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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1910

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Roosevelt Aids Ballinger Foe In Insurgent Talks

Ex President Roosevelt signals support for Poindexter in the Spokane Ballinger controversy while planned insurgent conferences loom at Sagamore Hill. Five prominent insurgents to visit Thursday though names kept secret, with Gov Hughes slated for a Friday meeting on New York State politics.

Sagamore Hill Roosevelt Gov. Hughes Robert Bacon Tenmis Gov Hughes New York State Col. Roosevelt

Roosevelt Son Seeks Senate Backing From Poindexter

Theodore Roosevelt notes his alignment with Representative Poindexter on West political matters and conservation policy. Poindexter, a Senate candidate, opposes Ballinger’s interior wing, while Roosevelt says he will back Poindexter in the race to replace Senator Piles.

D Poindexter Poindexter Syata Pondexter 1St States Senate Mio Fillinger Uianca West United States Senate Ballinger Secretary of the Interior Theodore Roosevelt

Ticket Offices Closed at Union Station Sparks Sudden Overhaul

Chaos at Union Station as all ticket offices shut at 1 20 PM and a new staff takes over. Officials cite irregularities in ten day and two day excursion ticket sales as the motive. Separate windows will serve each railroad line, replacing the former shared counter setup.

Washington Union Station Ffteen Nead Stig Baltimore C. H. Coutts Pennsylvania

Poindexter’s Anti Cannon Campaign For Congress

Poindexter ran on an anti Cannon platform for Congress and was among nine Republicans who voted to depose Speaker Cannon. He urged the House to name its own members of the Ballinger Pinchot committee and led an antenomination bid against F E L Taylor of the Twelfth Ohio district in favor of Carl Webber. An insurgent bloc kept him from triggering another anti Cannon clash at session end.

Congress Cannon House Ballinger-Pinchot Committee F E. L. Taylor Ohio Taft Carl Webber

Funeral of Chief Justice Fuller at Bar Harbor

The article notes Fuller's funeral at Bar Harbor and plans for his return via Oyster Bay. It mentions luncheon guests Robert Bacon and Gilson Gardner at Segamore lit today, with Bacon a former assistant secretary of state and member of the tennis cabinet. The piece also covers Ballinger’s comments on Poindexter's Senate bid and an invitation to Theodore Roosevelt from Commander Robert Peary for a visit to Tagle Island in Wasco Bay.

Kyscer Theodore Roosevelt Mio Poindexter States Senate Wastumston Sagamore Fumndexter Kindo Poindexter Roosevelt Oppston Richard OA. Ballinger Ometar Pattheese Audherty Tallinger Poludester Chatur Pilea Washington Hallinger Pohulexter State of Rooseef Poticlea Congress Bristow Murdock Madison Kansas Ballinger-Pinechot Defail Northwest Col Roosevelt Taft White Intervretcra Feindexter Fuller Bar Harbor Oyster Bay Robert Bacon France Gilson Gardner Segamore Lit Bacon Sagamore Hill New York Ballinger Providence R. L Miles Poindexter Senate United States Senate Portland Robert £. Peary Tagle Island Wasco Bay

Boiler kills one and injures six at Laconia laundry

In Laconia New Hampshire on July 5 a boiler explosion at Jenkins Bros laundry tore through the Mt story wooden building center and killed Earle Doran. Six employees mostly women were injured and a nearby store keeper was badly hurt as debris and fire started in the wreckage. Injured expected to recover.

Laconia N. H Jenkins Bros. Laundry Mt Story Earle Doran

Hostess to crown prince at tea aboard Nahmo yacht

Mrs. Ogden Goelet sails to Aarhus on the Nahmo with a party of 30 and is entertained at tea by Crown Prince Christian. The prince, a keen yachtsman, expresses admiration for the vessel and invites the guests to dinner at Marselisborg Castle that evening.

