Taft Ready for Battle Over Roosevelt Duel in Toledo Speech
President Taft prepares to respond to Col Roosevelt in a Toledo speech on March 5, aiming to shape the Republican convention fight. He plans New York Chicago and other venues to defend constitutional limits against progressive recalls. Roosevelt angling to win delegates, with factions split over the recall of judges and constitutional control.
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Oklahoma Faction Fight Dominates Democratic State Convention
An all night session of the Democratic State convention in Oklahoma City saw Wilson forces slightly ahead as credentials split delegates between Wooda county and Tulsa Galbreath groups. A tie vote on committee selection kept Wilson plans intact while Gov. Cruce urged unity. Judge Thomas Doyle, Harmon supporter, was chosen temporary chairman amid rumors of growing Harmon sentiment among uninstructed delegates.
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Roosevelt returns to New York amid hat in the ring chatter
New York receives Theodore Roosevelt late after a three hour delay on his Ohio trip. A Cleveland dispatch cites the colonel saying my hat is in the ring but he refuses to discuss the report. He becomes annoyed when pressed, while colleagues dispute the attribution.
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Hats In Church Spark Dispute At Champaign First Baptist
In Champaign Illinois February 2 at First Baptist Church a revivalist Rev and Kirkland ordered women to remove hats prompting several to leave while others stayed with hats on. A quoted epistle from St Paul about women remaining covered was cited to support the minister. A telegram mentions Baltimore and returns and a rail schedule with a Monday connection.
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Plead for Navy See Danger of Invasion
Secretary Meyer Gen Porter and W Morgan Shuster urge Congress to fund two new battleships annually to keep the United States as a world power. At the Navy League banquet at the New Willard, ex Speaker Cannon backs a strong fleet and lauds Gov. Wilson. Admiral Dewey receives delegates after a business session as Taft plans a peace address at Memorial Continental Hall.
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Knox party sees rescue at sea on Washington
On board the cruiser Washington at sea off Jupiter Florida February 22 a rescue occurred when William Faraday boatswain's mate was washed overboard during Secretary Knox's South America voyage. Private Madson signaled a lifebuoy and a lifeboat battled wind and waves to haul Faraday back aboard. The ship, cameras clicking, lifted him to the deck as it prepared to rendezvous with Knox tomorrow at Key West.
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Prince Juisini Leaves Harvard Over Debt Strain
Special to The Washington Poet Boston Feb. 32 Prince Juisini son of the gaekwar of Baroda heir to a vast crown has quit Harvard on a 250 a week allowance. He returns home to explain status to his father while friends in Cambridge explain his accounts await settlement with traders and captain Robert S Potter now handles the affairs.
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Trial for Lieut Feild Invader of Mexico Charged
El Paso Feb 2 Acting on War Department orders Col Steever at Fort Bliss filed charges against Lieut Ben W Feild. The young officer allegedly led nineteen men into Mexico in violation of army laws and regulations amid wartime.
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Marooned in Mexico as Gov Wilson's Daughter Held
El Paso reports Nellie Wilson daughter of the New Jersey governor and companionAlisa Kinner are guests of P A Hutchins in Madera Chihuahua. Rebels block a train to Juarez, fearing fighting if Juares erupts. Vasquistas threaten Chihuahua City while U S troops monitor arms shipments at Palomas and across the border.
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Mine Fire Traps West Coast Workers Seven Dead Reported
Seven men killed and many unaccounted as mining company No 8 of the Western Coast and Mining Company catches fire. By night, seven bodies had been recovered while rescuers saved several others. A mixed group of American and foreign workers perished, with several entombed in lower passages as the mine burned. Rescue teams later reached and revived some victims who were nearly exhausted.
Fearful Disappearance of Mrs. Greever Baffles Police
Relatives from South Carolina rushed to Washington to aid the hunt for Mrs. Walton H. Greever, wife of a South Carolina minister, who vanished from Corcoran Street Northwest. Police circulated her photograph and followed numerous tips, but no trace emerged, raising fears of foul play while her husband and kin remain hopeful she is alive.
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Theodore Bruezel
Philadelphia
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Acid Kills Eight Babies In Brooklyn Nursery
New York February reports eight infants died within five days at a Brooklyn nursery and hospitals, with five more seriously ill. An autopsy found irritant poison, likely oxalic acid, in two stomachs. A kitchen worker with suspected insanity purchased oxalic acid. officials stress she did not handle food. Detectives and the district attorney questioned her as autopsies and chemical analyses proceed.
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American Millionaire Plans Pole Flight for Missing Cook Papers
Stockholm reports Gothenburg Morgenpost says American financier Lindon and aviator Vedrine plan a north pole expedition to seek Dr. Cook's missing documents. The crew may include Vedrine Cook Walter Wellman and two Norwegians, using a balloon airplane design, targeting a June or July start from Norway.
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Poisoned Pen Widow Traced as Letter Writer
Imperial to The Washington Fest, Pottsville Pa Feb 22 postal inspector traced the sources of the poisoned pen letters sent to Methodist Holocanal Church members over the past year. The writer, a pretty widow, confessed after a typewriter found in her room. She promised to stop and was not arrested. Lawyers physicians and business men were targeted including Rev Dr W S Lindemuth and GT Hurd who was warned his fiancée would die before moving into their home.
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Dillon Announces Candidacy for Governor in Republican Primary
Charleston West Virginia February 1 Former Tax Commissioner Charles Dillon formally announces his bid for the gubernatorial nomination in the Republican statewide primary set for June and August and the fall campaign.
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Nurse Bride Engaged to Burn Victim Son of Chemist
In Winsted Connecticut on February 22 the engagement was announced between Miss Getha D B Wright assistant matron of Litchfield County Hospital and Albert L Burwell son of renowned chemist Dr E M Burwell. Burwell was severely burned in a local lab explosion last year and Wright saved his sight. The marriage is planned after recovery.
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General Miles Carried Brother Dies After Park Attack
Gen Miles, famed veteran, arrived home with the body of Daniel G Miles after he collapsed from heart disease in Lafayette Square. Daniel Miles, 85, Westminster lumber merchant, died en route to Westminster for burial.
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Delighted to Lose His Suit on Lunacy Reform
Richmond Feb 2 John Armstrong Chaloner said a New York telegram advised that a bid to discharge his person and 1 560 000 estate and have sanity recognized in New York is met with a reply urging delay. The message says delay would raise costs and outrage and press for reform of lunacy laws.
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Taft Honors Washington at Mount Vernon Memorial
President Taft accompanied by Masons visited George Washington’s tomb at Mount Vernon for a memorial observance. He laid a wreath, stood inside the tomb, and later presided in the lodge chair used by Washington. Virginia Senators Martin and Swanson and Representative Carlin attended along with Alexandria Masonic members and hundreds of visitors.
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