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Seven different kinds of water craft were used by Dr. Rice and his men, from steamboat to dugout, until finally the expedition was forced to walk the last part of the way Besides many wild animal studies, a series of pictures of the natives along the Amazon were made, while aerial photographs afford a complete and careful survey of the whole Amazon River valley...
Died. Major Jordan Lawrence Mott, 50, grandson of Jordan Lawrence Mott who founded J. L. Mott Iron Works and became Acting Mayor of New York City in 1879; at Steamboat Station, near Roseburg, Ore. Young "millionaire reporter" in 1910 for a succession of Manhattan newspapers, he found journalism "far too dull," ran off to China with an actress, Mrs. Frances Hewitt Bowne. spent the rest of his days boating and writing novels of outdoor life (Prairie, Sea and Snow...
...Department of Transportation while the I. C. C.'s judicial work (rate-making, valuation, corporate finance) would be left as an independent function. Other governmental activities which could logically be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation would include the Alaska R. R. (from Interior Department), civil aeronautics, steamboat inspection, lighthouses and navigation (from the Commerce Department), river and harbor development, the Mississippi barge line and the Panama Canal (from the War Depart-ment), the U. S. merchant fleet (from the Shipping Board...
Died. Edward Payson Bradstreet, 100, oldest Yale graduate (class of 1853, which had 108 graduates), oldest Ohio lawyer; in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most famed historic experience was a chess game with Abraham Lincoln in 1858. This occurred in a hotel room in Hannibal. Mo. When Mr. Lincoln heard his steamboat whistle blow, he yielded the game. Oldest Yale graduate is now Dr. Virgil Maro Dow, 97, of New Haven (class of 1856, to which the late Chauncey Mitchell Depew belonged...
Though Captain Brooks was cleared by the Steamboat Inspection Service, Boston was not satisfied with the verdict. The U.S. District Attorney there moved to put the whole case before the Federal Grand Jury with a view to indicting Skipper Brooks...