France Germany clash over Moroccan conference note
The French note to Berlin on the Moroccan conference is lengthy and unresolved. Germany maintains pacific aims but fears French public pressure and intrigues. Rou vier’s position appears cautious, and press commentary edges toward a tentative refusal rather than acceptance. Negotiations likely to drag on.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
France
Rouvier
Vossiche Zeitung
Ronvier
M. Deéelcasse
M. Delcasse
M. Rouvier
Russian Admiral Seeks Parole and Ship Repairs
War Department cable from the governor general of the Philippines reports approval to allow Russian Admiral Enquist and his sick and wounded officers and men to embark on a Russian hospital ship, provided they parole not to engage in hostilities. They may also bring nonwar material for vessel repairs from Shanghai while remaining interned.
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War Department
Washington—I
Philippines
Enquist
Shanghai
Schools for Canal Zone to Fund Public Education
The War Department approved Governor Magoon’s plan to dedicate 20,660 dollars from canal zone local revenue to public schools. A census tallied 1,826 children in villages along the Panama Railroad line within a mile and a half radius. 42 could read poorly, 35 cannot read or write, and the rest can read and write. The proposal envisions establishing forty two new schools along the corridor.
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Magoon
Washington
Secretary of War
Canal Zone
Panama Railroad Company
Inquiry Into Government Printing Office Contract
Ambiguous OCR text implies an inquiry into a government contract with the Government Printing Office. Mentions Public Printer Paljeer and a concern over machine purchases for government use. Details are unclear, with several garbled names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Washington
Paljeer
Syetial
Meath Ber
President pardons two men amid wartime inquiry
In a brief wartime policy case, President grants clemency to four convicted men, including Bud William Paddock, after years of service tied to the Indien incident. The sentences, deemed excessive by observers, reflect a narrowing stance on wartime justice and clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segues
Walt Bardonict
William Paddock
Want the Law Amended Washington National Guard seeks bill
The Washington national guard will ask Congress at the next session to amend the Dick bill reorganizing and making the guard part of national defense. The proposed legislation, prepared with guard officers and War Department input, would curb the annual 1 million dollar federal armament and encampment appropriation. It also proposes paying actual expenses of officers on rifle practice inspection tours and sets auditing rules for encampment accounts. The secretary of war would decide what constitutes proper encampment incidentals funded by the government.
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Washington
Congress
National Guard
Hat
War Department
Secretary of War
Washington Still Awaits Armistice Progress
Mr Takehira Japanese minister returned to Washington from New England and met the president at the White House for about forty minutes. He declined to discuss the conference or the situation, saying some matters must be settled first. Officials fear no armistice assurances before the Washington conference, while the Russian reply to the president s armistice proposal had not yet been received.
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Washington
Takehira
New England
White House
Eighteen Hour Run Between New York and Chicago Restored
The eighteen hour schedule for the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicago will be resumed Monday after officials concluded the Mentor Ohio wreck did not result from speed. President Newman of the Central states that a thorough investigation is ongoing, but the line will continue the eighteen hour service pending final findings.
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New York
Chicago
Mentor, O
Newman
the Central
Lake Shore Road
Mentor. O
Lake Shore
Ohio
Oyama Not Ready to Strike Operation Update
ST PETERSBURG dispatch reports Japanese forces paused after driving in the Russian advance post. Russian headquarters doubt Oyama has yet positioned columns for a strike, signaling uncertainty about the readiness of Japanese forces.
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Oyama
ST. Petersburg
Evils of Divorce Warned by Bishop Farley at Carnegie
Bishop Farley declared at Carnegie that the evils of divorce undermine society and threaten its collapse if nothing is done. He warned that continued divorce and disregard for the marriage covenant would lead to the downfall of social order, with society going to pieces.
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New York
Farley
Carnegie
College of St. Francis Mavier
Thousand Years Sentence In St Louis Case
A Waco Texas report says in the Lee Hobertson case a negro accused of attempted crime against a white woman a jury found the defendant guilty and fixed his punishment at confinement in the state for one thousand and one hundred years in court the verdict was read amid cheers and a crowd reaction.
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ST. Louis
Republic
Waco
Texas
Lee Hobertson
Scandal in the Territory Rumors Surface in Transit Scheme
Officials including Treasurer former Governor Mokeley and Jeel Juboeton of the Of ui, Potted State, Marscal Cuthbert, S Purdoum and Attorneys Bans are cited in alleged irregularities. Corrupt figures Mesilluragates Cornish and uibire face charges tied to a scheme involving rail duty and transport ties.
