Russia Will Refuse Bad Terms Says Witte
St Petersburg July 17 M Witte senior Russian peace plenipotentiary gave an interview to the Associated Press stating Russia will not accept harsh terms. He said two factions exist at home, one desiring continued war, the other seeking peace, and that Russia will follow the Emperor's decision while not bowing to terms that wound national honor. He added Russia is not crushed and not on the verge of dissolution.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Witte
Associated Press
Yelagin Island
Russia
Count Lamsdorff
Japan
Europe
America
Newcastle
N. H
Portsmouth
Baron Rosen
Magnolia
Paris
Professor de Martens
Univeristy
M. Shipoff
Treasury Department
Yermoloff
London
M. Samoiloff
Russian Foreign Office
M. Plancon
Pekin
M. Korotovitz
M. Naboukoff
Foreign Office
Shanghai
M. Pokouloff
China
Wentworth Hotel
Western Union
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New York
Boston
Charles Wood
Bellevue
Golden Rod Leads Boston Yacht Club Race at Portland
Golden Rod won the first class at Portland from Little Harbor, beating Redskin by 12 minutes 16 seconds. Sally VII placed third, Elaine fourth, Opitsah V fifth leading second class, Kit first in third class, with corrected results awarding Magnolia and Sally VII first and second in the first class, Opitsah V and Nutmeg in second, Clique and Thea II in third. The day featured unusual weather and a long 40 mile contest for second place.
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Portland
Boston Yacht Club
Little Harbor
Portsmouth
Golden Rod
Redskin
Sally
Elaine
Opitsah V
al Kyris
Portland Yacht Club
Boynton
Magnolia
Sally VII
Dyer
Thea II
Corr
E. P. Boynton
L. F. Percival
A. W. Chesterton
G. E. Bruce Pond
Eeeee
R. E
Shyessa
Alfred Douglas
Foster
Cc Jones
Caee
Jingo
Nutmeg
A G
B. Doane
L'Aiglon
E. W. L. Collins
Eeeert
Conomo
J. A. Tower
A. M. Moody
Amsden
Ceee
Idella
Myrtle
F. W. Souther
Opab
W. C. Lewis
Omar III
Bacon and Bogardus
Quill II
J. I
Cole Ee
Clique
R. K. Dy N. Whetler
Thea Il
Doa
Pamaho
Ernest Keefers
Kit
H. B. Whittier
Jack Rabbit
W. H. Bradbury
Gringo
W. H Brown
Mildred Iloe
P. Moses
Sue
J W. Powers
Eevee
Grayling
Mosely
Mildred
A. Coleman
Arry B. Center
Sensation Buildup In Central Bank Case Prompts Public Scrutiny
The Central National Bank affair lingers with sensational talk of disclosed high finance tactics tied to State Street. Receivership head William Allen defends actions while executors for Andrew G Weeks press unusual steps as a larger dealer network and several savings banks are named among major stockholders and creditors.
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Central National Bank
State Street
Swoston
Post
Edmund H. Talbot
Andrew G. Weeks
Allen
Talbot
Old South Building
Central Bank
Otis H. Luke
Charles H. Allen
The
Home Savings Bank
Edward P. Mason
Mason & Hamlin Company
General Howard Porter
Haverhill
Moses W. Richardson
Daniel Loring
W. P. B. Weeks
Reed Anthony
Brookline Savings Bank
Allston Savings Bank
Medway Savings Bank
Charles O
Comptroller’s
Washington
Boston
Woman Fights Rescuer During Fire Rescue at Charter Street
Reserve Officer Crehan of Station 1 rushed into a smoke filled room on the second story of 61 Charter street and rescued Mrs Garcia De Russo who was hysterical. The woman fought the officer and he pinned her arms behind her back before dragging her from the room.
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Crehan
Station 1
Charter Street
Garcia de Russo
Jumping from Nantasket steamboat ends in arrest
Thomas McGurn of Dorchester leaped from the upper deck of the Myles Standish as the vessel neared the Weir River. He was hauled into a rowboat, later taken to Nantasket and charged with drunkenness by Chief Reynolds after boasting he could outdo divers.
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Thomas McGurn
Rosemont Street
Dorchester
Myles Standish
Weir River
McGurn
Nantasket
Nantasket Landing
Reynolds
Bread strike boosts price in ghetto bakers unite
Bread rose fifty percent as Hebrew Bakers Union Local 25 strike disrupted He brew bakeries. Jacob Goldstein asserts strong unity and public support while bakers limit output. A cart attack on H Cohen’s bakery near 10 Wall Street sparked clashes but no injuries.
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New York
Jacob Goldstein
Hebrew Bakers’ Union Local 25
H. Cohen
Hebrew Bakers
Cohen
Wall Street
Peace Conference Opened Near Portsmouth Island Newcastle
Russian and Japanese envoys head for Newcastle as peace talks to end the war begin at Wentworth Hotel. M Witte and other officials arrive, with Baron Rosen and Pokouloff among attendees. Portsmouth officials prepare, Roosevelt expected to visit during the session.
