Faith in Old Law Guides Taft Campaign Tour
President-elect Taft vows to keep the Constitution amid calls for reform. He argues division of powers between state and central government can impede change yet has historically met emergencies, insisting no constitution will better serve future needs. He speaks in Augusta to African American listeners and plans stops en route to Atlanta, with Taft and Mrs. Taft traveling by special train as invitations pour in from communities along the route.
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Atlanta
Augusta
Col- LY
Taft Teft
New Ha
Nerson
Rob- Sha
Fenama
Lomre
Taft
Thompson, Crawyne
Cheenybare
Maddison
Socal Wington
Decatur
New England
Tafts
Patt
Rockefeller vows 100 year life with home remedies
Ohio January 14 Dr H Big musician and friend Jon Rockefeller deny rumors the magnate suffers rheumatism He claims he will live to 100 using simple rules: rest from worry, plenty of fresh air, and never overeat He says his regimen keeps him young and fit
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Ohio
H. Big
Jon
Rockefeler
Cheap to Egg a Senator in Arkansas Election Capsule
In Arkansas during a gubernatorial race a man threw an egg at United States Senator Jeff Davis while he stumped the state. Themissed target struck a man with Len Cantrell’s group. Cantrell was arrested, fined $1, and the incident sparked attention during the campaign.
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Washington
Rock Ark
United States
Arkansas
Jeff Davis
Kirby Rery
Walter Cantrell
Len- Cantrell
Sucre and Return 1 25 Baltimore and Ohio HR
Train schedule snippet lists Sucre and Return 1 25 on Baltimore and Ohio HR. R. Saturday and Sunday service across all trains except Royal Limited. City offices at 147 G Street and 619 Penn are referenced.
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Sucre and Return
Baltimore & Ohio
HR. R
Royal Lim- City
Penn
Patriarch Calls on Taft From Thompson Confederate Veterans
Augsta Ga January 14 sixty men from Thompson Georgia all Confederate veterans met with Mr Taft to urge refund of a postwar cotton tax totaling 68000 The Supreme Court ruled the tax unconstitutional and Congress has not refunded the money Taft considered the matter and one veteran remarked on his large family including a grandson who was a father of seven and had many descendants.
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Augusta
Jan
Thompson
Taft
Supreme Court
Congress
California Towns Flood as Levee Breaks in Visalia
Fresno dispatch reports Visalia levee broke flooding the northwestern section. schools dismissed and Porterville also flooded at dawn. Twenty five families in the low district were rescued by citizens with rafts. a woman and child were reported to have drowned.
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Fresno
Cal
Visalia
Porterville
Fire Rips Copeland Hotel Weaving Heroic Escapes At Topeka
In Topeka Kansas a fire at the Copeland Hotel traps guests including lawmakers and editors. State Senator J W Stewart and editor W Y Morgan perform daring rescues guiding multiple victims to safety with mattresses and ladders, one woman breaking a leg. Postmaster Isaac HE Lambert is found dead amid the ruins. Representive M W Smith is severely burned but improving.
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Topeka
Kan
Isaac HE
Lambert
Wmporia
Kans
Caste
Kansas
Copeland Hotel
M. W. Smith
Gre
J. W Stewart
Sedgwick County
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchinson News
Stewart
T. B. Murdock
Eldorado Republican
Qu. Ait
Senator Stewart
Murdock
Uprising Among the Moros Details Turbulent Baslin Island
San Francisco dispatch reports 400 Moros from Baslin Island in Zamboanga district in a turbulent state. The unrest is said to be fomented by a mad priest recently released from Bitibid prison. Several bloody clashes occurred between Moros and Filipino scouts, who have largely succeeded in disarming the rebels.
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San Francisco
Baslin
Zamboanga
Bitibid
Lady Beresford Cremated in England and Ashes to Ireland
Jan 14 funeral at Deepdene attended by the Marquis of Waterford and Lords Beresford and Mrs Wellis West. The body was cremated and ashes buried at Curraghmore Ireland per her wish.
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Eto
Dorking
England
William Beresford
Deepdene
Marquis of Waterford
Charles and
Marcus Beresford
George Corni Wellis West
Curraghmore
Ireland
Customs Chief Shriner Pleaded Guilty and Went to Jail
Alonzo Shriner once chief deputy surveyor for U S customs in St Louis pleaded guilty to embezzling 8500 from the government. Judge Trieber sentenced him to a year in a federal prison with a 2108 dollar fine. Shriner had served as secretary of the Republican central committee when appointed five years ago.
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Shriner
St. Louis
Alonzo Shriner
United States Customs
Trieber
United States
District Court
Leavenworth, Kang
Bhcrler
Republican Central Committee
Miss Jane Mills Weds Earl of Granard in New York Home
Miss Jane Beatrice Mills daughter of Ogden Mills and granddaughter of a financier married the eighth Earl of Granard at a custom home ceremony in Manhattan. The Catholic Protestant union required a papal dispensation. Gifts totaled around half a million dollars including London house and large jewelry gifts from family and friends.
