Envoys Face Difficult Talks in Peace Conference
The Portsmouth dispatch reports a pessimistic mood at the peace conference as key articles on Russia’s sea power and war indemnity stall. De Witte may adjourn to await St Petersburg words while both sides resist surrendering Sakhalin or paying indemnity, and Bar on Hayashi says plenipotentiaries can conclude peace with ratification only a formality.
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Portsmouth
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Far East
de Witte
St. Petersburg
Envors
Sakhalim
Japan
St. Petersbore
Sakhalin
Hayashi
Pessimism Dawns As Conference Nears Shipwreck
Report from plenipotentiaries at the hotel said no progress had been made and de Witte spoke reluctantly of unfinished articles. The Japanese camp warned against drift while a late Russian meeting showed divisions over concessions on Sakhalin and indemnity.
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Sato
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Sakhalin
Hayashi Seeks Peace To London
Baron B Harashi Japanese minister to Great Britain dismisses pessimistic Portsmouth dispatches. He predicts victory if war persists, claiming Vladivostok and Harbin would be captured and entrenched positions would require treble enemy forces to dislodge. He questions Russia's ability to sustain a government and loans.
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London
Baron B Harashi
Great Britain
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Vladivostok
Harbin
Tapan
No Indemnity Claimed by De Martens in War Precedent
Portmouth N H August 18 De Martens a Russian delegate and noted international law authority says there is no precedent for indemnity in any war. He states Russia and allied powers have not established a claim.
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de Martens
Portmorth
X. H
Russia
Jurist De Martens Denies War Indemnity Precedent
In remarks to an AP correspondent, de Martens argues no history supports war tribute after peace when a nation’s territory is not wholly occupied by an enemy. He cites Russia’s past, noting she never paid tribute even in defeats, and warns Japan or any power against imposing indemnities.
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Associated Press
Russa
de Martens
Japan
Russia
Peter the Great
No more conferences to settle wage scale outlined by Illinois Glass
George M. Levis general manager of Illinois Glass Works says no more wage scale conferences this year as non union competition pressures markets. He plans to start up as many furnaces as possible with reductions to meet rivals. He just returned from Atlantic City where talks failed. Levis cites competition from non union factories and the need to cut costs.
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St. Louis
George M. Levis
Iilinos Glass Works
Alton
San Francsco
Levis
Atlantic City
N. J
Glass Bioiwers
Iiners Glass Company
Herman Outpoints Nears In Ten Round Bout
Denver reports Kid Herman of Chicago out-pointed Charley Neary of Milwaukee to win the decision in a ten round bout at Coliseum Hall. Neary was warned multiple times for holding in the clinches.
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Herman
Nears
Denver
Colo
Kid Herman
Chicago
Charley Neary
Mibwaukee
Coliseum Hall
Neary
Scores on the Ball Fields
Baseball scores from Aug 19 across leagues show Brooklyn 5 over Pittsburgh 4, Boston 3 over Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4 over St Louis 1, New York 0 over Chicago 0, Detroit 6 over Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 2 over New York 1, Kansas City 6 over Milwaukee 2, Toledo 8 over Indianapolis 0, Columbus 7 over Louisville 4, Minneapolis rain, Denver 5 over Des Moines 2, Omaha 13 over Pueblo 12, Sioux City 3 over St Joseph 2.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincnnati
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Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Toledo
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Columbus
Louisvile
Minneapolia
Denver
Des Moines
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Pueblo
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Reciprocity Tariff League urged by national conference
Chicago reports that resolutions from the national reciprocity conference recommend forming a permanent American Reciprocity Tariff League with a fifteen member committee to organize and advance the effort. The group cites export trade as vital and urges Congress to establish a permanent tariff commission to pursue dual maximum and minimum tariff concessions.
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Reciprocity Tariff League
United States
Tarif and Export Commission
Congress
Fas
Massachusetts and Iowa Clash Over Tariff Reciprocity
The conference heard dueling visions on tariff policy with Massachusetts backing dual fare and an expert commission, while Governor Cummins of Iowa urged protection and reciprocity. He branded reciprocity as long abused and called for a public fight to win or lose, mocking Secretary Shawn and defending the Republican line against revision. A commission plan was adopted to avert floor clashes, and a protective policy declaration was added to the platform after Foss presented it.
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Massachusetts
Cummins
Iowa
Cummings
Shawn
Des Moines
Laward Rosewater
Omaha
Republican Party
Chiairman Foss
Iroquois Wins Canada Cup Race Over Temeraire
The yacht Iroquois defeated the Canadian challenger Temeraire in a Canada cup series race at Charlotte. Each boat now has two race wins in the series.
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Charlotte
Iroquois
Temeraire
Poison plot thwarted by curious boy in San Bernardino
In San Bernardino California Aug 18 a Mexican boy alerted others to a diabolical plan by Emanuel Mendez who poisoned watermelons with wheat flour. He invited friends to a watermelon feast and was caught when guests found poisoned remnants. Mendez faced severe punishment as the motive remained unclear.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Redlands
Emanuel Mendez
Mendez
Wealthy Agnostic Plans Self Erected Monument Bust
Phineas Gardner Wright of Evidently an Agnostic Fulnam Conn Aug 18 is building a Grove street cemetery monument. He dreamt the bust whiskers were too long and spirits urged trimming. He shipped the bust to Worcester for whisker trimming per specifications. An inscription below mocks the voyage: Go fog but dont know where.
