Taft Hosts Southern Welcome on Brief Southern Trip
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft toured Mississippi Alabama and New Orleans amid a friendly reception. Gov Noel accompanied them as bouquets and home made gifts were presented. A wooden box with two live possums sparked laughter but Taft declined to eat them. The visit closed with a dusk stop near Meridian Mississippi as excited locals cheered.
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Rich ard Howell sells Bretton Hall hotel for 2 million
Washington based Rev Dr Richard Howell sold Bretton Hall in New York to the Anderson Price Company syndicate led by G Butler Smith Clarence H Fuller and JD Price. The $2 million sale is secured by two mortgages totaling about 1.67 million. Bretton Hall is among the West Side’s large new apartment buildings.
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Turmoil and Taft Speech Spark Newsroom Debate
The fragment recalls a political clash around Taft as reporters note heated talk about honesty in work and reform. Mentions Washington, Shermingt station, and a crowd of about 2000, with references to politicians, editors, and press coverage.
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Ambassadors Bryce Jusserand See Wheat Market Fury
Chicago Board of Trade scene amuses English and French ambassadors as May wheat nears a new high amid a frenzied day. Taft mention and a comic possum episode draw scatters of audience laughter while officials guide Bryce and Jusserand through trading floor antics.
Lock Canal Upheld Amid Strong Endorsement for 1915 Use
The Isthmian canal board and Col George W Goethals report no dissent against continuing the lock system with a sea level plan rejected. They aim to present findings to President Taft early this week and expect the canal to be ready for ships by January 1915.
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Taft Trip Enthusiasm From Panama Canal Visit
Arthur F ways, chief engineer of the reclamation service, praises Panama Canal engineers as creditable. He spent eleven days on the isthmus with President elect Taft and Mrs Taft, visiting the Gaiun dam site three times. Taft and his wife joined daily meals, and the party found the president elect a relatable, jovial leader.
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Tafts Descended From Adams Claim Shocks Fattsburg
In Fattsburg Pennsylvania on February 13 Stanley Craft, son of Rev George W Pafl, claimed to be a relative of President elect Taft. He alleges the victim was sandbagged by a man named Liesro near Willowsburg last night. The father said both families are descendants of Adams and the incident left the young man unconscious near the Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
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Patsy De Forest Weds Harold Houston in Wellesley
Miss Bitsy De Forest of Washington secretly married Harold Houston a wealthy New York law student in Wellesley on Thursday. The couple will live in New York after a few months at the Houstons summer home in Takewood NT, with news leaking last evening.
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Knox Salary Change Provokes Constitutional Debate
Representative Denby of Michigan warns that reducing the Secretary of State’s salary to make Knox eligible is a dangerous precedent. He argues the move would undermine the Constitution, set a harmful example for states with similar limits, and hurt the new administration more than losing Knox’s services. He cites Taft’s esteem and the need to uphold the fundamental law. Baltimore and Ohio lines advertise travel.)
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Plot to Fix Jurors in Pittsburgh Graft Cases
Arrests of two men and charges against seven or eight others for alleged attempts to corrupt jurors in the Ramsey Vilsack Klein graft trials. Colbert brothers among those detained. officials say further arrests likely as cases next Tuesday proceed.
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WILL NOW TELL THE WIFE
New York Feb 13 John R Dobbins arrested a week ago in this city on complaint of police of Princeton Mo on the charge of duping wealthy banker Bellow of that city out of 3000 started for Council Bluffs Iowa today in custody of a detective He will stand trial there on the charge preferred by Bellow His wife was in court with him and was later released She accompanied her husband and the detective to Council Bluffs.
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Wireless from the Fleet to Meet Atlantic Vessels
Rear Admiral Arnold reports heading to join Sperry's Atlantic fleet with Maine Mississippi and New Hampshire. Aboard the flagship Maine he notes the squadron near Santo Domingo, while Capt Walling of the Birmingham, facing leg injury, gains two months leave and later potential command of a battleship.
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Improved Southern Airway Service to Augusta and Aiken
Mardi Gran links New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola with low rates via Southern Airway. New service includes drawing room compartments to Aiken and Augusta with daily and semiweekly trains leaving Washington at 4 10 p m and arriving Augusta around 10 10 a m, operating Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Manager Ben Hurtig Dead in New York
Eyecuul reports Ben Hurtig senior member of Hurtig and Seamon died here after a tumor illness. Born in Nashville he rose as a leading theatrical manager and first appeared with Barnum and Bailey in Cincinnati. Widow Sadie Hurt survives him. Hartford note reports Caspar L Simonds found dead from accidental asphyxiation in his room.
