Japan Seizes Lead in Canned Goods Ahead of Health Law
A New York Times correspondent reports that Japan abruptly enforces the 1900 health rule on tin cans, targeting mostly American canned fruits and vegetables while English and other imports evade strict enforcement. He notes high lead levels in solder, shows officials’ selective action, and describes dealers shifting stock, auctions, and warnings against importing American goods as authorities push a protectionist line.
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NEW York Times
United States
California
Hongkong
Japan
England
Wee
NO NEWS OF POOSEVELT AT GIBRALTAR HARBOR
Wireless operators at Gibraltar failed to contact the Hamburg carrying Theodore Roosevelt despite attempts by Admiral Goodrich and United States Consul Sprague aided by the Celtic and the relief ship in Italy. Roosevelt’s vessel was expected to arrive Friday noon as Governor Forestier-Walker in London requested prompt attention while preserving his private citizen status.
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NEW York Times
Gibraltar
Admiral Goodrich
United States
Sprague
Admiralty
Fortress
Hamburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Celtic
America
Italy
Roosevelt
Frederick Forestier-Walker
London
King Victor Emmanuel Reported To Meet Roosevelt At Sea
In Rome and Naples reports say the battleship Re Umberto may embark King Victor Emmanuel to meet ex president Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt plans to visit the earthquake zone and view American aid. the Admiral liner will carry him Naples to Monbasa and does not call at Messina. Invitations are issued by the Duke and Duchess of Aosta for a dinner in Roosevelt's honor as Americans flock to greet the former president.
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Rome
Umberto
Victor Emmanuel
Roosevelt
Messina
Naples
Mombasa
Straits of Messina
Griscom
Duke
Aost
Kermit
$30,000 Customs Seizure Reveals End of Smuggling Rings
Three trunks worth an estimated $30,000 were seized at Red Star Pier 14 after arriving on the Gothlands from Antwerp. U S District Attorney Wise prosecutes. The containers, bearing foreign hotel labels and private marks, held 150 gowns, silk waists, embroidery, laces, lingerie, and other women’s wear. Unclaimed trunks were sent to Public Stores. The seizure ties to earlier finds on the steamer New York with two names on the manifest.
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United States
Wise
Red Star
North River
Gothlands
Antwerp
New York
William Tierney
Noorwood
400 Motor Cycle Men Needed to Curb New York Auto Speeders
A police official said it would take about 400 motorcycle officers to stop reckless driving in New York after a surge of fatal auto accidents. Over 24 hours five people were seriously injured, with two near death, including 6 year old Donald Roulet and 25 year old Emanuel Rebeeik, both hit by cars at Manhattan intersections.
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New York
Nolice
Donald Roulet
Columbus Avenue
110Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Emanuel Rebeeik
Fifth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Rebeeik
New York Hospital
Patrick J. O'Neil
West Fortyninth Street
O’neil
Amsterdam
Columbus Avenues
Young Boulet
O'Neil
Trunk Hidden Loot Found by Hoboken Customs
Customs men on the Hamburg American Line pier Hoboken seized about 1000 dollars in goods hidden in a trunk with a false bottom. Italian jewelry was found, with a Italian passenger Luise and his wife among landing passengers. The pair were searched and jewelry recovered from the man after pressure. officials continue probe.
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Hamburg-American Line
Hoboken
IKX
Luise
Nurse Eleanor Fletcher Receives Gift From Mrs Sherman
Newport April 1 Miss Eleanor Fletcher head trained nurse who cared for Mrs John Carter Brown for four years until her death has received 2500 from Mrs William Watts Sherman Mrs Brown's daughter This gift adds to Mrs Brown's 8000 bequest Mrs Sherman will send some nurses additional gifts as reward for their service to her mother
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New York Times
Newport
Eleanor Fletcher
John Carter Brown
William Watts Sherman
Brown
Cyrenaica Report Finds Jewish Settlement Plan Flawed
Israel Zangwill calls the Cyrenaica expedition disappointing while Dr J W Gregory notes the region’s porous limestone and water scarcity would hinder dense settlement. The Jewish Territorial Organization council will take no further action on the scheme as ruins suggest lower ancient populations than claimed.
