Taft to speak from Portico at White House notification
President Taft plans to receive the Republican national committee on August 1 at the White House and announce a luncheon on the portico. He will rest and play golf through late summer and early fall with no major campaign trips planned, aside from possible visits to Beverly Hot Springs and short political engagements.
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Executive Mansion
Taft
White House
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Senator Root
Chicago
Washington Monument
Potol River
Beverly
Washington
Congress
Vualtors
Hot Springs
Manhington
Belmont to testify before Senate campaign inquiry today
August Belmont is set to appear today before the Senate committee probing campaign expenditures. He is expected to address concerns over Democratic national campaign funds amid ongoing investigations and questions about 1908 financing.
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August Belmont
Senate
Died notices from Washington area July 1912
A sequence of obituaries lists deaths and funeral details for Annie E Armstrong Mary J Birch Mary Cromwell Jean Rives Herman Van Birkler and others in mid July 1912. Each notice includes residence age and funeral or interment specifics with dates July 14 to July 18 and locations such as Glenwood and Grass Lake Cemeteries.
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Mary J Birch
Charles D Edrit
Frank Geler
Itis
Seventh Street
Ila
Glenwood Cemetery
Georgetown University Hospital
Mar
Stephen Cromwell
Charles B
Mia
Grass Lake
Jefferson Place
Jeanntf Tre
Franklin Rives
Lambert
Lai
VAN @USKIRK
HERMAN K VAN BI@ KIER
Ia Om Relatnes
Troy
Britain and US tolls in the canal dispute debated
Senate debate over the Isthmian Canal tolls emphasizes equal access and American rights to discriminate on tolls. Senators Root Cummins Burton stress asserting policy and avoiding shifting favoritism, recalling Denmark’s sound dues and St. Lawrence treaty precedents.
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United States
Cummins
America
Senator Willams
Mississippi
Senator Lippitt
Burton
House
Senate Committee
Denmark
Battic Sea
St. Lawrence River
Canadian
Joins In Canal Protest In Melbourne
Melbourne July 16 The Australian premier Andrew Fisher informed the home government that the commonwealth aligns with the motherland protest over the Panama Canal.
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Melbourne
Australia
Andrew Fisher
Home Government
Commonwealth
Panarra Canal
Political Notes Across States July 15 18
Reports from Chicago Dayton Camden Des Moines Detroit place a Democratic central committee reorganizes campaign leadership selecting a 200 member panel across districts. Roosevelts Iowa party convention July 24 supported by Senator Dixon. Wescott seeks US Senate nomination after Wilson bid. Grand Rapids to host fall state convention September 26 with Edwin F Sweet as temporary chair.
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Chicago
Democratic State Central Committee
Dayton
Ohio
William L Finley
Kenton
Camden
John W Wescott
Wilson
Baltimore
United States
Frank O Briggs
Des Moines
Iowa
Col. Roosevelt
Third Party
Dixon
Roosevelt
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Democratic State Central Committee
Grand Rapids
Edwin F Sweet
Daughters Appointed Collectors In Barber Estate
Petition filed in probate court to appoint Mrs Lorena L. B. Davis and Mrs Bertha L. Bance as collectors for the Julia Louise Langdon Barber estate. Jewelry valued at 30000 and household effects around 50000. Estate assets include stocks bonds and notes, with a total indebtedness of about 62000 plus funeral costs. Barber died July 6 en route from New York to Washington. Granddaughter in Europe delays probate, court fixes bond at 50000.
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Julia Louise Langdon Barber
New York
Washington
Lorena L. B. Davis
Bridgeport
Conn
Bertha LB. Vance
City
Barber
Europe
Julia Louise Langdon Barber 2d
Teatatrix
Capital Traction Company
New
Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company
Statena Company
J. J. Albright
Buffalo
Albright
Statena
East Washington group pushes midday mail and street works
At a meeting of the East Washington Citizens Association resolutions urged the Postmaster General to add midday mail delivery for residents north of East Capitol street and east of Fourth street northeast. The executive committee was authorized to seek Congress paving of E street from Sixteenth to Nineteenth streets southeast and to plant trees and lay sidewalks on Seventeenth street from Pennsylvania avenue to B street. The association plans a petition to clear reservation No 13 of buildings including the Washington Asylum Jail and workhouses, a site once intended as a park covering 173 acres.
