Roosevelt Proposes Arbitration in Indemnity Talks
Portsmouth Aug 20 The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt proposed arbitration through Baron Rosen to Mr Witte and Emperor Nicholas. The aim may cover indemnity and Sakhalin cession or broader wartime terms, with mixed reactions from Japan and Russia as talks progress.
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Peace prospects hinge on Roosevelt push in war talk
In Portmouth New Hampshire intense diplomacy continues as Roosevelt pressures Russia and Japan toward compromise. Rosen and Witte confer privately in St Petersburg amid hopes for a basis of settlement, while Tokyo surveys terms and possible concessions.
Peace conference outlook and wartime reports across Asia Europe
Reports from Russian leaders express confidence in victory as Manchuria and front conditions shape the peace talks. Tsarist officials delay decisions, while Tokyo and Pekin describe secrecy in negotiations and extended discussions, with no armistice yet despite seasonal rains and transport woes.
Interchange of professors sparks mixed reactions in Berlin
Berlin reports mixed academic reaction to proposed exchange between German and American universities. Liberal editors welcome the idea while nationalist papers mock the plan. They doubt American methods and warn against undue American influence on German life.
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Mormon Group Heads for Alberta Homesteads
About fifty to sixty Mormons bound for Alberta Canada reached Butte on August 20 under a bishop's guidance. The group, mostly farmers and ranchers from Utah and New York, plans to establish homesteads as part of a wider church colonization effort in southern Alberta, with a thousand more expected to follow.
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Freight hits trolley car killing fourteen in three incidents
A Great Northern freight train struck a Columbia Gardens trolley at the Butte and Anaconda crossing, killing fourteen and wounding many. Maggie Merrington of Butte is among the dead and Mise Shaw of the Florence hotel is reported dying. In Milwaukee an interurban trolley derailed after plunging down an embankment killing one and injuring 20. Hospital lists were not disclosed.
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Platform collapse injures crowd during synagogue ceremonies
More than five hundred men women and children fell fifteen feet into a cellar when a platform gave way during corner stone laying for the Red David Russian Hebrew Orthodox Synagogue on Miller Street near Washington. Three rabbis were among the injured but the ceremony continued.
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Adam Tefleweeki
Italian laborers injured in Avenue Theatre collapse
Fifteen Italian workers were trapped when a wall fell at the Avenue theatre ruins in Pittsburg. Thirteen escaped the wreckage with severe injuries. none are dead, but several remain seriously hurt. The theatre had been destroyed by fire a month earlier.
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Apache gin fire suspected arson near Anadarko
At 1 40 last night the Apache gin owned by W W Terry in Anadarko burned causing 7000 in losses with 3500 insured. Investigators suspect arson since no fire source was found and a coal bed lay near the scene. Two men were seen jumping into a bogey and fleeing just before the blaze.
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W. W. Terry
Saloon Fights in Joplin City Council Shutdown Threat
In Joplin Missouri on August 24 a city council meeting discussed ordinances aimed at closing saloons on Sundays after months of protests by anti saloon groups. The debate centered on enforcement and potential serious trouble if enacted.
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City Liquor License Fee Doubled Amid Turmoil
Saloonkeepers pressed the city clerk to renew at the old license rate of 486 dollars though the annual fee rose to 1000 dollars. The new law took effect after publication and the city refused old-rate payments. Threats circulated to close stores on the dry Sunday and halt newspaper deliveries on Sunday if demands persist.
Express engine driver killed in tunnel collision
Dade Mahoney, an engine driver for the New York express, was fatally struck when his locomotive entered a tunnel at Girard Avenue West Philadelphia at 7 30 Saturday night. The fireman escaped injury as the train emerged and ran into West Philadelphia.
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Girovd Avenue
Cowles Killed by Train at New Rochelle Station
New Rochelle Alderman Colonel J Rawird Cowles of the Fourth ward was fatally struck by the New Haven Express in front of the New Rochelle station as about 200 commuters looked on. The accident occurred this morning when he attempted to cross before the train. The report notes the crowd's reaction and the tragic end of a bitter rail opponent.
