Japanese Permits Denied for Intelligence Offices in San Francisco
The San Francisco Board of Police Commissioners rejected five renewal and two new permit applications for Japanese nationals to operate intelligence offices. They ruled noncitizens cannot receive permits, upholding a policy to favor U.S. citizens. Rev. Henry C. Mable warned Americans to beware Japan's strength, citing a 1,000,000-man standing army and disciplined training.
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Board of Police Commissioners
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Police Commission
Korea
Orient
Japan
Atkins
Japanese Boycott Talk Debated in Tokyo
Special cablegram from Tokio reports discussion of a possible boycott of American goods in Japan as retaliation for San Francisco treatment of Japanese. No definite action expected, but the idea signals current sentiment.
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Special Cablegram
Tos
New York Times Co
Tokio
Japan
San Francisco
Russians Favorable to Japan Japan Crisis Hints
June 28 from St Petersburg notes Russian interest in the Japan America dispute. Russians echo London dispatches and English yellow press. They view Korea as Japan’s outpost and foresee territorial gain for Japan while foreigners are sidelined. Some see Japan America conflict boosting Russia’s Pacific position and even suggest investing in Eastern Siberia as a counter to Japan.
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Japan
America
Russia
London
Novoe Vremya
San Franciscans
Korea
Siberia
Kamchatka
Goalitrien
Pacific
Ammerican
Liberia
Russian 25 Million Dollar Loan Issued Amid Declining Revenue
In St Petersburg June 28 prices fell slightly as an ukase orders the issue of a 25 million dollar internal loan. The loan will be drawn from state savings bank deposits and net the government under 17.5 million after fees. It will be offered at 60 to 70 and may be followed by another loan due to spring revenue shortfalls and vodka monopoly declines.
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ST. Petersburg
Ukase
Finance Ministry
Russia to bar Armenians on Turkish frontier
Tiflis June 28 Russian troops in the Turkish frontier have been reinforced to stop Armenian refugee immigration and curb agitation spreading to Russia after fighting in Bitlis. Authorities feared a new Armenian massacres wave similar to 1896 as Armenian–Tartar racial tensions persist in the Caucasus.
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Tiflis
Bitlis
Armenia
Mussulmans
Caucasus
Robbers Kill Prince Chavadze and Loot His House
In Tiflis last night robbers broke into Prince Chavadze residence, killed the prince, and looted the premises. The crime highlights rising fears of bandit activity in the capital as authorities investigate leads and security measures.
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Tiflis
Chavadze
Hailstorm destroys 7300 acres near Pereyaslavl Russia
A hailstorm near Pereyaslavl Russia on June 28 destroyed crops across 7300 acres. No injuries reported as farmers assess damage and seek guidance for next steps.
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Russia
Pereyaslaff
Gifts of Royalty Stolen in Transit
Victoria discovery reveals a bridal theft aboard the Empress of Britain en route from England. Bride Daisy Langley, formerly of Victoria, and groom Alexander G. Eliot, son of Windsor’s Dean and Queen Victoria’s godson, reported jewels and heirlooms valued at 10000 dollars vanished from a locked dispatch box inside a secured trunk during the voyage.
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B. C
Alexander G. Eliot
Westminster
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Daisy Langley
England
H H Rogers Returns Home From Transatlantic Voyage
The White Star liner Baltic sailing from Liverpool to New York and Queenstown has passenger H H Rogers aboard. In Hamburg the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria on its New York run carries United States Senator Aldrich among its passengers.
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New York
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Queenstown
H. H. Rogers
Hamburg
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
United States
Aldrich
Choate Defends Private Property Exemption at Sea
At The Hague on June 28 American delegate Joseph Choate urged that private property on the high seas be exempt from capture, except contraband, arguing this should become entrenched as international law. Russia’s Nelidoff criticized the plan, saying it could widen war, and the session adjourned with mixed reactions as nations weigh the principle’s future.
