High Officials Resign as Navy Chief and Admiral Step Down
In Saint Petersburg on June 16 Grand Duke Alexis the high admiral and Admiral Avellan head of the navy department resigned. An imperial rescript followed relieving the grand duke of the navy's supreme direction, a move seen as a concession to public opinion after the Sea of Japan tragedy and years of graft and mismanagement rumors. The resignations come amid intense newspaper campaigns against naval administration.
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Alexis
Avellan
Alexander III
Russia
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Sea of Dopan
Marine Department
Department
Riots in Brestk ovsk as Russian troops kill Jews
Report from Warsaw dated June 14 describes two days of fierce street clashes in Brestk ovsk between Russian troops and Jewish residents. casualties rise with at least 50 killed and 80 injured, many Jews. townspeople set upon, homes and shops torched, hundreds left homeless.
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Warsaw
Brestkovsk
Israel
Monument Honors Slocum Disaster Victims in Middle Village
A granite shaft memorializing nearly 1,000 victims of the General Slocum disaster was unveiled at Luther an cemetery in Middle Village Long Island. The 20 foot monument features a bas relief of the burning steamer and bronze figures representing Memory Grief Faith and Hope.
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New York
General Slocum
East River
Lutheran Cemetery
Middle Village
L. I
Death at a crossing near Goshen
An auto carrying Mr and Mrs Richard Sayer of Englewood N J and their two sons was struck by an Erie train at Goshen Middletown N J. Mr and Mrs Sayer were killed instantly and their sons badly injured. The chauffeur escaped by leaping clear as warnings were ignored. Witnesses say the driver ordered crossing, despite calls to stop. Nearby, saloon law passed in Madison Wisconsin restricting licenses within 200 feet of schools. A Treasury warrant grants 58 1 2 percent extra pay to Roosevelt for spurious Spanish War era veterans.
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Erie
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Madison
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Arhleh
Congress
Peace Site May Be at the Hague
The Hague emerges as a possible venue for Russia and Japan’s peace conference, with Washington initially designated final. Russia and France urge neutrality and timing favors The Hague, while Washington officials insist no change to location is provable. Armistice talks proceed in Manchuria as front lines hold, and preparations for a major Washington conference mission proceed.
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Needed Encouragement in Naval Life and Journalism
Fragmentary reminiscence contrasts discipline aboard a naval ship with harsher treatment on another vessel near Rio. A sailor notes that true encouragement lies in steady, humane work rather than fear, while the piece extols the journalist’s power to mold opinion and serve the community daily.
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Rio
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