Battle of the ships Connecticut and Louisiana in government versus private building race
An extended comparison of the Connecticut and Louisiana battle ships showing a neck and neck race in construction. September figures indicate Louisiana leading at 64.4 percent and Connecticut at 61.5 percent completion with August progress 3.69 percent for Louisiana and 2.45 percent for Connecticut. Outcomes remain uncertain, with naval experts to determine final advantage and cost.
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Sans Curiecurut
Louisiana
New York Navy Yard
Newport News
Navy
Congress
Qethie
Yorkard
Connecticut
Torm Construction
I. Oa Sards
Ile
Louisiao
Bureau of Owestruction and Repair
RAY Yards
Navy Yards
Nurfolk
Navy Yard
May Abandon Alcatraz Island Prison Plan Discussed
San Francisco leaders consider abandoning Alcatraz Island as a combined military post and prison. General Davis will study feasibility and report to naval authorities. The island, once a defense stronghold, may be repurposed to house inmates exclusively while a reduced military presence remains.
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San Francisco
George B Dasis
Alcatraz
St Hes
Tron
Davis
Unsafe Ammunition Destroyed Off Coast
A report notes unsafe ammunition from a naval magazine was dumped overboard at sea to neutralize dangerous loads. The dispatch cites orders, locations including St Abat la Admiral Harrington and Mare Island, with ships and ports such as New York Oregon Bremerton and Baltimore. It references Civil War naval records issued in Volume XTM of the Lords of the Union and Confederate Nations.
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Maents
Avra Os Ibn
New York
Oregon
Chefoc
Mare Island
Bremerton
Lieut McConnell Dead After Philippine Mission
First Lieut Robert B McConnell Ninth Infantry dies of general peritonitis at Camp Wilhelm in the Philippines after a long military career. He enlisted in 1888 with Nebraska volunteers, served in the Thirty-ninth United States Volunteers, joined the Twenty fourth Regular Infantry in 1901 and became a first lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry in 1904.
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Philippines
Peritonitis
Robert B. McConnell
Ninth Infantry
Camp Wilhelm
Philippine Islands
McConnell
First
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Thirty-ninth Infantry
United States Volunteers
Twenty-fourth Regular Infantry
Naval Show For Honolulu Urges Pacific Squadron Visit
The Hawaii promotion committee urged Secretary Bonaparte to assemble Pacific and Asiatic squadrons at Honolulu for target practice fleet formations and evolutions. The letter cites commanders’ praise of Hawaiian cruises and notes personnel moves and posts across the Army and Navy, including leaves and examinations at Presidio and Governors Island.
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Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii
Frightful Loss of Life Results from throat and lung diseases
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption is described as a sure cure with claims of dramatic health improvements. The ad promotes the medicine's efficacy and lists pricing as 50 cents and one dollar, citing it as a trusted remedy for throat and lung ailments.
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King
Women Led in Games Tomorrow Closes Season
Bernard J. Wefers commends playground directors for surprising, training-free成果 with Misses Towner Erskine and Price excelling at Southeast Ludlow North Capitol grounds. He praises Miss Price’s training role and notes plans to seek congressional aid for a permanent public playground after season ends.
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Bernard J. Wefers
Mabel H. Towner
M. H. Erskine
Ludlow
Ella Price
North Capitol Street
Miss Towner
Miss Erskine
Coliseum
Miss Price
Bernard J. Weters
North Capital
Congress
Oldest Man in Chicago Dies at 102
Isaac G Leonard, reputedly Chicago’s oldest resident, died at 102 from paralysis. Born October 14 1803 in Germany, he became a tailor in Chicago at age 52 and made suits for the grandfather of the current Emperor of Russia. He fathered eleven children and credited his long life to disciplined habits.
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Chicago
Isaac G Leonard
Wgeonard
Germany
Masodon Exhibit At National Museum In Michigan Hall
The National Museum has placed on exhibition fossils including a large mas todon skeleton from a peat bog in Michigan. The hall features Moa skeletons and related remains from New Zealand. A restored Triceratops and two giant skulls have been mounted, with the animal described as slow-moving rather than hopping.
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Michigan
National Museum
New Zealand
Mechanics End Sessions At United Order Convention
The annual convention of the United Order of American Mechanics closed yesterday afternoon with installation of officers elected the previous day. Will iam Mitchell of Wheeling West Virginia performed the ceremony. The event included patriotic addresses and marked the ninety first anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner. A petition to Congress to curb immigration of undesirable races was approved in principle and referred to the officer board to prepare.
