Emperor of Moslems May Declare Turkish Emperor Title
Berlin reports the Berliner Zeitung says the Sultan of Turkey may declare himself Emperor of the Moslems abrogating the Sultan title. In Constantinople Abdul Hamid attended Friday prayers and received congratulations from diplomats, with aid from German and Persian envoys. A fund for swords for Young Turkey leaders was opened, while Izzet Pacha seeks refuge at Therapia and Saeed Pacha contemplates changes in the government and vizier position.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Constantinople
Turkey
St. Sofia
Hamfideh
Tiidiz
Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamil
Nazi
Enver Bey
Young Turkey Movement
Izzet Pacha
Therapia
Izzet
Hejaz
Mazin Pacha
Ziver Bey
Vali
Adrian
Gia Pacha
Grand Vister
Said Pacha
Kiamil Pesha
Pacha
Adrianople
Young Turks
Venezuela breaks off Dutch ties over consul insult
Caracas reports Venezuela withdraws exequaturs from Dutch consuls after Minister de Reus is insulted and the Gelderland fails to salute the Venezuelan flag. Foreign Minister sends note demanding satisfaction. Dutch cruiser Gelderland sails from Willemstad to La Guaira with a report for Germany's liaison on Dutch affairs.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Castro
Netherlands
Paul
Holland
de Reus
Gelderland
Willemstad
Curacao
Gel@erland
la Guayra
Loss of Life in Austrian Tyrol
Terrible rainstorms in the Austrian Tyrol cause heavy fatalities in Bukowina and the Ziller Valley. Corpses float in swollen streams as houses and stock wash away. Death toll: Bukowina about fifty, Ziller Valley over twenty. Village of Mebrn near Brixlegg reportedly overwhelmed by a landslide with sixteen killed.
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Vienna
Hfe
Austrian Tyrol
Bukowina
Ziller Velley
Ziller Valley
Mebrn
Brixlegg
Killers Strike at Antony Girls Boarding School
In Antony suburb last night two masked men beat to death Jeanne Lerrieu, aged director of a girls boarding school and a member of the Sisters of St. André. Two sisters were assaulted as they tried to intervene. Police tonight arrested Mme Larrien’s nephew and four accomplices who confess Larrien planned the crime to steal 4,01 from the school.
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Paris
Antony
Jeanne Lerrieu
Order of the Sisters of St. André
Ream
Mme. Larrien
Larrien
Rioting at Vigneux prompts government crackdown
Paris reports say government moves to arrest leaders of the General Federation of Labour and severely suppress the organization for threatening public order. Troops faced insults and stoning before firing during prolonged disturbances. Conservative papers call for banning the federation as a revolutionary threat.
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Paris
Vigneux
General Federation of Labour
General Federation of Labor
Asquith Addresses Universal Peace Congress Banquet
London July 31. At the Hotel Cecil a banquet honored Universal Peace Congress delegates. Prime Minister Asquith urged international agreements and litigation over war, urged understanding among nations, and warned against fatalistic reliance on armaments. Airship warfare was debated. a resolution protested airships as mere war tools.
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London
Cecil
Lewis Harcourt
Herbert Henry Asquith
Lord Fitzmaurice
Lord
Lady Courtney
Countess of Aberdeen
James Bryce
United States
William T. Stead
Asquith
Universal Peace Congress
Peace Congress
Conference on Panama Policy At Sagamore Hill
At Sagamore Hill a Panama canal zone policy conference was held with Secretary of War Wright and Isthmian Canal Commission Secretary Bishop. The leaders discussed Panama conditions, canal relations with Panama, and anticipated future policy. Pinchot and Mrs Bishop joined. Bishop may carry instructions to Panama next week. Loeb leaves for Maine vacation.
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Oyster Bay
American Canal Zone
Panama
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Sagamore Hill
Wright
Joseph Bishop
Isthmian Canal Commission
Bishop
New York
United States
West Point
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
Loeb
Maine
Tent City Threatened at Coney Island Over Sanitation Woes
The Coney Island tent city between West 24th and 25th streets risks removal after two weeks with two child deaths from intestinal diseases. Brooklyn Sanitary Superintendent Dr. Travis R. Maxfield found dangerous conditions, ordered drain pipes installed within days, and warned that noncompliance could lead to removal of the squatters.
