Peace expected soon in Central American crisis
Washington reports Manuel Bonilla exiled in Belize denies involvement in Honduras revolt. US and Mexico agree on Central American neutrality and peace efforts. Navy cruiser Albany to survey conditions while border posts near Texas and Arizona may be reinforced to enforce neutrality.
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Washington
Manuel Bonilla
Honduras
State Department
Belize
British Honduras
Choluteca
Metrosador
Creel
Cartago
Costa Rica
Bacon
Racen
Sefior Creel
Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Huachuca
Ariz
Bliss
Clark
McIntosh
Tex
Duncan
Ringgold
Brown
Guatemala anticipates upheaval amid Honduran rebellion
Guatemala City reports limited details on the Honduran rebellion but officials believe the movement could paralyze the Central American Court of Justice in Costa Rica. Guatemala says it will honor obligations from the Washington peace conference, while diplomats foresee a wider Central American disturbance sparked by the Honduran unrest.
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Guatemala City
Honduras
Central American Court of Justice
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Washington
Central America
Battleships Maine and Alabama Leave Guam for Manila
Guam July 14 reports say the Maine and Alabama forming the service squadron sailed to Manila after a stay on Guam. Officers studied island conditions and needs, hearings drew enthusiasm, and residents asked for citizenship, modified laws, and schools while favoring naval governance. Hundreds of sailors landed ashore and were warmly received as the squadron heads toward Manila.
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Guam
Maine
Alabama
Gey
Manila
Washington
Special Service
Navy Department
Nebraska Fleet Close to Connecticut Sailors Welcomed
The Nebraska ships ahead of the fleet near Honolulu, with wireless contact to the flagship Connecticut. The ship averaged thirteen and a half knots since departing San Francisco and remains 50 miles behind the fleet as GARLANDS provided for sailors are noted. Ex governor Carter asks Roosevelt to suspend uniform rules so 2400 sailors may wear leis in the parade. In Tab riz bombardment by Amirathis quarter. The revolutionists reply with rifle fire, outcome unreported.
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U. 6. S. Connecticut
Honolulu
Sp. m
Nebraska
Connecticut
San Francisco
Carter
Roosevelt
Macedonia's Future in Diplomatic Maneuver
Berlin reports British and Russian notes on Macedonia will be unified by Germany with Austria Hungary. Russia's letter delayed due to unresolved Britain's and Russia differences. France and Turkey urge peace while Balkan raids prompt collective pressure on Belgrade Sofia and Athens.
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Berlin
Macedonia
Foreign Office
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
M. Cambon
Tewfik Pacha
Tageblatt
Balkan
Greece
Servia
Bulgaria
Porte
London
Paris
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Rome
Belgrade
Sofia
Athens
Turkey
Zeppelin Airship Break Delays Mainz Flight
Friedrichshafen July 14 The Zeppelin airship left Lake Constance at 2 22 p m for Mainz. After an hour and a half in the air a break in the side steering gear caused a return to its shed. Temporary repairs were made aloft but the voyage was not resumed. All fifteen aboard disembarked. A fresh start is planned tomorrow evening Count Zeppelin said continuation was possible but not prudent with the defect.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Mainz
Count Zeppelin
Balloon Accident Injures Two Men in Landing Try
The balloon Hamburg of the Hamburg Aeronautic Society failed a landing at Luebeck. The car struck a cable house injuring Baron Pohl and one passenger, while the other two occupants escaped injury.
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Hamburg
Hamburg Aeronautic Society
Luebeck
Baron Pohl
Fourteen Ladrones Killed In Mindanao Clash
Manila July 14 Lieutenants Burr and Whitney leading a constabulary detachment attacked a fort on Mindanao held by the outlaw Uyan. Fourteen outlaws were killed and two guns captured. Burr was slightly wounded and one private seriously hurt. Washington July 14 reports several brutal native murders in Mindanao prompting such a punitive operation.
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Manila
Burr and Whitney
Constabulary
Mindanao
Uyan
Burr
Washington
Robert Sievier Committed for Trial at Old Bailey
London July 14 Robert Sievier editor of The Winning Post has been committed for trial at the Old Bailey Bail allowed to sureties 25000 and to the prisoner 50000 He was arrested at Sandown track June 27 on a charge of attempting to blackmail Jack Joel a nephew of the late Barney Barnato It is alleged he threatened to publish a defamatory article about Joel unless the latter paid him 25000
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London
Robert Sievier
Winning Post
The
Old Bailey
Sievier
Sandown Track
Jack Joel
Barney Barnato
Joel
Turkey protects Persian prince in asylum request
The Frankfurter Zeitung's Constantinople correspondent reports Shah of Persia’s brother Shua es Saltaneh and his son Ali Mirza asked the Sultan of Turkey for asylum. The Sultan granted the request and Prince Ali Mirza arrived in Constantinople today with a large retinue.
