Taft Hurtles With Ankle Strain On Maine Cruise
President Taft endures a severely strained right ankle after a golf mishap at Kebo Valley, yet continues his Maine trip schedule aboard the Mayflower. He receives care from Surgeon Grayson but expects no disruption to the cruise, praising Maine’s men and agricultural prospects in Bangor while planning further yacht travel with Senator Hale’s hosts.
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Bangor aBeacon of Conservatism and Prosperity in Maine
The speaker extols Bangor as a model city with notable natives like Hannibal Hamlin, Chief Justice Peters, and Representative Routell. He credits Eastern statesmen and living senators Fry and Hale, urges conservation, and argues Maine should nurture farmers into millionaires and keep graduates local to bolster state and national influence.
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Crippen on Ship Frenzy as Disguised Fugitive Tracked
Scotland Yard believes Dr Hawley Crippen and Miss Ethel Leneve are aboard the Sardinian sailing Havre to Montreal on July 18 with two others posing as Rev Robinson and son. Captains wireless and police work in Havre, Marseille and Rimouski fail to confirm sightings as Montreal police sweep incoming steamers for Crippen.
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Rob Jersey Train One of Thieves Caught in Immigrant Hold Up
Special to The Washington Port reports an Ontario and Western No 105 spécial train hold up at Wee Hawken. Five men approached in two entrances with revolvers, demanding money from passengers many of whom were recent Ellis Island immigrants. Trainman Lundy raised alarm. one lookout captured by Officer Nulty. Four other robbers escaped into the station crowd. about $500 taken.
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Theft of Fidelity Trust official rocks Louisville scene
In Louisville, ex assistant secretary and bookkeeper August Rooke allegedly stole about 110000 from Fidelity Trust Company, with the entire surplus allegedly vanished. Boss John W. Barr announced the loss after a stockholders meeting, and Rooke remained jailed on 25000 bail. The article notes Wall Street speculation, a planned 1000000 stock increase to cover the loss, and ongoing investigations into eight to nine years of transactions. Col Astor and Mrs Astor engaged in Newport season talks alongside society’s reaction to the split and yacht plans. Rooke reportedly hid unpaid checks by tearing them up after execution, with deposits and potential lender repercussions cited.
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Boy Hero Gets Reward For Stopping Trolley Crash
A 12 year old boy, Earl Bolett of Jett Station, was paid 25 in gold by John Blair MacAfee of Philadelphia, president of Lexington Utilities. During a recent storm a tree fell on the Frankfort Versailles interurban line near Lexington just before a car bound for Frankfort could pass. The boy grabbed a red flannel petticoat, ran along the track and warned the motorman in time to prevent a wreck.
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Drowned While Fishing At Antietam Creek
A boy named Elsworth Rudisill aged 2 drowned while fishing in Antietam Creek near Funkstown. He suffered an epileptic attack, fell into the stream, and did not survive despite efforts. He was visiting his mother in Funkstown during a vacation law likely in Maryland.
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Train holdup victims recount New York robbery near Wee hawken
Migrant car and Pulimana routes planned to pass through but a holdup occurred before the train departed. A captured man refused to name himself or reveal details about accomplices, suspected to be a New Yorker. Victims, including several women, showed saved money hidden in shoes, warned by relatives to expect robbery as the train neared New York.
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Father of 38 Takes Waif In Wooded Farm Find
Ada Sneed of Fair Oaks was arrested at Cape Charles on a charge of abandoning her newborn infant in the woods near Melfa after giving birth in a Philadelphia hospital. Farmer John Guy, father of 33 children, found the baby and said his love for children led him to take the infant to his home.
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Mayors in Near Accident During Baltimore Visit
Mayors Richardson of Richmond and Mahool of Baltimore narrowly escaped a sidewalk collision when a car swerved to avoid an elderly woman on Broadway and Monument Street. The Richmond mayor, Baltimore’s president of the city council, and Goldsborough, Mahool’s secretary, were aboard. The visit included a luncheon at Maryland Country Club and a Maryland dinner at Riverview, followed by a Bay voyage planned for the next day.
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New York Democrats Plan September State Conference
Albany July 2 A Democratic conference will be held in the first week of September to map plans for the State convention and campaign. State Chairman John A. Dix will invite members of the State committee executive committee county chairmen and Democratic mayors. An August meeting in Albany will set the convention date and place. Edward M. Shepard chairs a committee to unite Democrats with the State League and progressive Democrats.
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Kidnapper Now Librarian at Western Penitentiary
Pittsburg July 23 James Boyle once a kidnapper of Willie Whitla has been moved from kitchen duties to the library at the Western penitentiary He is serving a life sentence and may spend his days among the books Meanwhile Mrs Boyle serving a year and a half for complicity in the Whitla case prepares an appeal for a new trial due in superior court next October
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Minister Also Policeman in Louisville
Rev. Arthur E. Whatham rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Louisville was sworn in as a private policeman and presented with a badge reading Private policeman Trinity park. He said his police role complements his church duties to help protect the boys who play in Trinity park and to deter trouble among local youths.
