President Roosevelt in California amid crowds and big trees
President Roosevelt stopped in Santa Cruz, admired the bay and big trees, and urged preservation of the giants while praising California’s progress. He praised the navy, greeted G A R members and pioneers, and toured the trees with only President Butler nearby. A local woman mother of thirty four children provided beans at luncheon.
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Philippine Currency Deliberations on Gold Standard Set
Washington May 13 Secretary Root and the Philippine commission discuss currency reforms. The group recommends delaying any gold standard until preparations cover parity methods and mail a detailed letter to Governor Taft. It endorses fixed Mexican-US currency ratio and discouraging Mexican dollars while building new currency supply.
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Charles A. Conant
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Royalty in Scotland Visit Arrives in Edinburgh
King Edward and Queen Alexandra traveled from London with large retinues to begin their ceremonial tour of Scotland arriving in Edinburgh this evening for the first royal visit to the country.
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Queen Alexandra
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Edinburgh
Roosevelt in Los Angeles welcomed amid Fiesta De Las Flores
President Roosevelt arrived in Los Angeles amid massive crowds and tight security. He spoke at Pomona College in Claremont and Wilson High School in Pasadena before a luncheon at the Westminster Hotel. A floral Fiesta De Las Flores parade was staged and reviewed by Roosevelt and his party.
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Embargo on Cattle Shocks Global Trade Flows
A London cablegram reports Argentina has halted further cattle exports while investigating diseases found in cattle sent to South Africa. The embargo is expected to boost demand for surplus American cattle from England, a major Argentina buyer.
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London
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Henry Kopp and the Mysterious Wife Suit
New York May 11 Henry Kopp faces a Supreme Court suit for separation alimony and counsel fees. He claims not to recall marrying Anna Kopp and found her at breakfast claiming him as husband after viewing a marriage certificate. Anna Kopp alleges cruelty and seeks divorce with support.
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Long Island
Anna Kopp
Death in Boston Ties Insurance to Suspected Suicide
Ed win M Thayer, a young insurance and mining figure once from Minneapolis, was found dead in a Boston hotel last Friday with $485000 in life insurance. Though the coroner ruled natural causes, suspicion of self harm rises as insurers delay payments pending a full inquiry.
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Edwin M. Thayer
Minneapolis
Car Fire on Third Avenue Line Leaves Dozens Hurt
A fuse ignited under a fast moving Third Avenue open car in New York. The car surged forward burning fiercely as passengers shouted for it to stop. The motorman fled after powering down and braking, while many riders jumped to escape. Nearly all of the sixty aboard suffered injuries.
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Threats by Japan stir talk of fleet mobilization and war
In Washington on May 12 Japanese minister Kogoro Takahira defends Japan’s mobilization as naval maneuvers, denies hostile aims toward Russia, and notes Britain’s reluctance to join if China remains at risk. Amid Manchuria tensions diplomats debate if Japan or Russia will clash, while a China treaty stalemate at Shanghai fuels frustration.
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Shanghai
Supreme Court Denies Damages to Gould's Valet
The New York appellate division reversed a lower court verdict granting Frank D. Mowbray five thousand dollars for injuries from a premature signal rocket explosion on Howard Gould's yacht. Mowbray testified he protested imperfect signals but was ordered to fire them. Gould claimed Mowbray was dismissed for drunkenness and no order was given.
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New York
Frank D. Mowbray
Howard Gould
Chinese Societies Plot to Murder Education Advocates
San Francisco May 12 four of eleven See-Yup residents have been arrested for conspiring to murder members of the Chinese society of English education. Gee pone On, president of On-Yick High rider, and Tong Lee-Ying, president of Bow-Leong Tong, confess. ten other presidents remain in hiding.
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Chinese Society of English Education
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Tong Lee-Ying
Bow-Leong Tong
Philadelphia Lockout Threat Involving 25000 Workers
Philadelphia May 12 reports all building trade unions prepared to enforce a lockout to aid striking journeymen carpenters. The masons' association may carry out the threat tomorrow, potentially involving up to 25000 workers within twenty four hours.
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Klondike clean up eyed at $25 million from five camps
Yukon advices state that cleanups in the Klondike Atlin Fort Mulle Rampart and Nome camps will produce $25,000,000 in gold. In a separate item Rear Admiral Cotton is ordered to take the U S European squadron to Kiel at month end.
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Mosque blast in Kin prul injures and kills scores
Vienna reports a Kin prul mosque where about 200 worshipers gathered was blown up by dynamite on May 2. Dozens are fatally hurt and many buried in the ruins. The assailant named Popov acted alone. a paper found on him mentions a Macedonian Knights group.
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Die Zeit
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Macedonian Knights of Death
Germany Hopes to Stave Off War Till Winter
Berlin reports the Turko Bulgarian stand off seen as grave yet manageable through summer. Officials say Turkey cannot want war due to costs and powers would block gains. Bulgaria blamed for weak stance toward rebels. Frontier clashes risk wider conflict and dampen German markets. At Monastir and Zapari fighting with insurgents leaves many dead and prisoners.
