No Nearer Peace as Envoys Deadlocked Over Korea
News from Portsmouth dated Aug 12 reports no progress in Korea peace talks between Russia and Japan. Plenipotentiaries postponed sessions for Sabbath observance, while outside influences and unresolved indemnity and Sakhalin issues keep a rupture at bay. Witte seeks broader publicity, Japan cites secrecy terms agreed in Washington.
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Korea
Portmouth
Nhl
Russia
Sakhalin
Yiel
Japan
Omuta
Baron Komura
Port Arthur
Liaotung
Seoul-Fusan
Seoul
Evver
Manchuria
Yalu
Witte
America
Russia seeks money to pay Japan may ease war ending
Special from Portsmouth New York Aug 13 Russia seeks a loan to pay Japan and talks with bankers Kuhn Loeb Seligman and partners. Envoys say peace prospects bright as discussions advance but secrecy surrounds the loan plan while Witte shifts from Muravieff to emphasize finance over diplomacy.
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Washington Post
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
Jacob H Schift
Raza
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Mesers
Strauss and Seligman
J & W Seligman & Co
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Tokyo
America
United States
Spain
Ordnante
Philippines
Paris
Antwerp
M. Muravieff
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt Likely To Skip Extra Session In Sept Return
President Roosevelt may delay calling Congress for an extraordinary session until after his return to Washington in late September. Opposition and logistical concerns grow. unlikely to occur this year. If held, session would start the first Monday after the November elections, about three weeks into the regular session. Secret Service fears may also keep Roosevelt away from Sea Girt rifle tournament.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Congresa
Roosevelt
Congress
New Orleans
South
Atlantic
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Wanhtai
Ton
N. J
Watea
Sea Girt
New Jersey
Secret Service
Edward
England
Bisley
Entente All But Named as Lodge Teases US Europe Ties
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge says France and Great Britain show a near entente, hinting at a tripartite alliance in all but name. He notes European warmth toward the United States, comments on peace hope at Portmouth, and reports Roosevelt’s diplomacy praised abroad. Lodge, returning from Europe, closes with cautious optimism and a lack of details.
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Korea
Japan
M Witte
Russia
Witte
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Europe
Weahington
Oyster Bay
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Nahant
Sagamore Hill
Ledge
France
Great Britain
United States
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
England
Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
Lodges
Senator Lodge
Portamouth
Diamonds Seized as Chicago Smuggling Ring Foiled
Chicago officials announce a suspected diamond smuggling gang has Chicago as its headquarters. One carat gems were recovered at a West Madison Street jeweler store. Arrest warrants to follow for Henry Hoffman L J Bohl and others as investigations expand into Robey Street and West Chicago Avenue locations.
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Chicago
Washington Post
West
Madison Street
A& Man
Henry Hoffman
Washington
A. A. Bach
John F. Scanion
Special
Hoffman
Robey Street
Chicago Avenue
L. J Bohl
West Side
Bohl
West Chicago Avenue
West Madison Street
Sfforte
Fish may succeed Shaw as next Treasury head
President weighs successors as Secretary Leslie M. Shaw plans February retirement. Albany sources mention Hamilton Fish of New York as possible, but New York’s political balance and Kathie Hood joining the State Department complicate the choice. Cornelius Dawes, former Comptroller and Chicago bank president, is also favored by some.
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Treasury Department
Leslie M. Shaw
Hamilton Fish
New York
Kithy Hoot
Cornelyou
Charles C. Dawes
Central Trust Company of Chicago
Washington
Fishing Rights Crisis Stirs Newfoundland Harbors
Three Gloucester fishing vessels equipped to bait themselves have entered western harbors aboard the Newfoundland coast. They claim fishing rights under the 1818 treaty with the United States. Officials back home consult on whether harbors or inlets are covered, as Premier Bond’s view separated coast from harbors. The dispute could shape future Newfoundland U.S. fishery relations.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Gloucester
Bond
United States
Mount Whitney Height Final at 14502 Feet
United States Geological Survey levelmen led by Topographer R A Farmer report Mount Whitney reaches 14502 feet, the highest measured U S peak yet the true height is twenty feet less than widely cited figures. In Pittsfield Maine motor crash injures shipbuilder Robins with five broken ribs and shock.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States Geological Survey
R. A. Farmer
Mount Whitney
United States
Robins
Pittsfield
Poughkeenais
T. N
Robina
New York
Meas
Nortx
TRAIN BOBBERS CAPTURED IN NORTHERN PACIFIC RAID
Northern Pacific Special Agent Willam G. Cumming exchanged shots as he and deputies seized three alleged railroad bandits after an attempted hold up of a passenger train near Byroms the Wen. Conductor Michael Helfrich and Detective Cumming were among those threatened during the running fight in Tacoma Washington on August 1.