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Cloudburst Wrecks Bisbee Town with Flood Toll
A cloudburst struck Bisbee Arizona last evening causing a great flood. Two persons Mrs Jol Baker and Daniel Murphy drowned and six others are missing. Many houses were demolished and basements flooded. The damage exceeds $150000 and Bisbee lost water and communication.
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Madriz Defiant Talk on Quibble and Lie Schemes
Corry M. Stadden, for Madriz government in Nicaragua, denounces U S refusal to recognize Bluefields port closure and Norway’s decree. He cites King Haakon’s recognition of Madriz and asserts the gunboat Venus may be seized as pirate if operating unlawfully. Insurrectionary moves near Managua and naval alerts loom as officials report casualties and prisoner captures.
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Sisters Die As Raritan River Drowns Trio
New Brunswick New Jersey July 23 two young sisters Anna Hill four Edith Hill nineteen and Gordon Silverthorne two drowned in the Raritan River while an escort Helen White twenty was rescued. The party of campers ventured from shore for a swim and a sudden undercurrent struck. Despite efforts by Harry Bloodgood and others two girls perished and one man remained unconscious but later revived.
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Newark
Helen White
Silverthorne
Harry Bloodgood
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Minnesota riches: state may not need taxes next year
Minnesota faces a massive surplus with nearly 4 million dollars in the state treasury as of October 1, far above 1909 levels. Settlements from lumber cases and the Kennedy inheritance tax contribute to ongoing gold inflows, suggesting citizens may escape general tax levies for government maintenance.
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Cardinal Gibbons Celebrates 76th Birthday in Carroll County
Baltimore on July 23 Cardinal Gibbons turned 76 and spent the day at a tranquil country bank near Westminster. He received many letters and telegrams from across the nation while clergy and laity discuss a grand event planned for June 36 next year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination and the twenty-fifth of his cardinalate.
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Churchmen to Talk Mission at Charlottesville District Meet
During the Charlottesville district conference 135 churches in the district will gather at Palmyra Fluvanna County next week for a laymen's missionary meeting. Norfolk lay leader S Southgate speaks on The Layman's Opportunity with Dr G Hounshell of Korea Prof Bruce R Payne UVA and James D Via among speakers. Rev Dr Gilby C Kelly of First Methodist will preach the conference sermon on missions.
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Aerocycle test delayed at Annapolis on Monday
The Ames aerocycle test in Annapolis is postponed today and set to resume Monday. The main test will measure lifting power as the machine, mounted on the torpedo boat Bagley at a Naval Academy wharf, endures wind and speed trials. Congressman Ames, inventor, avoids technical detail but keeps the public informed.
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Middies Form Battalion at Naval Academy
Special to The Washington Post reports the Naval Academy fourth class forming a battalion today in Annapolis Maryland cadet lieutenant commander W H Amen Jr of Pennsylvania leads with adjutant William C Corn. Companies led by Robert W Cary Jr Missouri Randolph Dickens Virginia D M Steece Minnesota and Arthur H Henderson Michigan.
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Storm endangers a gunboat Tampico storm damage in Mexico
A fierce Pacific coast storm battered Mazatlan causing property damage and harbor losses. The Mexican gunboat Tampico was narrowly saved from destruction as the storm hit the coast near Mazatlan and Guadalaajara. Additionally reports recall a fatal fire in Virginia and pellagra deaths in Rockingham County with local notices for lending on real estate from F. T. Rawlings.
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Daring hotel room robbery targets Bakewells diamonds
Paul Bakewell Jr and his father, prominent St. Louis attorneys, report a night hotel theft of a two and a half inch diamond pin worth $2,000 and other jewelry from a fifth floor suite. Detectives Bourlingine and Weedon questioned staff while Washington police pursue an experienced crew believed to be involved. The pin contains eighteen diamonds set in platinum.
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Clarence E Gross Weds in Pittsburg Elopement Shakeup
Clarence E Gross of Cumberland Md and Nora Hope Walter of Davis W Va eloped to Pittsburg and wed in secret. Reverend John Frose of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church received a sealed note from the groom with instructions to publish the marriage the next day and to disclose the couple’s names and addresses. The minister was asked not to open the letter until an hour after the couple’s departure.
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Clarence B. Gross
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George N Walter
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School trustees row in Anne Arundel county
Anne Arundel County school commissioners answered a mandamus petition brought by Dr. Louis B Henkel and others to compel rescinding action appointing six trustees for Annapolis public schools. They argue the 1918 and 1904 aid laws are invalidated by the general educational law and that three male trustees are now provided. The State board of education recent ruling effectively removes three female trustees, a final decision in the dispute.
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