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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1907
Page
10
Paris dispatch notes a caricaturist depicting a wealthy American seeking a hotel room sparking humor about hotels full of royalty and famous hostesses. It lists travelers like Mrs Edith Wharton, Henry James, and various U.S. and European visitors touring France, with mentions of Chateaux, rail routes, and social circles.
In Berlin on May 18 a Lese majeste incident was reported with Franz Bruning accused of shouting at the Kaiser as he rode by in an automobile. He denies the charge and says he did not threaten the Kaiser. Also announced is Herr Dernburg named secretary of state for the colonies under a new ministry, with Merr von Losbell as under-secretary of the colonial ministry in the imperial chancellery.
A discussion of Anglo German relations notes the close ancestral links between the two royal houses. The Duke of Saxe Coburg and Kences, though the Duke of Albany, is popular in Germany and currently visiting his English mother. He is a German prince educated in Bonn after an early education at Eton and is married to a German princess. his heir was born last September with sponsors including the German Emperor and Empress and the Queen of the Netherlands.
Paris May 18 The celebrated Melinite inventor M Turpin, once sentenced to five years for revealing defense secrets and freed after twenty three months, pursues a revision at the Court of Cassation. The appeal is pushed by the League for the Defense of Individual Liberty which ties his case to public interest similar to Dreyfus though with distinct points. Henry Coulon states Turpin met Premier Waldeck Rousseau in 1900 and sought justice but was told not yet. Turpin later secured a war ministry post despite prior conviction.
A British court case in the hen bicycle incident rules that a rider injured when a hen alarms a dog and flies into bicycle spokes cannot claim damages unless there is evidence that hens regularly fly into spokes or that this hen had a habit. The Divisional Court upheld the County Court ruling, leaving bicyclists on English roads at the mercy of highway hens.
Special Cedle to The Washington Fest reports a London borough experiments labeling all children taken on outings during Whitsuntide. Police hope labels will help return lost children and ease parental anxiety amid high holiday losses. French Wheat Crop Safe notes favorable weather has eased fears for France's wheat crop. conditions are normal.
A remarkable historical lace exhibition at Surrey House Marble Arch accompanies the North Bucks Lace Association annual sale. Highlights include royal pieces once worn in royal weddings, Napoleonic lace, and a Brussels robe from Marie Louise, with items lent by Princess of Wales and Duchess of Connaught.
Paris authorities shuttered the Club of the City of Arts on the Quai du Marche-Neuf describing it as a common gambling house. The American founder Draper and his expelled brother Consdele faced expulsion orders while police widen inquiries as ministers weigh action that could devastate resort finances.
Washington Post reports from Paris on May 18 that dresses made largely of paper are likely to become a fashionable novelty. An authority predicts the paner clothes business may grow into a French industry due to the invention of paper thread. The thread is described as stout, impervious to damp, nonflammable, and much cheaper than cotton or linen.
Reliable dispatches from China allege Japanese practices undermine Britain’s trade in Manchuria. Counterfeits of British books flood markets while duties differ by transport route, and Britain seeks protection of marks with Russia and others, but Japan delays. The piece notes large-scale imitations and weak redress for British merchants.
Savage has acquired the American rights to The Merry Widow and engaged Gustav Matzner as Danila and Herr Ziegler as musical director for the English rendition. The opera is enjoying a large run in Berlin theaters.
A Berlin lockout in the building trades began this afternoon with no compromise in sight. About 60,000 men are directly affected and 40,000 indirectly, marking the most serious German labor crisis since the coal strike of 1805.
Teheran May 1. Serious disorders erupt in Tabriz Kerman shah Resht and Shiraz as mobs led by priests linked to local parliaments press for city administration reforms. The governor of Shiraz is in hiding.
In Bueckeburg last week Prince George and Princess Maria Anna Schaumburg-Lippe celebrated their silver wedding. The prince, a veteran commander who led the Seventh Army Corps at Metz, earned the Iron Cross and many decorations. He is fifty one, she younger by several years, and a grandmother at forty six.
The article notes the throne’s youth and beauty with a favorable view of imperial family portraits. It highlights Crown Prince and wife with baby, Victoria Louise, and strong royal sons. It singles Princess Hitel Fritz as the most beautiful woman and mentions Karl Langhorst as the painter.
In London a growing circle of aristocrats and former officers offers Americans paid introductions to English society and club life. Clients must bring a letter of introduction from a respected person, then endure a series of new experiences at high per diem fees. Even if costly, many leave satisfied, having spent time with a noble host.
Paris reports a major success as M. Charliapine the Russian basse was hired by Heinrich Conried for the Metropolitan Opera House at 250000 francs for twenty five performances. Caruso states he will earn 1000000 francs a year from June to June, securing 4 million francs over four years. The Odeon and Theatre Antoine staged clashes of science and religion with L Otage and Ames Ennemies, both prose works, reflecting the era’s artistic debates.
In Constantinople on May 13 the Sultan in his sixty fifth year welcomes a daughter, the fourteenth of his children. The birth announcement omits the mother and whether she is a wife or slave, but the child is a legitimate heir. Intrigue at the Yildiz Kiosk frames royal marriages and favor, with Ayiche the prettiest and favorite, living in a gilded cage.
Despairing Grangeste Roi council in Dourzan decides to hold the annual Fete de la Rosiere without a rose queen after four eligible candidates refuse the paltry dowry and the fifth cannot be found. The town notes the tradition and the unusual outcome.
London reports the lowest birth rate on record with 2.7 per 1000. England and Wales total rate 27 per 10,000. population 24,547,016. Decline attributed to fewer married women, rising illegitimacy, and deliberate childbearing restriction.
The French Transatlantic Steamship Company weighs Brest France as a terminal for its New York service after talks between its president, secretary-general, and Brest chamber of commerce. Cunard Line also weighing Brest as a port of call in May discussions.
Stephen Bonsall notes in the Washington Post 1907 dispatch from Moscow on Easter week gloom, reactionaries parading sacred images, calls to disarm Jews, and a city in civil tension. Peasants buy land cheaply through bank bonds while former owners hold stubs as quarter fortunes fade.
A German observer reports London’s post-theater nightlife centers in Ficcadilly Circus and nearby streets. He notes clubs run illegally to dodge early closing laws, with members and guests sharing bad liquor, small rooms, and nightlong carousing unseen by police as long as formalities are kept.
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