Admirals Vision for Inland Canals to Back U S War Effort
Admiral Benson urged a vast inland waterway and coastal canal system to aid commerce in peace and strengthen wartime mobilization. He cited routes from Pittsburgh to New York, noted damaged canals, and argued for legal penalties to keep waterways maintained for national defense.
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Admiral Benson
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Naval Operations
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Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
United States
Navy Department
Great Lakes
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New Haven
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Easton
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Chicago
Detroit
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Buffalo
Milwaukee
Delaware River
Wilmington
Hudson
New York
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Ohio
Muskingum
Dresden
State of
Department
York
American Leper Issue Grows in Japan as Exile Plan Sought
About twenty five American lepers found in different parts of Japan pose a mounting problem for American officials and the American Association of Japan which is working to move them to the Hawaiian leper home. The article notes leprosy prevalence roughly twenty five thousand in Japan and discusses proposed Pacific leprosarium to house and treat many cases.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Japan
American Association of Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Kusatsu
Hawaii
American Association
Empire
Pacific Ocean
Football Squad Is Hard at Work at Washington and Lee
Lexington Virginia September 16 Nearly 60 candidates work in the third practice session for the Washington and Lee football team head coach Jogger Elcock plans heavier drills midweek with Randolph Macon College the opener still distant Captain Cy Young leads eight lettermen plus 12 veterans and new hopefuls contest end and back positions as Sorrells Paxton Crile and others report in form for the Generals with Pierotti and Ignace anchoring the line and Bagley Palmer and Nisle competing for quarterback duties.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee
Cy” Young
Bob Ignace
Tex Bryan
Battle Bagley
John Sorrells
Mercer Graham
Pierotti
Graham
Bethel
Wadsworth
Watts
Mears
Wilson
Larkin
Till
Cromwell
Ramey
Fain
Cline
Adams
Ignace
Johnson
Everett High School
Boston
Scovill
Brown
Mason
Swift
Evans
Patillo
Kehoe
Young
Bagley
Palmer
Nisle
Sorrells
Paxton
Crile
Judge Hughes Stumping Tour Draws Mixed Reactions
Some observers call the stumping tour undignified while others share the view, a stance noted by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Judge Hughes
Cleveland Plain
The God of Politics in the Senate Debate
An Ohio State Journal opinion notes a heated Senate clash over curbing election spending. It portrays money as corrupting politics and urges a religiously framed view, arguing private funds drive bad elections and that public education and personal virtue are the remedy.
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Ohio State Journal
United States Senate
Prince of Darkness
Irish Immigration Continues Fall Off in 1915
Berlin dispatch notes Irish emigration drops 23 percent in first seven months of the year compared with 1914. Male emigration declines while female emigration rises. Ulster remains the largest source, with overall emigration to the United States down from 3,067 to 1,630 year over year and prepaid passages in America falling from over 2,000 to 198.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ulster
All Ireland
United States of America
America
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the God OF
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W. B. Klander
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Woatwright &Son
Tidewater
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J. W. Grainger
J. W. Grainger, JR
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