Ministers Urge Peace as Tsar Holds War Council
St Petersburg May 31 The Associated Press reports all ministers except War and Marine favor peace terms. Indemnity payments seem manageable with lenders ready to finance an end to the war. Emperor summons Admiral Alexieff and ministers to a council, with mixed signals on war vs peace. Rumors of naval disaster impact and potential nationwide unrest circulate as Imperial family debates future steps and a national assembly. Grand Duke Michel to attend German Crown Prince wedding. three regiments recalled from Krasnoye Selo amid possible demonstrations.
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St. Petersbure
Preas
Russia
Alexieff
St. Petersburg
Prince Relensky
Linoviteh
Vladivostok
Jemchug
Admiralty
Tsarskoe Selo
Michel
Visdimir
Preobengensky
Ismailovsky
Moskovsky
Krasnoye Selo
Royal carriage bombing shocks Paris crowd and arrests
A bomb attack near the royal carriage in Paris wounded several and triggered a police manhunt. Authorities detained multiple suspects, including a 14 year old, a glassblower, and others, while King Alfonso XIII and President Loubet remained safe. Police and municipal lab teams collected bomb fragments as investigations continued through the night.
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Pate
Palais d'Orsay
Tenty
Potee
Louis Finot
Thilo
Marcel Hauten
Ferdinand Jer
Palace
d'Orsay
Loubet Remail
Alfonso
Loubet
Paul Cartier
Chamber of
Spain
Chatons
Riper Elgate
Tontetti
Joan
King Alfonso's Busy Day in Paris Visits Historic Sights
King Alfonso with President Loubet toured the Invalides Panthéon Notre Dame and other sites amid cheering crowds. Cardinal Richard welcomed the party at Notre Dame. police kept anarchists under surveillance while authorities removed flags and suppressed protests.
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Paris
Alfonso
Loubet
the Invalides
Panthéon
Notre Dame
Richard
D'Orsay Palace
Popzler
M. Loubet
Eim-bessy
Boulevard Des Aliens
Keser
Barcelona
Togo's Swift Attack Continues Unaccounted Ships
Continued from the first page, cruisers Jemchug, Aurora and Oleg remain unaccounted for as reports filter in from Vladivostok via Rear Admiral Jeszen. Captain Andrieffeki of Gromy relays minimal new information, while Almaz and a Russian transport at Woo-Sung are noted. The Emperor has also received communications from Japan possibly via Nebogateff or Rojestvensky.
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Jemchug
Aurora
Oleg
Emperor
Jeszen
Andrieffeki
Gromy
Vladivostok
Tschagnin
Almaz
Woo-Sung
Japan
Nebogateff
Rojestvensky
T Corea
Battle of Sea of Japan named by Admiral Togo
Admiral Togo announces the naval battle in the Sea of Japan from May 27 to May 28 near Okina and Orlewni islands. He reports Vice Admiral Enquist and Admiral Robert Vensky captured. Russian prisoners exceed 3,000.
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Togo
Okina Island
Orlewni Island
Sea of Japan
Enquist
Robert=vensky
Togo Saya
The Gromoboi Not Sunk Declared By Admiralty
May 31 powersburg report states the cruiser Gromoboi of the Vladivostok squadron was not sunk after a telegram to The Tendon Daily Express claimed eight hundred deaths. Captain Broussikoff sent a message believed wireless from Vladivostok. Vice Admiral Skrydloff, once on board, is in St Petersburg. The Gromobol sailed from Vladivostok Saturday after Admiral Rojestvensky reached the Strait of Corea. officials gave no engagement details.
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Admiralty Denics
Tendon Daily Express
Gromoboi
Vladivostok
Broussikoff
Skrydloff
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Strait of
Corea
Submarines in Action Reported in Japanese View
A Japanese government official contends Admiral Togo used submarines to destroy a Russian Battle squadron in the Korea Strait. The submarines, likened to the Moccasin and Fulton, reportedly caused as much damage as torpedo boats to ironclads. An Electric Boat Co officer at No. Nussen St. says orders were received last year for submarines but from neither belligerent. Destination unknown.
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Togo
Corean Strai
Electric Boat Company
Nussen St
Naval experts weigh Togo raid you in calm report
Washington May officials say the Togo attack could only yield such results if conditions were unusual and warn that Russian ships’ sinking may hinge on submarine and torpedo tactics rather than gunfire. They fault Russian training and morale, not naval material, and note limited Japanese losses.
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Washington
Togo
Pensacola
Maine
Coce
Japanese aid in victory credited to Holland expert
New Orleans May 31 reports a Japanese victory in the Corean Strait attributed to the guidance of E Morell, formerly the Holland submarine boat company electrical expert, now advising Japan on submarine workings via an American electrical engineer in the city.
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Triment
New Orleans
Corean Strait
New-Orleans
Holland Submarine Boat Company
E. Morell
Holland Company
Russians imprison Americans in far east
A letter from Khabarovsk reports the detention of a Victoria Sealer, two American hunters, and a Japanese by Russians aboard the Okhotsk Sea supospone schooner. The prisoners face sentences dated in February and to be served in a rebel hospital.
