Plaza Hotels Planned in London and Paris
Special cable reports plans for a Plaza Hotel chain beginnings in London with a replica of New York’s Plaza. H W Searls says work starts in about a year, occupancy in two years, site likely Piccadilly facing Green Park. Paris Plaza to follow within four years. London hotel to have about 800 rooms and 600 private baths. offices run on American lines.
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Tam
New York Times
Paris
Plaza
New York
London
H. W. Searls
Fred Sterry
Europe
Searls
Sears
New
London Plaza
Piccadilly
Green Park
Devonshire House
Paris Plaza
Searles
Palm Beach
Virginia Hot Springs
Mr. Searls
New York Plaza
Loyalist Troops Parade at Yildiz Palace in Constantinople
A delegation of 800 soldiers from the Second Army Corps arrived from Adrianople to reaffirm loyalty to the sultan. Omer Rucdi Pasha and Shekir Pasha met the troops as they marched to the Yildiz Palace. The sultan appeared at a window and thanked the soldiers, calling them his children and ordering them to relay greetings to their comrades.
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Constantinople
Second Army Corps
Adrianople
Omer Rucdi Pasha
Shekir Pasha
Yildiz Palace
Indomitable sets speed record voyage to Cowes
The British cruiser Indomitable with the Prince of Wales aboard arrived at Cowes from Quebec at 9:40 PM. Averaging 21% knots, she beat the Drake’s 19 knot record, logging 26.4 knots in early speed runs, with six hundred five knot days and no mechanical problems amid heavy armament and Parsons turbine praise.
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Cowes
Indomitable
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Drake
Prince Louis of Battenberg
America
Cunard Line
Belle Isle
New Zealand Welcomes American Atlantic Fleet
Auckland salutes Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry with an illuminated address underscoring New Zealand as the first British community to host the fleet. A gold and silver album for President Roosevelt is presented, while Fiji reports the fleet's position and nightly wireless contact en route to Auckland.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Charles S. Sperry
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Joseph G. Ward
Venezuelan match and salt monopolies face government actions
Williams, representative of the Venezuelan Match Company and Venezuelan Salt Monopoly, filed a final protest as Caracas recalls him. The match monopoly ran twenty five years from 1904 and the salt company held all shares in the Venezuelan firm with a ten year concession from 1906. On January 10 the government ended the match concession and on January 18 President Castro annulled the salt contract.
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Caracas
Via
Willemstad
Williams
Venezuelan Match Monopoly, Limited
Venezuelan Salt Monopoly
Ethelburga Syndicate, Limited
London
Venezuelan Match Company
Venezuela
Salt Company
Match Company
Castro
Exequaturs Withdrawn as Venezuela Breaks Ties
Curacao dispatches confirm President Castro withdrew exequaturs for Dutch Consuls in Venezuela. An exception was made for Consul General N F Hellmund, appointed in 1878. Venezuela says it will not resume friendly relations until all disputes are resolved.
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Hagud
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
N. F. Hellmund
Caracas
M. Hellmund
Netherlands
President congratulates Sultan on constitutional act
Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople is authorized by the State Department to convey the President's congratulations and gratification at the Sultan's proclamation of a constitution. The message expresses sympathy for the move and hopes it will aid permanent peace and prosperity in the Ottoman realm.
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Washington
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Turkey
Honduran ex consuls safe in Ceiba amid unrest
Commander William J. Maxwell reports from the gunboat Marietta at Ceiba Honduras that consular officers remain ashore and their exequaturs canceled by President Davila. Dispatch garbled on Davila action and is being corrected. State Department seeks amicable understanding with Honduras.
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Washington
William J. Maxwell
Ceiba
State Department
Honduras
Fourth Regiment Captain's eye blackened in train scuffle
SEA GIRT New Jersey August 83 Captain Edward Perlberg officer of the day received a decoration but his eye was blackened in a Saturday train incident. Private Frank Miller of his company pulled the bell rope stopping the train and later reprimanded. In the ensuing altercation the Captain's eye was damaged.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Edward Perlberg
Frank Miller
Miller
Archbishop Farley Honored At Vatican
Arch bishop Farley of New York visited the Vatican and was treated with high honors. He brought a million lire offering to the Pope, drawing astonished praise for American generosity and loyalty to the church. The Pope praised the centennial of the New York diocese and remarked on religious liberty as a factor in the church's growth.
