Taft Cancels Most Engagements As Crane Trip Planned
President Taft cancels nearly all fall engagements while sending Senator Winthrop Crane of Massachusetts on a survey trip to the West and Panama. Crane will assess political conditions from Seattle to the Isthmus and report back to the White House. The plan aims to understand state by state dynamics and to gauge issues beyond the regular campaign.
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Panama
Massachusetts
Solon
Werte
Taft
Ballinger
Washington Post
Beverly
Mass
Winthrop Murray Crane
Senate
Burgess Point
Crane
Seattle
Wash
Congress
Ure Noor
Cutt
Sand
Aft
Tie
Manchester
Pianinger-Pinchot
Ballinser
Norton
Urine
Dalton
Washington
Rockland
United States
Provincetown
Pilgrims’ Monument
St. Paul
Reed Monument
Portland
Conservation Congress
Panama Canal
Taft Plans November Voyage to Isthmus for Progress Check
President Taft intends a twenty day November trip to the isthmus to inspect progress and settle questions important to the administration. He may depart after election day November 8 and sail from Norfolk on an Atlantic fleet armored ship. His immediate tasks include Supreme Court appointments the commerce court a railroad inquiry commission and annual fiscal estimates.Continued on third page.
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Taft
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Court of Commerce
Congress
Taft Will Not Call Senate to Confirm Supreme Court Noms
Beverly Massachusetts July 29 President Taft declines extra Senate session to confirm future Supreme Court appointments while Moody plans retirement before November enabling act expires. Moody announced retirement is irrevocable amid health concerns and the administration aims to avoid pressure on the court.
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Beverly
Mass
William H. Moody
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Senate
Supreme Court
Fuller
Moody
Charles BE. Hughes
New York
United States
Congress
Magnolia
Justice Moody
John G Carlisle Improves Amid Indigestion Illness
Ex Secretary of the Treasury John G Carlisle shows steady improvement after acute indigestion attack. At Hotel Welcott in New York he remains seriously ill due to age and winter infirmities. physicians in constant attendance. Carlisle's granddaughters and mother also present. Also notes reduced rail fares to Jamestown and Lake Chautauqua on Aug 5 and 6 with return to Aug 16.
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New York
Morris Carpenter
John G. Carlisle
Carpenter
Carlisle
F. L. Allen
Sherman Pitkin
Wiliam K. Carlisle
Jamestown
Chautauqua Lake
Pennsylvania Railroad
N. Y
Lake Chautauqua
Crippen suspect aboard Montrose sparks alert at Father Point
Inspector Dew arrives from London to verify if the Montrose passengers John Robinson and Miss Leneve are Dr Crippen and his typist. Quebec police, Canadian authorities, and American consul prepare for possible extradition and arrest as the ship nears Father Point with high security and secrecy.
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Father Point
Quebec
Crippen
Inspector Dew
Scotland Yard
London
Montrose
Dew
Hawley H. Crippen
Helle Elmore
Ethel Clara Leneve
Kendall
Misa Leneve
Robinson
McCarthy
Quebec Police
Montreal Star
Dr. Crippen
Migs Leneve
Laurentic
Jean Baptiste Belanger
Quarantine and Immigration Department
Ottawa
Laurentie
Ulster
Charles
St. Lawrence
Charles Gauvreau
A. P. Sherwood
Dominion Police
Miss Leneve
Cnet
Gauvreau
Frederick M. Ryder
United States
Rimouski
Chippen Naw
Angers
Plan A Cotton Trust Warehouses To Hold Crop
A Boston Gloucester conference explored warehousing cotton in production and manufacturing centers to market year round, aiming to save at least 59 million annually. Promoters say Hirsch syndicate has underwritten the plan to aid growers and standardize cotton. no formal steps yet.
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Heid
Gloucester
Masy
Hirsch Syndicate
London
Boston
United States
John Hays Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Daniel J. Sully
New York
Scott Dalgleish
Cairo
Egypt
General Cottoh Securities Company
Siammond
Sully
Mass
Messrs. Hammond
Dalgleish
Clark's Campaign Costly in Missouri Stump Speech
Special to The Washington Post reports that Champ Clark, Democratic minority leader, touring his district with son Bennett, has canceled statewide bau taunqua dates to focus locally and is reportedly losing about $500 per speech. His opponent is Republican Judge R. E. Roy of New London.
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Washington Post
Montgomery
Champ Clark
Bennett
R.E. Roy
New London
Unrest in Thibet Prompts British Troops Readiness
In Simla July 29 British India, unrest in Thibet grows as Chinese activity continues. The Indian government orders a sizable force of Indian troops held in readiness on the Thibetan frontier to march to Gyantse and Gyntong if needed to aid British agencies there.
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Simia
British India
Thibet
Thibetan
Gyantse
Gyntong
Riots in Ohio Resumed as National Guard Fails to Deter
Columbus rioters backed by three Ohio National Guard regiments injure about twenty workers of the Columbus Railway and Light Company and force suspension of car service by nightfall. Mayor Marshall laments lack of troop aid after Gov Harmon forbids militia police duty. Merchants seek special legislative session for compulsory arbitration. court action for a street railway receiver is also explored.
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Marshall
Harmon
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Columbus Railway and Light Company
Har‘mon
Gov. Harmon
Battery C
E. L. Weinland
Gov
Missing jewels returned to Mrs Ladenburg in Newport
A diamond and pearl necklace belonging to Mrs Adolphi Ladenburg, missing for several days, was found in her jewel case tonight after an appeal to the police. The jewelry was last worn Sunday during a dinner party. No arrests, police say they are ignorant of the matter, though Mrs Ladenburg visited police headquarters this week and Inspector Tobin has been seen near her bungalow.