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N.Y
J. Rawird Cowles
New York
Escaped Convicts Captured Near Lamy Junction
Special to the Morning Journal reports two inmates, Edgar Lindsey and Jack Hall, captured near Lamy Junction after escaping the territorial penitentiary. Bloodhounds traced their trail from midnight and authorities, including Sheriff Lopes and George W. Armijo, recovered them at Lamy and returned them to the penitentiary. Hall’s release was due on September 5.
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Sean Miguel
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George W. Armijo
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Mosquito Fever Contained Amid Eradication Prospects
Public health reports show cases of the disease trending down with total new cases at 15 and deaths at 4 for the period. Authorities note continued treatment needs and progress toward eradication targets as cases decline and vaccination or control measures remain in place.
Mystery Murder Case Near Meadow Lands Cleared by Arrest
Washington pa August 20 The death of Clair Bain Hamilton eighteen son of a wealthy farmer at Char liers township near Meadow Lands was linked to an arrest of Ida Neely at Canoneburge Pa She claims Florense Gianotti fired the fatal shot Gianotti was arrested charged with the crime The motive involved a prior dispute with another man Hamilton was mistaken for that man
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Clair Bain Hamilton
Charliers Township
Meadow Lands
Ida Neely
Canoneburge
Plorense Gianotti
Gianott
Young Hamilton
Fighting erupts as Russian troops clash with revolutionaries
Reports from Atsipopoulos say fighting intensified with several revolutionary leaders wounded. A separate skirmish occurred between British troops and insurgents amid ongoing disturbances in the village.
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Lord Curzon Resigns as Viceroy of India
London reports Lord Curzon of Kedleston resigning as Viceroy of India. The Earl of Minto is named his successor with Curzon’s resignation dated August 12. Correspondence reveals bitter rift between Curzon and Lord Kitchener over India's army administration and Curzon’s push for Major General Sir Edmund Barrow as military supply member.
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Visitation of mosquito fever shows declining cases in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a drop in daily new malaria like cases and notably fewer deaths as the week progresses. outbreaks persist at Riverside plantation in St Marys parish with 61 total cases, quarantine at Bayou La Fourche, and refugees turned back. Four new cases in Mississippi City, Hanson County, Sarpy plantation, and ten cases with one death at Patterson.
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Few Striking Wire Men Get Jobs
Missoula Montana August 1 20 Now that the telegraphers strike has ended men apply to Superintendent Gibron of the Rocky Mountain division of the Northern Pacific for old posts Very few reinstated less than one in ten Most have left to seek positions on other lines Trains run behind time traffic may be out of normal condition for several days Emperor Francis Joseph with King Edward at Gmunden and Marienbach Chicago Illinois Aug 20 Walter Clifford Day London businessman with $10000 yearly income sued for divorce by Mrs Harriet Day
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Walter Clifford Day
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Harriet Day
Drowning at Ford Claims Three Adkins Children
Three children aged seven to eleven in Hunt ing West Virginia were swept away and drowned when a horse carrying them to safety toppled at a ford near their home as floodwaters rose around Ranger. The Adkins family narrowly escaped with the parents reaching a relative’s house half a mile away.
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Enos Adkins
Ranger
Coroner Finds Switchman Likely Caused 1919 Train Wreck
Cleveland oO Augul Coroner Miegelstein yesterday ruled the wreck of the Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake FPhore railroad near Mentor on June 23 caused by Walter F. Miner the telegraph operator opening the switch. The coroner notes a logical impossibility for a second person to have acted unseen in thirty one seconds and leaves open whether Miner acted alone or under orders.
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Powerful appeal for Hebrews to aid persecuted Russian Jews
Simon Wolf urges M. Witte to ease harsh treatment of Russian Jews, arguing liberal policies would attract Jewish capital and talent, benefit Russia’s economy, and strengthen US and global ties. He cites Jewish citizenship and success abroad as evidence of potential assimilation and mutual prosperity.
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