Russians Fall Back as Japanese Press Near Liao Yang
Aug. 29 30 reports from Liao Yang Harbin and Shanghai detail heavy Japanese artillery and infantry assaults forcing Russian withdrawals from Anshanshan and Anping. Casualties reach about 3000 with General Routkovsky killed. Russian transport and four corps retreat across the plain amid continued artillery duels.
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Yang
Liao Yang
Anshanshan
Harbin
Manchuria
Anping
Routkovsky
Shanghai
3000 Men Go Out In Nationwide Butchers Strike
Chicago reports President Donnelly of the union vows further action to halt packer shipments. About 3000 workers quit across independent packers and stockyards as swichermen and railroad workers show divided willingness to strike. A joint meeting left switchmen in at least partial work status while Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members rejected action. A second note mentions a planned hold up attempt on a Northern Pacific train by a roadmaster, with a brakeman injured.
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Chicago
Donnelly
Butchers’ Union
Swichiren
Brotherhood of
Brotha
Crossing the River Near Liao Yang
General Sakharoff reports Japanese forces crossed the Taitse river at Sankankawantun and advanced in two columns toward Liao Yang. A division with cavalry and artillery led the effort, fording the stream and engaging all day with the Russians, who held Kondratenko’s detachment in defense amid heavy shrapnel fire.
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Liao Yang
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Kuroki
Sankankawantun
Yontai
Kondratenko
Inner Fort Taken by Japs and Stubborn Defense
A detailed report describes Inner Fort Etse at 142 feet above sea level commanding the town and Tiger’s Tall batteries, while Golden Hill at 196 feet and nearby heights overlook the area. Japanese assaults were repelled after bayonet actions, with many enemy casualties and Japanese arms captured. Night passed quietly with no further movement until morning. General Kuroki is noted building a pontoon bridge at the Taitse river ford. The excerpt ends with a brief criminal incident at Hunt City involving a youth and a revolver.
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Golden Hill
Kurok
Taitse River
Battle near Liao Yang in fierce fighting ends with Japanese setback
Dispatches from Mukden and St Petersburg report a stubborn battle near Liao Yang with repeated Japanese attempts to turn the Russian flank repulsed. Japanese losses include numerous guns. details scarce. Reports also note a Fifth Siberian Army corps arriving in the war zone and ongoing railway service improvements. In Topeka Kansas, corn festivals highlight vast state bank deposits as a curious money pride.
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St. Petersburg
Mukden
Liao Yang
Berlin
Fifth Siberian
London
Kuroski
Japs Occupy Liao Yang in Far East Battle
Reports from Mukden to Tokyo and London each note Japanese forces moving to Liao Yang and Liao Yang’s surroundings. Rail service between Mukden and Liao Yang is interrupted and roads are impassable. Japanese gains include capture of heights southwest of Liao Yang and pursuit of retreating Russian forces.
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Mukden
Liao Yang
St. Petersburg
Conneral Kuropatkin
Tal 'Se
Kuroki
Tokio
Port Arthur
London
Associated Press
Ling Yang
Ayoare
Daily Chraenisle
Daily Mail
Russians Take Another Veil of War News in St Petersburg
St Petersburg residents learn of Kuropatkin’s withdrawal to the right bank of the Tai Tse river and the fall of Liao Yang. Experts note the move sharpens risk of a Japanese push from the northeast while Kuropatkin seeks to fight a decisive battle on the river’s far side.
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St. Petersburg
Liao Yang
Tai Tse
Gener Kuroki
Associated Press
War Office
Kuroki
Tal Tse
Kurovatkin
Kurgpatkin
Kuropatkin
Thing
Ligo Yang
Magazine Writer reported missing on Dover voyage
London September 2. C B Sparr of Kingston New York city editor of two New York magazines disappeared after either falling or leaping from the steam er Prince Albert between Ostend and Dover around five o clock August 30. The mystery recalls the case of Frederick Loomis and is being reported to the American consul Prescott.
