Annapolis, Md: The feature of Commencement week here is the review of the Naval Cadets by the Secretary of the Navy, and Admiral Eberly. London, Eng: Lord Kitchener, England's war minister, is drowned when the cruiser Hampshire is sunk by ...See moreAnnapolis, Md: The feature of Commencement week here is the review of the Naval Cadets by the Secretary of the Navy, and Admiral Eberly. London, Eng: Lord Kitchener, England's war minister, is drowned when the cruiser Hampshire is sunk by a mine or submarine. Manchester, Mass: The barge Bucentaur is launched here to be used in the water festival at the opening of the new school of Technology at Cambridge. The President and Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by Navy Department officials, inspect buildings and grounds. U.S. Coast Artillery Target Practice: Each projectile used in these ten-inch mortar guns weighs 1,015 pounds. At $100.00 a shot, target practice costs a "pretty penny." Chicago, Ill: Five thousand Suffragettes march in steady downpour of rain for a mile and a half to the Coliseum, where members of the resolutions committee were meeting to consider their cause. Chicago, Ill: Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the National Republican Committee, under whose guidance both Republicans and Progressives battled to nominate their candidate. Vast crowd gathers in rain at Coliseum for G.O.P. convention. Chicago, Ill: A troop of the 1st Cavalry, Illinois National Guard, turns out in an effort to stimulate enlistment in the National Guard of the country. Written by
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