British Sloop Shearwater Prepares for South American Mission
Victoria BC reports H M 8 sloop of war Shearwater to depart for South America January 23 and reach Iquique by late February as US fleet operates nearby. Rumor cites reports to British admiralty on US fleet observations and potential Galapagos slavery inquiries.
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Victoria
B. C
Shearwater
Esquimalt
Iquiqui
Chile
South America
United States
Galapagos Islands
Chaine
Color
Galapagos
Admiralty
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Roosevelt Seeks to Forestall Inquiry Over Admiral Brownson
President Roosevelt plans a public statement with correspondence between himself and Admiral Brownson as the inquiry into Brownson’s resignation looms. The White House aims to publish the document before Congress reassembles, depending on whether lawmakers demand full facts. Brownson wished his letter released but officials say navy rules prevent that action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Admiral Brownson
Senate
House
Peccane
Navy Department
Doukhobors Parade Through Fort William Streets
Twelve Doukhobors marooned from their home areas in Fort William, Ontario, walked nude for over a mile through city streets. Six men and six women were moved to a bowling alley on Sampson Street, placed in cabs, and escorted back to their house by Chief Dodds with a guard. The parade caused excitement but officials report they have been quiet previously. seventy nine Doukhobors are now in the city as authorities coordinate with Ottawa.
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Fort William
Ont
Rto
Sampson Street
Dodds
T I.e
Ottawa
Duel Fight Rumor Sparks Public Scandal in Paris
Rumors that Prince de Sagan would marry Anna Gould led to a public clash in Rue Challot between Boni de Castellane and his cousin. Boni struck his cousin with a cane and drew blood before police intervened, marking a renewed public confrontation after a notorious scandal.
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Paris
Prince de Sagan
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Challot
Boni
Canadian Japan Mission Clouded by Immigration Debate
Vancouver reports Japanese consul general Nosse on his way home after questioning whether Hon. R. Lemieux fulfilled his Tokio mission. Nosse says Japan favors immigration limits aligned to labor market needs and rejects speculative numeric schemes used by Honolulu speculators as objec tionable to both Japan and Canada.
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Japan
Vancouver
B. C
T. Nosse
Canada
R. Lemieux
Tokio
Nosse
Honolulu
Japanese Forestry Expert Visits Ottawa to Inspect Lumber Industry
K Kume, forestry expert of the government of Japan, is in Ottawa to study the Ottawa valley lumber industry. He is sent to the United States and Canada to report on forest areas, lumber manufacturing methods, markets, and reforestation of depleted areas.
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Ottawa
K. Kume
Japan
Ottawa Valley
United States
Canada
Fortify Philipines Washington Policy Directive
Following Roosevelt and Taft policy, immediate steps to fortify the Philippines are ordered. A general order from the War Department Fortification Board outlines actions under the ynilapine designation.
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Phillipines
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Taft
War Department Fortification Board
Salvation Army reports on suicide prevention bureaus
General Booth notes that 1 195 men and nine women received help from London and other city bureaus to avoid self destruction. Most seekers are middle class, many driven by financial embarrassment or poverty. About 75 percent of applicants avoided suicide, saved by clergy, naval officers, doctors, bankers, and others, securing a permanent role for the bureaus.
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London
Booth
Realite
Salvation Army
Railway Men Sign North Western Temperance Pledge
Thousands of Northwestern railroad workers have signed a temperance pledge that took effect New Year’s Day. The movement grew after layoffs favored abstainers, with over 26 000 men agreeing to abstain from intoxicating liquor. It is an economic, not prohibition, effort.
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Omaha
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Boston Merchants Tap Taft for Canadian Trade Push
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald hailed Secretary Taft as a future leader before the Boston Merchants Association. He urged Taft to open Canadian markets to Massachusetts trade, a plea met with broad agreement among local businessmen. Taft later spoke on the money panic, reading from a prepared manuscript.
