Loeb to See Taft Not as Roosevelt's Envoy
Beverly Mass July 10 William Loeb Roosevelt aide arrives unplanned to meet President Taft discuss general politics not New York state. Taft favors Loeb as possible successor to Hughes and may campaign with Beveridge story links Lodge opposition and Roosevelts stance. Taft plans Missouri Alaska trip and cabinet visits amid a busy political week in Beverly.
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Indiana
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Senator Lodge
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Aldrich
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Department of Commerce and Labor
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Alaska
Navy tests new compass with Byroscope aboard Birmingham
The Navy Department experiments with an improved compass combined with a rapidly revolving Byroscope to eliminate variation and deviation. The main instrument would be armored inside the ship while branch stations link by electric wire, promising easier navigation and firmer ship location.
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Navy Department
Birmingham
Rate Inquiry Tomorrow into Eastern and Western Trunk Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission will review the reasonableness of proposed increases filed by Erie Delaware and Lackawanna and Western and other carriers out of New York City. A preliminary inquiry is expected to suspend August 1 rates until the full freight rate study from Atlantic to Mississippi is completed with Frank Lyon conducting the inquiry.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
New York City
Railroad Commission of
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New Brunswick Board of Trade
Intestate Commerce Commission
Washington
Comrminasion
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi River
Frank Lyon
Matteson Chimes Local Swim Record With 412 Mile Trek
W F Matteson of 1213 Q street north west swam Chain bridge to Aqueduct bridge in 1 hour 31 minutes. The feat sets a new local mark for the mile distance and showcases his growing prowess this summer.
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W. F. Matteson
Q Street
Chain Bridge
Aqueduct Bridge
Matteson
Ambition 100 High Castelli Divorce Suit Blamed on Doctor
Reno judge reserves decision in the divorce case of Enrico Castelli a prominent New York physician. Mrs Castelli cross claimed desertion and lack of support. he is tied to Metropolitan Opera House positions and luxury New York living. Deposition from her father shows ongoing support from 1904, while Castelli accuses years of self spending and social aims.
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Manhattan
Metropolitan Opera
Castelli Avera
Reno
Nev
Pike
Enrico Castelli
Enrico Castell
Alice Or
Alys Taylor
Washington, D. C
Paris
France
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Arlington
Capital
West Seventy Second Street
Metropolitan Opera House
Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
Waldorf-Astoria
Belleclaire
Savoy
Father
Peter ‘Taylor
Hotel Astor
Banker Crashed In Auto Near Boulder
Fort Collins Colorado July 10 W H Allison president of the First National Bank of Boulder was probably fatally hurt when an automobile carrying him Judge James Garrigues and Judge Harry P Gamble skidded off a cliff at Virginiadale Hill and fell 18 feet Alison driving was pinned beneath the car with broken arm collarbone and internal injuries doctors said he could not recover all three injured in the crash
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Col
W. H. Allison
First National
Hank of
Boulder
James Garrigues
Harry P. Gamble
State District Court
Wien
Virginiadale Hill
Alison
Giant trees saved after Sierra fire near General Grant
A forest blaze in the Sierra near General Grant National Park burned thousands of acres but spared Sequoia trees in the preserve after backfiring efforts. Firefighters including soldiers civilians and rangers fought the flames for three days with the danger now ended. In Wisconsin forest fires losses near 3 million dollars were tallied across Chippewa Falls Marinette Wausau Prentice and Medford.
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General Grant National Park
Visalia
Sequoia Preserve
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Marinette
Wausau
Vainlty
Medford
Prentice
Phillips
Philips
Cal
Holy Name Society Meets at St Josephs Parish Hall
More than 300 Holy Name Society members of St Josephs parish gathered yesterday in St Josephs Hall to plan participation in next fall's Washington parade for the annual convention. Delegates Michael D Shaffer and Richard F Curtin were chosen to attend a meeting of District Holy Name societies at Knights of Columbus Hall to arrange for the convention. Also notes a Baltimore & Ohio excursion on July 17 from Union Station to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and Cumberland with return, offering a cheap day trip option.
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Taft
Congress
E A. Ray
Washigeton
Burgess Point
First Parish Unitarian Church
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FE &. McClintock
Washington
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
W. J. Boardmans
Mabel Boardman
Manchester-by-the-Sea
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St. Joseph's Parish
St. Joseph's Hall
Michael D. Shaffer
Richard F. Curtin
Holy Name Societies
Knights of Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Union Station
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Duke of Westminster escapes as hydroplane capsizes off Cowes
The Duke of Westminster nearly drowned when a new 40 foot hydroplane capsized during practice off Cowes Isle of Wight. He sank twice before his companion Mr Robing pulled him to safety until a motorboat arrived. Engineers clung to the craft until rescue.
