Envo ys Take Up Article Seven In Peace Talks
In Portsmouth this morning a Japanese envoy said the Sakhalin issue is the peace talks bugbear but negotiable if Russia seeks peace. The morning session discussed Article Seven and adjourned for a 3 pm resumption as talks aim to settle cession and open-door terms amid broader provisions on Sakhalin, leases, and naval power.
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Ensi
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Madhuria
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blond and
Elliott Islands
Manchuria
Chin
Siberian
Vladivostok
Behring Sea
Far East
Far Eastern
Caught the Scamp: Oaks and Knaus Located in Los Angeles
Sheriff J. D. Hall reports a telegraph that Jesse Oaks, ex Urich school principal who eloped with 16 year old Opal Knaus, is found in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police were asked to arrest the pair awaiting requisition. A $50 reward was offered.
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Hall
Oaks
Urich
Mexico
Clinton Democrat
Stage Coach Robbery Near Yosemite Valley Reported
A Yosemite valley to Raymond stage coach was held up today in Madera California. Passengers and tourists were robbed by a young man wearing a black mask. The robber used a shotgun and threatened to shoot if the coach did not stop. He forced the driver to help collect the loot. Anton Veith an Austrian consul traveling to Milwaukee suffered a heavy loss.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
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Cal
Yosemite Valley
Raymond
Yellow fever outlook improves in New Orleans claims hope grows
New Orleans reports fewer new cases and deaths, with 62 new cases and one death among Italians yesterday. Cuban expert Dr. John Guiteras arrived to inspect Gulf coast conditions and promote the mosquito theory, while funds and a general disinfection day are planned to sustain eradication efforts.
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Havana
Gulf Cities
Florida
Mobile
Gulf
Mississippi
New Orleans
Surgeon White
Marine Hospital Service
White
Corpus and Richardson
Jastine Hospital
Sevice
Marine Hospital
Warrensburg Man Jim Cooper Missing After Sedalia Trip
The Warre ns burg Star reports Jim Cooper a well known local Black man did not return from a trip to Sedalia on August 4 with several others. He was seen drunk along MKT tracks and is believed killed by a Clinton railroad train the next day. Identification came via his clothing and an insurance policy.
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Clinton
Jim Cooper
Warrensburg
Sedalia
Warensburg
Sinee
Cooper
Commercial Congress Opens in Portland Amid Canal Trade Shift
In Portland Oregon on August 16 the sixteenth annual session of the trans Mississippi Commercial Congress opened with nearly 3000 delegates. Theodore B Wilcox welcomed attendees and warned on changing trade due to the Panama Canal project and new US world relations. Mayors and expo presidents spoke during the opening.
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Portland
Ore
Theodore B. Wilcox
United States
Death of Mrs Collins Active in Church Work
Mrs. Anna Collins, 30, wife of John T. Collins, president of Collins Furniture, died last midnight at 710 East Broadway after a two day illness from appendicitis. Born March 4, 1875 in Harrison County Kentucky, she came to Missouri as a child and married in Weston in 1894. The funeral is not announced.
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Anna Collins
East Broadway
John T. Collins
Collins Furniture Company
Harrison County
Kentucky
E. R. Kennedy
Missouri
Weston
Collins
Kansas City
Distrust of Senate Tops Talks at Reciprocity Convention
Delegates at the reciprocity congress voiced strong distrust of the Senate’s honesty in opposing tariff reform. The gathering in Chicago debated measures to stop the Senate from sending the question to a vote as talks covered Pacific trade, a proposed department of mines, river and harbor improvements, and a coast Gulf ports union. Prominent attendees include governors from multiple states and officials from the Isthmian Canal commission. Showers predicted tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in the west Thursday.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Senate
Convention
Congress
trans-Mississippi
United States
Panama Canal
Department of Mines and Mining
Pacific Coast
Gulf of Mexico
California
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Washington
Wyoming
Louisiana
Utah
Idaho
Hong Yu Wa
John Ford
New York
American Asiatic Association
Russian view on Korea and war aims outlined
Article summarizes Russian stance that Japan has gained beyond prewar hopes and rejects prolonging the war for peace terms. It lists five adopted articles on Korea and Manchuria, clarifies the accepted points including Japan’s influence in Korea and mutual evacuations, with specifics on railway interests in Manchuria.
