Taft to Speak in Albuquerque in Friday Address
President Taft will deliver a public address to the people of New Mexico in Albuquerque at three o clock Friday afternoon. Thousands are expected to attend with a drive about the city and a greeting by a large Southwest crowd. School children will line the route and sing the national anthem.
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Taft to visit Albuquerque for brief address Friday
President William Howard Taft will spend half a day in Albuquerque on Friday. A public address is planned from the Alvarado hotel platform after his special train arrives from Winslow, Arizona, with crowds and a grand motor parade anticipated through the city.
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Peary Relies on Eskimo Testimony While Cook Fraud Alleged
At the New Mexico fair, Eyewitnesses testified that Peary and Eskimos dispute Cook’s polar claim. The event featured cavalry shows, horseback stunts, pushball, and fast racing drawing large crowds despite strong winds and variable events.
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New Mexico Central Reports Pact Clears Path to Road Building
After days of talks in Albuquerque between New Mexico Central creditors and the bondholders committee, creditors agree not to press claims and cooperate to finish the line to Hagen coal fields and Albuquerque. Officials and eastern officers plan visits to advance construction and assess properties while earnings rise despite a harsh summer in the Estancia valley.
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Taft Speeding Over Desert Toward New Mexico
President Taft travels through California on a cross desert route toward New Mexico. He spends eight days touring orange districts around Los Angeles, moving via San Bernardino and Riverside. He covers over fifty miles by automobile, occasionally speeding, and heads toward Arizona as his eastward return journey begins.
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President Taft Visit Parade Route Through Albuquerque
The line of march for the president includes a 2:20 p.m. Friday start from the Alvarado hotel with two Third cavalry troops leading. Taft will ride in the M. W. Plourney automobile, flanked by aides and officials, as the procession tours central avenues to the American Lumber plant and back, covering the city and surrounding farms.
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Governor and Mayor Proclaim Holiday for Friday in Honor
In lieu of a regular day, the governor and the mayor will declare Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon as legal half holidays. Businesses close and citizens join a mass turnout on Friday to honor the president of the United States.
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Peary Claims Dr Cook Traveled North Pole With Eskimo Boys
Commander Robert E. Peary submits sworn statements to the Peary Arctic Club asserting Cook did not reach the pole. He cites two Eskimo boys who accompanied Cook, and other witnesses who say Cook took different expeditions Aboard from Anoratok in February 1909 to Atwh and Nerke near Cape Chatom in August 1909.
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Fair Grounds Schedule Highlights Morning Events and Evening Carnival
The program lists a full day starting at 9:00 A M with fair grounds open and a Plaza carnival at 10:00 A M featuring free acts. The U S Cavalry marches, races including a 1 30 P M free for all pace for a $500 purse, mixed trot and pace, baseball events, multiple dash and relay races with purses, a dress parade and maneuvers by the cavalry, downtown night carnival at 7:00 P M with free acts, and a final act at 10:30 P M.
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Judge Anderson dismisses Panama libel case against Indianapolis News
Federal Judge Anderson denounces government legal framing and dismisses charges against Delevan Smith and Charles Williams of the Indianapolis News for alleged libel in articles about a $24,000,000 Panama Canal sale. He says a newspaper has no fixed duty to refrain from printing the news and to tell truth, stressing the danger of dragging citizens to Washington for trial.
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Demotion of Crane Sparks Unprecedented Diplomacy Crisis
The Morning Journal notes a dramatic demand for Minister to China Crane’s deposition and resignation amid sharp criticism of the State Department. Secretary Knox demanded Crane’s return from San Francisco before embarka tion, triggering a public dispute over his disclosures and defense.
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