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Wentworth Hotel
New Castle
N. H
United States
Escaped Prisoner Suspected in Dorchester Burglary
Police believe George Phillips Dorchester resident and recent Dedham jail escapee broke into the home of J C Russell at 38 Wesley Park Dorchester. Jewelry and $15 taken. A Dedham witness saw Phillips entering a Middlesex Street house early this morning.
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J. C. Russell
Wesley Park
Dorchester
George Phillips
Dedham
Middlesex Street
Phillips
Leg Broken Under Wheel in Charlestown Incident
John McDonough a teamster was knocked down by his wagon on Austin Street Charlestown last evening. The front wheel passed over his right leg and rescuers took him to the Relief station where doctors found a fracture.
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John McDonough
Austin Street
Charlestown
Woman Rescued From Water Near Watertown
Mary Hooper, reportedly mentally impaired, was saved from drowning by 16 year old Edward Peterson after Officer Sullivan spotted her head and shoulders in the stream. Peterson pulled her to shallow water before medical staff revived her at Greggs' undertaker rooms. She was returned home.
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Watertown
Mary Hooper
Officer Sullivan
Edward Peterson
Main Street
Young Peterson
Mrs. Hooper
Peterson
Greggs’ Undertaking
Mother drownings rescues daughter in Pembroke pond
Mrs. Herbert E. Lane of Everett died when she jumped into Matquan Pond to save her daughter who had fallen in. The daughter was rescued. Mrs Lane was 39 years old.
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Pembroke
Herbert E. Lane
Everett
Matquan Pond
Lane
Explosion on Lightship Kills Several Men Near Cape Slattery
Telegram from Tatoosh Island reports the Norwegian steamer Tricolor towing Lightship 67. The lightship signalled boilers burst and several men were killed. News from Victoria and San Francisco confirms casualties aboard the US lightship off Cape Slattery.
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San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
Tatoosh Island
Tricolor
Victoria
B. C
United States
Cape Slattery
Street Fight Leaves Kelly Hospitalized After Late Night Clash
M. F. Kelly of 59 Albany street was hospitalized in dangerous condition with a bruised head and internal injuries after a street fight. James Doggin of 2 Nassau place was jailed at Lagrange street station on assault charges. Police say Doggin ejected from the Kelly residence, then attacked Kelly in the South End around midnight.
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M. F. Kelly
Albany Street
Lagrange Street
James Doggin
Nassau Place
Kelly
Doggin
South End
No Cut Down in Irish Seats This Session
In the House of Commons Premier Balfour withdrew the redistribution of seats bill after Irish leader John Redmond pressed for separate clause debates. He pledged to proceed next session, a move seen as a victory for Ireland which would have lost 22 seats if enacted.
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London
Lowther
John Redmond
Balfour
House of Commons
Ireland
Unconditional Backdown Cited In Irish League Leader Reflections
Dr. P. J. Timmins, Boston central branch president, says Balfour ministry’s seat redistribution plan failed due to impending defeat and Tory fears. He notes Unionists and Nationalists may unite, Irish welfare as common cause, and praises John Redmond while reporting a cable to him about the scheme’s overthrow.
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P. J. Timmins
Boston
Balfour
United Irish League of America
Ireland
John Redmond
Chamberlain
Redmond
Miss Pastor to Wed Phelps Stokes Today
J G Phelps Stokes and Rose Harriet Pastor plan a simple ceremony at the Stokes countryside home Norton Conn with 15 to 20 guests. The groom’s family returns from abroad for the wedding before a honeymoon in Lenox Mass at Shadowbrook estate. The Rev Anson Phelps Stokes Jr will officiate.
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Phelps Stokes
Harold
Europe
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale College
Stokes
Lenox
Mass
Shadowbrook
Rose Harriet Pastor
Heat Wave Fatalities Rise as Boston Suffers
Boston endured an extreme heat spell with 84 on the streets and 88 humidity. Tony Grasso died after being found in a North End doorway and Benjamin Jenkins was found insensible at Foster's Wharf with both conditions risking death. Ten cases were treated at a relief station and one prostration patient went to City Hospital. Families crowded roofs and doorsteps through the night as authorities warned no relief soon.
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Boston
Tony Grasso
North End
Benjamin Jenkins
Foster's Wharf
Lowell Street
Officers of Ninth Regiment to Inspect Westfield Looted Whip Shop
A committee of officers from the Ninth Regiment led by Major George F. H. Murray plans a Westfield visit to inspect the looted whip shop and assess nearby damage. Over 30 officers attended the meeting in which Colonel W. H. Donovan presided and Captain William J. Casey urged gathering information from all dealers.
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Fighting Ninth Regiment
George F. H. Murray
William J. Casey
John H. Dunn
John H. Hickey
Joan J. Dwyer
Edward L. Logan
Westfiel
Ninth Regiment
W. H. Donovan
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Boston Y. C. Fleet
Woman
Hamilton Frazier
New England
Isles of Shoals
Wentworth Harbor
Navy Yard
Pawtuckaway
Nottingham
Saddleback
Deerfield
Strafford
White Mountains
M. Sergius Witte
William W. Mead
State Department
William Marvin
Pierce
New Hampshire
Edward N. Pearson
Concord
Marvin
Mead
Fred Towle
Roosevelt
Charles
Miss Rose Pastor
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
Perature
Westfield
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