Holland Holds War Readiness as Venezuela Tension Grows
The Dutch government leans toward a waiting stance while ready to act if needed to back an ultimatum to President Castro. Naval yard work will rush to reinforce Caribbean vessels by month’s end, with pacific efforts prioritized as Queen Wilhelmina opposes war. A naval demonstration at La Guayra is anticipated if measures escalate.
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Venezuela
Gill
Castro
Caribbean
Wilhelmina
de Reus
la Guayra
No Hope for Buried Miners in English Mine Disaster
In Wiesa England Aug 118 a blast trapped about seventy miners at the Maypole coal mine. Fire halted rescue efforts as fumes overwhelmed some rescuers yet they were recovered safely. The ventilating fan had been fixed and a rescue team descended. Eighteen bodies recovered with severe injuries reported.
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Lees
Surrender of Morocco City Reported as Abd-el-Aziz Advances
General Amade says Morocco City may have fallen to Abd-el-Aziz after a crushing defeat of Mulai Hafik loyalists led by Caid Glaoui between El Kelaa and Sidi Rahal. Reports place Abd-el-Aziz’s main force near the city with three days to surrender.
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Mulai Hafiq
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Tander
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Morecca
Lancashire Cotton Spinners cut wages amid lockout threat
Manchester August 13 The Lancashire Federation of Cotton Spinners announces a five per cent wage cut for operatives affecting about 200000 workers. If rejected a month long lockout will follow. If spinning operatives are locked out the weavers would also cease work.
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Lancashire Federation of Cotton Spinners
Bandits Loot Kazansky Monastery in Tambor Russia
Bandits entered and pillaged the Kazansky monastery near Tambor Russia last night, stealing gold and jewels valued at thirty thousand dollars. No injuries reported, authorities investigate the raid.
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Russia
Kazansky Monastery
Here
Russia to consult with powers at Carlsbad trip
Petersburg August 19 M d Iswolsky foreign minister leaves for Carlsbad to take the cure three weeks. He will meet Baron von Aehrenthal in Carlsbad and may visit Marienbad to pay respects to King Edward. He will call on foreign ministers in Berlin Paris and London.
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M. d'Iswolsky
Carlsbad
Baron von Aehrenthal
Marienbad
Edward
Berlin
Paris
London
A Diet Possible for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vienna reports rumors of an annexation proclamation by Austria Hungary for Bosnia and Herzegovina being unfounded. It notes Austria may concede a Diet to address demands for representative government in the occupied provinces.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria- Hungary
Austria
Japan-Era talks on Chilean nitrate supplies
In Valparaiso on August 19 Japanese officials discussed deals with Chilean firms to obtain a large nitrate shipment for use in Shimose powder production. The talks imply Japan plans to ship the nitrate on its own vessels.
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Valparaiso
Japan
Bull and Tiger Fight Halted by Police
A savage spectacle on a private estate near Marseilles ended when police halted a crowd after a tiger and a bull were placed in a stout cage and set to fight. The bull wounded the tiger in the first encounter before officers intervened.
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Marseilles
New High Explosive Tested Near Munich
A new high explosive of unprecedented power was tested near Munich in the presence of Berlin artillery proving commission Bavarian War Ministry navy fortress and ordnance departments. Three electrically detonated shells shattered Krupp armor plates. The invention is by Fritz Gehre.
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Artillery Proving Commission
Berlin
Bavarian War Ministry
Navy
Fritz Gehre
Anglo German Armament Talks Surface At Cronberg Meeting
London reports The Daily Telegraph cites a Vossische Zeitung piece describing a Cronberg meeting between Emperor William and King Edward. Bar on von Jenisch allegedly conveyed a Foreign Office inspired communication aiming to ease estrangement and set groundwork for a naval settlement. The Telegraph foresees Cronberg becoming a major political event.
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Daily Telegraph
Berlin
Vossiche Zitung
William
King Edward
Cronberg
Foreign Office
Baron von Jenisch
Germany
Vossiche Zeitung
Charles Hardinge
Lloyd George to Visit Berlin for Pension Study and Talks
Berlin reports that British Chancellor David Lloyd George will arrive in Berlin Friday to meet with Dr Theobald Bethmann Hollweg and discuss old age pensions. Officials say no formal British cabinet overtures will be made, with private talks likely on naval matters. Lloyd George may have already met Admiral von Tirpitz while at Baden Baden.