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Washington
London
Duke of Westminster
Cowes
Isle of Wight
America
Mr. Robing
Rockefeller Calls For Universal Religion in Speech
John D Rockefeller urged a universal religion at Huclid Avenue Baptist Church Sunday school in Cleveland Ohio. He read an article by Theodore Roosevelt’s associate editor advocating fusion of Christian churches and cited Monsignor Bonamello of Cremona in a letter to Edinburgh’s missionary conference urging union of all Christian congregations. He praised his own church work as a source of sincere pleasure.
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Qohlo
John D. Rockefeller
Huclid Avenue
Baptist Church
Mr. Rockefeller
Theodore Roosevelt
Mons. Bonomel
Cremona
Italy
Edinburgh
Scotland
Rockefeller
Helping the Needy Benefit Concert at Masonic Temple
Under Hebrew Re Mel o Surety auspices a fifth grand ceremonial concert was held at the old Masonic Temple for the benefit of needy Jews in the District. The program featured a quartet by Mrs. & W. Gusack, F. Howard, Miss F W Wieser, Miss Florence Noah, vocal solo by H. Cantor with Irvin Spedden, violin by Master Samual Norman, address by Rev. Abram Simon, dancing by Miss Bertha Wolf, piano by Mrs. Frank Byram, Florence Nak, reading by Marx Kann, and cello by Miss Florence Wieser. Entertainment committee includes Mayer B. Dodek, A. BE, Welnar, 8 Vv. Gusack, B. Hoffenberg, I. Applestein, H. Gewirtz, S. Lowenthal, I. Porton, 38. Lewin, M. Kamrow, P. Berman.
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Old Masonic Temple
W. Gusack
F. Howard
F W. Wieser
Florence Noah
H. Cantor
Irvin Spedden
Samual Norman
Abram Simon
Bertha Wolf
Frank Byram
Florence Nak
Marx Kann
Cellg
Florence Wieser
Mayer B. Dodek
Welnar
Gusack
B. Hoffenberg
I. Applestein
H. Gewirtz
S. Lowenthal
I. Porton
Italian feud murder on Raritan Canal finds fisherman slain
Joseph Trovati, Italian immigrant living on Canal Street near Kenyon's found sitting upright on a sapling with a fishing rod, shot twice in the head on the Raritan Canal bank. Passersby initially mistook him for sleeping. investigators believe he was killed during the night, with authorities noting possible Black Hand involvement in local Italian feuds.
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Washington Post
Bonnerville
N. J
Raritan Canal
Joseph Trovall
Baritan
William Bradley
Subway
New York
Onj
Richard T. Lynch
Bradley
Trovati
Canal Street
Kenyon’s
Raritan
Long
Taritan
Rebel Leader Shot in Mexican Uprising Penalty
Special to The Washington Post reports from Saltillo that Jose Lugo, who led the Viesca uprising two years ago, was executed by firing squad in Torreon yesterday. Lugo was a leading businessman in the Wiesen area when he joined the seditious movement. Fifteen fellow rebels were convicted and each received a twenty year term.
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Jose Lugo
Washington Post
Torreon
Mex
Saltillo
Viesca
Weather Cock Tops Morristown Church Spire Explained
Rector Philemon Sturges addresses parishioners upset by a weather cock placed atop the St Peter's Church tower. He argues the weather vane is proper, a cross on a dome or ball, but not suitable on a tower, and notes such weather cocks are uncommon in this country. The church publication repeats the explanation.
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Washington Post
Morristown
N. J
St Peter's Record
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Peter
St. Peter's Church
Philemon, Sturges
Missing girl bride suitor opposed by parents
Italian sixteen year old Natalie Madgaro disappeared from home on July 2 to elope with Neapolitan Francisco Blanci in New York. Police across cities searched for her as her parents feared foul play but later learned she married and planned to stay in New York with her husband, who spoke little English. Washington police were notified. a New York telegram said Natalie would be welcomed if Francisco returned with forgiveness from her parents.
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Natale Madgaro
G Street Northwest
New York
Francisco Blanci
Francisco
Natalie
Gettarias
Peechnet
Capt. Byrnes
Preacher and girl elope in Kansas City arrest details
A 35 year old Seventh Day Adventist minister, Clinton De Witt Sharp, and Eunice Graham Whitaker, 14, from Schenectady, were arrested in a boarding house acting on a sheriff’s request. They admit wrongdoing but refuse repentance, stating they wish to return home to Schenectady without papers to spite her father. Both claim willingness to return.