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East
Plague Report Returns From Porto Rico Trip
Government medical officers return to Washington from Porto Rico after evaluating bubonic plague. Col Jefferson R Kean leading the team reports 4 cases and 21 deaths to date with over 2 percent infection rate on testing. A fatal plague case was announced at Dorado Puerto Rico and a suspect is isolated in Havana.
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Porto Rico
Jefferson R Kean
Medical Commission
Washington
Maj Rusnell
Lieut Foucar
Surgeon General’s Office
Col Kean
Brimson
Coli Kean
Prague
Dorado
Havana
Hasten Water Power Suits Involving Forest Reserves
The Department of Justice will hasten outcomes of test suits started in Colorado and Utah over water power licenses on forest reserves. Corporations claim irrevocable permits under an old statute, while the government argues licenses are revokeable by the Interior Secretary. Ernest Knaebel, assistant attorney general, left Washington for Denver to confer with the U S attorney.
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Department of Yvustica
Colorado
Utah
Licensed to Marry Across Many Couples in Turbulent Portents
A scrambled list of couples and witnesses from Richmond Baltimore and New York shows a sequence of marriage licenses issued. Names include Cecil F Chappelle Annie G Garbett William W Tennant Core E Saunders Johanma Rathke Elizabeth Wheeler Martha Bibel Mabel H French Roberta V Martin Maud W Poe and others with varied ages and locales. Rev clergy names appear alongside the pairs.
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Cecil F Chappelle
Annie G. Garbett
Richmond
Ciifton
Ehlers
William W Tennent
Core E Saunders
F. W Johnson
Ade Picciot
Johanma Rathke
Judge C. Bundy Louig F Bader
Elizabeth Wheeler
Baltimore
H Schroeder
William P. Burrows
Martha
Bibel
William McDaniel
Port Myer
Yen
Rom L. Bray
Charlestdown
Edward Stanley Arthur J. Dinger
Mabel H. French
Dayton
Ohio
L. Morgan Chambers
Rosewall
H Tucker
New York
Roberta V. Martin
Earle Wilfer
George G Padgett
Maud W. Poe
Rory Gilbert
Wiliens Fr 'Gilek
Rileo @ hich
Baker Hoy E. Edwards
Bante E. Wheat
Ray
Edward Stanley
Lilborn W. Armentraut
Catherine A) Mann
Stephen T. Morris
Movements of Ocean Steamers
Maritime notices list several passenger and cargo sailings. New Tort Noord departs Rotterdam to Boulogne and Plymouth Philadelphia. Kronpringsam Cecilie sails from New York to Southampton. Also listed are Copenhagen and Kiel routes via New York, with Gherbourg-Berlin and York SAILE vessels.
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New Tort Noord
Rotterdam
Bouloge
Plymouth
Philadelphia
New York
Southampt Kronpringsam
Cecilie
Copenhagen
Unitted Sistes
Gherbourg
Berlin
York Saile
Teere
Peteraedrick Wilhelm
New Jogne
Ryndam
New
Fusion Impossible in Maryland Ruling Sparks Taft-Roosevelt Split
Baltimore reports that Maryland cannot adopt the Pennsylvania Taft-Roosevelt electoral plan. State law requires distinct elector slates and prevents a fusion ticket. A Republican conference and statewide convention aim to remove Roosevelt supporters from the Taft slate.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Finike Ana
Maryland
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Hidpa
State Republican Committeé
Taft Republicana
YEGGMEN ON RAMPAGE AND POST OFFICE BURGLARY
Berwyn and nearby towns woke to a night of raids by a gang described as yeggmen who robbed stations in Berwyn College Park Riverdale and Hyattsville seized cash and stamps and attempted to burn the Hyattsville depot. Detectives from the Postoffice Department and railroad police hunted the suspected gang as residents feared a return visit report notes little loot from the break ins and a possible motive of burning depots.
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Berwyn
College Station
Riverdale
Hyatteville
Band of Thieves
Hyattsville
Hyattaville
Pansgersby
Postoffice Department
Postofice
John B. Robertson Berwyn
A. Brady
College Park
A. Terry
Baltimore and Ohio
Riverdale Postoffice
Claude Warren
Ballromd
Sapg
Postoffice
Robertson
A . Brady
Shot Firing Near Dela ware Ave and N Street Southwest
Police from the Fourth precinct respond to a 1280 am shooting near WW Street Bridge finding Charles Brooks, a 3 year old Black male, with a abdomen wound. He is rushed to Emergency Hospital for surgery with a small chance of survival. Brooks told police he did not know the shooter.
