Japan Welcomes American Officers With Unprecedented Honors
Tokio hosts Admiral Sperry and 16 battleship captains in a lavish palace ceremony, the Empress and Emperor greeting each officer. Roosevelt’s message is read, signaling deep US Japan ties. The visit features multiple receptions, garden parties, and dinners with Japanese dignitaries, amid orderly shore leave and widespread public enthusiasm.
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Tokio
Sperry
Roosevelt de Mvereé
Japan
Yokohama
Japanese Welcome to American Fleet Hosts Relish Celebrations
Japanese crowds line streets with cheers for American officers as Admiral Sperry reports a warm reception following Emperor’s luncheon and a day of entertainment including a Baron hosting a Japanese dinner. Kaio University beats the fleet in a 15 inning baseball game amid good humor over umpire decisions.
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Togo
Shinjuku Imperial Gardens
Katsura
Baron Terauchi
Baron Mitsui
Iwasaki
Japan
America
Nines of the Fleet
Kaio University
Austria Seeks Peace With Turkey On Bosnia Question
Budapest reports Count Esterhazy announced Austria-Hungary aims for a satisfactory settlement with Turkey on the Bosnia Herzegovina issue. The Foreign Minister would not join an international congress if discussion on this topic continued. Sofia notes Montenegro congratulates Bulgaria on independence and Turkey relations appear calmer amid Turkish reformers visiting Salonica. Feht Bey urged a Turko Bulgarian military convention at a dinner, while Young Turks seem to lose ground and seek Bulgarian support.
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Budapest
Count Esterhazy
Foreign Office
Baron von Aehrenthal
Turkey
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Sofia
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Tirnova
M. Dimitreff
Constantinople
Ferdinand
Young Turk Party
Salonica
Feht Bey
Duke of the Abruzzi may sail to America incognito
Reports from Turin and London say the Duke of the Abruzzi has disappeared and may sail to America under an assumed name after his promotion to rear admiral on November 11. Rumors claim he will marry Miss Katherine Elkins during the presidential election coverage, with Queen Dowager Margherita reportedly consenting. Senator Elkins in Elkins West Virginia says his family has no knowledge of the matter.
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Turin
Duke of the
United States
London
Rome
Margherita
Elkins
W. Va
Ekins
Earthshocks at Manila rattled city without damage
Earthquakes began at 10 40 yesterday morning and continued with irregular intervals until 5 30 in the afternoon. About a dozen tremors were recorded by the seismographs at the observatory, with four being pronounced. Two shocks were sharp yet caused no damage in Manila and no reports of harm from other areas. The disturbance center appears near Manila and many residents fled their buildings during the stronger shocks.
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Manila
Zeppelin to Resume Trials After Reconstructing Airship
Count Zeppelin announced in Friedrichshafen that trials would resume on Thursday morning. He has rebuilt his first airship and expects greater speed during the test flight.
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Friedrichshaven
Count Zeppelin
Typhoon Devastation Reports New Fatal Toll in China
Amoy reports show Thursday’s cyclone destroyed Chang-Chow and Lam-Cheng towns with vast loss of life. Three thousand houses fallen and eleven hundred dead at Chang-Chow, Lam-Cheng tally five hundred more, with twelve hundred dead. Three villages near Chang-Chow wiped out leaving four hundred killed. Admirals Sperry and Emery of the American fleet sent sympathy to Commissioner Mark.
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Amoy
Chang-Chow
Lam- Cheng
Lam-Cheng
Sperry
Emery
Mark
China demands indemnity after Chien Tao clash
The Chinese government reports that Japanese troops fired on an unarmed Chinese gendarme detachment in the Chien Tao district on October 14, killing two and wounding four. Beijing says the assault was unprovoked and aims to provoke trouble. China's Foreign Board demands compensation and punishment of the guilty, but Japan shows little prospect of meeting the demand.
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Peking
Chien-Tao
Chinese Foreign Board
Japan
Servian Government Apologizes to Austria for Attack Profits
A Belgrade dispatch to The Times reports Servia has apologized and paid indemnity for attacks on Austrian owned shops in Belgrade. The Premier also personally apologized to the German Minister for the arrest of the German military attaché as a spy.