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New York Times
London
Israel Zangwill
Jewish Territorial Organization
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
Zangwill
J. W. Gregory
Gregory
Cyrene
Royal Aerial Prize Promises Five Thousand Dollars
King Leopold of Belgium offers a $5,000 prize for the best essay on aerial navigation progress and encouragement. Submissions must reach the Minister of Science and Arts in Brussels by March 1, 1911. Open to all nationalities with a seven-member jury. winners to be published next year.
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Leopold
Belgium
Science and Arts
Brussels
Archbishop Blesses New Airfield and Voisin Planes
In Juvisy France on April 1 Archbishop Megr. Annette of Paris with the coadjutor and clergy blessed the new aerodrome and Voisin aircraft before a large crowd that included Count Boni de Castellane and his children. He said the church supports progress and prayed for heavenly blessing on the conquest of the air.
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Juvisy
France
Annette
Paris
Boni de Castellane
City Clerk Downs Held in Embezzlement Probe
William F. Downs, a 26 year old City Register clerk in Baltimore, is under arrest on embezzlement charges. Prosecutors say the city fund shortfalls may total about 100000 with earlier reports listing 67000 stolen. Bail set at 50000 as 100 larceny charges loom. Downs’s alleged peculations date back to July 1, 1907, with investigations showing a lavish lifestyle beyond his $3900 yearly salary.
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Baltimore
William F. Downs
Cerk
City Register
Tinues
Arest
Downs
Johanssen
A. S. J. Owens
Oldest toad Rameses II dies at Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo reports the death of Rameses II a toad aged over a thousand years he died at the Reptile House likely due to old age. The creature, found asleep in a stone pocket two centuries ago near Butte Montana, had long been a landmark as the oldest living toad.
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Rameses II
Bronx Zoo
Butte, Mon
Dewey's Old Port Wine Ad Promises Blood Health Benefits
An advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 138 Fulton Street New York markets Dewey's Old Port Wine as rich in blood making qualities. The short copy notes ACV branding and urges purchase for health benefits.
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Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Schiff gifts Tissot Old Testament paintings to City Library
Jacob H. Schiff presents 5370 water colors by James J. Tissot to the Public Library. The set, kept intact and exhibited in one place, will be housed in the new Fifth Avenue at Forty second Street library building after trustees accept the gift on April 14. The works depict Old Testament scenes with notable color, detail, and historical value, and were previously shown nationwide. The collection was valued at 65,000 to 70,000 dollars.
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Tissot
Jacob H. Schiff
Fifth Avenue
Schiff
James J. Tissot
Art Museum
Brooklyn
Forty-second Street
Billings
Adam
Garden of Eden
Ark
Tower of Babel
Joseph
Abraham
Isaac
landlords may not bar families from rentals in cities
Albany April 1 landlords may not refuse to rent apartments to tenants with children without risk of a misdemeanor fine. The bill by Assemblyman Goldberg also forbids lease terms that terminate on a child’s birth. The measure applies only to first class cities.
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Albany
N.J
Assemblyman
Goldberg
Prefers Storage Eggs The New York Times Special
Professor John L Coulter of the Economist Department at Minnesota State University argues in a Minneapolis lecture that cold storage eggs are superior to fresh eggs. He claims well inspected stored eggs remain good for three years and that many so called fresh eggs are over a year old.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
John L. Coulter
Economist Department of the State University Today
Maritime Arrivals From March Voyages
Arrived ships include Alleghany at Cartagena on March 23, Solon at Cristobal on March 27, and Fagertun at Baracoa. The brief report lists vessel names and ports with corresponding dates.
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Alleghany
Cartagena
Solon
Cristob1
Fagertun
Baracoa
Yokohama Hit By Violent Earthquake Report
Advices by the seamer Kaga Maru say Yokohama suffered the most violent quake in Japan since the earlier disaster fourteen years ago. Buildings shook eleven minutes eight seconds with considerable damage. reports from Tokio Acabu and others cite widespread damage. One man was killed in Yokohama.
