France Strives for Naval Officers Amid Dreadnought Push
Paris reports France seeks to build a great navy with Delcasse raising funds for super-dreadnoughts. The obstacle is finding officers as naval careers offer low pay, costly uniforms, limited advancement, and monotonous life at sea. A commission works to attract youths with higher pay and better prospects.
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Paris
France
Mary
M. Delcasse
Pierre Loti
Southern
Pacific
Iislands
Count Esterhazy Slapped by Gypsy in Bath Quarrel
In Budapest on Oct 12 an awkward clash at the public baths led Count Karl Esterhazy to strike Ladislas Racz a blow. Racz seized the count, hurled him through a glass door, and the count suffered serious cuts and was taken to hospital. The gypsy’s low social rank shields him from duel retribution, unsettling the count.
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Budapest
Karl Esterhazy
Hussars
Ladislas Racz
Paul Racz
Psy
Racz
Monoplane Dream Aids by Smoke Observation in London
London report describes Rowland King, associate of Graham White, using cigar smoke study to design a novel monoplane built at Hendon. The heavy, safety oriented craft aims for 60 mph with 35 horsepower and an efficient silencer to render engine sound inaudible at 100 yards.
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London
James Watts
Rowland King
Graham White
Hendon
Abuse of Peruvians in rubber trade exposed by Fawcett
A Times letter by F. H. Fawcett reveals brutal rubber gathering in Peru. Agents lure natives with advances, drug and coerce them, force debt bondage, and exploit labor through half caste overseers, with little medical care or protection. Local authorities and foreign company interests shield abuses as profits mount.
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London
Peru
Times
F. H. Fawcett
Fawcett
Mr. Fawcett
Reo
Sir Edward Grey loses Liberal support over Persian pact
London dispatch notes Sir Edward Grey faces sharp Liberal opposition at home while Germany and Russia praise his diplomacy abroad. Critics attack him as betraying England for a Russia alliance and fear a Persian frontier that could threaten India. The triple entente with France and Russia is seen as a check on Germany but debated for its costs.
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London
Sir Edward Grey
England
Germany
Russia
Edward Grey
Persia
India
Sir Grey
France
Europe
Old Norwegian pilot defies Kaiser’s orders at sea
Berlin reports a German Yacht Club tale about Kaiser Wilhelm II misusing the signal bell aboard the Hohenzollern. An old Norwegian pilot named Nordhans refused to move or leave his post, citing maritime law, and the emperor briefly yielded. The next day the Kaiser decorated him and made him official pilot in Norwegian waters.
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Berlin
Yacht Club
Hohenzollern
Nordhans
Norwegian
Alcohol not main cause of insanity in Ireland inspectors report
London cable reports Ireland’s inspectors of lunacy find alcohol plays a small role in insanity. They describe two forms of alcoholic addiction, drunkenness and chronic alcoholism, noting a rise of lunatics from 261 between 1911 and 1912 and the rate per 100 000 jumping from 250 in 1880 to 563 in 1911.
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Ireland
London
Hat Louis XVI Wore at Execution Debated in France
Paris reports the three cornered felt hat with a tri color cockade is in the possession of M. Radet Contant. The relic’s chain of ownership includes Clery Lebas and Abbe Pinet with doubts raised over authenticity despite consistent historic details.
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Paris
Louis XVI
M. Radet-Contant
la Fere-Champenoise
Clery
Lebas
Pinet
M. Roger
Madame Lebas
Chalons
M. Radet Roger
Large British Medal Collection Put Up For Sale
A vast trove of nearly 3000 medals won by British officers and soldiers over centuries faces sale unless saved for the nation. Dr. A. A. Payne of Sheffield owns the collection, housed at the Mappin Art Gallery. Highlights include Waterloo regiments, Fea Marshal Viscount Gough, Vice Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, and Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher. Price asked is 120000 dollars, with potential reduction if purchased for the nation.
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London
A. A. Payne
Sheffield
Mappin Art Gallery
House of Guelph
Waterloo
German Legion
Dr. Payne
Fea
Viscount Gough
China
India
Lord Gambier
Charles Richardson
de Winter
Camperdown
Sir Thomas Ussher
Napoleon
Elba
Payne
Balzac Telescope Tale in Paris Museum Hope
Balzac admirers recall a telescope once owned by the author and now housed in the interior ministry after Germans seized it during the Franco German war. Mme de Balzac refused restitution, leaving the telescope in government custody until it perhaps reaches the Balzac museum.
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Paris
Balzac
Ministry of the Interior
Pere Goriat
Honore de Balzac
Mme. de Balzac
Villenueve Saint. Georges
Parisian
Paris Cabmen Swap Cigar for Slimmer Five Centimes Brand
In Paris officials move to abolish the centimes cigars used by cabmen, replacing them with a slimmer five centimes cigar. Commuters note rising costs and greater extravagance as prices climb and daily life grows dearer.
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Paris
Kaiser and Crown Prince At Odds Amid Berlin Photograph
The latest image of Emperor William with his family highlights a rift with Crown Prince William. The heir is absent from the group, following a historic Reichstag clash over policy. The Kaiser resents his son’s liberal stance and openly supported military displays, while the crown prince remains in Danzig and partly aligned with reformist currents.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Kaiser
William
Hohengzollern
Adelbert
Germany
Europe
von Bethmann-Holleweg
Reichstag
Herr von Heydebrand
England
Prince August
Danzie
Death
Liberal Party
Price
End of English Maneuvers Sparks Aircraft Factory Expansion
London reports that maneuvers ended abruptly due to air scouting work, with foreign press doubting the official reason. The British government plans major expansion at Farnborough to boost dirigible production and airship sheds, aiming to deploy Gamma type airships by next spring.
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London
England
War Department
Foreign Department
Rippington
Spondent
Times
The
Germany
France
Royal Aircraft Factory
Farnsborough
Rise of Expensive Havana Cigars in Paris
A cabby enjoys a Havana after dinner, paying 10 centimes or more. Years ago only a few Paris shops sold cigars over 6 centimes. Now no shop in even the poorest quarter lacks affordable expensive Havana cigars for passersby.
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Havana
Paris
Petrol driven boat reaches a Petersburg voyage Ato Petersburg
Captain Day of Detroit completed a perilous crossing of the western ocean in the petrol driven Detroit. The 365 foot craft, powered by a 16 horsepower engine, took over two months from Detroit to St Petersburg via New York, Queenstown, Southampton, Ostend, Amsterdam, Kiel canal and other ports. The crew faced storms and a fire in the engine room but the boat set a record for size and time. Day plans an international New York to Paris race next year with five entrants including Liptons British entry.
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London
Captain Day of
Detroit
St. Petersburg
Captain Day
C. C. Earle
Walter H. Moreton
Neirer
Keith Ferguson
Queenstown
Southamption
Southampton
Ostend
Amsterdam
Holland
Brunsbruttel
Kiel Canal
Kiel
Mr. Earle
Atlantic
Ocean
New York
St Petersburg
Captainm Day
Paris
Sir Thomas Lipton
Bermuda
Havana
Japan
New Zealand
Corsican mayor creates fake voters to sway election
In Paris reporting from Corsica, a mayor tries to secure reelection by granting 60 land parcels to supporters to register as voters. The night before voting, a note warns any new voter they will be shot if they approach the booth, and the first voter is shot as he goes to vote.
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Paris
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