Waltz Marte shocks Paris. American writer in tower novel
Paris cables report Mrs. Clinch Smith of Chicago unveils Waltz Marte, her sixteenth composition, drawing attention in Cafe de Paris and salons. Francis Warrington Dawson, a Charleston-born writer, works on a novel in a thirteenth century tower with Kermit Roosevelt, amid talks over Cardinal de Rohan's historic necklace.
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Washington Post
Paris
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Chicago
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Cafe de Paris
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St. Germain
Tradhern
Countess de Bearn
Chuc Smith
Tower
Francis Warrington Dawson
Capt. Dawson
Charleston
Dawson
Be Bourbon
Chateau de Josseling
Anteslavery
Kermit Roosevelt
de Rohans
Duchess de Rohen
Cardinal de Rohan
Marié Antoinette
Weisbaden
Kinsen- Sem
Ems
Vichy
Biarritz
Luchon
Divonne-les-Bains
Russian grain crop small in parts of Russia
Russia reports 370 million dollars in grain exports for the year to July 1. The coming year's exports may barely reach half that. Harvest varies sharply with drought and floods. Central Russia and the black earth provinces fare better, while European Siberia and the south Volga face drought and rains. Samara, Kazan, Sibirsk and Saratov suffer crop failures, affecting Black Sea supplies. Despite last year’s surplus and better railways, trans-Vyolsa remains hopeful against famine risk.
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Washington Post
Samara
Kazan
Sisubirsk
Saratoff
Black Sea
Trans-Vyolsa
Pope's Ban on Spiritism Prompts Encyclical Hint
Rome dispatch reports the pope plans to issue an encyclical condemning spiritism amid his illness. He faces strain from long ceremonies and heat, with doctors optimistic after rest. Risk of a cardiac complication remains a concern as he is cared for by sisters and secretary in the Vatican.
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Camillo Cianfarra
Washington Post
Rome
Congregation of the Secret Inquisition
Vatican
M. Bressan
Pius
Petacci
Holy Father
Duke of Sutherland
Stafford House
London
Duchess of Sutherland
Devonshire House
Ficcadilly
Duke of
Devonshire
Pinkerton
Big Spectacle to Bow in Covent Garden in January
Lee Shubert announces with Martin Harvey a wordless drama Oedipus Rex using over 2000 employees. Berlin success by Reinhardt inspired the London production financed after Lafayette’s death. Covent Garden premiere planned in January before a New York run. Cast and Reinhardt backers travel to America for the venture.
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Washington Post
London
Lee Shubert
New York
Europe
Martin Harvey
Berlin
Reinhardt
Lafayette
Harvey
Covent Garden
America
Shubert
Munich
Order in Oil Trust Case Extended Six Months
Supreme Court on May 15 upheld a circuit decree modifying the Standard Oil dissolution order. The original 30 day period to wind up was extended to six months with liberty to seek more time, while limited interstate oil trade proceeds. Frank B. Kellogg drafted the modification. The ruling confirms the Standard Oil Company violated interstate commerce by restraint.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Egypt
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Janet Court
Glaston
West Indies
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Washington
South Seas
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Gen
Sheridan
Customs Service
MacCourt
Cuba
Mac
Fire Panic at Bijou Theater Sparks Roofless Run
Panic swept Bijou Theater in Clarksburg West Virginia as moving picture film ignited two hundred patrons flooded the Main street exit in a frenzied rush. Two men escaped unharmed while two others suffered slight burns and clothing tears. Operator Russell Davison sustained burns to arms and face before the blaze was controlled.
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W. Va
Bijou Theater
Main Street
Russell Davison
King George Worries Over Veto Crisis and Royal Plans
London dispatch reports King George distressed by the veto bill crisis and Commons scenes. He rebuked several peers, fears over Morocco news from Paris and Berlin affect royal plans, including Queen Mary’s visit and the Prince of Wales possibly meeting the Kaiser. Mrs Harcourt hosts lavish gatherings while Pinkerton notes Scotland Yard fingerprint methods and American social exodus from London grows.
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Washington Post
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Berlin
Morocco
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Edward Grey
Mary
Mecklenburg- Strelitz
Germany
Prince of Wales
Potsdam
England
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Yorkshire
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New York
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Miller Graham
North Berwick
America
Gowdy
Helen
Prince
Princess Estel Fritz
Kaiser
Isle of Wight
Lorillard Ronalds
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Lady Paget
William Leeds
Aix- les-Bains
Sailing Ships Replaced by Barges Fill New York Basins
A New York Times feature recalls ships sunk and salvaged along South Brooklyn and Gowanus waters, where aging square riggers become barges or hulls buried in mud. The Jacob Stamler now serves as a hotel docked at East Twenty third, and pilots’ boats near Erie Basin faced steampowered changes.
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New York Times
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Kill von Kull
Jersey
Hay
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Erle
Brooklyn
Dunham Square
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John Arbuckle
Hias
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New York Records Fewer Infant Deaths in Summer Week
The New York health department reports continued reduction in infant deaths under one year for the week ending July 2. From January to July, 88% more babies saved than last year. For the week ending July 29, 11 3A babies under one year died from all causes, versus 515 in 191% with a saving of 170 babies. Deaths from summer ailments fell, and Jan to July totals show fewer infant deaths in 1911 than 1910 by significant margins.
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New York
Washington Post
Department of Health
Mit
Royal Dolls a New Fad in Wax Figures for Children
London reports a craze among girls for king and queen wax dolls to memorialize the coronation. The dolls stand about 2 feet high and sell for 30 dollars each, with rulers like Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reproduced in wax to attend the royals, priced at 18 dollars each.
