Taft Appeals for Ballinger Record in Buffalo Speech
President Taft and Secretary Knox spoke at a Buffalo banquet amid praise for conservation and tax reform. Taft urged New York to support the income tax amendment after hailing Gov Hughes and promising judicial restraint, while Knox attacked newspapers for biased reporting as both leaders toured Wilcox House and the university and visited the Gratwick Lab.
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Gov Hughes
Knox
Buffalo
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers Club
Convention Hall
Thomas Penney
Erie County
Kng
Niagara Halls
Ballinger
Pot Headten
Canada
Ire Duimmiun
Guv Hughes
New York
Supreme Court of the
United States
Justice Hughes
Buffalo Ad Club
Washington
Ansley Wilcox
Wilcox
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
University Club
Yale
Gratwick Cancer Laboratory
Pittsburg
Hughes
Guy Hughes
Supreme Court
Gov
Albany
Ad Club
Norman B Muck
Norman B Muck and W Oj Conners
Congress Condensed Senate and House Proceedings
The Senate devoted time to eulogies for Gay Pierpont of West Virginia as the House passed private claims. A president urged Panama Canal defenses completion. A postal savings bank bill discharge resolution was introduced by Snapp. Harrison proposed friendly measures to stop massacres of the Yous in Russia as the House adjourned to meet at noon. 81.25 in Baltimore and Return via Baltimore and Ohio RR.
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Gay Pierpont
West Virginia
House
Panama Canal
Snapp
Russia
Harrison
Diplomatic Reception Honors Chinese Minister at Willard Hall
The Chinese minister hosted a grand reception at the Willard with Prince Tao as guest, attracting the Vice President, Congress members, military, and diplomatic corps. Attendees wore ornate gowns and uniforms, while a buffet complemented the glittering scene of jewels, orchestral music, and multicolored costumes from Mrs Chang to Mme Chang and guests from many embassies.
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Orient
China
Prince ‘Liat' Tao
New Willard
Ovent
United States
Yung Iwai
Legation
John W Foster
Mme Chang
Henry Thing
Tong
Army and Navy
Diplomatic Corps
Roosevelt in Delft and Berlin Welcome Scenes Twain Times
Records describe Colonel Roosevelt's birthday visit to Princess Juliana in Delft with concerts crowds and autographs. The Dutch welcome highlights democracy symbols while Berlin staging a high profile welcome with Kaiser William, the 10 May arrival, and Roosevelt lectures at the university amid royal attention.
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Berlin
Col
Sirs Roosevelt
Potsdam
New Palace
Royal Palace
Herlnm
Col Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hig Herting
Alsace-Lorraine
Stettiner
Stockholm
Grew
Trelteborg
Sweden
Ambassador Hitt
Baltic
Saganitz
Tied to Tree Two Days in Cabell County Robbery
Mason county farmer JE Smith, en route home from Milton to deposit money, was abducted by two armed assailants near Trace Fork on the Mason county line. He was tied to a tree and left to suffer two days before a posse found him unconscious and exposed in the woods.
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Speal
Washington Huntington
Trace Fork
Cabell
Mason County
JE Smith
P&&n
Milton
Smith
Indictments Name Alleged Lynchers in Pennington Case
Grundy on April 30 Wayne Justis Lafayette Justis Richard Lawson and P L Johnson indicted for lynching Frank Pennington at Hurley last Christmas. Pennington held for killing John Baker and wounding Baker’s wife. Johnson alleged to have told Pennington he had little time to live before Pennington was shot. Body dragged, tied to water pipe, buried in a box as blood icicles formed. Lynchers reportedly toasted memory and drank while lawmen warned against probing the affair.
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Pennington
Denial by Lorimer Sees Plot Against Him
Chicago dispatch reports Senator Lorimer rejects charges from Representative White that he bribed votes to win a U S Senate seat. The piece names Democrats Luke Clark Shepherd Link and Wilson and notes assertions by Mrs Luke and others. The Southern Hotel in St Louis figures in the testimony, with investigations by Tribune reporters and state officials promising action once indictments are returned.
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Luke
Wilson
Hotel Reqister
Chicago
Charles
O'Talion
William Lorimer
United States
Lorimer
White
Chicago Trioune
Lorimer Ff
General Assembly
Robat & Wilson
St Louis
Joseph Clark
Vandale III
Michael S Link
Mitchel II
Henry S Shephard
Jerseyville
Charles S Luke
Nashville II
Tribune
Firstaig
Southern
Robert B Wilson
Link
Clark
Shepherd
St Louie
Vioush
1Lorimer
Charles Lake
J C AdJerl
Cleveland Avenue
Bt Louis
the Tribune
Mr Wilson
St. Louis
Southern Hotel
Lukes
Adderly
Stead of
Tinos
Waymans
Stead
Illeis
Lee Oneill Browne
Ottawa
Springfield
Tommer Rober
H Wilson
Browne
St Lows
Lormet
Lormet About If He Didnt Ask For Money Continued Mr Browne
Luke and Clark
Talk on Sunday Schools Draws Protestant Leaders to Last Spring Meeting
The Sunday School Workers Association hosts the final spring meeting led by Rev Dr Donald McLeod of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington on Essential Features of Successful Sunday School Work. The event at Alexandria Episcopal Church includes music directed by J T Preston and draws a large congregation, with local officers and attendees from Protestant churches across the area.
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King Street
Alexandra
Washington Post
Donald McLeod
First Presbyterian Chore
Washington
Sunda
Traty
Episcopal Church
Dr MacLeod
Preston
Trimer
Worham ¢Campbell
Rorman
Binson
Carpenter E & Leadbeater Urban
Lambert
Frank Myers
Pierpont
R Mansfield
Greenawat
George S Smith
Pop Dempsey
George H Bender
Washington Horse Show Draws Vast Prince Teat Tao Spectators
A large Washington crowd attended the annual show by the Road Drivers and Riders Association and The Washington Post. Officers and notable guests watched as ten classes awarded silver cups, with riders facing heat and several minor accidents. Losses included Melvin C Hazen fainting and Lieut WL Moore Jr and Poco-S rider injury, while judges included Senators Keiley. The event showcased Metropolitan and Chevy Chase club participants amid a fashionable crowd and fine riding, concluding at sunset after a day of competitive equestrian sport.
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Melvin C Hazen
Adam
W L. Moore
S. W . Comer
Prince Teat Tao
Qffials
Larz Andersen
Lcholas Longworth
Teaps Anigit
Ada
MuNin Hazen
Hazen Wa
Breckinridge Haynes Alao
Poco
Pumner
WL Moce Jr
Harneas
Oval
Toxi
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Brillant Assemblage
Weer
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Huntington Wilson
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Uchida
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Peru
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Edward Loftus
James
Comtesse de Chamborin
Ruoy
Mine Cruz
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Sutherland Miss Beatty
Ekengren
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Lucia Hull
Evans Hrs Evans
Gen Black
Vrooman
Henrietta Dunlap
Wood
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William Phelps Eno
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Laura Harlan
Sherman i White
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Lilles of the Valley
Baroness Uchide
Charles Bennet
Janet Fish
Pete Ways
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Arthur Murray
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John W Burgess
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Mme Veenskek
van Swinderen
Mme van Swinderen
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Tallway Station
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J A Gibson
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Otlock
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Potomac Lodge Hall
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Rosewell Page
Hanover
Fred Wscott
Richmond
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Engin
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Epicopal Church
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