Peace plenipotentiaries meet as armistice hopes rise
Reports from St Petersburg London and Tokio indicate Russia accepts August for plenipotentiary talks while denying a current armistice and noting no official exchanges on peace. Japanese advances and British attitudes frame a tense path toward a potential agreement without renewed battles.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Associated Press
Japan
Cassini
Washington
Count Cassini
Takalira
Foreign Office
Linevitch
Yvama
War Office
Oyama
Linovitch
Roosevelt
Dismissal of Bowen Ends Loomis-Bowen Controversy
President Roosevelt orders Herbert W. Bowen dismissed as United States minister to Venezuela after finding his conduct "especially reprehensible" and recommends Bowen resign while exonerating Francis Loomis. Secretary Taft's findings show Bowen sought to gain or plant incriminating documents and promote scandal, while Loomis is praised for restraint amid slander.
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Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Vensuela
Secuty
Francis 6 Loomis
Bowen
Loomis
Ceram
State Department
Bow“y
Taft
No Settlement in Sight for the Late Strike
Chicago dispatch reports little progress in ending the teamsters strike as subcommittees visit employers to negotiate. express companies resume deliveries to commission houses and some reinstatements occur, but no formal agreement is reached and no end in sight. meanwhile Edward Brickett, a nonunion driver, was tortured by four men near teamsters headquarters and left unconscious in the street.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Teameters’ Joint Council
Edward Brickett
National Express Company
Drickett
Merry
Echoes of War on Sea in the Far East
Reports from Victoria detail the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yashima on May 15 1904 near Port Arthur after hitting a mine. The Hetsuse and others in the squadron were damaged. several vessels disappeared and the Yashima went down after attempting to reach base, three battleships and three cruisers in the convoy. Mines were laid by Captain Whren of the Boyan the night before.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Port Arthur
Hetsuse
Hateuvee
Yashine
Sakamoto
Yashima
Kasagi
Toteuta
Matsuse
Yoshine
Shikishima
Kasig
Tatsuts
Thrilling account of Japanese prize crew on Orel
The steamship from Victoria reports the Japanese crew on the captured Russian battleship Orel fought a two day mutiny to bring the prize to Maizuru. Lieutenant Nagawa ordered guards with rifles while Russians attempted to flood the decks and seize control before dawn.
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Victoria
B. C
Ferrpress
China
Orel
Maizuru
Asia
Katsuga
Nakagawa
Lret
Asuma
President Roosevelt Heads to Clark University and Williams College
President Roosevelt departs at eight for Massachusetts to attend Clark University in Worcester and Williams College in Williamstown. He travels by a special train via the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York New Haven and Hartford lines. Empress Victoria is indisposed and cancels public engagements. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. weighs a Southampton to New York service with calls at Cherbourg and Plymouth.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Clark University
Worcester
Williams College
Williamstown
Pennsylvania Road
Harlem River
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Berlin
August Victoria
London
Royal Mai 3Team Packet Company
Southampton
New York
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Secretary Day Returns to Washington and Stays Busy
Secretary Day, back in Washington after a prolonged absence abroad, held a late conference with the president and then attended to a large amount of correspondence at the state department. He plans a short trip to his New Hampshire home soon.
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Washington
Day
State Department
New Hampshire
President Roosevelt Removes Clarence Meezer From Deputy Collector Post
Washington reports Clarence Meezer was removed today by President Roosevelt from the deputy collector of internal revenue post in Philadelphia. Meezer, once a congressional library clerk, was implicated in the Salter election frauds. Civil Service Commission findings led to his dismissal. Cooley and Greene investigated Meezer’s ties to Balter and the ballot frauds, triggering a wave of arrests and trials.
