Russia’s Third Duma Drives Land Banks and Railroads
Dr. Young describes conservative Duma policies expanding land banks to aid peasant ownership, beginning vast railway projects in Siberia, and boosting free district schools. Government plans aim to settle millions on undeveloped lands via Amur River and Trans-Siberian routes with guarantees to investors and wide peasant access.
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Siberia
C. C. Young
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Texas
Siberian
Amur
Nicholas
Imperial Hotel
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Czar
Black Sea
Southwestern
Asia
Third
Amur River
Pennsylvania
Galicia
Bucovina
Wives of Some Well-known English Authors
The piece notes Agnes and Egerton Castle and Jean Leckie as wives aiding famous writers. It mentions Thomas Hardy's wife’s literary taste, and reveals New York marriages of Hall Caine and Max Pemberton, with details on Amy Van Tine. It includes oblique references to Izvolsky and other Russian ministers via Roosevelt connections.
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London
Agnes
Egerton Castle
Sweetman
Mr Castle
Jean Leckie
Glebe House
Blackheath
Sir Arthur Conan, Doyle
Australia Readies Grand Welcome for American Fleet
Sydney and Melbourne prepare for a vast influx of visitors for the fleet visit next month. American flags and large decorative eagles rise in display as hundreds of ships, bands, and illuminations set a nationwide celebration with official welcomes, parades, and fireworks planned across multiple venues and days.
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Exhibition planned to bring German art to New York
Edward Robinson of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Berlin oversees a December opening of a special German art exhibition in New York. A representative selection of contemporary German works will travel to the United States with strong German support and belief that American opinion is overly influenced by French ideas and tastes.
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Berlin
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
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America
France
Germany
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Vichy
Baden-Baden
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Telegraph
Paris
Daily Mail
Anti ambidexterity advocate fights Eton tilt
Sir James Crichton Browne denounces the ambidexterity movement started at Eton. He argues right-handed dominance is evolutionarily superior and that forcing left hand writing harms cerebral organization. Browne mocks the technique used by a pupil to write with the left hand.
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NEW York Times
London
James Crichton
Browne
Eton
Sir James
James
Tariff Talks Advance Between America and France
The American Tariff Commission chaired by James M. Heynolds has spent weeks with the French panel and is nearing final stages. Limited by U S tariff changes, both sides will prepare their responses before a joint meeting to exchange views and proposals on reciprocal concessions and future tariff relations.
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Paris
American Tariff Commission
James
Heynolds
American Treasury
America
France
Seizure Death Sentence for Six Japanese Sealers
Report from Victoria B C notes six Japanese sealers of the Mive Maru were sentenced to death by a court martial after an attack on Russian guards at Copper Island rookeries. The incident arose when Russians required walking in the roadway, not the sidewalk, leading to injuries on both sides and a crushed skull. The Japanese government protested to Russia against execution.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Hardie Sails for Canada to Unite Unionists
James Keir Hardie Socialist MP left Glasgow aboard the Hesperian for Canada and the United States. His tour aims to amalgamate American and Canadian trades unionists and Socialists into a single political organization akin to Britain's Labour Party.
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Glasgow
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Hesperian
Canada
United States
Hardie
Shah S century of turmoil in Persia over throne and plots
Teheran August 15. Zill-es-Sultan uncle of the Shah, former governor general of Ispahan, returned from Ispahan and met the Shah. He praised the Shahs course against the constitution and pledged loyalty, but the Shah doubted his sincerity and expelled him. Dynamite found in Julfa Russian customs and Resht residence of a Russian raised fears of a plot against the Shah. The Shah ordered a commission to draft electoral law for a new two chamber Parliament.
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Zill-es- Sultan
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Resht
Chamber of Deputies
US Officials Open Inquiry Into German Alcohol Controls
John G. Capers and Charles A. Crampton arrived in Berlin to study the German approach to denatured alcohol inspection and control. Capers will inspect Baden and Alsace Lorraine to determine if farmers are distilling alcohol for industrial fuel or drinking use. Germany reportedly has about 80,000 small stills, with 40,000 in Baden and Alsace Lorraine.
