Flying feats on Mexican border spark British aeroplane plans
London dispatch notes experiments on the Mexican border show aeroplanes’ wartime potential. Royal Aero Club certificates rise as officials shift from dirigibles to faster machines. Coverage highlights Prince of Wales coronation and Countess Zia Torby, and warnings of a pneumonic plague scare in England.
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Phillip Everett
London
America
War Department
British War Department
Roger Wallace
Royal Aero Club
War Office
England
Charles K. Hamilton
el Paso
Bleriot
Army
Navy
Prince
Prince of Wales
Carnarvon Castle
Oxford
Zia Torby
Michael
Russia
Zia
China
England urged to reform its commerce and consular system
London reports that Lord Furness, a leading UK businessman, warns that England is asleep commercially amid Canada US reciprocity talks. He advocates modern methods, a capable consular service, and even a minister of commerce to preserve and extend British trade.
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London
Canada
United States
England
Lord Furness
United Kingdom
Paris to London nonstop flight planned by R E P pupil
Paris March 4 A daring nonstop flight from Paris to London is planned by a pupil of aviator Robert Ernault Pelterie using an R E P monoplane. The student may be M Pierre Marie who recently flew 331 miles in 66 12 hours. A torpedo boat convoy is promised by the minister of marine. The Paris London distance is about 250 to 280 miles by the chosen route.
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Paris
London
Robert Ernault Pelterie
M. Pierre Marie
Minister of Marine
Anti Jewish Exhibit in St Petersburg Promotes Bias
An anti Jewish exposition in St Petersburg opens to the public with goods from Warsaw Lodz and Bielostock labeled to claim inferiority of Jewish made articles. Organized by leading Christian firms the display aims to prove Jewish crafts are inferior.
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St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Lodz
Bielostock
Garibaldi Seeks Aid for Albania and Hints at Intervention
Signor Ricciotti Garibaldi, son of the Italian hero, urges friends to aid Albania as it rebels against Turkish rule. Officials deny any expedition plan, while Garibaldi says a committee has supported Albanian independence efforts for five years and he may act if a revolution arises next spring.
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Rome
Signor Ricciotti Garibaldi
Albania
Garibaldi
Lace on men's waistcoats sparks fashion trend in London
London, March 4. Lace-trimmed waistcoats become a new men's wear novelty. A Nottingham lace manufacturer and a tailor created artistic day and evening waistcoats using figured lace web. The day piece is purple cloth with black lace, the evening waistcoat sea-green with white lace. Uncertain whether revival of eighteenth century splendor will catch on beyond the Nottingham lace trade circle.
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London
Nottingha
Nottingham
Balloon Stone marks Lunardi's first ascent legend
In Standon Green End a monument called the Balloon Stone bears a bronze inscription about Lunardi's first balloon ascent. London crowds gathered to see his flight with a dog a cat and a pigeon aboard. Five laborers fled from the mooring ropes while a farm girl seized the rope and called for help to ensure a safe landing.
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London
Standon Green End
Cambridge
Lunardi
New Alliance Would Preserve Noises in Paris
Paris reports on Turkish negotiations with Britain and France over Asiatic railroads and a looming triple entente. A schoolmaster with a recording gramophone collects street cries to study speech for future ages while caricaturists urge limits on obscene pictures and call for expert jury input before prosecutions.
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George Dufresne
Paris
Turkey
France
London
Russia
M. Pichon
Germany
Echo de Paris
Djavid Bey
Djavid
M. Ponge
Mender
Bertillon
Hercules
Senate
Forain
Willette
Leandre
Societe Des Artistes E Humoristes
Senatorial Commission
Berenger
Killing in Chinese Play Turns Deadly Tragedy
A staged amateur drama in Soochow on a mission birthday ends in real tragedy when actor M. Dzen uses a knife to kill Dr. Yang after Yang insists on a real weapon. Yang dies on stage as the audience watches in shock.
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Pekin
Soochow
Southern Presbyterian Mission
M. Dzen
Dr. Yang
Dzen
Yang
Drew
Prince Henry to perform reliability flight over Upper Rhine
Berlin reports Prince Henry, an avid aviator, will undertake a reliability flight planned for late May. The route begins at Baden Baden and ends at Frankfort, with possible legs across Wiesbaden Darmstadt Offenbach and Hamburg. he may fly several stages or complete the circuit.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Henry
Rhenish Plain
Baden Baden
Frankfort
Wiesbaden
Darmstadt
Offenbach
Hamburg
Aeroplane Awe in Calcutta As Aviator Soars Over Racecourse
In Calcutta a Belgian aviator M. Jules Tuck, with Baron de Caters, wowed onlookers as his aeroplane hovered about 6200 feet above the racecourse. Debutante Countess Zia Torby and other society figures watched the spectacle describing it as a modern miracle beyond magic.
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Calcutta
M. Jules Tuck
Baron de Caters
Sahib
M. Tuck
Heaven
Lady on an Elephant Stuns Calcutta Crowds
In Calcutta on March 4 Lady Creagh wife of General Sir O Moore Creagh rode an elephant through the city with a special police escort. Elephants require permission to enter Calcutta and traffic halted for her ride. The animal was borrowed from the Maharajah of Burdwah and brought from Tarkeswar thirty six miles away follow Calcutta traffic rules.
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Calcutta
Lady Creagh
Sir O'’Moore Creagh
Creagh
Burdwah
Tarkeswar
Howrah
Jealous Lover Shoots Woman Then Surrenders in Paris
Paris report of a jealous laborer Jean who shot a woman he loved after learning she had another lover. He calmly walked to a wine shop and was later arrested after expressing regret that Jeanne was alive. The woman was wounded but alive. Jean was jailed.
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Paris
Jean
Jeanne
the Habnital
Priser
Europe Enjoys Freedom From Rumors of War
Berlin reports a peaceful diplomatic outlook across Europe with Italy preparing for jubilee visits by European monarchs and Portugal moving toward church state separation. In Russia unrest grows in schools as Moscow and women's universities face strikes and closures, while a German religious dispute over the modernist oath ends with a renewed pause in religious ceremonies.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Europe
Greece
Yemen
Turkey
Italy
Vatican
Francis Joseph
Austria
Kaiser Wilhelm
Rome
Portugal
State Council
Russian Empire
Moscow University
Moscow
Women’s University
Germany
Fischer
Literature in Russia Grows Steadily in Publishing
St. Petersburg reports Russia’s literary output rising over the last three years with 29,057 new books published last year, up from 26,103 in 1909 and 22,998 in 1908, indicating steady growth in Russian literature.
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St. Petersburg
Pst
Russia
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