Japanese Open Road To Mukden Threatens Kuropatkin Army
Rome telegram reports two Japanese divisions reached near Mukden and have cut off General Kuropatkin's retreat line. A major battle near Mukden is expected within days as transport problems hinder rapid Russian withdrawal. Kuropatkin may choose to stand and fight with an army of roughly 161,000 men.
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London
Rome
Tokio
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Mukden Line
Death in Fountain At Woodland Park Draws Typhoid Alarm
Health Officer Ludlow says a spring at Woodland Park may harbor typhoid germs after tracing a typhoid case to a year old boy. Water samples were sent to City Chemist Smith for analysis expected in two days. Also, a burglary at Lumber Exchange Building on Second Avenue saw $100 in cigars and tobacco stolen. Officer Milliken alerted police.
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Woodland Park
Ludlow
Smith
Lumber Exchange
Second Avenue
Milliken
Cotterill Emerges as Dems Back Governor Bid
Seattle Democrats gauge George F. Cotterill of Beattie as strongest alternative to George Turner for governor. Cotterill says he will accept if nominated, stressing duty to voters and support for railroad commission and state governance reform. Turner has ruled out candidacy, opening path for Western Washington leadership and Cotterill's bid in Eastern Washington.
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United States
George Turner
Spokane
Turner
George F. Cotterill
Beattie
Cotterill
Mr. Cotterill
Washington
Benator
Congress
King County
Railroad Commission
Easter Washington
Tacoma
Cotterl
Pacific Northwest
Main Japanese Army Advances Toward Hai Cheng and Kail Ping
May 18 dispatch reports the main Japanese force advancing on Hai Cheng about ten southeast of Newchwang and Kail Ping about thirty miles east of Newchwang. A smaller Japanese force is also moving toward Liao Yang.
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Mukden
Hai Cheng
Newchwang
Kail Ping
Liao Yang
Russians doubt Japanese advance near Mukden
In St. Petersburg on May 18 officials refute a report that Japanese positions north of Mukden block Russian retreat. A general staff officer notes the March route is mountainous, implying risk of Russian overwhelm if true. Japanese divisions move cautiously toward Liao Yang with no immediate battle expected.
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Scripps News Aan
ST. Petersburg
Mukden
Japanese Drive Russians Back in Liao Tung Skirmishes
Tokio dispatch reports on May 15 and 16 Japanese detachments engaged Russians, driving them back and destroying telegraph lines and railways near Liao Tung. Japanese forces seized heights near Kin Chow after heavy fighting at Tulantien on the 16th, with 146 casualties including nine officers.
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Tulantien
Kin Chow
Fatal razor attack in presence of dying wife
Bourbon displayed a brutal scene at 9 Maynard avenue when a man slashed his wife’s throat with a razor in a drunken frenzy. Neighbors and Miss Davenport stopped him, police aided, and Dr Buckley removed the attacker to Wayside Mission hospital as the wife’s condition deteriorates.
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Kentucky
Bourbons
Maynard Avenue
Flo Davenport
Miss N
Miss Davenport
Potter
Bourbon
Tyner Pleads In Tyner Barrett Post Office Case
Tyner, aged and paralytic, was rolled to the jury box as his counsel and government attorneys surrounded him. He denied charges about issuing fraud orders, saying he acted to the best of his abilities. Tears appeared on his cheeks as jurors watched the emotional testimony and stimulants kept him alert through the proceedings.
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Washington, D. C
Tyner
Ohio for Roosevelt Ohio for Roosevelt
The second day of the Republican state convention in Columbus adopted a platform reaffirming policy. Noah Swaine of Toledo and Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati were nominated as presidential electors by acclamation. L. C. Laylin was nominated for a third term as secretary of state. Other officials and delegates were re nominated or elected.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Noah Swaine
Toledo
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
L. C. Laylin
W. D. Pear
Supreme Court
Lawson Emerson
H. N. Ankeney
Foraker
Herrick
Boss” Cox
Renton Hill Residents Seek Paving Upgrade
Renton Hill Improvement Club discusses paving all streets in the district. A special meeting on June 2 will decide final action after consulting property owners, with annual club elections on the agenda. The group also weighs park expenses and tax payments between park and general funds.
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Renton Bill
Renton Hill
City officials discuss park board funding at evening meeting
At a joint meeting in city hall, the park board and parks and boulevards committee weighed a crucial issue that will shape the board's near term budget once funds for the coming year can be closely estimated.
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Park Board
Parks and Boulevards Committee
General Council
Lavina fishing sloop blows ashore at Twin Washington
Victoria fishermen report the Lavina found ashore at Twin after a gale swept across the strait. The small sloop, lightly damaged, rested on Twin Beach with no crew bodies found nearby. owners believed she dragged anchor while ashore. The vessel lies at Twin, thirteen miles west of Port Crescent.
