Naval shipbuilding race Connecticut versus Louisiana
The battle between government built Connecticut and privately built Louisiana in ship construction shows a close contest. September reports place Louisiana ahead at 46.4 percent completed versus Connecticut at 86.15 percent, with August progress 3.69 percent for Louisiana and 2.45 percent for Connecticut, suggesting a late surge for Louisiana but leaving final outcome uncertain.
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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 Prison Plan Stirs Navy Debate
San Francisco officials consider turning Alcatraz Island from a military post into an exclusive prison. General Davis leads an inquiry into feasibility as overcrowding and expansion strain existing facilities. Naval officers prepare orders for detachments and inspections at Kearsarge and other posts.
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San Francisco
George B Dasis
Alcatraz
St Hes
Tron
Davis
Unsafe Ammunition Dump At Sea Reported
A historical note describes a dangerous ammunition batch seized in transit and dumped overboard at sea by naval authorities. It lists several ships and ports involved, including New York and Bremerton routes, and mentions a Civil War naval records release advancing a volume in a limited wartime series.
Lieut Robert B McConnell Dead in Philippines Recall of Nebraska Officer
First Lieut Robert B McConnell Ninth Infantry died of general peritonitis at Camp Wilhelmina Philippine Islands after a long military career. He enlisted May 10 1888 in Company H Nebraska Volunteer Infantry and advanced through multiple regiments before joining the Twenty fourth Regular 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
James H. Bell
Charles E. Kilbourne
Artillery Corps
Edward P Nones
Jchn J Reilly
Governors Island
N. Y
Presidio of
San Francisco
Cal
Wilford J. Hawkins
Ordnance Department
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
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
Indian Head Proving Ground
Indian Head
Henry C Whitehead
Army
Quartermaster's
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
Tacoma
United States
Charles Richard
William H. Wilson
George H Crabtree
Governora Island
John J. Reilly
Naval Show At Honolulu Urges Pacific Fleet Maneuvers
Hawaii promotion committee representing the Territory of Hawaii Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association addresses Secretary Bonaparte urging assembling Pacific and Asiatic squadrons at Honolulu for target practice fleet formations and evolutions. The letter cites commanders’ praise of Hawaiian cruises as productive.
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Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii
Frightful Loss of Life from Throat and Lung Diseases
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption touted as a sure cure. The ad notes social price of 43 cents and one dollar. The brief mentions frightful loss of life linked to throat and lung diseases and promotes the remedy.
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King
Women Lead In Games Tomorrow Closes Season
Bernard J. Wefers commends playground directors for remarkable results despite no prior training. Rising directors Miss Mabel H. Towner Miss M. H. Erskine and Miss Ella Price praised for overcoming difficulties and guiding large groups. Officials hope Congress aid to establish a permanent public playground next 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 Tailor Dies at 102
Isaac G Leonard, said to be Chicago’s oldest resident, died aged 102 from paralysis. A German-born tailor who moved to Chicago at age 52, he made suits for the grandfather of the current Emperor of Russia. Father of eleven, he attributed his long life towise living with early rising and regular exercise.
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Chicago
Isaac G Leonard
Wgeonard
Germany
Mastodon on Display at Detroit Museum Exhibition
The National Museum has placed notable specimens on exhibition including a large Mastodon skeleton from a Michigan peat bog and long awaited Moa remains from New Zealand. A restored Triceratops skeleton sits in the fossils hall with two giant skulls mounted nearby.
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Michigan
National Museum
New Zealand
Mechanics End Sessions At United Order Convention
The annual United Order of American Mechanics convention closed with installation of officers elected earlier. Will iam T. Mitchell of Wheeling, W Va, performed the rite. The day marked the ninety first anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner. The sole business was adopting a motion to petition Congress to curb migration of undesirable groups, with a board to draft the petition.
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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 Summer
Dr. Samuel N. Greene pastor of Calvary Baptist Church returned from a summer vacation spent nine weeks with family at Troy Vermont and a visit to the Thousand Islands and Montreal. He spoke warmly of the trip and received an enthusiastic ovation at services, noting his son Dr. Samuel H. Greene Jr and the support of 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
Burton Senate Trial Prep Sees Dyer Robb Meet
Col D P Dyer United States district attorney at St Louis met with Assistant Attorney General Robb yesterday in Washington to plan the trial of Senator J R Burton of Kansas set for October 3 in St Louis federal court. They also conferred with Post Office officials on the case. Burton, convicted of taking compensation before a government department, awaits a new trial granted by the Supreme Court.
