Japan Pressed for Peace Terms at Washington Conference
Washington July 31 Japan seeks peace terms with Russia with Great Britain signaling support for any outcome. London resists armistice before Russia shows stronger concessions, especially over Sakhalin and Port Arthur neutralization. Officials fear Sakhalin cession as a major obstacle. talks of a broader Anglo Japanese alliance loom amid momentum toward settlement.
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Washington
Japan
Great Britain
London
Russia
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Sakhalin
Beieve
Far East
M. Witte
England
Witte Draws The Line In Peace Talks Onboard Kaiser Wilhelm
The Daily Telegraph correspondent aboard the Kaiser's flagship quotes M. Witte the Russian peace plenipotentiary. He says Russia would accept terms based on Japan's present military and naval successes but not on future gains. He stresses Russia's honor and dignity and seeks a basis for fruitful discussion.
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Londor?Saly
Daily Telegraph
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
M. Witte
Russia
Japan
Plan Revolt in Czar Army Sparks Major Action
Moscow July 31 A planned army revolt looms larger than the navy uprising. An ultimatum demanding reforms is prepared in the name of the entire army and to be presented after mobilization. About 200 000 reservists will be armed under civilian class officers amid widespread disaffection led by the St. Petersburg garrison.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Russian forces advance on Sakhalin Island in late July
Reports say on July 27 the Soviet force advanced and drove the enemy from dawn. The vanguard took Delbenskoe, cavalry entered Rikoff, and a second detachment attacked Naomahi and Ivvoskoe, driving enemy infantry with several guns from Vydernicovsky and nearby areas as they pursued.
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Sakhalin Island
Tokio
Gwe TV gSemal
Sakhalin
Delbenskoe
Rikoff
Naomahi
Ivvoskoe
Vydernicovsky
Four Girls Drowned in Lebanon Lake Tragedy
Four Lebanon girls Berea Easterly Blanch Easterly Alta Perkins and Ethel Perkins died when the boat sank on Horseshoe Lake near Lebanon Missouri on July 31. Three male companions escaped by swimming to shore.
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Lebanon
Horseshoe Lake
Berea
Blanch
Alta
Ethel Perkins
Wilson to Reorganize Crop Statistics Bureau
Secretary Wilson plans a thorough reorganization of the crop statistics bureau of the department of agriculture. He seeks trusted, educated men to lead the bureau and standardize reports, with two southern experts in cotton and tobacco to join the team. Roosevelt supports cleansing the department of graft and corruption while Wilson probes irregularities and other bureaus.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Crop Ae Bureau
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Wilson
Crop Statistics Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Santa Fe Answers Contempt Claim Over Rebates
The Santa Fe railroad filed its answer in federal court denying contempt for violating an injunction against rebates. The case, connected to Colorado Fuel and Iron and several other lines, stems from an interstate commerce investigation. Santa Fe concedes past rebates but says none after the injunction and claims a rival instigator.
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Kansas City
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lottery for Utah Lands Starts Registration in Four Cities
Promptly at 9 o'clock this morning registration of homestead applicants began at Provo Price and Vernal Utah and Grand Junction Colorado for Uintah reservation entries. The drawing will start in Provo on August 17 overseen by W A Richards John Dern and Irving Howbert. Provo resembles a frontier town with tents around the courthouse square and prairie schooners arriving from all directions.
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Provo
Price
Vernal
Grand Junction
Salt Lake
Uintah’ Reservation
Price and Vernal
Utah
Colo
W. A. Richards
John Dern
Balt Lake
Irving Howbert
Colorado Springs
Funeral of Bishop Joyce Held in Minneapolis
The funeral of Bishop S. W. Joyce was held with private services at the family home followed by a public service at Wesley church. Rev. Dr. Fayette L. Thompson led the services. Bishops Joseph F. Berry Stephen M. Merrill and John W. Walden spoke at the church. Interment was at Lakewood cemetery.
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Joyce
Minneapolis
S. W. Joyce
Wesley Church
Fayette L. Thompson
Joseph F. Berry
Buffalo
N. Y
Stephen M. Merrill
Chicago
John W. Walden
Cincinnati
Lakewood Cemetery
Osage River Flood Submerges Miller County Lowlands
A sudden twenty five foot rise in the Osage river through Miller county submerged lowlands three to five feet deep harming corn crops valued around 250000 dollars. The river is receding and further damage is not expected.
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Osage River
Eldon
Osage
Miller County
San Jose Scale Invasion Hits Virginia Orchards
Norfolk Virginia reports the San Jose scale invading the area for the first time and damaging fruit trees. Peach and plum trees are especially affected with fruit dropping and some trees dying.
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Virginia
Norfolk, Va
Taft and Miss Roosevelt welcomed by Nagasaki officials
Secretary of War Taft and Miss Roosevelt arrived with an official welcome in Nagasaki. The steamer Manchuria docked and officials including the governor and mayor boarded to greet them before proceeding to the American consulate.
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Taft
Nagasaki
Manchuria
Miss Roosevelt
Death sentences handed to four in Valdosta case
In Valdosta Georgia on August 1 four defendants were condemned to death. J G Rawlings Milton Rawlings and Jesse Rawlings received death sentences. Alf Moore was also condemned to die with the execution scheduled for September 16.
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Valdosta
Milton Rawlings
Jesse Rawlings
Alf Moore
Canadian invention aids hoisting pianos to upper floors
A new device from Toronto patentee Lorenzo D Frazer offers a compact hoisting apparatus that connects to first through third stories to lift bulky items through windows. It uses a carrier on a rope and pulley system, allowing piano movers, riggers, and safe movers to work with less strain and no instrument damage.
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Lorenzo D. Frazer
Toronto
The Mystery of Magnetism Revealed by Experiments
The article reports Dr BF Hensler's finding that magnets can be produced by nonmagnetic metal mixtures including manganese and tin. Experiments show other alloys like manganese aluminium copper rival cast iron in magnetism and a manganese lead magnet loses its magnetism at 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
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BF. Hensler
Chinese wood oil tree shipped in vast export boom
American importers long noted the oil as a drier for varnish and furniture. Two firms have opened Hankow branches to export the oil, with nearly 200 000 gallons shipped since last fall. No barrels are made where the trees grow, so a Hankow base imported 5 000 barrels and setup machinery from New York. About a thousand seeds have been planted in California and thrive.
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Hankow
China
New York
California
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