German lessons in cooperation for American farming
Texas’ Clarence Gurley discusses European models for reducing U S living costs through land banks cooperative farming and credit aided agriculture. He notes Germany offers usable lessons in farm credit and cooperative markets while cautioning about adapting systems to American conditions and pace. The American commission hosts a garden party at Wilhelmstrasse with Dr Delbruck.
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Berling
United States
Europe
Clarence Quiley
Texas
America
Berlin
Germany
Col. Gurley
Fort Worth
Dr. Delbruck
Wilhelmstrasse
France to Greet Delegates of Agricultural Commission
The American Agricultural Commission arrives in Paris June 1 to study European farm credits and co operation. Ambassador Herrick is honored by the French official reception with M Clémentel and Georges Pallain. Meetings at the Ministry of Agriculture open June 30, with Poincaré reception at the Elysée and visits to national farming centers. The group tours eighteen cities before leaving July 6 for Egypt en route home.
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Paris
American Agricultural Commission
Europe
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M. Clémentel
Georges Pallain
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Ministry of Agriculture
M Clémentes
Poincaré
Elysée Palace
National Federation of Mutual Agricultural Co-operation
France
Government Agricultural Institute
National Schools of Agriculture and Horticulture
Egypt
America
Kaiser's Jubilee Fails to Move Public Opinion in Berlin
Berlin June 21 The dramatic revelation that Kaiser William II burned his great uncle Frederick William IVs revolutionary testament did little to impress Liberal Radical and Socialist readers. Loyalist papers praised the Kaiser while reformers call the act ordinary and urge constitutional reform to curb autocratic power. The jubilee procession revived popular support for the emperor as he entered the second quarter century of his reign.
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Berlin
Frederick William IV
Prosela
Lokalanzeiger
Berliner Tageblatt
Vorwirts
Prussia
William
Ambassadors Fourth of July Reception Moves to Claridge's
London dispatch notes Ambassador Page facing delays in securing a residence and opting to host the Fourth of July reception at Claridge's with limited invitations. American press access will be arranged and the event ties to the American Agricultural Commission visit, starting July 8 for a three day English tour.
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London
Page
Ambassador Reid
Dorchester House
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America
Great Britain
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Adriatic
Laughlin
Victoria Street
United States
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Claridge’s
American Agricultural Commission
England
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Dutch Election Nears Deadlock Amid Clerical Liberal Split
The Hague June 21 The general elections for the Second Chamber began this week with Clericals leading provisional results but Liberal factions hoping for a united majority. A renewed Liberal and Socialist balance risks a stalled Parliament and possible Heemskerk cabinet resignation. A neutral business cabinet or ad hoc ministry may be formed to push reforms including universal suffrage.
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Hague
United Liberals
Dr. Heemskerk
Book prices rise in Paris causing dismay
Paris reports a price hike in books as publishers and booksellers announce a move to fixed pricing with no discounts next autumn. The change, aligning with other industries, aims to boost royalties for authors while deterring consumer discounts.
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Paris
Will Found After Five Years At Chatsworth Garden
Five years after Chester the head gardener at Chatsworth died leaving nearly 24000. No will was found until a ceiling repair uncovered a document. The gardener’s will bequeaths the money to his housekeeper who lives near Chatsworth.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth
Chester
Australia
Chatforth
English Engineer Claims Wireless Telephony Breakthrough
London June 21 W P Durtnall an English engineer asserts he has invented an electrical generator to enable wireless telephonic conversation as a commercial possibility It aims to produce a heavy current with an alternating frequency of 30000 to 100000 oscillations per second Previous attempts to build such a dynamo for wireless telephony were unsuccessful.
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London
W. P. Durtnall
Monks Strike Over Food and Trousers at St Michael Monastery
A St Petersburg dispatch reports the monks of St Michael near Maikop in the Caucasus striking to demand more food more leisure and a supply of trousers. They say Father Ambrosio’s fixed ideas lengthened prayers and shortened rations causing hardship and cold.
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London
St. Petersburg
St. Michael
Maikop
Caucasus
Ambrosio
St. Michael's Monastery
Shubert Announces New Productions for Autumn Season
London report notes Lee Shubert plans additional shows beyond prior NY Times list including Cheer, Boys, Cheer! for Autumn at Manhattan Opera House. He will direct Forbes Robertson's American tour. Russian opera and ballet debut at Drury Lane clash with Covent Garden season. Russian company features 100 artists and 80 choir members with prominent American subscribers.