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Sedgwick Pratt
Presidio
San Francisco
Cal
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
Artillery Corps
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
William W. Reno
Fort Myer
Fort Riley
Kans
Charles (. Billingslea
Billingslea
Powell C. Fauntleroy
Madison Barracks
Fort Porter
Harry M Hallock
Hallock
Wiii
N.Y
Monroe
Ogden Pafferty
William Rafferty
Francis N. Cooke
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 Amid Public Pressure in Washington
Report notes a postponement of a planned reception to President Roosevelt after pressure on public affairs. Commissioners West and Cox and James F. Oyster were to confer to ensure the reception’s success. Also highlighted: Imperial Tailoring Co displays fall woolens at 936 Street NW with new patterns and high-grade craft. The United Supreme Council Colored Masons parade is set for 2:30 PM in Washington, with a Masonic Temple reception that evening. Mount Vernon Place M E Church South Men’s Society holds its season opener with a brief business meeting and musical program.
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Commissioner West
W. W. Cox
Board of Trade
James F. Oyster
Business Men's Association
Roosevelt
Washington
Imperial Tailoring
United Supreme Council of Colored Masons of the
United States
Masonic Temple
Ninth Street Northwest
Men’s Society
Men's Society of
Mount Vernon Place
M. Ee Church
Returning travelers flood Washington trains with heavy baggage
Baggage masters battle crowded depots as vacationers flood in from the north and seasides. Trunks laden with clothing preserves nuts sea shells and fruit pile in rows at stations while porters cope with leaks and bottles of whisky from a trunk. Travelers demand speedy service and mislaid trunks spark telegraphs and delays.
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Washington
Lfe
Virginia
Potomac
Colonial Beach
Jersey
Union Station
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Christian Endeavor Reports Global Growth and Anniversary Plan
Boston September 14 The quarterly Christian Endeavor report by Rev Francis B Clark shows 67008 affiliated societies world wide an increase of 231 since the Baltimore convention. An international committee will oversee silver anniversary plans including a fund to extend youth work and an international headquarters honoring Clark. Dr Samuel B Capen chairs with members including Gov John L Bates Henry B F Macfarland John Willis Baer and over 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 Halts Trade Harshly Affects Chinese Merchants
The State Department received a report from Consul General Rodgers in Shanghai detailing the China boycott's impact. Warehouses hold about 149,000 bales of American piece goods worth nearly 8 million dollars, with Manchuria closed and imports delayed. The broader effect threatens foreign goods totaling an estimated 25 million gold in Shanghai, while Niuchwang notes a suppression of the boycott. Japan lifts interior shipment limits, seen as aiding American goods marketing in Manchuria.
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State Department
Rodgers
Shanghei
Shanghai
Manchuria
Sammons
Niuchwang
China
Panama Gets New Police Chief From New York
Police Chief George Jiminez of Madison Street station is appointed head of police in Panama. He will earn 3000 dollars yearly and may reorganize the force with two years leave of absence from the New York police. He sails when arrangements are made, succeeding the late Samuel Davis.
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New York
Washington Post
Jiminez
Panama
McAdoo
Republic of Panama
Sergt. Samuel Davis
Isthmus
Probing Life Secrets In Loeb Artificial Life Study
Prof Jacques Loeb of the University of California reports a step in creating life by artificial means. He cites the fertilization membrane in sea urchin and starfish eggs, arguing the active element drives out substances that prevent fertilization and that removing these barriers can induce artificial life.
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Loeb
Chicago
The
Tribune
San Francisco
Jacques Loeb
University of California
Tariff stir alarms U.S. farming machinery makers
The State Department received telegraph and mail protests from a dozen U.S. agricultural machinery manufacturers warning of a new or reinterpreted Argentine duty on machine parts. They argue Argentina sells machines cheaply but profits on replacement parts, and officials have asked Ambassador Beaupré to report facts before any formal action.
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Argentina
State Department
Beaupre
Buenos Ayres
Russian consul arrested for speeding in Chicago
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff, vice consul for Russia in Chicago, appeared in Police Court on a speeding violation. He argued immunity as a foreign official but was required to post a $15 cash bond. The hearing was continued to September 23.
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Chicago
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff
Russia
Postmasters Appointed In Several States Yesterday
Fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday across Maryland Massachusetts Pennsylvania Milwaukee and Virginia and for towns including Cloppers Templeton Mabel Tivoli Wickhaven Aspen Wall and Indian Greek. Named postmasters include Cornelius J Thompson Valeria D Grove Frank D B Johnson Daniel Schwmenhart Mathias Melser John C Bleeecke Olig Mills William M Peak and 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
Taxable Indian lands ruled by U.S. court
Judge Munger in Omaha today ruled that Indian trust funds and heirship lands under regular tithe are taxable like any citizen's property. The decision impacts numerous holdings nationwide, with taxes tied to about $75,000 credited to Omaha and Winnebago Indians.
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Omaha
Nebr
Munger
United States Court
Congress
Winnebago
Appointed Chief Justice of Georgia
Gov Terrell announces major court reshuffle naming William H Fish as chief justice to replace the late Thomas J Simmons and Marcus W Beck of Griffin to fill the mil unexpired term. The moves follow Fish elevation and Beck’s interim appointment.
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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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