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Miss Mills
Earl of Granard
London
Lord. Granard
New York
Jane Beatrice Mills
Ogden Mills
Milla
Whitelaw Reid
Lord Granard
Farley
Maturin Livingston
Mills
Alice Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilty
Raith Taylor
Moses Taylor
Beatrice Bishop
Cortland Ficklishop
Donald Forbes
Ogden J. Mills
Ogden Mills Reid
Henry Carne-gic Phipps
Louis #. Holbrook Betts
Charles D. Wetmore
Frederic Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Astor
Clarence H. Mackay
Norman Whitehouse
Edward C. Post
James B. Higgin
Royal Worcester
Ogden Goelet
TH. Mortimer Brooks
Tivingston
Honeymoon Plans and a Hungary Mine Disaster
The couple will honeymoon in Staatsburg Mills country place and later visit Washington Paris and London for openings. A Hungarian coal mine disaster at Auer in Vestprim has entombed 240 miners after a fire damp and dust explosions. Sixteen have been rescued alive and 45 have died so far with hopes for more rescues.
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Mills
Staatsburg
Washington
Paris
London
Berkeley Square
Vestprim
Hungary
Auer
Coat
Admiral Rojestvensky Dead in St. Petersburg
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, who commanded the Russian fleet in 1905 and led the battle of the Sea of Japan, died of heart neuralgia in St. Petersburg. He was about 60 years old.
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St. Petersburg
Rejestvensky
Sea of Japan
Hains Jury Deliberates as Judge Urges Focused Verdict
In Flushing New York on January 1 Thornton Jerking Hains sits trial for the killing of William Annis. Jurors Walsh and Abram face injury and illness delaying the panel while Justice Crane keeps controls tight. Prosecutor Darrin delivers a forceful closing as Gen Hains and Mrs Annis look on. A relief benefit for Italian earthquake victims is announced for Belasco Theater with orchestra seats in the front rows.
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Flushing
N.Y
Thornton Jerking
Hains
Te Hilling
William
Annis
Crane
Walsh
India
Patrick Abram
Justic
Thornton Hains
Jess Han
Thornton Haing
Justice Crane
Farlier
Maj. Hains
Peter Hains
Thornton ‘Hains
Darrin
Jones
McIntyre
Gen. Hains
Cork saves Vitalia by burning cargo to reach New York
The Norwegian freighter Vitalia, blocked by winter seas near Sandy Hook, burned cork to shed weight and reach port. Skipper Cant Brice and crew towed by a tug after gasoline failure, marking the first use of cork as ballast to reach a coal port.
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New
York
Fof
Lawyer Sues Hannah Elias Over Contested Trust Funds
New York Jan 14 A sensational lawsuit arises as John R. Platt, a deceased millionaire, previously drove a case against Hannah Elias for 65 000. A new suit seeks 25 000 from Mrs Elias on an assigned claim by Washington Brauns, her former attorney in the Platt suit, alleging a 5 000 down and 25 000 contingent fee. Elias won that case and Brauns was paid 4 000, but contends the rest was due. Platt's will, filed today, lists an estate no real estate and over 10 000 personal with heirs Mrs Cas sard and Mrs Pom Toy.
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York
John R. Platt
Hannah Elias
Elise
Washington Brauns
Platt
Brauns
Bliss
Elias
Brayns
John R.platt
Oytatex
Wool tariff change urged by National Wool Growers chief
President Fred W. Gooding of the National Wool Growers Association warned in Pocatello that reducing wool tariffs or placing wool on the free list would ruin a key U.S. industry. He cited the high cost of wool for suits and argued shifts would raise prices for consumers. In Kansas City, a separate group urged immediate tariff revision at their final session.
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Pocatello
Daho
Fred .W. Gooding
National Wool Growers’ Association
United States
Kansas City
Western Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers' Association
Hill to pay fare on own road on state rail link
Louis W. Hill president of Great Northern Railways will pay his fare on his own road when traveling in Minnesota. He informed Gov. Johnson he would accept a state highway commission appointment, with the name to be sent to the Senate. An attorney general ruling bars any State position holder from free transportation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railways
Minnesota
Poisoned flies and a family divorce trial in Los Angeles
In a Los Angeles divorce case, Elizabeth Slocum testifies about a plot to poison her father William Wiebking with pulverized strychnine treated flies. She recounts a tea guest finding a dead fly laced with poison and her sister Bertha admitting they gave the father enough poison to kill twelve.
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Los Angeles
Jan. U
William Wiebing
Charles Monroe
Elizabeth Slocum
Bertha
Fle
King Victor Emmanuel Greets Sperry on World Cruise
Rome and Athens report King Victor Emmanuel held private talks with Rear Admiral Sperry at the Quirinal Palace, praising the American fleet’s voyage and relief aid after the earthquake. Admiral Mirabello thanked Sperry for swift aid and noted naval potential. Officers, midshipmen, and diplomats attended dinners and receptions as crews toured Malta and Greece.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Sperry
Quirinal Palace
America
Griscom
Albert W. Grant
Samuel McGowan
Simon P. Fullinwidey
Daniel W. Wurtshaugh
Mirabello
Joanine
Amassador
Guiscom
Roosevelt
Admiral Mirabello
Addiral Sperry
Admiral Evans
Yellow Water Streak Reported in Atlantic Ocean
New York reports Capt Pederson of the steamer Rare observed a yellow streak in the dusé stream 100 miles off Virginia while crossing the ocean current. The yellow water appeared muddy and extended beyond the horizon to the northeast and northwest.
