Telegraph Lines to Join Postal Service Urged
Postmaster General Hitchcock will push Congress to absorb the national telegraph lines into the postal system. Fourth Assistant P M G de Graw supports parcels post on rural routes to cut deficits. Kansas Congressman Murdock says Perkins and Carnegie should face House punishment for insult to the Steel Investigating Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Congress
P. V. de Graw
Victor Murdock
Kansas
George W. Perkins
Andrew Carnegie
House of Representatives
Steel Investigating Committee
Personal Caruso to Sing in London Under Hammerstein
Dr J G Schurman dean of Cornell tells students socialism cannot succeed. Mme Schumann Heink says she will sue her husband William Rapp of New York for divorce. Bishop Doane and Chief Judge Cullen oppose death penalty abolition in Albany interviews. Mrs Meyer Lehman gives 100000 dollars to Mount Sinai Hospital New York to aid illness prevention work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caruso
London
Oscar Hammerstein
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
Mme. Schumann-Heink
William Rapp
New York
Bishop Doane
Cul-len
Albany
Pugilists, Legislation, and Boxing Prominence Mentioned
The article notes Johnson selects Flynn with discretion for his next opponent. A bill to bar horse betting in Olina Legislature could halt the Charleston meeting if enacted. Boxer Joe Rivers aims to become lightweight in California and seeks a match with champion Wolgast. Giants face no chance to land Mattern and Donlin, says Johnny Kling with Bostonian firmness.
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Flynn
Johnson
Charleston
Joe Rivers
California
Giants
Mattern
Donlin
Johnny Kling
New York
Fragmented 1912 era notices span politics weather and crime
A mixed Chicago era column reports cold records in Pennsylvania towns, a 29 degree below zero note from York, gubernatorial actions on education and public offices, road contracts in Albany, Stimson on volunteer forces, a Boston poisoning case, a Cheyenne birth streak, Texas meningitis refugees, New York subway investments, Florida county treasurer rules, a fatal Equitable fire, White House statements on telegraphs, a Chicago court ruling on packing shipments, Kansas bed sheet law enforcement, and hotel notices.
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Chicago
York
Pennsylvania
Blease
South Carolina
Albany
N. Y
Stimson
C. W. T. Richeson
Boston
Avis Linnell
Herman Carlson
Cheyenne
Gilchrist
Florida
A. L. Grech
Palm Beach County
Supreme Court
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
New York
E. V. Brake
Kansas
National Democratic Convention Held in Baltimore
The National Democratic Committee chose Baltimore for the National Convention on June 25. Across the country reports include a suicide in San Diego by Paul Katlaf, a Pittsburgh area train wreck with multiple fatalities, and new state leadership milestones in Maryland. Other notes mention recall charges against Tacoma’s mayor, a San Francisco march by mounted police, and a large disaster debris estimate at the Mercantile Safe Deposit vaults.
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Paul Katlaf
Paul Krueger
South Africa
San Diego
Katlaf
Richard T. Crane
Chicago
A&baltimore& Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Newcastle Pa
William, Seymour
Tacoma
San Francisco
Patrick J. Doyle
Newport
R. 1
Congress
Phillips
Lee Goldsborough
Maryland
Boyd
Court of Appeals
Goldsborough
Representative Underwood
Democratic House
New York City
Society For Promoting
Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Church
Torresdale
W. B. Brenner
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
William Campion
North Spain aims at Turkish market after Italian loss
The report notes north Spanish manufacturers seek to capture the Turkish market lost to Italy. It also covers Caillaux and cabinet resignations in France, a Newfoundland hurricane incident, and other international affairs involving Europe and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Italy
Caillaux
President Taft's Economy and Efficiency Message to Congress
President Taft submits a special message on economy and efficiency in government service. The commission on economy and efficiency reports aims to reform organization, personnel, methods, accounting, reporting, and the budget. It calls for consolidating services, abolishing duplicate offices, merit system expansion, and a national budget to improve accountability and reduce waste.
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Special Commission
Washington
Taft
Congress
Commission On Economy and Efficiency
Revenue Cutter Service
Commission
United States Signals Intervention Over Cuban Veterans Threat
The United States warned Cuba through Ambassador Beaupre that Washington may intervene if the veteran association opposes the state by seeking to dismiss officials tied to the old Spanish regime. Officials note U S plans and troop readiness could bring 5 000 to 10 000 troops to Cuba within days with battleships and marines nearby.
CAPT CRUIKSHANK FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY
Cap t Barton S Cruikshank once head of a military school in Ogdensburg N Y who vanished in June 191 has been living in New York City under an assumed name Adjt Gen Verbeck of the New York National Guard provided the lead that located him Mrs Cruikshank filed his will for probate and policies were paid Lawyer George W Fuller of Potsdam N Y represents the wife
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Syracuse
N. Y
Barton S. Cruikshank
Ogdensburg
New York City
George W. Fuller
Potsdam
Cruikshank
Adjt
Verbeck
New York National Guard
Mr. Fuller
Cruikshanks
Engines Explode After Louisville Collision Deadly Train Crash
Four trainmen died and two were fatally injured in a head on crash at Long Run between Louisville and Nashville passenger trains and Chesapeake and Ohio empty cars. Most passengers on the L and N were hurt but none seriously. Victims include engineers Chas O Lee and J L Mehorney and firemen Chas Marcus and T L Jones. Both engines exploded.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chas, O’lee
J. L. Mehorney
Chas
Marcus and
T. L .Jones
Men Cross Hudson in Car at Tarrytown Feat
Three men Koenig Coleman and Connors drove a large automobile across a Hudson River three miles wide at Tarrytown New York. They crossed in fifteen minutes despite strong tides and ice risk in the channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
N. Y
Fred Koenig
Baker Coleman
William Connors
Hudson River
Hudson
Koenig
Old and New World Briefs for the Busy
Public consideration of the arbitration treaties was decided by the United States Senate by a vote of sixty eight to. The Roosevelt boom is being financed and directed by men in big business who oppose President Taft due to Anti-Trust prosecutions. Morris & Co. books show how fresh meat prices were raised by deceptive accounting. Cincinnati will have teams in national leagues and may win a pennant. The American League leads the National on stands. New parks in New York Boston and Detroit will bring modern plants to Johnsonian cities. The Norfolk and Western fast Washington Chattanooga train allegedly froze to the tracks at Lynchburg Virginia. Cornell University will offer regular courses for training foreigners starting next fall after a ten year pause. Astronomers atop Mount Wilson California observe birth of a new stellar system with a giant reflecting telescope.
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Indianapolis News
Washington
Taft
Morris & Co
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Detroit
Johnsonian City
Norfolk, & Western
Washington-Chattanooga
Lynchburg
Cornell University
Mount Wilson
Calif
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France
Germany
Morocco
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Morgan Shuster
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Rome
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Business Methods
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Peavey
Government Printing Office
American Commonwealth
Legislative Branch
Gomez
Republic
State “Department
Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Beaupre
Havana
Association of the Veterans of the
Roosevelt
Wood
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
Giantanamo
Atlantic
Capt. Cruikshank
United States Senate
Utter
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Goa
Via Express
Freigh
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