St Martin Head Mystery Ties Morgan to Relic Sale
Paris reports a sensational tale of the head of St Martin, a revered relic, with a Brussels dealer and J Pierpont Morgan linked to a forged sale. The genuine relics mystery centers on ownership, authentication, and a private collector in Zurich.
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Morgan
St. Martin
Scudeilles
Correze
Paris
Ister of Fine Arts
Ministry of Fine Arts
Soudeilles
Brussels
London
Boycott Drives Greek Families From Turkish Homes
From Athens comes word that renewed anti Greek boycotts in Turkish towns with Greek colonies have barred entry to Greek houses and businesses. Greek workers are dismissed. journals are destroyed. Greeks leave their homes as government and mob pressure grow.
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Ycott
Athens
Bruna
Turkey
Russia
Smyrna
Salonica
Abdul Hamil
Coronation Window Seats Fetch High Prices in London
London officials announce royal processions on June 23 and 29 will trace the South of St Mary le Strand and St Clement Danes. Window and seats agencies report strong demand from abroad, with prices quoted from 400 to 2500 dollars for various levels, risk of losing customers due to steep costs.
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London
St. Mary-le-Strand
St. Clement Danes
America
Becomes an Actress Deserter Among English Peeresses
The Honorable Helen Cecil Douglas Scott Montagu, daughter of Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, takes a stage post in The Girl in the Train in London. London society leaders lament stage romance among the young set, pressing her to quit acting for conventional life, but she defies them saying she knows what she likes.
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George Dufresne
Paris
England
France
Egypt
Morocco
United States
Fallieres
The
Elysee
Louis XIV
Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
Opera Comique
Toulon
Cambodia
Cas
Helen Cecil Douglas-Scott-Montagu
Baron Montagu of
Relief Expedition to Scour Greenland Coast for Dost Men
The Greenland east coast search party led by Captain Mikkelsen aims to locate him and engineer Iversen. Holm Arndrup Gluckstadt and Henius form the committee. a Norwegian shipbroking firm will deploy whalers with promises of $800 for success.
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Greenland
London
Mikkelsen
G. Holm
G. C. Arndrup
V. Gluckstadt
E. S. Henius
Channel Isle
Engineer Iversen
Cape York
Channel Island
Denmark
Fjord
Peary's Channel
Alabama
Iversen
Laub
Copenhagen
William Heinemann
Winged Victory memorial to Queen Victoria nears completion
The Victoria memorial in London reaches its ninth year of construction as a gilded Victory figure will rise eighty feet above the Mall when unveiled on May 16. The monument, amid coronation preparations, is expected to draw prominent European figures and mark a landmark in British statuary.
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Mall
London
Eurap
Prince of Wales
Cromwell
Anglesey
Old Castle
Edward I
Eleanor
Queen Eleanor’s
Great Castle
Eton
England
Lords Lobby Games and Gunman Fears Stir London
London reports fevered politics as Lord Rosebery cites apathy amid constitutional clashes. Parliament fans a new game bent on locking doors and a rapid count out while debates on reform and the rise of armed crime prompt Home Office plans for a pistol tax and weapon licensing.
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Phillip Everett
London
Lord Roseberry
England
House of Commons
Barnes
John Redmond
Napoleon
Keir Hardie
Lord Lansdowne
Houndsditch
Sidney Street
Far East
Houdasditch
Home Secretary
Churchill
Browning
Clement
Mars
Mannlicher
Webbley
Scott
Mauser
Home Office
Colt
Savage
United States
Cromwell
Carnarvon’ Castle
North Wales
Heir to Austrian Empire to wed German Kaiser's daughter
The marriage between Archduke Charles Francis Joseph and Princess Victoria Louise is reported as arranged during Emperor Wilhelm II's visit to Emperor Francis Joseph at Schoenbrunn. The union would strengthen Austria Germany ties and may involve the archduke joining the Kaiser's suite for the coronation in England.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Victoria Louise
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrunn
England
Austria
Flower sellers stage amusing Brussels trial over Kaiserin gift
In Brussels the flower sellers of the Grand Place bring a case to court after a bargaining over presenting a bouquet to the Kaiserin during the Kaiser's October visit. Three chosen prettiest callés were to wait on her majesty with the floral gift, triggering a disputed sequence in court.
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Brussels
Hotel de Ville
Grand
Kaiserin
Russian Monk Iliodor Defies Church and Government
In St Petersburg Iliodor remains in the monastery as police protectors surround the church. He urges followers to martyrdom and predicts a clash with authorities, while guards and loyal supporters halt efforts to arrest him.
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ST. Petersburg
Tsaritsin
Iliodor
Holy Synod
Hermogen
M. Stolypin
Lodor
Holy Russia
Dispute Over Brooches From Kaiserin Sparks Arbitration
A quarrel over ownership of brooches given by the kaiserin has led the flower syndicate to claim community ownership while delegates insist they are personal property. The dispute has escalated to blows and the burgomaster is requested to arbitrate the matter.
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Flower Syndicate
Chancellor of Germany to Lose Place
A Special Cable reports Berlin weighing Bethmann-Hollweg as Alsace Lorraine tensions and Prussian conservatives undermine his chancellorship. Stolypin in Russia faces a weakened position amid royalist and duma opposition and warnings of constitutional overreach.
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International News Service
Berlin
Wilhelmsstrasse
Germany
Bethmann-Hollweg
Edward Gray
Alsace Lorraine
Herr von Heydebrand
von Bethmanns- Hollweg
von Bethmann-Hollwee
Russia
M. Stolypin
Duma
Czar
Stolypin
M. Khomyakoff
Khomyakoff
Mpin
Sphinx
Saratoft
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