Australia Dines Pleat's Officers at Sydney State Banquet
Sydney hosts over 1000 guests as American officers, sailors, and marines are feted after official receptions. Illuminations light up the city and harbor, with the battleships covered in lights. Premier Wade presides as Alfred Deakin delivers a welcome praising unity between nations. Admiral Sperry receives ovations for naval ties and arbitration hopes.
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New South Wales
Harry Rawson
Roosevelt
Admiral Sperry
Charles G. Wade
Alfred Deakin
Commonwealth
Australia
Josiah Tattnall
Sperry
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Australia Sends Greetings to Roosevelt on Arrival
The Australian Commonwealth Government and Governor General send a cordial telegram to President Roosevelt as the U S battleship fleet arrives at Sydney Harbor. The message thanks the President for his response and expresses admiration for American naval power and friendship with Australia.
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New South Wales
Commonwealth of Australia
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United States
Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Great Republic
Manchester
Mass
Wright's Airship Up on New Course at Fort Myer
Wilbur Wright returns to trial demonstrations in France after a prior accident. He lifts the 75 foot airship to a height of 75 feet at Auvours with soldiers guarding crowds. Officials note forthcoming official flights, with Wright insisting no secrecy surrounds their machines and comparing favorably with European dirigibles.
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Wilbur Wright
Auvours
Wright
Mr. Wright
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France
Baldwin
Europe
Roosevelt Voices Gratitude For Australian Hospitality
The text reflects American appreciation for Australia's generous hospitality to the fleet and describes the U S Navy as a peacekeeping asset rather than a menace. Roosevelt's morning reply underscores the joint vision of securing peace and justice worldwide through strong naval power.
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Avalia
Republic
Australia
Roosevelt
Japan to greet fleet with six escort ships off shore
A Seattle committee plans a reception for the American battleship fleet and proposes sending six steamships to meet the warships 100 miles off shore. Nippon Yusen Kaisha official A S Mihara arrived from Japan and says an application for all spare vessels has been filed. Yokohama awaits the fleet and plans aim to make the Japanese stay a highlight of the world cruise.
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Seattle
Wash
A. S. Mihara
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Orient
Japan
Yokohama
Praises England's Baths and Public Washhouses
J B Maccabe reports for Boston and the Amateur Athletic Union of America on English municipal baths gymnasias playgrounds and washhouses. He praises London system under Marylebone Borough Council as admirable and says America could learn from it though England charges for baths and laundries and lags in gymnasia and playgrounds.
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J. B. Maccabe
Boston
City of
Amateur Athletic Union of America
England
America
Crown Prince Makes First Balloon Ascent in Berlin
Crown Prince Frederick William and Crown Princess visited Tegel airship grounds as military and Parseval dirigibles were shown. He rode a military balloon and discussed trying the flexible airship on another occasion with Major Parseval and Major Von Kehler.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Balloon Corps
von Kehrer
von Kehler
Wright brothers to test aeroplane at Fort Myer
Orville Wright arrived at Fort Myer to conduct official flights before a board of army officers to determine if their heavier-than-air machine meets government requirements. With all components except the motor received, assembly begins tomorrow and to be completed within ten days.
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Washington, D. C
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
France
Fort Myer
Army
Wright Brothers
Fort Yer
France Refuses to Intervene in Venezuela Crisis
Paris observers say France will remain a sympathetic spectator in the Holland Venezuela dispute. France believes Holland can act without French involvement and warns that landing troops could rally Castro supporters. A naval blockade is seen as the more effective option.
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France
United States
Venezuela
Holland
Castro
Dutch Garrison Increase Reported At Willemstad
A detachment of fifty Holland troops left Amsterdam to reinforce Willemstad Curacao as the garrison reaches ten officers and 162 men with a militia of 400. The Royal Dutch West Indian Mail Line suspends Venezuelan service amid tensions with Venezuela.
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Curacao
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Carupano
Supt
Levries
Royal Dutch Mail Line
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la Guayra
Guanta
Cumana
Family Slain by Agitators in Yurievka Attack
News from St Petersburg reports a Jewish Edelstein family slain by revolutionists who accused them of informing on agitators. Gunmen threw bombs, shot the father, a daughter, and a female guest and child. Wounded include the mother, two sons, a son-in-law, and two grandsons. They later killed the mother and son at the hospital. Additional telegram notes inmates at Saratov jail beat two traitor companions to death.
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Yurievka
Edelstein
Saratov
Lloyd George Bethmann Hollweg Discuss Old-Age Insurance
Berlin Aug 21 report that a meeting between David Lloyd George and Bethmann Hollweg focused on old-age pension plans. The ministers spoke privately about measures for an old-age insurance system while visiting the imperial insurance department and inspecting workmen's dwellings.
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David Lloyd-George
mann-Hollweg
Bethister
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Bethmann-Hollweg
Imperial Insurance Department
Zoological Garden
Bethmann Hollweg
Consul General Surrenders Editor in Seoul
The British Consul General unconditionally surrendered the editor of the vernacular Daily News to Korean authorities. The editor escaped police on Aug. 13 and hid at E. T. Bethel's home, where Bethel refused surrender citing extraterritorial protection. The editor faces trial on charges connected to misappropriation of part of the Korean National loan redemption fund.
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Daily News
E. T. Bethel
Bethel
Korean National Loan Redemption Fund
Bride leaps from Bismarck Tower in Heringdorf honeymoon tragedy
In Heringsdorf Prussia the bride of Prof Rudolph Spitzer of Sternberg Mecklenberg Schwerin leaped from the Bismarck Tower during their honeymoon falling 1200 feet to the cliff bottom. She left a note asking forgiveness and urging him to marry another woman. The couple had been engaged ten years prior.
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Heringsdorf
Prussia
Rudolph Spitzer
Sternberg
Mecklenberg-Schwerin
Bismarck Tower
Turkish Navy to hire British adviser for reorganization
The Government of Constantinople will engage a British adviser to reorganize the Turkish Navy and employ a French adviser to rehabilitate the empire's finances. In Bremen, a conference of North Atlantic shipping companies will discuss North Atlantic business only, excluding Italian lines and Mediterranean traffic. In Dresden, the Esperantists Congress endorsed creating a teachers’ federation and an international Esperanto institute to set rules to keep the language pure.
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Constantinople
Bremen
London
Dresden
Esperantists Congress
Teachers’ Federation
Esperanto Institute
Russian Gendarmerie Officers Granted Leaves in Macedonia
Six of nine officers with the international gendarmerie in Macedonia have been given leave. The three stationed at Satonika have also largely relinquished duties. Leaves are to be extended indefinitely to quietly fulfill the Young Turks demand for withdrawal of the gendarmerie.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Macedonia
Satonika
Castro May Bar Rudolph Dolge Landing in Venezuela
Rudolph Dolge, managing director of the Orinoco Corporation and former Venezuelan consular agent, sails for La Guayra amid reports Castro may deny landing on arrival. Dolge says he expects no interference and notes the hostile press and Dutch actions push him back to Venezuela to protect his interests.
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Orinoco Corporation
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Venezuela Claims Commission
la Guayra
Castro
Dolge
Washington
Oricono Corporation
Hotel Astor
Cerro
Holland
Friction Rises as Japanese Soldiers Kill Chinese Official
Berlin reports a Chinese man once an officer in the Japanese Army was mortally wounded in the house of a War Ministry official. The Chinese Government demands an official explanation for the incident as signals of increased Sino Japanese friction emerge.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Peking
Ministry of War
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