Ocean Freight Rates on Grain Jump Up
Ocean freight from New York to Continental Europe climbs as steamship lines raise rates to Hamburg Antwerp Rotterdam and to Mediterranean ports. Coal and cotton shipments see increases, while rail rates east of Buffalo face protests as lines seek parity with water routes and trigger possible talks with the Trunk Line Association.
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New York
Europe
Antwerp
Northwest
Montreal
Continental
Hamburg
Rottdam
Rotterdam
Mediterranean
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Liverpool
Manchester
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Trunk Line Association
Georgian Bay
itHis
Commercia
Pistol Duel at Converse Estate in Greenwich
At Conyers Manor, the 1200 acre Greenwich estate of E C Converse a New York financier and United States Steel director a three man burglary attempt ended in a pistol duel with the night watchman. The burglars fled toward Bedford as a car sped away and a collie alerted the household. One attacker fell but recovered and all three escaped. Earlier incidents linked to the Converse family include the wounding of Antoinette Morrell and a prior kidnapping probe. A suspect named John Brown was jailed for burglary and murderous assault and remains in state prison.
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Greenwich
Conn
Conyers Manor
E. C. Converse
United States Steel Corporation
Bedford
Collie
Converse
Antoinette Morrell
Switchmen's Plea Denied in DL&W Buffalo Dispute
President Truesdale refused a conference with switchmen over the Buffalo Division troubles on the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad. A strike declaration seemed inevitable, with outside intervention discussed by the Grievance Board. Center of potential strike would be Buffalo, affecting railroads into the city and grain lines on the lakes.
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Scranton
Penn
Truesdale
Buffalo
Delaware, Lackawanna &Western Railroad
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Firemen’s Union
Supt. Clarke
John Cannon
American Federation of Labor
Labor conditions steadily improve in New York State
State Bureau of Statistics reports improved employment during the first three months of the year with 101,466 idle union members out of 887,450. a table compares idle workers across years while cited causes shift from weather to lack of work. J. Eads Howe says Government will place men through farming work, urging clothing and grips for those in need at 20 Duane Street.
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New York
State Bureau of Statistics of Labor
George A. Stevens
The
Bureau
Mr. Stevens
J. Eads How
Duane Street
Ameri can Ice moving 5000 tons daily toward fall
The Ameri can Ice Company in Gardiner Maine reports it is moving about 5000 tons of ice daily from its Skennebeck houses and expects the facilities to be nearly emptied by early Fall.
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New York Times
Gardiner. Me
American Ice Company
Skennebeck
Defiance by Castro deepens Venezuela Netherlands row
Castro withdraws the Netherlands consular exequaturs in Venezuela and declares unfriendly relations until Holland issues satisfaction for alleged injuries. Dutch Gelderland sails from Willemstad with a report for the German minister as Washington says relations will worsen.
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Venezuela
Caracas
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Castro
Netherlands
Paul
Holland
de Reus
Gelderland
Willemstad
la Guayra
Washington
Storm Toll Stuns Tyrol with Floods and Landslides
Terrible thunderstorms and heavy rain caused widespread destruction in the Austrian Tyrol. The Bukowina District and Ziller Valley report dozens dead. Mehra near Brixlegg erased by a landslide with sixteen killed. Bodies wash from swollen streams as houses and stock vanish.
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Vienna
Austrian Tyrol
Bukowina
Ziller Valley
Mehra
Brixlegg
Count Boni Wins August Custody of Children
Paris July 31 Count Boni de Castellane secured custody of his three children for August in addition to September. The ruling follows his inability to see the children while they were in the United States this year and expands the terms of the divorce decree.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Count Bon
United States
Hard Times in Japan Reach Yokohama Director Seeks Edin burgh Vacation
George L A Smith, director of the Grand Hotel Yokohama, sails today for Campania and arrives in New York on his way to Edinburgh for a vacation. He cites business downturn in Japan with many foreign firms failing and tourism down. He notes Korea's return to farming under Prince Ito and defends U S Manchuria trade openness. He mentions war talk after San Francisco riots but says Japan does not want war until finances improve. He describes new Toyo Kishen Kaisha steamships potentially cutting San Francisco Yokohama voyage to twelve days.
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George L. A. Smith
Grand Hotel
Yokohama
Japan
Campania
New York
Edinburgh
Scotland
TIMES
Knickercvocker
Smith
Korea
Prince Ito
Manchuria
Mr. Smith
San Francisco
Pacific
Toyo Kishen Kaisha‘Company
Aid for Hebrew orphans in New Jersey
S D Levy treasurer of the Hebrew Shelter ing Guardian Society of New York, staying at the Hollywood Hotel in Long Branch, announced Adolph Lewisohn donated 5000 dollars to build a concrete sheltered playground at the Orphan Asylum at 150th Street and Broadway. Lewisohn recently gave 50000 dollars and a 20000 dollar cottage to the Pleasantville cottage settlement project for children.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
Pleasantville
N. Y
Society For Children
Honduran Rivalry Over Consuls Triggers Gunboat Return
Honduras charges the Ceiba consuls led by Drew Linard with unbecoming conduct urging surrender to insurgents and exaggerating rebel strength. The Marietta is ordered back to Ceiba to protect foreigners as Maxwell investigates while the U S government seeks to maintain neutrality amid the crisis.
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New York Times
Washington
Angel Ugarte
Ceiba
United States
Drew Linard
Sefior Fiallos
Honduras
Cons
T Linard
Maxwell
Marietta
State Department
Celba
Central America
Davila
Bacon
Porto Rico
St. Petersburg Mobilizes Against Cholera Threat
The Anti Cholera Commission in St. Petersburg met to plan city cleanup and boiled water distribution for the poor. It approved anti cholera vaccination experiments and opening a 250 bed hospital to treat expected cases. New cholera cases were reported in Astrakhan Tsaritsyn and Khanyshin with spread to Simbirsk Ufa and Nizhni Novgorod provinces.