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the United Order of American Mechanics
National
William ‘T. Mitchell
Wheeling
W. Va
Congress
Pastor Greene Home Again After Nine Week Leave
Dr. Samuel N. Greene pastor of Calvary Baptist Church returned from a summer vacation with his family at Troy Vermont and visits to Montreal and the Thousand Islands. He spoke to a welcoming congregation about his delightful trip and noted his interim replacement by Dr Hobart of Crozer Seminary.
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Samuel N. Greene
Calvary Baptist Church
Samuel H. Greene, Jr
Samuel T. Greene
Troy
Montreal
Thousand Islands
Washington
Hobart
Crozer Semnary
Dr. Greene
Senator Burton's Trial in Federal Court
Col D P Dyer of St Louis met with Assistant Attorney General Robb at the Department of Justice to discuss the upcoming trial of Senator J R Burton of Kansas in St Louis federal court on October 3. Robb will assist in prosecution and officials noted Burton’s prior conviction on a federal statute forbidding其中 members of Congress from appearing before a government department for compensation. The Supreme Court granted a new trial.
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Col
D. P. Dyer
St. Louis
Robb
United States
Department of Justice
J. R. Burton
Kansas
Burton
Col. Dyer
Post Office Department
Congress
Government Department For Compensation Inc
Supreme Court
Conference Postponed on Roosevelt Reception Plans
Public matters delayed the conference between Commissioner West, W W Cox, and James F Oyster regarding the Roosevelt reception. They plan to confer soon to secure the event's success. Also notes include Imperial Tailoring Co displaying fall woolens, Colored Masons parade and Masonic Temple reception, plus Mount Vernon Place church society first meeting with music and brief business.
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Commissioner West
W. W. Cox
Board of Trade
James F. Oyster
Business Men's Association
Roosevelt
Men’s Society
Men's Society of
Mount Vernon Place
M. Ee Church
Returning Travellers Flood Washington Trains With Baggage
Baggage masters and crews wrestle with crowded depots as travelers bring home trunks heavy with fruit preserves shells and souvenirs from seashores and resorts. Many trunks leak whisky and bottles contain snake remains preserved in alcohol as porters cope with piles and impatient passengers demanding fast service. Officials expect continued congestion into October and hope for a new union station with a separate baggage area.
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Washington
Lfe
Virginia
Potomac
Colonial Beach
Jersey
Union Station
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Christian Endeavor Reports Global Gain Ahead of Silver Anniversary
Boston September 14 The quarterly report on Christian Endeavor progress by Rev Francis B Clark head of the United Society shows 67008 affiliated societies worldwide an increase of 231 since the July Baltimore convention An international committee was appointed to plan the silver anniversary including a special fund for youth work and an international headquarters building in honor of President Clark The committee is chaired by Dr Samuel B Capen with members including former Gov John L Bates Henry B F Macfarland John Willis Baer and more than fifty others.
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Boston
Christian Endeavor Movement
Francis B. Clark
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Baltimore
Board of Trustees of
The
United Society
Clark
Samuel B. Capen
John L. Bates
Massachusetts
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Washington, D. C
John Willis Baer
New York
Boycott Stagnates Trade Across Shanghai Markets
The State Department received a report from Consul General Rodgers in Shanghai detailing a deepening Chinese boycott. Warehouses hold about 149,000 bales of American piece goods worth nearly 8 million dollars, with sales halted and payments difficult as Manchuria remains closed. Foreign goods in Shanghai could be affected by 25 million dollars in trade. Consul Sammons says boycott at Niuchwang was suppressed. Japan lifted restrictions on shipments to interior Manchuria, seen as aiding American goods marketing.
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State Department
Rodgers
Shanghei
Shanghai
Manchuria
Sammons
Niuchwang
China
Panama appoints Madison street policeman as police chief
Police chief for Panama appointed from New York force. George Jiminez of Madison Street station will lead Panama's police for two years with a $3,000 annual salary. He is to reorganize the force and sail to the Isthmus at once. This is McAdoo's second Panama police appointment after the death of Samuel Davis from yellow fever.
