahy, was expelled from the Naval Academy during the Navy West Virginia game after drinking. He had been dismissed two weeks earlier for drinking and was escorted to the gate by a marine orderly. He arrived from New York with a young woman and tried to join midshipmen in Bancroft Hall before being barred.
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Academy
Annapolis
F. Leshy
Wisconsin
Leahy
Navy
Agar
Bancroft Hall
Bince
New York City
New York
Midshipmen
Com- Mander McVay
Supl
Gibbons
Itin
Gale Drives Heavy Snow Across Western Maryland Railways
Blizzards and gale force winds disrupt travel on the Western Maryland Railway and Baltimore and Ohio lines. Frostburg and Oakland report sharp temperature drops as heavy snow and biting winds make railroading extremely hazardous. Locations include Cumberland, Terra Alta, Sand Patch, and Thomas W Va with high points experiencing significant snowfall.
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Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland
Frostburg
Oakland
Terra Alta
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Thoms
W. Va
Waster Maryland
Israel cadet appeals after demerit total exceeds limit
Cadet Tarner Leansrad of Birmingham at West Point appeals to Maj Gen Leonard Wood after being dismissed for excess demerits. Army officials say minor infractions and probation rules apply, with up to 125 demerits allowed in six months. Maj Gen Thomas H Barry recommended dismissal for conduct deficiency, while Wood was due to review in Washington with War Secretary Stimson.
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Army School
Washington
Joseph Lean’ Srad
Birmingham
United States Military Academy
Weat Point
Tarner
Academy
Underwood
Israel
Thomas H. Barry
Th Academy
War Department
Terael
Leonard Wood
Stud
Cen ‘Wood
West
Stimson
Vast weather bulletin with snow, rain, and cold across regions
Weather report from the Weather Bureau Washington Bondex notes a passing front over the Great Lakes and Atlantic states bringing rain changing to snow, with strong winds up to 89 mph in North Heat Washington. Cold conditions spread east of the Mississippi, followed by a Atlantic coast storm forecast to affect the plains, upper Mississippi and Great Lakes regions through Tuesday. Temperature falls and gradual warming expected later in the week with variable winds along coasts and lakes. Local readings record midnight and early morning temperatures and humidity levels.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
Bondex
Lawrence Valley
Termennes
On Valley
Lake Region
New York
Great Lakes
Atlantis
New England
Quit
Malequorti
Toledo
Cleveland
Miestensppt
Atlantic
Gulf Stetex
Texadteee
Misalenigst
Obio
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Raller
Eater
Enaws
Rotky Mousta
Regtot
Albbria
Canada
Bandar
Mandar
Bantera
Gouthers
Tuesdar
PaotBe
Plateau
Rosky
Plains
Miesissippi
Tegioh Tonday
Ohio Valley
Minsisepp
Varnickt Wera
Aeutlo Statas
Wegland
Mladin Atlante
South Atlantic
Dhe Sant Gull
West Gui
Jovar
Daparti
Ki Ports
Aritt
Grand Banke
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Weather Bureau
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