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New York
Pederson
Rare
Porto ‘Bel
S Capes
Virginia
Raleigh Masons hold annual communication and honor graves
The Raleigh lodge of Magons met for its annual communication with 989 subordinate lodges represented. Grand Master Samuel M. Gattis began a second term and Julian Carr was named grand orator. A committee announced plans to visit Johnsons Island graves of Confederate Masons and to mark those graves with $100 allocated. A charter request for a home for aged Masons and families was approved for immediate work. Gov. Wichita named Max L. Barker to lead the new coast artillery corps.
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Waanigron
Joe
Raleigh
Magons
Calumble
Beverly
Ryster
Samuel M. Gattis
Julian 8 Carr
Robert Bingham
John W.cotton
Walter Clark
Benjamin F. Dixon
Thomes
Kenan
Julian & Carr
Johnsons Island
Ala
Robert Forler
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Worth Carvina
Kitchita
Max L. Barker
Ballabury
Coast Artillery Corps
Raven for Poe's chamber in Philadelphia house
A raven is reported to perch above Edgar Allan Poe's chamber at 530 North Seventh Street corner of Brandywine in Philadelphia. Stephen Hibbs, the current occupant, recalls Poe lived there two years amid 1843 and 1844 religious riots and hopes the bird scene will memorialize Poe.
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Philadelphia
Poe
North Seventh Street
Brandywine
Stephen Hibbs
Mr. Hibbs
Jefferson Brewery Burned In W V Fire Destruction Estimated At Forty Thousand
Special to The Washington Post Harpers Ferry W Va Jan 14 The Jefferson Brewery was burned to the ground this morning The loss is estimated at about 40 000 with one third insured The brick buildings along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were erected in 18 The bottling house and stable were saved by swift Amely assistance Equipment and fire apparatus threw streams All saveable stock included only empty kegs and boilers 600 barrels of beer 1000 bushels of malt hops cevering and yeast were destroyed The inability to save more stock came from a large ammonia tank in the rear which firefighters feared would explode
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Washington Post
Harpers
Werry
W. Va
Jefferson Brewery
Trig
Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
Lee
Czar Tales On African Trip Reference
John W. Riddle the American Ambassador attended the emperor’s New Year’s reception at Tsarskoe-Selo. The emperor spoke with him about President Roosevelt’s African trip and wished for a similar release from state cares. Riddle presented John Van 4. MacMurray as secretary.
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Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Tsarskoe-Selo
Riddle
John van 4. MacMurray
Stephen L. Siocum
Charles B. Curtis
Mr. Riddle
Switzerland
Mr. MacMurray
Jury Fixing Charged In Waynesburg Bank Case
Pittsburg Pa Jan 14 George W Worley brother in law of J B F Rinehart accused of wrecking Farmers and Drovers National Bank Waynesburg Pa whose case is being deliberated by a jury tonight and James L Smith prominent Waynesburg businessman were arrested tonight by United States secret service operatives on a charge of attempting to tamper with a jury They were taken to the police station and held for a hearing before United States Commissioner Lindsay tomorrow morning.
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Pittsburg
George W. Worley
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Drovers National Bank
Waynesburg
James L. Smith
United States Secret Service
Rinehart
United States
Lindsay
Years for bank cashier
Evvert J. Morgan formerly cashier of Friendly First National Bank in Wasurogens Parkersburg West Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court to misappropriating bank funds and filing a false report. Judge A G Dayton sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. The exact amount of defalcations may never be published. he was charged with misappropriating unknown sums, far exceeding a quoted figure.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Evvert J. Morgan
Friendly
First National Bank
A. G. Dayton
WEDS FOURTH TIME AT 101 IN ADIRONDACK TALE
Charlotte Jan 14 Lettie Baldwin a colored woman of Adlboro sought a license for her fourth marriage. She claimed to favor religion since seven years before the civil war and the use of the war and nine children. Investigation showed she is 101 years old and mother of eighteen children. Tom Pike the bridegroom is 45.
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Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Lettie Baldwin
Adlboro
Tom Pike
Tillman Defends Himself in Senate Amid Assassination Claim
Senator Tillman of South Carolina rails at President Roosevelt officials calling some cabinet members bootlickers and declares he is ready for anything even assassination. He quotes Attorney General Bonaparte denying memory lapses over land deals and demands a Senate inquiry while detailing tensions with the Oregon land dispute and government actions.
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Landowit
Bonaparte
Tillman
Titman
South Carolina
Honaparte
Meyer
Tilman
Oregon
Christenden
Roosevelt
Bs League
Tuwiman
Post Office Department
Durr
Mr.Mitman
Souther Oregon Company
Mr. Tillman
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