Kamimura Strikes as Vladivostok Squadron Is Defeated
Vice Admiral Kamimura engaged the Russian Vladivostok squadron at dawn north of Tsu Island in the Strait of Korea. The battle lasted two hours and Japan claimed a decisive victory. the Russian cruiser Rurik was sunk while Russia and Gremovol fled northward after heavy damage. Japanese gains include dominance of Port Arthur's yards and strong vessels such as Adsumia Idsumo Iwate Yakushiho, with Tokyo rejoicing over the naval success and questions about the Rurik crew fate.
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Rurik
Tokyo
Togo
Port Arthur
Kamimura
Vladivostok
Tsu Island
Strait of Korea
Russia
Gremobol
Kimimura
Navy Department
Flret
Vwlta
Adsumia
Idsumo
Iwate
Yakashiho
Japan
Toga
Russan Vladivostok
Czarevitch
Tsingchou
Sasebo
Hiroyasu Kwacho
Mikasa
Everen
Chiser Yakumo
Nisshin
Kasuga
Asagiri
Novik
Shanghai
Rurika
London
Rorik
Rossila
Kamlimura
Tsushima Island
Legation
Takeshiki Naval Station
Takeshiko
Battles Over The Tsushima Straits Naval Clash Details
The report notes British interest in building monster cruisers Terrible and Powerful amid battles between Vice Admiral Togo and Port Arthur fleets. It cites distances between ships, questions of neutrality in port refuges, and Tokyo cables claiming Vladivostok squadron engagement near Tsushima Island with Rurik sunk and two ships fleeing.
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Togo
Port Arthur
London
Germany
CAPT. MATOUSEVITCH DEAD IN AUSTRALIA
CAPT MATOUSEVITCH died of wounds from the Czarevitch battleship attack while serving as rear admiral Withofts chief of staff. Reports from Chefoo describe torpedo boats entering harbor and a patrol around Tsingchou with ongoing Japanese demand and Russian resistance. The Russian consul fears an attack on the wireless plant as a blockade persists with German and Chinese officials weighing repairs and neutrality obligations.
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Chefoo
Aus
Matousevitch
Withoft
Czarevitch
Tsing-chou
Tsing- Chou
Chefoo Harbor
Sah
Associated Press
Inter
United States
Cincinnati
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tslng-chou
Kiao-chou Bay
Chefno
Daily Mail
Tsingchou
Yuan Shai Kosi
Admiral Sah
Peking
The
Times
Russia
Germany
Uniform Rank Encampment Draws 3000 Pythians to Louisville
Louisville Aug. 14 More than 3 000 members of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias arrived in Louisville for the biennial encampment to begin the next day. A New Orleans committee opens headquarters at the Galt House tomorrow and plays an active part in the proceedings. Nashville and Boston committees are listed, with Cincinnati expected Tuesday. Business meetings start Tuesday morning and continue through Friday night. The parade is set for Tuesday afternoon with competitive drills beginning Wednesday.
Woman Arrested in New York on Embezzlement Charge
In New York on Aug. 14 a woman calling herself Mrs Ama Berzak was held on $1,000 bail for exam by Magistrate Cornell at Essex Market Police Court on suspicion of embezzlement for a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania police case. She admitted to being Mrs Imma Bermk of Punxsutawney, but the detective could not prove the identity. case adjourned until tomorrow. Also, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, James Pettit of Jersey City died in a Sound Shore Central Railroad wreck near Morses Creek caused by rail spreading.
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New York
Ama Berzak
Cornell
Essex Market
Punxsutawney
Mra
Imma Bermk
Mra. Imma Berzak
Elizabeth
N. J
James Pettit
Jersey City
Sound Shore Division
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Morses Creek
Armistice reported in Port Arthur siege amid heavy fighting
A Chinese report claims Russians and Japanese agreed to a brief armistice on August 12 as Tokyo presses for Port Arthur. Dispatches describe renewed bombardment, reinforcements, and strategic moves around Green Hills and Wolf Hills, with heavy losses feared on both sides and preparations for a possible assault on Port Arthur.
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Oaefoo
Japan
Port Artur
Dainy
London
Tokyo
Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Mikado
Manchuria
Kurgpatkin
Jiao-yang
Liaoyang
Green Hills
Wolf Hills
Novo Krai
Associated Press
Japanese Delay Advances on Russian Front Near Liaoyang
Times Cablegram reports no change on the Russian front near Liaoyang with positions steady on the Mukden road. Evidence suggests the Japanese advance delay stems from increased enemy forces along the eastern bank as rivers recede, allowing river crossings and reinforcements.
