Taft era event and political shifts at White House
The article notes Taft and Mrs Taft hosting world rulers and prominent figures for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. It covers debates over the Underwood Vel bill and Canadian reciprocity, government legal costs against trusts, possible subpoenas for Mormon leader Smith, postal rate reforms, and testimony in sugar and steel trust inquiries. It lists actions by Hitchcock Knox Rockefeller Roosevelt Morgan and other figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
White House
Washington
Berger
Wisconsin
SensesCurtis. Artis
Smith
House Sugar Trust
Hitchcock
Congress
House Committee
Pomerene
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Nelson
Smoot
Sugar Trust
J. F. Smith
Mormon Church
Stanley
Theodore Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Steel Trust
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Investigating Committee
Knox
House Investigating Committee
Frederick Hale
Indicted packers denied rehearing. trial hoped October
Judge G A Carpenter in Chicago refused a rehearing for the indicted packers. The case likely goes to trial in October. Eugene A Rowland of Rome NY drowned while showing John Burroughs the views at Trenton Falls Gorge. La Follette withdraws opposition to Guy O Goff for U S attorney in Wisconsin.
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G. A. Carpenter
Chicago
Eugene A. Rowland
Rome
N. Y
John Burroughs
Trenton Salls Gorge
la Follette
Guy O- Goff
United States
Nathan B. Goff
Wisconsin
W. L. de la Fortaine
Chicago Motor, Car Co
Elkhart
Ind
Wickersham
Arizona
Yale
J. Proctor Knott
Kentucky
House Passes Wool Bill Amid Tariff Board Report Delay
The House approved the Democratic wool revision bill by 221 to 100. Republicans including Anthony Campbell and several insurgents backed the measure, while Speaker Clark announced the President had said the Tariff Board had not completed its wool schedule report, delaying compliance with the House resolution. The bill now heads to the Senate with strong Democratic momentum.
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Washington
House
Representatives
Underwood
Alabama
Anthony and
Campbell
Kansas
Berger
Milwaukee
Aken
New York
Francis
Ohio
Messrs
Anthony
Anderson
Lindbergh
Steenerson
Volstead
Davis
Miller
Minnesota
French
Idaho
Maugen
Woods
Iowa
Jackson
Madison
Rees
Murdock
Young
Helgesen
North Dakota
Ket and Stephens
California
LaFelette
Warbure
Morse
Wisconsi
Norris and Sloan
Nebraska
Wedemeyer
Michigan
Clark
United States
Tariff Board
Senate
Notable Figures Face Plans and Appointments Across Nations
General Diaz considers Spain as a possible residence. Hamilton Fish Jr will teach government at Harvard and Charles Evans Hughes Jr will teach economics at the same institution. Miss Delia Torrey, aunt of the president, rode with Taft King George and Queen Mary attended Ascot. John D. Rockefeller arrives in Cleveland to spend the summer.
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General Diaz
Spain
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Harvard
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Justice Hughes
Delia Torrey
White House
Washington
Taft King George
Queen Mary
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Coast Ship Strike Ends As Pay Hike Reaches Agreement
In New York a strike by glass wise seamen cooks and waiters on Mo Line ships ended after a conference. The union accepted a $2.50 monthly wage increase, half of what they sought and prompting averted wider action. Liverpool reports note Cunard White Star Allan American and Dominion lines granting advances to sailors.
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Lisbon
Republic of
Portugal
United States
Republic
Graham
Tenth Cavalry
Uz. 5
London
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburgh
France
Germany
Helland
England
Maine
Paris
Belgium
Holland
Diaz
Santander
Plymouth
Havre
Iowa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Queenstown
Canada
New York
Liverpool
International Seamen’s Union
Cunard
White Star
Allan
American
White Star and
Dominion Joint Lines
Commission Form Adopted In Trenton In Walsh Act Vote
In Trenton New Jersey voters approved the Walsh act commission plan by 6 792 to 4 890 with about 60 percent turnout of the gubernatorial vote last fall. The measure mirrors radical city governance models now being tested in western and southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Hail Storm Ravages Asbury Park Area
A severe electrical storm struck Asbury Park New Jersey. Hail battered a five mile by two mile belt with downpour and gale. Trees were uprooted and lightning struck several city locations though overall damage was limited. Ocean Grove pier lumber was swept away by high waves.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Ocean Grove
Stark Found Guilty In Land Title Case On False Representations
Boston historian James H. Stark author of The Loyalists of Massachusetts is found to have knowingly misrepresented facts in a land title dispute decided against him and James 8. Robinson by the Supreme Court.
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Stark
Boston
James H. Stark
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Jim
James 8. Robinson
George V Crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
London reports the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey attended by seven thousand spectators. The ceremony featured the archbishop of Canterbury anointing the king, the crown placed on his head, and a royal procession from Buckingham Palace. Queen Mary was crowned by the archbishop of York with a simpler ceremony. The day drew crowds across London as bands played and the Tower guns boomed.
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London
George V
Mary
Westminster Abbey
Canterbury
Edward
King George
Tower of London
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Abbey
Duke of Norfolk
Raes
Iit
Viscount Kitchener
England
Lord Roberts
Westminster ‘Abbey
York
Prince of Wales
Archbishop of
George
Westminster
Burd
Archbishop of Canterbury
Alexandra
Foreign Envoys List for Coronation Londres London
The notice lists foreign envoys attending the coronation including Germanys Crown Prince and Princess and Prince Henrys family France and the ambassador extraordinary de Fauque Gen eral Count Cor de Jastours Captain Cangler M Maurice Her bette United States ambassadors John Hays Hammond Major General A W Greely Rear Admiral Vreeland Spain Infante Fernando Bavaria Austria-Hungary Archduke Karl Franz Italy Duke of Aosta Holland Prince Henry of the Netherlands Denmark Crown Prince Sweden Crown Prince and Princess Roumania Crown Prince Ferdinand Saxony Prince and Princess Johann Georg Norway M Ingrans Turkey Prince Yusuf Izz-ed D dapanoprince Fushini Gon Nogi and Admiral Togo China Tsal-Chen Regent eldest son of Prince Chun Servia Crown Prince Chile Chilean Minister in London
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Germany
Prince
Henry
France
de Fauque
Count Cor de Jastours
Cangler
M. Maurice Herbette
United States
John Hays Hammond
A. W. Greely
Vreeland
Spain
Infante
Fernando of
Bavaria
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Karl Franz
Saxony
Johann Georg
Norway
M. T Ingrans
Turkey
Yusuf Izzed
Dapanoprince
Fushini Gon
Nogi
Togo
China
Tsal-Chen
Prince Chun
Servia
Chile
London
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Tennessee
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Leonce Fuller
Corporation Counsel
Paul Fuller
Brookling
Mass
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Charles H.brooks
Dodge
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McKay
Ward
Seneca
Cuba
Cape Hatteras
Delaware Capes
Nahant
Andrew
Lowell
Cambridge
Robert Fitzsimmons
Batavia
Peter
Grossenp
University of Iowa
Iowa City
JA Bogardus
New
New York Board of Estimate
Coney Island
Assembly
Albany
Beacon
Dutchess County
Bronx
Drohobycz
Austria
Kiev
Russia
Charles Beresford
Asquith
Trieste
Adriatic Sea
National Peace Congress
Commission
New Jersey
Amb Hammond
Greely
Bland
Whitelaw Reid
Plerce
Anne
Knights of the Garter
King George V
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