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Washington
Clarence Meezer
Presiden Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Philadelphia
Me. Meezer
Copyright Department
Congressional Library
Salter
Civil Service Commission
Ivil
Cooley and Greene
Roosevelt
Clarence Meeser
Balter
Meeser
Theourts
United States
Railroads Draw Subpoenas in Grand Jury Probe
Chicago June 20 grand jury investigates rebates and relationships between railroads and packing industry. Eight traffic department officials were subpoenaed, with witnesses to begin testifying tomorrow morning. Names include Harry Gower of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and James E. Gorman of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
As May
Harry Gower
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
James E. Gorman
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Premier Balfour Probes Sinking of St. Kilda
London reports Premier Balfour told the House of Commons that correspondence with Russia continues over the sinking of the British ship St. Kilda. He said the government takes a very serious view and has received assurances that such action will not be repeated.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Novor Vremya
London
Japan
Britain
Marsha Oyama
Linovitch
Afghanistan
India
ST. Kilda
Balfour
House of Commons
Tobacco trust sued for one hundred thousand in New York
EB Locker and Co, wholesale and retail tobacconists at 267 273 Brunswick Avenue Brooklyn, sue the tobacco trust claiming it has absorbed at least ninety percent of the tobacco trade in the five boroughs of New York City. They contend independent concerns are endangered and seek damages.
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New York
Tobacco Trust
New York City
EB. Locker & Co
Brunswick Avenue
Brooklyn
Tobacco firms seek injunction against trust in Brooklyn case
American and Metropolitan Tobacco sue for 100000 and seek an equity court injunction to stop the tobacco trust from interfering with their business or blocking sales. Plaintiffs claim the trust coerces rivals not to sell and, if sold out, bars future tobacco work. After 43 years the firms warn they may close unless courts act.
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Equity
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Tobacco Trust
Protests Over Hanging of Mrs Rogers Spark Vermont Ties
Chicago dispatch reports Captain Lloyd Clark of the U S supply station in St Joseph protest the pending execution of Mrs Mary Rogers in Windsor Vermont. The message urges removing a Charles Clark painting from the state capital in shame if carried out.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
Bell
Vermont
Lioyd Clark
United States
Mary Rogers
Windsor
Charles Clark
Lloyd Clark
Clarks
Battleboro
Wheeler
United States Court
United States Supreme Court
Heat wave causes sixteen deaths in Pittsburg area
Pittsburg Pa June 20 The oppressive heat wave gripping Pittsburg and vicinity over four days continues. Three more deaths were reported by noon today bringing the total to sixteen since Sunday with many serious prostrations noted.
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Pittsburg
Vicinty
Return of Wallace from Isthmian zone prompts questions
Washington reports no clear purpose for Chief Engineer Wallace’s return from the Isthmian zone. Wallace cables Taft requesting permission to come and will explain on arrival. Canal commission delays dredging bids for Colon harbor until Wallace’s arrival, citing bid timing and faulty specs.
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Washington
War Department
Wallace
Isthmian
Evana Zone
Taft
Department
Coton
Canal Commission
Colon
Panama
Shents
New York
Shonts
Filipinos Endorse Roosevelt Policy At Federal Convention
Manila report notes the federal convention adopting a resolution backing Roosevelt’s plan to let Filipinos govern with American aid. It envisions gradual self government and eventual independent republican rule while preserving political union with the United States. The radical Taft faction walked out in protest.
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Manila
Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Million-dollar forgery shocks Philadelphia financial world
The Benjamin H. Gaskill case reveals certificates for small stock shares raised to hundreds, defrauding banks and trust companies of 750000 to 1000000 dollars. Gaskill died about four weeks ago, leaving an estate with sizable unrecorded gains and two accounting books showing mismatched share totals.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin H. Gaskill
Gaskill
Benjamin H. Gaskill & Co
Philadelphia Traction Company
United States Steel Corporation
E. C. Miller & Co
C. Miller & Co
The
Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Traction
Traction Company
United Railways of New Jersey
Frankfort and Southwark Street Railway Company
Basker
Lincoln JL. Eyre
George M. Wagner
John C. Johnson
Jnskill
Tock Exchange
Germany's Fear of Publicity
Washington reports a May 20 communication from Richard Guenther, U.S. consul general at Frankfurt, noting a Rorrrau chamber of commerce warning manufacturers and agents against disclosing market and manufacturing conditions to the press. The circular claims trade papers abroad study such reports for foreign competition.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Richard Guenther
Prankfort
Germany
Chamber of Commerce
Ror Rau
Prussia
Unat
Preas
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