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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
2
Washington dispatch reports that hopes for a quick armistice fade as both Japan and Russia resist immediate ceasefire. The White House denies active push for stopping fighting, while plenipotentiaries are to be named, with Washington Conference terms and German interest shaping negotiations.
The Imperial Government says it will appoint plenipotentiaries to meet Russian representatives to negotiate and conclude peace terms directly between Japan and Russia. It emphasizes seeking world peace and stability and will choose time and place mutually convenient.
Count Inouye, the Japanese minister to Germany, says peace prospects hinge on Russia appointing real plenipotentiaries not mere diplomats. Russia must authorize commissioners to negotiate seriously and end the war. He notes Korea’s independence remains unaffected by Russia.
St Petersburg reports rapid progress in talks between Russia and Japan plenipotentiaries toward opening the conference. The Foreign Office says negotiations on the place and time are proceeding swiftly but not finished. Washington notes Russia answered Roosevelt and discussions began, with British influence cited as a potential moderating factor by chauvinists.
A Die Grenzboten essay reproduces a purported German Emperor Wilhelm II letter to Nicholas II. It suggests William advised Russia to assess whether its officers could guarantee victory and whether internal Russia’s problems justify continuing the war. The German emperor offered friendly services if Moscow sought them.
Chicago revived a plan to host the Russian Japanese peace negotiations if Washington fails. Illinois Manufacturers' Association urged Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor to extend an invitation. St Paul officials sent messages inviting plenipotentiaries to meet there if another venue is chosen. Newport Citizens' Association prepared to push Newport as the site with many summer residences offered for delegates.
Mayor Speer telegram to President Roosevelt invites the peace conference to set terms for ceasing hostilities between Russia and Japan in Denver. He pledges ample accommodations for the commission and notes relief from Washington midsummer heat as Colorado nights are delightful.
Receiver Schofield of the First National Bank announced a final 11 percent dividend to depositors, beginning next Monday at the Sea Coast Bank Building. The $30,000 payout follows a 53 percent stockholder assessment and ends the receivership that saved most depositor funds after the 1908 closure.
In Middlebury Vermont Henry McCormack who escaped while held for forgery faced testimony that J W Ketcham serving seven years for wrecking Farmers National Bank at Vergennes acted as jail turnkey. McCormack claimed doors were open and he simply left. Witnesses described how jail doors could be opened with a wire and keys kept in a bureau drawer.
Justice Clarke in the Supreme Court appointed Whitman S. Mead of Greenwich and William M. Fliess of this city a committee for the estate of Augustus T. Gillender a New York lawyer declared incompetent to handle his affairs. Each must post a $75,000 bond. Fliess is the lawyer's son in law. Gillender holds a large stake in the Orlando Apartment House at 311 West Ninety Fourth Street and owns property in Westchester County.
In Stamford Connecticut a man claiming to be Chester Thorne a banker of 130 Broadway New York was arrested for speeding twenty five miles an hour over the limit He posted bond to appear in court the next day authorities said he was stopped on a measured course.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a world wide cold cure for summer colds. It mentions a full name signature of E. W. Grove and a 25 cent price.
The dispatch describes ongoing combat in Manchuria with a counterattack against Changtu fu. It notes Japanese sweeping movements along the Mongolian frontier toward Kirin, expanding from the west to the northeast.
In St. Petersburg on June 16 M. Witte, president of the Council of Ministers, said Trepoff is the real ruler of Russia. He warned he would not serve as a plenipotentiary for peace and reform, citing fear of contributing to a loss. The interview notes Witte’s disapproval of peace talks, and suggests Trepoff’s rise shadows Tsarist strategy.
A Russian resident in London told The Associated Press that Russia has allowed prisoners to receive literature deemed inimical to the czar as part of revolutionary respite. The claim cites concessions aimed at aiding revolutionary movements within Russia.
A speaker warned that prisoners confined in Japan are regu larly supplied with revolutionary literature from New York London and Berlin. They receive news detrimental to the Russian government and comparisons with free governments. Such materials may spark revolutionary tendencies on return.