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Trentshatien
Mukden
Liaoyang
Negroes Flee Wilmington After Fire Prophecy
Alarmed by a Newbern sect leader’s prophecy that Wilmington would suffer a heavenly fire on Monday August 15, hundreds of black residents left the city and more planned to depart. Police sought the preacher named George W. Richardson who calls himself Prince George III, Ruler of the Universe, but found no trace.
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Wilmington
N. C
Newbern
George W. Richardson
Prince George III
Ultimatum to Employers in Open-Shop Standoff
New York Aug 14 The Tile Layers Union issues a counter ultimatum to the Tile Grate and Mantel Association employers. If the lockout remains through Aug 17 the union will not work for less than 5.50 a day. The present scale is 4.50.George W Whitford says a non union labor move will trigger a major fight and unions not in the lockout will refuse to work. The open shop could spark the citys biggest labor war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Tile Layers’ Union
George W. Whitford
Tectrical Workers’ Union
Forty Injured in a Wreck Near Silver Point Hill
Nashville telegraph says a west bound Knoxville to Nashville passenger train No 7 derailed on Silver Point Hill after a wheel flange failure. One man, W B Purnell of Knoxville, was killed. About forty others were injured but none expected to die. The last two cars wrecked, one overturned. conductor W H Beeland led the crew. The accident occurred seventy miles east of Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Central Railroad
Knoxville
W. H. Beeland
Silver Point Hill
Buffalo Valley
Silver Point
W. 8
Purnell
Philadelphia
Twenty Die In Collision Off Fastnet Rock Ireland
The British bark Inverkip, Capt. Jones from Melbourne to Queenstown, sank after colliding with the Loch Carron, Capt. Clark from the Clyde, off Fastnet Rock. Twenty persons drowned in the accident reported from London on August 14.
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Fastnet Rock
Ireland
London
Inverkip
Jones
Melbourne
Queenstown
Loch Carron
Clark
Clyde
Eastern College Freshmen Examinations Report Preview
New York August 14 The forthcoming report of the secretary of the college entrance examination board will reveal national results. Examinations were held at 139 points with 1817 candidates from over 500 preparatory schools including 215 public high schools. Over forty colleges were listed for admissions. There is a 2 percent rise in Middle States entrants, while the South and West show declines. Despite this, all board colleges expect larger freshman classes. Harvard University and Western Reserve University joined the board this year. Edward Ls. Barris of Central High School Cleveland joins as North Central Association representative.
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New York
College Entrance Examination Board
Middle States
Harvard University
The
Western Reserve University
North Central Association of College and Secondary Schools
Edward Ls. Barris
Central High School
Cleveland
Ohio
Turkey Grants Most Favored Status to American Schools
After lengthy bargaining in Constantinople, Turkey extends to American schools the same protection as other powers. Ambassador Leishman secured a pledge of equal rights and an indemnity of 1000 pounds to Mrs. Lane for property loss. Rear Admiral Jewell’s squadron will depart Smyrna for Gibraltar once arrangements are finalized.
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Turkey
Lane
Constantinople
Leishman
Jewell
United States
Smyrna
Council of Ministers
State Department
Ottoman Empire
Beirnt
Beirut
France
Protestant Medical College
State of
New York
Sublime Porte
Mr. Leishman
Sultan
Mytelene
Latrobe Teenager Charged in Infanticide Case
Seventeen year old Annie Heth of Latrobe is held on murder charges after allegedly strangling her twin infant boys at an aunt’s Bradenville home. She allegedly used an apron, luego tied a stone to the bodies, and with fiancé Antonio Goblotski aided in disposal. Coroner investigates the grisly case.
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Nils
Suvolok
Russia
St. Louis
John Shudo
Latrobe
Antonio Goblotski
Goblotski
Gobletsky
Wynn
Mexico to stay on silver coinage says government
Rumors of a Mexican monetary reform to gold have been denied as unfounded. The finance department studies the issue but no decision has been made. No negotiations abroad for a gold loan are taking place.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Finance Department
Pronounced Dead and Then Revived in New York Hotel
Thomas McIntosh, a 40 year old flour dealer from Charleston, collapsed in a hotel reading room. Doctors initially pronounced him dead, but porters soon reported he was alive. He was revived by Dr Cantwell and taken to a hospital, where he remained unconscious but breathing. Doctors are unsure of his chances of recovery.