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Washington
Newport
Adolphi Ladenburg
Divorce Papers Souvenirs
Special to The Washington sue Newark New Jersey July 2 A decree of divorce signed by Chancellor Pitney in the suit by Jacob C Meyer 488 Orange street against Mrs Charlotte Meyer who is reported to be living in Brooklyn She did not defend the suit and E V Bartlett of the city a former boarder in the Meyer home also ignored the proceeding Mrs Meyer sent back the papers with a note saying she would hang them as souvenirs Plus a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fare notice for today and tomorrow to Baltimore and Rotors
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Washington
Newark
N. J
Pitney
Jacob C. Meyer
Orange Street
Charlotte Meyer
Brooklyn
RE. V. Bartlett
Meyer
Jake
Heirloom Diamond Pin Stolen On Washington Bound Pullman
Samuel C. Clubb of St. Louis reported a family heirloom hijacked from his Pullman berth en route from New York to Washington. A twelve-diamond horseshoe pin valued over 200 dollars vanished while he slept, with police and railroad detectives alerted and no immediate clues found.
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Samuel C. Clubb
St. Louis
New York
Washington
Mijongire
Baltimore
Clubb
Capital
Rte
New York City
Deater
White-Sulphur Springs
Howard Hume
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
University of Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chubb
New Willard Hotel
Dr. Hume
College
Middle West
Rocket Club
Country Club of
St. Lous
2 Post
Hume
Battle Fought At Ceiba In Honduras Revolt
Report on a Ceiba clash between revolutionists and government troops with martial law declared in Ceiba and nearby coast towns. Thirty killed or wounded, with troop patrols along the Atlantic coast. Trade with the United States to continue. Maritime news and rail fare advertisement follow.
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Honduras
New Oleans
Davila
Revolutionary Party
Manuel Bonils
John Wilson
Ceiba
United States
Taft to Send Crane West in Senate Session Test
Integer page note reports no extra Senate session planned as Taft sends Crane west. Other items include Crippen trial notes, Ohio riots, railroad robbery, cashier prison term, Vatican break with Cook, St Alban's Chapel work, Gettysburg scene, corporate shakeups, slum scenes, rich man death mystery, promoter accusations, Madriz envoys, Knox, Pinchot room, battleship needs, weekly Jade Review and sporting events including "The Silver Horde" and infantile paralysis court plea.
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Taft
Crane
Senate
Renator Crippen
Rlote
Ohio
Wider
Spean
Vatican 2
Cook
St. Alban’s Chapel
Gettysburg
Westinghatze
Madriz
Knox
Pinchot
Jade Review
i—Society
Wider Goes to Prison for Embezzlement and Flight
Detectives traced wife of the missing Russo Chinese Bank cashier Erwin Wider to a New York restaurant and arrested him in jail after a grand jury charged him with safekeeping and stealing stock certificates. Wider admitted he earned only 1200 dollars a year, blaming Wall Street margins and his low pay for his downfall.
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New York
Erwin Wider
Leon Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Warren Foster
Wall Street
Wider
Baltimore and Ohio
Dick Brothers
Mystery in Newport Shots Spur Police Hunt
Newport July 2 Extra watchmen patrol Hallidon Hill and Harrison Avenue after mysterious shootings last midnight. Residents suspected coastal artillerymen returning from night leave, but inquiry found no soldiers in the area. After swift patrols, no clue was found as reports continued to come in. Round trip Sundays, Bloomington, $1.00. Southern Railways special train, 3:55 a.m.
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Hallidon Hill
Washington Peat
Newport
Hallideon Hill
Harrison Avenue
Coast
Breaks With Pope as Spain Moves on anticlerical program
Madrid action follows Canalejas and King Alfonso agree to continue anticlerical reforms after recalling Marquis de Ojeda the Spanish ambassador to the Vatican. Vatican rupture seen as likely as protests spark Catholic demonstrations and miners unrest in Catalonia and San Sebastian. Vicar nuncio may depart Madrid.
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Canalejas
Alfonso
Bilboa
Catalonia
San Sebastian
Spain
Emilio de Ojeda
Vatican
Senor Canalejas
Marquis de Ojeda
Senor Caneglejas
Ilness
Rome
Bon Jaime
Bourbon
Candlejas
Mberaj
Madrid
Submarine Goes Aground Near Chesapeake Beach
Annapolis Md July 29 The Cuttlefish flagship of the third flotilla is aground off Chesapeake Beach a summer resort 20 miles below Annapolis Lieut L McNair called on the Naval Academy for aid and the Viper and Tarrantula were dispatched at midnight to assist. Information is meager but it is believed the engines failed and she drifted onto a sand bar.
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Chesapeake Beach
Annapolis
Boy Stricken in Lake Drowns After Hemorrhage
William Montfort aged 21 a bellboy at the Lake George Country Club drowned after a hemorrhage of the lung while swimming at Lake George New York. W E Swift of New York guest at Hotel Marion dived and brought him to the surface after three minutes. He died three hours later without regaining consciousness. Montfort belonged to Saint George's Cadet Battalion of New York. Crabs now being caught daily at Chesapeake Beach.
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Lake George
N. Y
William Montfort
Lake George Country Club
W. EL Swift
New York
Hotel Marion
Montfort
the &T .George's Cadet Battalion
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Slayer
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Hatch
Congreszional Limited
Geuvreau
Rtimouski
Plan A Cotton Trust
Syndicate
Messrs
Sully and
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Station
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Clark
Adolph Ladenburg
Baltimore and
Rotors
Ohio Railroad
Pullman
Royal Lim
Southern Ralines
Pope
Don Jaime
Lake
Rene
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