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NEW York Times
Rome
Farley
New York
Vatican
Domo Bislett
Papal
Peter
Archbishop Farley
Venice
James V. Lewis
D. J. McMackin
C. A.cassidy
New Brighton
S. I
Edward McCue
Kingston
N. Y
Pope
Luke J. Evers
Printers’ Mass
J. I. McGrane
Clementine Hall
Vox Populi
Vox Dai
Merry del Val
America
Frascati
Castel Gandolfo
Cardinal Gibbons Visits American College in Castel Gandolfo
Cardinal Gibbons arrives in Castel Gandolfo from Rome to visit the American College villa. He is joined by Bishop Foley of Detroit and Bishop O'Connell of Washington. Over 1000 students greet the party as they tour the villa and hear of his audience with the Pope.
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Castel Gandolfo
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
American College
Foley
Detroit
O’connell
Washington
Emery
Mgr. Kennedy
Paris Strike Fails to Disrupt City Life
Paris on August 3 reports a largely ineffective 24 hour general strike called by the General Federation of Labor over Vigneux killings. Police containment limited disruptions. newspapers failed to publish, but a small protest at Place République led to projectiles and injuries as authorities cleared cafés.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Vigneux
Gil Blas
The
Siecle
Petit République
Libre Parole
Place République
Lens
Pas-de-Calais
Kaiser Arrives in Stockholm for Royal Visit aboard Hohenzollern
Emperor William and his party reached Stockholm on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern for a brief visit to King Gustave. A Swedish fleet greeted the party at sea while King Gustave and Queen welcomed them aboard the royal yacht. A state dinner was held tonight.
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Stockholm
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Gustave
Sweden
Death Message in the Surf
William Dresch, aboard a boat bound for a cruise, left his Hoboken home after a policeman delivered a letter found on a Coney Island beach. The note from his wife Kate Dresch spoke of desperation and self harm, urging notification to William. Police and family fear a possible suicide at sea.
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William Dresch
Jacob
Garden Street
Hoboken
Seaside Park
Coney Island
Burns
Kate Dresch
William
Katie
Jacob Dresch
Japan to Become Third Naval Power in 1911
Berlin reports from the German Navy League that Japan will rank third in world navies by 1911. The August leaflet cites plans for additional battleships and armored cruisers beyond 1907 figures, with ready and building ships totaling 14 battleships and 12 cruisers, plus newly noted vessels.
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Berlin
German Navy League
Japan
Aki
Kurama
Ibuki
Finnish Diet reelects Svirhufvud President in 1920s scene
In Helsinki the Young Finn candidate Jodce Svirhufvud was reelected president of the Finnish Diet by twice as many votes as the Old Finn candidate. The Socialists chose the First Vice President and the Old Finn Party the Second. An imperial decree reorganized the Senate on a conservative basis, replacing six Old Finns allied with Russia after Mechelin’s resignation.
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Helsingfors
Jodce Svirhufvud
Sherman Starts on Holiday From Utica River Trip
Representative James S. Sherman left Utica for the St. Lawrence River on August 3 and planned to remain until Thursday before returning home. During the trip, William Berri of Brooklyn visited Sherman, a figure whose name had been proposed for the governorship at a Brooklyn meeting.
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Sherman
Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
St. Lawrence
William Berri
Brooklyn
Police Probe Slow Response In Times Square Robbery
Acting Police Commissioner Balker ordered an investigation into Policeman Clinchy of the West Forty-seventh Street Station after Amusement promoter John S. Berger alleged delayed aid following a Times Square robbery of a 00 diamond ring on Saturday night. Separately, Parker Hatch & Sheehan joined as solicitors for A B Widener in a federal equity suit against him by receivers of the New York City Railroad Company, with defendants including Metropolitan Securities and notable financiers like Mortimer L. Schiff and Thomas F. Ryan.
