Taft Defends Judiciary Independence at New York Banquet
President Taft denounces recall of judges in a Waldorf Astoria speech to the New York bar, urging self restraint and justice beyond majority will. He attends banquets with Elihu Root presiding, alongside Jusserand and Dix, amid cheers from 2,000 attendees.
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New York
Taft
Washington
State Bar Association
Waldorf Astoria
Hotel Astor
Genesee Society
Knickerbocker
Bar Association
Elihu T. Root
Jusserand
France
Dix
Supreme Court
Jenks
Hough and Holt
Robert C.ith
K. C. Sifrancis
L. Stetson
William 3B. Hornblower
Freckles Pimples and Liver Spots Seek Free Trial Package
Advertises Stuart's Calcium Wafers as blood builders to improve complexion. Claims safe for children and invalids, promising quick whitening and beautifying results. Encourages sending name and address for a trial package by mail from A F. A. Co. 175.
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Stuart
Oa F. A. Co
Cuban Veterans Reach Peace Agreement With Gomez Regime
Havana reports full ratification by Cuban Veterans of an accord with the Gomez administration ensuring peace without U S intervention. Veterans agree to limit activities to constitution defined aims, cease prosecuting office holders, aid government in restoring order, while President Gomez seeks Congress to revoke civil service suspensions.
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Gomez
United States
Congress
Weds to Win $2.50 in Spokane Courthouse Wedding
William Allen a Shavey News restaurant boarder bet Catherine Lence a waitress two dollars and fifty cents that she would marry him. With proprietor Brown holding five dollars the couple rode a streetcar to Spokane and were married within forty five minutes at the courthouse by Justice Samuel Hyde.
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William Allen
Shavey News
Hillyard
Catherine Lence
Spokane News
Brown
Spokane
Court House
Samuel Hyde
Railroad chief changes hands at Denver and Rio Grande
B F Bush named president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway succeeding E T Jeffery who will relinquish active management but remain in charge of financial affairs Jeffery also will oversee Missouri Pacific operations as president.
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B. F. Bush
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
E. T. Jeffery
Denver & Rio Grande
Jeffery
Bush
Missouri Pacific Ates Company
Roosevelt Campaign Tangles Mention Hitchcock Meet
Roosevelt dismisses Hitchcock episode and refuses comment on Taft contrast while rumors swirl about meetings with Hitchcock in New York. Col Colby and Horace White weigh in on Roosevelt’s independent path, with speculation on southern delegates and Oyster Bay plans.
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New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Manhattan
Roosevelt
Grammercy Park
Union League
Oyster Bay
Taft
New Haven
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Fort
No Breach Between Taft and Roosevelt Says Washington Dispatch
A Washington dispatch in the Evening World claims no break exists between President Taft and ex president Roosevelt. It notes Stimson’s role as a peace broker, the end of hostile talk, and suggests Roosevelt may not seek the nomination while clearing the field for Taft.
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New York
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Evening World Today
Stimson
Oyster Bay
LaFollette
Cummins
Aldine Club
Roosevelt for President Declared by Pittsburg Leader
The Pittsburg Leader announces Roosevelt as the 1912 presidential choice after a visit by William Flynn. The piece criticizes Taft as failing to govern with plan and praises Roosevelt as the nation’s best path, noting Roosevelt’s requested masthead change and the editor’s compliance.
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Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
William Flynn
Pennsylvania
William H. Taft
Taft
Andrew Johnson
Republican Party
Theoore
Leader
Theodore Roosevelt
Favors Tolls for the Panama Canal
Lewis Nixon of ship building and political reform sails for the Panama Canal on United Fruit steamer Carrilo. He warns that letting foreign vessels use the canal without tolls would strike a direct blow against American shipping and asserts the canal is an American institution under U.S. control. Foreign built vessels under foreign management would gain free passage at American expense.
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New York
Lewis Nixon
Panama, Canal
United Fruit Company
United States
Canal
Ixon
Toll Policy On Shipping Rates For American Vessels
The proposal outlines duties on international shipping with a required toll of 1 dollar per ton for operation. It also sets a 20 cent per ton toll for American vessels engaged in foreign commerce and mentions an additional coast-?. The text references maritime trade and government-imposed charges affecting vessel operations.
New Railroad Link Near Key West Sets World Record
The completed six tenth mile road to Key West uses reinforced concrete viaducts and long spans over open sea. Construction cost exceeds 150000 per mile, a record, with viaducts 30 feet above high water to withstand 25-foot waves. The longest viaduct at Long Key has 186 arches and massive material use. The line connects Key West to the mainland, forming a continental link from Maine to the southern Atlantic coast.
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Long Key
Keys
Key West
United States
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Maine
North America
Results of German election announced
Berlin Jan 20. A fall in socialist votes appeared in second ballots for Reichstag across 77 districts. Returns from 73 districts show Socialists 7, Progressives 16, National Liberals 21, Conservatives 17, Centrists 7, others 56. Notable winners include Wehner Posadowsky Baserman Richthofen Pachnicke Muller-Meininger and General Libert. Reichstag totals after balloting Socialists 72 Conservatives 49 Centrists 88 Liberals 38.
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Berlin
Count Wehner Posadowsky
Imperial
Herr Baserman
Baron von Richthofen
Washington
Herr Pachnicke
Herr Muller- Meininger
Libert
Reichstag
A Man's Way and Tin Supply Note
A brief dialogue wonders about a newly married couple's trouble as the husband prefers work over afternoon receptions. The second line notes that two thirds of the world's tin is supplied by the Malay states.
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Quandoga
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Lawrence
Mass
John L. de Saulles
Yale
Paris
Mrs. de Saulles
Chile
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