Royal Scandal Rocks French Claim To Throne
Paris reports a mounting royalist crisis as the Duke d Orleans seeks a possible annulment from Duchess Marie Dorothee a Austrian archduchess and cousin to King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The Imperial Austrian and Belgian royals lobby to avert the split while Vatican action looms amid shifting loyalties in France.
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Marquis DE Castellane
Paris
Duke d'Orleans
France
Emperor
Austria
Marie Dorothee
Francis Joseph
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Archduchess
Marguerite of
Orieang
Duke de Chartres
Marguerite
Patrick McMahon
Duke of
Magenta
Marshal
Vatican
Germany
Gaulois
Gazette de France
Soleil
Action Francaise
Duke de Montpensier
Victor Napoleon
Clemantine
Hugenia
Princess Patricia's Book Banned by Queen Mary
Princess Patricia prompted a royal stir when Queen Mary kept the manuscript of her America memoir and asked its destruction. The Duke of Connaught’s daughter, visiting the United States, portrayed Americans in a book the queen may not return or permit.
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Princess Patricia
Mary
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Canada
United States
America
Duchess of Connaught
Countess of Fortesque
New York
Paris Has Chinatown China Town Quietly Grows
Special Cable reports Paris now hosts a growing Chinese community. Settlers arrived after the last Chinese revolution, with hundreds more settling near the Bastile quarter. Families live in inexpensive lodgings near Lyons Railroad depot, work making toys, selling goods, and children juggle in wine shops. The community is peaceful and pays rent, drawing benign curiosity from Parisians.
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Paris
Middle Kingdom
Bastile Quarter
Lyons
Paria
French demand for US tobacco rises sharply in 1913
Paris reports a dramatic increase in American grown tobacco imports to France. January and February 1913 saw seven times more US tobacco land in France than in the same period the year before. The pattern reflects ongoing year round American supply to French buyers amid government tobacco monopoly revenues.
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Paris
United States
France
America
Republic
Mrs Catt stops trouble at suffrage congress
The International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress closed without a clash over militant methods. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt guided delegates to avoid controversy sparked by English suffragists. The group debated headquarters location and the Jus Suffrag paper and likely will move both to London with Berlin hosting next.
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Budapest
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Helen A. M Swanwick
London
Anna Cobden- Sanderson
Charlotte Despard
Cait
Congress
International
Jus Suffragg
Rotterdam
Berlin
San Francisco
Poets Seek New Poet Laureate After Austin Death
London literary circles discuss filling the vacant poet laureateship left by Alfred Austin. Names like Davies Newbolt Mairies Hewett Stephen Phillips and William Watson are floated with debate over discretions and reputations. Some urge sparing the laureateship to avoid forcing a poet to recite royal odes.
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Washington Pos
London
Alfred Austin
Literary London
Wordsworth and
Tennyson
England
Miltons
Lorist
Davies
Orename
Newbat
Mairies Hewett
Stephen Phillips
Liam Watson
Rudvari Krmlnz
Gaiety Girl Emmy Wehlen Talks New York and London
London gossip with Emmy Wehlen of Vienna on playing a boy at the Gaiety Theater and her unhappy New York experience in Winsome Widow. She complains of harsh dressing rooms in Chicago and New York criticism, praising London favor and Edwardes while aiming to shed her accent.
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Roy
Chicago
Alan Dale
London
Gaiety Theater
Tue
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Johnny
George Edwardes
Gaiety Forces
Don
New York
Rele
Waty
Emmie
Miss Wehlen
Moulin Rouge
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InNew York
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Gertie Miller
Thither
Mr. Edwardes
Bad Nauheim
Thea
Austria
Germany
Emmie Wehlen
King of Württemberg Pays Compliment to Dog in Swiss Bar
Special Cable reports from Geneva that the King of Württemberg while holidaying near Friedrichshafen visited a Swiss bar with his dog. A waitress complimented the king on his dog’s beauty and youth, and he replied that the dog was far younger and more beautiful than he. He left a coin as a memento, telling her to keep the change as a souvenir of his compliment.
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Washington Post
Geneva
Wurttemberg
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Rorachach
White world arrogance faced in Japanese view of California bill
Tokyo telegraph reports Hehiro Tokutomi condemns white supremacy and calls for a new global balance. Japanese conservatives view California land bill as racial bias, urging strength in all forms to assert equality and end white arrogance amid US protests. Carnegie tours Berlin amid court etiquette and officials. Mrs. Carnegie barred from gala opera due to court rules.
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Washington Post
Tokyo
Japan
United States
California
Hehiro Tokutomi
Kokumin Shimbu
Tokutomi
Athens
Rome
Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Potsdam
Castle
George 8. Atwood
American Association of Commerce
Carnegie
Bret Dent Wolf
Imperial Court
Inside Life of Spain Excerpt Found in Mrs Batcheller’s Stay
London reports Mrs Tryphosa Bates Batcheller and her husband arrived at the Hyde Park Hotel for a several week stay. She works on proofs of a new Spain book with autographed photos of the King and Queen and images of unphotographed masterworks obtained by royal influence. She plans to tour Austria by car after singing for the League of Mercy and later begin a book on aidelights in England.
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Washington Post
London
Tryphosa Bates, Batcheller
Hyde Park Hotel
Spain
America
Batcheller
Prince Henry of
Bavaria
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Matcheller
Princesa Beatrica
Amelie
Richmond
Bath
League of Mercy
Austria
England
Emperor William Celebrates Twenty Fifth Reign Anniversary
Berlin June 21 Emperor William expresses joy at twenty five years of peaceful rule in a Bethman Hollweg issued rescript praising past achievements and the nation’s outlook. He thanks God, notes institutions founded for the jubilee, and pledges to continue serving the German people while strength endures.