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Boston
Mass
Fitzgerald
Boston Merchants’ Association
Taft
Massachusetts
Emperor Condemns Army Scandals at New Year Reception
Emperor William sharply condemned army scandals revealed by the Maximilian Harden trial. He ordered generals to eradicate all traces of corruption and prevent recurrence. The emperor and empress offered New Year greetings to ambassadors and the diplomatic corps. He noted his visit to England to the British ambassador and expressed regret to Charlemagne Tower over retirement.
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Peror
Berlin
William
Maximilian Harden
Die Zunkait
England
Charlemagne Tower
Hopeful of Peace in Berlin Outlook
Charlemagne Tower the American ambassador to Germany says relations with the United States have grown closer and that both governments’ efforts have yielded better ties. Other foreign ambassadors in Berlin share the optimistic view that international amity will improve in the coming year.
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Berlin
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
United States
Raisuli Demands Met in Tangier Ransom Case
London reports Raisuli agreed to a ransom deal with the British government after capturing Sir Harry MacLean on July 3. A December despatch states Raisuli would be released in exchange for $100,000, protection for him and family, and the release of thirteen tribesmen in prison.
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Raisuli
London
West End
Harry MacLean
Tangier
MacLean
Airship ascent in Berlin features generals aboard new war balloon
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria led the first flight of the army dirigible as several ascensions occurred in Berlin. Duke Albrecht of Württemberg rode aboard, and a minor accident happened when two generals mounted the platform simultaneously, though no damage occurred.
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Berlin
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Duke Albrecht of Wurtemburg
Witnesses of Christ in John first chapter
The lesson emphasizes John the Baptist as a witness to Christ and urges believers to testify about Jesus the Lamb of God. It notes Jesus’ baptism, the proclamation of Him as sin taker, and the future kingdom, urging readiness for Elijah’s coming and Christ’s second advent.
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Prem Associstion
John
Christ
Moses
Egypt
God
Jethro
Pharaoh
Jobo
Elijah
Heraki
Israel
Jesus
The
Jordan
Lamb of God
Eden
Adam
Eve
Betas
Baptism by Spirit in Jesus Foretold in Early Faith Verse
The text asserts baptism by Spirit through Jesus as the first time in history since Adam, claiming Jesus lived without sin. It cites 2 Corinthians 5, 2 Peter 2, 1 John 1, 4 and 1 John 3 31, urging believers to manifest His life in mortal bodies for others to see Him.
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Thor
Adan
Jesus
White Men Beaten by Angry Japs in Vancouver District
Three Vancouver firemen Frost Anderson and McDonald were ambushed by a mob of armed Japanese in the city’s Japantown center. Frost was severely slashed and may die as police arrest four assailants after the brutal attack.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frost
Anderson
McDonald
Dermons
Grain Growers Seek Seed Wheat for 1.5 Million Acres
Alberta and Saskatchewan grain growers ask the Dominion government to provide seed wheat for about one and a half million acres where the crop failed. No official statement is given, but it is believed the federal government advised provinces to handle the matter.
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Ottawa
Grain Growers’ Association of
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Dread Disease Conquered in New York by Anti-Toxin Serum
Dr. Simon Flexner head of the Rockefeller Institute reports success after nearly three years of work on a serum to combat cerebrospinal meningitis known as spotted fever. He treated over sixty people with no fatalities and all recovered.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Flexner
Nagataney Plans Sugar Beet Colony in Alberta
Nagataney travels Namaka and Strathmore area seeking 50 000 acres of suitable sugar beet land to establish a Japanese colony. He applied at the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company's Calgary offices for 10 000 acres to start and projects needing 50 000 acres in total.
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Gleichen
Alta
Nagataney
Namaka
Strathmore
Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company
Caleary
Royal Mint Opens Ottawa to New Refinery Project
An important statement announced that a refinery will be established in connection with the new royal mint opened by Earl Grey in Ottawa. It is understood the plant will process gold and silver electrolytically to a high purity and will be established by the Dominion government.