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Coney Island
Travis R. Maxfield
Brooklyn
Maxfield
Park Board
Clement for Hughes letter shows Maynard Clement favors Hughes renomination
State Commissioner Maynard N. Clement states he does not seek the governor’s office and endorses Governor Hughes for a second term. In a July 20, 1908 letter to Charles Sackett he expresses admiration for Hughes, pledges no ambition for the executive seat, and cautions delegates at the Ontario County Republican Convention against actions hostile to Hughes.
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Ontario County Times
Excise
Maynard N. Clement
the Times
Hughes
Sackett
Clement
Charles C. Sackett
Republican County Committee
Ontario County
Canandaigua
N. J
N. Y
Growing demand for Hughes likely to win renomination
A compilation from multiple papers argues Gov. Hughes will be renominated and re-elected in New York. It notes opposition from machine politicians and race track interests, while praising his reforms, campaigning ability, and moral stance. Public sentiment appears to favor another term for Hughes.
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New York Examiner
Hughes
New York
New York Evening Post
Upstate
Massachusetts
New York State
Public Service Commissions
Kelsey
United States
Warwick
N. Y
Little Girls Aid Fund Inspires Self Help Plans
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund illustrates charity among its young beneficiaries. Mary, a ten year old No. 1 candidate, conceives a plan for a country show by city children to raise funds, pleasingly leading to a successful entertainment and generous community support. A party of eighty five children leaves for Glens Falls and Saratoga with proceeds noted from multiple local contributors.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Mary
East Jist Street
Glens Falls
Saratoga
Wife of Alton artist accused of torturing adopted child
Springfield Illinois July 21 The Rev Dr Charles Virden agent of the State Board of Public Charities will push prosecution against Mrs Charles Muggenberg wife of an Alton artist charged with brutal mistreatment of her adopted daughter eight year old Marie Bessie by burning the child on face hands and body with a hot poker knife and inflicting cuts An oculist said the left eye sight is gone and the certificate will arrive tomorrow at the State Board of Public Charities office Dr Virden will present the case before the grand jury.
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Springfield
Charles Virden
State Board of Public Charities
Charles Muggenberg
Alton
Marie Bessie
Virden
Sophia Demuth
State Board of Pubic Charities
Rifle Team to Return From Bisley and Plan Palma Contest
In London on July 31 General James A. Drain president of the American Rifle Association and the winning American team sail home to New York aboard the steamer New York. Drain carries tentative acceptances from British and French rifle associations to send teams to America in 1909 for the Palma trophy. Continental associations including Norway have agreed to enter teams for the international rifle shooting contest to be held in America the same week as the Palma shoot, with competition under the Continental system at shorter ranges.
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London
James A. Drain
American Rifle Association
Service Rifles
Bisley
New York
Drain
America
English Evangelists Arrive Here for Northfield Conference
The Rev Samuel Chadwick and M Alexander English evangelists arrived yesterday aboard the White Star liner Baltic en route to Northfield. Alexander said the Punket Testament League he founded in Philadelphia last March has about a million members. Membership requires promising daily reading of a New Testament chapter. On the Baltic, the evangelists enrolled 100 members, 57 of them stew.
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Samuel Chadwick
M. Alexander
Northfield
Alexander
Punket Testament League
Philadelphia
Baltic
Mrs Sage Aids Stranger Stranded by Roadside
Mrs Russell Sage, visiting Cold Spring, found a sick man named Everett Josselyn stranded between Cold Spring and Fishkill Landing. She had him attended to, arranged transport to Albany, and left funds. She also looked into railroad property once owned by her husband and arranged a children’s outing for Poughkeepsie’s poor to Upton Lake.
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the Tribune
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Russell Sage
Cold Spring
McCabe
Everett Josselyn
Prince Edward Island
Upton Lake
Sage
Arion Choral Society’s Bonn visit and Beethoven homage
The Arion Choral Society toured Bonn, visiting the house where Beethoven lived and gathering near his statue to sing the Beethoven hymn. They proceeded to Godesberg for a reception by the Cecilia Choral Society, with a Kammers in Bonn held in their honor.