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Berlin
William
von Bethman Hollweg
Alord
No Mad Rush to Paris Capital Is Herself Again
Paris correspondent notes crowdedness eases in Boulevards Theaters and Hotels while war fears linger. Americans mostly absent amid grand season with few attending teas and dinners. European managers face talent shortages as contracts bind singers.
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Charles Henry Meltzer
Paris
Chantily
Auteuil
Longchamps
Hotel Ritz
Champs Elysees
Broadway
France
Jaures
Karper Wilhelm
Iong Odda
Dr. Carrel
Thighere Hke Bergman
Ikerell
Charpentiers
Julien
D’annunzio
Pisanella
Quakes in Bulgaria Cause Hundreds of Deaths
Reports from Sofia on the recent Bulgaria earthquakes indicate hundreds killed in Tornova and Gornia Orehovitza. In Gornia Orehovitza many buildings collapsed as aftershocks continued.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Tornova
Gornia Orehovitza
Geta-IT corn remover promises quick painless relief
A promoted advertisement touts GETS-IT as the sole enemy to corn pain. It claims relief in two seconds with no cutting, soaking, or bleeding and warns against harmful razors. The product sells for 35 cents a bottle in druggists and via mail order from FE Lawrence & Co of Chicago, with Washington outlets listed.
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FE Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Washington
O’donnells Drug Stores
Repple’s Drug Stores
Peny
Emperor modernizes Tokyo palace upholds light and cameras
The new Japanese emperor abandons candles and oil lamps for electric lighting in Chiyoda palace and embraces photography. Once a bicycle devotee, he now favors high power cars and chesslike billiards with two rooms fitted for American and English tables. The emperor and empress will move from Aoyama to Chiyoda as their main residence.
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Ncestors
Washington Post
Tokyo
Atc
Matsuhito
Loshihite
Troval Garden
Chiyoda Palace
Aoyama Palace
Fight Welsh Church Bill Demonstration in Hyde Park
In London on June 21 the Rt Rev Arthur Foley Wrington Ingram bishop of London led a large demonstration against the Welsh disestablishment bill. Delegates from across the country gathered in Hyde Park as sixteen processions and brass bands arrived from different points. From twelve platforms speakers denounced the bill, with a joint resolution declaring opposition to dismemberment and disendowment of dioceses, amid an estimated 100,000 attendees.
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London
Arthur Foley Wrington Ingram
Church of England
Hyde Park
House of Commons
Metropelia
Japanese Bank Planned in Honolulu to Boost Trade
Tokyo reports indicate preparations to establish a Japanese bank in Honolulu to promote Japan Hawaii trade and assist Japanese in finance. Trade between Japan and the Hawaiian Islands is rising, while Mexico's Japanese Fishing Guild abandons its fishery due to meager returns and scarce fish shoals.
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Honolulu
Tokyo
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Hawaii
Mexico
Ambassador Page to host July 4 reception in London
London June 2 Walter Hines Page the new United States Ambassador to the court of St James denies rumors of no July Fourth reception. He says there will be a reception and if his residence is unavailable he will arrange temporary quarters to entertain Americans.
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London
Walter Hines Page
United States
Court of St James
Queen Mary Plans Buckingham Palace Fancy Ball
London June 21 Queen Mary, thrilled by the Versailles fete, will host a one period fancy dress ball at Buckingham Palace next year. A Van Dyke theme is favored as London costumers race to design costumes. The queen designs many hats herself and promotes home made millinery.
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Washington Post
London
Queen Mary
Versailles
Albert Hall
Buckingham Palace
George
Her Majesty
Patricia
Sweden
Miss Pelly
Cheylesmore
French
Viscountess Maitland
Hervey Bathurst
Sloane Street
Archie Weigall
Eckhardstein
John Blundell Mayle
London Society Seethes With Revival Hopes At Ascot Week
London crowds swell for Ascot races and social whirl as Americans flood the capital. Princess Louise hosts guests at Grosvenor Place with Lady Maxwell and Lady Leyland arranging high society dances. Royal events, La Boheme performances, and court entertainments loom while a weather-favored season keeps hotels full and Bond Street quiet by day.
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Weat
Dance Hoatessea
Lady Maxwell
Washington Post
London
Court
Stock Exchange
West End
Bond Street
Axodus
Chamberlain
Hyde Park House
Lady Leyland
Princesa
Ming 3B
California
Dearhurst
Louise
Grosvenor Place
Duchess of Marlborough
Sunderland House
Belmont
Austria
Lady Laith
Fyvie
January
Lady Newborough
Miss Carr
Sefton Lodge
Windsor
Decies
Miss Gould
Lady Powerscourt
Valet
Lord En
Aviators in Flower Battle at London Fete
London hosts a flower fete at Marble Arch House on Wednesday to aid French charities with a battle of flowers in the air. Aeroplanes decked with blossoms will fly, while 70 entrants race in flower bedecked automobiles from Hyde Park to Edgeware Road. Women driven cars compete. society leaders and Princess Christian back the event as Poincare visits.
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London
Marble Arch House
Thia
Hyde Park
Edgeware Road
Poincare
French Republic
Theatrical Profession
Duchess of Sutherland
George Cornwallis-West
Viscount Crichton
Prince Bariatinsky
Institute
Princess Christian
Free Prescription For Weak Men From Detroit Doctor
A Detroit physician offers a free copy of a nervous debility cure recipe. Written by Dr A E Robinson, the letter promises a quick restoring remedy for manhood and vigor, sent in plain sealed envelope to any man who writes for it.
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Nome
E Robinson
Bop
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