Taft Makes First Stop in Idaho at Pocatello
President Taft greeted by about five thousand at the Short Line depot Pocatello as he arrived on a western trip. He urged Congress to consider arid lands reclamation changes and argued the anti trust law should be narrowed to target only dangerous combinations.
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Pacific Coast
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East
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Taft Visit Delights Pocatello as Trout Catch Becomes Feats
President Taft toured Pocatello on a palatial train, greeted by locals and Grand Army veterans. A 15-year-old, J Johnston, was wounded by an accidental .22 gun discharge. he remains alive after surgery, with officials deeming no blame.
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Escher
Grand Army of the Republic
Katherine Ingling
W. J. Ingling
Civic Club
America
John Johnston
J. C. Johnston
Clark Street
Pocatello General Hospital
J. I. Williams
Johnston
General Hospital
Wright
Bean
Howard
Williams
Taft Tours Washoe Smelter Near Butte
President Taft arrived at Silver Bow Junction and toured the Washoe copper smelter with Senator Thomas M. Carter. The visit marked his first close view of a plant of its scale as the party proceeded by rail toward Anaconda.
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Earthquake Shakes Missouri and Illinois Regions
A slight earthquake was felt across southeastern Missouri and central to southern Illinois and Indiana early today. The quake moved east, woke sleepers in St Louis west end, shook chimneys in villages, with reports from Mobile and Ohio line to Cairo Illinois. Experts attribute it to crust settling many miles away.
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Illinois
Indiana
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Cairo
Ills
Decatur
Matton
Six-day Motorcycle Race Narrows To Four Teams
At Brighton Beach early today only four teams remained in the six hour race that began at midnight. Five of nine started but the Brooklyn riders quit after their two machines broke. William Wray of New York was thrown in hour two with only a severe shakeup. At the sixth hour the standings show Harlem leading 309, New York 307, Bedford 254, and Flatbush 138.
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Brighton Beach
Brooklyn
William Wray
Harlem
Bedford
Flatbush
Disaster at Sea Report From Baltimore Steamer Porto Rico
Six survivors of an eighteen man crew are aboard the winter quarter lightship after a disaster at sea. The Porto Rico, arriving from New York, reports twelve deaths among the crew.
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Baltimore
Porto Rico
New York
President’s motorcade arrives in Butte after brief Anaconda stop
After a short parade through Anaconda the president gave a brief address before departing for Butte where the convoy is expected to reach at 10 30.
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Anaconda
Butte
President Taft Goes Down Mine Shaft in Butte Visit
President Taft arrived by special train in Butte on September 27 with a limp from a sprained tendon. After a court house speech he descended to the 1200 foot level of the Leonard copper mine with John Hayes Hammond to view miners at work.
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Beverly
Court House Square
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John Hayes Hammond
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