President Lays Cornerstone of Lincoln Memorial Ceremony
President inaugurates cornerstone ceremony at Lincoln Memorial as ex slavery survivor and officials speak. Secretary Wright Gov Willson ex Gov Folk among speakers. Historic documents placed beneath cornerstone amid large crowd and roaming delegates from Missouri to New York. Roosevelt attends and responds to compliments while attendees hail the occasion at the tents and plaza. CONTINUED ON FIETH PAGE.
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Roosevelt Praises Lincoln At Hodgenville Lincoln Farm
President Roosevelt delivered a tribute at the Lincoln farm ceremonies in Hodgenville Kentucky marking the hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The speech praises Lincoln as a frontier rail splitter who led the nation through hardship with courage, restraint, and devotion to the Union, noting shared virtues with Washington.
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Taft Toasted At Gay New Orleans Banquet Creole Dinner
President elect Taft toured New Orleans with Cardinal Gibbons introducing him to Creole hospitality. A banquet at Grunewald Hotel featured bouillabaisse and seafood dishes, festive toasts, and praise for Taft to represent all Americans. Taft urged equal opportunity and square dealing, urged education and reform, and discussed cabinet prospects with aides.
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Golden Rule diplomacy highlighted by Japanese envoy remarks
The event celebrated Lincoln's birth with international speakers including Baron Takahira ambassador to the United States. He outlined U S Japan Far East relations and the Golden Rule's role in diplomacy, noting immigration adjustments, trade negotiations, and peace efforts between the nations.
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Roosevelt Inspires Diplomacy Echoes Lincoln Era
Fragmentary sentence echoes praise for Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln era diplomacy, noting energetic exposition and execution by a great president. Mentions ideological alignment and aspirational quotes without clear context or events.
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Diplomat Held as Slayer in German Legation Murder
Special Cable reports from Santiago de Chile that Eckert the former German chancellor at the legation has been arrested in Chile on charges of murder and robbery. A servant's body found in the burnt legation is to be exhumed as Eckert’s, and the safe yielded over 9330 dollars. Beckert’s disappearance follows the fire and theft at the German legation.
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Sunday Advertisers Urged To Submit Ads Before Saturday Night
Advertisements for Sunday issue of The Post must be received at the office before 7 o clock Saturday night.
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Burned to death at stake in West Orange mystery
Police investigate a body found near Hazel Avenue Public School in West Orange. Felix Mystrows, 42 East Fifteenth Street, is identified as the victim amid signs of kerosene use and a scorched scene. Officials consider whether it was murder or suicide. At the Evans Building site in northwest D C, James Stephenson, 50, died after a fall from a scaffold while at work yesterday.
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Mrs Mary Bossell Dead In Cous City News
Word reached Oakland California of the death of Mrs Mary Russell mother of Mrs Augustus Knudsen of Honolulu. Mrs Knudsen is well known in Washington having recently spent several weeks here.
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Volcano Spouts Fire in Mexico Column of flame reaches high
Special to The Washington Post reports Colima volcano erupting with a pillar of fire hundreds of feet into the air and heavy ashfall in Celima Tuxpan and nearby towns. Forest fires and lava flows threaten property as villagers flee the base.
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Penguin Wreck Near Wellington Coast Leaves Many Missing
The steamer Penguin in New Zealand’s coastal trade wrecked off Cape Terawhiti. Some aboard were rescued but 61 passengers and crew remain unaccounted for, with grave fears for their fate as special cable reports reach The Washington Post from Wellington on February 12.
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Arbitration Clash Over Venezuelan Claims Intensifies
Five American claims in Caracas struggle to be settled under a Hague protocol. Gomez, Bermudez, and Orinoco interests push for preconditions like denial of justice, while New York Asphalt and Grinoco dispute arbitration on merits. The Bermudez case hangs on whether courts or arbitral rulings invalidate prior judgments, risking millions.
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Criticizes Big Expenditures in Government
Representative Earnhardt assailed rising government outlays and urged restraint. He argued the President could be paid far less than proposed and mocked a $60,000 salary as excessive for an ordinary councilman. He also criticized secret service costs and overall extravagance in recent years.
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Taft Cabinet Tug of War Over Knox Salary Bill
Taft approves Senate bill to repeal the Secretary of State salary increase and remove Knox eligibility doubts. House Judiciary committee moderation shifts as Taft’s cabinet plans hinge on Knox, while Telegrams from Washington reveal mixed support and the president-elect’s preference to avoid disruption.
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