Central American tensions rise as Marines mobilize
Panema reports 150 U S Marines prepared for field service with Des Moines and Albany sent to Amapala and Colon amid fears of a Honduran insurgent movement against Zelaya. Salvadoran authorities say invasion plans and frontier guard measures were ordered as leaders vie for influence.
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Panema
Cole
Washington
Honduras
United States
Des Moines
Colon
Albany
Amapala
Offvices
Central America
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Cabrera
Guatemala
Figueroa
Salvador
Costa Rica
Central American Court of Justice
Peace in Honduras in question amid Caribbean moves
Ambassador Creel reported Nicaragua and Central American governments pledged neutrality in Honduras unrest. U S Navy directs gunboat Marietta to Puerto Cortez while Paducah to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to bolster presence amid Haitian tension and lingering revolutionary rumors.
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Weekington
Creel
Mexico
Bacon
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Managua
Wiliam L. Merry
Rate Department
Merry
Dodge
State Department
Puerto Cortex
Navy Department
Marietta
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Maxwell
Newberry
Navy
Baron
Paducah
Guantanamo
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Hayti
Mgr. Leger
Iay
Puerto Cortez
Tariff Commission At Work In Franco American Talks
The Franco American tariff commission held its initial session at the Foreign Office in Paris. Edmond Bruwaert presided as M. Louis welcomed the group. The meeting aimed to outline a work plan addressing exporters complaints and broader tariff relations between France and the United States. The Americans expect to gather data helpful if a reciprocal treaty and a double schedule are proposed.
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Paris
United States
France
Report Denies 100 Americans Imprisoned on Turkish Warship
State Department consular representatives call a circulating rumor false. The claim claimed that one hundred American citizens on a Turkish warship were imprisoned after leaving the island of Nicaria. The matter was raised via the Greek Brotherhood in Pittsburgh as part of a Greek-American naturalization case.
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Washington
State Department
Nicaria
America
Pitts
Drown in Manila Bay typhoon swamps pleasure launch
A Manila bound pleasure launch with about seventy five aboard was engulfed by a typhoon near Corregidor Island and foundered. Twenty five passengers are feared drowned including three Americans. fifty survivors were rescued by the British steamer Suveric and other craft. An army surgeon is reported among the missing. Details remain scarce. Corregidor lies at the entrance to Manila Bay, thirty miles from the city.
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Manila
Corregidor Island
Suveric
Manila Bay
Costa Rica Praises Washington Peace Conference
Costa Rica's former foreign minister Luis Anderson, now minister plenipotentiary to the United States and Mexico, defends Costa Rica’s peaceful policy amid Honduras unrest. He calls the Washington conference a success and asserts Costa Rica will honor all treaties and the Washington agreements.
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Luis Anderson
Washington
Costa Rica
United States
Mexico
Sefior Anderson
Honduras
Central America
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Diaz
The Portuguese Scandals and Government Cash Grift
A Lisbon report lists influential officials and nobles who took illegal advances from the state treasury, including Generals Quva Costa and Lopez at 50000 each. The Minister to Pekin drew twenty years’ salary in advance. The total misused sum runs into millions as cabinet intrigues persist under Castro and the Regenerationists.
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Lisbon
Panama
Carlos
Quva
Costa
Lopez
Pekin
Franco
Sefior Castro
Regenerationists
Espregueira
Castro
Zu Eulenburg Trial Interrupted By Extreme Weakness
Berlin July 16 The perjury trial of Prince Philip zu Eulenburg was halted as he grew weaker and was carried back to prison. Court was held in a hospital consultation room with the prince in night clothes on a stretcher while physicians assessed his condition. He spoke shakily answering questions about Ernst and his own conduct and suggested mental torture and threats influenced testimony.
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Berlin
Philip Zu Eulenburg
Charity Hospital
Cone
Ernst
Zu Eulenburg
Etienne and wife Hurt in French Auto Crash
Eugene Etienne former French Minister of War and Minister of the Interior was seriously injured in a high speed automobile accident near Alencon France. Mme Etienne and the chauffeur were also badly hurt when their car struck an object.
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Alencon
France
Eugene Etienne
Interior
Here
Mme. Etienne
Y M C A Relay Race Across New York and Illinois
A long distance relay relay race carried a message from New York Mayors to Chicago Mayors via a chain of YMCA runners. From Auburn to Geneva to Syracuse and Rome and Utica to Johnstown the runners covered twenty eight miles to Johnstown and raced ahead of schedule.
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Syracuse
Rome Young Men's Christian Association
New York
Chicago
Auburn
Rome
N. Y
New
Utica
Johnstown
Little Falls
Wheeler
Sherman
William D. Smith
Schenectady
Frank R. Wassung
Tabriz Truce Effort Amid Civil Strife in Persia
The Times reports a lull in Tabriz as elders seek amnesty from the Shah. Rachin Khan agrees to negotiations, but reactionary leaders control telegraphic lines to disrupt talks. Sata Khan commands two of twelve quarters, with food and ammo as key, amid a difficult cordon restricting supplies.
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London
Tabriz
Times
Rachin Khan
Sata Khan
Lata Khan
Persian controversy settled as Shah asserts authority in Persia
Berlin reports that John B. Jackson, U.S. minister to Persia, says Teheran returned to calm after the Shah reestablished executive power, ending months of secret society influence. He notes order replacing lawlessness, while foreign residents could move about safely despite sporadic shooting.
