The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-10-08
NEWS OF WORLD
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

VdtlOn OF President al
broadly took the stand that while the
present administration is pledged t.
follow out the policies of Mr.. Rose
welt such a pledge does not involv:
him in any obligation. to carry ou,
these policies without congressional
authority. The president added, how.
ever, that he would take every stel
and exer every influence upon con
gress to enact legislation which shall
best subserve the purposes and re
quiremcnts of the situation.
There has mover been an agree
ment, combination or conspiracy be.
tween the companies l represent and
any otner coal or railroad companies
to control the output or sale of an.
thracite COAL" declared George F
Baer of the Reading company when
the hearing of the governments suit
to dissolve the alleged hard coal trust
was resumed in the federal building
at Philadelphia.
New York, city and state, gave
Commander Robert z. Peary a wei.
come home such as few returning
heroes can hope to receive. From the
bridge Of his ship Roosevelt Com
mander Peary, with his wife by mis-
side, vas the most prominent feature
of the sixty-mile Hudson-Fulton naval
parade from New York to Newburgh
Speaking before the largest audi
ence he has faced since his trip began
a crowd that overlooked the natural
amphitheater of the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific exposition with its seating ca.
pacity of nearly 10000, President Taft
announced that he would urge in his
coming message to congress the en-
actment of e ship subsidy law.
Sir Thomas Upton has decided to
make another attempt to Gift" the
Americas cup. The baronet sails fol-
New York on Oct. 9 for the purpose
of looking over the ground and con.
sulting the authorities of the New
York Yacht club in an endeavor to in
duce them to permit him to challenge
under the universal rule.
Captain Inman Sealby, commander
of the White Star line steamer RE
public when she was sunk last Feb.
ruary after a collision with the steam
er Florida, has entered the Univer.
sity of Michigan as a freshman law
student at fifty years of age.
Henri st. Yves, the famous long dis.
lance runner, collapsed in the twenty
third mile of a race at Montreal. Ply
sicians declared that his heart was
affected and that he probably will be
unable to run again.
Attired in a linen duster and an old
black SLOUGH nat President Taft de.
scended into the Leonard copper mine
at Butte, Mont, and saw the miners
at work 1900 feet below the surface.
The hospitality of tine West seems
to be taxing the endurance of Presi.
dent Taft, especially as to the formal
dinners which have been arranged in
his honor.
Governor Eben S. Draper of Massa-
chusetts was renominated by acclama-
ton by the Republican state conven-
I1SIA, dS "ClC oil LuC OluCl SLdIC OlIt,
GERS.
President Taft, at Portland, Ore,
addressed the pupils of a Catholic
academy and laid the cornerstone of
q IJniversalist church.
Dr.. James B. Angel has retired
from the presidency of the University
of Michigan, an office he has filled for
thirty.eight years.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.. Bryan observed
their twenty-ifth wedding anniversary
at Fairview, Neb., Oct. l.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York has filed for reelection as an
Independent candidate.
President Taft reached Seattle just
two weeks after his start from Bos-
ton.