Telegraphic Brevities From Outside World
Items of interest from Washington to London condensed for busy readers. Battleship Temeraire launched at Devonport. Postmaster McElroy died in Delaware. Honolulu reports Japanese leper resettlement plans. Omaha notes no suspects in quarter‑million mail sack theft. Roosevelt Dam worker killed. second fatal accident there. Japanese acrobats arrested with military documents in Don region. Pang Tse mine explosion kills two Germans and 100 Chinese. Laysan island denial after US Tug Trequois visit. Britain notes US arbitration bid on Newfoundland fisheries. modus vivendi continues. War denial over Isthmian canal commission funding. London comments on Newfoundland arbitration stance.
Mass meeting protests Philippine flag display ban in Manila
About 2000 Americans gathered to condemn and lawmakers in Manila praised the ban on displaying flags other than the American ensign. Congressman McKinlay spoke as the Philippines enforces the law. The Filipino Nationalist party pledged loyalty to the U S while denying disrespect to the flag.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Congressman McKinlay
Chief Signal Officer Calls For More Men In Army
Brig Allen, chief signal officer, urges strengthening of the signal corps in his annual report. He argues that improved field control through better information lines could yield decisive victories, but notes shortages of officers and men. He proposes increasing the corps to 1,500 privates with corresponding officer gains, partly by detail from the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brig Allen
Army
Allen
Moonshine Posse Firefight Wounds Four in North Carolina
Deputy Revenue Collector Hendrix from Raleigh with a posse and Deputy Collector Henry from Durham with a posse encountered a moonshine still near Greensboro. Mistaking each other for moonshiners, both groups opened fire. Deputy Marshal Gordon was mortally wounded. Henry and two possemen were seriously wounded.
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Greensboro
N. C
Hendrix
Raleigh
Henry
Durham
Marshal Gordon
Delegates Active at Peace Conference Hearings
The Hague report notes active delegates from the Americas shaping the peace conference agenda. General Horace Porter updates the debt collection proposal, Argentina’s Drago gains support, and Joseph Choate drafts a plan for an International High Court of Justice with unified American representation.
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Joseph Choate
High Court of Justice
The
Hague
Horace Porter
Luis D. Drago
Joseph H. Choate
International High Court of Justice
United States
Central
South America
Germany
Austria
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Russia
Netherlands
Spain
Turkey
Switzerland
Exhibition educates on native white fly pest
Pasadena reports an exhibit at the board of trade, where Horticultural Inspector C. M. Day has displayed a native white fly colony on a snapdragon branch to educate the public. The display contrasts native white flies with the Florida species, noting many California trees and ornamentals may host similar insects and urging reports to Day for proper identification.
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Pasadena
C. M. Day
Board of Trade
California
Florida
Board of Rude Rooms
Tickers to light en Congressmen's task
Washington reports propose a trained watchdog to monitor House and Senate proceedings and relay summaries to a wire service. The House Office Building would host the setup next session, though critics warn of possible conflicts with financial markets.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wall Street
Government Loses On Transportation Service In Pacific
Quartermaster General Aleshire reports the annual loss in the transpacific army transport service exceeds half a trillion dollars against potential revenue from commercial lines. He argues fleet readiness remains wise for troop movements and supply transport to distant battlefields, noting coal supplies from Nagasaki save costs. Army pacification efforts in Cuba cost about 2.555 million dollars for the year.
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Washington
Aleshire
Transpacific
Army Transport Service
Nagasaki
Cuba
Pioneer Cool Patents Device for Rail Mail Transfer
Francis W Cool of Spokane has secured a patent on a device enabling transfer of mail and baggage to and from moving trains without stopping, preserving full speed. The invention aims to streamline passenger freight handling on railways.
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Spokane, Waeh
Francis W Cool
Spoka
Moors Meet Defeat as War Spreads Across Morocco
Dispatches from Casa Blanca Tangier and Paris describe renewed Moorish attacks on French forces near the Moroccan town. Casualties run high with estimates of 2000 dead. Europeans flee coastal and interior towns as fighting intensifies. Raisuli remains at El Hauta while El Marani moves to challenge him. Tangier reports fanatical Ulema tensions and possible sultanate shifts. In commerce news, U S noncontiguous territories show strong growth, especially Porto Rico, with trade rising from 1897 to 1907 and sugar, tobacco, and fruit leading exports and imports.