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Frankfort
Frankfurter Zeitung
Constantinople
Persia
Shua Es Saltaneh
Ali Mirza
Turkey
Mulai Hafig Losses Ground in Fez Departure
Reports from Fez say Mulai Hafig plans to leave Fez soon though date unknown as local hostility grows. Fez is expected to revert to Abd-el-Aziz after his departure. Tribesmen resent his arrest of General Bagdani’s brother and many deserters flee toward Rabat.
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Tangier
Fez
Mulai Hafig
Morocco
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulai Hafiq
Bagdani
Rabat
American gymnasts tour Germany before championship
Frankfort Germany July 14 The gymnasts gathered for the international tournament spend days before the championship visiting sights. Over a thousand have toured the Taunus Mountains 3000 to the Niederwald 2000 to Coblenz 140 to Americans are represented at Wiesbaden Paris and Mainz.
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Frankfort
Germany
Taunus Mountains
Niederwald
Coblenz
Cologne
Wiesbaden
Paris
Mainz
Notes of Foreign News from St Petersburg to Seoul
Foreign dispatches report the Peasants Bank rules favoring borrowers over communes to hasten upheaval in Russia. In Lisbon a duel between Alfonso Costa and Count Penha-Garcia followed a debate on royal finances. the count was slightly wounded. In Berlin Prince Philip zu Eulenburg’s perjury trial adjourned due to weakness. In Tokio M Kakimira to head South Manchurian Railway succeeding Baron Goto. policy to remain unchanged. Prince Ito leaves Seoul for Tokyo aboard resident general duties.
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St. Petersburg
Peasants’ Bank
Lisbon
Alfonso Costa
House of Peers
Penha-Garcia
Berlin
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg
Tokio
M. Kakamira
South Manchurian Railway Company
Baron Goto
Platts 75th Birthday Quiet Woodmere Celebration
Senator Thomas Collier Platt marks seventy five with a cottage stay at Woodmere Long Island living with Mr and Mrs Gustav Abel. A small dinner party will honor him with friends welcome, no cake planned. He discusses politics books and life while enjoying peaceful retirement and plans occasional office visits.
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Thomas Collier Platt
Woodmere
Long Island
Gustav Abel
Senator Platt
Tribune
Frederick
Owego
Taft
Yale
Abels
New York
Upstate
Depew
Glyn
Marcus Ordoyne
Locke
the Oriental
Manhattan Beach
Merry
Pacific Coast extension costs rise by five million
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad says the Pacific Coast extension will require about 5.009 million more than initially estimated due to choosing a lower grade over mountain divisions. Total project cost now 77 million, funded by 100 million in stock, with no anticipated funding shortfalls. The 1,380 mile line runs from North Dakota to Seattle and Tacoma and is expected to open July 1, 1909.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
North Dakota
Seattle
Tacoma
Richard Carle Uses Yachting Cosette For Summer Run
Richard Carle the comedian has chartered the 10 foot steam yacht Cosette from Charles Crompton of Worcester Massachusetts. He aims to spend most of the summer run of Mary's Lamb at the New York Theatre aboard the yacht, cruising the bay or Sound. He insists on being called commodore and favors stage terms over nautical phrases on board. A cue will be given for every cue.
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Richard Carle
Atlantic Yacht Club
Charles Crompton
Worcester
Mass
Carle
Mary's Lamb
New York Theatre
Commodore
Stage directions for shipboard theater style cruise plan
The skipper acts as stage director while Mr Carle serves as producer and Charles Marks as manager and steerer. Theatre like tickets with date and berth number issued to guests and an usher guides each guest to their cabin.
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Carle
Charles Marks
Ambassador OBrien Arrives in San Francisco on Leave
Thomas OBrien American Ambassador to Japan and W Cameron Forbes Vice-Governor of the Philippines arrived from Tokio aboard the Korea. OBrien on leave to attend business in Europe. He plans to travel to Grand Rapids and New York, denying any Japanese war‑intent, noting Japan's emigration limits and rail rebates do not imply American discrimination. He spoke on Ministry changes led by Count Katsura and said he will sail to Brussels then return to Tokio by Siberian route, reaching Tokyo before the fleet arrives.