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Berlin
Turkey
Bulgaria
Foreigner Safety Claims Reflect Chinese Respect
Pekin correspondent reports April 6 that rumors of a planned massacre of foreigners by the Chinese are false. He notes foreigners have never faced greater freedom from molestation around Pekin since the legation era began, saying tolerance stems from understanding the foreigner can aid his cause.
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Associated Press
Doubts About Russian Advances Reported in Manchuria
Pekins uncertain about yesterday’s claim of Russia occupying Manchuria. New Chwang reports say the forts at the Liao River mouth were only temporarily held and Russian withdrawal follows. Official circles in Peking are mystified while the author is regarded as well informed.
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Pekin
New Thwang
Russia
China
Czar Denies Massacres in Bessarabia
Washington reports Ambassador McCormick in St Petersburg stating the Russian government denies massacres of Jews in Kishineff and widespread suffering in Bessarabia. The denials were issued in response to a central committee relief story.
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St. Petersburg
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Transvaal loan subscriptions close with unprecedented success
London reports the Transvaal loan subscriptions closed this morning with exceptional demand. Individual subscriptions of 3500 and under alone could secure the loan, with aggregate totals estimated between 6 and 7.5 billion dollars. No major American spectators were noted, and funds locked up are expected to tighten money markets until checks begin to flow back.
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Transvaal
London
Parkhurst Attacks Emancipation In Convention Sermon
Rev Charles H Parkhurst of New York told a national conference audience in Atlanta that emancipation did not prepare the freed black for citizenship He likened emancipation to a wolf out of a cage and argued that changing clothing did not make a man of the former slave The remarks were part of a convention sermon before charity and corrections officials.
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Atlanta
Charles H. Parkhurst
New York
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Garbage as fuel could light half of New York
New Yorker John McCaw, commissioner of the department of streets, predicts that within five years the city could illuminate half its area using energy from incinerating waste gathered from streets, a material previously discarded into the sea.
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Metropolis
New York
John McCaw
Department of Streets
Ottawa Inferno Devastates Area with 15 Million Feet Burned
Ottawa residents faced a massive fire claimed to be incendiary. Two smaller blazes preceded the main outbreak, water mains failed, and a swift wind fanned the flames across a quarter mile by a mile area, destroying lumber yards and homes. John White, released for arson, was arrested nearby. The blaze left 500 to 600 families homeless and caused about 600000 dollars in total losses. 15 million feet of lumber burned, with insured damage.
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Extra Session Called To Consider Cuban Treaty
Denver May 12 An interview with Daniel M Ramsdell sergeant at arms of the Senate says an extra session will be called about November 9 to take up the Cuban reciprocity treaty and likely the Philippines tariff reduction measure Roosevelt sent word to prepare to receive senators after the fall election is out of the way
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Loeb
Havemeyer challenges unions to a public hearing
John C. Havemeyer issues an open letter proposing to hire a public hall and pay expenses to hear Yonkers trades unions answer questions provided in advance. He says refusal would admit weakness and urges the unions to participate under stated conditions.
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Sugar King
New York
John C. Havemeyer
Yonkers Trades Unions
Pensions for All Movement Aims at National Pension
In Brockton Massachusetts May 12 a movement by Brockton shoe workers seeks a federal pension system. It calls for all citizens who have twenty one years of work after age 56 and unable to earn 400 a year to receive 70 dollars monthly from the U S government.
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Brockton
Mass
Congress
United States
Carnegie proposes sliding scale wage plan for steel workers
London reports Andrew Carnegie addressing the Iron and Steel Institute on wage policy. He urges partners from capable workers and cites Braddock’s sliding scale as a model yielding harmony between capital and labor. He warns extremists may oppose, while praising shared profits and living wages. Carnegie receives Bolivar decoration in Caracas.
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London
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Institute
James Kitson
Bessemer
Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Amo
Carnegie Company
Braddock
Caracas
Bolivar
Expelling the Orders Puts Pressure on Capuchins in France
Paris May 9 Civil and military authorities move to break up congregations defying disbandment. Capuchins resist by barricading monasteries at Carcassonne where police with dragoons and infantry seized the establishment after two hours. A 5000 strong crowd demonstrated and Capuchins were arrested and later fined five dollars each.
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Paris
Caracassonne
Palace of Justice
A Snub for Loubet by Rome Pontiff Refuses Interview
Rome reports the pope will not receive President Loubet of France during his Rome visit after consulting cardinals. The decision aims to avoid an interview and may anger France, risking a diplomatic rupture and the concordat’s end if Combes remains premier.
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Loubet
France
M. Loubet
M. Combes
Vatician
Trench
Assassin Yet Unknown in Medford Murder Case
Police and state investigators struggle to identify the killer of Nellie A. Sturtevant as Tomasso Lombardi, an Italian carpenter, with limited evidence beyond a fleeing bicycle and a muddy ride after arrest in Boston. Lombardi is held without bail while Mrs. Sturtevant remains in critical condition from shock.
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Medford
Mass
Tomasso Lombardi
Nellie A. Sturtevant
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