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Balker
Clinchy
West Forty-seventh Street
John S. Berger
Albany
Times Square
Parker, Hatch & Sheehan
South William Street
United States
A. B. Widener
Philadelphia
Equity
Brian H. Joline
Douglas Robinson
New York City Railroad Company
Metropolitan Securities Company
Thomas P. Fowler
Paul D. Cravathy
Edward J. Berwind
George G. Haven
H. H. Vreeland
Edward W. Sayre
Mortimer L. Schiff
Thomas F. Ryan
Thomas Delan
John D. Crimmins
Six Paper Mills Closed By Strike
More than 2,200 International Paper Company workers idle as mills in Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York shut down. Foremen's pay cut by 7 percent cited. closure stems from strike order amid union-management misunderstandings. Mills at Rumford and Watertown division also idle with 400 workers out.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
International Paper Company
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Aivermore Falls
J. F. Carey
International Brotherhood of Paper Makers
George Dow
Watertown
N. Y
Carey
The
Brotherhood of Paper Makers
International
Niagara Falls Plant Idle Amid Worker Strike
The Niagara Falls International Paper plant is idle as about 200 workers walk out per a strike ordered by the Paper Makers' Union. General Manager Whitcomb said last year the company raised wages under three agreements after switching to an eight hour day, with further scale adjustments for salaried staff as part of a broader economy drive to weather the downturn.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
International Paper Company
Paper Makers’ Union
Whitcomb
Strike Threat After Papermaker Foremen Wage Cut
Reorganization of departments aimed at fairness, but papermakers’ foremen faced about 7 percent pay reduction. Union officers warned of a strike to push restoration, while the company argued it holds a manufactured surplus of paper to protect customers.
Cuban Conservatives Win in Havana Polls Doubtful
Havana reports show Conservative strength island wide with Zagista and Miguelista factions as potential allies against the Conservatives in December’s presidential race. Governors in Havana and Pinar del Rio appear Zagista or Conservative, while city canvass delays and intact ballot integrity are noted amid general doubt.
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Havana
Sefior Zayas
Zagistas
Havan
Albert
Zagista
Julio de Cardenas
Havana City
Pinar del Rio
Sobrado
Black Hand Extortion Charge In Two Italians
Two Italian men tied to the Black Hand scheme were jailed at Police Headquarters on charges of attempted extortion. Cologero Billera, an undertaker at 91 Elizabeth Street, reported months of threatening letters demanding $1,000. The suspects, Giuseppe Daina of 4604 Fourteenth Avenue Brooklyn and his brother in law Cologero Scaduto of 123 Elizabeth Street, allegedly visited Billera and promised violence if the sum was not paid next week. Witnesses to the threats support the case.
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Cologero Billera
Elizabeth Street
Archiopil
Lieut. Petrosini
Giuseppe Daina
Fourteenth Avenue
Broooklyn
Cologero Scaduto
Billera
Phillips Business Directory issues eighth Paris?no
The thirty eighth annual Phillips Business Directory of New York City and representative business houses of Brooklyn Jersey City Newark and Hoboken was sent to subscribers yesterday. It includes a French department listing French dealers in automobiles balloons cognacs billiard articles jewelry and other supplies. Published by John F Dwyer of 83 Nassau Street.
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Phillips Business Directory
New York City
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Newark
Hoboken
John F. Dwyer
Nassau Street
Racing Men Fear Special Court Team Activity Alarms Them
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Robert H. Elder, returning from a Governors conference at Saratoga Lake, hints at forthcoming statements on the racing situation. Race track officials fear Elder’s vigorous action amid delays in convicting indicted figures. Gov Hughes calls an extraordinary Kings County Supreme Court session for Aug 25 to try racing related booting cases, with Justice Rogers to preside due to vacation plans of others. Elder declines discussion on Saratoga reselection rumors, noting he is fully occupied in Brooklyn.
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Robert H. Elder
Brooklyn
Saranag Lake
Gov. Hughes
Elder
Elderlesa Seaks
Savanna Inn
Supreme Court For
Kings County
Justice Watson M
LID AGAIN ON AT SARATOGA
Police moved to curb gambling in Saratoga New York with detective patrols visiting clubrooms early in the day. Although visits were during quiet hours clubs shut down that night with some venues operating secretly for trusted patrons.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Kansas Primaries Set for Historic Statewide Vote Today
Topeka Aug 3 Kansas holds its first state wide primary tomorrow The focus centers on the Republican U S Senatorial race between Joseph L Bristow and Chester J Long with investigations prompted by President Roosevelt Also in contest is the Gubernatorial nomination between R Stubbs and Cyrus Leland Jr The outcome will shape the party leadership statewide
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
United States
Joseph L. Bristow
Roosevelt
Chester J.long
R. Stubbs
Cyrus Leland, Jr
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