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Delaware Avents
N Street
Fourth Precinct
WW Street
Charles Brooks
Brooks
Woman Promotes Wax Facial Cure Despite Limited Details
An Ohid correspondent touts a new facial wax treatment claiming to produce a natural girlish complexion without obvious signs of artificial editing. The method involves nightly application, but reader letters and precise ingredients are unclear and appear in promotional tone.
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Youner
Julia Ort
Mistaken Identity Mars DC Slaying Probe At Home
Thomas Cole believed slain by seven white men on Bladensburg road. police say he is alive and the deceased is John Spencer of Fairmont Heights. Inquest set for morning. six white youths held, with one alleged ringleader sought. Autopsy indicated murder rather than streetcar strike.
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Thomas Cole
John Spencer
Bladensburg Road
Benning Road
Northen
Cole
L. W. Giles
Ninth Precinct
Fairmont Heights
Spencer
M Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Asphalt Block Chosen for Washington Street Paving
Alexandria city officials recommended replacing vitrified brick with asphalt block on Washington Street from Duke to Queen, while narrowing the roadway by 8 feet to widen sidewalks. The plan aims to save property owners costs by paving or parking the added sidewalk space and reduces noise and improves sanitation.
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Alexandria
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Washington Street
Duke and
Queen Streets
Board of Aldermen
E S Leadbeater
Committee On
E C Graham
Methodist Episcopal Church South
John H. Trimyer
Methodist Protestant Church
A D. Brockett
Isaac Elchberg
M D Delaney
Vv P Berry
C E Outcast
J F Dyson
EB L. Allen
A L Thomson
E B Downham
Benjamin Aitcheson
EB. Nico
Death of B B Oliver a local blacksmith
Benjamin B Oliver aged about seventy four a resident of 94 Franklin street died Sunday night after a short illness He is survived by his wife and four children Mrs Maggie Stockedale Baltimore Mrs Lillie Futrell Washington Mrs Bertha Thompson and Harry Oliver Alexandria The funeral is at 3 pm today. Souvenirs to be given to delegates at the State Retail Merchants convention in Alexandria. A lightning strike damaged a Richmond and Pearson store at Annandale no injuries but goods harmed. Alexandria Motorboat Association meeting postponed to tomorrow at Walters Varney law office to discuss a Porto Santo regatta plans.
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Benjamin
Franklin Street
Maggie Stockedale
Baltimore
Lillie Futrell
Washington
Bertha Thompson
Harry Oliver
Alexandria
Alexandria Retail Merchants’ Association
State Association
Richmond & Pearson
Annandale
Fairfax County
Alerandria Motorboat Association
Walter [. Varney
Posaan
Denver Flood Claims Two Dead and Wide Damage
A cloudburst in Denver caused Cherry Creek floodwaters to sweep wholesale and factory districts. Two dead are confirmed Frank Hill and Lydia Bickford, age 87, with five injured and one missing Albert Clay. Property damage estimated up to five million, with extensive labor aiding pumping and debris removal across the city.
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Denver
Cherry Creek
State
Kansas
Aril
Yeity
Bouth Platte River
Frank Hill
Lydia Bickford
Albert Clay
Appeals to Congress on District of Columbia representation
The Washington Chamber of Commerce urges Congress to act on pending DC bills. It notes lack of quorum in the District of Columbia Committee and says residents have no representation or direct remedy without petition. The appeal, sent to all House members and leaders, asks lawmakers to exert influence to move action without further delay.
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Great Britain
J . Stone
Ohio
New York
Root
Bacon
Hague
Law and Legislation Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
District of Columbia
House
House District Committee
Leftwich Sinclair
Law and Legislation
Clark Cha‘man Johnson
District Committee
Underwood
Mann
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Uielrier
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Dirhorst
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Frank Geier’s Sonr
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Britain
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the Hague
Panama
R. Harris& CO
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D Streets
East Washington Citizens’ Association
Clover Club
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Undertaker
Chichester
R. H. L Chichester
Fredericksburg
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
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Corporation Court
Robert S Barrett
Urban v. Lambert
Common Council
Barrett
C. HB. Nicol
J. K. M Norton
L . Cc. Barley
Alexandria Corporation Court
B. B. Oliver
Denver Filod
Chambereesf Commerce
District
Capitol
Acton
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H. Fletcher
Centaux Company
Murray Street
New Torm City
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