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Lavina
Victoria
Twin, Wash
Maritime Exchange
Tatoosh
Twin
Port Crencent
Anaconda Copper stockholders clash over mismanagement
Eastern minority stockholders accuse Amalgamated Copper of mismanagement at Anaconda meeting. They claim net profits fell about 4.6 million in four years while ore production did not drop and reduction costs declined. They also allege Amalgamated spent millions on Montana politics taken from Anaconda treasury.
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Anaconda
Mont
Aanaconda Copper Mining Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Montana
Anaconda Treasury
Suspects Arrested in Saloon Robbery Probe
Suspect T. J. Murphy alleged to be implicated in a South Seattle saloon robbery where a spectator was shot dead, was arrested last night with J. P. Thompson and Br. J. O'Brien, both ex‑convicts. Officers Kelly and Phillipa nabbed them after they alighted from a Northern Pacific train. they will be held pending investigation.
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T. J. Murphy
South Seattle
J.P. Thompson
Br. J. O’brien
Kelly and
Phillipa
Northern Pacific
Boy Burglars Break Into Cigar Stand Entrance
Two boys attempted a break in at a city cigar stand located at the building entrance. The incident disrupted access and prompted local authorities to investigate and review security measures.
Puget Sound steamers to be converted to oil burners
Inland Flyer and Athlon on the Port Orchard route will be rebuilt to burn oil. Standard Oil engineers draft plans, aiming to complete this week with work by Blanchard Oil Co. at about 1000 dollars per vessel. Athion tank 76 barrels, Inland Flyer about 10 barrels. If successful, more Puget Sound steamers may follow.
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Inland Flyer
Athlon
Port Orchard
Standard Oil Company
Puget Sound
Port Orchard Company
Ina Pectora
Blanchard Oil Company
Athion
Tragic suicide of Alectric Hneman lineman aged 36
Martin Middelstads a Beattle lineman since 1886 committed suicide yesterday afternoon by swallowing carbolic acid. He left home on eighteenth avenue and Hanford street saying he was going to the city. Helen McClure heard groans and found him dying beside the acid and coroner Hoye ordered an inquest. He leaves a wife and father.
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Martin Middelstads
Eighteenth Avenue
Hanford Street
Helen McClure
Beacon Hill
Middiestada
Hoye
Isham
Bonney-Watson
Destruction reported in Sassoun district by Armenian insurgents
Wall of Bitna reports 17 villages destroyed with 600 families taking refuge in Mush. In local notes, Washington strawberries beat Oregon berries to market as Hood River fruit misattributed to Kennewick near Pasco on the Columbia River. First crop from newly planted district plants, set out a year ago.
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Constantinople
Bitna
Sassoun
Mush
Washington
Oregon
Hood River
Kennewick
Pasco
Columbia River
Yakima
Spokane
Western Avenue
Woman shoots burglar in street after porch confrontation
Mrs Mabel Little John of 304 Sixth Avenue North recounted a Sunday night burglary at her home. She fired when the intruder brandished a bare arm, wounding his. The assailant fled as she prepared to pursue with detectives expected to do their work.
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Mabel Little John
Sixth Avenue North
Mrs. Little John
Starman
Shantung Port Opens to Foreign Trade by Imperial Decree
Minister Conger reports that the port of Tsinanfu in Shantung province has been opened to foreign trade by imperial decree signaling a new commercial policy and wider access for international commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Tsinanfu
Shantung Province
Republican State Convention Opens in Sacramento with 700 Delegates
The Sacramento gathering of about 700 delegates opens with high enthusiasm and harmony. Delegates at large are expected to face a tight contest, while Roosevelt's administration is slated for endorsement and instruction to vote for him in Chicago.
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Sacramento
Roosevelt
Chicago
Helpless Friesland Limps to Liverpool After Shaft Break
The Red Star liner Friesland is helpless off Minehead with a broken shaft. A tug has been sent to aid her and she plans to reach Liverpool tonight.
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Queenstown
Red Star
Friesland
Minehe
Liverpool
War credits debate shadows Vienna defense speech
Vienna, May 18. Minister of War Pietrich defended the government’s extraordinary credits before Budapest delegations. He said a monarchy would only fight if war were forced, but warned public opinion remains a volatile factor.
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Vienna
Pietrich
Budapest
Burnside Cableship Arrives After Pacific Voyage and Nagasaki Stop
The United States cableship Burnside arrived in port from Manila via Nagasaki at eight this morning under Captain A H Laffin. He reports a pleasant Pacific crossing apart from gale days May 10 and 16. In Nagasaki he observed little Japanese enthusiasm for the war, noting only harbor signaled arrivals. The ship repaired ten cables in the Philippines and will await Col Allan and Captain Russell before heading to Tacoma to load the Alaska cable and resume laying 150 miles from Sitka.
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United States
Burnside
Manila
Nagasaki
A. H. Laffin
Pacific
Laffin
Japan
Nagasaka
Philippines
Col
Allan
Russell
Signal Corps
Washington
New York City
Tacoma
Alaska
Sitka
Hart Torpedo Boat Damaged After Collision in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong on May 18 the British torpedo boat Hart was badly damaged in a collision with a launch. One Chinese man was drowned in the incident.
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Hong Kong
Hart
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