Shah's Palace at Fort Teheran Feels Revolt Amid Crisis
July dispatches describe renewed disturbances as revolutionaries seize Tabriz. Shah's troops concentrate, 1000 Bakhtiar horsemen arrive, palace walls fortify, and guns mount for city defense. Reactionists seek to abrogate the constitution in petitions, while foreign observers note Northern Persia's lost cause.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Bakhtiar
Ameer Bogatur
Great Britain
Russia
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Julfa
Persia
Racin Khan
M. Pohitonoff
Mujthid
American Turners Triumph at Frankfort Meet Day
American Day unfolds at the Frankfort gathering as Brooklyn Philadelphia and St Louis squads claim several wins in hick and broad jumps weight throwing and track events. Americans enjoy showcases including dumbbell exercises under George Brosius and a military band performance with exhibitions slated for Tuesday.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Rochester
Bissinger
New York
Eberhard
Boston
Imperial Ministry
United States
George Brosius
Milwaukee
A. E. Kinderwater
Robert Barr
San Francisco
N Seuss
Cincinnati
Harry Berkmann
Chicago
Eiffert
Detroit
Carl Heckerich
Rath
Pittsburg
Electric Club
Coalition Cabinet Formed in Belgrade Under Milo anovics
Belgrade reports a coalition government formed by political leaders with King Peter’s mediation. M Velimtrovics becomes premier and Milo anovics temporarily takes the foreign affairs portfolio while a ukase approves their policy for the coalition.
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Belgrade
Peter
M. Velimtrovics
M. Milo ¥Anovics
Living picture trial in Paris sparks artistic defense
In Paris on July 20 a trial of two music hall managers and seven women, arrested in Senator Berenger’s crackdown on nude exhibitions, saw defendants claim living pictures and dances were artistic rather than indecent. The public prosecutor urged the severest sentence.
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Paris
Berenger
Cholera Quelled in the Philippines Department
Washington reports cholera has been stamped out in the Department of the Philippines. Sporadic cases were recorded but never approached epidemic levels, according to advices received by the War Department today.
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Washington
War Department
Department of the Philippines
Mindanao Outlaw Fort Storm Ends in Floyd Wound Death
Lieutenant Guy Burr, wounded July 10 in Mindanao action against outlaws, dies of his wounds. Burr and Whitney, commanding 4th detachment of constabulary, storm a fort held by outlaw Tuan. Fourteen outlaws killed and two captured in the engagement near Manila.
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Manila
Guy Burr
Mindanao
Enants Burr and Whitney
Tuan
Grape Nuts credited for health restoration in girl’s letter
A West Virginia student credits Grape-Nuts and Jersey cream for recovering from illness that hindered study. She details a breakdown, extended layoff, and revival that enabled her to resume college and excel, praising the cereal and Postum branding.
Hamburg Line Rival Plot Against Hamburg American
Berlin reports Prince Christian Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen plans a rival shipping system to challenge Lloyds and the Hamburg American Line. Prince Egon von Furstenburg may join as major shareholder. At the Levant company meeting June 30, Ballin was defeated for chairmanship, prompting a $250,000 loan arrangement that fell through. Furstenburg is a major landowner with vast Austrian and German estates.
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Berlin
Prince Christian Kraft Zu
Prince Zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen
Lloyds
Prince
Levant Company
Herr Ballin
Prince Zu
Mutiny at Monastir grips Ottoman forces
Vienna dispatch reports the Young Turkey faction seizing Monastir and control of the Third Army Corps with part of the Second Army Corps. The revolutionary committee has taken over, authorities are powerless, and much of the population has joined. A London Telegraph note cites a severe internal crisis in Turkey with the Sultan accusing ministers of misinforming him and threatening to purge officers and crush Albanians.
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Vienna
Young Turkey
Neue Freie Presse
Monastir
London
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
Turkey
Macedonia
Third Army
Paris Footman Confesses in Remy Murder Case
Paris officials report Courtois, a footman, confessed to plot with Renard to murder Auguste Remy, a wealthy banker, on June 7. They stabbed Remy, hid jewelry and money, then staged a burglary. Renard’s June 26 arrest surfaced a household power struggle and a planned discharge the night before the crime.
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Paris
Courtois
Auguste Remy
Renard
Mme. Remy
Remy
Auto Plunges Down Embankment in Darien Crash
Mrs Hulda J Ascher and her daughter of New York escaped serious injury when their car plunged down a steep embankment in Darien striking a stone wall. A second vehicle going east at high speed blinded the chauffeur with a searchlight causing the accident. No one was hurt though the car was wrecked.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
Hulda J. Ascher
Broadway
New York
Darien
Paul MacCormac
Aschers
Fleet Again United Accident on Kearsarge
Honolulu July 20. Atlantic fleet officers and sailors enjoyed boat races basketball and a performance of The Mascot plus an excursion to Pearl Harbor. The battleship Kearsarge reported a 7 inch steam pipe burst injuring five men lightly to severely. repairs underway and fleet sailing to Australia remains set for Wednesday.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Missouri
Virginia
Lehaina
Kearsarge
Wilson
Frank Watson
Pomplum
Australia
Naval Station
Carter
A. M. Brainard
Louisiana
F. W. McFarland
Service Squadron at Manila Arrives From World Cruise
The battleships Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron reached Manila today on the world cruise ahead of the American Atlantic fleet. They sailed from Guam on July 14 with an uneventful run and calm seas. The ships will coal here and sail for Singapore on July 27.
