Taft's Cabinet Finalized with Eleven Members Named
The new Taft administration announces its cabinet selections with Philander Knox Franklin MacVeagh Jacob Dickinson George W Wickersham Frank Hitchcock George von L Meyer Richard A Ballinger James Wilson and Charles Nagel named to key posts including State Treasury War Navy Interior Agriculture and Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
Illinois
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
George W. Wickersham
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Washington
Agriculture
James Wilson
Iowa
Commerce
Labor
Charles Nagel
Missouri
MacVeagh Accepts Treasury Post to Complete Taft Cabinet
Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago has accepted the role of Secretary of the Treasury, removing all uncertainty about his candidacy. With his acceptance, Mr. Taft's cabinet is now complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Mr. Taft
Taft Walks With Hitchcock as Cabinet Backing Grows
Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock took a five mile walk through Central Park in cold wind. Calls from New York financiers were friendly and had no further significance. A Taft family reunion occurred at the Henry W. Taft home with relatives from Cincinnati and Philadelphia. Taft will attend a Peace Society dinner at the Hotel Astor tomorrow with notable speakers. He plans to leave for Washington Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacVeagh
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Central Park
New York City
Henry W. Taft
New York
C. P. Taft
Cincinnati
William H. Taft
Philadelphia
Mr. Taft
Elihu Root
The
Peace Society of the City of New York
Hotel Astor
Bryce
Toughes
Joseph H. Choate
Takahira
Japan
Nabuco
Brazil
Washington
Florida Steamship Sold After Libel Suit for Damages
The steamship Florida of the Lloyd Italiano line, involved in a fog collision that sank the White Star liner Republic near Nantucket Island, sold for 220 500 at South Brooklyn Pier to a man named M. A. Mosse, reportedly a Philadelphia resident. The sale follows a libel in federal court seeking 2 million dollars in damages for the Republic’s loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
Lloyd Italiano Line
White Star
Republic
Nantucket Island
Brooklyn
M. A. Mosse
United States District Court
White Star Line
Lloyd Italiano
Pension Loss Threatens Old Soldier and Wife
An elderly veteran John Carlon and his wife, both 68, face eviction from their room at 1828 Washington Street after his $15 a month pension stopped. State officials say he was a deserter for not reporting a period of service and hospital stay, with only Congress action possible to fix it. The couple sit in a cold room with no fire or food, hoping for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carlon
Washington Street
Carlon
New York
Twenty-sixth
Massachusetts
Congress
Carsons
Cooper Sticks To His Story In Tennessee Slaying Trial
In Nashville the high profile Carmack case resumes after a long cross examination of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper. The state plans brief redirect while Cooper again testifies and defense argues the motive involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Duncan B. Cooper
Coopers
John D. Sharp
E. W. Carmack
Cooper
Governor Patterson
Tulley Brown
Brown
James Bradford
Patterson
Colonel Cooper
Senator Carmack
Kendall Named Police Chief in Somerville
Charles A. Kendall of Concord was confirmed as Somerville police chief by a 19 to 9 Board of Aldermen vote. The body split along party lines with listed aldermen voting yea or nay. The meeting also postponed Ernest W. Bailey’s city engineer appointment to March 25 and forwarded a playground petition from about 3000 citizens to the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Kendall
Concord
Somerville
Board of Aldermen
Perry
Smith
Belding
FE. Smith
Valentine
Bower
Kean
F. Smith
Eldridge
Gardener
Lavender
Haley
Jones
Rideout
Copithorne
Shepard
Bridegroom Shot at Door During Kentucky Party
At a Fairview area reception for William Throckmorton and his bride Miss Margaret Scruggs the groom was shot in the chest by a concealed assailant. Bloodhounds are tracking the shooter. Throckmorton is not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemingsburg
Throckmorton
Fairview
William Throckmorton
Margaret Scruggs
Maysville
Mellen Byrnes Confer With Draper Over Rail Stock
Governor Draper met with New Haven officials Charles S. Mellen and Timothy Byrnes to discuss the railroad ownership questions. He offered no statement after the conference and did not comment on the Boston and Maine stock or western Massachusetts trolley holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Mellen
Timothy Byrnes
The
New Haven Railroad
Draper
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Western Massachusetts
New Management at Modern Hotel Under Joseph Kraft
Joseph Kraft new manager of the Modern Hotel comes from Tremont House and Hotel Cecil. The cafe style service aims at top quality cuisine and service with special attention to ladies and gentlemen from Boston's Northern Suburbs before and after THEA TRE HOURS. The hotel pledges attentive service and complete patron comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kraft
Tremont House
Savoy
Cecil
Boston
Rubber firm orders resume at idle New England plants
