Far East Committee Abolished by Czar
The imperial edict announces the abolition of the Far East Committee once led by Admiral Alexieff and Rezabrazoff, unifying administration in the Orient with the rest of Russia. Roosevelt seeks a truce as armistice talks begin with Japan and Russia facing a difficult path to halt hostilities.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Pimperers
Alexieff W
M. Rezobrazoff
Wis
Alexieff
Semperor
Extreme Orient
Admiral Alexies
Washington
Meyer
Foreign Office
Lamsdorff
Roosevelt
Tokio
Belief in St Petersburg That Anothr Great Battle Is Beginning
ST PETERSBURG June 21 news from Manchuria puzzles the General Staff. Japanese withdrawal south appears voluntary, with no clear explanation from Gen Linevitch. An officer suggests Japanese moves in Northeastern Korea may aim to occupy Korean territory before peace talks. Russian reverses are reported. prices on the course fell slightly.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Linevitch
Korea
Armistice Talks Unfold as Manchuria Battle Rumors Persist
AP reports the public misinformed about armistice talks while hostilities in Manchuria appear to be resuming. Japanese forces push along the railroad and Mandarin Mainakai Roads from Singhingehuan toward Yaoma Pass as Russians withdraw to initial defense lines near Sipinghai.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Mandarin and
Mainakai
Singhingehuan
Changtufu
Shuanmiaogi
Yaoma Pass
Sipinghai
Kirin
Changchunfu
Nelidoff Appointed Russian Peace Plenipotentiary
Neli adoff named a member of the Russian peace commission in St Petersburg as ambassador at Paris. The veteran diplomat, longtime ambassador at Constantinople, guided delicate Near Eastern policy and once clashed with Sir Philip Currie over diplomacy.
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ST. Petersburg
Neliadoff
Paris
M. Nelidoff
Constantinople
Russia
Philip Currie
Turkey
Philip
Prinz Sigismund Stopped by Russian Cruiser Dnieper
The German steamer Prinz Sigismund, north of Luzon in the Philippine Islands on June 4, was stopped by the Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnieper which fired blank shots. After overhauling her and examining papers, the cruiser allowed her to proceed.
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Sydnea
Wodnieset
Prinz Sigismund
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt Urges Caution in Contempt Prosecutions
Attorney General and President Roosevelt debate whether to pursue contempt charges against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company officers. The letters discuss evidence standards, injunctions, and the role of individual accountability in enforcing railroad practices.
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Ing
United States
Kansas City
Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Messrs
Harmon
Judson
Elkins
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé
Chicago
Colorado Fuel
International Harvester Company
Morton
International Harvester
New York Man Fatally Shoots Self in Buffalo Hotel
Deane Miller of New York shot himself in his hotel room at the Hotel Touraine on Delaware Avenue Buffalo. A note asked that his brother Dee Miller of 157 East Sixty second Street be notified and cited ill health as the motive. He was taken to Emergency Hospital where doctors said he would likely die. Miller was a Stock Exchange member and had lived at the Waldorf Astoria before moving to 12 West Forty fourth Street. Friends could not explain his act or any financial or health cause.
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International Harvester Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé
Chicago
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Phillips
Morton
Navy Department
Western Railroads
Biddle
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
New York Times
Buffalo
Deane Miller
New_York
Hotel Touraine
Delaware Avenue
Miller
Dee Aix
East Sixtysecond Street
New York
Charles. G. Miller
Iris
Fire scare at tailor shop prompts panic near Pine Street
More than 1,000 workers at tailor shops on Pine Street reacted in a wild panic when a false alarm of fire rang out yesterday afternoon. Rabbi Ichi Smelki reported finding a fire on a synagogue altar on the second floor, but the blaze was extinguished with little damage.
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Pine Street
Ichi Smelki
Presidents Welcome at Williams and Worcester
Williams College students greet President Roosevelt led by Henry Hopkins as he arrives for commencement events. At Clark University and Holy Cross in Worcester he receives honors and addresses crowds in rain. The trip includes telegrams to Harvard and Yale crews and visits with notable figures.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Henry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Worcester
President Hopkins
Clark University
Holy Cross College
Holy Cross
Rockwood Hoar
Harvard
Yale
Gale's Ferry
Conn
Howard
Red Top
New London
Taft Wishes Yale Crew Good Luck But Not From Concession
A dispatch notes Yale's Captain and crew at Yale Ferry Conn while President Taft is mentioned. Police report arrest of Jennie G Hirsch in the Union Railroad Station waiting room for writing verses on a bandbox claimed for the President. She was escorted home by friends after surveillance.
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Yale
Union Railroad
Ontario and Western Declares 14 Percent Dividend
The New York Ontario and Western Railroad Directors declared a 14 percent dividend on common stock from the year ending June 30. A prior 3 percent dividend in January related to the voting trust dissolution. The current year earnings are about 2 percent with 1 percent paid leaving roughly $400,000 for improvements.
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New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company
Harvard House Sold In Stratford On Avon For 4700
The Harvard House at Stratford on Avon was sold today for 4700 dollars to a local resident. The house once changed hands for 2500 dollars and was the early home of the mother of John Harvard, founder of Harvard University.
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London
Harvard
Stratford-on-Avon
John Harvard
Harvard, University
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Loxpon
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Ripley
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Harmon and
Cincinnati
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railway
Western
Atchison
Harvester
Northern Securities
Northern Securities Corporation
Beef Trust
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce ‘and Labor
Tariff Printing Bureau
NEW York Telephone CO
Dey St
Belleclaire
Lion Brand
Cuffi
Stock Exchange
Mr. Roosevelt
Taft—Clark University
Philipsborn
Oreo
Vogel Bros
Vogel
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
North Coast Limited
Lewis & Clark Exposition
Yellowstone Park
Puget Sound
Alaska
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Burlington
St. Louis
Billings
Lewis and Clack
Wonderland
A. M. Cleland
St. ‘Paul
MW. F. Mersdon
Broadway
New York City
L. J. Callanan
Vesey Street
Ontario and Western
VIA
NEW York Central
Hudson River
R. R
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
H.oneill & Co
Griffon Brand
Sixth Avenue
Miller’s Soap
Pennsylvania Soap CO
Lancaster, Pa
Buffalo, N. Y
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