Kaiser’s Imperator Cruise Ends as Emperor Heads North Cape
Berlin reports the Kaiser left the Imperator at Cuxhaven after an eighteen hour North Sea cruise. He inspected the ship, distributed decorations, praised the German flag, and attended a grand banquet. He sails with the Hohenzollern to the North Cape for a Norway visit and plans to unveil a Frithjof statue in Balholmen.
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Bandit Calenda On Trial Again In Italy
A Milan telegram reports Sicilian brigand Calenda, expelled from the United States in 1911, on trial at Catanzaro. Previously condemned for murders and sentenced to years, he allegedly killed in revenge for threats against his niece. Carabineers scour mountainous regions as authorities pursue him.
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Daily Chronicle
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McCombs Scheduled to Return After Appendectomy
Paris reports William F. McCombs chairman of the Democratic National Committee is progressing favorably after yesterday’s appendectomy with no complications noted by doctors.
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New York Times
Paris
Doctors Today
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Harvard President Lowell Meets President Poincaré in Paris
Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University was received by President Poincaré at the Elysee Palace in a cordial audience. Ambassador Herrick introduced him during the meeting.
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Paris
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Poincaré
Palace of the Elysée
Ambassador Herrick
Lords May Strike At Irish Home Rule Bill In Lords
Marquis of Lansdowne in the House of Lords announces a motion to delay the Irish Home Rule bill until a national referendum. Unionists claim a flaw in the Parliament Act allows a prolonged Lords adjournment to block legislation beyond the current Parliament.
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Ireland
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House of Lords
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Raisuli Seeks German Subject Status from Berlin
Raisuli the Moroccan bandit chieftain, ordered captured by President Roosevelt, has applied to the Kaiser's government to be taken as a German subject. Berlin is formally considering the request amid French unease over possible German protection under the flag. The maneuver is linked to alleged German aims in Morocco the Congo and Portuguese Africa.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Morocco
Congo
Portuguese Africa
Bulgars Atrocities Stir Greek Fury In Nigrita
Dispatches from Athens and Nigrita report Bulgarian sacking and burning of the town, with witnesses describing killings and mutilations. Greek authorities urge mediation and warn of rigorous action if peaceful villagers are harmed, while cholera spreads and Serbian casualties rise as war strains persist.
Balkan War Dispatches Skewed Reports From Frontlines
London dispatches describe conflicting Balkan battle updates with Uskub saying little fighting while Belgrade reports Serb victories. The Serbian capital claims Bulgarian invaders were driven back, and Gen Ivanoff's army is retreating before Greek advances as the conflict continues.
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Daily Telegraph
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Bulgarian Government Signals Peace Negotiations
Vienna reports Bulgaria has sent a circular to European powers offering to negotiate peace. Bulgarian and Serbian commanders are already in armistice talks as heavy casualties and a cholera outbreak threaten campaigns on multiple fronts. The Neue Freie Presse cites a prewar Macedonia settlement as the basis for talks. The Militarische Rundschau warns Bulgarian forces face peril on Serbian and Greek fronts with Gen Ivanoff's army under threat.
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Balkan crisis deepens as Greece drives Bulgars toward Strumitza
Sofia reports Europe faces critical upheaval as Austria-Hungary and Russia loom. Bulgaria is blamed for defiance of Russia, while Greek forces push through mountain passes toward Strumitza, driving Bulgarians back and capturing guns amid night engagements. Kavala reportedly evacuated by Bulgarian forces.
Bulgarian Attack Annihilated Near Zajetear Pass
Belgrade reports Bulgarian nine battalion invasion of Servia at Kniarsevatz wiped out after a desperate battle at Zaje tears Pass entrance. Greek army seizes Serres, forty five miles northeast of Salonika, in official dispatches. Greek fleet bombards Kavala held by Bulgarians.
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Kniarsevatz
Zajetear Pass
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Salonika
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Aegean Sea
Bulgarians repulse Servian attacks in Balkan front
Semi official reports say Bulgarians repelled Servian assaults from Sultan-Tepe to Pataritza with heavy losses and push them toward Ergi Palanka. A battle rages near Kotchana as the Servians retreat. Greek attacks north of Doiran are checked with heavy losses and Greek advance on the Struma is weak.