London June 16 report fears the British India Company steamship Ikhoma, eight days overdue from Singapore to Yokohama, sunk by a Russian auxiliary cruiser. The Ikhoma carried rice valued with the ship, cargo at about £90,000. In Saigon the Kouban, former Augusta Victoria, arrived seeking coal to reach a Russian port. The Kouban, armed with sixteen guns, did not join the Sea of Japan battle and was reconnoitering Japan’s east coast.
London reports a Copenhagen source says King Oscar would designate a Bernadotte as King of Norway if the Swedish Riksdag dissolves the union, per the Norwegian Storthing. Bjornson argues dissolution would have succeeded earlier. without royal consent a republic and Swiss model government may follow. Stockhom notes ten thousand trade unionists in peaceful protests for independent settlement and acceptance of faits accomplis.
Telegraph reports that among Norwegian born envoys and consuls who resigned only Mr Grip minister at Washington telegraphed the King that after forty years service he would be glad to continue serving him. The move has caused a sensation in Stockholm and Christiania.
Crowds gather in Athens as M. Del pare lies in state after his murder. The king will walk on foot behind the hearse in the funeral procession tomorrow while the garrison lines the route to the cemetery.
In Rome on June 16 the Pope received Archbishop John J. Keane of Dubuque Iowa who thanked him for a telegram to the Cedar Falls Catholic Temperance Societies. The Pontiff urged Americans to abstain from liquor and emphasized gradual, practical temperance progress and noted his note on sacred music by male choirs. He asked Keane to convey affectionate good wishes to President Roosevelt and the United States.
Marcus Braun and Maurice Fishberg report from London that investigation of emigration from Austria-Hungary and Russian Poland shows rising numbers at Atlantic embarkation points. They warn that current emigration to the United States may exceed past records and that the present emigrants are less desirable than previous cohorts.
In Ostend Belgium on June 16 the fourth round of the International Chess Masters Tournament saw Tarrasch defeat Maroczy Tschigorin defeat Marco Leonhardt beat Teichmann Janowski beat Blackburne with Wolf Marshall Alapin Schlechter drawing. Taubenhaus adjourned with Burn again and will resume Wednesday. Leonhardt leads with Janowski and Tarraschi close behind. The standings so far list these results.
Zurich report says Professor E W Scripture of New York, Carnegie Research Society, will lecture at the University of Marburg on experimental phonetics. He recently secured the only phonographed record of the German Emperor, deposited in the Library of Congress, the National Museum, and at Harvard University.
By midnight the condition of Gen. Maximo Gomez has steadily declined. An infection from an abscess on his hand, operated on in Santiago in May, is retarding heart action and other organs.
Panama June 16. John Findley Wallace Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal leaves Panama to meet Secretary Taft on canal affairs and to arrange material purchases. Anticipated orders include 7 000 vitrified bricks.
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius has entered a new active phase. Openings near the crater are widening and continuously ejecting burning material, creating a magnificent nighttime spectacle.
Commissioner McAdoo proposes a plan to station traffic officers at Broad Street curb market to herd brokers, eject loiterers, and curb disturbances. The move gives the curb market official recognition and aims to end nuisance complaints from tenants, while brokers with basements and telephones cooperate to reduce friction.
Special to The New York Times reports John D. Rockefeller and family departing Mount Vernon in a private car for Cleveland where they will spend the summer. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island visited with his daughter, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., at Pocantico Hills.
LIETZEN Styria June 16 Col von Wissmann former governor of German East Africa shot himself in the head during a deer stalking at Fisch ern. He died instantly just after the accident in the field.
The steamship Cedric, bound for Liverpool with many passengers, was reported anchored in Gravesend Bay late last night due to fog. The vessel paused while weather impeded its voyage and no injuries were reported.
A list of fire damages across Manhattan from 5:40 A M to 10:45 P M shows multiple properties and individuals named with damage estimates. Notable entries include New York Central Railroad at One Hundred Forty-second Street and North River with $500 damage and May Irwin on West Fifty-second Street with damage described as flight.
Berlin June 16 Empress Augusta Victoria is indisposed and has canceled all public engagements for the present. As far as known her illness is not serious.
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