Taft to push cabinet unity amid Ballinger debates
President Taft plans to mobilize cabinet influence for Republican candidates, regular and insurgent, with a busy agenda including Ballinger scrutiny, postal banks and economy. Rumors persist on Ballinger’s fate, while a Beverly schedule outlines a broad tariff and reorganization program and a party unity push ahead of the 1910s political contests.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Cabinet House
Tariff Board
Taft
Beverly
Mr. Taft
White House
Niagara Falls Excursion Train Leaves Washington
A special first-class train departs Washington at 7 45 a m for Niagara Falls itinerary via Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley. Tickets valid to return within fifteen days with liberal stop overs. Cheapside trips available with tide-related excursions from the Falls.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Chepp
Niagara Falls
Harmon W ars on Tax Opens His Ohio Campaign
In Canton Ohio Gov Harmon opened the fall campaign denouncing Republican tariff policy and wasteful government spending. He argued the Payne Aldrich tariff raises prices to boost manufacturers profits and urged voters to elect Democrats to influence national laws. He attacked Cox and Taft for political alliances and urged tariff reform.
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Chile
Auditorium Hall
Gov. Harmon
Warren G Harding
Kenton
Ohio
Harmon
Atlee Pomerone
Gov
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Taft
Congress
Republicans pledge to vote against Senator Dick in Cleveland
In a Cleveland area meeting, Republican candidates for the Cuyahoga County legislature pledged to oppose Senator Dick’s reelection. Only two candidates were absent, both said to support the meeting’s aims. Dick remains the sole senatorial candidate under the primary law, while opponents vow to ignore it. Senator Burton announced he will not participate in choosing a candidate for the junior Senate seat. Money to lend at rates on real estate advertised.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Theoddore Burton
Senate
Wireless Saves 19 As Harvest Queen Sinks Near Sargasso Sea
Special to The Washington Post New York Sept 2 Wireless saved nineteen lives on the Harvest Queen 2544 tons Crewed by A Forsythe and his wife from Windsor Canada drifted waterlogged 1000 miles south of Azores bound for Buenos Aires The Harvest Queen fell apart amid Sargasso weed and lumber cargo Fire used to help evac crew and two kittens reached the Koenigen Luise at Gibraltar where all were landed The rescue was aided by wireless signaling and the Roentgen Suise voyage occurred August 24.
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Washington Post
New York
Lloyd Line
Mediterranean
A. Forsythe
Windsor
Canada
Euenos
Azores
Roentgen Suise
Harrassowiz
Harvest Queen
Forsyth
Koesingen Luise
Sarasso Sea
Bermudas
Gibraltar
Countess Wachtmeister Dies After Theosophist Ties In L A
Countess Constance Wachtmeister writer and lecturer on theosophical subjects and longtime associate of Mme Blavatsky died in Los Angeles at 75 after about three weeks illness. Her son Count Axel Raoul Wachtmeister is due in New York aboard the Corona. The former French countess by birth, she rose to prominence through marriage to Swedish diplomat Count Axel Wachtmeister. The article also recounts a visit by Werble to interview the sultan of Sulu and notes the sultan’s remarks on wives and American schooling plans, with an intended six month stay in the United States.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Constance Wachtmeister
Mme. Blavatsky
Aed
Axel Raoul Wachtmeister
New York
Wachtmeister
Constance de Hourdelle
Axel Wachtmeister
St. James
Three Big Liners In Race From New York
The steamship George Washington of North German Lloyd finished first in a three cornered race from New York against the Amerika of Hamburg American Line and the St Paul of International Mercantile Marine. The St Paul was second and the Amerika third. The St Paul left Sandy Hook at 21 25 a m last Saturday, the George Washington at 11 40, and the Amerika at 11 42.
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Washington Post
Plymouth
George Washington
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
New York
Amerika
Hamburg- American Line
St. Paul
International Mercantile Marine Company
Sandy Hook
Sultan in New York Seeks Pearl Trade and Turbulent Welcome
A Philippine visit by a sultan arrives in New York with Maj. Hugh T. Scott guiding him from Astor Hotel toward Washington. He travels with a crown and scepter, sells pearls along the journey from Jolo to London, and is described as short, dark, and ill at ease yet polite. The party includes his brother and aides, with Werble acting as a friend and possible confidant during the voyage.
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Washington Post
New York
London
Hotel Astor
Hugh T. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Washington
Perals
White House
Hadiji Mohammed Jamala Kiramii
Charles J Werble
United States
Isma
Taur
Hafji Jumajo Weram
Raja Muda
Muallt Wassit
Kaliqus
Gulam
Pahir
Mohammed
Maydne
Werble
St. Louis
Sultan
Hs Brother
Astor
Paris
Maj. Scott
Jolo
Singapores
Johore
Pading
Colombo
Suez
Naples
Genoa
May Scott
Sulu
Malay Archipelago
Former customs official acquitted in fraud case
In New York on September 24 a circuit court trial before Judge Martin Bedell acquitted one former customs official, George D. Bedell, while two codefendants Charles Wardell and Charles D. Drew were convicted on one count each. The case alleged payoffs to weighers to underweigh imports such as cheese and lemons.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Martin
George D. Bedell
Vail
Charles Wardell
Charles D. Drew
Customs Service
Pellagra Spreads in Texas Reported Death Toll
The Washington Poot in Austin reports 67 pellagra deaths in Texas over the last six months. Of those dying, 48 were women and 9 were men. Fifty were white, one was Mexican, and the rest Americans. Eight deaths occurred in Dallas County, five in Tarrant, two in Harris, and one in Bexar County.