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ST. Petersburg
Astrakhan
Tsaritsyn
Khanyshin
Simbirsk
Ufa
Nizhni-Novgorod
Asquith Speaks for Peace at Universal Congress
London July 31 The Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith hosted a banquet for Universal Peace Congress delegates at the Hotel Cecil. He urged international agreements and litigation over warfare and noted airships may not intensify slaughter, urging restraint and peaceful substitutes for war.
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London
Cecil
Herbert Henry Asquith
Peace Congress
Lords Approve Old Age Pensions Bill and Irish Universities Law
The House of Lords ratified the Old Age Pensions bill in its Commons form after rejecting Cromer amendments. The Lords also passed the Irish Universities bill, sending both measures to become law.
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London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Commons
Lord Cromer
Pope Invites Gibbons in Rome Meeting
Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Rome with fellow prelates and informed the Vatican of his presence. The Pope intends an audience likely tomorrow as many visitors including Americans call on the Cardinals. Father Doyle reports progress of the Apostolic Mission House in Washington to convert Americans to Catholicism.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Vatican
A. P. Doyle
Washington, D. C
America
Doyle
Antoy suburb horror at girls boarding school murder
In Antony a brutal night attack at a girls boarding school leaves Jeanne Larrieu aged directress of the Sisters of St. Andre dead after being beaten with hammers by two masked intruders. Two assistant sisters were also assaulted before the assailants fled the scene.
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Paris
Antony
Jeanne Larrieu
Order of Sisters of St. Andre
Ertes
Porto Rico GOP nominates resident commissioner candidate
The Republican Party of Porto Rico convened at Mayaguez to nominate a candidate for Resident Commissioner in Washington and adopt a legislative platform. Voter registration is completed with unprecedented election interest.
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San Juan
P. R
Republican Party of
Porto Rico
Mayaguez
Washington
Verite Arrives at Christiania With Fallieres and Haakon
The French battleship Verite arrived at Christiania with President Fallieres aboard escorted by a French squadron. King Haakon boarded the ship to greet Fallieres, and they toured to the Royal Castle together after landing.
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Christiania
Verite
President Fallieres
King Haakon
M. Fallieres
Royal Castle
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society Visits Beethoven House
The Brook lyr Arion Choral Society toured the Beethoven residence in Bonn and sang the Beethoven hymn with the statue of the composer in the public square.
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Bonn
Brooklyr Arion Choral Society
Beethoven
Sultan Abd al Hamid defies prayers at St Sofia Mosque
Amid crowds Abdul Hamid rejects Friday prayers at St Sofia Mosque and attends Stamlik service at Hamidiye Mosque near Yildiz palace. He greets cheering troops and courtiers, thanks diplomats including Italians and Germans, and vows to push a new constitutional framework via a special council. Young Turks push reforms focusing on finances and officer salaries. New appointees resist palace interference. Nazli Pasha and Ziver Bey shift posts amid resignations. Berlin reports Turkey may declare himself Emperor of the Moslems, replacing Suleiman title.
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St. Sofia
Yildiz Palace
Abdul Hamid
Italiyn
Kiami Pasha
Foreign Affairs
Interior
State Council
Porte
Niazi Bey
Enver Bey
Young Turkey
Adrianople
Naz Isha
Ziver Bey
Gia Pasha
Pas
Ieckn
Izzet Pasha
Therapia
Izzet
Tes Day
Said Pasha
Kiamil Pasha
Said Passa
Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Turkey
Suleman
Military assignments and transfers listed in US Army order
The United Service lists Capt G S Goodsle and Major F B McCoy as reassigned to new posts. Capt T M Mabdy, W A Nean, E N Macon, and Lieuts Waldron Dixon Merritt Weeks Mayes Boice Carr receive postings or duty changes. Several officers are detailed to Fort Riley Camp and other stations, with transfers to hospitals, prisons, and signal duties.
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G. 8. Goodsle
Third Infantry
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
F. B. eCoy
Seventeenth Infantry
Denver
W. A. Nean
Medical Corps
E.N. Macon
Coast Artillery
Washington Barracks Hospital
W. D. Dixon
J.J. Mayes
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C. H. Boice
Seventh Cavalry
C. B. Crusan
Fourth Infantry
Fort Riley
I. J. Carr
Twenty-eighth Infantry
W. E. Merritt
Eighth Infantry
Camp Perry
F. R. McCoy
Third Cavalry
Navy assigns senior officers to Third Squadron Pacific Fleet
Rear Admiral G B Harber is assigned to command the Third Squadron Pacific Fleet. Ensign A S Hickey is assigned to the Concord. Commissioned officers include Capt B T Walling Capt F J Eldridge Lt Commander H Laning Lt J S Arwine Jr Capt W H Pritchett and First Lieut W W Buckley of the Marine Corps.
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G. B. Harber
Pacific Fleet
A. S. Hickey
Concord
B. T. Walling
F. J. Eldridge
H. Laning
J. S. Arwine, Jr
W. H. Pritchett
W. W. Buckley
Marine Corps
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrive and Sail
Ships named Des Moines Philadelphia Yankee Newport Nero Norfolk Mississippi Bradford Olympia Nevada Arkansas and ee ee port reported arrivals. Vessels Wolverine rom Chicago waukee Lebanon from Charleston for te Cortez and Arethusa from Honolulu for Francisco listed as sailed.
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Philadelphia
Yankee
Newport
Nero
Norfolk
Mississippi
Bradford
Olympia
Nevada
Arkansas
Tens
Stik
Wolverine
Chicago
Waukee
Lebanon
Charleston
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