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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1909
Page
7
Gustav Ho Schwab says slackness partly stems from traders waiting tariff law before tapping Europe. Aiming for a better season, managers hope tariff changes spur travel and commerce to and from the United States, with renewed activity expected for transatlantic voyages and shipments.
An account recounts Mrs Mansfield’s long journey from Cape to Caro in Rhodesia, detailing encounters with native peoples, race tensions, and her reception. She travels with dogs and guides, facing dangers including a lion sighting, yet remains untroubled and impressed by hospitality.
Agitation against the new American tariff rises in Rome with calls from a faction to denounce the commerce treaty expiring August 6 1910 and impose prohibitive duties. Some politicians press reprisal plans chiefly targeting American goods to favor South American markets, but the majority warn against actions that would harm ties with the United States, hoping stronger relations yield better treatment.
Berlin August 28 Dr Daniel Giraud Elliot, venerable honorary curator of the American Museum of Natural History, is preparing a monumental review of primates. The work will document all monkeys from apes onward, with over 400 species, and will include monographs on various families and genera. The project, to be published by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, will require extensive study of global zoological collections and museum types.
A detective tale describes a stylish burglar Andre Lamoulon using personal scent to mislead police and dogs. The unusual method followed by the thief allowed him to elude pursuit until a sale to a jeweler exposed him, revealing how grooming and scent thwarted tracking in a high end crime.
A garbled Le Matin style tale claims a physician found a pure cure for nerves temper and irritability. It follows a husband whose wife’s mood shifts from angelic to angry and back after a series of dramatic incidents. The piece portrays a sensational home remedy and urges readers to try the cure themselves.
In Tehran extraordinary security measures are in place as soldiers patrol at night and question passersby. Officials fear a reactionary plot to restore the deposed shah, with former shah supporters meeting in secret and both sides arming. The government resists Rajda's request to protect former shah functionaries sheltered in mosques and other sites.
A Berlin congress exclusion cut off American dentists from participation, sparking protests from United States delegates led by Brophy of Chicago. The rule limited access to those practicing in Germany, provoking tensions with American, British, French and other European practitioners and threatening a scene at the meeting.
American and German dental professionals gathered in Berlin for a major congress. American participants included Dr Frank J Haessler and Dr Jackson amid Harvard graduates, while Prof Brophy of Chicago was injured and unable to attend. The event featured a banquet by the local American dental club and a luncheon reunion for Harvard graduates.
In the Internationale Wochenschrift Prof Walz of Harvard critiques the German US exchange. He praises the program but notes German professors in Harvard face small class sizes, not the large lectures they are used to. He urges selective sacrifice for continued success of the scheme.
The Countess of Aberdeen writes Ireland as a health resort and holiday destination. She notes rising arrivals of Irish American wives and children returning home and anticipates American capital seeking Irish investment to develop industries, water power, and agriculture, with Ireland expected to surprise the world. The article outlines official welcome for wealthy visitors and potential capital inflows shaping Ireland’s future.
An Australian journalist’s extended country tour sparks political debate in Parliament. The article notes dissatisfaction among unionists and reports a government reply asserting Ireland’s revenue contributions would exceed £1,000,000 this year, offsetting costs of Irish services.
An elderly tenant, M. Pellerin, 78, shot wife Bourdin in the breast and leg during a quarrel over rent at a Colombes house on Rue Theoduls Ribot. He then barricaded his room, killed himself as police forced entry, leaving notes about 109 francs and a savings book for his burial.
The Mauretania will begin a new passage plan from New York to London via Queenstown and Fishguard aimed at saving at least six hours. The ship will call at Queenstown to offload mail and passengers for Ireland and Liverpool, with a transfer by tender to a special train covering the Fishguard to London stretch in four and a half hours. If successful, travelers who breakfasted in New York last Wednesday could dine in London Monday evening.
A Washington Post cable reports the Camorra in Italy held a meeting near Villarico Naples to appoint a successor to a noted leader. The group aimed to shield itself from investigation by New York police and Italian authorities, learning of police plans and arrests soon after.
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