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Arion Choral Society
Beethoven
Godesberg
Cecilia Choral Society
Bonn
Brooklyn
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS BELMONT
Dr. Roland Pope of Sydney New South Wales and Dr G H Jackson of La Rochelle France are among guests listed for the Belmont Hotel. F Gruck of Geneva at the Hotel Astor. Cyrus H McCormick of Chicago at the Manhattan. Dr H A Foote of Dublin at the Plaza. Captain J M English of At hamta at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Belmont
Roland Pope
Sydney
New South Wales
Hoffman
G. H. Jackson
la Rochelle
France
ASTOR
F_ Gruck
Geneva
Manhattan
Cyrus H. McCormick
Chicago Plaza
H. A. Foote
Dublin
Waldorf-Astoria
J. M. English
Athamta
Weather report from Washington July 31 coast storm update
The battlefront storm center moved north of Hatteras with 29.32 inches at 3 pm and 42 mph winds, forecast to veer east of north near the coast. Gulf disturbance spreads rain across the gulf states and mid Atlantic, with showers in the south and southwest, cooler temps inland, and brisk northeast to northerly winds along coasts.
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Hatteras
West Gulf
Louteiana
Texas
Gulf States
Hooks Mountain
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Barte
Oregon
Middle Atlantic
Skowers
New
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Orisk
Upper Lakes
New York
European
Grand Banks
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
District of Columbia
Rev. Daniel F. McGillicuddy Dies in Cambridge
The Rev. Daniel F. McGillicuddy who died in Cambridge Massachusetts had led St Stephen Church Worcester since 1895 and was born in 1860. A voyage in India Tibet and Gyamtse made him the first American to enter the forbidden country and return alive. He opposed intemperance and led Catholic abstinence groups while serving in Worcester and Springfield. He fell ill after a tooth filling and died at Charles Gate Hospital.
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Daniel F. McGillicuddy
Cambridge
Mass
Far East
St. Stephen
Worcester
Holy Cross College
Grand Seminary
Montreal
India
Tibet
Cooper
Chicago
McGiliiicuddy
Younghusband
Gyamtse
Mr. McGillicuddy
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Springfield
Charlesgate Hospital
Thomas J Gargan Dies in Berlin at 64
Thomas J Gargan, a Boston Transit Commission member, died in Berlin at about sixty four after an operation for stomach trouble. He served in the Civil War, studied law at Boston University, and led work on the first Boston subway. He helped found United States Trust Company and held public posts in Boston.
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Berlin
Thomas J. Gargan
Boston Transit Commission
Koerte
Gargan
Boston
Boston University Law School
Boston License Commission
University and Papyrus Clubs
Catholic and Champlain Clubs
New York
United States Trust Company
Daniel Morgan Wells Civil War veteran dies in Cleveland
Daniel Morgan Wells assistant division superintendent of the railway mail service died in Cleveland at sixty three. He joined the railway mail service as a clerk in 1873 and rose to the post in 1899 with oversight of routes on the New York Central and Lake Shore railroads between New York and Chicago and the Michigan lines. He was a Civil War veteran.
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Cleveland
Daniel Morgan Wells
Railway Mail Service
Wells
New York Central
Lake Shore
New York
Chicago
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Lewis R. Norton Dies at Hampden National Bank
Lewis Rufus Norton president of Hampden National Bank died today from acute nephritis in Westfield Massachusetts. He was likely the oldest active bank president in New England and previously led the United States Whip Company. Norton served in the Legislature as a Democrat and held town treasurer duties.