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Washington Post
Kansas City
Schenectady
Clinton de Witt Sharp
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Eunice Graham Whittaker
Holmes Street
Harry Elsworth Attwell
Whitsett
William H. Hathaway
Sharp
Rochester
Asa Whittaker
Whittaker
William
Cora
Helen
Eunice
Femt
Capt. Whittaker
Miss W
Germany backs Madriz successor amid Nicaragua crisis
Germany formally endorses Zelaya’s successor Madriz in Nicaragua. Emperor Wilhelm’s confidential letter to Madrid signals Germany’s sympathy while Estrada forces win at Pearl Lagoon and the San Jacinto gunboat is disabled. The move contrasts with other powers and may shape European diplomacy as Knox notes two de facto Nicaraguan governments.
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Pearl Lagoon
William
Germany
Madriz
Nicaragua
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State Department
Estrada
Madriz Navy
San Jacinto
Genmany
Eatrafia
Madrid
Department
Nicaraguan
Cosling
United States
Knox
Senor Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Guatemala City
Zelaya
Department of State
Smugglers Target Diamonds From Southwest Africa
Special to The Washington Fest reports customs officials warn of $400 value diamonds smuggled last week from Luderitz Bay in Southwest Africa. Initial word said smugglers were aboard a German liner. now authorities suspect they will head to New York. Uncut stones avoid U S duty, which only applies to cut diamonds. if seized in New York, arrests would be a courtesy to Germany.
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Luderitz Bay
Africa
United States
Germany
Oldest Elk Opens Fete in Detroit Parade
Daniel O Connell aged 105, the world’s oldest Elk, led a glowing ceremony on Woodward avenue with Mayor Breitmeyer as crowds cheered. He illuminated decorations along the court of honor as Elks from Portland Boston Atlantic City New Orleans and others arrived for the national reunion.
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Detroit
Mich
Daniel O'Connell
Woodward Avenue
Breitmeyer
National Reunion of Elks
Patton
Jeffersons Avenue
Grand Circus Park
Portland
Oregon
Boston
Atlantic City
New Orleans
Bandits Foiled by Engineer on Missouri Flyer Escape
Three masked men attempted to rob the Missouri Kansas and Texas Southwestern Flyer near Larimore 15 miles from St Louis. Engineer Quinn used a ruse to free himself and the fireman from the baggage car, then sped away as shots rang out. Passengers panicked while conductors calmed them, and authorities detained three men for questioning.
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St. Louis
Bendits
Larimore
Inter
Quinn
Freman
Walker
Heat Kills 22 Craze 3 in New York and Cities
New York reports a deadly heat day with 22 fatalities and 10 prostrations as temperatures reached 92 degrees at 12:30 and 4 p.m. A refreshing afternoon breeze lowered the heat. Philadelphia also records 10 deaths and many prostrations with a 92 degree high and humidity at 85. Boston endures the hottest day of the year with near century temperatures and several deaths while churches install electric fans.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Cial Weather Bureau
Sizzling 15 Ends Hopeless Weather With Relief Ahead
Forecasters predict easing conditions across the region as temperatures dip after a period of intense heat. The staff led by Prof Moore reports cooler air arriving from the Great Lakes area, bringing a much needed break. Tragedy claims three people and a baby in the past day as severe weather toll rises.
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Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
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Rockies
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Mississippi Valley
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Heat Wave Relents Washington Braces for Rain
Washington newspapers report a breaking heat wave with easing temperatures and incoming rain. The forecast predicts lower temperatures for the region and scattered showers in the Mississippi valley by midweek. Several deaths and multiple heat overexertion cases are noted, including four people hospitalized or dead from the heat, with locations cited across northwest and southeast districts.
Six Bathers Drown In Delaware River And Lakes
Philadelphia reports drownings as three youths plus a man perish while swimming near Vine street pier Camden Clinton street wharf and Rock Glen Lake. Additional drownings include Frank Ambrose 16 in Spring Brook.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Ernest Behie
Vine Street
Camden
John Knauf
Clinton Street Wharf
Joseph Miller
South Street Wharf
Scranton
Rock Glen Lake
James Finrcioso
Frank Ambrose
Spring Brook
OK Post
Fourth of July Wounds Claim Two Fatalities
Bleak Fourth of July wounds claim two lives in the Pittsburg area. Edward Mullaney, 1, of East Carnegie, died of tetanus at West Penn Hospital, and Adam Hovitch, 22, of Turtle Creek, died from blood loss after the injury.
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Edward Mullaney
East Carnegie
West Pennsylvania Hospital
Adam Hovitch
Turtle Creek
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