Debutantes scrutinized at court amid royal gossip
London society reports on American debutantes at court as officials inspect gowns, the Duchess of Marlborough may attend coronation if she asserts her rights, and the debutantes including Miss Margaret Draper are highlighted amid a season of grand balls with royal attendance.
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Feud in Naples court over thief in deadly case
In Viterbo Italy on May 13 witness Gennaro Abbatemaglio described how loot was taken from the dead body of Gennaro Cuoccolo and from the Cuoccolo apartments after Maria Cuoccolo Cuoccolo was stabbed. Enrico Alfano, alleged head of the Camorra, faced the witness in a crowded court with many foreigners present. The crown sought to indict Abbatemaggio as an accomplice, but Judge Bianchi refused. The session adjourned until Tuesday.
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Cameo and Jade The Mode In Victorian Fashion Revival
London reports an early Victorian revival centered on cameos and jade. Paris and London antique shops are being ransacked for cameos. Jade, back in fashion, ranges from deep green to white, used in necklaces and ornate mounts with pearls and diamonds.
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Lost boy found on Kinder Scout summit in Derbyshire
Special Wire reports a missing youngster, Levey Sandalla, age unknown, found exhausted atop Kinder Scout after a 40 hour exposure. A search party of his father and workmen spent ten hours on the moors before locating him beneath an overhang with minor fatigue and no injuries.
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Dead only to family lively enough in Paris
Paris. May 14. Junius Spencer Morgan, son of George Hale Morgan, died April 23 at Ventfort Hall near Lenox. His family hopes for reconciliation upon his return to New York, after his self declared death caused estrangement. His elder brother George Dalton Morgan has a Japanese wife and residence in Yokohama. Medill McCormick and Frederick Hale study European municipal governments, praising French municipal Charters and the Novi system with elected city councils and appointed mayors.
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Chicago
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Italian police chase Boston gang leader West in rail theft ring
Rome May report to The Washington Post details a hunt for West, a Boston man and alleged head of an international railway thief gang. He travels well and speaks multiple languages, with past plots in Barcelona. A second suspect, Miguel Tiomas, detained in Bologna, claims Spanish identity but may be American.
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Parrot Adopts Kittens in Bond Street Home
In London a parrot named Tom in Miss Eisenner's Bond Street home showed unusual parental instincts after a long grieving period for a lost cat. A stray cat that birthed kittens in the house prompted Tom to guard and nurture the brood, even rescuing a kitten from danger by grabbing its tail and crying for "Mother" until help arrived.
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Ejssenner
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Misa Eisenner
Eisenner
Every One Has Halo It Makes Pain Visible
London doctor Dr. W J Kilner announces a scientific method to show a hunter’s halo or aura around the living body. Using spectauranine glass screens and controlled lighting, the aura appears as blue gray outer and darker inner halos. The method reportedly makes pain visible by aura extent and density in health and illness.
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Express
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Hysteria Outlines Compared With Epilepsy Patterns
A historical note contrasts hysteria with epilepsy, describing how aura and halo phenomena differ. It notes children exhibit broader haloes of quick perception, with the most intelligent individuals showing the strongest halos. In adults, halos surround the head and appear more pronounced in men than in women, where the halo varies more.
U S Officers to Be Feted in Tokyo Exchange Event
Tokyo May 13 Rear Admiral Joseph B Murdock arrived to assume command of the American Asiatic Fleet succeeding Rear Admiral John Hubbard. Courtesies will crown the command change with garden parties and dinners for visiting officers hosted by Tokyo and Yokohama dignitaries through the week including Mayor Arakawa Ambassador O'Brien Vice Admiral Saito Vice Admiral Truin Mayor Ozaka and Marquis Komura. Additional context notes the gestures aim to reflect appreciation of the recent American Japanese commercial treaty.
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Yokohama
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O'Brien
Saito
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Navy
Mayor Ozaka
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Japan
Radium cure touted for gout treatment
Berlin reports at Wiesbaden medical congress describe radium emanations in air used to treat gout. A special apparatus disperses radium in a room so patients sit and read or play while radium treats the blood via the lungs, claimed effective for all gouty ailments.
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Berlin
Wiesbaden
Bad Homburg
Morgan Loss in Alps Prompts Alarm in Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains awoke to a night of suspense as J. Pierpont Morgan and a companion vanished on a mountain run in a six-horsepower car. After ten hours of wandering in mist, the party returned to the resort, where Morgan was feted as a faithful visitor and awarded a bouquet. The town credits him with funding a boulevard and a hospital expansion, while noting Greece’s King also visits. Further local items discuss golf clubs and French aristocrats, including Ava Willing Astor and the de Fredern family.
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Ava Willing Astor
Edgar Vincent
Marquis de Ganay
Viscount de Fredern
Mme
Henri
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Josephine Lefebre
Two Schemes for Reform Shape UK Settlement Plan
London May 13. Amid a near breakdown in party talks a possible settlement emerges as the Parliament Bill and a Lords reform plan move together. Lord Lansdowne's scheme envisions a mixed Lords with elected and hereditary elements and a twelve year term, while joint sessions or referenda could resolve clashes with the Commons.
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Parkhurst medical staff overwork blamed for death
An inquest at Wroxall on Sergt Ethelbert Robert Stokes found he killed himself while of unsound mind, amid claims of overwork for Parkhurst medical staff. The jury urged review of employment conditions, cleared two noncommissioned officers of blame, and noted chronic fatigue from 7am to 11pm seven days a week. The coroner urged relief to prevent further tragedies.
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Italy Blocks Albanians Revolt Leaders Rally Men
Rome May 14 Garibaldi claims more than 40,000 recruits ready to march to Albania to aid its revolt. Italy tightens precautions to stop the expedition with Aicciotti Garibaldi directing operations News of Ivanoy Bey’s expulsion at Turkish request and consuls ordered to repatriate Italians aiding insurgents. Italy warns Montenegro to stay neutral or risk no intervention.
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Albania
Ivanoy Bey
Italy
Ottoman Empire
Montenegro
Turkey
Potash talks between Germany and United States in Hamburg
Hamburg May 13 German American potash conference works on a new agreement. Preliminary discussions indicate a good chance of a satisfactory settlement. German announcement says the syndicate may sell directly to American potash importers and Americans must buy gal y from the syndicate.
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Shopgirl May Sue Caruso Over Breach Promise
Rome reports tenor Enrico Caruso faces a breach of promise suit from a Milan shopgirl he met two years ago. She claims he lured her to leave her job, funded correspondence, and announced engagement in Berlin, then refused marriage. Negotiations failed, she seeks $29,000 or higher damages and public exposure of letters.
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Ban on American Drinks and Hat Pins in Berlin
In Berlin a broad campaign targets American soft drinks to curb imports as warm season approaches, urging citizens to drink home brewed beer instead. A parallel drive targets long hat pins with police enforcing bans as several women are arrested. Also noted: Olga Samaroff’s marriage to Leopold Stokowski, Stransky taking leave from the Berlin Concert Society, and Austria’s circular requiring numbered glasses to curb disease spread.
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Leopold Stirski
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Austria
New Liberia President Elected to Succeed Barclay
Paris dispatch reports D. E. Howard elected president of Liberia, succeeding Arthur Barclay whose term ends this year. Howard, formerly Liberia’s secretary of the treasury, was announced by the governor general of French East Africa.
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