Word: fires
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...role. "The Harbor of Lost Ships," by Louise Whitefield Bray, is a one-act sketch adapted from a short story by Ellen Payne Huling, a former Radcliffe student. The scene is laid on an island off the coast of Labrador. A life constrained by dogmatic religious principles and the fire and brimstone teachings of a narrow-minded parson is depicted by the play. "The Harbor of Lost Ships" is the fanciful creation of a crippled boy whose death is hastened by the terrible doctrines of the minister...
...small fire started in the trunk room of Claverly Hall yesterday morning about 8.30 o'clock, but by means of the dormitory hose it was practically extinguished when the Cambridge fire department arrived. The damage is estimated at about $200 to $250, covered by insurance, besides a few trunks on which there was no insurance. The quick discovery of the fire and the effective use of the hall apparatus prevented further damage...
...called armed neutrality is simply a method by which the United States may possibly induce the Germans to let armed vessels loaded with munitions escape, though under our previous practice unarmed vessels carrying contraband were liable to be sunk with notice. The sole alternative is for the Germans to fire upon a vessel prepared to fight and expected to reply with force. Therefore, apparently the only thing that can obviate war is for the Germans to forego their announced purpose of sinking every merchant ship that comes within the barred zone. Short of that, armed neutrality simply brings the whole...
...present the work of the civilian unit is being carried out through separate classes organized to instruct in the different departments of naval science. The class in engineering is now studying marine engines, the one in gunnery is learning gun mechanism, the one in fire-control, how to give orders for loading and firing, and the one in signaling is working with the semaphore...
...stand for the object of a war, let the man stand for the American people, and the house for the American civilization which is a-building. Now let us suppose the man is deliberating whether he will roast the pig, and, if so, whether by setting fire to the house. Similarly, the first question for the American people to settle is, "What are the objects of a war?" They may be any of a myriad of things. Assume that the principal object is to defend American lives on the seas. Then we must ask, "Shall we set fire...