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New York
Washington Post
Jiminez
Panama
McAdoo
Republic of Panama
Sergt. Samuel Davis
Isthmus
Probing Life Secrets Loeb Links Artificial Vitality
Chicago reports Prof. Jacques Loeb of the University of California has disclosed a step toward creating life by artificial means. He says fertilization results from expelling substances in sea urchin and starfish eggs that hinder fertilization, linking the fertilization membrane to substances released by the egg and suggesting chemicals that remove them could trigger artificial life.
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Loeb
Chicago
The
Tribune
San Francisco
Jacques Loeb
University of California
Farmers Protest Argentina Tariff Hit on Machinery Parts
The State Department received telegraph and mail protests from American agricultural machinery makers across multiple states. They argue Argentina’s duties on machinery parts threaten U S interests by raising costs and reducing spare parts availability. Ambassador Beaupre has been asked to report facts to determine if action can be taken against the tariff move.
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Argentina
State Department
Beaupre
Buenos Ayres
Russian consul arrested in Chicago for speeding violation
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff, Russia's vice consul in Chicago, faced a speeding charge in Police Court. He argued immunity as a foreign representative, but posted a $15 cash bond and secured a continuance to September 23 for the hearing.
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Chicago
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff
Russia
Postmasters Appointed Across States
Fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include Cornelius J. Thompson for Cloppers Maryland Valeria D. Grove for sel byport Templeton Massachusetts Frank DB Johnson for Templeton Pennsylvania Mabel Daniel Schwmenhart Mel zer Mathias Melser Milwaukee John C Bleeecke Tivoli Olig Mills Wickhaven Frank Balen tine Virginia Aspen Wall William M. Peak Indien Greek Ramey R Randolph.
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Maryland
Cloppers
Cornelius J. Thompson
Selbyport
Valeria D. Grove
Massachusetts
Templeton
Frank DB. Johnson
Penneylvania
Mabel
Daniel Schwmenhart
Melzer
Mathias Melser
Milwaukee
John C. Bleeecke
Tivoli
Olig Mills
Wickhaven
Frank
Indian lands taxable under federal trust funds decision
Judge Munger in U S court ruled that Indian trust funds and heirship lands with regular tithe are taxable like ordinary citizen property. The decision affects many holdings nationwide, with taxes on about 75000 dollars in funds credited to Omaha and Winnebago Indians.
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Omaha
Nebr
Munger
United States Court
Congress
Winnebago
Appointment of Chief Justice in Georgia
Atlanta September 14 Gov Terrell today named Associate Justice William H Fish of the Supreme Court to succeed the late Thomas J Simmons as chief justice Judge Marcus W Beck of Griffin to fill the unexpired term created by Fishs promotion Fish is moving into the chief justice post and Beck takes the vacant term in Griffin by the promotion.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Gov. Terrell
William H. Fish
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Simmons
Marcus W. Beck
Griffin
Justice Fish
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Edward P Nones
Jchn J Reilly
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N. Y
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Ordnance Department
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Sandy Hook
Springfield
Maas
Louis O'Donnell
Tenth Cavalry
George F Barney
Jonn § Switzer
Fourth Infantry
Presidio
Lawrence D. Cabell
Fourteenth Infantry
Beverly W. Dunn
MN. J
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Indian Head
Henry C Whitehead
Army
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Fort Robinson
Samuel Hof
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
Frank Kunkel
Highteenth Infantry
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Ablel J. Smith
Roy C Kirtland
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Tia
Charles Richard
William H. Wilson
George H Crabtree
Governora Island
John J. Reilly
Sedgwick Pratt
Arthur T Balentine
Alden F. Brewater
John A Berry
Edward H. de Armond
Claude ‘E Brigham
Robert H Patterson
Artilery Corps
William Stephenson
Edward T Brown
Frederick F Russell
Raymond W Briggs
William E Birkhimer
Fort Monroe
Raymond Pratt
Alfred Ajaxbar
Henry Ho Sheen
John W Guiles
Gordon Robinson
Richard Farnival
William Tidball
James Prentice
Medical Department
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Billingslea
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Masonic Temple
Ninth Street Northwest
Christian Endeavor Refort
Lansburgh
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Sys
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Geiss
Lansburgh Furniture Co
Inter-Ocean Building
Ninth St
Mr. Prince
Prince
Fotografer
Eleventh St
Pa. Ave. N. W
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