25 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1909
Page
1
Taft speaks in Salt Lake City urging adherence to law and noting Congress must compromise to advance the nation. He emphasizes tariff references and assures residents the government will remain in Utah until Monday noon.
President Taft speaks in Salt Lake City urging loyalty to U.S. law and lawful reform through lawful means. He notes Mormon Tabernacle events and a busy schedule with ministers, a railway procession, and a reception at Fort Douglas, while hinting at policy talks and upcoming speeches in Spokane and beyond.
A speech fragment discusses achieving a durable policy through compromise among diverse opinions of 80 to 90 million people. It references tariff reform, privileging beet sugar interests, and balancing regional impact with national economic aims, highlighting the pressure to align varied demands into legislation.
Report from Salt Lake City indicates a high level meeting between Gifford Pinchot and Richard Ballinger amid ongoing Cabinet tensions over conservation policy. Taft greets Pinchot warmly while Ballinger and Pinchot avoid direct contact. both men plan talks with the President to determine their futures.
Rome reports the Vatican denies negotiations for establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. The claim of a Taft visit to the Pope is ridiculed. Also notes travel details about a Baltimore & Ohio RR schedule from Delaware with possible round trip today or tomorrow.
Preparations for a great historic carnival falter as a grand procession is promised under clear skies. The event will feature the largest assemblages of warships on record including reproductions of Clermont and a Quaint Half Moon, with officers paying visits and entries ready for display.
A sequence of scheduled events includes naval rendezvous and parades on Saturday Sept 25 with the Half Moon and Clermont, evening illuminations, religious observances Sept 2, airship flights and a foreign delegate reception, a historical pageant Sept 2, aquatics and educational exercises, a military parade Sept 30, and a farewell naval parade to Newburgh Oct 1 with children’s parades and an up-State celebration beginning Oct 4.
New York city readies for a two week staged pageant on land and water marking national growth. crowds exceed 1.9 million as Hudson river defenses and electric searchlights blaze. ships including Inflexible and a flotilla of warships gather for an international celebration amid state dinners and public displays.
An express swindler used Secretary Knox’s name on forged money orders cashed from Terre Haute to Buffalo. The Adams Express and several major express companies were used to pass $100 per order across cities including Toledo Ohio Ashtabula and Cleveland.
In Butte Montana striking miners besieged the Cagnon mine at night with armed groups. After hours of fighting deputies and sheriffs arrived, forcing miners to surface. Guards escorted workers to a hall as strikers held a mass meeting to decide their fate.
Frederick Chapman of Kansas City found marriage certificates in his wife Mrs. Chapman’s trunk and learned she had not been divorced from her last husband. She confessed to prior alliances, was charged with bigamy, and held for trial in criminal court. She said she had been married to five men besides Chapman and deserted each.
At Herndon Kansas last night a passenger train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line ran itself to a stop after the engineer George Pronger died at his post from heart disease. Fireman A Koler noticed the engine’s rigid posture and brought the train to St Francia for safety.
Manila dispatches report a rumor that the revenue cutter Sora has been captured by Moro pirates and that the crew was murdered. Authorities have not confirmed the claim, but dispatches have been sent to nearby points.
Grand Admiral von Koester personal representative of the German emperor spends a rainy day in official visits at Governors Island and on German flagship Viktoria Luise. He meets officers aboard Cannactient and Inflexible with Captains von Mueller and Retamann present, before continuing to other flagships.
The senate votes to send 400,000 to bankers for three years without interest. The lenders would invest the funds with needy planters to aid recovery after the cyclone. House committee to study the problem amid cyclone damage estimates running into millions of dollars.
Bryan wired from Phoenix to say he will return to El Paso Monday and share a joint speaking appearance with Bailey next week. Friends of Bailey urged his arrival and a combined campaign effort is planned in the El Paso area.
In West Duxbury, Mass, Sept 3, over 300 members of the Holy Rollers sect gathered for a watch service amid claims the world would end within 24 hours. A Methodist minister observed hypnotic influence and trance utterances as crowds formed outside and inside the Ashdod church. An elder announced a new revelation pushing the destruction time to 8 o'clock that night.
Wormer reports Croker will not retire from the Irish turf or politics claiming his stable remains high class and his political patronage continues. He notes no change in policy toward horse racing and transit tickets offering low-cost travel remain popular with wider patronage.
Thorough books examination of the National Trust Company of Washington followed the Tuesday confiscation and Henry M. Lewis arrest for unlawful use of the mails. District Attorney Baker and Post Office Inspector Keens reported unlisted stock commissions exceed $40,000, with funds unlocated and receiver action considered if traced. Brokers nationwide allegedly received large commissions, and inquiries continue as more witnesses are summoned.
Maj. Russel succeeds Dr. Kenyoun as Tabet Taylor weds again. Dop and TeHs of Census Plena FAT fees Werder Sampeda. Koreany Government Press Agency reports. Eidtektal Cowment social permernal. Food prices do down. Gen. Corbi busted near Lawton. Jockey Dugat protest allowed. Hooker Columbia links trotting record lowered denying Forrest Cassexsed. Financial weekly trade review and police court dreams.
Washington Post reports New York politics as Charles Murphy rejects pressure to derail Justice Willam J. Gaynor’s mayoral bid. Tammany leaders call the Gaynor nomination a private compact dating from early talks involving Daniel F. Cuhaten and J. Sergeant Crat. Fusion movement fractures as the Independence League bolts. page four continues.
Four men abducted Mrs Zaida Lucas MacDonald from Burn Brae asylum near Lansdowne while several onlookers watched. Mrs MacDonald and rescuers escaped as authorities investigate her husband Francia J McDonald, Camden Shipbuilding president, accused of forcing her confinement to pursue a divorce.
Bar Harbor reports Commander Peary plans a formal statement after meetings with Gen. Hubbard of the Peary Arctic Club. Peary remains at Eagle Island waiting for favorable weather to cross to Faggin Island and prepare detailed records for officers to review.
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