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Tribune
Westfield
Mass
Lewis Rufus Norton
Hampden National Bank
New England
United States Whip Company
American Whip Company
Weronock Savings Bank
Miss La Follette Seeks Damages in Bankruptcy
Miss Fola La Follette daughter of United States Senator La Follette Wisconsin filed in U S District Court to set aside the bankruptcy of the WI J Block Amusement Company She alleges she was engaged to play a season role in a production that was never staged leaving her unpaid and without engagement all season She charges the company proceeded to bankruptcy without her knowledge seeking damages
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Chicago
Miss Fola la Follette
United States
la Follette
Wisconsin
WI J. Block Amusement Company
United States District Court
Miss la Follette
Modest Salome Imitation Shown by Lotta Faust at Casino
Lotta Faust presented a chaste Salome in The Mimic World at the Casino last night. The performance drew praise for decorum and conveyed a playful, childlike interpretation while drawing a comparison to biblical Salome’s youth.
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Salome
Violet
Lotta Faust
A. Toxen Worm
Faust
New York
Actress Miss Billy Burke Arrives with New Play Manuscript
Miss Billy Burke, leading woman for John Drew last season, arrived aboard the White Star liner Baltic with the manuscript of a new play titled Love's Watches. She is to star this season, accompanied by her mother and cousin Fred Whitney, a theatrical manager. Joseph Brooks, another manager, and Fred Whitney were noted passengers on the Baltic.
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Billy Burke
John Drew
Fred ¢. Whitney
Paris
Joseph Brooks
Irish Tenor O Mara to Star in Peggy Macree Opera
Joseph Brooks arrived aboard the Baltic and confirmed engaging Joseph O Mara the Irish tenor for Peggy Macree. O Mara will lecture on Irish history during his U S visit. Donald Gallagher aged nine to play lead in A Mountain Boy. English playwright Harrison Rhoades arrived with manuscript The Gentleman from Mississippi. Thomas A Wise to interpret the principal character. George M Cohen’s manuscript burned. rehearsal ready Monday. Cohen’s new play to open at the Gayety.
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Joseph Brooks
Baltic
Joseph O'Mara
Peggy Macree
Mara
Donald Gallagher
Gallagher
Sle
Little Princess
Harrison Rhoades
Gentleman From
Mississippi
Thomas A. Wise
George M. Cohan
Mr. Cohan
Gayety
Paine divorce granted after desertion and non support
Mrs Frances Bacon Paine of Colorado Springs today obtained a divorce from Harry Gallup Paine in district court on grounds of desertion and non support. Paine formerly served as assistant editor of Puck and held posts at Harper's Weekly the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune.
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The
Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Frances Bacon Paine
District Court
Harry Gallup Paine
Publicity Tug of War Over Burglar Hunt
Deputy Commissioner Bugher pressed detectives to solve a burglary at Mrs Raymond Bell s No 18 West 33d Street while warning reporters not to name him. Commissioner Bingham begins vacation and Bugher vows to keep his name out of the papers, threatening to transfer detectives if mentioned. One suspect identified by Mia Bell was her husband, with a friend present, and no complaint was filed.
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Bugher
West 30Th Street
Bingham
Waldorf-Astoria
Raymond Bell
West 33d Street
Mia Bell
Pines
Mrs. Bell
Obituary notices for Edward V Brown and others in Brooklyn area
DIED notices republished for multiple individuals including Edward Vincent Brown M D aged 70 of Brooklyn. Other obituaries list Kate M Delius Emma Laidlaw Alexander Laverty William Martin Charlies Montgomery William Post Adelaide Townsend Hamilton Tabor and Elizabeth Webb with funeral details and residences in Brooklyn Plainfield Lebanon and Woodlawn.
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Edward Vincent
Cornelia Ireland
First Reformed Church
Grand Central Station
Delius
Greeneave
Brooklyn
Kate M
Herman A. Delius
Laidlaw
Anemine Hamilton Laidlaw
West 53d St
Laverty
John Laverty
Eja H
Madison St
Harlem access to Grand Central trains and local points
Readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue and by carriage Sets $150 up Telephone Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office 20 East 23 1 St New York City.
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Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East
New York City
New York Tribune Subscription Rates and Options
The New York Tribune lists domestic rates for weekly and Sunday issues with various terms. It notes annual, semiannual, and quarterly plans, plus options for farmers and daily or weekly editions. Foreign postage details apply for Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Almanacs
Tribune
New York City
DAL
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