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David Lloyd-George
Germany
Theobald Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
Prince von Bilow
Foreign Office
Baden-Baden
Admiral von Tirpitz
Governor Magoon to See President
Tampa Florida August 18 Governor Charles E Magoon of Cuba passed through on his way to Washington and Oyster Bay He said he goes to Washington then to see the President to discuss preliminaries to turning over the Cuban government on February 1 He praised the recent elections as honest and fair and said the will of the people was clearly recorded at the ballot box.
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Cuba
Washington
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Cuba Sees School Dept Fraud Reported In Havana
Havana reports serious irregularities in the Department of Public Instruction with Lincoln de Zayas as supervisor. Lieutenant Colonel Bullard ordered to lead a rigid investigation into alleged payroll padding and inflated rents for public schools under the provisional government.
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Department of Public Instruction
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Bullard
Provisional Government
Great Russian Stamp Swindle Draws Moscow Arrests
Moscow police probe geniş postage stamp fraud as thirty suspects are held. The ring renovated cancelled stamps, selling six million in three months, with two prominent Moscow merchants among the arrests. A rival group undercuts prices, labs in Warsaw cleanse stamps, and operatives move stamps to post offices or wholesale buyers. One broker reported half price stamps to police after being approached by criminals.
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Welcome to the American Fleet in Sydney Program Details
The United States Navy Atlantic fleet receives a formal Australian welcome. A $50 000 Australian program funds official events from August 20 to August 7 CONSISTING of official landings receptions dinners parades showcases and harbor illuminations across Sydney with public celebrations and civic entertainments for American officers and sailors.
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Atlantic
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Macquarie's Point
Powerful
False reports in Japan disturb American fleet visit
In Tokyo dispatches from London and Paris claim American distrust of Japan may halt the battleship fleet visit. Officials and the public resent the reports. A semi official vernacular paper labels the dispatches as mischief and notes Japan’s two year effort to show sincere friendship with America. American residents in Japan prepare for the fleet’s reception.
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Paris
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Japan
Record United States firms buy Argentine beef shipment
Three American companies purchase the entire 3200 quarters of chilled beef from Argentina aboard the steamer Highland Harris. The vessel is due in Liverpool tomorrow.
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Argentine Republic
Highland Harris
Liverpool
Duke Karl Borwin Stricken By Rheumatic Heart Disease
Metz Aug 19 Duke Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg Strelitz is seriously ill with a rheumatic heart affection.
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Metz
Karl Borwin
Meckenburg-Strelitz
Thirty Six Death Sentences Across Empire
Thirteen more death sentences were handed down in Lodz, Vilna, Pinsk, Warsaw, Kieff, Saratoff, Kharkoff, and other cities, bringing total executions yesterday and today to thirty six. Two Warsaw executions occurred along with one in Tiflis and several in St. Petersburg as newspapers curb such data. A failed assassination attempt on Pyatigorsk police chief M von Oglio left three attackers firing blanks. one revolverer was killed by police, two fled.
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Empire
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Saratoff
Kieff
Warsaw
Vilna
Pinsk
Lodz
Tiflis
Pyatigorsk
M. von Oglio
Foreign Notes Notebook: Persia, Bank Cashier, Esperanto
Notes of foreign news from multiple cities. Persia seen as improving with a new governor in Tabriz expected to restore order. Dresden reports the embezzlement and suicide of Hermann Rekert, longtime Dresdner Bank cashier. Other items mention a former War Minister in Lisbon, American minister arrival in Lima, Cardinal Gibbons in Lucerne, Newcomb’s audience with the German emperor, Esperanto Congress actions, and Vladivostok spies arrested with military plans.
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St. Petersburg
Persia
Tabriz
Kaiser Gift to Koch Fund Heals Subscriptions Gap
Berlin Aug 18 The Emperor received 24000 dollars to the Robert Koch Foundation to fight tuberculosis completing Carnegie pledges totaling 100000 dollars Carnegie had required subscriptions of 100000 dollars before his 100000 dollars became available For now 76000 dollars had been raised after Carnegie spoke but funding stalled until the Emperor provided the balance.