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London
C.B. Sparr
Kingston
N. Y
New York
Prince Albert
Ostend
Frederick Kent
Loomis
Dover
Gan
Prescott
Nervous War Sky Over St Petersburg As Liao Yang Battle Rages
In a tense reaction to the Liao Yang clash, St Petersburg faces fear and rumors as Russia and Japan fight for decisive gains. Reports note Russian rail and telegraph control, with official dispatches claiming no interruption to communications despite heavy casualties and ongoing assaults along a seven mile front.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Askold
Grozoval
Shanghai
Associated Press
China
Japan
Chefoo
Japanese Losses Reported In Port Arthur Attacks
Russian advices say Japanese assaults on Port Arthur on August 21 and 22 were repulsed with heavy losses. Claims include 10 000 killed in Fort No 1 capture and 3 000 killed or wounded at Port Etseshan. Port Dalney crowded with wounded. Japanese hiring laborers on the Liaotung peninsula. provisions via Welhalwel port. Also reports of shipwrecked crew drowning near Aden and at Lodze ferry disaster killing seventy with thirty saved.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Fort No. 1
Port Etseshan
Port Dalney
I.jaotung Peninsula
Welhalwel
Maine wedding seals 12,000 mile romance journey
Bangor Maine September 1 A 12 000 mile voyage by the bride and 6 000 by the groom ends in marriage at the groom s father s residence Harry O Robinson son of Bangor and Mrs Illa Prommell of Hamburg Germany unite after a romance that began in Guayaquil Ecuador where Prommell nursed the Maine engineer back to health The couple plans to settle near Robinson s Maine home with his parents witnessing the vows
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Bangor
Harry O. Robinson
Illa Stolzen
Hach Prommell
Hamburg
Germany
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Robinson
Tufts
Prommell
Maine
Illinois Populists Nominate State Ticket at Springfield
At a September convention in Springfield the Illinois Populists named a ticket led by Governor candidate James Hogan and Lt Governor William Hess. N G Hull would be secretary of state, W M Greer auditor, and R F Fenton treasurer. The platform calls for initiative and referendum, a state eight hour law, abolition of child labor, sweatshop suppression, opposition to convict labor, and free distribution of uniform textbooks. The down-state faction won by excluding Chicago delegates from voting by proxy. many Chicago participants did not attend.
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Springfield
Ihiois
James Hogan
William Hess
N. G. Hull
W. M. Greer
R. F. Fenton
Hogan
Produce Commission
Chicago
Indiana Populists Nominate State Ticket in Bloomington
Middle of the road Populists in Indianapolis convened on September 1 and named a slate led by Governor Lero y Templeton and Lieutenant Governor W B Gill. Slated offices include secretary of state O P Hanna auditor Allen Jennings treasurer W B Wolff and attorney general S N Holecomb. Fusion faction set to meet on September 1a.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Leroy Templeton
W. B. Gill
O. P Hanna
Allen Jennings
W. B. Wolff
S. N. Holecomb
Half Million in Gold Paid to Monongahela Valley Mills
In Pittsburg on September 1 reports say half a million dollars in gold was paid to workers over two days in Homestead, Braidwood, and neighboring towns. Carnegie Steel Homestead distributed over 100,000 at the Homestead works while other plants such as Howard axle works and Mesta Machinery paid two weeks’ wages. Additional pays occurred at Harbison Walker brick works, Homestead Machine, Bryce-Tigbee glass, and two smaller plants, marking a large payroll period in the valley.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
Braiddeck
Monongahela Valley
Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Howard Axle Works
Carnegie Company
Mesta Machina Company
Harbisons Walker Brick Works
Homestead Maschine Company
Bryce-Tigbee Glass Works
WRECKS BUILDINGS FOR A MILE
Punxsutawney Pa Sept 1 Eight hundred kegs of powder exploded in Laflin Rand Powder works pressroom two miles east of town killing one man injuring three and causing widespread damage to buildings within a mile. The residence of the powder bess nearby was ruined.
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Punxsutawney
Laflin & Rand Powder Works
Here
Powder Bess
Doctor Harris Dies After Suicide Attempt
Indianola Mississippi surgeon Dr. G D Harris, a well known physician, attempted suicide by cutting his throat and arms before severing the main artery in his thigh. Death followed at the scene.
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Indianola, Miss
G. D. Harris
Portsmouth woman seeks arrest after husband destroys dress
Mrs. Wi Nam Drennan telephoned police in Portsmouth Ohio to arrest her husband for beating her. She was told to apply in person for a warrant, but said she could not because her husband had just torn the only dress she had to tatters.
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Portsmouth
Wi Nam Drennan
Elevator Falls Injure Pittsburg Men at Park of Jog
Reported elevator accident in Pittsburg Park of Jog injures three men. The car reportedly dropped from the thirteenth floor to the ground, leaving several severely hurt.
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Pittsburg
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