Taft urges arbitration and warns against labor violence
Secretary Taft argues in favor of recognizing unions as a permanent factor in industry and supports arbitration to settle labor disputes. He condemns violence and blacklisting, defends injunctions to curb unlawful combinations, and calls for tempered, cooperative relations between capital and labor amid ongoing economic panic. The Fifth Ohio Republican Committee endorses Taft and sets a February delegate convention in Bryan.
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Tatt
Indorses
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Restore and Vitality
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for grip, pneumonia, typhoid, scarlet fever and other illnesses that weaken the blood and system. It claims the medicine cleanses poisons, improves appetite, aids digestion, and costs a dollar for a hundred doses, urging readers to begin treatment now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Taft on First Ballot Promises Taft Delegation Push
Reported confidants say Taft will be nominated on the first ballots at Chicago next June. Kansan Bristow predicts a solid Kansas delegation. Alabama and Booker T. Washington said to back Taft. Loeb denies the rumor. rivals eye a possible coup as Taft forces grow.
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Simflower
Alabama
Booker T. Washington
Loeb
Taft
Chicago
Josephs. Bristow
Kansas
Bundower State
Kansan
Washington
Charlies H. Scott
Republican State Committee
Iowa factions favor Taft for national convention
Special to The Washington Poat reports Iowa Republicans split between pro Taft and progressive factions. Shaw supporters see no compromise to give Shaw Iowa’s delegation. Both Iowa factions tilt toward Taft. editorial pages in California also back Taft. In Kansas Cherryvale notes Taft favored by Third district committee as Cunningham withdraws.
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Washington
Wes Monias
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Laslie M. Shaw
Treasury
Progressive Facton
Taft
Stangpet
San Francisco
League of Lincoln and Roosevelt Republican Clubs of
California
Whlliam H. Taft
League
Roosevelt
Cherryvale
Kans
Jan
W. H Taft
WL. Cunningham
P. P. Campbell
Lyons Says Georgia Republicans Have No Candidate Yet
Judson W. Lyons denies claiming Georgia Republicans await Ohio results. He states he has not spoken to any newspaper, has a private mission, and has not discussed plans with Frank H Hitchcock or the South. He recalls naming Woraker, Fairbanks, Cannon, Knox, Hughes, and Taft as preferences in a prior state reply, and maintains no delegation choice has emerged.
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Georgia
Ohio
Herald
South
Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Roosevelt
Woraker
Fairbanks
Cannan
Knox
Hughes
Taft
Miss Woodward Loses Purse On Shopping Tour
Miss Margaret Woodward of Wyoming avenue northwest reported to police that her pocketbook containing $12 in bills, twenty-one theater tickets, some small change, and a gold bracelet heirloom was dropped from her hand while she rode a small electric runabout during a shopping trip. She had left home early to shop and covered a large area. the loss occurred during entry and exit from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Woodward
Wyoming Avenue Northwest
S. W. Woodward
Woodward & Lothrop
Misa Woodward
Reception to Mes M Lean by Revolutionary Societies
Mrs Donald McLean president general of the D A R was honored at a Friday night reception at the Ebbitt House hosted by local D A R chapters. State Regent Mrs Howard L Hodgkins presented, with officers from the Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution in attendance.
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Donald McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ebbitt House
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Howard L. Hodgkins
McLean
Fllen Spencer Massey
George T. Smallwood
Wendell P. Stafford
Dolly Madison
William R. Lowe
Continental
Mr. Ballinger
Manor House
Mary C. Wysong
Elizabeth Jackson
A. van Ness Cattna
Constitution
William Oscar Roome
Thirteen Colonies
Thomas H. Johnston
Louisa
Absconder Surrenders After Bank Heist in 1904
Willard W H Myers, once a bookkeeper at the National Base Deposit Savings and Trust Company, walked into police last night after absconding on May 2 1904 with 21000 in cash and securities. He said money brought misery, spent it between New York Philadelphia Chicago and Boston, and claimed he never left the U S. Officers found only 2 dollars on him, plus rings and stock in Mergenthaler Linotype made out to a T M Kelley. He recounted remorse and desire to see his wife and child, and expressed fear of police. He is charged with grand larceny and embezzlement.
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W. H. Myers
National Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Willard WH. Myers
National Base Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Myers
Lieut. Peck
United States
Sixth Precinct
Sawuae Aguau Uvile
Washington
Edward E Myers
Fourth Street
Iris
Thomas P. Jones
Soldier Dies After Fight at Washington Barracks
Private Stegall of the Forty-seventh Company Coast Artillery dies at the general hospital from a skull fracture after striking Private Simmons in a quarrel at the bakery quarters. Simmons is held in the guardhouse with an inquest set for this morning. Stegall’s unit is at Fort Hunt Virginia and Simmons’s at Fort Hamilton New York.