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Walmington
Ust
Chukasawo
Guiernor Mokeley
Jeel Juboeton
Ofui
Marscal Cuthbert
S Purdoum
Mesiurragates
Uibire
Helictal Fur Reigebing
Echeot
Penora Fond
Ublesacaw
Revolt in St Petersburg and Lodz Amid Polish Strikes
Reports from Odessa and Lodz describe a rising wave of strikes and clashes with police and Cossacks. In Lodz and Warsaw crowds built barricades, with deaths reported and thousands jailed. News embargo and scattered casualty tallies mark a tense Polish theater.
Old Law Stands Lincoln Nebraska Election Void
The biennial election law was declared void by a unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court opinion authored by Chief Justice Holcomb. The ruling voids attempts to move elections from odd years and extends terms unconstitutionally, mandating fall elections for supreme judge, regents, and county officials.
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Lincoln
Neb
Holcomb
Exodus from Lodz Flee as Russian Poland Turmoil Deepens
Thousands abandon Lodz as war and anti Jewish violence drive a mass exodus. A cab is struck in the suburbs injuring a Jewish family of five and fatally wounding the driver. Rail traffic is crowded as people rush to leave the city amid clashes between military forces and strikers.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Drlyne
Russia Accepts August Start for Peace Conference
St Petersburg reports the foreign office confirms Russia accepts the first ten days of August for the first meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries, aligning with Associated Press dispatches.
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Russia
ST. Petersburg
Ofice
Associated Press
Delays in Huss and Japan Talks Cited by Foreign Minister Views
Official sources say Huss and Japan negotiations are lightly checked due to Count Lauwedorff’s views. The delay is not seen as a hitch, merely an unavoidable postponement amid diplomatic discussions.
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Count Lamsdorf
Washington
Count Lauwedorff
Hupshan
Huss
Japan
Eiger
Lake Shore Wreck and Man Under Suspicion in Ohio
A man is shadowed by secret service as a possible cause of the Lake Shore wreck near Cleveland. Jewels valued at 82000 owned by S. C. Beck of New York were found in wreckage and taken to the Lake Shore claim office. Beckwith died after rescue. State official JC Morris says the switch was opened shortly before impact and the engine ran fifty feet on the side track before leaving the rails.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Secret Service
S. CG. Beckwith
New York
Mentor
Beckwith
JC. Morris
Abuse Mailing Privileges Reeled In By Post Office
Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden issues an order to curb publishers using periodicals to ship second class mail by attaching advertising pages to sheets. The rule labels the practice as abuse, setting a deadline of September 1 for compliance and threatens fourth class rates for violators afterward.
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Washington
Madden
Estimate of Wheat Yield From Minnesota Expert
Minnesota grain expert H V Jones returned from the southwest and estimated the winter wheat crop in the United States will total between 340000000 and 700000000 bushels. Final figures await Ohio valley inspections and suggest a yield 190000000 bushels below prior trade expectations.
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Minneapolis
Auinn
H. V. Jones
Minnesota
Southwest
Wanamaker to Present Roosevelt Portrait to Collerton Club
London report notes the Collerton club accepted John Wanamaker's offer to present a portrait of President Roosevelt to the club. The gesture honors Wanamaker for being made an honorary member and recognizes the honor conferred on him.
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Wanamaker
London
Collerton Club
John Wanamaker
The
United States
President Roosevelt
Rebels Defeat Germans in Karas Mountains Campaign
In the Karas mountains of German Southwest Africa rebel forces led by Merengo attacked and defeated a German unit commanded by Captain Siebert W. Amas. The rebels seized the German ammunition and supplies, aiding their hold against German forces in the Cane Colony CAPE TOWN region.
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Cape Town
Cane Colony
Merengo
Siebert W. Amas
Karas Mountains
Southwest Africa
Telegraphic System Planned for Canal Zone
Major Edward Russell of the Army Signal Corps is ordered to report to the Panama Canal Commission to install a complete telephonic and telegraphic communication system in the Canal Zone on the Isthmus.
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Canal Zone
Washington
Edward Russell
Chief Signal Corps
The
Army
Fathmilan Canal Commission
Boynton Declines Georgetown Consul Post
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo W. S Boynton of this city recently appointed United States consul at Georgetown announced that he would not accept the post.
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Boynton
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. $. Boynton
United States
Georgetown
Eleven die as Lake Shore wrecks at Mentor station
Eleven persons killed and twelve or fifteen injured when the Lake Shore railway train at Mentor, Ohio, crashed into an open switch near the passenger station before 10 pm Wednesday. The baggage and smoking buffet car was wrecked. Victims were prominent business and professional people from New York, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities.
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Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore
Mentor
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Kouropatkin Reported Killed Rumor Circles St Petersburg
A Tuesday night rumor in St Petersburg claimed General Kouropatkin was killed or captured, with talk of 7000 Russians cut off by General Nogi. Official dispatches offered no confirmation and the general staff reported no reports of significance.