Christian of Denmark Ogden Goelet Washington Post Copenhagen Aarhus Crown Prince Christan

R S Policies Upheld Platform Declares Tariff Revision

Sioux Falls July 6 The Republican State platform convention adopted a Roosevelt oriented program praising Taft loyalty to those policies. It calls for immediate revision of the new tariff law, supports the Payne tariff as a step but seeks more cuts, favors national railroad valuation, a graduated income tax, federal regulation of corporations, and conservation of resources. It also commends the new House rules committee and favors limiting the Speaker's power.

Sioux Falls Committee On Roosevelt Taft Bofar Nat ‘Ional House of Representatives

Ballinger Won't Quit Newell Slated To Retire

Beverly Mass July 6 Reporting on the reclamation service reorganization a Beverly conference between President Taft and Secretary Ballinger discussed plans that may remove Frederick H Newell as director The secretary has opposed Newell and will tour western reserves and reclamation projects Ballinger affirmed I am not a quitter combined with the inland lands withdrawals to be classified by the geological survey and funded through new legislation The plan calls for a long West trip lasting six weeks to two months and for construction to be done by field forces under the director’s supervision

Beverly Mass Taft Interior Ballinger Frederick H. Newell Newell Mr. Ballinger Mr. Newell Washington Seattle Hallinger Special Congressional Investigating Committee Geological Survey Congress Board of Engineers Pierce Army Engineers Reclamation Service William L. Marshall

New Aer Speed Records at Rheims Meet

International aviation meet yields remarkable monoplanes records. Le Blanc in a Bleriot machine sets fastest 100 km time, plus new marks at 30 40 and 50 km. Morano in a Bleriot wins 20 km, time 13 minutes. Le Blanc Labant Labouchere qualify for Gordon Bennett contest in the United States. Weekend seaside excursion ad notes Atlantic City trip details.

Betheny Plains Rheims le Blanc Morano Labant Labouchere United States

New Record for Imports at New York Port

New York July 5 Merchandise valued at 961,962,392 entered the port of New York in the fiscal year ending June 30, rising from 793,303,279 in 1909. The appraised value of precious stones and pearls totaled 344,885,057 versus 27,304,003 in 1909. Automobiles imported numbered 1,821 with value 4,440,017, up from 1,987 cars worth 34,211,285 in 1909. Figures released in the port of New York annual report by George W Wanna maker, port appraiser.

New York George W. Wannamaker

Depew Helps Suffragettes Meeting on Lusitania

Mrs C H P Belmont and Mrs Inez Mulholland arrive in London with American suffragettes. Senator Depew presided at a meeting of five passengers on the Lusitania where $1500 was subscribed for the suffragette cause.

Cauze Washington Post London C. H. P. Belmont Inez Mulholland Mies Mulholland Lusitania Depew

Envoy Wedlin Secret Daughter Much Surprised

Bolivian minister Venacio Calderon married Beatrice Monica Ainley at Holy Trinity Church Mamaroneck a week earlier. The bride, once a nurse who cared for Calderon’s first wife, and the groom kept the ceremony quiet, with officials and family unaware until today.

Senor Calderon Beatrice Monica Ainley Senora Calderon Washington Post New York Senor Yenacio Calderon United States Stewart Avenue Mamaroneck Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Isidore Meister Ainley Charles W. Stevens Port Chester Miss Ainley Venacio Calderon Washington Peru F. Calderon Antoinette Colvido Beatrice M. Ainley England Thomas Ainley Mary MacDonald Gibraltar Stevens Bolivia University of la Paz Regation Lima Mme. Zalles Mexico South America Mme. Calderon Miss ‘Ainley Mme, Zalles

Louisville and Nashville Railroad earnings rise to 52 million

Louisville Kentucky July 5. Operating revenues for the fiscal year ending June exceed 52 million dollars, with gross earnings up about 7 million from the prior year.

Ambassadors Intervenes After Baptist Missionaries Attack in Avellino

American ambassador John A. Leishman reports to Premier Luzzetti and Foreign Minister Di San Giuliano after mob attacks on Baptist missionaries in Avellino. Missionaries sheltered in a church all night as soldiers guarded them. 400 troops later deployed to quell the disturbances and ensure safety.