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London
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Raleigh and Hamilton
Manhattan Opera House
Shubert
Forbes Robertson
Drury Lane Theatre
Covent Garden
Imperial Court
Anthony Drexel
Sam Newhouse
Lionel Guest
John Astor
Almeric H. Paget
Paget
Cunard
Countess of Craven
Duchess of Manchester
Frohman Receives New Chambers Play Manuscript
London June 21 Charles Frohman has the complete four act play by Haddon Chambers based on the Tante novel. He will finalize casting for the title role and then stage the production in America.
European forest warning aims to avert timber famine
T S Woolsey of the U S Bureau of Forestry warns at the International Forestry Congress in Paris that conservation and early forestration prevent a future timber famine. He cites French Alps losses, Landes successes, and Appalachian efforts, urging community over private interests and implying self-regulation in the U S.
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Paris
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United States Bureau of Forestry
John Sprunt Hill
Durham
N. C
Hugh P. Baker
Forestry Department
Syracuse University
International Forestry Congress
Etienne Clementel
NEW Yorker Times
Woolsey
Europe
Landes
France
Appalachian Commission
Alps
Appalachian
New England
French Landes
Forest Service
West
New York State
Forest Department
United States
Duc d'Orléans
America
Apparent transmutation sparks debate at Chemical Society
London reports a Chemical Society meeting where Collie Patterson and others described producing helium neon and carbon gas by electrical discharge in hydrogen. Hydrogen vanishes as these products appear, with metal splashes containing sulphur observed. further verification and experiments are urged to prove transmutation beyond doubt.
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London
Chemical Society
J. Norman Collie
H. S. Patterson
Mason
Joseph J. Thompson
Messrs. Collie and Patterson
Monument Erected While Alive Honors Lord Curzon
London reports a bronze marble memorial unveiled at Calcutta Maidan for Lord Curzon of Kedleston, designed by Hamo Thornycroft. The piece honors his Indian reforms, including land revenue reform, irrigation program, agricultural research, cooperative credit banks, and frontier policy.
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Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Calcutti Maidan
Carmichael
Hamo Thornycroft
R. A
Lord Curzon
F. H. Brown
Graphic
India
Enue
Lovat Fraser
Mansion House
Britain
French birth rate study warns of longer service life impact
Dr Jacques Bertillon analyzes 1912 French birth and death statistics showing 311 929 marriages 750 651 births and 692 740 deaths. He warns that under current trends, military service may extend to four or five years to avoid national decline, urging at least one child per family to match neighboring nations.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Jacques Bertillon
Bertillon
France
Holland
United States census data show massive ten year gains
Paris reports Yves-Guyot analysis of the thirteenth US census noting capital up 105 percent, product value up 81 percent, workers rising by about 2 million, and wages 70 percent higher. He says capital growth and reduced labor share drive progress and tariff and banking reforms will boost expansion.
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Paris
M. Yves-Guyot
United States
Romanians Bar Jews From Civil Rights Promised in Berlin
Paris June 21 Ex Premier Clemenceau urges action on Romania's treatment of Jews described as foreigners with no country. He notes the Berlin Treaty promise of civil rights for minorities, eight years without progress, and laws allowing naturalization by special act. Dobrovdia and Silistria Jews have citizenship via treaty, but most remain outsiders despite loyalty and wartime service.
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New York Times
Paris
Clémenceau
Europe
Balkans
M. Clémenceau
Berlin
Rumania
Romania
Danube
Dobrovdia
Silistria
Bulgaria
Paris Chamber of Deputies Abolishes Old Cooler Room
A historic Paris chamber reform ends the so called little room where unruly deputies were locked up for up to three days. The tradition faded as parliamentary language grew harsher, with calmants shifted to the medical service shower facility for emergencies.
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New York
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
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Dutch cabinet formed under Zahle leadership in Copenhagen
The new Dutch Cabinet was formed today by Co. Th. Zahle, former Premier and Radical Party leader. Mr. Zante takes the premiership and Justice portfolio, ld ward Brandes becomes Finance and Provisional Foreign Affairs minister, while Mr. Rode assumes the Interior portfolio.
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Co. Th. Zahle
Radical Party
Zante
Justice
Ldward Brandes
Mr. Rode
Interior
Cook to Form Australian Cabinet
MELBOURNE June 21 Joseph Hume Cook leader of the Liberal Party in Federal Parliament commissioned by the Governor General to form a new Cabinet to replace the Ministry under Premier Andrew Fisher who resigned yesterday. Cook, a free trader, was formerly Minister of Defense in the Deakin Liberal Cabinet.
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Joseph Hume Cook
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Andrew Fisher
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Alfred Deakin
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