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Secretaries Shaw Potomac excursion delights Washington editors
A Washington special describes Secretary Shaw hosting about one hundred newspaper men on a Windom cruise to Marshall Hall. The trip encounters troubles with the Windom, hawser breakages, and a mud midstream pullout, ending with electric cars from Alexandria to finish the return to Washington. The piece also notes diplomacy rumors with Japan and Russia, Taft and Roosevelt era politics, and mentions Miss Ethel Roosevelt’s growing stature.
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