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...Virgin Islands, lying about 60 miles off the east coast of Porto Rico, were bought by the United States from Denmark in 1917 for $25,000,000. There are three chief islands in the group, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, and about 50 smaller islands, most of them unnamed and uninhabited. Their combined area is only 132 square miles and their population about...
...Chester Concessions are a mandate to the American-Turkish Development Company-the Chester concern-to build series of railways across Turkey which will open up the interior of the country and facilitate transportation to the coast. Ports, canals, roads are to be built in addition. The next important project on a long list-at least the press says it is, but it has not yet been officially published-is the rebuilding of Angora on the plan of Washington. The New York Times correspondent says: " It is to be on an heroic scale with all modern require-ments-public buildings, Government...
...Japanese Naval Department at Tokyo reported that 400 persons are missing as the result of a storm and an ensuing tidal wave which swept the east coast of Korea-that part of Japan situated on the mainland. The total number of lives lost is unknown, but it is feared that it is large...
...slave to the Moors. In rage and bitterness Sir Oliver forswears his religion and becomes a Barbary Corsair, in high favor with the pasha. Sir Oliver plans a desperate coup of vengeance. As Sakr-el-Bahr, the Sea-Hawk, he descends with his pirates upon the Cornish coast and steals Lionel and Rosamund on the eve of their wedding...
...addition, continued rumors indicate that the Detroit super-manufacturer is intent upon acquiring railroad lines which will link up his present road, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, with the South Atlantic coast; stories center especially upon the Virginia Railroad, and Detroit interests said to be allied with Mr. Ford are reported to be securing options for a new line between Gilbert and Huntington, which would link up with Ironton at one end and the Virginia Railroad on the other. This right-of-way is largely held by the Pond Creek Coal Company, which Mr. Ford acquired recently...