Diplomatic tensions flare over Morocco drive uneasy Europe
Paris, June 17. France and Germany argue over Morocco with officials denying sensational reports and warning against nervous paranoia. Dispute centers on French dominance in Morocco and German demand for an Anglo French guarantee. Officials say the strain is serious but not a world crisis, amid fear of an incident on the Franco German frontier as forces remain on alert.
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Paris
France
Germany
Morocco
the Patrie
the Presse
Foreign Office
Great Britain
The
Presse
M. Delcasse
Temps
Jit
John Bull
Europe
Remarkable Murder Case in Reading acquits Greason
Samuel Greason, colored, is acquitted of John Edwards murder in Reading. Mrs. Kate Edwards, wife of the slain man, previously testified to convict Greason but now exonerates him. Edwards was killed nearly four years ago. Greason faced a death warrant ten times. Edwards’s mother, Greason’s child's mother, is under a death sentence and may be executed soon.
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Reading
Samuel Greason
John Edwards
Kate Edwards
Greason
Edwards
Sleeping sickness in Africa and other notices
Reports from African missionaries on sleeping sickness in central Africa especially Uganda show 49 081 deaths in the kingdom. Tsetse fly linked to the malady. Louis J Urann arrested in Seattle on 101 indictments for larceny. Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild dies in Vienna leaving 4 000 000 for charity. Greater New York population up 549 952 in five years to about 4 000 000.
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Boston
American Board of Foreign Missions
Central Africa
Uganda
Louis J. Urann
Seattle
Urann
Nathaniel de Rothschild
Vienna
Greater
New York
Russians Sink British Steamers Stirs Morning Crisis
In St. Petersburg strong representations are being made in behalf of Great Britain after Soviet sunk British steamers by Russian auxiliary cruisers. Paris reports ongoing Franco German Morocco negotiations with little progress as armistice talks proceed under authoritative sources in Godseydan Manchuria.
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St. Petersburg
Local News Briefs and Social Notices
Col D J Palmer arrives this morning and bakery items are featured at Johnsons. Frank Sage and Ira Sproul arrive from the east. Darrel Pierce visits Cotter at the Van Orn home. John Kirkpatrick and sisters host dinner for Rev A C Douglas of Des Moines. Glenn Edwards, fresh from Drake University, visits J H Work family. Geneva Merle Kaye to wed Ora John Lurner on Tuesday June 27 at eight oclock.
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Col
D. J. Palmer
Johnson’s
B. F. Dixon & Co
Frank Sage
Ira Sproul
Darrel Pierce
Cotter
Van#orn
John Kirkpatrick
A. C. Douglas
Des Moines
Glenn Edwards
Drake University
J. H. Work
J. S. Kaye
Geneva Merle
Ora
John Lurner
Lightning Strikes Draw Losses for Several Farmers
Sidney Coon of the Washington County Mutual Insurance association reports losses from a lightning event. Names include John Shalla one colt. Aaron Stalker five fat steers worth 327. H H Welch one horse 50. C Schully three cattle 880. W W Carris and John Greenwood eight cattle 210. H W Denker one heifer 50. W H Swartzendruber barn damage 25. T E Relime barn damage 10. Benjamin Engle barn damage 5.
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Sidney Coon
Washington County Mutual Insurance Association
John Shalla
Aaron Stalker
Richland
H. H. Welch
C. Schully
Washington
W. W. Carris
John Greenwood
Keota
H.W. Denker
Wellman
W. H. Swartzendruber
Kalona
T. E. Relime
Benjamin Engle
Brighton
National Association of Credit Men Adjourns in Memphis
After a three days session in Memphis Tennessee the National Association of Credit Men adjourned to meet next year in Baltimore. Postmaster General Cortelyou moved Iowa from the St Louis division to the Omaha division for rural free delivery effective July 1. The pope received Most Rev John J Keane archbishop of Dubuque in private audience. Eastern Szathmar Hungary districts devastated by rain flood with eleven lives lost. Mount Vesuvius active widening crater openings.
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Memphis
Vesuvius
Charles J Bonaparte as Navy Secretary and reformer
Charles J Bonaparte, new secretary of the navy, known as the Prince in Politics for his royal lineage through Jerome of Westphalia. He is a Baltimore native’s descendant and a lawyer who advocates civil service reform.
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Jerome
Westphalia
Napoleon I
Misa Elizabeth Patterson
Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Armistice Talks Move Toward Negotiated End to War
Armistice steps unfold with To ko and St Petersburg in talks on signing by general officers Oyama and Linevitch to negotiate terms. Plenipotentiaries to be named, with Ito potentially heading Japan’s mission and Nelidoff leading Russia’s, as Washington hosts the peace process.
