Taft Denies Canal Rumors Confirms Some Changes Considered
Secretary Taft flatly rejects rumors of general dissatisfaction in the Panama Canal administration. He notes progress remains strong under Col Goethals despite a recent 150 000 cubic yard shortfall due to a strike. He confirms personnel matters including Ross resignation timing and Ripley retirement as voluntary, and denies Bird resigning while clarifying Bishop’s future assignment will be decided next week.
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Washington
D. C
Taft
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
Col. Goethals
David W. Ross
Ross
Commission
Ripley
Bird
Panama Railroad
Jackson Smith
Bishop
Suits to Charge Railroads Under Safety Appliance Law
United States attorneys nationwide will sue many railroad companies for penalties for safety appliance violations. The actions are based on information provided to the Interstate Commerce Commission by its safety appliance inspectors.
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Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge K C Hebbard’s suicide attempt in San Francisco chamber
Superior Judge K C Hebbard attempted to take his own life in his San Francisco chambers after a bar association recommended impeachment for gross intemperance. A reporter intervened, disarming him before he could fire.
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San Francisco
Calif
Bar Association
K. C. Hebbard
Temple
Israel
Soldiers Shot in Cuba Clash In Holguin
A clash with police in Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, left Corporal J Green mortally wounded after four American soldiers of the Eleventh Infantry allegedly refused to pay for drinks. His companions were arrested.
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Havana
Cuba
Holguin
Santiago
Eleventh Infantry
Pp. J. Green
Mutinous Infantry Sail for Sfax After Route Blockade
In Villafranche France troops and gendarmes blocked a popular demonstration as 620 men of the mutinous 17th infantry marched to the wharf. They boarded cruisers bound for Sfax Tunisia and the cruisers immediately sailed.
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Villafranche
France
Sfax
Tunis
Taft Sees Roosevelt. reports progress on foreign issues
Secretary Taft spent four hours with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. He said another stop en route to Yale commencement would wrap up several important matters related to Cuba Panama and the Philippines.
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Oyster Bay
Taft
Roosevelt
Yale
Guba
Panama
Philippines
Grievances Presented by Telegrapher Union Officials
New York executive committee of the Commercial Telegraphers union on Tuesday offered to submit grievances to the Postal Telegraph company. Complaint also claimed the firm had not fulfilled agreements with its men in Chicago.
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New ‘York
Commercial Telegraphers
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Too Young for a Stick at a Country Treat
A settlement worker recalls a children's treat in the country where lemonade was served. One baby refused the drink due to a twig in the cup, declaring with a twinkle that he is too little to drink lemonade with a stick in it. The worker notes the scene and the children's condition.
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N. Y
Cure for Eczema Ends Long Hand Suffering
Mrs Hirza A Wiley of Liscomb Iowa shares a long battle with eczema on her hands. After eleven years of cracking bleeding skin and nail loss she found relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. She recommends the Cuticura remedies to others suffering with eczema.
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Hirza A. Wiley
Liscomb
New Austrian Railway Opens Through Alpine Lands
Tourists from the United States now follow a route via Trieste to the new Austrian Transalpine railway. The state owned line spans 130 miles with 49 tunnels totaling ten miles and 50 bridges including a long stone span over the Izonzo. It also features 678 smaller bridges and viaducts.
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United States
Europe
Gibraltar
Naples
Italy
Trieste
Izonzo
New Automatic Rifle in Early 20th Century Armament
The New Automatic Rifle, a self loading weapon with a ten cartridge magazine, is debated as the infantry arm of the future. At German War Academy trials, the design uses recoil to load and cock, allowing a shooter to remain fixed on target while firing ten shots.
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German War Academy
New York Sun
Coffee Complexion and Postum as a Cure
A reader claims dark blotches on face were caused by coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee and healthier diet, complexion improved and nerves steadied. The ad argues coffee disturbs digestion. Postum provides natural grain elements to support the nervous system, promoting better health. Read The Road to Wellsville.
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Postum
Wellsville
Page
Flue Cured Tobacco Promises Superior Schnapps Flavor
The article explains three curing methods sun cured air cured and flue cured noting flue curing uses hot flues to heat tobacco in special houses to develop a stimulating aroma as in Schnapps and Reynolds brands. It claims Piedmont grown flue cured leaf offers better flavor with less sweetening than rivals and warns against imitation products.
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Piedmont
Schnapps
Reynolds
Piedmont Region
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Havel
Chas. H. Fletcher
New York
A. F. Peeler
St. Louis
E. Down
Philadelphia
Tadinn
Weholul
Edward Parrish
Brooklyn
J. B. Elliott
New York City
G. Sprague
Omaha
Neb
J. A. Parker
Kansas City
Norman M. Geer
Cleveland
Ohio
York City
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Department M
Winston-Salem
Newis
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