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Victoria
B. C
Kaga Maru
Yokohama
Japan
Tokio
Acabu
Tafts First Pay Day As President
Washington April 1 Tafts first pay day as Chief Executive the Treasury messenger delivered a check for 5 625 01 dollars The sum covered his salary for March as President.
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Washington
Taft
Treasury
White House
Griscoms Work Recognized by Italian Relief Committee
The Italian committee for earthquake relief in Rome presented a shield to Lloyd C. Griscom the American Ambassador, recognizing his labor with relief work. A similar shield went to Ernest Bickner national director of the American Red Cross. A gold medal will be presented to Griscom on his return from Naples by the Red Cross.
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Rome
Tittoni
Lloyd C. Griscom
Wal
Ernest Bickner
American Red Cross
Naples
Griscom
Red Cross Society
Students Deliver Wagonloads of Goods to Judge Hammard
Paris reports Royalist students condemned for statue mutilation and street protests retaliated by ordering wagonloads of merchandise to Justice Hammard's residence. A near riot formed as deliveries began, blocking traffic and prompting reluctant drivers to leave the loads.
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Paris
M. Hammard
M. Hanmmmard
Hammard
Job for Arthur Osborn in Jersey shore gas plants
Arthur Osborn, remarried 4 Hele Maloney, will enter business with his father in law Martin Maloney. He is understood to oversee a chain of gas plants owned by Maloney along the Jersey shore near Spring Lake. Mr and Mrs Osborn will relocate from Walcott to Spring Lake with Mrs Osborn's mother accompanying.
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Arthur Osborn
Hele Maloney
Martin Maloney
Osborn
Death threat over store fire in Honduras case
Capt. Lewis Becker and a six man crew aboard the three masted schooner Caroline Vought docked at Galveston reporting to the American Government to intervene for Mrs. Caroline Beauchamp charged with setting fire to her dry goods stock and for Eugene Griffith her business manager who was also jailed on the same charge each facing death in Honduras. The fire burned the building with insured goods valued over twenty five thousand dollars and Beauchamp says the blaze was accidental as both tried to extinguish the flames. Soldiers tried to seize the schooner but Becker fled to Galveston and filed his report.
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New York
Galveston
Lewis Becker
Caroline Vought
Truxillo
Honduras
Caroline Beauchamp
Eugene Griffith
Becker
Harriman
Harriman Lines
Lata
Hae
Verriman Stom
Grand Centre
Laket Shore i Limited
Mr. Harrimann
F Marion Crawford Shows Signs of Improvement
Sorrento April 1 The physician attending novelist F Marion Crawford reported his patient was better this morning. He slept five or six hours, the fever fell, and his mind grew clearer, suggesting the crisis may have passed.
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Sorrento
F. Marion Crawford
Boy Opens Windsor Theatre In Unauthorized Amateur Night
A dispossess notice marked the Windsor Theatre on 1 88 Third Avenue near 104th Street. A youth entered with friends, lit the venue, and hosted an impromptu amateur show for an 8 p.m. crowd. Policeman Donahue quelled the scene but could not detain any participants.
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Windsor Theatre
Moving Picture House
Third Avenue
104Th Street
Donahue
Stransky Enameled Wake Outwears Limitations Ad Campaign
An advertising brief highlights Stransky featuring enameled wake outerwear surpassing typical limits. Genuine messaging centers on Stransky branding and adv claims. The note signals a marketing push with emphasis on durability and distinct enamel finish.
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Stransky
Harriman Call for Sherman Law Amendment Stirs Talks
Harriman, returning from a long rail trip, urged government economy and the need to amend the Sherman anti trust law. He argued the law hindered railroads, cited mergers, and said stronger lines should assist weaker ones within lawful bounds. He pressed for stable multi year appropriations and reduced red tape.
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Mr. Harriman
Im Valley
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