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Khabarovsk
Yvictoria
B.C
Victoria
Okhotak Sea
Aupestinet
No Steps Toward Peace In Far East War Talks
Washington reports indicate the United States has not taken definite steps toward peace in the Russo Japanese conflict though discussions among leaders and diplomats continue. President Roosevelt and British envoy Sir Mortimer Durand discussed recent Far East developments with informal talks likely to continue. Count Cassini and Mr. Takahira spoke of peace prospects with no clear message from Russia, while Brazil’s Nabuco joined diplomatic circles without offering hopeful terms.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Russia
St. Petersburg
Pisir Mortimer Durand
Roosevelt
Sir Mortimer
Great Britain
Japan
Count Cassini
Corcan Strait
Hinesia
Tokuhira
Tokio
Senhor Nabuco
Takahira
Nation for Peace Demands Russian Assembly After Fleet Disaster
Petersburg May 11 The disaster befalling the Russian fleet has created a strong call for the immediate convocation of a national assembly without awaiting the Rescript Commission report. The movement is supported by those seeking reform, with limited support from reactionaries.
Russia Urges Peace Amid Bureaucracy Critique In War Aftermath
Indignant press denounces Russian bureaucracy for wartime misfortunes while urging convocation of the people. Novosti and The Kurshe Gazette call for peace, with others condemning leadership. Reports detail Odessa Cronstadt mourning as families seek news and requiem services.
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Ugyret
Novosti
Kourxe Gazette
Sebastopol
Port Arthur
Monk- Gen
Mob Rule at Lodz
Reports from Lodz on May 31 describe strikers gaining effective control of mills and pressuring manufacturers to close. Strikers ejected a military guard, a cavalry regiment arrived, and a clash with Cossacks led to soldiers firing on the mob, killing two and wounding six.
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Lodz
Restaurant patron found dead after Brooklyn parade
Joete Ruppert 29, a waiter at a Park Row New York restaurant, cut her throat in her Brooklyn room after a despondent night. Her body lay in the morgue all day. A note on the door preceded her suicide. An empty purse and pawn tickets were found in the room. Patrons raised funds to cover her burial expenses. Ruppert, married to a sailor, had moved to Brooklyn three years ago to earn a living.
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Brooklyn
Joete Ruppert
Waitres
Park Row
New York
Fhst
NEW WABASH ROUTE Reach Sea From Pittsburg to New York
Report says George J. Gould and associates press a southern Pittsburg to Baltimore route by bypassing Joseph Ramsey. A new direct line via Central Pennsylvania and the anthracite fields is announced, connecting with the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg and branching to Philadelphia. The route crosses the Alleghenies at Cherry Tree, four hundred feet lower than the Pennsylvania route.
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Trinexr
Pittsburg
George J. Gould
Joseph Ramsey
Baltimore
New York
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Rochester
Surbury
Penn
Philadelphia
Allegheny Mountains
Cherry Tree
Delay in Franchise Tax Payments Sparks City Action
The city faces delays as firms owing franchise taxes have not yet sent payments to the Controller. Some have paid yearly under protest, with Bearda ley & Hommens seeking an $18 000 annual allowance for five years to cover space for city service. Total assessed against the company stands at 264 087. Yesterday the 1904 taxes were due and Colonel Austen collected 40 000. Mercantile Electric Company’s 1904 franchise tax remained at 168.
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Grout
Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company
Beardaley & Hommens
Austen
Mercantile Electric Company
Manhattan
Jewel Robbery Claims Duchess of Westminster in London
Reported theft at Grosvenor House targets the Duchess of Westminster. Value estimated at $30,000 with a pearl necklace of 99 Orient pearls, two-row setting, weighing 900 grains. Missing since May 20. police have no suspects or clues at this time.
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London
May St
Duchess of Westminster
Grosenor House
RACE QUESTION AT NEGRO COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON
Howard University president Rev. John Gordon faces a petition by fifty prominent alumni and the student body calling for his removal. They accuse him of social separation from students and faculty and praise manual training emphasis, saying administration has not been successful. The board will not decide before the school year ends.
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Washington
John Gordon
Howard University
Dr. Clair
University
Discussion on Bronx Improvement by Ping Arts Federation
The Ping Arts Federation met in the Fine Arts Building on West 7th Street and, after hours of debate, urged early planning for an ideal Bronx front with parks shore drives and civic centers. Mayor McClellan Borough President Haffen and the City Improvement Commission sent favorable letters. The group emphasized the need to redesign the area east of the Bronx River and recommended action by the City Improvement Commission at the earliest practicable time. Two pins for providing for superannuated artists.
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Ping Arts Federation
Fine Arts Huilding
S7th St
Frederic Crowninshield
Bronx
Bronx River
McClellan
Haffen
City Improvement Commission
Federation
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