Exchange of Notes With Japan Avoids Treaty Form
Washington and Tokyo formalized a note exchange on Far East policy. Secretary Root and Ambassador Takahira announced the move is not a treaty but a peace oriented note, aiming to prevent Senate opposition and avoid an alliance narrative amid Republican leaders. In St Petersburg, the Russ compares the pact to postponing a China issue until Taft's term ends.
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Japan
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State Department
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Far East
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Germany
Tokio
Privy Council of Japan
ST. Petersburg
The
Russ
China
Catty Ian
William H. Taft
Satterlee Reported as Appointee to Navy Post
Rumor in navy circles says Herbert L. Satterlee son in law of J Pierpont Morgan has been offered and accepted the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Confirmation could not be had at the White House or Navy Department.
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Washington
Navy
Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
White House
Navy Department
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Naval Academy
Navy League of the United States
Naval Reserve Association
Spain
John R. Bartlett
Naval Order of the United States
Seaman’'s Institute
Society of Naval Architects
Newberry
Hudson Fulton Pageant Plans For 1908 Celebration
Acting President Herman Ridder announced 32 committees at City Hall for the Hudson Fulton celebration. Pageantry will be led by William H. Parry and A. H. Stoddard with B. A. Wilkstrom as artist. Aerial display committee and sports panels are planned. Francis Lynde Stetson expects $300,000 below Newburg and $150,000 above for the Hudson River events. General Committee members include Cleveland H. ge, James Douglas, Commodore William B. Franklin, Charles H. Heitman, John J. McKelvey, Capt. Aaron Ward, and Major Gen. Leonard A. Wood. Hospitality group named with George C. ee, A. Maher, D. Leonard Varick, and L. S. A. De Lima. Secretaries named Daniel T. Wella and George N. Moran. The celebration runs Sept 25 to Oct 2, 1908, followed by a “old home week.”
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Herman Ridder
William H. Parry
Metropolitan Opera House
A. H. Stoddard
New Orleans
B. A. Wilkstrom
Coghlan
Holland
Hudson
Fulton
Clermont
Francis Lynde Stetson
Hudson River
Newburg
Cleveland H. Ge
James Douglas
William B. Franklin
Charles H. Heitman
John J. McKelvey
Aaron Ward
Leonard A. Wood
George C. Ee . A. Maher
D. Leonard Varick
Dog Eating Not So Bad Doctor Styles Philippines View
Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago argued in Chicago that all Philippine tribes are capable of self-government. He contended that head hunting and dog eating were cultural practices, not barriers to republican ideals, and compared dog eating to other dietary customs.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Philippines
Qod
United States
Kilowatt, First Electric Auxiliary Launch For Yacht Cascapedia
Benjamin Douglas Jr of the New York Yacht Club built an electric charging launch named Kilowatt as an auxiliary to the Cascapedia. It carries 400 gallons of gasoline for 100 hours at full power, recharging Cascapedia ten to twelve times and enabling 2 miles range. The Kilowatt measures 40 feet long with nine knot speed and can carry a large party on its deck.
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Benjamin Douglas, Jr
New York Yacht Club
German Pictures for New York Exhibition
Berlin reports a 150 painting and 30 drawing German art collection to travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Hugo Reisinger organizes dispatch on December 15 aboard the Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse, featuring Kaulbach Lenbach Liebermann Thoma and Rudolph von Hoffmann.
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Hugo Reisinger
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Germany
Kaulbach
Lenbach
Liebermann
Thoma
Rudolph von Hoffmann
Hague approves arbitration treaty between Holland and United States
The second Chamber of Parliament adopted the arbitration treaty with the United States. Foreign Minister Van Swen derin praised Root during the debate. The treaty mirrors recent agreements the U S has with several other nations.
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Holland
United States
van Swenderin
Root
Magoon Departs Havana. Barry Acts Governor in Interim
Gov. Magoon left Havana for the United States this afternoon escorted by American and Cuban officials. Major Gen. Barry will serve as Acting Governor during Magoon's absence.
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Havana
Magoon
United States
Gen. Barry
Rich Good To Him Fleischman Says in Receipt of Assets
In a bankruptcy filing against Fleischman Baths and Fleischman Floral Company, Judge Hough appointed Robert C. Morris as receiver. Liabilities total about 20000 with assets near 10000, and the floral firm may continue operations for twenty days. Fleischman, a longtime city entrepreneur, portrays himself as financially sound despite slow payments from patrons, noting famed wealthy supporters and chorus girls as factors behind financial strain.
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Bryant
Joseph Fleischmann
Fleischman
Wall Street
Alexander Guttman
Freischman
East Thirty-first Street
le Marquis
National Centre Realty
Belgravia Hotel receivership and mortgage case events
The Belgravia Hotel Company faced a mortgage of $400,000 with Joseph Fleischman as former president, receivers appointed by Judge Seabury, and executions issued against Fleischman totaling $4,107 by A B Barr & Co Cowen & Co and Barten Realty for various sums.
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Comny
Fleischman
Belgravia
Seabury
Supreme Court
John Murphy
Belgyn Hotel Company
Joseph Fleischman
A. B. Barr & Co
Chartes A. Cowen & Co
Barten Realty Company
Editors banished from Hong Kong issue farewell address
Sheng Pao, one of two vernacular newspaper editors expelled by the Colonial Government, denounces British officials in a widely distributed farewell note. He and Sheng Pao and several Chinese merchants were banished for inciting rioting after a boycott on Japanese goods, warning Chinatown against restricted liberty and about risks of capital investment amid deportation.
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Hongkong
Sheng Pao
Vane Pao
oOong
British Dutch treaty signals new step to isolate Germany
The Pall Mall Gazette in London reports a forthcoming treaty and alliance between Great Britain and Holland. Other governments may soon arrange pacts to protect the Netherlands. The move is seen as another step toward Germany’s isolation and the long-standing fear of Dutch involvement with Germany.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Germany
London
The
Great Britain
Holland
Netherlands
England
No Roosevelt Invitation to Berlin Ambassador
Berlin reports that Count Bernstorff the newly appointed German Ambassador to the United States has not yet received an audience with Emperor William. There is no truth to claims he has been asked to invite President Roosevelt to Germany and he is expected to have a farewell audience with the Emperor by the week's end.
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Berlin
Count Bernstorff
United States
Baron Speck von Sternburg
William
Roosevelt
Germany
Cholera Surges in St. Petersburg Amid Water Woes
In St. Petersburg on November 30 the Asiatic cholera cases rose with twenty two new infections and twenty one reported yesterday. The Sanitary Board found suburbs lack water mains and draw drinking water from polluted canals. Municipal pumps discharge millions of Neva river gallons daily without filtration. No other Russian city reports the epidemic.
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Sanitary Board of
Neva
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