Up to 10000 rubber workers idle for a month in New England will return to work by mid next week as United States Rubber Company orders restart most idle plants. The Malden and Melrose factories of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company reopened yesterday with all departments operating today. Malden employs 1700 workers and Melrose 1300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
United States Rubber Company
Malden
Melrose
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
United States Company
Rubber mills resume operations across New England and beyond
Woonsocket Rubber Company wakes the Alice mill in Woonsocket Rhode Island and the Millville mill in Millville bringing 1600 workers back. I Candee Rubber mills in New Haven reopen Monday with 1500 jobs and ten hour days. Goodyear plants at Naugatuck and American Rubber Cambridge also near full output with over 1000 workers and Apsley Hudson factory extends running time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rubber Shoe Mills
Woonsocket
R. I
Millville
Woonsocket Rubber Company
I. Candee Rubber Company
New Haven
Conn
Goodyear
Naugatuck
American Rubber Company
Cambridge
Apsley Rubber Company
Hudson
Non-Partisans Open Campaign in Cambridge Rally
The non-partisan group launched its municipal campaign in Cambridge with a Rhodes Hijall Central Square rally. Edmund A. Whitman cited poll tax issues among Democratic tickets while Mayor Wardwell outlined administration policies and a North Cambridge rally was planned at Sherman and Walden streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Rhodes Hijall
Central Square
Wardwell
Edmund A. Whitman
New School Board
Russell
Sherman and
Walden Streets
Smallpox Detected Prompt Quarantine On Sealice Vessel
The Halifax St John steamship Sealice was quarantined on arrival with all 26 aboard vaccinated and detained after a passenger traveling from Halifax to Yarmouth was found to have smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John
N. B
Halifax-St. John
Sealace
Halifax
Yarmouth
Sowing the Wind to Play Tonight by Young Folks Club
Sydney Grundy’s Sowing the Wind is to be staged tonight at Potter Hall by the South End Young Folks Dramatic Club. Miss Lucille Brophy leads the production and will star in the lead role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Grundy
Potter Hall
Young Folks’ Dramatic Club
South End
Lucille Brophy
Final value opportunities in fall and winter apparel
February week ends with strong savings on overcoats suits and trousers. Overcoats marked from 15 to 10, suits from 25 to 20, trousers from 5 to 4, with ample sizes and patterns across the stock. Other items offer value as well in this varied stock.
Freeman Ship Arrives in Boston Lacking Rum Shipment
The Boston bark Freeman sits at National dock East Boston ready to sail to Sierra Leone. Captain John Van Name expects a chilly reception as the cargo omits New England rum, despite a total value near 55000 dollars. Main goods include tobacco flour petroleum lumber tin cans furniture and sewing machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
National Dock
East
Boston
Sierra Leone
Africa
John van Name
New England
Driscoll Voices Dissatisfaction Over Labor Hearing
Dennis D. Driscoll, representing the American Federation of Labor, declared dissatisfaction with how the hearings were conducted after a long session at the State House. Attorney F. W. Mansfield, speaking for labor interests, had thanked the committee for its courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Labor
State House
Dennis D. Driscoll
American Federation of Labor
F. W. Mansfield
School head testifies for more funds as meals cost five cents
Miss Charlotte Dye, superintendent of the Indiana Girls' School, told the Senate finance committee she seeks higher maintenance funds. She astonished members by noting meals for officers last week cost five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Charlotte Dye
Indiana Girls’ School
Senate Finance Committee
Mayor orders 4000 copies of Finance Commission report
Mayor Hibbard instructed Superintendent James Smythe to publish 4000 copies of the Finance Commission's four volume report at the Mayor's expense. The project is estimated to cost about $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
James Smythe
Finance Commission
Brownsville Bill to Reenlist Negro Officers Veterans
Washington action reports the bill to reenlist Negro officers and soldiers discharged after the Brownsville shooting incident of August 13 1906. The measure awaits favorable consideration by the House Military Affairs Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brownsville
Texas
House Committee On Military Affairs
Vignaud Sends Thanks After Long Service
Henry Vignaud the first secretary of the American embassy has resigned after 34 years and at 79 without means for retirement. He writes to 20 prominent Americans led by Levi P Morton Andrew Carnegie and J Pierpont Morgan thanking them for a fund of 20000 to support his final years. The note renews debate over civil pensions for long serving public servants. He lived modestly and earned a meagre salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry Vignaud
Levi P. Morton
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Vignaud
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