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Manila
Maine
Alabama
Guam
Singapore
Thaw Loses Jail Privileges In New Controversy
Harry K. Thaw was placed in the main prison by Sheriff Chanter amid his sanity inquiry case. He loses many liberties including long distance calls, meals with guards, and access to the main hall, while authorities cite better sanitation and order in the main jail.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Chanter
Thaw
Chanier
Yachting Safety Inspections Reported With Violations
Colonel Edward S. Fowler, Collector of the Port, inspected yachts aboard the tug John J. Timmins on the Hudson. Deputy Surveyor Coneys found multiple violations as authorities enforced safety equipment rules. Fowler noted growing support for inspections and cited a Sandy Hook incident with seven aboard and only two life preservers as proof of the program’s value.
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Edward S. Fowler
Hudson
John J. Timmins
Coneys
Colonel Fowler
Sandy Hook
Window Wrecks Auto in Portland Mayor Escapes
Portland July 20 Mayor Adam P Leighton his two sons Hugh C Leighton and Adam P Leighton Jr and Miss Eleanor Adams fiancée of the last named had a marvelous escape from death when a plate glass window being installed on a three story Market street brick building fell onto the auto in which the party sat wrecking the fender and front. The mayor was stepping into the rear seat.
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Tribune
Portland
Adam P. Leighton
Hugh C. Leighton
Adam P. Leighton, Jr
Eleanor Adams
Market Street
Miss Adams
Auto Dashes Over Culvert Near Rocky Hill
A touring car owned by Frederick W. Fielding of Rockville Centre New York plunged over a culvert near the Methodist church in Rocky Hill. Six occupants were thrown into John Hall’s yard. Fielding and Mrs Gildersleeve were seriously injured with internal injuries and contusions, in critical condition at Middlesex Hospital Middletown. The other passengers including Mr Gildersleeve and his children were severely shaken. car wrecked and tires burst.
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the Tribune
Hartford
Conn
Rocky Hill
Frederick W. Fielding
New York
Rockville Centre
Long Island
East Hampton
John Hall
Fielding
Oliver Warner Gildersleeve
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown
Mr. Gildersleeve
Portland
Soldier arrested for three year old New Bedford murder
William C. Howard, a Fort Rodman soldier in the Coast Artillery, was arrested in New Bedford on charges of murdering Edward Dewhurst at Hazelwood Park on July 12 three years ago. Dewhurst, a Preston native aged about twenty eight, allegedly confessed he acted in self-defence and will face the 4th District Court tomorrow.
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New Bedford
Mass
William C. Howard
Fort Rodman
Edward Dewhurst
Hazelwood Park
Dewhurst
Preston
England
Howard
52D
United States Coast Artillery
Trial of Mrs Lila Zane Cook Begins in Wheeling
The murder trial of Mrs Lila Zane Cook opens in Wheeling West Virginia over the death of Charles Bennett of New Kensington Pennsylvania. The case ties to the Zane family and follows the conviction of Cook's husband for life imprisonment. Joseph Weithe is to be tried in connection with the same crime. Bennett reportedly lured to a Wheeling Fair Grounds locale where he was robbed and murdered and his body dumped into the Ohio River.
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Wheeling
Lila Zane Cook
Charles Bennett
New Kensington
Penn
Zane
Joseph Weithe
Bennett
Wheeling Fair Grounds
Cook
Weithe
Ohio River
Monetary Commission Meets in Narragansett Pier
The National Monetary Commission opened at the Hotel Imperial to discuss the country’s financial situation and potential legislation. Seven members attended, chaired by Senator Aldrich, with preliminary talks lasting about an hour and no decisions made.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
Hotel Imperial
National Monetary Commission
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Teller
Colorado
Money
Mississippi
Representatives Weeks
Massachusetts
Bonynge
Smith
Caliifornia
Padgett
Tennessee
Pujo
Louisiana
Overstreet
Indiana
Arthur B. Shelton
Woman badly hurt when horse runs away in Essex
Mrs. W. W. Lufkin wife of Congressman A. P. Gardner's private secretary was seriously injured when the bridle loosened and the horse bolted. The carriage struck a tree and she was thrown to the ground, found unconscious and taken to Dr. Ellis's office in serious condition.