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Casa Blanca
Drade
Fez
Morocco
Tangier
Raisuli
el Marani
Alcazar
Rasuli
Paris
Spahia
Senitta
Ziaida
Mazagar
Tony
United States
Maska
Porto Rico
Isla
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Guards Fire On Battling Maniacs at Clinton Prison
In Dannomorra Clinton Prison guards faced a major inmate uprising as inmates rushed dorms, smashed doors, and fought guards. Isaac Dubois died from a guard’s gunshot after midnight while others were wounded. Guards used water hoses and rifles to subdue the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
Clinton
Dannomorra
Isaac Dubois
Citrus trees quarantined near Bakersfield to halt white fly pest
Entomologists led by Edward K Carnes fumigate citrus trees at Stockdale ranch near Bakersfield to stop a white fly outbreak. The ground is white with dead insects as tents stay over trees one hour at a time. Work may end soon unless a new generation appears. Carnes departs for Marysville while Stephens Strong stays to guard against spread. Washington official L. Woglum joins Carnes, Cooper, Ehrhorn, Pearse and Mosken in the local quarantine effort. Investigation shows no spread to date. Stockdale remains quarantined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakersfield
Cal
Edward K Carnes
State Commission of Horuculture
William
Teviockdale Ranch
Carnes
Marysville
Stephens Strong
Florida
Bakersfield
L. Woglum
Washington, D. C
Cooper
Ehrhorn
Pearse
Mosken
Dir
Stockdale
Thoren
Judge Rules Naturalization Law Applies to Hawaii Five-Year Residency
United States District Judge Sanford B. Dole in Honolulu ruled that the June 1916 naturalization act does not repeal the Hawaii territorial provision allowing aliens resident five years before the territory's creation to be naturalized without prior declarations of intention. The States had opposed the application with the Department of Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jionolulu
Sanford B. Dole
United States District Court
Territory of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Department of Commen and Labor
Wireless time signal sent 2700 miles to Midway Island
San Francisco dispatch reports J T McMillan of the hydrographic office used wireless telegraphy to transmit the correct time to Captain Carter aboard the navy tug Iroquois at Midway Island, about 700 miles away. McMillan checked chronometers and provided the data to ensure shipboard time accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. T. McMillan
Branch Hydrographic Office
Carter
Iroquois
Midway Island
Ocean Beach
Utenant McMillan
Wellman Plans Return Flight Toward Pole
A Tromsoe dispatch says Walter Wellman is ready to depart toward the pole by balloon. The attempt aims to reach the North Pole with a Wellman airship, following prior progress and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Pole
Paris
Tromsoe
Norway
Walter Wellman
War experts map Pacific coast defense plan
Brigadier General Murray chief of artillery and Commander Spencer Wood of the navy travel to the Pacific coast to lay out a defense sea area akin to the Atlantic model. They will visit Seattle Portland San Francisco and San Diego to study and mark the strategy.
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Washington
Murray
Spencer Wood
Navy
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Franscisco
San Diego
Japan Calls U. S. to Account for Attack
Report claims June 19 incident saw Japanese fishers surrender without resistance and American guards fire with approval. Washington notified. Tokyo awaiting reply as public watches closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
U. S
TOKIO
Washington
Grave Crisis as Yuan Shih Kai May Lead War Department
China faces a grave crisis as Yuan Shih Kai is said to relinquish Chi Li viceroyalty to head the war department. The central government fears weakness amid army maladministration by minister Tieh Liang, arrears in soldiers' pay, and rising anti Manchu sentiment spurred by dowager empress actions and Sun Yat Sen's reformist writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Yuan Shih Kai
Chi-Li
War Department
China
Tieh Liang
Chang Chih Tung
Yuan Shi Kai
En Ming
Sin Yat Sen
Sun Yat Sen
National irrigation congress to focus on resource conservation
Sacramento set speeches at the fifteenth national irrigation congress will broad scope to promote public welfare. conservation of resources will be the keynote with addresses from leaders of the National Drainage Association rivers and harbors congress American Forestry American mining congress and transmississippi commercial congress. Delegates from Phoenix Arizona including S D Wilkinson C Hirst A H Choisty A Chandler A Kelly Charles F Solomon Andrew Kimball A T Colton A L Demand A P Kant William Miller and Governor Kibbs will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
National Irrigation Congress
United States
National Drainage Association
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
American Forestry Association
American Mining Congress
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
E. Barstow
Barstow
Texas
Drainage Congress
Rivers and Harbors Congress
John Rox
Cincini
Ohio
J. J. Callbreath
Denver
Transmississippi Congress
H. D. Loveland
Japanese Claim for Damages Over Excessive
San Francisco court heard a city demurrer against a suit by Imoto seeking 2575 for destruction of property and 2000 for loss of goodwill. The city argues the 2000 claim is excessive and inequitable. Plaintiff’s counsel indicated a jury trial request, with decision on the demurrer reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Settlors Warned No Alarm Over Land Fraud Charges
In Angeles General Prescott, register of the Los Angeles land office, says settlers need not fear. He explains that rejecting applications on Imperial valley lands will not affect squatters who filed on unoccupied lands before the order. Applicants may swear before a notary that their claim is vacant, knowing it by personal knowledge, with a chance for contest when the new survey is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeles
Imperial Valley
Gen. Prescott
Register of the
Los Angeles
Week's Happenings In the Active West Marts
Resume of the weeks events in Northern California towns notes a brakeman crushed between cars at McCloud River, a mangled man found near Edgewood, several drownings in Sacramento river, and local civic and naval activity. Authorities report shrines in San Diego and Los Angeles, plus a fatal explosion at Giant Powder works near Sobrante and the death of Los Angeles lawyer Will A Harris at Arrowhead hotel. The board of equalization records a $500000 tax value shrinkage in Ocean Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN Bernardino
Will A. Harris
Los Angeles
Southland
Arrowhead
Alaska Mail Sack Robberies Likely Largest Plot
Portland report describes what may be the biggest U S mail robbery scheme, with a third missing pouch in a month. A $45,000 gold dust shipment to Seattle banks was stolen, likely en route on Yukon river boats between Seattle and Dawson. Inspectors probe two prior robberies and suspect several men, noting guards are needed for metal shipments due to higher tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
United States
Alaska
Tkisway
Seattle
Yukon
Dawson
Pacific Torpedo Flotilla To Coast With Eight Boats
The Pacific torpedo flotilla headed for the coast in December will comprise eight vessels named Hull Truxton Whipple Lawrence Hopkins Worden Stewart and McDonough. Command will fall to Lieut H J Cone though fit for voyage remains in doubt.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Hull
Truxton
Whipple
Lawrence Hopkins
Worden
Stewart
McDonough
H. J. Cone
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National Department of Good Roads
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