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Edward Fry
Baron Macchio
Austria
Senhor Barbosa
Brazil
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Choate
Prussia
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Italy
Palmerston
Cobden
Bluntschli
Nesselrode
Wolseley
Martens
Paris
Choate
Russia
America
Choaté
Roosevelt
M. Fromageot
France
Count Tornielli
M. Nelidoff
M. Neldorf
Amsterdam
Diplomats debate in Europe on tougher bullets and debts
Germany Great Britain France and the United States discuss banning dum dum bullets as more dangerous. A decision on who will present a formal proposal is pending. Dr Drago left The Hague for Paris and will return Tuesday after talks with Gen Horace Porter about collecting pecuniary debts from Central and South American countries.
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Great Brit
France
United States
Drago
Hague
Paris
Horace Porter
Kaiser Looks to France in Morocco Accord Prospect
Paris June 28 Emperor William’s reception of French Kiel regatta participants and audience with ex Minister Etienne are seen as signaling a shift. Senator Saint-Germain says the Emperor may be offering an olive branch with a rapprochement to France and a Morocco settlement, warning Moroccan authorities to curb anti French actions. He predicts potential early understanding to remove Morocco from dispute.
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Kiel
M. Etienne
Saint-Germain
Germany
France
Morocco
Prince Robert de Broglie cleared for Paris concerts
Paris officials grant Prince Robert de Broglie permission to perform three concerts despite prior family opposition. His marriage to Estelle Alexander of California has stirred strong reactions within the Broglie family, with legal actions reportedly pursued to annul the union.
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Robert de Broglie
Paris
Prince Robert de Broglie
Estelle Alexander
California
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Colonial
Orpheum
Prince Robert
Alexander
Sydney B. West
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Amédée
Bert
Duke of Broglie
Chicago
Newfoundland honors for Captain Anstruther in King’s birthday list
Captain Robert Anstruther of the British warship Brimant receives Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services while patrolling Bay of Islands fishing grounds. His prior conduct during the fisheries dispute drew criticism from colonial authorities, now seemingly approved by the Imperial Government.
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Anstruther
Berlin Exposition Plan Die Widely Dies in Chamber Vote
Notes of Foreign Affairs report the 1913 Berlin international exposition proposal dead after a seven vote in the Chamber of Commerce amid broader city refusals. Other dispatches mention Sacramento financier Gammon released on bail in a $200,000 misappropriation case, tariff tweaks for American goods, Laurier luncheon in Paris, and Harvard chemist Richards meeting with Emperor William.
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Sacramento
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American Exploration Company
Clemenceau Wins Big Victory in French Chamber
Paris reports Clemenceau secured a decisive cabinet confidence vote by 120 after an eight hour debate. Socialists attacked, but Clemenceau defended force to quell uprisings in the South, citing taxes and violence. A near-duel erupted as deputies clashed over the conduct of the bloodshed. The General Federation of Labor votes to push for a general strike across France in protest.
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France
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Assaults on Dr Peters Roil Munich Court
African explorer Dr Peters, suing the Munich Post for calumny, faces repeated assaults as he enters and leaves court. Police must escort him. one man has been arrested for throwing him from a streetcar and attempting a stabbing.
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Peters
Miinchener Post
Concord painter donates Madonna of St. Marks to Venice charity
Elizabeth Roberts of Concord Massachusetts presented a painting titled The Madonna of St. Mark's to a charitable institution in Venice. The work had drawn wide praise at this year's Paris Salon.
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Venice
Elizabeth Roberts
Concord
Mass
Great Britain steel firms form massive 10 firm combine
A British steel trust forms with nine major companies led by Vickers Sons & Maxim and including John Brown & Co. The pact, modeled on German practice, aims to regulate prices and output, potentially controlling about 50 percent of British steel and challenging U.S. and German competition. The group counts ten major firms and over 130 million dollars in combined capital.
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London
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Vickers Sons & Maxim
John Brown & Co
Harland, Wolff,& Co
Harland, Wolff &Co
Ickers Concern
Harland, Wolff & Co
Cammel, Laird &Co
Northeastern Steel Company
Weardale Steel and Coal Company
Dorman & Aany, Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds
Baldwin Company
Stewart, Lloyd & Co
Canada Dismantles American Boat Fannie E Prescott
Halifax June 28 Orders issued by the Admiralty Court require dismantling of the Boston fishing schooner Fannie E Prescott seized off the Nova Scotia coast for alleged fishing inside the three mile limit.
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N. S
Admiralty Court
Boston
Fannie E. Prescott
Nova Scotia
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