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Essex
Mass
W. W. Lufkin
A. P. Gardner
Army and Navy Maneuvers Face Site Purchases and Orders
Reports from the joint army and militia maneuvers weigh whether to acquire permanent camp sites like Pine Plains. General Grant favors land purchase to fit military needs, while some doubt the wisdom of fixed camps. The War Department will issue orders reallocating officers to various posts and upcoming retirements and examinations. Movements of warships are listed with arrivals at New London, Hampton Roads, Manila, and other ports. several vessels sail for Tangier Bay and Lutulla.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Pine Plains
Grant
Notable Army Personnel and Marksmen Listed
The roster lists Corporal Elsinger with 2th Infantry 162, Ordnance Sergeant Puckett and Sergeant Hutchinson among others, noting distinguished marksmen and a musician. The document also cites a lowest qualifying score of 157 to make the team, with several engineers and sergeants from various infantry units.
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2Th Infantry
Elsinger
Wth Infantry
Puckett
Carroll
Hutchinson
Th Infantry
Randolph
Engineer Corps
Locked in Bath House Mystery Near Avenue A
Police received a late night call from four women trapped in a bath house near Avenue A and 24th Street. Firemen found lights in the engine room and helped the women to the lobby where they retrieved clothing and identified themselves as Alice Scott Ida Walsh Irene Wilson and Isabella Ward from nearby addresses.
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Bath House
Avenue A
24Th Street
Alice Scott
First Avenue
Ida Walsh
East 22d Street
Irene Wilson
Isabella Ward
Mimic War on in Hampton Roads
In Norfolk Virginia the mimic warfare game opened with a torpedo flotilla led by Lieutenant Mitchell and state reserve marines attempting to pass naval units. The Yankee Prairie Isle de Cuba guarded the upper day channel while Vixen and Sylvia protected the entrance to Norstol and the James River. All but one boats were captured. one escaped to reach the upper bay, as a bright search light display impressed viewers.
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Norfolk
Ww. cc. Mitchell
Ciass
Isle de Cuba
Day
Vixen
Norstol
James River
Hampton Roads
Sylvia
Grant says riding tests were voluntary and enjoyable
Major General Frederick D. Grant, commanding the Department of the East, denied a Washington story claiming he failed the riding tests at Pine Plains. He said he rode for enjoyment, injured his hand during a later jump, and could not join the following day's ride. He noted he included the medical decision about Colonel Byrne in his report and praised the maneuvers as valuable for all involved.
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Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
Washington
Pine Plains
Grant
Charles B Byrne
Medical Department
King and Queen host bishops at Buckingham Palace
The King and Queen welcomed over two hundred bishops from the Pan-Anglican Congress at Buckingham Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an address and presented the bishops to the King, who greeted and conversed with attendees including the Bishop of Missouri and other American bishops.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Traveling trowel on world tour reaches Tacoma
C Fred Crosby of Justice Lodge 753 F and A M reports a silver Masonic trowel now in Tacoma Washington. A Tacoma lodge delegation will soon escort it to another Northwest city. The trowel was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of New York on October 20 1895 and has traveled from Genesee Falls Rochester to Hornell and Washington Lodge Buffalo on Washington's birthday. It may not return to New York City for over thirty years.
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C. Fred Crosby
Justice Lodge
A. M
Tacoma
Wash
Grand Lodge
State of
New York
Genesee Falls
Rochester
New York City
Hornell
Washington Lodge
Buffalo
Washington
Fire at Fort William destroys King Company block
A blaze at Fort William Ontario on July 2 destroyed the John King Company new business block and warehouse along with Salvation Army headquarters and stores of Kirkup and Wilkie and R Strachan. Damage listed at about 200000 pounds. The fire started in the King Company warehouses.
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Fort William
Ont
John King Company
Salvation Army
Kirkup & Wilkie and
R. Strachan
King Company
Pacific Rifle Competition Record Firing Day
The first day of record firing in the Pacific rifle competition at Monterey California covered slow fire at 2 30 30 and 600 yards amid unfavorable weather. Scores listed include Lieutenant Pardee 174 Captain Edwards 164 Private Hakala 16 Captain Mradiey 13 Lieutenant Ahbrenda and others.
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Tribune
Monterey
Cal
Pardee
2Th Infantry
Edwards
Coast Artillery
Hakala
Mradiey
Ahbrenda
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W. J. O'Meara
Army and Navy News
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General Staff
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Frankford Arsenal
Charles C. Winnia
5Th Cavalry
Camp Perry
John D. Long
13Th Cavalry
Goss L. Stryker
Norton E. Wood
Clifton R Norton
14Th Cavalry
Charles S. Blakely
3D Field Artillery
John Cock
Matt C. Bristol
John Co. Pegram
1St Cavalry
George L. Morrison
7Th Cavalry
Fort Riley
Russell T. Hassard
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Dawson Olmstead
7Th Field Artillery
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