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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1905
Page
2
A historical notice highlights the Northern Manchuria region and the Vladivostok Railroad project. Officials discuss routes and potential economic impact for ports, cities, and communities connected by the line in the era.
Paris dispatch reports the Tsar’s War Council of nine, including the Czar and four Grand Dukes, voting to appoint plenipotentiaries to study Japanese demands. Only one Grand Duke and Admiral Avellan favored the American proposal. the rest opposed indemnities to Japan or dismantling Vladivostok fortifications, with continued defensive war possible.
Washington reports indicate no confirmation or denial of a St. Petersburg dispatch claiming Russia sought to reopen the venue for the peace plenipotentiaries. Japan's stance favors Washington, with The Hague as the President's preference. Russia may seek better terms, while Japan distrusts Russia's peace surrender.
Paris June 17 Baron Rosen the new Russian Ambassador to the United States continues to be proposed as a peace plenipotentiary. He described arrival plans to reach New York on July 4 then Boston and Manchester by the Sea to occupy a summer home, with credentials timing left to American authorities and Washington meetings depending on circumstances. He recalled cordial U.S. relations during four years and said he has not received any instruction from his government about plenipotentiary duties.
Japan challenges the ranking of M. Nelidoff as a plenipotentiary noting Russia may place its ambassador at Paris above foreign ministers. Tokyo seeks high ranking envoys and broad confidence among all powers for the Washington conference.
Soviet and Japanese negotiators reportedly moving toward an armistice at Godzyadani in Manchuria. Front conditions are described as quiet with Japanese forces seeming to withdraw.
Telegram from St Petersburg reports Gen Linovitch noting Russian troops in the Tzin valley captured several Japanese dragoons. Japanese supply shortages are cited with rice rations reduced. On June 16 Japanese attacks west of the railroad pressured a Russian post south of Palitoun, ousted by two Japanese companies.
The New York Times reports Atlantic City, as a first Summer resort bidder, seeks the Russo Japanese Peace Commission location. A local delegation led by John L. Sprogle will press the case, with Mayor Story promising full amenities for the plenipotentiaries. Bar Harbor hosts planning by summer residents to lure the conference, noting vacant mansions and past plenipotentiary residents Cassini and foreign ministers.
Cardinal Gibbons, in Washington on church business, called on President Roosevelt with Dr. D. J. Stafford. He congratulated Roosevelt on his peace negotiations between Russia and Japan, calling him an angel of peace to the world and saying the world owes him a great debt.
A confidential document sent to high Russian officials in Warsaw requests details on potential evacuation plans in case of a siege and the families and rail routes involved. Rioting bands and bank deposits drive precaution as authorities warn locals to move relatives to safety. In St Petersburg, delays in meeting the Emperor fuel rumors of an upcoming ukase to address Zemstvoist grievances.
Joseph T. Anders, a 40 year old Brooklyn resident and draftsman, shouted that he was a New York baseball manager and a friend of Teddy Roosevelt as he disrupted a City Hall crowd. Police took him to City Hall Station. Bellevue Hospital later reportedly treated him for cocaine use. Letters from Roosevelt when Assistant Secretary of the Navy were found on Anders.
James Crowe’s buggy collided with a piano organ that started playing suddenly near Cherry Valley Munson L. F. The horse danced and capered forcing Crowe from the seat and smashing the buggy. He led the horse home and plans to equip it with ear muffs.
In Ostend Belgium June 17 Leonhardt loses to Wolf while Burn defeats Tschigorin and Tarrasch beats Taubenhaus Maroczy defeats Marshall and Janowski defeats Alapin The leaders Janowski Leonhardt and Tarrasch share first place with Maroczy and Wolf tied for fourth The sixth round lineup includes Wolff Schlechter Maroczy Leonhardt Taubenhaus Marshall Tschigorin Tar rasch Blackburne Burn Janowski Marcon Alavin Teichmann
Survivors report panic and mutiny aboard Russian ships as Japanese torpedo craft harassed the fleet. The Sazanami captured Rojestvensky and staff, while Tsunezo earned the Order of the Kite. Fishermen rescued key Russian officers, including Nakahimoff’s captain.
A 1904 discussion of war lithographs from Russia and Japan shows heroic fantasies and brutal depictions of battles. The Lenox Library displays color prints from Tokio and St. Petersburg, portraying Russian duress, Japanese foes, and sensational scenes from the Far East conflict.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew sailed for a two month European vacation aboard the American liner St. Louis. He planned a Paris stop with fate of travel influenced by dressmakers while expressing hope for continued peace between France and Germany and harmony in Equitable Life affairs. Also aboard were James Smith Jr, Mrs. Nevada N Stranahan, Lord Falconer, and Louis Sherry.
The New Haven and Hartford RailroadCompany orders cessation Aug 18 of through rail rates on bituminous and anthracite coal via Harlem River, citing congestion and yard facilities. It plans to move coal via other routes while leaving Poughkeepsie bridge rates unchanged.
Irvene Maguire, secretary of the State Board of Assessors, filed the second schedule of corporate assessments with the controller. It lists 560 companies owing a combined tax of 107 345.58 dollars. the first schedule brought total assessments to 6 074 firms with 2 465 164.57 dollars. This year more companies are assessed than last year though many cut capital stock or dissolved.
Joseph Vollmer, widow of three and father of three, killed himself in his room at 342 East Thirteenth Street after the Slocum disaster anniversary. He had been living with his sister Mrs. Katie Lutz and kept a string of odd jobs as his life unraveled.
Fire bulletin lists multiple incidents from Friday night to Saturday night. Locations include 65 Columbia Street Morris Schneider, 149 Ridge Street Phillip Friedman with $100 damage, 236 West Sixty second Street R Adams with $1,000, 25 Division Street Samuel Goldman with $1,000, 379 East Eighth Street Anna Bad weaetna Ae M East River Steamer Company with unknown damage, and 934 East One Bar Sa a Hegan with $10 damage.
Lightning struck the Wisconsin Veneer Company's factory in Rhinelander Wisconsin starting a blaze that destroyed the plant with a loss of 250000 dollars. In Marion Illinois Johnston City suffered a near total fire loss with forty buildings burned including the First National Bank with damages estimated at a substantial amount.
In Paris and Berlin hopes rise for a peaceful settlement as government figures change seats in Paris. French sentiment shifts after Russia’s earlier defeat and Germany’s strengthened stance, while editorials urge an international conference to settle tensions over Morocco.
Reassuring dispatches from official sources claim Germany and France aim for an early settlement in Paris talks on Morocco. Berlin adopts a hopeful tone while Paris remains cautious and eager to uncover Germanys real intentions, signaling war unlikely but conditions are finely balanced.
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