Bascomb Slemp Leaves Politics for Coal and Timber Interests
Special Cable Bascom Slemp will not seek renomination for Congress from Virginia Ninth District and will retire at term end to devote himself to coal and timber holdings in Southwest Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. He cites possible defeat to Ayres and party opposition amid tainted elections and fraud investigations as reason for retirement.
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Washington, D. C
Bascom Slemp
Congress
Virginia
Slemp
Taft
West Virginia
Kentucky
General Ayres
Campbell Slemp
Henry C. Stuart
Judge Skeen
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Bull Moose
Neval Avers
Kadi
Rebels May Treat With Diaz For Peace
Washington special reports General Menu’s rebel forces pause near Leon for a possible peace conference with President Diaz. The United States threatens 350 Marines to protect foreign interests in Nicaragua while Diaz secures military reinforcements and famine aid for the capital.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Nicaragua
Menu
Leon
Diaz
Managua
Revolt in Nicaragua Sends Marines Toward Managua
Reports say a contingent of American troops from the Annapolis will reinforce Managua after a Sunday arrival at Corinto. Commander Durell on the Gunboat Tacoma notes low tension at Bluefields with local authorities loyal to the government. Rebels concentrate on the West coast and foreign danger is minimal. telegraph lines to Managua and inland areas are unstable.
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Rive
Corinto
Managua
Annapolis
Durell
Tacoma
Navy Department
Bluefields
Bathing All Nature Bring On A Fight In National Park
Mayor Abdill declares no more bathing without suits and no Sunday liquor sales in National Park New Jersey after a chaotic town meeting where deputies were sworn in and a brawl erupted among about seventy five men. The dispute highlights clashes over taxes policing and public morality in the hamlet near Woodbury.
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New York
National Park
Gloucester County
N. J
Woodbury
William H. Abdill
Aballl
Friends of Bathing
Co. P. de Witt
Camden
de Witt
Abdill Cot
Abdill
Discharged laborer shoots two farmers after eviction threat
Harry C. Weaver and his son Glenn Weaver of Woodmoor Maryland were shot by Robert Chitham a 22 year old brother of the employee near Bowie. The elder Weaver was hit in the hip and abdomen and taken to Providence Hospital for surgery. The younger Weaver suffered a finger wound and was treated nearby.
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Pierce Weaver
Frank
Robert
Mr. Weaver
Glenn
Father
Weaver
Pierce
Washington, D. C
Harry C. Weaver
Glenn Weaver
Woodmoor
Bowie
Robert Chitham
Washington
Baltimore and Annnipolis
Providence Hospital
Chithaim
Taft vetoes wool bill seeks 35 percent levy
President Taft vetoes the twenty nine per cent wool bill and declares no reduction lower than thirty five per cent will meet his approval. He urges Congress to pass a bill that offsets the difference and supports protective duties for wool growers.
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Congress
Tariff Board
Tariff’ Board
Washington, D. C
Taft
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