Persia Sees Era of Progress With American Financial Aid
A dispatch from Teheran reports Persian demonstrations against the British ultimatum as Russia tightens troops near Tabriz. The Persian cabinet appoints Nizam es Sultaneh to govern Ferg and to secure southern road routes with local tribes. America is invited to supply financial experts to modernize Persia’s administration and attract investments, signaling a new era of growth and stability under the Shah.
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New York Manual
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India
Persian Gulf
Floggings Reported in Siberian Prisons Spark Uproar
Special Cable notes widespread flogging of Russian political prisoners in Zarantuy and Vologda. Sazanoff, linked to a fatal bombing, allegedly received 500 rubles hidden in a book. Riots and punishments follow, provoking an interpellation in the duma and a government inquiry into prison abuses.
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English holiday custom changes in England favor restraint
A Washington Post cable from London notes a shift in English holiday behavior. Observers say the public is learning to celebrate sensibly, reducing drunkenness and riotous conduct that once marked town holidays.
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Germans Demand Change to Patent Laws Favoring Americans
A German Machine Manufacturers Association petitioned the imperial government to abrogate the German American patent treaty of February 23 1909. It argues Americans patent holders need not manufacture in Germany while German patentees must produce locally, giving American firms especially typewriters a competitive edge. Berlin also reports Berlin plans an abattoir with funds to slaughter horses for human consumption, about a tenth of annual horse usage.
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Paris Artists Refuse NYC Selection For Rome Exhibition
American artists in Paris refuse to submit works to the New York based committee for Rome’s universal exhibition. They accuse local officials of bias and orchestra politics, noting direct invitations to some Paris artists while others face exclusion. French and American critics clash over alleged cabal influences and fairness in the selection process.
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Italian Railway Strike Deferred Until End of January
Rome reports that most railway workers opposed to violence will defer their threat of a strike until late January to allow time for government and parliament to adjust the bill granting them an annual wage increase of 4.9 million dollars. Critics say the raise should be larger and more evenly allocated. The government speeds up plans to keep rail service running, recruiting emergency engine drivers including 262 navy mechanics and 64 naval mechanic students from Venice. Paris notes Dr Arthur Korn demonstrated a method to synchronize phonograph and cinema to make moving pictures appear to talk.
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Speculation on Coronation as King George's Coronation Date Seen
London reports suggest the coronation on June 22 despite royal household changes. Lloyds and Lloyd underwriters hike premiums to 30 percent for uncertain timing while insurers expect many proposals before the event. Some quotes run 10 to 13 percent to cover losses if the ceremony is delayed past June.
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Death of Lady Meux Ends A London Social Era
London notes recount the death of Lady Meux, Valerie Langdon before marriage to Henry Meux. Wealthy brewer and art patron she owned vast estates, supported charities, lent guns to the army, and owned Nelson relics. A famed horse breeder, she helped Whistler and once quarreled with the painter Jimmy Whistler over portraits.
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Duma Debates Revolt In Odessa With Alarm Over Jewish Ties
In St Petersburg on Friday the right and nationalist factions blocked an interpellation on Odessa student disorders. M Schulgen claimed constitutional democratic and socialist parties were funded by Finnish Jews to spark revolution. He warned Jews against these actions, asserting revolutions in Russia would target Jewish worship. The duma adjourned to January 34.
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Avalanches trap residents in Turin region
Severe winter and heavy snows disrupt railways across Cuneo province. Avalanches reported bury homes and claim four lives with two others injured likely fatally. Courts suspended and travel impossible as rescuers fear more victims.
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Death duties in France reach ten million pounds in 1909
The report shows total death duties in France at 10,826,000 pounds for 1909 with 379,418 estates taxed and a combined value of 320,000,000 pounds. More than three-fifths was handed down directly. Most estates were under 400 pounds, while those between 460 and 2,000 pounds accounted for about one-fifth of taxes. Ambassadors O’Brien and wife returned from the United States to a cordial reception by officials and foreign colony members.
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Dock charges reduced to unify port rates across docks
The Washington Post reports reduced dock charges at the Port of London, cutting rates to 37 2 shillings per net registered ton for ten days across Tilbury Royal Victoria and Albert Surrey Commercial and Mabalt docks. The move aims to boost port traffic despite an apparent annual loss of 75,000 dollars, with uniform by-dock pricing for shipping using the docks.
