Washington News Roundup of 1909 Policy Moves
Weekly digest outlines Taft signing eight hour workday. Veto threats on militia encampments. Sherman act amendments allow seizure of Brazilian coffee. Navy and marines to stay in Cuba until stability. ICC rules DL&W rail rates excessive. Marian Coal must be paid reparations.
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Taft
Panama Canal
Wickersham
House
Navy
George L. von Meyer
New York
Cuba
Gomez
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Marian Coal Company
Mayors and Thaws in a Turbulent Political Scene
Personal Mayor Gaynor refuses to comment on a boom for a presidential bid. Harry K Thaw begins a third sanity trial appearing in good spirits. Evelyn Thaw testifies that her husband hid behind her skirts during two trials and should not be mudded again. Senator Gore will back Wilson at the New Jersey governor’s Democratic convention. Luther Maynard Jones, once William C Whitney’s partner, is found in a London sanitarium after three years of brain trouble. Captain Rostron receives British gratitude for Carpathia’s actions after the Titanic distress signal.
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Gaynor
Harry K Thaw
John Andrews
Seekonk
Mass
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Wilson
New Jersey
Luther Maynard Jones
William C. Whitney
London
Evelyn Thaw
Sir Rufus Isaces
Rostron
Carpathia
Yale Dominates Harvard In Cambridge Baseball Victory
In a much anticipated clash Yale defeated Harvard 5 to 2 at Cambridge. The victory helps Yale claim the series and sets a decisive tone for the season amid other college and professional baseball notes.
Immigrant Testimony and Political Votes Highlight 1912 Era
Immigrants testified they were stopped by Rus so German frontier agents without passage on Atlantic Conference ships. In Chicago, Taft forces won 368 to 510 in a Republican convention test vote while credentials committee was organized. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified at White Plains lunacy hearing. Four Jewish women arrested in Philadelphia over shop price protests. Albany reports Major General John F. O R yon to be paid 8000 dollars annually.
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Chicago
Taft
Committee On Credentials
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
White Plains
Stanford White
John Wesley Hill
Mississippi
Root
Roosevelt
Washington
Credentials Committee
Permanent Organization Committee
Senator Root
Mr. Root
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Massachusetts
Maine
South Dakota
West Virginia
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Indi
Graduation of 365 at Smith College in Northampton Mass
A class of 365 young women graduated from Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts. Highlights include Taft pardoning F P Mays for 1907 Oregon land frauds and the 26th wedding anniversary observed by President and Mrs. Taft.
Plague in Porto Rico and Global Diplomatic Talks
Reports indicate twelve bubonic plague cases in Puerta de Tierra Porto Rico with five deaths among Black residents. Other items note protests to China over Russia’s banking role, Argentina’s wireless service bill, an Italy Turkey armistice conference, nun Cecilia Laminska earning a philosophy degree cum laude, rubber production plans, a small pony at Olympia, a mass workers strike in Southampton ending, two French aviators killed in Douai, and a world altitude record for the Conte dirigible at 9 925 feet.
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Puerta de Tierra
Porto Rico
China
Russia
Argentina
Italy
Turkey
London Daily Express
Rome
Cecilia Laminska
Ursuline
Lemberg
Women’s College
London Times
Prof. Perkins
London
Douai
Paris
Taft Sherman Renominated On First Ballot At Taft Rally
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican National Convention renominated William Howard Taft of Ohio for president 9:28 p m on the first ballot with 561 votes and James Sherman of New York for vice president on 597 votes amid riotous scenes and Roosevelt rump delegates.
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Chicago
William Howard Taft
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
Taft
Sherman
Senator la Follette
Justice Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Vention
Orchestra Hall
Roosevelt
Harding
Republican Party
Borah
Hadley
Merriam
Beveridge
Gilette
Gov. Johnson
California
Dixon
Fort
New Jersey
Frank A. Munsey
Taft Steam Roller
Stubbs
Senator Root
Iowa
Mr. Taft
Warren C. Harding
Hughes
Cummins
la Follette
United States
Chairman Root
Root
Arkansas
New Hampshire
Alabama
J. van Vechten Olcott
Estabrook
Republican National Convention Episodes
The Blaine Club of Cincinnati drew crowds at the convention while costs to run the event rose to about 100000 dollars daily. Theodore Roosevelt discussed third party ideas with visitors as Alice Roosevelt Longworth joined Congressman Longworth in the halls. Dancing bans met the bear dance and turkey trot, yet couples danced outside the Congress Hotel to ragtime. A Georgia delegate offered tickets for 325 dollars, and Chauncey Depew sparked quotes about flowers for corpses amid the political swirl.
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Blaine Club
Cincinati
Rooevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Longworth
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Georgia
Statewide Jersey News Notes Riots Growth and Awards
State wide Jersey reports real estate pulse with four business awakenings and churches raising funds. Mantua florist arranges 5 000 corn flowers for a Philadelphia party. Millville graduates 67 pupils. Several court actions span Jersey City Passaic and Bayonne including larceny, breach of promise, dog license penalties, and jail terms.
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Mantua Florist
Philadelphia
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Harry Thaw
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Jacob Kuhn
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George A. Schuchart
Albert Baumgartner
Hempstead
Louis T. Stone
Fred Stone
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Alfred Mainland
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Plomsky
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Lodge of Elks
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Mays Landing
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John Stalknecht
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Richard A. Motley
Edge Avenue
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Annie Darey
First Street
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New York Telephone Company
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