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Washington Poot
Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Dallas County
Tarrant County
Harris County
Bexar County
Progressive Republicans Rally Around Taft Aide After Utica Defeat
Oneida Herkimer district renominates Representative Charles H Millington at Herkimer convention with Vice President James S Sherman praised as a worker in the party. Sherman criticizes primary losses in Utica while progressives and old guard discuss merging trains to Saratoga. A Baltimore and Ohio return fare of 1.26 is noted.
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Taft
Utica
Washington Post
Oneida-Herkimer
Herkimer
Charles H. Millintgon
Sherman
Congress
Wheeler
James S. Sheman
United States
Jim Sherman
Party of Progress
Republican Party
Saratoga
Seventh Ward
Mr. Sherman
Old Guard
Atica
Oneida County
Second Traction Disaster in Indiana Wreck Kills Several
A southbound freight car collided with a northbound passenger car near Tipton Indiana after crew disobeyed orders. Six killed and many injured as farmers rush to aid victims. Brooklyn physician W C Holthouser and his brother die, fiancé Nellie Coxen prostrated. Another wreck three days earlier left 41 dead.
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Sebree
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Verdel Railsback
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Joseph Baker
Logansport
Lewis Broo
Kokomo
F. Welch
Marshall
Mich
J. W. Montgomery
Elwood
J .B. Ballenger
Sharpsville
T. A. Moore
Hlwood
Kniee
Nell Jones
Greentown
Charles Grace
Fort Des Moines
Lowa
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Resslers Crossing
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Traction Company
Zipton
Walter H. Holthouser
Kekomo
Nellie Coxen
Coxen
Lacy
Kingsland
Bluffton
Wabash Valley Traction Company
Fort Wayne
Bay State
Through Rapids in Barrel at Niagara Falls
Bobby Leach of Niagara Falls Ontario rode a barrel through the whirlpool rapids starting at Maid of the Mist landing. He was unharmed aside from minor scrapes after completing the trip in about three minutes. The barrel rode the waves and was brought ashore by a pole at 5:05 PM.
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Bobby Leach
Ontario
Leach
Maud Willard
Murder Case in U S Court at Lowell Mass
Ahmed Moory and Mohammed were wounded as Bagor Matsukian an Armenian is charged with murder after a shootings on government property at the post office steps in Lowell. US District Attorney Asa P. French obtained a warrant in Boston and Matsukian was taken into federal custody. Police say Matsukian admitted the shooting and said Ahmed and Moory killed his wife during Armenian unrest in Harpoot last year.
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Mass
Mohammed
Bagor Matsukian
United States
Asa P. French
United States District Court
Boston
Matsuklan
Ahmed Moory
Matsukian
Ahmed
Moory
Harpoot
Rides on G O P Mascot at Hotel Jefferson
A real elephant crawled through the Twelfth street door of the Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis. Guests watched as the Republican editors in convention praised the mascot. Charles Morris of the Missouri State committee rode the beast as it was paraded down Twelfth Street amid cheers.
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Hotel Jefferson
Missouri
G. P
Lfe
Charles Morris
Bt. Joseph
Republican State Committee
Morris
Twelfth Street
Aviator Chavez Falls After Alps Flight Crashes in Italy
Milano reports Chavez, a 21 year old Peruvian, flew from Switzerland to Italy then lost control on descent. He suffered broken legs and other injuries with a perilous recovery ahead. Italian Aviation Society raises 10000 for Chavez amid hope for recovery.
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Italy
Benz
George Chavez
Alps
Switzerland
Chavez
Home Looted and Burned in Hinsdale Burglary
Chicago reports burglars burned the $50 000 Hinsdale home of attorney W E Muse early this morning after stealing silverware jewelry and rugs. Muse says thieves forced him to lie in bed while they loaded plunder into an express wagon and fled as flames spread. Fire department summoned as blaze proved uncontrollable.
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W. E. Muse
Hinsdale
Muse
Fire Department
Roosevelt Aims to Shape New York GOP at Saratoga
Roosevelt- loyalists ponder the party's fate as delegates gather at Saratoga. The Colonel seeks to control the convention, influence the platform, and possibly run for President again. Old guard tensions raise questions about loyalty, retaliation, and the November outcome. The stakes include the Senate race and the Depew succession, with factions wary of a Democratic win.
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Fred Starek
Washington Post
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Saratoga
Jose
Roosevelt
Old Guard
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