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Bulgarian envoy to negotiate Marmora settlement amid Turkish occupation
Constantinople reports Bulgaria’s reply to evacuate the Marmora coast and empowers M Natchovitch ex Foreign Minister to negotiate. The Porte proceeds with immediate military occupation to the Enos Midia line per the Lon peace protocol, reflecting autumn-like bustle and preparations.
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Enos-Midia
Miss Margaret Draper Not Engaged
The New York Times report of Miss Margaret Preston Draper engagement to Prince de la Tour d Auvergne Lauraguais is corrected as incorrect.
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Margaret Draper
NEW York Times
London
Margaret Preston Draper
William Draper
Washington
Prince de la Tour
Allegro Condemned for Attempt on King Alfonso
Madrid July 9 Rafael Sanchez Allegro the assailant who fired three shots at King Alfonso in Madrid on April 13 was today condemned to death. The king avoided the bullets by expert horsemanship and one ball struck his horse in the neck. Allegro, a Barcelona native, faces the sentence.
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Madrid
Rafael Sanchez Allegro
Allegro
Barcelona
Nicaragua Considers U S Canal Treaty
Nicaragua convokes its legislature to study a treaty in which Nicaragua would cede to the United States a perpetual and exclusive right to build an oceanic canal for 3 million dollars. The agreement follows negotiations with the United States and centers on control and construction rights through Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
United States
Bernard von Buelow Recalled From Foreign Post
Berlin reports Bernard von Buelow an attaché at the German embassy in Washington was recalled to Berlin to assume a new position in the Foreign Office. The change comes as diplomatic rotations continue amid ongoing policy considerations.
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Berlin
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Death of Gen Armando Riva Shocks Havana
Havana reports Gen Armando Riva chief of the Cuban National Police dies after wounds from Prado affray with Gen Ernesto Albert and others. Funeral planned with military honors as Libe rals pledge support to Menocal amid plots and security tightens.
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Havana police chief Armando de la Riva killed in war on crime
Armando de la Riva, a Havana soldier diplomat and attorney, led the Cuban National Police against gamblers and graft. He faced threats but pressed to clean up Havana, dying as his campaign echoed the Rosenthal era crackdown on corruption.
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Cuban police reform leader aided Havana’s orderly city revival
The figure, who trained in United States police methods, led Cuba’s police expansion in 1912 and helped establish the traffic squad in Havana. At the Cuban government’s urging he served as Minister to Mexico before returning to reorganize police forces in Havana and curb graft.
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Swiss Hotels Ban American Dances Amid Ballroom Disorder
In Geneva on July 9 Swiss hotels posted notices prohibiting American dances like the turkey trot and bunny hug due to complaints from non Anglo American visitors. Several heated incidents occurred in hotel ballrooms including an Austrian officer attempting to pull his daughter from a dance partner and threatening a duel. American women are urged to stick to the waltz and two step when dancing with foreigners.
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Valadier-Wright Marriage in Paris
Dr. August Charles Valadier of New York and Paris wed Miss Alice Wright daughter of Mrs Adelina Maxwell Wright of Rio Janeiro in Paris on July date.
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New York
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Rio Janeiro
Morgan Declines New York Church Call
London July reports that Rev. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan of Westminster Congregational Chapel will not accept the Madison Avenue Reformed Church invitation in New York. He plans to remain in London despite prior visits to the United States including an address at Carnegie Hall this year.
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Madison Avenue Reformed Church
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England
Six Coast Artillery Soldiers Die In Manila Flatcar Crash
Six Privates of the Ninety-fifth Company coast artillery were killed and thirty injured when a flatcar carrying soldiers derailed between Manila and Corregidor. The victims were Hoyd Manes Louis Koenig Elmer Nertzinger John Paul Albert Wells and George Hughes. Koenig resided with Paul Wichert 214 Sixth Street Jersey City New Jersey and Paul's mother lived at 67 Cornelia Street Brooklyn New York.
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