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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
1
From Tsarskoe Selo comes report Gen Kuropatkin warns of a Japanese northwestern thrust near Mukden forcing an immediate Russian retreat. The German Times notes vast losses, 38 000 in ten days, and praise for Japanese tactics while pondering Russia's internal crisis and reform hopes amid Manchurian reverses.
The Japanese attacked Russian positions north of Mukden and forced a retreat as evacuations begin south of the city. Japanese concentrat ion is on the west front and the telegraph line may be destroyed. The battle rages in Mukden.
The Russian army pulls back from positions south and southeast of Mukden in orderly retreat. A blaze lights warehouses burning commissary supplies as Japanese forces press from west and northwest. Russians beat back attacks while transferring many troops from the southern front.
The notice lists sections like Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations and State pages with page numbers for each item as a catalog of the newspaper's departments.
Gen Nogi strengthens the striking force while Russians defend Madyapu and brace for a major assault. Japanese troops appear north of Mukden on heights near Husharitai. Only Ushantun and Tashi-Chao saw minor action yesterday, as the front readies with well supplied ammunition lines praised by Russian officers.
Shelling continues in the northeast of Mukden as heavy rain dampens the city. An engagement is reported at the Imperial Tombs with walls trembling from bombardment.
Mukden remains in Russian control though withdrawal from the Sha River line proceeds. Japanese push along the rail north of Mukden. fighting west of the railroad with projectiles reaching the track. Russian positions near Tashi-Chag steady, Ushuntun contested, and 500 prisoners captured. Casualties on the Russian left flank exceed 7,000 as cannons thunder and drums rumble through Mukden. Telegraph lines with Harbin were momentarily cut but restored.
Tokyo officials notify Washington of a major Japanese victory at Mukden as Russian forces retreat. Casualties are reported as substantial on both sides.
Advices from Tokyo report that Gen Kuropatkin is badly beaten in the bloodiest battle of the present war. A Japanese dispatch from Manchuria says their forces, facing a superior enemy near Machantan southeast of Mukden, dislodged the foe at 8 this morning and are now in pursuit northward.
March 8 dispatch from Gen. Kuροki's field headquarters reports the Russians abandoning the Sha River line overnight and retreatting northward. Japanese infantry press the pursuit while Russians burn vast supply heaps. Mukden fall appears imminent as Japan presses east. Censorship prevents detailing exact forces.
The report from St. Petersburg on March 9 describes a decisive Russian setback at Mukden. Field Marshal Oyama is praised as a premier offensive strategist, while General Kuropatkin struggles to retreat with the vast army and its wagon train toward a prepared passage, facing threats on two flanks and a difficult defense of the pass.
Readable fragments indicate a patent sale notice from Benedict CoMar Button and related hot jewelry mentions. Details are unclear but reference to October timing and new patent developments appear in the clipped text.
The Isthmian Canal Commission will be completely reorganized within weeks with retirements and new policy. Rear Admiral John G. Walker may resign. Burr Harrod Grunsky also likely to retire. The President aims for a more vigorous canal build after April or May and may appoint Alsace as Coal Commissioner and new Chairman.
Twenty additional subpoenas were mailed to clerks managers and former packing-house employees in Illinois Indiana and Missouri as part of the Beef Trust Grand Jury investigation. Two hundred twenty five subpoenas had already been served and the investigation continues despite a Commerce Department report.
Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad authorized expenditures totaling 75 million dollars for the year, with 31 million allocated at the meeting for construction and equipment. The bulk will fund motive power car equipment and steel rails as the system expands and upgrades.
The Oceanic from Liverpool and Southampton was reported from Nantucket by wireless. Cedric sailed from Liverpool yesterday and Kronprin Wilhelm from Southampton at 11 last night. Republic arrived at Algiers yesterday. Arabia on cruise arrived at Alexandria. Pannonia arrived at Naples yesterday.
Russell Sage remains at his home at 52 Fifth Avenue with a severe cold contracted Tuesday. Dr. John P. Munn of 18 West Fifty-eighth Street said there is no cause for alarm in Mr. Sage's condition.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a train leaving New York at 6 32 PM and arriving Cleveland with distorted text around piers and stations. key details incomplete.
Pep President of the Amalgamated declares more trains with green motormen means more collisions and deaths to secure a win. He disclaims defections, vows no union members quit, and promises to press the strike. Pickets target Farley’s trains and Harlem River Casino operations to disrupt strikebreakers.
