Taft Withdraws Vast Alaska Lands and Names Reclamation Board
President Taft signed withdrawal orders covering 8,495,731 acres of water power sites phosphate and petroleum lands in Alaska and other regions. He named an army engineer board led by Lt. Col. John Biddle to study reclamation projects funded by a 20 million dollar act. The board will report to the Interior Secretary with final approval by the President. Taxpayers and officials anticipate further conservation announcements this week.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Army
Secretary of the Interior
Roosevelt
Alaska
Ballinger
Washington
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Florida
Louisiana
Board of Engineers
John Biddle
District of Columbia
San Francisco
William C. Langfitt
William W. Harts
Charles W. Kutz
Harry Burgess
Engineer Corps of
Langfitt
Engineers’ School
Secretary of War
United States
Roosevelt Seeks Peace Within Progressives At State Plot
Roosevelt studies how to unite New York progressives after Hughes withdrawal from politics. Griscom plans a Canada trip. Roosevelt weighs direct primaries and a unified campaign line to keep Hughes supporters and progressive factions aligned for the fall election.
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Tribune
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York
Hughes
Sagamore Hill
Mr. Roosevelt
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Mr. Griscom
Canada
Griscom
Old Guard
Baltic in Collision Sparks White Star Alert in Fog
A wireless message claimed the Baltic, inbound White Star liner, collided with the German steamship Standard about 1800 miles east of Sandy Hook in fog. Captain Rawson would not discuss the event, and the Baltic was expected to dock despite anxiety at the White Star pier.
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Baltic
White Star Line
Rawson
Standard
Sandy Hook
Ruperts
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
White Star
West Bank
Andrew Carnegie
Republic
Nantucket
Florida
Lloyd Italiano Line
Tally-ho Crossing Tragedy Kills Two Young Women
At Merrick Road crossing, a chauffeur attempting a reckless cross in front of a fast Long Island Railroad train left two sisters, Charlotte Crawford aged 19 and Janet Crawford 17, dead. Father Andrew Crawford and driver Charles Mengebauer survived with injuries as coroner investigates sight lines and crossing safety.
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Charles Mengebauer
Long Island
Merrick Road
Charlotte Crawford
Janet Crawford
West 253d Street
Riverdale
Mengebauer
Andrew Crawford
Three Die In Amateur Bullfight At Tezoyo Hacienda
In Puebla Mexico July 3 Miss Louise Duran and ranch manager Louis Ruiz along with cowboy Louis Florez were killed in an amateur bullfight at the San Antonio Tezoyo hacienda yesterday. Duran was in peril when Ruiz and Florez rushed to assist her. The bull gored all three, ending in tragedy.
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Puebla
Mexico
Louise Duran
Louis Ruiz
Louis Florez
San Antonio Tezoyo
Aviator Wachter Killed at Bétheny Aviation Meet
July 3 at Bétheny field Rheims an aviation meet opened with a fatal accident. Wachter crashed midflight in an Anteinette monoplane after a gale and rain, killed instantly in front of spectators including his wife and child. Wire stays likely failed under morning strain as the event proceeds with 72 machines entered for prizes totaling 50 000 dollars.
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Bétheny Plain
Rheims
France
Bétheny
Wachter
Latham
Count de Lambert
Semmer
Glenn H. Curtiss
Princeton Stranded Off Glen Island With Fifty aboard
The steamer Princeton of the Glen Island Line ran onto a sand bank about six hundred yards off Elizabeth Street City Island last night on its New York to Glen Island run. Fifty passengers, including women and children, were taken off safely by lifeboats and landed on City Island. Captain John Newman and Mate William Roberts calm the crowd as the crew assisted, and a special New Haven train was chartered to bring back more than four hundred passengers waiting to return to the city.
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Glen Island
Princeton
Elizabeth Street
City Island
New York
John Newman
William Roberts
Bartow
New Haven Road
New Haven
Big Snake Upsets Boat On Silver Lakes
Jacob J. Leeds a former councilman from Bushkill and his brother Thomas a Philadelphia contractor with his two young daughters barely avoided drowning when a four foot snake leaped into their boat at Silver Lakes. The boat capsized and they were rescued with help nearby. The ad notes a Day Line sailing for Kingston Point on July 4 at 40 cents for an outing of about 20 miles.
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Tribune
Penn
Jacob J. Leeds
Bushkill
Thomas
Philadelphia
Silver Lakes
Hope 10 Lessen The Big Annual Carnage
Mayor's Committee and Workmen pledge ample funds and suspend work on Sacrifice Day to finish preparations for today.
Programme for the Sane Fourth
A detailed schedule for Independence Day events in New York City listing parades flag ceremonies official reviews and races across multiple locations. Activities include dawn readings and flag exercises at Central and Van Cortlandt parks, a multi-division Fifth Avenue parade, reviews at City Hall, school entertainments, citywide relay races, and extensive fireworks across borough parks.
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Revolutionary Block House
Central Park
Indian Field
van Cortlandt Park
Fifth Avenue
26Th Street
4Th Street
Broadway
City Hall
Aldermanic Chamber
Gaynor
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
100Th Street
60Th Street
East Side
Bryant Park
Safe and sane Fourth celebrated amid city anxieties
Doctors, parents and citizens watch anxiously as organizers promise a safe Fourth with hopes the tally of fires, deaths and injuries will fall to about 10 percent of normal. Officials cite New York and other cities showing fewer casualties if the plan works, with estimates of 1 death, 56 injuries and 11 fires as possible outcomes. City Hall Park workers finish decorations as Independence Day committee members stay busy in the Pulitzer Building, assessing the impact.
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New York
City Hall Park
City Hall
Pulitzer
Cochran’s Westward Wins Thirty Mile Lubeck Bay Race
The American yacht Westward owned by Alexander S. Cochran of New York finished first in a thirty mile schooner race on Lubeck Bay. Second went to Germania, skippered by Lieutenant Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, while Emperor's Meteor placed third and Hamburg, once Rainbow, of Norddeutsche Regatta Verein, finished fourth.
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Travemsinde
Germany
Westward
Alexander S. Cochran
New York
Lubeck Bay
Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Hamburg
Rainbow
Norddeutsche Regatta Verein
Baptists in Italy Hurt in Avellino Attack
James P. Stuart of St. Louis, sent by the American Board to survey Baptist missions in Italy, reports that despite government promises, missionaries were attacked by a mob in Avellino during the June earthquake aftermath. After guard protection and a Rome conference with Premier Luzzatti, violence continued, with several missionaries wounded before soldiers restored order.
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Rome
James P. Stuart
St. Louis
American Board of Baptist Missions
Italy
Avellino
Stuart
Luzzatti
Bicycle Rider Is Killed Near Massapequa
A Nassau Hospital patient died this afternoon from a compound skull fracture after a bicycle accident on Merrick Road near Massapequa. He rode behind a touring car towed himself when both vehicles hit a bad road spot and the rider was thrown from the bicycle.
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Mineola
Long Island
Nassau Hospital
Merrick Road
Massapequa
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Firm For Primary Law
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Columbia Place
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Linwood Street
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East 4Th Street
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Hudson River
Nicholas
Esperos
Hart
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Wainwright & Smith
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No. 19
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South Ist Street
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Leff
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United States Volunteer Corps
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Third Avenue
Randall’s Island
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Crawford
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DeMott
Lynbrook
Titus
Big Snake
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Day Line Pier
Desbresees St
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Kingston
Friends of “Safe and Sane
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