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...ended the battle, with the U. S. Pacific fleet destroyed. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hamilton V. Bryan, Admiral McCully's flag officer, disguised as a civilian with a cargo of candles, representing dynamite, penetrated canal guards and placed his explosives at important points, the control chamber of the Gatun locks, etc. He later disguised himself as a correspondent, chatted with Blue officers at their head- quarters, read papers on their desks, cut telephone wires at the Gatun headquarters. His exploit was discounted, however, because complete restrictions such as would be made in actual war-time were not placed on civilians...
...that account the capital invested in a ship built in America is about 25% greater than in a similar ship built on the Clyde and the cost of operating an average cargo ship is about $10,000 a year greater under U. S. registry than under foreign registry...
...return trip from Chicago to Lakehurst, tests of gasoline consumption showed more than a mile to the gallon. The total fuel cost on this leg of the trip was $150, a fraction of the coal bill for a limited train. And she could have carried ten tons of cargo or passengers in addition to a crew...
...same time that this sale was announced it was also made known that the Grace Line had bought the Orcus and Botarian, two cargo vessels on the route between the west coasts of North and South America...
This consignment was the cargo of the steamer Vulcan and was addressed to the Yugo-Slavian Government. The steamer (port of clearance unknown) put in at Trieste, an Italian port on the Adriatic, and, in the course of unloading, the Italian authorities intervened and seized the cargo...