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Fulnam
Conn
Phineas Gardner Wright
Grove Street
Worcester
Florida Commissioner Accuses Hines of Lying at Meeting
At the National Railway Commissioners session in Deadwood Florida Commissioner Stet Burr denounced ex assistant general counsel and L and N executive Walker D Hines as a liar and perjurer over multiple sworn property valuation statements used for taxation and rate making. Maine's Chadbourne defended, while taxation methods across states drew intense discussion.
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National Railway Commissioners’ Association
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Walker D. Hines
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Hines
United States District Court
Burr
National Railway Commissioners
Congress
Benjamin F. Chadbourne
Maine
Charles T. Staples
Minnesota
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Tragic Norfolk Excursion Train Plunge Kills Dozens
A Coast Line excursion from Kinston North Carolina to Norfolk plunged through an open drain into the Elizabeth River eight miles from Norfolk. The death toll rises toward forty with many injured including forty seven Black passengers. Investigators doubt the engineer acted deliberately and an inquiry begins. rescue operations banded by Norfolk and Portsmouth doctors.
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Elizabeth River
Whitey W. BG. Jolly
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Jolly
Jollife
Rosson Peebles
Sydney Thomas
David South
Mary Jones
John Marble
Weber Ford
Jake Atkinson
Nancy Persis
G. BS. Forbes
Greenville
B. Reigs
East Tadford
Tost
Reigs
Norfolk Protestant Hospital
Morris
Cooper
Leitch may retain dual Wilmington offices per Roosevelt decision
President Roosevelt allowed C. H. Leitch United States stamp deputy collector at Wilmington to keep both his posts as city council member and president. If he resigns the council would be evenly split, risking a two year deadlock without electing a successor. In Zanesville, Anna Lane 48 was shot dead at Thomas Adama’s home. Seebach claims he slept nearby as she was to marry him on Sept. 15.
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C. H. Leitch
United States
Internal Revenue
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Del
Roosevelt
Leitch
Zanesville
Anna Lane
Oll
Woodsfield
Thomas Adama
Charles Seebach
Seebach
Tin
Pension clerks punished for widow’s pension error
Washington August 18 Commissioner Warner of the pension bureau orders the resignation of the clerk responsible for an error that let a widow receive eleven years of pension instead of one. He also reduces one grade for each of the three reviewers who approved the case.
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TheisgOversigur
Washington
Warner
Pension Bureau
White Scare Prisoners Quarantined In Federal Jail
Washington reports 186 prisoners in the federal jail have been quarantined for sixteen days due to a smallpox outbreak whose origin cannot be traced.
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Washington
Trans Miss congress urged reforms on Chinese exclusion
Reports from Portland and Seattle detail speakers at the Trans Mississippian Commercial Congress calling for a less stringent exclusion policy or limited reconstruction. John Barrett and Theodore Wilcox argued for admitting a limited number of Chinese workers to protect Pacific coast industry.
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Portland
Ore
trans-Missississip Commercial Congress
John Barrett
United States
Colombia
Theodore B. Wilcox
Congress
Wilcox
China
Pacific Coast
Dutch Salt Having Trouble in Dutch East Indies
A Batavia telegram reports Ahinese rebels attacking the Dutch post at Ranmong in the Dutch East Indies. Two officers and twenty-two men were killed. six post members escaped, wounded. The broader dispatches note related weather and births events.
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Amsterdam
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Ranmong
Insurance Law Expert Urges Federal Control at Agents’ Meet
Ralph W. Breckinridge of Omaha, chair of the American Bar Association insurance law committee, urged federal control of insurance in a keynote address to the National Insurance Agents convention held in Denver on August 18.
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Ralph W. Breckenridge
Omaha
The
Nerean Bar Association
National Insurance Agents’ Convention
Optimist predicts prosperous year for north
St Paul correspondent James Hill sees clouds lifting for a prosperous year though forecasts caution about financial skies. Great Forest Fire in Utah rages on mountains northeast of Ogden, destroying broad areas. L A Somers veteran telegraph man dies at 66 in Cleveland home of his son.
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St. Paul, Minn
James Hill
Tle
Utah
Ogden
Cleveland
L. A. Somers
Thome of Lis Son
Conversion of Argentina debt bill approved by chamber
The chamber of deputies passed a bill to convert Argentina's external debt. A hurricane and tidal wave struck the Marshall Islands on June 6, resulting in 100 deaths. An imperial ukase in St Petersburg authorized a new Internal loan of 100 million dollars at 5 percent. John D. Rockefeller walks for health at his Cleveland home. The Luxembourg, or Calcasud item, unclear in text. The total Secession vote in Texas Way tallied 368,200 for and 184 against. Miss Roosevelt and Secretary Taft attended an event in Zamboanga Mindanao. An interview between Emperor and King Edward planned for Marienbad.
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Marshall Islands
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Ireland
St. Petersburg
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Florence Croker
Richard Croler
Miss Roosevelt
Ta Party
Zamboanga
Island Mindanao
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Marlegbad
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