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Ottawa
Ont
Roval
Earl Grey
Congress Stands Pat In Early 16th Congress Plan
Prominent leaders reached an understanding that the sixteenth Congress will be a do nothing session with little major legislation. It aims to adjourn by April 22, avoiding actions that could affect Republican prospects.
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Washington
Appeal to Senate by Doumasists on Vi- Sore Manifesto Case
The doumasists sentenced to three months for signing the Vi- Sore manifesto will appeal to the senate Rus sia. The case will be argued for 187 defendants by Sv M. Teslenko a Moscow bar leader with the minister of justice appearing for the government.
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St. Tetersbburg
Senate
Russia
Doumasists
Sv M. Teslenko
Bar of
Moscow
Filipino Assembly Considers Speaker as Vice Governor General
A member of the assembly proposes a bill to appoint the speaker as vice governor general arguing elective selection would grant Filipinos control of the second highest office in the islands. The move follows debates on governance and colonial administration.
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Manila
Islands
Yellow peril issue sparks global concern in 1900s press
Berlin newspaper recalls Kaiser’s warning on the yellow peril as world reacts to Anglo-Japanese alliance. It cites English coverage ridiculing the danger before Britain faced immigration pressures from Transvaal and British reluctance to accept vast Asian populations under empire. The piece notes rising global unease across political lines.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Japan
Tagliche Rundschau
England
Transvaal
China
Canada
Australia
India
No More in Commons Chamberlain Still in Seclusion
London reports say Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain remains hidden at his Birmingham home and will not attend Parliament next session. Arthur Balfour, who visited him, found him mentally alert but physically frail and aged looking. Doctors restrict his diet and forbid cigars, amid his lament over deprivation and bouts of low mood.
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Commons
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
House of Commons
Arthur Balfour
Eas
Chamberlain
Roosevelt's Plan for Preparedness in Pacific Fleet Move
Washington reports a large ammunition shipment and fortification work in the Philippines as part of President Roosevelt's broad preparedness plan. The fleet is being strengthened for a Pacific and far east cruise, with war supply, ordnance, and hospital ship equipment. Most shipments are army gear, with ordnance to sustain a sizable war.
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Washington, D.C
Phillipines
Pacific
Far East
Second Officer Blamed in Mount Royal Wreck Inquiry
Judge Wallace releases decision on the Mount Royal disaster exonerating the captain for safe passenger landing while finding Second Officer Griffith Lewis grossly culpable. The inquiry cannot proceed further and recommends action by proper authorities. A separate report on the Kildona wreck absolves officers and crew of fault.
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Halifax
Wallace
C.P.R
Mount Royal
Griffith Lewis
Kildona
Bazil Reck
Flocking Back to Old Home Ottawa
W J White immigration inspector reports about 1200 Canadians returning from New England to Canada, similar to last year. He notes many from Indiana Iowa and other middle western states travel to northern Alberta and Saskatchewan to spend winter with friends already settling there.
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Ottawa
W. J. White
Canada
New England
Ten Years Away From North Edmonton A Man Returns
A man named F. Good Win arrives from the north after spending ten years hunting and trapping for the Hudson Bay Company with Indigenous companions. He notes Edmonton grew from a village to a city in his absence and that he has not worn a shoe during the decade.
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Edmonton
F. Goodwin
North Country
Hudson Bay Company
Outbreak of Smallpox Hits Cold Lake Reserve
Smallpox outbreak on Cold Lake Indian reserve near Lloodminster Alberta has grown serious. Dr. Ames the reserve doctor has sent his assistant Dr Cassels and an interpreter to the afflicted community to assist and follow.
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Lloodminster
Alta
Cold Lake
Here
Ames
Cassels
Commercial Talks Extend Porto Rican Coffee Entry
Negotiations for a commercial agreement between France and the United States proceed satisfactorily. France has extended the decree allowing Porto Rican coffee to enter France with payment of a minimum rate by February 1.
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Paris
France
United States
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Chilean
Sion
John i
D. M. Stearns
Royal Mint
Aeneal
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