UMONITO TO UNITE IN FIGHT ON HOME RULE
London dispatch reports unionists promising a solid front in the anti home rule campaign with plans for rallies in Belfast on September 23 and England wide political activity. Prince of Wales to join cavalry training after Christmas as naval plans for Barrow airship undergo revisions amid comparisons with Japan’s larger project.
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Philip Everett
London
Belfast
Edward Carson
Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party
Unionist Council
Wddress
Ulster
Ireland
England
Prince
Prince of Wales
Hindustan
Aldershot
India
Navy
Army
Barrow
Ork
Pos
Een
Zeppelin
Japan
Would Furnish Rifle Range for London District
The Secretary of State for War has received a gift of 50 000 dollars to purchase a rifle range in a thickly populated English district. The anonymous donor signs as An Englishman from beyond the seas and urges unity and patriotism to defend the empire and organize the spirit of national defense.
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London
England
Anonyis
United Act For Defense
London Women Face Question of Living Alone
The London debate on whether women should live alone cites dangers of solitude and loss of social standing. Experts warn moroseness and conflict in shared flats, while a soprano notes personal fulfillment with busy work and purpose in life on her own.
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London
Flies and Wasps Plague London and Surrounding Areas
London and rural districts suffer a pest outbreak as flies carry bacilli and invade food while wasps swarm. Residents report sleep disruption and high disinfectant costs. A Westminster correspondent says flies keep him awake at night. Shopkeepers note a surge in fly paper sales.
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London
Westminster
Floods Wreak Havoc in Anhui Rice Fields
A telegram from Wuhu reports floods across Anhui destroying about 235000 acres of rice with no autumn crop hope. About half a million people are homeless living in straw huts, markets unavailable beyond a month, and streets four feet deep in some areas as relief looms.
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Shanghai
Wuhu
Anhui
France Faces Naval Rivalry as Italy Outbuilds
Paris dispatch notes Italy and Austria expect to outbuild France in dreadnoughts, while France may gain naval superiority only if its program expands. The piece also covers Moroccan talks, German English rivalry, and Versailles restoration plans targeting Louis XIV era.
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George Dufresne
Paris
Jaureguiberry
Kiel
Count Monteccuccoli
Mediterranean
Italy
Austria
France
Germany
Morocco
Berlin
England
Europe
Marianne
Agadir
Herman
Versaillies Palace
Versailles
Grand Trianon
Napoleon I
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Louis XV
Wireless compass for use in fogs to aid navigation
Paris reports a new wireless compass by Italian officers Bellini and Tosi. Ships in fog can determine position by receiving unique signals from Le Havre lightship, Ile de Sein, and Creach d Ouessant. The compass indicates signal direction, enabling position calculations from multiple stations.
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Paris
Bellini and
Tosi
le Havre
I’lle de Sein
Creach d’Ouessant
Horns Lose Grip on London Traffic as Holiday Crowds Grow
London traffic police face a new problem as car horns lose effectiveness during hot holidays. Drivers along the south coast report horns fail to wake pedestrians, prompting Hastings taxi operators to prefer shrill whistles to alert crowds and ensure danger is noticed.
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London
Hastings
Tree Prepares Macbeth Return at His Majesty's Theatre
Sir Herbert Tree, returned from Marienbad, has spent days rehearsing Macbeth to be staged at His Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday. He says the rest at Marienbad revived him after a year of hard work and is now consumed by the veto bill labor unrest and Carlton Hotel fire near the theater.
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London
Sir Herbert Tree
Marienbad
Macbeth
His Majesty’s Theater
Sun
Carlton Hotel
Germany gains little from Morocco conflict as England blamed
Berlin reports show German jingo press attacking Chancellor and Foreign Minister while shifting blame to England. Turks shift to pro Entente stance with Young Turks set to form new cabinet after congress. Austria sees War Minister Schoeneich resign amid domestic strain. Hungary and Spain face varied political tensions.
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Frederick Werner
Berlin
Morocco
Germany
France
William
England
Engand
Albion
Agadir
Hakki
Hakki Pasha
Kutshak Said Pasha
Party of Union and Progress
Young Turk
Tanin
Vali
Bassarah
Riza Bay
Djemal Bay
Austria
Hungary
Baron Schoeneich
Francis Ferdinand
War Ministry
Spain
Loser of billiard game matters in Paris murder
Paris police recount a cold blooded murder by apaches tied to a billiard game. The loser was to kill the winner, a workman stabbed after the game and driven to a sister's address before dying in hospital. Police seek the assailants.
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Paris
Secret of English beauty is cost of upkeep
London reports reveal the bloom on English women depends on spending. A Pond Street beauty specialist says a London woman can stay beautiful for 500 dollars a year, while 500 to 5000 dollars buys more luxurious treatments. The average London woman spends less than Americans, French or Viennese, relying on hygiene over artificial aids.
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London
Pond Street
King Alfonso Aids Sailor In London Scene
A Spanish royal act delights onlookers in Cowes as King Alfonso helped a foreign sailor with currency exchange while shopping. The sailor initially did not know the king’s identity until told, then saluted in gratitude.
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London
Cowes
Alfonso
Spain
Spain Turmoil and Reforms Under Canalejas Government
The text notes unrest in Spain including a strike at Saragossa and clashes in Barcelona between Jaimistas and radicals and between radicals and republicans within the republican socialist alliance. Similar clashes occur in Bilbao with Basque nationalists and a mutiny on the Numancia. Amid this, Senor Canalejas pursues essential reforms as public works minister pushes irrigation, reforestation, and secondary road projects.
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Spain
Saragosa
Barcelona
Jaimistas
Republican-Socialist Alliance
Bilbao
Numancia
Senor Canalejas
Noted Crook Escapes German Prison In Gala Disguise
Berlin reports international swindler Max Schiemangk, alias Count Marcel de Passy, escaped Heilbronn jail after forging bars with a file. He was chained in a safe cell but aided by outside confederates who cut bars and fetters to free him during a prison visit. Authorities seek how he maintained contact with accomplices.
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Berlin
Max Schiemangk
an _ international
Marcel de Passy
Europe
Schiemangk
America
United States
Heilbronn
Spreewald
Ree
London opens world second radium hospital
A new Radium institute near Queen's Hall in London acts as a hospital without medicines or surgeons. Medical superintendent A. E. Hayward Pinch notes patients are inspected before radium treatment in equal care for rich and poor. Total radium value is estimated between 250000 and 500000 pounds.
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London
Radium Institute
Edward
Queen’s Hall
A. E. Hayward Pinch
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