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Berlin
Aus
John G. Capers
United States
Internal Revenue
Charles A. Crampton
Internal Revenue Department
Capers
Baden
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
All-American Baseball Club Tour Planned for Japan
Tokio, Aug. 14. Details for the all-American baseball team’s visit are arranged. A nine game series in Japan is definite from November 21 to December 8. A Japanese team will be chosen by a committee from the strongest players in the country.
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TOKIO
Japan
Be trayal of War Secrets at Hiroshima Reports
A Japanese war secret leak in Hiroshima involved stolen copies detailing Port Arthur attack plans. An officer suspected of spying was killed in Peking after resisting Japanese gendarmes, with the Japanese government defending police actions.
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Tokio
Hiroshima
War Office
Port Arthur
Chima
Nawakita
Peking
Kawakita
Fraud In Manila Election Stir In City
Police uncover stolen ballots used in a recent municipal election in Manila. Authorities fear fraud aimed at influencing votes for specific candidates and may contest the election to inspect ballot handwriting. Protests have reached Governor regarding Alderman Simech Vaila’s seating, with no action yet.
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Atanila
Simech Vaila
Wood Kaiser’s Guest Invited to German Manoeuvres
Emperor William extends guest invitation to Major General Leonard Wood of the U S Army for Alsace Lorraine maneuvers in September. About 90 000 troops will participate with a balloon division including twelve air ships and greater use of wireless telephony and automobile transport. aim to reduce horse trucking.
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Berlin
Ane
William
Leonard Wood
U.S. A
Alsace
Lorraine
Aris
Wood
Switzerland
Army
Dowries for Poor Girls in Lincolnshire Will
The will of Mrs. Waldo-Sibthorp of Belgrave Mansions left 4000 pounds to be invested to pay annual dowries to deserving poor girls in or near Sleaford Lincolnshire. At 4 percent this yields about 160 pounds a year or roughly 80 dollars per recipient. She wished two young girls each year be made very happy. She also left star sapphires to the South Kensington Museum with a condition about displaying them to catch sunlight.
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London
Moissant Brothers Win Banking Concession in Honduras
Alfred Moissant, American citizen and former president of the National Bank of Salvador, receives a banking concession in Honduras. The Moissant brothers were imprisoned during a recent revolution, their property seized, and after diplomacy they were released on bail as Salvadoran authorities lifted the embargo on their estate.
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Republic of Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Alfred Moissant
National Bank of
Salvador
Moissant
Alfred
George Moissant
State Department
Washingtoun
Explorers Return From Greenland Mission in 1907
BERGEN Norway Aug 15 The Denmark Greenland expedition returns with reports of heavy snowfall and lost crew. Mylius Erichsen and Lieuts Hagen and Broenlund perished in November while retreating from the north coast. Danish depots and Peary landmarks were found. voyage mapped ports Port Denmark and Cape Briggman. Denmark will be towed to Copenhagen.
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Norway
Denmark
Denmark-Oreenland
Mylius Erichsen
Greenland
Robert E. Peary
Cane Bridgman
Lieut. Trolle
Denmark-Greenland
Hagen
Breenland
Broenlund
Edgen
Sied
Mylius
Joergen Broenlund
Port
Mvlius Hrichsen
Peary
Ardenople Inlet
Greenk Wid
Cape BriGgman
Peary Channel
Cape Glacier
Peaury
Pearyland
Frederick Vitl
Port Denmark
Copenhagen
South Pole Expedition Leaves Havre Under Charcot
The private expedition on the Pourquoi Pas, led by Dr. Jean Charcot, sails from Havre with government officials observing. A crew of twenty eight and scientists pursue Antarctic discovery toward Alexanders Land and possible southern continental reach, planning a three year voyage aided by ice automobiles.
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