Taft Opens Direct Talks on Canada Reciprocity Treaty
President Taft gains British permission to skip the embassy in negotiations with Canada for a reciprocal trade pact. Talks to begin after mid October with aim to move before Congress reconvenes. Canadian officials favor the deal but Canadian manufacturers oppose it. U S Maine and New England politics influence the issue. Eugene Foss leverages Canadian reciprocity in his Massachusetts campaign.
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Beverly
Mass
United States
Canada
Taft
James Bryce
Washington
Washington, About the Middle of October. Mr. Taft
Congress
Mr. Taft
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Albany
Maine
Massachusetts
New England
Eugene Foss
Jail Breakers Recaptured After Dover Prison Break
All but one of six men who escaped from jail in Dover were recaptured. Leander De Shields, who led the plot and struck the sheriff, was caught while swimming the St Johns river. Lewis Brittener and Ernest Plummer, both connected to other crimes, were pursued by a crowd with guns and rifles. One man remains at large for a minor offense.
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Dover
Del
Maloney
Leander de Shields
St. Johns
Lewis Brittener
Ernest Plummer
de Shield
James Paron
Bitter split at Connecticut Republican governor nominating convention
Hartford September 15. The Connecticut Republican state convention produced a record bitterness struggle between Charles A Goodwin and Everett J Lake. After a seven hour session and a ballot invalidated for oversubscription, Goodwin won the nomination on a roll call 318 to 259.
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Hartford
Conn
Charles A. Goodwin
Lilley
Everett J Lake
Harvard
C A. Goodwin
Explosion Wrecks Airship Zeppelin VI
The Zeppelin VI exploded as it entered its shed in Baden Baden with the motor cylinder rear gondola causing three crew members to be seriously injured. The incident occurred on September 15 and involved the German airship during the docking procedure.
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Baden-Baden
Bar Women barred from Atlantic City G A R parade
Women of organizations allied with the G A R will not ride in the Atlantic City encampment parade next week. Exec Director F M Sterrett says the parade line will be veterans with a Sons of Veterans gun detail for escort and salutes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
F. M. Sterrett
Sons of Veterans
Army Nurses
Women's Relief Corps
Daughters of Veterans
Stokes Probable Victor in Tight New Jersey Primary
In Trenton on September 15 observers debated the U S Senate race between former governors Franklin Murphy and Edward C. Stokes. Returns show Stokes leading by about 3,000 as belated tallies arrive, leaving the result in doubt.
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Murphy
New Jersey
U. S. Senate
Trenton
N. J
Franklin Murphy
Edward C. Stokes
United States
Stokes
Baseball results from National and American leagues
Results from Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn New York and Chicago games with scores. Key lineups include Reulbach Weaver Kling Moran and Moran Gerard Culp and Moran. Pitchers named include Gasper McLean Rucker Miller Camnitz Phillips Gibson Drucke Meyers Hale Petty Killifer Lange Payne and others.
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Philadelphia
R. H. E. Chicago
Reulbach
Weaver
Kling
Ewing
Moran
Chicago
Gerard
Culp
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
R. H.B
Cincinnati
Gasper
McLean
Rucker and Miller
New York
Pittsburg
Camnitz
Phillips
Gibson
Drucke
Meyers
Scores Tally From Regional Baseball Matches
American Association results show Columbus vs Toledo 6 to 6, St. Paul blanked Milwaukee 1 to 3, Louisville defeated Indianapolis 4 to 5, Minneapolis edged Kansas City 1 to 8.
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Columbus
Toledo
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Louisville
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Actress Mary Mannering Seriously Ill After Surgery
Miss Mary Mannering the actress is gravely ill at Roosevelt Hospital in New York following an appendectomy operation.
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Mary Mannering
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
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