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Charles E. Stegall
Forty-seventh Company
Coast Artilery
Washington Barracks
General Hospital
Charles A. Simmons
U2d
Coast Artillery
Simmons
Stegall
Fort Hunt
Fort Hamilton
Brexall
Weather conditions forecast from the Weather Bureau
The Office reports rapid barometric shifts and a coming week of winter weather east of the Rockies. Low pressure covers the Mississippi Valley, with temperatures rising east of the river and falling from the Mississippi to the Rockies. Rain and a sharp cold snap are expected midweek across the mid and south Atlantic states. Winds rise across New England and along coasts with northeast gusts. storm warnings issued from Florida to Virginia.
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Doscept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
Rocky Mountains
Great Paiva
Minassalppi
Lowe
New Orleans
Atlantic Ocean
New England
Middle Atlantic
Hugh
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Northern Lakes
Steamera
Grand Banks
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Virginia
High prices for letters in historic autograph sale
The Henry Galdsman collection of literary and historical autographs sold for 3060 at Anderson's auction rooms. A signed order by President Incain drew 21, the highest price. Letters from Thomas Lynch, Benedict Arnold, William Blake, Emile Bourne, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Hines, William Harper, Edgar Allan Poe, and George Washington realized sums ranging from 7 to 73, highlighting strong interest in rare signatures.
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Washington
York
Henry Galdsman
Anderson
Incain
Thomas Lynch
Benedict Arnold
William Blake
Emile Bournle
George B. McClellan
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Hines
William Harper
Edgar Alan Poe
George Washington
Washington Ed Board Dismissal of Chancellor Backed by Citizens
The Washington Citizens Association endorses the school board action dismissing Dr. Chancellor as superintendent. Communications to Chairman Smith of the House District Committee urge Congress to approve the board’s decision and express parental support. Also noted are requests from Takoma Park Citizens Association on street railway regulation and corporate oversight, plus Gen. Mackenzie approving the McGavin project to establish land title in the Anacostia flats for reclamation.
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Washington Citizens’ Association
Smith
House District Committee
North
Board of Education
Echours
Association
Congress
Takoma Park Citizens’ Association
Lieut Capron Improving After Highwayman Attack
Lieut Paul Allyn Capron of the United States Marine Corps, wounded at the F street bridge, is in the Naval Medical School Hospital recovering from a gunshot to the arm. Doctors expect possible return to Annapolis duties within two weeks if blood poisoning is avoided. Police continue to hunt the assailant, a Black man described by Capron as shorter than him though Capron stands over six feet. Suspects have been arrested but not matching the description. friends visited the hospital seeking news on his condition.
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Telr
Europe
Naval Hospital
Paul Allyn Capron
United States Marine Corps
F Street
Naval Medical School Hospital
Capron
Annnapolis
Lieut Capron
Lieut
Money bag gone on car miss Stanley reports theft
Miss Josephine Stanley sister of Maj V M Stanley at Fort Myer Va told police a wrist bag containing £9 in alts two real purses a small gold watch and spectacles vanished from her person on a Mount Pleasant car last Monday. She stood in a crowded car near K Street and Dupont Circle as the conductor collected fare. A search found nothing and police describe the theft as likely the work of a professional pickpocket.
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Miss Stanley
Josephine Stanley
Maj. V. 8 Stanley
Fort Myer
Mount Pleasant
Beg
K Street
Dupont Circle
Notable Friars Dinner Showcases Arts Circle In Washington
The Friars, a major club of authors composers and show folk, held its first Washington dinner at the New Willard. Victor Herbert entertained with a “mutilated melody” performance while George Bowles Will M Creasy and Robert Edeson shared witty anecdotes among more than forty Friars and many guests. A telegram from Wells Hawkes sent blessings to the gathering.
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Friars
Washington
New Willard
Victor Herbert
Compdéser
Rong
George Ade
George Bowles
Sam Wallack
Campbell B. Casa
Struck by Iron Beam at Government Building
Charles Dustuhoff, thirty, of Sixteenth Street Southeast, was severely injured yesterday afternoon at the government building at Tenth and 3B streets southwest when a rope supporting a large iron beam broke. He fell to the ground floor, suffering a broken foot and sprained ankle, and was taken to Emergency Hospital.
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Charles Dustuhoff
Sixteenth Street
Tenth
Dubtuhoff
Pustuhoff
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Friars’ Club Dines
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Duffy
Mike
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