A loud explosion near Delmonico’s restaurant at Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street toppled a heavy manhole cover about twenty feet into the air. The blast, likely from ignited gas, tore asphalt for ten feet. Guests at Delmonico’s and Sherry’s across the avenue were alarmed by the event. repairs followed quickly.
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 8, University of Michigan authorities say more than seventy five students were hazed in a class hair cut war. Two sophomores were stabbed by an unknown freshman with one in critical condition and another with a chest wound. The sheriff searched for the attacker after the incident in which the freshman stabbed both sides to avoid hair cuts.
A Kentucky grand jury indicts Standard Oil with 200 counts for retailing oil from a wagon without a license. Penalties range from 50 to 1000 dollars per count, totaling at least 10000 dollars, following a recent appellate ruling in Oldham County.
The Prairie Oil and Gas Company announces that Kansas oil testing below thirty degrees gravity will not be purchased. The move affects about two thirds of Kansas production and is described as the harshest blow yet by the Prairie Company to local producers. Kansas oil rarity ranges twenty to thirty degrees. the average is twenty eight.
The Washington march featured a pony auction by cowboys who sold thirty five ponies. Theodore Roosevelt Jr joined the show as Captain Bullock presented the gift of Jim Fuller’s Wyoming pony to him. The President and Roosevelt rode the pony at the White House before the cowboys departed for home.
Justice Dowling ruled the city ordinance empowering a City Magistrate to fine up to 250 dollars or imprison up to three months for carrying concealed weapons is illegal. In Vigiano v. Moss, Vigiano was sentenced to three months. Dowling held offenses are felonies or misdemeanors only and the Magistrate lacked jurisdiction. The counsel argued the Magistrate could only hold for trial in the Special Sessions Court.
Pennsylvania Railroad announces a six day trip through the South to Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washington departing March 3 for 36 dollars, with New York to Old Point Comfort at 17 dollars in the sale ad.
Interborough workers return to duty as 500 new hires swell force to 5,500 with aim to reach 7,000. Subway and elevated lines resume service with near normal headways after a week of disruption. Mayor McClellan is asked to provide police protection rather than arbitration.
Subway traffic recovered to about four fifths of pre strike levels during the evening rush hour as express service resumed on Lenox Avenue and Broadway. Elevated lines fared less well with limited Second Avenue service and irregular Third Sixth and Ninth Avenue runs. Officials expected express service on elevated systems to be back to normal soon after Tuesday’s disruption.
Fragment describes using Piso's Cure administered by Many Mothers for spasmodic croup in children. It includes promotional style lines and mentions Scotch and Boston references in a noisy ad copy.
Interborough management blames police apathy for service delays on the Third and Sixth Avenue lines as 8,200 officers on strike duty fail to curb disorder. Trains ran with gaps up to an hour, emergency brake plugs were removed by strikers, and a southbound Third Avenue train halted near 125th Street with a postal messenger aboard.
A seven car subway train on the West Farms viaduct crashed into two cars at the One Hundred Eightieth Street terminal. Twenty five machinists and an emergency wrecking crew occupied the front car, while thirty policemen rode in the other. Police officer William Crossett suffered a head injury, Horan and Finnegan were cut by glass. Motorman Frank Slack said braking failed on a slippery track. no one seriously hurt. Captain Burfeind led Westchester Police at the scene. An ambulance crew from Fordham Hospital treated the wounded.
A Westchester branch train derailed at the One Hundred Forty ninth Street junction with Third Avenue as the motorman failed to brake. Passengers fell, several injured including Policeman William R. Bell, and the rear car toppled across downtown tracks triggering panic in cars crowded with Italians. The train was sent to the repair shop.
Two delegates from the Amalgamated Association sought to mobilize engineers and firemen at the Interborough power house after secretly meeting with the Central Federated Union. The executive committee stayed in session overnight at Sulzer's Harlem River Park to report to this morning's gathering.
Capt Flood of the West Forty seventh Street Station kept a guard around the Subway power house at Fifty ninth Street and the North River all night. He barred strikers from entering or communicating with employees, allowing contact only by letter or outside meeting. A sympathizer said 150 workers quit, with some replaced by new hires as others left since the Interborough strike began.
Mayor McClellan declines to act as arbitrator in the Interborough Rapid Transit strike. Letters from Vice President E P Bryan and from workers William L Jencks Harry Blainey and George E Pepper request mediation. Company officials say strikers motives run deep and arbitrate at this time is not feasible.
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