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Tacoma
Wash
Willam G. Cumming
Northern Pacific Railway
Todey
Northern Pacific
Bummer
Michael Helfrich
Detective Cumming
Wen
Branky Overt
Charles
George Muck
Train Wreck Kills Twelve. Peace Talks Under Way
Read about a massacre scale train wreck that claims twelve lives as France England and the United States engage in another peace conference. Also note delayed return of a missing boy and a series of local society items.
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Mitra Leeston
France
England
United States
Virginia
Maryland
Alfonso
Kaiser
Talika
Roland of
Storm Sweeps New York Bay and Fort George Ferris Wheel
A violent storm with high winds and heavy rain caused widespread damage in New York and nearby areas on August 13. A trolley car at Webster Avenue carried about a hundred passengers and suffered a fatal lightning strike, while fourteen people were injured in the ensuing panic. In the harbor boats capsized, immigrants were endangered, and a Ferris wheel at Fort George stalled leaving nearly a hundred panicked riders aloft for an hour. Power outages followed in Paterson New Jersey as a lightning strike burned the main switchboard.
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New York
Weat 1d
Jeanette Frea
Webster Avenue
Hudson
Korea
Bay Ridge
Hillis Island
John E. Moore
Fort George
Paterson
Little Falls
Clifton
Public Service Corporation
Man Brings Dead Man Back to Life at Mercy Hospital
Des Moines Iowa Aug 13 local physicians report an extraordinary event by Dr Wabur Conkling reviving Italian patient Laula Well who had been slashed by a razor and deemed dead by others at Mercy Hospital The doctor plunged his hand into the chest wound found the heart and pressed it causing color to return within two minutes and breath to resume in three A nurse fainted and colleagues congratulated him Well’s wounds were sewn and his survival appears likely
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Washington Pear
Des Moines
Iowa
Wabur
SB. Conkling
Laula Well
Mercy Hospital
Conking
Veil
Lions Kill Worker After Boast About Entering Cage
Two lions belonging to Blackpool were found loose in the yard beside their cage along with parts of a man’s body. Authorities say the man boasted of entering the lions’ enclosure, the cage was opened, the animals escaped, and killed him, feasting on the body. Also notes Marlboro Fair reduced rail rates to Marlboro and back from Baltimore area stations, with special trains and dates listed.
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Blackpool
England
Marlboro Fair
Pennsylvania Rail
Marlboro
Baltimore
Wasson
Popes Creek
Two Trains Crash in Ohio Killing Many
A Nickel Plate passenger train collided head on with a westbound freight near Kishman Ohio causing at least twelve deaths and over twenty five injuries many of them Italian laborers from Fort Seneca to Brookfield. Engineer Poole died at his post and fireman Haefner survived. Survivors describe a scene of chaos as wagons telescoped and debris trapped passengers. doctors rushed to Lorain for care.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kishman
Vermilion
Charles W Poole
Conneaut
Joseph Alexander
Newark
Frank Whaver
Findlay
Domencio Pomodoro
Antonio Grillo
Joseph Paraci
Frank Burcini
Francisco Bcilla
Natash Diamora
Antonio Achille
Galagus Travola
Calgono Cagliant
Leborer
Lorela Hospital
John W Long
Rayner Street
Richard A
West Haven
Cons
Philip Haskim
Tiffin
Floyd Trumer
Ada
John Dexter
Tifin
Frank Phillips
John Jata
Leonardo Siracusa
Charles Buccafusa
Veona Leonardo
Charles Dumont
Jovepl Dumont
Tony Trevalll
Charles Degar
Albert Jama
Frank Gallié
Enile
Tony Veranca
Roy Winch
Standard O1l Company
Fort Seneca
Brookfield
C . Poole
Haefner
Lorain
Lfe
Boon
Nickel Plate
Scenen
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Takahira
Wea Ee
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Moses
Lovetce
Dawes
Tlnota
Hugh H. Hanna
Indianapolis
Mr. Hanna
Indiana
Alliance
Fish
Shaw
Jeversbedy
Catona
Libbey & Ca
Fishing Rights Crisis
Geological Survey
Sandy
Storm
New York Bay
Ita Action
Frederick
Antistem
Keedysville
Hagperston
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