Taft Knox Conference Hints at Canada Reciprocity
President Taft and Secretary Knox held talks on reciprocity with Canada, with Washington officials expecting success. Senate confirms C McChord of Kentucky and B H Meyer of Wisconsin to the Interstate Commerce Commission, completing the body.
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Taft
Knox
Canada
Washington
C. ©. McChord
Kentucky
B. H. Meyer
Wisconsin
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt Taft letters mark ongoing high level talks
The article notes Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft exchange frequent letters after the election, signaling continued high level contact. It also mentions various other political, scientific, and social items from the period, including aviation records and public policy debates.
Carnegie Plans 10 Million Endowment To End War
A Carnegie deed transfers 10 million in five percent bonds to a self perpetuating board. The income, about 500000 annually, would fund a foundation aimed at abolishing international war and promoting world peace. This endowment adds to a total of roughly 180 million in Carnegie gifts, including major library and institute funding.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carne ‘Gle
Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Washington
United States
White Named Chief Justice Edward White Born in Louisiana
Edward Douglas White, a Louisiana native born in La Fourche Parish in 1845, was appointed by President Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. He studied in Maryland and New Orleans, served in the Confederate army, practiced law in Louisiana, and held roles in the state legislature and senate before joining the Supreme Court.
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Taft
Washington
Llewellyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
Williams
United States Steel Corporation
Newark
Ohio
Montella Watha
Carl Ethrington
James Horan
Chicago
Friedlander Morocco
Philadelphia
New England
R. Mather
Taft Commission On Securities
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Europe
M. Best
Legislative Investigating Committee
Great South Bay
Adams County
Jersey Central
Charlestown
William J
Big Bill’) Kelcher
United States District Court
Boston
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Edward Douglas White
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
Lafourche
Mount St. Mary’s
Emmitsburg
New Orleans
Georgetown College
Washington, D. C
White
Whie
Nichols
Eustis
Supreme
Justice White
Georgetown University
Supreme Court
United States Senate
Cleveland
Lehmann Named United States Solicitor General
Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis is appointed solicitor general to fill the vacancy from Lloyd W. Bowers's death. Born in Prussia in 1853, he came to America as a child, worked from bare beginnings in Indiana, studied by lamplight, and supported himself cattle herding in Nebraska to fund college. He later joined the Louisiana Purchase Exposition directorate and led ethnology for the fair. He is active in the St. Louis Bar, Mercantile University, and various clubs.
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Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
United States
Lloyd W. Bowers
Mr.Lehmann
Prussia
Ohio
Joe
Indiana
Fred Lehmann
West
Nebraska
Lehmann
Mercantile University
Waif who became Tennessee governor Benjamin Hooper
The article profiles Benjamin Hooper, a Tennessee governor and former orphan from Knoxville. Found as a street child, he was raised by Captain Hooper of Newport, educated, served in the Spanish American War, and later entered politics, presenting a rags to governor arc.
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Tennessee
Benjamin W. Hooper
Tia
Knoxville
Hooper
Newport
Tenn
Chick
Farmers advised on cattle, dairy and farm practices
Long veterinary style guidance covers winter feeding, milk testing, breed quality, and pasture management. Advice includes using pumpkins as dairy feed, evaluating milk fat, selecting high producing cattle, proper mare and horse care, and improving flocks of mutton sheep for steady market returns.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Illinois
Bolton
England
Women’s University
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Navy Department
Texas
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Citizens’ Aviation Committee of
San Francisco
John Wynne
Honolulu
Sherman
Roosevelt
Augusta E. Stetson
Christian Science Church
Cook
Knud Rasmussen
General News
Arch Hoxsey
New York State
Oscar Chitwood
Hot Springs
Ark
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford Junior University
Rayner
Maryland
Daisy Kempton
Ree
Kings County
N. Y
Tours
France
Merigot
China
Yungpeh
Yunnan
Lisbon
Tokio
Far East
Ramon Barros Luce
Chili
Laura Cunard
Haliburton
Nova Scotia
Nice
San Mateo
Peru
Cortes
Spain
Italy
Cyrene
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Japan
Afghanistan
Claude Grahame White
Dover
Baron de Forest
Royal Palace
Madrid
Queen Victoria
Princessy of Battenberg
Alfonso
Morocco
Paris
el Mokri
Re Sulian
Franze
Duroc Jersey
God
Man
Timothy
Rootes
Wilbon Ve
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