Letter fuels dispute over Gould book on Lafcadio Hearn
Ellwood Hendrick defends Hearn against Dr. George M. Gould in The Times, recounting letters and accounts from Hendrick and others. He argues Gould unfairly scrutinizes Hearn, misrepresents his life and morals, and details contested library ownership and motives behind publishing a controversial bio.
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Lafcadio Hearn
the Times
Pine Street
N. Y
New York Times
George M. Gould
Philadelphia
Gould
Lafcadio
Hearn
Porto Ricans Citizenship Case Sees Porto Rico Rule Upheld
In San Juan on May 13 Judge Rodey ruled in a libel suit against Vicente Balbas editor of the Heraldo Espanol that Balbas remains a Porto Rican citizen. He stated that despite Spanish naturalization Balbas cannot become a subject of Spain and that under the Paris treaty he remains Porto Rican. The decision implies Porto Ricans cannot expatriate to Spanish allegiance.
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Porto Rico
Rodey
Lbel
Vicente Balbas
Heraldo Espanol
Balbas
Spain
Balbos
Paris
Kxing Alfonso
Breakout attempt at Yekaterinoslav jail ends in mass fatalities
A failed prison break at the Government jail in Yekaterinoslav led to deadly violence. Twenty eight prisoners were killed by guards and another died from wounds. About thirty were wounded and many likely to die. The blast and panic trapped inmates as guards shot into courtyard windows. No escapees survived the attempt.
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Yekaterinoslav
American Ballot In Mexico City Campaign Election
In Mexico City Americans vote on Fourth of July celebration practices with “wet” and “dry” tickets. The Society of American Colonies holds polls at multiple gathering spots as 25 000 to 30 000 attend. Voting opened yesterday and closes next Monday.
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Mexico City
Council of Administration of the Society of American Colonies
United States
Sagan Prudent At Play At Monte Carlo Casino
Prince Helle de Sagan played at Monte Carlo Casino and reported a trifling loss. He quipped he would not bet heavily as his uncle the Duke de Dino already made the family contribution to the tiger. The Duke visited with Mme Gould and brought roses for luncheon after casino calls.
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Helle de Sagan
Duke de Dino
Mme. Gould
Missing Army Lieutenant Ehrnbeck in Mindanao
Manila May 13 Second Lieutenant Arthur R. Ehrnbeck of the Engineers Corps is missing from his Mindanao station. He departed Pintar alone a month ago and has not been heard from since. Authorities fear he is dead.
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A. R. Ehrnbeck
Manila
Arthur R. Ehrnbeck
Corps of Engineers
Mindanao
Sweden Denmark Treaty Talks Aim at Arbitration
Stockholm reports negotiations toward a treaty between Sweden and Denmark to arbiter all disputes. Peking notes a setback for Yunnan revolutionaries, suggesting the uprising is stamped out. Strassburg covers the German Emperor and Empress at Hohkoenigsburge castle inauguration with 800 participants. Tangier reports a Franco Spanish police force installed, with French outside and Spaniards inside the city.
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Sweden
Denmark
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Hohkoenigsburge Castle
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Lower
Alsace
Tangier
Russian Persian expedition halts brigandage operations
Persian Commissioners from Teheran urged a temporary pause in Russia’s punitive action in Persian territory near Belosuvar. The force has burned eight brigand villages and will hand over guilty parties for justice, with indemnities promised to widows and orphans.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Russia
Belosuvar
Fire Department Underwriters Urge Reforms in City
A National Board of Fire Underwriters report found lax discipline and insufficient protection in congested districts. It calls for periodic inspections, more engine and ladder placements, chemical engines, improved tests, stricter fitness exams, and new training schools for engineers and officers.
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E. Y. Gallaher
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Henry W. Eaton
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German Crown Prince Hosts American Anthropologist at Potsdam
At the Marble Palace in Potsdam the Crown Prince and Crown Princess entertained Walter McClintock, Pittsburg anthropologist and Carnegie protégé. A lecture on the Blackfeet Indians of Montana followed, with the guest singled out for a royal command performance and noted for singing Indian war songs.
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New York Times
Berlin
Walter McClintock
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Marble Palace
Potsdam
McClintock
Montana
Afghan Ameer Names Punishments for War Preachers
Simla May 13 The Ameer of Afghanistan issues a strict order forbidding preaching a holy war. Offenders shall have their tongues pulled out and Afghans who join border tribesmen shall have their feet cut off. British punitive force under Major General Sir James Willcocks reaches Dand near Peshawar as tribesmen prepare to fight.
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Afghanistan
James Willcocks
Dand
Peshawar
Japan Rejects Chinese Proposal on Rail Line Paralleling
The Japanese government rejects China's plan to fix the distance for paralleling the Hsin-Min-Tun-Faku men Railroad citing competition and extra capital needs. China and Japan reach agreement on the Yalu timber issue safeguarding Chinese lumber firms and revenues.
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China
Hsin-Min-Tun-Fakumen
Japan
Yalu
Scientist on Spiritualism in Paris
Paris reports a revival of interest in psychic phenomena and Spiritualism. Astronomer Camille Flammarion, after publishing Unknown Natural Forces, writes that levitation is absolutely established and that humans possess unknown psychic and physical qualities. He argues the discovery of these will be science’s future glory.
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France
Camille Flammarion
Bes. Jammarion
Emperor honors returned by Austrian official in Vienna
In Vienna May 18 Emperor William distributed decorations to many, including Dr. Weiskirehner, president of the Reichsrat lower house, who received the Prussian Crown third class. He returned the order via the foreign office to the German Embassy, saying the decoration should have been a higher class.
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William
Francis Joseph
Weiskirehner
Reichsrua
Foreign Office
Seized As He Sails Then Freed After Immigration Mixup
John Perkins of Escanaba Michigan boarded the Cunarder Mauretania when immigration officers stopped him for deportation via Canada. A mistaken identity with John Parry led to a hurried removal, but Perkins showed his ticket at the gangway and was allowed back aboard with apologies. Parry later was placed ashore as the correct target.
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Hendrick
Philadelphia
Entre Nous
John Perkins
Escanaba
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Mauretania
Canada
United States
Perkins
Ellis Island
John Parry
Wales
Parry
England
Governor Allen Gard Dies From Polo Wounds In Manila
Manila May 13 Allen Gard Governor of Lanao dies from polo wounds inflicted by Moros after a series of operations he gradually sank and never rallied. Gard was Yale Sheffield Scientific School graduate 191 and went to the Philippines soon after graduation, initially directing a boys school at Batangas. His father William E. Gard is a businessman at 71 Wall Street in New York City.
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Lanao
Yale
Manila
Gov
Yale Sheffield Scientific School
Philippines
Batangas
William E. Gard
Wall Street
William J. Holland Honored at Carnegie Museum Event
In Berlin on May 13 William J. Holland director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh completed the mounting of the diplodocus skeleton gift to the Emperor. A dinner followed with a distinguished gathering as Herr Von Moeller proposed Mr Carnegie’s health and the company cheered the ironmaster.
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Berlin
William J. Holland
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Herr von Moeller
Thaw Hearing Scheduled at Matteawan Hospital
In Poughkeepsie New York May 13 THE first hearing on Harry K Thaws bid for release from Matteawan State Hospital will start at 10 tomorrow morning The elder Mrs Thaw visited her son in jail and dined with him but declined to speak with reporters Thaw said he was well and ready for the hearing and confident he would win his freedom.
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Gould
Chicago
Philadelphia
George M. Gould
New York
Harpers
Tropics
Alden
Jooks
Japan
Mitchell McDonald
U. S.N
McDonald
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
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