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London
Times
Belgrade
Austria
Paris Nervous Over Balkans and Congress Plans
Paris reports a nervous mood in French government circles over the Balkans and an international congress. Turkey shows impatience as Bulgaria omits official reply to Ferdinand assurances while Sofia notes Malinoff refuses Ferdinand's advice for peaceful settlement and prefers war to indemnity. Rumors claim German Ambassador Bieberstein advocates war in Constantinople amid rising German ambiguity.
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Paris
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Sofia
Malinoff
Baron von Bieberstein
Constantinople
Germany
Servian anger grows after Montenegrin envoy arrest in Agram
General Vukotics, envoy to King Peter, was seized by Austro-Hungarian police in Agram, stripped of belongings, and detained seven hours. He was released after Vienna ordered it. Belgrade crowds hailed him, denouncing Austria-Hungary as students dragged his carriage through streets.
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Vukotics
Cettinje
Agram
Peter
Austria-Hungary
Nicholas
Austria
Cholera Detains Buford At Nagasaki Harbor
The US transport Buford, arriving from Manila and bound for San Francisco, is detained at Nagasaki after a sailor dies of cholera and another case surfaces but shows recovery. Officials say no wider outbreak is expected aboard.
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Nagasaki
United States
Buford
Manila
San Francisco
American Fireman Dies of Cholera in Manila
Manila report states Lewis Connor, a member of the city fire department, died today from cholera as new cases average two daily.
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Manila
Lewis Connor
War dispatch reports Rif tribes rising at Melilla
The Minister of War received a telegraph from Melilla Morocco stating all Rif tribes have risen and unite with hostile intent. Earlier dispatches report a French detachment attacked Moors near Mondergie for six days with fourteen enemy dead and four French casualties.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Paris
Mondgerie
Rhodora Scratched From Cambridgeshire Stakes
Rhodora owned by Richard Croker has been scratched from the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Dublin. Croker complained to a sporting paper about a telegram alleged to be forged from his trainer and disputed reports on Rhodora's condition and chances in the race.
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Dublin
Richard Croker
Croker
Rhodora
Irish National party plans payback on land bill push
Dublin reports a meeting led by John E. Redmond to press the government in the House of Commons on Irish land legislation. Hearty thanks were offered to the American people for their financial support to the party.
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Dublin
Irish National Party
John E. Redmond
House of Commons
Kaiser Riding Work for Peace
Berlin October 20 Emperor William opened the Prussian Parliament and signaled a plan to modify the outdated three class electoral system. He also noted Germany’s lesser interest in Balkan affairs while stating the nation would cooperate with other powers for a peaceful, satisfactory settlement of the regional difficulties.
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Berlin
William
Balkans
Germany
Iswolsky Leaves Paris for Heylig in Russia
Paris reports Russian Foreign Minister M Iswolsky departed the city tonight heading toward Heylig. While few details were given, the move signals ongoing diplomatic contact between Russia and the mentioned destination.
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Paris
M. Iswolsky
Fur Heylig
Havana Collector of Internal Revenue Charged with Embezzling 195000
Miguel de Latorre, Havana Province Internal Revenue collector for 25 years, is held on embezzlement charges totaling about 195000. He partially confesses to removing coin and currency from the department safe but withholds its disposition. A June audit found deposits intact before a governor ordered a broad review of departments. Authorities expect a fuller confession.
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Havana
Miguel de Latorre
de Latorre
Maxgoon
Chamber of Deputies Condemns Renewed Dreyfus Agitation
Paris October 20 the Chamber of Deputies voted 438 to 47 to condemn the anti Dreyfusards campaign against the 1906 Court of Cassation decision. Fierre Bietry of Finistére led the assault and was suspended. M Briand justice minister defended the court and said the country is sick of the scandal.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Sailors Pardoned After Japan Request Prompted by Russia
In St. Petersburg on October 20 Emperor Nicholas pardoned six sailors condemned to death for attacking guards at Nikolaievsk. The men, sailors on the Japanese schooner Miye, had been captured by Russians during a seal poaching raid and faced execution before the pardon.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Japan
Nikolaievsk
France proposes King Victor Emmanuel for Clipperton Island arbitration
France asks Mexico to name King Victor Emmanuel of Italy as arbitrator in the dispute over ownership of Clipperton Island. The coral atoll in the Pacific lies near Panama, contains guano deposits, and was seized originally by Americans before Mexican authorities ousted them.
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Mexico
King of
Italy
Paris
Victor Emmanuel of
Clipperton Island
Pacific Ocean
Panama
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