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Berlin
John B. Jackson
Persia
United States
Mr. Jackson
Teheran
De Castellane Children Custody Suit in Paris
Count Boni de Castellane files for custody of his three children in Paris seeking the decree revision from his divorce from Anna Gould. The hearing is set for July 27, while Mme Gould has since married Prince Hélie de Sagan. He asks $20,000 annual maintenance per child, opposed by the princess's counsel who expects a long proceeding and a likely victory for the princess.
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Paris
Count Boni de Cassellane
Anna Gould
New York
Mme. Gould
Prince Hélie de Sagan
Count Boni
Prince de Sagan
Sagans
M. Cachard
Princess de Sagan
Count Bonl
Americans Dominate Discus as British Boat Sways Olympics
In wet cold conditions American athletes led discus and weight events, while Britain trails in overall score. Sheridan wins discus with 154 ft 2 in. Giffin and Harr take second and third for the Americans. Talbott and Flanagan struggle. Desborough replies to US protests and a banquet for athletes is held at Holborn.
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America
United Kingdom
Lord Desborough
Sullivan
H. C. Grote
Missouri Athletic Club
A. M. Goessling
Missouri Athletic Union
Martin J. Sheridan
John J. Flanagan
Great Britain
Daniels
British Olympic Council
Holborn
Lord Kinnaird
Lord
Giffin
Horr
Rose
Horgan
Garrelia
Taylor
Beaurepaire
Australia
Scheff
General Portuondo Dies After Mayari Stabbing
General Rafael Portuondo died in Mayari Cuba after a stabbing on July 11 by Augustin Aguirre brother of the Mayari mayoral candidate. Portuondo, a Cuban revolt figure and first Assembly chairman, died at 10 pm. Flags were at half mast as Havana and Santiago mourned, with officials unsure if politics or personal animosity drove the crime.
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Santiago
Cuba
Rafael Portuondo
Mayari
Augustin Aguirre
Mijguelista
Portuondo
Spain
Utere
Havana
Rafael Portlands
Agulera
Genaval Wood
Government Tests Seek Mastery of Air Power
Five years after Langley’s experiments on the Potomac River the US prepares Fort Myer tests for dirigibles and heavier-than-air machines. Wright brothers, A M Herring, and I F Scott compete for contracts while General Allen heads the aeronautical effort.
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Washington
S P. Langley
Potomac River
Langley
Fort Myer
Virginia
Fort Logan
Colorado
Signal Corps
Europe
Japan
Roosevelt
Allen
Thomas A. Baldwin
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
A. M. Herring
New York
I. F. Scott
Chicago
Farman Skyscraper to Quarters on Kroonland
A cable from Farman reports the Farman skyscraper has found quarters on the Kroonland and will leave Antwerp tomorrow. Three mechanicians guard the cloud piercing machine during transit. Farman will travel by a higher priced vessel with his secretary and favored by a St. Louis syndicate. He awaits $6,000 before boarding for New York. The Aero Club of America holds a special meeting.
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Farman
Kroonland
Antwerp
T. R. MacMechan
St. Louis
Hotel Astor
St. Louis Syndicate
New York
MacMechan
Aero Club of America
Aeronauts prepare reception for Farman in the region
A Monday night gathering is arranged to welcome the famous aviator Mr. Farman as part of a continuous reception effort. The event signals ongoing public interest in his aviation feats in this part of the country.
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Aeronauts
Mr. Farman
Zeppelin Maintains Faith Despite Airship Mishaps
Friedrichshafen financier addresses recent blows to the airship project. His chief assistant says the count has confidence in the design and that incidents were test related. Repairs will take about ten days with no ascent for at least three weeks as the envelope is deflated and new gas introduced.
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Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Americans Likely for Bennett Cup Balloon Race
A. Holland Forbes J Meter and Lieutenant F F P Lahm US Army are named by the Aero Club of America as probable American entrants for the James Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race to be held in Berlin around October 1. Each pays a 3 entry fee to the German aeronautical organization. prize includes 2508 dollars. Lahm may be replaced if government aeronautical work interferes.
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A. Holland Forbes
J. ©. Meter
F. F P. Lahm
Berlin
Aero Club of America
German Aeronautical Organization
Lahm
Arnold
North Adams (Mass) Aero Club
Lieutenant Lahm
Aero Club of
Faris
Germany
St. Louis
Knabenshue Makes Short Flight From Toledo to Dundee
Roy Knabenshue the aeronaut abandoned his Toledo to Cleveland trip and took a brief airborne hop saying he would fly as far as he could before landing. After an hour and a half his craft touched down twenty five miles from Toledo in Dundee. He and companion George Duessler then prepared for the return flight to Toledo.
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the Tribune
Dundee
Mich
Toledo
Cleveland
Roy Knabenshue
George Duessler
Money Board to Meet at Narragansett Pier
The national monetary commission formed under the currency law will meet at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island in July for a conference. Members include Senators Aldrich Allison Burrows Hale Knox Daniel Teller Money Bailey and Representatives Vreeland Overstreet Burton Weeks Bonynge Smith Padgett Burgess Pujo with A B Snelton as secretary. Secretary Cortelyou is expected to attend.
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Washington
National Monetary Commission
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Aldrich
Alison
Burrows
Hale
Knox
Daniel
Teller
Money and Bailey
Vreeland
Overstreet
Burton
Weeks
Bonynge
Smith
Padgett
Burgess
Pujo
A. B. Snelton
Senate Finance Committee
Cortelyou
Roosevelt creates national conservation commission
Washington reports that within a month of the appointment, the national conservation commission has begun inventory work on the nation's natural resources. It aims to present a report by January 1, gathers data from executive departments and state commissions, and plans joint meetings with state governors to deepen cooperation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Conservation Commission
White House
Ra Commission
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