Chinese official says US exclusion laws too rigid
Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister and vice president of foreign affairs, told The Associated Press that current Chinese exclusion rules are harsh and hard to enforce beyond cooties. He urged a new convention to allow better classes of Chinese to retain counsel, appeal decisions, and permit limited coolie admission to Hawaii, while noting Roosevelt’s order to ensure courteous treatment.
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Peking
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Board of Foreign Affairs
Associated Press
United States
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Archbishop Chapelle Dies of Yellow Fever at 63
New Orleans, Aug 10 Archbishop Chapelle leader of the Catholic diocese of New Orleans died yesterday afternoon from yellow fever contracted during a tour of inspection in the infected Italian quarter. He was 63, born in France and came to the United States in 1859, educated at St Marys college, served in Baltimore and Washington, was coadjutor to Archbishop Salpointe, and has led New Orleans since 1897 with roles as apostolic delegate to Cuba and the Philippines.
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New Orleans
Archbishop Chapelle
Chapelle
France
St. Mary's College
Baltimore
Washington
Salpointe
Sante Fe
Cuba
Philippines
Petition for Immediate Armistice Moves 100,000 Signers in Paris
Frederick Passy, head of the French Arbitration society, sent by cable to M. Witte and Baron Kuromura the petition text. It urges an immediate armistice and the conclusion of peace, already signed by about 100,000 persons.
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Ask Commission For Peace
Paris
Frederick Passy
French Arbitration Society
Chamber of Deputies
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Naval squadrons dispatched to Kamchatka and Chotsk
Rear Admiral Ka taoka reports two naval squadrons have been dispatched to Kamchatka and Chotsk to carry out their Instructions regarding tasks at each destination. The moves were announced from Tokyo on August 11.
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Dap Squadrona
Siberia
Tokio
Kataoka
Kamchatka
Chotsk
Couple Finds 675-Pound Turtle With Pearl Inside
New York August 10. At Rockaway inlet Mrs. Howard Morrison of Jamaica Bay caught a loggerhead turtle weighing 675 pounds. Morning discovery reveals a 100 year old pearl grenade lodged in its shell worth 3500. The Morrison family shares the remarkable catch with neighbors at Coney Island.
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New York
Coney Island
Howard Morrison
Jamaica Bay
Hope for Peace Hangs on Sakhalin Indemnity Talks
Portsmouth Aug 13 There is a rift in the clouds prospects for a successful Washington conference have brightened as Japan and Russia discuss terms. The main issues of indemnity and Sakhalin cession remain uncompromising though discussion proceeds by postponing them. Secretive maneuvers and hints of private understanding surface but no confirmation. Plenipotentiaries debated a minor condition for hours before adjourning to this afternoon.
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Portsmouth
N. Hy
Washington
Japan
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
M. Witte
Navy Yard
Maron Rosen
Nippon Mission
Ang
Russia
Witte
Manchuria
Murder at Lilporan works manager's home during strikes
In Warsaw for August 13, rioters shot the Lilporan iron works manager at his residence amid a growing death toll from strikes. Earlier, Radom police chief suffered multiple fragment wounds from a bomb blast in the city, the incident noted on August 13.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Lilporan Iron Works
Radom
Zeigler Polar Party Rescued Just In Time
In Honningesvalg Norway Aug 11 the Arctic steamer Terranova rescued Anthony Fiala and all expedition members except one Norwegian seaman who died. The Amer ica, which carried the expedition, was crushed in ice in 1903 04, losing much coal and provisions. Thirty seven members returned safely and are in good health after prolonged Arctic imprisonment since July 1903.
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Honningesvalg
Norway
Fiala
Arctic
Bomb Slaying in Sourayskaia Street Relists Kills
In Relostok Russia on August 13 a bomb was thrown onto Sourayskaia Street. Several persons were killed and others injured in the blast. Police released few details as investigators examined the scene.
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Relostok
Russia
Sourayskaia Street
Japanese Capture Port Imperator Lighthouse Keeper
Tokio reports a Japanese force landed at Port Imperator 150 miles south of Kastri Bay in Siberia and captured the Meht house keeper before releasing him to continue duties. The lighthouse guard fled, and the Japanese seized two bronze eight centimetre guns used by Russians to bombard the retreating defenders. The piece ends with grim reflections on life and death.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Port Imperator
Kastri Bay
Siberia
Japan's Demands Hard on Russia in Peace Terms
At Portsmouth the Japanese plenipotentiaries presented terms including reimbursement for war costs and cession of Sakhalin. Russia rejects indemnity, but accepts negotiation, while Japan seeks Manchuria evac, Liaotung leases, Korea protectorate, fishing rights, port access, and limits on Russian naval power in the far east. Terms are seen as harsh by Russia yet moderate to Japan.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
Witte
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Mr. Witte
Japan
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Manchuria
China
Russia
Harbin
Vladivostok
Korea
Siberian Littoral
Bering Sea
M. Witte
Far East
Ilya
Attempt on Brazilian President Renews Security Alarm
Washington dispatch reports Minister Beaupre cabled that laborer Branivas Vacillo tried to assassinate President Manuel Quintana in Buenos Aires as his carriage passed Roitro Park. The president's aide de camp tackled the assailant and prevented the shooting. Vacillo was arrested and is believed insane.
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Washington, D. C
Beaupre
Buenos Ayres
State Department
Branivas Vacillo
Manuel Quintana
Roitro Park
Monument
Ald de Samp
Forbid Spooning on Cars in Cleveland Raily System
Cleveland General Manager Stanley announced a ban on spooning on streetcars. He cited complaints of passengers as riders in rear seats were seen sitting on laps and other demonstrations of youthful affection. The note added that ambassadors from Japan and Russia observed the scene.