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San Francisco
Thomas O’brien
Japan
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Tokio
Korea
O’brien
Europe
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
United States
America
Manchuria
Manchurian
O'Brien
Marquis Saionji
Count Katsura
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Brussels
Trapped and killed as gunfight ends at Gross farm
In Benton Harbor Michigan July, August Gross fatally shot meat dealer James Kirk and, after a standoff with Sheriff Tennant and seven deputies, died by a self-inflicted gunshot as Fred Gross shot himself after being wounded. The two brothers, possibly insane, were holed up with their mother in Pipestone Township.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
August Gross
James Kirk
Fred Gross
Tennant
Gross
Gross Brothers
Kirk
Pipestone
Fred
Gross Farm
August
Elks Elect Officers at National Convention
Rush L. Holland of Colorado Springs was elected grand exalted ruler without opposition at the Elks convention in Los Angeles. John de Shea of Hartford was named grand esteemed leading knight while Fred E. Robinson of Dubuque and Edward Leach of New York were re elected secretary and treasurer. Los Angeles selected as next meeting city after a warm, busy day highlighted by a large barbecue at the Fair Grounds for visiting members.
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Dallas
Tex
Elks
Fair Grounds
Grand Lodge
Rush L. Holland
Colorado Springs
John Ze Shea
Hartford
Conn
Fred E. Robinson
Dubuque
Iowa
Edward Leach
New York
Los Angeles
Hart Will Scrutiny Likely In July Probate Battle
Benjamin Hart of New York, who died in Paris, faces a bitter probate contest in New York on July 30. Three women claim rights to the estate valued at over 1 million dollars. Executor is United States Trust Company. Hart, Virginian, lived in Paris with Mme de Bie, and left legacy to his adopted daughter and widow. He amassed wealth in Civil War era real estate and later settled in Paris.
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Benjamin Hart
Paris
Mme
Isobel Lucchesi Gillamin
Mrhe
Gabrielle Juliette Antoinette de Bie
Hart
Rue de Galilee
New York
United States
United States Trust Company
Wi'l
Jean Gillamin
Mary Ida Brown
Samuel M. Jones
Newark
N. J
Mime
de Bie
Rue de Gelilee
Benjamin Har Jr
Thomas E. Davis
London
Lewis Hart
Michael Hart
New York Athletic Club
John Campbell
Suspected Murderer Elusive in Dr Wilson Case
Philadelphia officials report confusion over the poisoning death of Dr. William H Wilson. A note from the alleged killer to the coroner suggests doubt about capture. Police, at sea amid theories, inspect fifteen hundred letters found with the doctor, mostly from patients, hoping a clue emerges.
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Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
Burning oil blaze off Mexican coast wide watched
Captain T L Raven aboard City of Mexico reported the Tampico to Tuxpan fire is far from Tampico and not endangering cities. The blaze, a large underground well, stands about sixty miles southeast of Tampico, fifteen hundred feet high and visible at night from sea.
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New Orleans
T. L. Raven
City of Mexico
Tampico
Tuxpan
Mexico
Raven
Captain Raven
Higher Railway Fares in Russia Take Effect Today
The new passenger tariff on Russian railways raises travel costs across classes. First class tickets rise 3 percent, second class by percent, and third class by 1 percent. A new fourth class, similar to Germany's, is introduced.
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St. Petersburg
Germany
Hotel Proprietors Convene in Session at Saratoga
Hotel proprietors across the United States and Canada gathered in Saratoga for the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association's 29th annual convention. President James H. Joyce urged unity to protect hotel interests amid recent restrictive legislation, and a resolution opposing prohibition as a personal liberty issue was adopted. New officers elected include Edward M. Tierney as president, P. F. Fry as vice president, and J. K. Blatchford as secretary and treasurer.
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Saratoga
N. Y
United States
Canada
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association
James H. Joyce
Baltimore
Joyce
Amerca
Edward M. Tierney
New York
P. F. Fry
Richmond
J. K. Blatchford
Hicazo
Justice Bischoff Denies Injunction in Cester Knapp Case
Justice Bischoff ruled against William Littauer, a general creditor of the bankrupt Cester Knapp & Co., denying his motion to restrain Marshall Spader & Co. and others from selling securities or using sale proceeds of a Steck Exchange membership. He noted Marshall Spader had no right to rely on two funds for repayment of loans to the firm, despite their pledges and bets on good faith.
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Justice Bisehoff
Supreme Court
William Littauer
Cester, Knapp & Co
Marshall, Spader & Co
Steck Exchange
Littauer
Stock Exchange
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