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Charms in Vogue at Washington Fest Fashion Show
The Washington Fest notes a growing charm trend among women with models showcasing gold hair ornaments and beads. A coronation era motif is popular, while airmen receive attention from admirers, and the Heragettes display fully dressed bead models in colorful motifs.
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Rigo arrives with American woman claiming wife in Budapest
National Zeitung reports Janos Rigo formerly married to Clara Ward arrives in Budapest with an American woman he calls his wife. He says she is Catherine Hartley, daughter of a professor, met in Astoria and they wed a week after meeting.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
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Budepogt
Catherine Hartley
Astoria
Scrap iron trust dropped by Justice Department
The scrap iron trust, aimed at controlling 65 to 76 percent of raw materials for independent mills, was thwarted by the Department of Justice. Attorney General Wickersham secured assurance that the proposed one great selling agency would not be formed, ending the planned consolidation.
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Francis X. Byrne Dies. Longtime Government Employee in Washington
Francis X. Byrne aged 66, a 47 year veteran of the Paymaster General’s Office and later the Interior Department, died at 3 26 p m yesterday at his residence 281 Ei Street NW. Born in Washington, he served as a nurse in the Civil War, worked at the Patent Office Hospital, and held trusted posts in army paymaster and Interior auditor offices. Survived by wife, a daughter Mrs Howard Cook, and brother John J Byrke. funeral to be from his home Tuesday with mass at St. Patrick’s Church.
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Man Arrested at White House Grounds for Insanity Claim
White House police arrested Silas Johnson of Madigan II on insanity charges after he wandered the grounds demanding to see the President. He appeared unbalanced, gave age as 27, and had been on the grounds for several days without violence or clear intent.
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Budget talks and a senate fire in Panama
Rio de Janeiro reports the 1911 budget near ten million dollars with a 32 cent gold milreis exchange fixed. A fire in the Senate office basement caused about five thousand dollars damage. Private Dunnington extinguished the blaze. An extraordinary assembly session in Panama suspends all public works and costly diplomatic services as President Arásemene seeks internal revenue measures and tariff increases amid funding shortages.
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European floods blamed on sun changes and deforestation
A Washington dispatch reports widespread European and global rainfall with rivers and seas swollen from Spain to Russia. Sir Norman Lockyer pins rains on solar changes while Camille Pariniaplon and Flam marion link deforestation in America to persistent west winds and storm influxes. Vienna's Prof. Bruckner predicts a long cold wet cycle lasting into 1920.
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Trials End for 26 Anarchists in Tokyo Plot Case
Special to The Washington Post reports Tokyo authorities closed the trial of 26 anarchists and socialists accused of plotting against the emperor. The court will rule after secret proceedings with capital punishment urged. reports of testimony were limited and the trial was not public.
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Veteran Chases Bandits In Waterville Bank Job
Thomas Wolverton an old soldier armed with a double barrel shotgun chased five bank robbers through Waterville Kansas at dawn. He fired both barrels as the robbers fled in a waiting car. One robber was wounded and they escaped with all the cash from the town’s two banks.
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Consul's Assailants Fined In Dalny Incident
A Tokyo cable to the New York Herald says the assailants of Mr Williamson the United States consul at Dalny were fined five yen each by the Dalny civil administration. The attack occurred in the Dalny fish market and involved two Japanese and a Chinese. Williamson reported the matter to Washington but thought the culprits unaware of his position. Five years of Japanese currency equal about $20.
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Boundary Dispute Quiet Amid Mediation Effort
State Department has not received replies from Ecuador or Perth regarding the mediation powers recommendation to submit the long standing boundary dispute to The Hague for arbitration. Mediators hope a friendly intervention move will prevent war between the two nations. Christmas Tree Fire Ends Party.
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Turbulent Divorces Tie Curran and Postley Families
Rumors from Rome and New York detail a convoluted sequence of divorces among the James R Curran and Clarence Postley families of New York. Elise Postley Curran, once married to Ross Ambler Curran, is linked to her former husband’s brother Guernsey Curran as a forthcoming marriage news alleges.
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Wife Sues Naval Officer for Divorce in San Francisco
Special to The Washington Post reports First Lieutenant William Linn Culbertson of the battleship Dakota faced a divorce suit filed by his wife Liza Winchester Culbertson. She seeks an interlocutory decree custody of their 2½ year old son and $150 monthly support, claiming a September letter from Culbertson announced an affinity and farewell. Culbertson, son of a Boston manufacturer, married Tisza W. Heighe of Hartford in 1906 after meeting five years earlier with the Atlantic fleet. They had lived in San Francisco for two years.
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