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Russia
M. Nelidoff
Paris
Marquis Ito
Privy Council
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Negotiations Framing Peace Terms Between Belligerents
Fragment discusses direct talks between two belligerent powers to negotiate and conclude terms of peace. It emphasizes exclusive handling of the settlement by the two states and outlines the aim of reaching a negotiated peace without third party mediation.
Kaiser Advised Czar Nicholas on Peace by Letter
Berlin reports a Sie Grenzboten writer, citing an AP source, that Emperor William inclined toward peace with Russia. The letter suggested Nicholas consider whether his officers could guarantee victory and whether war penalties justified further sacrifices. It notes German moderation and hints at Japan’s concessions shaping peace talks.
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Berlin
Sie Grenzboten
Associated Press
Germany
Russia
William
Nicholas
Tolstoi Praises Roosevelt and Critiques Reform Move
Count Tolstoy, in an interview in The Russ, praises the United States for offering good offices in negotiations with Russia. He contends that peasant land reform is the only cure for Russia’s political ills and urges a return to the soil.
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Tolstoi
Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues Across Cities
Chicago June 17 scores show Brooklyn 0 Chicago 4 in the National League. New York 9 St Louis 4 in the same circuit. Cincinnati 8 Boston 4 while Pittsburg 4 Philadelphia 5. American League games include New York 3 Chicago 0 and Philadelphia 10 St Louis 1. Western results Des Moines 5 Omaha 2.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
American
Washington
Cleveland
Detriot
Association
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Toledo
Western
Des Moines
Omaha
Saloon Nickel-in-the-Slot Machines Seized in Pontiac
Prosecutor Covert and Sheriff Greer uncovered twenty nickel-in-the-slot machines shipped for the Pontiac street fair. They issued orders that any active machines would be confiscated and the devices were left idle in saloons.
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Pontiac
Mich
Covert
Greer
Grand Jury Dragnet In Labor Scandal Rumors Surface
Chicago reports a grand jury eyeing a vast labor scandal linking dozens of labor leaders and business men. Testimony claims strikes were settled by firms paying workers, with ties between labor and employer groups driving up costs. Other notes mention grand jury secrets, unrelated social rumors, and ongoing labor activity in Chicago and beyond.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Steetf
Grae
Driscoll
Team Owners’ Association
Teamen
Hone
Hess
Shea
Stock Yards
Fale
Shen
Thera
Trumb Jury
Markets Open With Steady Tone Across Hogs Cattle And Sheep
Chicago June 1 1908 markets show hog receipts 11000 yesterday leftovers at 45 14 steady outlook. hogs light 85 25 to 85 45 mixed packers 85 25 to 65 474. heavy shipping grades 4 70 to 5 47. roughs 84 70 to 85 20. Cattle 400, sheep 1000 steady. official receipts 1504, shipments 5740. Tomorrow’s receipts 36000, market steady with bulk hogs 85 35 to 85 42. light hogs 85 25 to 85 65. sheep and lambs unchanged. Closing June 17 shows market steady at easily prices with light packs 85 25 to 65 4 and neat shipping grades 4 70 to 85 47 1/¢.
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Yestery
President Roosevelt forms committee to modernize government
President Roosevelt appoints five officials Frank H Fitzsimmons Murray James Garfield and Gifford Pinchot to study ways to cut waste and unify methods across bureaus. The aim is faster clearer business like operations with standardized supplies brief concise correspondence and uniform rules.
President Urges End to Wasteful Letter Writing Across Government
The president calls for reforms to cut unnecessary letter writing in all branches to improve efficiency. He directs a committee to study business methods and asks War and Navy to propose schemes. Secretary Shaw announces reforms in disbursements requiring requisitions and payroll controls plus salary payments by checks in most Treasury and Commerce and Labor cases.
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Sible
Shaw
Treasury Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fire wipes out seventeen firms in Francis Ontario
A June 17 blaze in Francis Ontario destroyed seventeen business houses leaving only three operable. Every hotel in town burned to the ground and the total loss exceeds $200,000 with no insurance.
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Francis, Ont
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Evening Journal
Sian
Johnson
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Manchuria
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Linevitch
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Tokilo
Sinevitch
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Kaiser
Czar
Kelfort
Grand Jury Dragnet Out
American Association of Nips Men
Fretch Lick
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St. Mores
Venice
Kansas
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chi McCall Bros
Tas
Charles H. Keep
the Treasury
Frank H. Fittercock
Lawrence ©. Murray
Commerce and Labor
James R. Garfield
Giftert Pinchot
Forester
Department of Agriculture
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