No Prospect of European War in Witte Review
Count Sergius Witte, former Russian premier, argues Russia moves toward constitutionalism after the 1905 manifesto and seeks peace globally. He predicts future conflict over colonial gains, sees war as unlikely in the near term, and holds that great powers deter aggression through pacific resolve and industrial strength.
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Russia
Count Sergius Witte
Count Witte
H@hnan Bernstein
Far East
Europe
Tunis
Morocco
England
Egypt
Italy
Tripoli
Germany
Kongo
Austria
Bosnia
Hersegoing
Aygrepe
Light of the Stars Compared To Sun and Moon
The article states that first magnitude star light such as Vega is about forty thousand millionths of the Sun’s. It estimates that the total light from lesser stars equals about 3,000 first magnitude stars, or a sixth of the Moon’s light received on Earth.
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Vega
Bishop's Twelve Heads Speech Ends With A Joke
Lord Durham interrupts with a short anecdote about a drunk man near St Pauls Cathedral who laments the clock striking midnight. The bishop then condenses his remarks, aiming for brevity as reported by the London Globe.
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House of Lords
Lord Durham
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Globe
Pujo panel Eyes New York Stock Exchange reform
Pujo committee signals strong push for compulsory publicity of promoter profits on NYSE listed issues and tighter controls to curb market manipulation. Morgan testifies, committee aims to regulate exchange as interstate commerce and curb fund flows during market stress.
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Pujo
New York Stock Exchange
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Exchange Clearing House
Wall Street
Morgan
Europe
J. I. Morgan & Co
Washington
Mr. Morgan
Money Trust
Lttle
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Arthur
Noted pianist Josef Hofmann invents new shock absorber
Hippolyte Saurer of Asbon Switzerland says pianist Josef Hofmann has designed a new shock absorber for heavy motor vehicles. The device uses an air chamber and mushroom top piston to cushion impacts, reducing frame lift and providing smoother curves. It is tested in Europe and at the Paris Automobile salon, not yet on the market.
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Hippolyte Saurer
Asbon
Switzerland
Saurer
Josef Hofmann
Swiss Civil Code Reforms Make Marriage A Cooperative Accord
A Paris writer notes Switzerland’s 1912 civil code change removing obedience as a demand on wives. Conjugal life is recast as a mutual family republic with equal parental power, shared guidance in education and religion, and a sixteen year old child choosing their religious confession.
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Switzerland
France
Paris
Banquet Touted by Swiss Club and Odd Anecdotes
Minute Movies of the News notes a New York Swiss club banquet without yodeling. It also highlights various brief items from the era, including a 100-year-old British Columbian woman winning prizes, a German emperor installing a moving picture theater, and a dramatic bride filing for divorce after a same-day sequence.
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New York
New England
British Columbia
William of
Germany
Pottsdam
Missouri State
George W. Grinton
Fordham
Evelena Covert Celebrates Eighteenth Birthday with Friends
A birthday party was held at the Eatontown home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Covert for Evelena Covert on a recent Friday night. A midnight repast featured a large cake with eighteen candles. Guests included relatives and friends from Wayside Jersey City Shrewsbury New York Long Branch and Eaton town among others.
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Eatontown
Charles Covert
Evelena
Kyelena
D. Battier
Jamea Duncan
Colirade Bellisson
Eva Tunis
Verna Tunis
Mary and
Bell Duncan
George Sculthorpe
Hamilton
M. VanBrunt
Misa Mabel
Russell van Brunt
Long Branch
Leon Reid
Kenneth
Tinton Falls
Raymond Voorheen
James Dean
Ella
Alice
Georgeanna
Trotting Match Off Amid Snowstorm At Lincroft
The $25 side trotting match between Dick Crockett of Lincroft and Normion owned by C W Eilert of Middletown township was canceled due to the snow storm. Eilert’s Normion won brushes on Broad street with Viceroy as a strong rival. spectators witnessed the event. Ernest I Legge of the Consolidated Gas Company received a gold watch as a Christmas gift from his subordinates.
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Lincroft
Dick Crockett
Edward Fenton
Normion
C. W. Eilert
Middletown Township
Ernest I. Legge
The
Consolidated Gas Company
Life Under Pressure in Ocean Beds
The Arctic seabed is fine and plastic while the Atlantic floor bears reddish mud with accumulations from surface-dwelling animals. Pressure rises about one atmosphere per ten meters, distorting deep sea fish when brought up, causing scales to vanish and bodies to burst from internal distension.
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Arctic
Atlantic
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