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State Officials Nominated by Michigan Republican Convention
Grand Rapids February 13 The Republican State convention here nominated a ticket headed by Supreme Justices Charles A Blair of Jackson and John W Stone of Marquette regents for the university WI Clements of Bay City and George P Codd of Detroit superintendent of public instruction Luther L Wright of Ironwood member of the board for education William J McKone of Alpena
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Attack on Railroads Demands Federal Valuation Reform
Congress should empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to value railroad properties and set fair rates that yield a reasonable return. Madden of Minnesota argues current reports mislead and railroads misuse monopolistic power, urging rate regulation to curb excessive freight charges and prevent Wall Street subsidy. the plan targets reform of valuations and public service profit rules to curb abuses.
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Judge orders partitioned living for Aarup family
In Chicago, Judge Honore grants an absolute divorce but requires Mrs Aarup and her three children Anna William and Ranard to reside in a separate portion of the two story frame house while the husband remains in another, with the judge drawing a plan to keep them apart. The wife will cook and pass meals through a trap door to support the family.
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Indictments in Kenner whisker clipping case shock city
A federal grand jury indicted Kenner mayor Paul Felix and four others over alleged plots to arm themselves and threaten opponents after the recent national election. The probe centers on the whisker clipping of E A Sullivan at the Kenner polls and alleged intimidation linked to the Felix regime.
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Turbulent Turkish Chamber Votes Confidence In Grand Vizier
Constantinople Feb 18 the chamber of deputies passed a vote of want of confidence in grand vizier Kiamil Pasha by 198 to 1 the body also urged the Sultan to appoint a prime minister with the houses support The grand vizier resigned his seat as an officer of the sultan The Young Turks committee pressured the vote amid protests in a scene of intense debate as diplomats and imperial family members watched London regards crisis as grave for constitutional reform in Turkey noting disaffection and power struggles within the reform parties as ministers of war and marine were ousted amid rumors of a plot against the sultan
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Green Denies Opposition to Engagement to Astor Wilks
Mrs Hetty Green contends the engagement of her daughter Sylvia to Matthew Astor Wilks is a family matter and she will not comment on it. The couple, alleged in Galt Ontario earlier, confirm the engagement and plan to marry. Sylvia Green, 16, remains with her mother in Hoboken as wedding plans unfold. Matthew Astor Wilks asserts the engagement is real and hopes to wed.
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President Roosevelt Ends Trip with New Bourbon Gift
The president returned to Washington from a Kentucky journey marked by stops at Harrisburg Tyrone Altoona and other towns. He praised railroad workers and spoke at each halt while a gift of a 3 year old Kentucky bourbon described as nectar drew attention in Louisville. The Berea College stop was skipped and a cornerstone event was abandoned.
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Mrs McCook Death Shown In Auto Accident Charge
Walter Schumann, chauffeur for Henry Harris, surrendered after a fatal accident that injured Mrs Leain F McCook widow of Gen Edwin Stanton McCook. Schumann claimed the widow stepped before the car at Madison Avenue and Seventy Seventh Street. He admitted driving about six miles per hour and placed Mrs McCook in the machine before taking her home. Coroner held him on $3000 bail awaiting February 17 inquest.
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New tenor Franz a hit in two Lohengrin performances
The Washington Post reports Franz, the new tenor, has surged to operatic prominence after two Lohengrin performances. His voice, while not as emotionally expansive as Caruso’s, earns praise for tone and range and prompts managers to raise his salary. critics urge more roles to gauge his true standing. A railway segment note follows.
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Senate Naval Bill Amendment Sparks Sampson Schley Clash
A two time amendment to the naval appropriation bill opens a rival faction contest in Congress over Evans and Sampson. The move revives the Sampson Schley dispute and signals Senate questions and tense testimony as rival cliques mobilize around legacy and promotion in the Navy.
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Will Take Up Trust Cases In Beef Inquiry
Assistant Attorney General Wane Elis and Jum Marke special counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission arrived in Chicago to give attention to the beef trust investigation. Testimony will begin soon in Chicago as grand jury action continues, with the Standard Oil case set for February 25 before Judge Anderson.
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