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Kouropatkin
ST. Petersburg
Nogi
Kourpatkin
Washington talks on Russia Japan plenipotentiaries
Russia and Japan edge toward formal announcement of their Washington conference plenipotentiaries. M Nelidoff and Baron Rosen named for Russia with Takahira and Komura likely for Japan. Ten to twelve officials per mission, potential embassies indicated for Takahira.
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Washington
Russia
M. Nelidoff
Paris
Baron Rosen
M. Takahira
White House
Japan
Baron Komura
Kogoro Takahira
Nelidoff
Tokio
Takahira
Toklo
St. Petersburg
Mr. Takahira
London
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
New Disease Abroad Reported by Porto Rican Commission
A report to the army surgeon general from Captain B. K. Ashford states that 5 percent of about 100,000 Porto Ricans near Abonin ite are afflicted with the lazy worm. The commission has set up headquarters and four field hospitals at Aboninite and plans to spend $15,000 on eradication using methods Ashford applied last year.
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Washington
The
Army
B. K. Ashford
Auedia Commission
Aboninite
Island
Ashford
Petition for Removal of Geronimo Apache Leader
Geronimo led a petition among his tribe requesting transfer to Arizona. Only six of about 130 adults refused to sign. The petition was sent to the War Department for consideration. With Fort Sil expanding to regimental size and the Apache imprisonment term ending soon, removal is likely.
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Lawton
Okla
Geronimo
Arizona
War Department
Plaa
Fort Sil
Reprieve Granted for Mrs Rogers in Windsor Case
Governor Bell signed a reprieve delaying the execution of Mrs Mary M Rogers for murder. The stay runs until December to allow appeal to the Supreme Court on constitutional questions raised after a hearing before Judge Hoyt H Wheeler.
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Brattleboro
Mary M. Rogers
Charles Bell
Windsor
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoyt H. Wheeler
Stories Are Exaggerated Yet Kill Count Narrowed
Reports from Nogales Arizona dismiss sensational tales of a Yaqui attack on the Buenos Ayres ranch in Sonora last Thursday. The ranch fight left two Indians dead and Luis Caranza wounded, with no massacre and no troops dispatched as claimed.
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Nogales
Ariz
Buenos Ayres Ranch
Sonora
Luis Caranza
Pursuit of the Russians Dispatches From Tokio
Tokio dispatch from Manchuria reports a clash near Yingccheg on June 21 as a thousand enemy infantry pressed scouts and were repulsed toward Welynanpaomen. Three battalions and four squadrons, with twelve guns, attacked Chapengan Lichiatun area. our forces repelled the assault, seized the heights, and pursued the enemy.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Yingccheg
Hsiangyangchen
Wankantazkean
Welynanpaomen
Yangmulintz
Federal Convention Reassembles in Manila Adopts Self Government Policy
Manila dispatch reports the Federal Convention reassembling and adopting a resolution urging President Roosevelt’s policy to govern the Philippines by Filipinos with American aid. The federation argues consistent, progressive pursuit could lead to complete self government for the islands.
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Manila
Roosevelt
Petition to remove consul in San Francisco targets Kapsimaitis
A petition signed by 575 Greek residents and businessmen in San Francisco asks King George of Greece to remove the current consul John Kapsimaitis and appoint Henry S. Martin in his place. The document accuses Kapsimallis of wrongdoing and cites the need for reappointment of Martin.
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San Francisco
Cal
George
Greece
John Kapsimaitis
Henry S. Martin
Kapsi- Mallis
President Roosevelt tightens Chinese exempt class landsmen policy
Under Roosevelt directives the administration will speed landings for Chinese exempt groups and ensure immigration officers treat merchants travelers students with the same courtesy as nationals of favored nations. Pressure from Chinese commercial guilds and the American Asiatic Society prompted an inquiry, leading to orders for diplomats to strictly enforce certificates under the exclusion law and monitor exempt class entries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Immigration Bureau
United States
China
American Asiatic Society
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interment of Gen Gomez in Havana Amid Demonstrations
The body of General Maximo Gomez was interred in Havana after a funeral marked by strong demonstrations. The procession through Central Park sparked disorder as youths rushed a field gun carriage, were repelled, and a larger crowd pressed forward, disrupting the route.
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Gen. Gomez
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Central Park
Casson
Roosevelt Notified on Russian Plenipotentiaries Selection
Washington reports unofficially that President Roosevelt learned at a late hour Sunday night from Mr. Meyer the U S ambassador in St Peters burg of the selection of the Russian plenipotentiaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Meyer
United States
St. Petersburg
Man carrying bomb arrested near Malewki palace station
In Warsaw Russian Poland a man carried a bomb and was seized in front of the Malewki palace station. He refused all information about his identity.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Malewki Palace
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