Vegatti Giuliano Stuart Rome John A. Leishman Foreign Office Avellino Fyne James P. Stuart St. Louis American Board of Baptisl Missions Italy Luzzgatti Leishman Mr. Stuart Luzzetti Marquis di San Giuliano

Auto crash kills Mrs Stahl near Hillsdale with Dr Stahl hurt

A Philadelphia doctor Dr Benjamin Stahl driving a touring car on a steep Hillsdale incline loses brake control causing a somersault. Mrs. Stahl aged 42 dies on impact while Dr Stahl is seriously hurt and his nephew J Watson Dalmar of Washington DC escapes with minor injuries. The party aimed for Rangeley Lakes Maine this summer. The body to be moved to Philadelphia.

Washington Post Hillsdale N. C Benjamin Stahl Philadelphia Rangeley Lakes Dr. Stahl Stahl Great Barrington

Society and Sport Highlights From Today’s Issue

The page highlights include Miss Deacon’s wedding to a prince and the Culpeper Horse Show with news from Alexandria. It also notes 83 sporting events, a financial section, and an editorial comment on a noiseless Fourth.

Roosevelt Ballinger Zelaya Aldrich South Senate Poindexter Peter Postal Banka Lyon Culpeper Horse Show News of Alexandria The Silver Horde T—Society

Curtiss Flies Over Atlantic Front in Eight Minute Sea Flight

Glenn Curtiss completes the first aeroplane trip over the Atlantic coast, flying two miles to sea from a soft beach, then returning to the Chelsea limits amid cheers. A near-disaster early in the day ends with a safe landing within feet of the starting tracks as crowds celebrate the daring feat. Curtiss declares the biplane proves oversea maneuverability, with others like Hamilton arriving to congratulate and contest prizes.

Washington Pont Atlantic City N. J Glenn H. Curtiss Atlantic Ocean Chelsea Curtiss

Mrs E F Whitehead Died in Vienna

Mrs Eliza Florence Whitehead mother in law of Maj William H Allaire military attache of the American embassy died suddenly of apoplexy last night in Vienna.

Maj Allaire Strick Vienna Eliza Florence ‘Whitehead William H. Allaire

Central America Faces Anti Yankee Sentiment Crisis

New Orleans July 5 central American hostility to the United States grows led by Zelaya and Madriz with Guatemala allied to the U S while Nicaragua Costa Rica and Honduras resist. Costa Rican press attacks US troop landings at Bluefields and Salvadorean students vow to defend Central American autonomy amid protests against Knox and threats of wider war.

Guatemala United States Studenta Honduras Knox Argentina Mexico Washington Post New Orleans Zelaya Central America Nicaragua Costa Rica Salvador Cabrera United Bluefields Panama la Informacion San Salvador Tegucigalpa la Prensa Buenos Aires South America Republis G Ars Managua Corinto Vicksburg Madriz Estrada Republic San Juan del Sur Atlantic Coast New Republic Mena Department of Chantales

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Indorses Poindexter Senator Piles Associated Press Dispatch Rafter Boiler T. R South Dakota Tak Rorsford Pacific Coast Berth Poston G. A Baltimore and Cape May Sea Isle City Ocean City Wedlin Mamaroneck, N. Y Arcadian Yarnall Cropper Virginia Banco Hipotecarlo Pando Wilson Barrett William J. Scanion New Rochelle Mountain Side J. Watson Dalmar Baltimore and Ohio Lehigh Valley R. R Niagara Falls C. K. Hamilton Farmingdale P. L. Young Hamilton Roberts Hamilton Brookins Coffyn Aero Pittsburg Kans Archy Hoxsey Wright Hoxsey Chicago J. 4. Shaffer Chicago Evening Peac the Post New York Times E. F. Whitehead Tia Saratoga Springs Uturn Juvalla Baieert
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