Peace Suggestion Direct Negotiations Between Russia and Japan
Washington reports Roosevelt urges Russia and Japan to end the war by direct and exclusive talks between the belligerents. A note, released by Secretary Loeb, asks both governments to meet without intermediaries to seek terms of peace. The dispatch was sent to St Petersburg and Tokyo and delivered directly, signaling a firm step toward possible peace.
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Washington
White House
Loeb
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Tokyo
St. Petersburg
Meyer
Griscom
Russia seeks terms as Tsar council discusses peace
St Petersburg reports the council of ministers at Tsarkoe Selo ordered telegraphs to Russian ambassadors in Washington and Paris asking for Japan's peace terms. Meanwhile Seattle notes the Edith sailed for Nome as the Northwestern fleet completes first Nome voyage with 16,295 tons freight and 2,301 passengers aboard.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
Tsarkoe-Selo Palace
Washington
Paris
Russia
Japan
Seattle
Edith
Northwestern Steamship Company
Nome
Equitable Resignations Shake Financial Elite Board Cuts Reach Ten
Three more directors quit the Equitable Life Assurance Society as part of a wave of resignations tied to the Frick report debacle. Names include A. J. Cassatt, John A. Stewart, and John Sloane, with D. O. Mills likely to follow amid pressure on banking and railroad circles. Hyde defends actions and hints at further retirement plans from Union Pacific and O R & N boards.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
John A. Stewart
United States Trust Company
John Sloane
Banking and Trust Company
D. O. Mills
Alexander
Delcasse retires from French Foreign Office
Paris reports M. Delcasse has resigned and withdrawn from directing France’s foreign office policy. He cited divergences with colleagues over Morocco and international policy, with Premier Rouvier to interimly handle foreign affairs. Deputies fear strained France Germany ties and a possible war risk remains unresolved.
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Paris
M. Delcasse
France
Council of Ministers
Elysee Palace
Loubet
Morocco
Rouvier
M. Rouvier
Council
Jules Cambon
M. Barriere
Rome
M. Delcassie
Germany
Washington Match Co. Bankrupt Declared by Court
The Washington Match Company has been declared bankrupt by Judge Hanford in federal court. Seattle observers note the filing on June 10 as the start of bankruptcy proceedings for the firm.
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Washington Match Co
Seattle
Washington Match Company
Hanford
Federal Court
Irrigation Education and Water Use in the West
The article argues for disciplined irrigation to avoid waste and soil salinization. It urges employing experienced irrigationists, proper water distribution, and careful pumping strategies to apply water only when needed, preventing land ruin and promoting productive farming.
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Canal Company
F. W. Wilsey
Denver Field
Milner's South Africa Rule Succeeds by Selborne Choice
After eight years Lord Milner resigns as high commissioner in South Africa and is replaced by Lord Selborne first lord of the admiralty. Milner faced Boer war tensions and postwar tasks while Selborne, born 1859, comes with a record of popularity and satisfaction in the Admiralty.
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South Africa
Lord Milner
Lord Selborne
Admiralty
Cape
the Admiralty
New York Women Favor Divorce as Freedom from Bondage
A New York group of women in a Society for Political Study debated divorce as emancipation not moral collapse. Mrs Belle Gray Taylor argued marriage may not be God joined, asserting divorce signals greater intelligence, while Mrs Thomas E Slack championed divorce as freedom.
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New York
Society For Political Study
New York Dispatches
Belle Gray Taylor
New York Society For Political Study
Thomas E. Slack
Canada
New York Tribune
Rail Schedule Fragments Show Mountain Route Times
Schedule fragment lists arrival times for Portland Tacoma Hoquiam and eastern points with multiple daily departures. Mentions Acosta and agent N. P. Ry. times include 9 40 a m 3 10 p m and 8 10 p m with notes for Seattle and Tacoma departures.
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Portland
Tacoma
All Points East
Seattle
Fox Offers Building Plans and Estimates Service
R H Fox prepares plans specifications and estimates for all kinds of building work with thirty years practical experience. Office in Crowther Wooding block corner of G and Heron streets hours 10 30 to 1130 and 130 to 480 and 700 to 800 p m telephone 135 626.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Heron Street
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Ing
Delcasse
Chicago Tribune
Great American
Will
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Independent
Rays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Grays Harbor
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Aberdeen, Wash
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Acosta
Erra
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
Oregon
Paul Smits, M. D
W. M. Karshner, M. D
Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
G. Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
R. H- Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
W. Mason
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C. Collins
A. B. Calder
H. A. Tereda & CO
South G
Zelasko
East
Hume Street
A. Ingebrightsen
Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Continental
O. C
Heron
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
Heron and
F Streets
J. A. Moller
Prop
F Street
Meron
Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
Wash
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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