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Berlin
Robert Koch Foundation
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Pope's cold prompts rest as audiences suspended
In Rome on August 13 the Pope suffers a cold that worsened his gout. Physicians ordered rest and temporarily suspended audiences. By evening signs show improvement and the Pontiff expects to resume audiences soon. Doctors Petacci and Marchiafava deem the illness insignificant.
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Dre. Petacci
Marchiafava
Nine Mexicans Die in Railroad Wreck
Telegraph report from Mexico City says a work train on the Cana nea Yaqui River and Pacific Railroad, built by E. H. Harriman and associates, wrecked with nine Mexicans killed and about twenty seriously injured.
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Tribune
Mexico City
Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Pacific
Kingsland Receives Bankruptcy Discharge in Circuit Court
Judge Holt of the United States Circuit Court issued a discharge in bankruptcy proceedings yesterday to Dr. Albert A. Kingsland. His wife had received a discharge a week earlier. They reside on Central Park West.
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United States Circuit Court
Albert A. Kingsland
Central Park West
Resignation of Galen L Stone from protective committee
George W Young stated that Galen L Stone resigns from the Southern Indiana protective committee where he served as chairman. Young said Stone was added at a Boston financier’s request to represent bondholders, which was incorrect, and the committee will appoint a replacement who represents large bond holdings while bonds are deposited with the panel.
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Galen L. Stone
Southern Indiana Protective Committee
Stone
Boston
Young
Inducements to Enlist In Naval and Army Campaigns
Army recruiters push park stations and monthly illustrated papers to attract unemployed youths while navy circulates a detailed pamphlet. A test of cooling magazines on Town shows potential for broader use. Congress preserves a $10,000 annual library grant for army surgeons. Orders and movements of officers and ships update military operations along coasts and bases.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy
Army
Congress
Army Surgeon General
Making Warship Plans
Designs for two new battleships authorized by Congress are near completion and await Roosevelt’s approval by mid September. One ship, the Florida, to be built at a private yard, with plans to extend Brooklyn yard. the Utah to be built at the Brooklyn yard. Consideration of 13 inch main batteries, with debates on life and effectiveness.
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Roosevelt
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Florida
Utah
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Navy plans coastal practice cruise for flotillas
The Navy Department prepared for a practice cruise along the New England coast to Portland Maine. Two submarine flotillas and one torpedo boat flotilla will participate with the Yankee serving as flagship. Maneuvers and other drills are scheduled during the voyage beginning in August.
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Navy Department
Perfect Score at Long Range by 118th Coast Artillery
War Department memo notes 118th Company coast artillery under Captain R. H. Fenner at Fort Baker California achieved ten hits in ten shots on a moving target at an average range of 2.13 yards July 71. Commanding officers commend the unit for outstanding practice and marksman precision.
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Washington
War Department
Coast Artillery Corps
R. H. Fenner
Fort Baker
California
The
Coast Artillery
Portsmouth Under Sail Delights Battery Visitors
The United States frigate Portsmouth sailed into the bay under full canvas drawing public interest at Battery Park. Naval militia aboard demonstrated sailing skills while onlookers, some unfamiliar with sea terms, learned lingo as the ship displayed four headsails six topsails and various staysails during a lively practice voyage.
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Battery Park
Gardiner’s Bay
Revival of Twelve-Year-Old Boy After Chloroform Operation
Washington, Aug. 19. A remarkable revival occurred when a twelve-year-old Hyattsville boy, operated on for an infected knee under chloroform, stopped breathing. After six minutes, doctors massaged the heart for seven minutes and the boy breathed again. Eighteen minutes of heart massage later, the organ beat normally. Though condition improved for a day and a half, infection spread to the neck glands and blood poisoning caused his death.
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Bor
Hyattsville
Wiley Named Head of Conference
Dr Harvey W Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry United States Department of Agriculture has been named honorary president of the first international congress for the repression of adulteration of alimentary and pharmaceutical products. The Geneva meeting will be September 18 under the White Cross Society with major nations represented.
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Department of Agriculture
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New York
Hiram Walker
Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
International Congress
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