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Cleveland, O
Stanley
Cleveland Electric Railway
Death toll of the ingrenge death toll rises in New Orleans
A surge in cases in New Orleans during mid August is reshaping the death toll. Notable victims include Louis Cwenlin cashier of the People's Bank and former councilman Maurice Kenny, with Kenny’s daughters among the affected. A house to house canvass in Algiers found no suspicious new cases, suggesting screening and fumigation curbed spread.
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Bankaor
New Orleans
People's Bank
Johnson Street
Maurice Kenny
Kenny
Cann] Street
Corput
Algiers
Mississippi River
White
Time Fixed by Ultimatum Expires on Telegraph Strike
The ultimatum issued by General Mauger Horn of the Northern Pacific expired at noon. Striking telegraphers who do not return to work will be treated as discharged impresses. All former employees must reapply for positions as outsiders. Two settlement proposals were offered in the past 24 hours. both were refused.
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St Paul, Mipn
Mauger Horn
Northern Pacific
Deserted wives swarm New York court over husband desertion
In New York on August 11 Magistrate Pool faced 100 women and many children demanding warrants for deserted husbands. He called wife desertion a serious menace to domestic life, issued twenty warrants, and referred the rest of the cases to court clerks for investigation.
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New York
Pool
cMeers
Secretary Root Resigns to End Corporate Ties
New York Aug 12 Secretary of State Elihu Root, newly into President Roosevelts cabinet, severed all connection with multiple financial institutions where he formerly served as director. The Morton Trust Company National Bank of Commerce Continental Fire Insurance Title Guarantee Trust and others. The action aims to avoid any corporate interest while taking the state secretary post.
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New York
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
Snng
the Times
Root
Morton ‘Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Black Person Burned at Stake Reported in Sulphur Springs
A Dallas special to the Star reports a Black person was burned at the stake in Sulphur Springs Texas yesterday. No additional details are provided.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Dallas
Texas
Sulphur Springs
Thousand Socialists Surrounded in Lodz Forest Action
A thousand socialists near Lodz were surrounded by soldiers after hiding in a forest. Most were arrested, several wounded escaping. The military commander jailed the chief of police and the burgomaster for dis obedience of orders. It cites a proverb about big tasks being easier than small.
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Lodz
Russia
Poland
New Orleans Waits as Fever Campaign Sees Cooperation
In New Orleans Surgeon White reports rising fever cases but hopeful physician cooperation grows. Officials note doctors report privately to aid official records while one disinfectant expert, Surgeon T Berry, falls ill. The fever tally and deaths rise with the campaign in progress.
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New Orleans
White
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleana
Marine Hospital
T. Berry
Berry
New York
Beauuge
Texas
Firemen buried by boiling grease at soap factory blaze
New York August 12 Twenty firemen were burned and overcome by boiling soap as tanks containing 76 000 gallons exploded after a fire at W H Daggitt Sons soap factory on West Twentieth Street. Firemen crawled on sidewalks in a poisonous smoke cloud for five hours. six were sent to hospital and many others barely walked away. Loss estimated around 140000.
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New York
W. HW
Daggitt
West Twentieth Street
Packers Summoned to Court Amid Subpoena Campaign
Chicago August 14 five trials set to start October 2 against twenty four packers and five corporations accused of restraint of trade accepting rebates and interfering with government witnesses subpoenas served secretly Friday and Saturday under tight security as President Roosevelt announced the effort in Chautauqua observers noted the surprise to the packers
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
Socialists Fire on Cossacks in Polish Woods
In Diutowo a meeting of 2,000 socialists was attacked by Cossacks and infantry. Socialists fired revolvers. troops killed two, wounded eighteen, and arrested 438. Over the past forty eight hours Warsaw has detained many revolutionists.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Diutowo
Ticket Scalpers Beaten in Portland After Court Ruling
Portland Ore Aug 1 A state court decision upholding railroad anti scalping laws prompted H G Caspery broker to pay his fine and, with eighteen others under arrest, to leave the city and shut his establishment. Railroad circles expressed satisfaction at the victory.
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Portland
Ore
Etrenit
H. G. Caspery
Hag
Fragmented quotes reveal comic misunderstandings across papers
The New York Weekly and Yonkers Statesman snippets mix misheard phrases and slang. A porter laments luggage and train fuss while a child-sounding exchange questions manners and appearance.
Gratitude for Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited by Painter
Gratitude is expressed by C L Smith of Batt Ste Marie Michigan for Dodd's Kidney Pills after severe pain from lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. He says the pills shortened his illness, reduced his need for canes, and left him pain free and cured. A related anecdote recalls a servant's cautionary tale about a cousin's death.
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Batt Ste. Marie
Mich
C. L. Smith
Anne Street
Dodd
The Swarthy Volunteer on the Puritan Manoeuvres
A swarthy youth joined the United States monitor Puritan during naval manoeuvres to sail for free. He proved diligent and observant, helping on deck throughout the exercise. Afterward he vanished, later revealed by a Japanese minister’s ride with Takahira to be the deck scrubber he once was.
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Bleo
Rico
Takahira
Japan
Heart Right Quit Coffee Sees Insurance Benefit
A Colorado man recounts heart trouble and refusal of life insurance until he quit coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, he reports rapid health improvements, digestion and nerves, heart steadiness, and later acceptance by an insurer. The advertisement notes Postum by the Battle Creek company and references The Road to Wellness booklet.
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Colorado
Ufe
Postum
Mie Insurance Co
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