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Washington Pyb
London
Lord Roberta
Lord Kitchener
Playwright and Golfer Preston Gibson Wins German Resort Championship
Preston Gibson, noted playwright and nephew, captures the Championship at a German resort in Langenschwalbach on July 29. The event, part of the German golf circuit, highlights Gibson's rare fusion of literary and athletic prowess as he defeats a field of regional competitors.
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Preston Gibson
Langenschwalbach
Germany
Gibson to Stage Lola Montez in New York Next Winter
Chief Justice White's golf champion status noted as context. Mr Gibson works on Lola Montez with Marc Kiaw producing in New York next winter, featuring Elsie Ferguson as Lola. Gibson plans to Munich to gather focal color for the play and will sail to America in late August.
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United States Supreme Court
Gibson
Marc Kiaw
New York
Elsie Ferguson
Gibson Secon
Munich
Lola Montez
Honor for Maine's dead bones moved to fortress cage
The bones from the Maine wreck, accounting for sixteen bodies, were transferred this morning to the Cabinas fortress and placed in a cage maze with a guard of honor. Two more bodies were recovered on the berth deck near the wardroom officers quarters, also without identification.
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Gabanas Fortress
Havana
Maine
Cabahas Fortress
Fatally Stabbed in Canton Fray Tolley Stamey Dies in Fight
Asheville dispatch reports Tolley Stamey aged 28 an employee of Champion Wider Company fatally stabbed with a penknife during an altercation with Seth Wood in Canton North Carolina. Stamey died ten minutes later. An inquest verdict attributed the crime to Wood after a quarrel over bootleg liquor. Wood was chased by a posse and captured.
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Tolley Stamey
Seth Wood
Canton
N. C
Asheville
Champion Wider Company
N. GC
Thin City
Stamey
Wood
Workman Dies From Scalds At District Wharf
J B Ruffin a 25 year old district employee and negro engineer at the sand wharf foot of Ninth street Southwest was scalded by hot water and steam when a hoisting engine and boiler overturned pinning him to the floor. He died about three hours later at Emergency Hospital. Officials cite a flywheel break causing the hoist to tilt and the accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Mohawk
Boston
Dolly Dimple
Norfolk
Fulton Market
J. B. Ruffin
Eleventh_ street northwest
Ninth Street
Ruffin
Victim confronts killer as youth describes hotel slaying
Paul Geldel, 17, told how he entered the Hotel Iroquois via a bathroom window and murdered broker W. H. Jackson. He recounted applying chloroform, approaching the bed, and strangling the man after a struggle, claiming the broker fought to stay awake before collapsing.
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New York
Paul Geldel
W. H. Jackson
London Shoemakers Say Women Wear Larger Shoes Now
Special to the Washington Post reports London shoe managers note a rise in women’s foot size due to athletic exercise and outdoor living. English ladies now demand comfortable, well shaped footwear. sizes 7 and 9 common for taller young women, with 4s and 5s being less used.
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Washington Post
London
National Conference of American Shoe Manufacturers
Messrs. Leadon Brothers
St.James
Francis Bauer
Burington Arcade
Ile
J. C. Hitchcock
Walkover Shoe Company
Regent Street
American Shoe Company
Alps Claim Many Victims In Early Climbing Season
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports Alps climbing in July has already claimed several lives and left many injured. The article notes fatalities mainly from foolhardiness and slope violations, with Americans hiring guides and some parties well equipped. A Parisian and a porter were killed by a rock fall and a mischance on the same incident.
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Washington Post
Paris
Alps
Gaillet
Simond
GailNet
New Armored Plate Improves Protection With Molybdenum
London reports the admiralty tested a new armor plate using molybdenum alloyed with nickel steel. It claims 15 to 20 percent higher resistance to projectiles, allowing thinner plates and lighter displacement while enabling larger guns. Molybdenum, a brittle gray metal, occurs in modlybendite found in several regions and has long been valued for hardness and toughness.
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Washington Post
London
Admiralty
America
South Africa
Australia
Scandinavia
No More Gray Hair Science Claims New Restorer
An advertised treatment called the Queen Gray Hair Restorer promises instant natural color restoration with a single application. It is marketed as a liquid product used by top hairdressers and sold for $100, with availability at O'Donnell Drug and major drug and department stores.
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O'Donnell
Cousii
Beatrice Otto Plans Independence Colony For Girls In Monument Canyon
Beatrice Farnham Otto, Boston and San Francisco artist, promotes an Independence Colony in Monument Canyon near Grand Junction to unite high society and working class daughters. She aims to end loveless marriages, cigarette and cocktail culture, and promote a natural Western life with women living openly in the sun and air, supported by her fortune until self sustaining.
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Cole
Cor
New York World
Beatrice Farnham Otto
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San Francisco
Monument Park
Here
Wis Heneft
Otto
Beatrice Farnham
South Weymouth
New Mexico
Arizona
New York
Chicago
West
M l. Honafre
Independence Colony
Monument Canyon
Colorado
East
Diary Read in Court Reveals Man's Descent Into Madness
George Douglas Hay, 24, read passages from his life story at Old Bailey as the cyclist highwayman mystery was solved. Dr. Dyer testified Hay’s diary shows escalating mental illness and a constant struggle to suppress impulses to kill, culminating in self-directed psychoanalytic treatment and prolonged detention after a verdict of guilty but insane.
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George Douglas Hay
Washington Post London
Old Bailey
Saul Splitter
Barnet
Dyer
Bruton
Hay
Sisense
Hous
Taft Elder Son Arrives for Extended Wiesbaden Stay
Robert A Taft elder son of President Taft arrived in Wiesbaden Prussia for an extended stay. He began a two month visit to the Prussian city and will reside there during the period.
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Wiesbaden
Prussia
Robert A. Taft
President Taft
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