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Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Amur
Harbin
Vladivostok
Armenian Disturbance Losses Put At Five Million
Masbak reports in Tiflis that in the Caucasus disturbances nineteen villages burned twenty two partly destroyed two thousand buildings burned two hundred thirty one killed fifty eight wounded nine missing. Total property and crop losses estimated at five million dollars.
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Ings
Army Officers Escape Taggart Case Outlawed by War Department
War Department takes no action within two years of alleged offense in Taggart case involving army officers. Indictments shown in divorce trial refer to dates before July 1, 1902, with speculation that delay aimed to have charges barred by outlaw.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Wooster
Army
Taggart
War Department
Man Dies After Mistaking Arnica for Whisky
St Louis report says Joseph G Loger aged 37 died in hospital after drinking arnica he mistook for whisky. The incident occurred in St Louis on August 16 as authorities note the danger of misidentification and accidental poisoning.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
St. Louis
Joseph G. Loger
Floral offerings at Sedalia Courtney girls funeral
Floral pieces at the Sedalia funeral of the Courtney sisters featured large wreaths sheafs and pillows from local and St Louis donors. The list names Courtney Shoe Company Mrs Biebinger John Wilson Mrs George R Jones Guy Patterson and numerous families from Boonville Doonville Kansas City and other towns.
Massive Cement Quarry Collapse Buries Thirty in Allentown
An enormous cavern in the Lehigh Portland Cement quarry at West Coplay collapsed after rains, burying about thirty workers. By mid afternoon fifteen bodies were recovered and the death toll was feared to rise to twenty five or more. all workers were foreigners.
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Secripps-McRae Press Association
Allentown
Lehign Portland Cement Company
West Coplay
Bennington Battle Day Marked by Dedication in Burlington
Burlington Vermont August 16 crowds gathered for Bennington battle day ceremonies. A memorial tower to Ethan Allen was unveiled at Indian Rock in Ethan Allen park as Vice President Charles W Fairbanks spoke. The event, led by the Sons of the Revolution with local officials, featured military parades, flags, and remarks from dignitaries including D H S Holton and Eshborn Allen Hitchcock.
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First
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15Th Cavalry
Wm. M. Wallace
F. A
F.F. E. Gale
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Pittsburg Barracks
New York
City Hall Park
Ethan Allen Park
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A. A. Woodbury
Mary Roberts
Daughters of the Revolution
D. H. 8. Holton
Society of the American Revolution
Robert D. Benedict
Ethan Allen
Charles W. Fairbanks
Eshborn Allen Hitchcock
Charles J. Bell
D. J. Foster
D. J. Hancock
Ichn McLane
New Hampshire
Indian Rock
Foul Play Suspected In Powell Death
Arthur Powell vaudeville actor and heir to a wealthy Philadelphia family died in a San Francisco lodging room under suspicious circumstances. A jug of claret and carbolic acid were found beside him, initial thoughts pointed to suicide, but no acid signs emerged. Police seek a missing acquaintance believed to shed light on the case.
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Scripps-McRae Prees Association
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Aus
Arthur Powell
Philadelphia
Powell
Poison in Alabama Well Deaths Claimed Arrest in Ardmore
Jim Cooper, an African American man, was arrested in Ardmore I T for allegedly placing poison in a well in Alabama three years ago that killed six people. A $2000 reward had been offered for his capture.
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Jim Cooper
Alabama
Scripps-McRae Prass Association
Ardmore
I. T
Cooper
Search Continues for Body of Mrs William Courtney
The hunt for Mrs. William Courtney continues with river patrols along the Missouri. Searchers scan miles of river banks downstream hoping to recover the body or find it lodged against a bar or river projection.
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William Courtney
Missouri River
Missouri Bank withstands run at Flat River
A bank run on Miners' and Merchants' bank Pere in Flat River Missouri subsided after $20,000 to $39,000 was withdrawn. Bank officials stated deposits would have been paid. the calm followed a pamphlet alleging unsafe management by a former employee who sought revenge against prominent bank figures.
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