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...exceptional circumstance that both judge and jury knew positively that they had the criminal before them, but were unable to say who he was. There were twelve people aboard the barkentine, including an innocent bystander, when−it was about two in the morning and they were at sea−one of them came into the cabin and killed the captain, his wife and his second mate with an ax. One of the remaining nine must have been responsible, and all of them were brought into court. But the jury was so doubtful that the man it convicted...
...then went to his father's country home at Gloucester, Mass., set up his experimental laboratory on a high bluff. Soon he had developed a means for radio control of a boat at sea. The perfection of this invention covered a period of years, but is now practically perfect. He applied the same principle to a torpedo and developed one that could be steered at will at a speed of 50 mi. an hour on the surface, or 27 mi. submerged. It was in this connection that he developed a type of non-interferable radio transmission. Several foreign Governments...
Died. Winifred Emery, 62, actress-wife of Cyril Maude, smart British comedian; at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, after a long illness. Sir William S. Gilbert, collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in light opera, sacrificed his life in 1911, when 75 years old, in rescuing her from drowning in a lake on his estate at Harrow. Mr. Maude's most recent U.S. engagement was in Aren...
...would be highly impudent of me, a stranger from across the sea, to address the President of the United States, were it not for the fact that I have traveled many thousands of miles only to deliver to him a message which millions upon millions, who believe in the Buddhist teachings of mercy and tolerance as expounded by the great Saint Nichiren, of Japan, wish me to deliver...
...long been prominent in the development of undersea navigation. In the early 90's he competed for the contract to build the first Government submarine. A rival won the award, but in 1897 Mr. Lake launched the Argonaut, first submersible to operate successfully in the open sea. Speaking on the development of the submarine, he once said : "My first trip was in the Argonaut down Chesapeake Bay. Night was coming on and we de cided to come to the surface...