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New York
Thomas McIntosh
Charles~ton
Cantwell
McIntosh
Way-Lattimer Shooting Case in Mexico City
The federal government backs the Sinaloa state probe into the shooting of Clarence Way and Edward Lattimer by police at Aguas Calientes. No truth to reports that alcalde Torres and arresting officers have been sentenced to death. Also notes railway timetables and vacation booklets offered by The Post.
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Way-Lattimer
Mexico City
Sinaloa
Clarence Way
Edward Lattimer
Aguas Calientes
Torres
Way
Japanese Triumph In Gen Fight Great Battle at Port Arthur
The issue notes a major Japanese victory in the land battles near Port Arthur as the war continues. It highlights naval and land maneuvers, with emphasis on the strategic significance of the engagement and its impact on Allied morale.
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Port Arthur
Turkey
Judge Parker
Catskills
Shanghai
Russia
Alexandria
West
Bishop Potter
Packers Hear Strikers as Labor Leaders Press Conference
Chicago reports indicate a conference between labor leaders and packers may occur to settle the stock yards strike. Swift offered the only noncommittal comment while Armour and Oyden Armour may face a proposal submitted by labor leaders. Wagon drivers decide a boycott against retailers buying meat from packers. Rioting was limited with some violence toward strikebreakers and non union workers in the yards. Bristol, an iron foundry worker, has no strike involvement.
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Chicago
J. Oyden Armoour
Boston
Packer
L. F. Swift
Armour
James
Bristol
Cheaper beef predicted as strike stalls NYC plants
New York report says Schwarzschild & Sulzberger and United Dressed Beef Company did not kill cattle today but will supply demand. Managers expect wholesale beef to drop 2 cents by midweek as West deliveries begin. strikers claim no defections and a steady, peaceful protest continues.
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New York
Beef Trust
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
United Dressed Beef Company
Frederick Joseph
Chicago
H. T. Eichelberger
Edison governess dies amid threats to Edison children
Miss Ethel K Pardoe twenty five employed as a governess for the Edison children committed death by her own action in Grange M J Aug 14 turning on the gas. Friends say she had faced anonymous threats to kidnap the Edison children two years earlier. She was daughter of a Canadian clergyman from Nover Ontario.
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New York
Ethel K. Pardoe
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Grange
M. J
Miss Tardoe
Edisons
Miss Pardoe
Nover
Ontario
Before-day Club Plotted Killings in Georgia Statehood
Will Cato, held for the Hodges murder at Statesboro, Ga., confesses an organized band called the Beforeday Club that plans killings and robberies of whites. Ringleader named, records hidden in an old iron safe. Citizens oppose violence. militia prepared for the trial as statesboro crowds gather.
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Ite
Hodges
Augusta
The
Chronicle
Will Cato
Statesboro
Bullock County
Cato
Will Rainer
Reed
Deal in Steel Billets Shows Hidden Market Moves
Pittsburg August 14. Friction in the billet pool after the Pittsburg Steel Company bought a large tonnage remains largely undisclosed. Actual purchases reached 150000 tons with most going to wire and wire nails. Analysts say US Corporation could offset billet gains by reducing wire and nail prices, guiding future policy.
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Pitsburg
Pittsburg Steel Company
United States Corporation
Drug Clerk Held For Death In Cream of Tartar Case
St Louis, Aug 14. Charles Farthing, a drug clerk at the Tindell Hotel pharmacy, is held for the coroner on a murder charge after Mrs Jennla Helms of New York died hours after taking a substance her husband Irla says was cream of tartar. Doctors say symptoms indicate poisoning.
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St. Loui
Charles Farthing
Tindell Hotel
Jennla Helms
Moritz Helms
New York
W. H. Nash
G. M. Phillips
Automobile Ran Away Near Pine Tree Grove
New York August 14 Henry Hawthorne of Boston grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne and two young women had a narrow escape when their automobile rolled down a hill near the Bronx River The machine struck a tree within ten feet of the river the occupants were thrown out but not seriously hurt Also identified is Isidor H Block twenty eight an New Orleans insurance agent son of Henry Block of New Orleans who died by his own action at the Hotel Roland on August 13 A woman Lottie Skiles killed Charley Doc Howard a Cuban Giants player in East Livverpool Ohio today after an alleged assault and struggle The Sunday Post notes an invention fallacy for first proof See page li
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Retvizan
Novik
Diana
Bayan
New York
Henry 4. Hawthorne
Boston
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pine Tree Grove Road
Bronx River
Roland
Isidor H. Block
New Orleans
Henry Block
East Livverpool
Ohto
Charley
Doc’') Howard
Lottie Skiles
Howard
Sunday Post
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Newspaperrhlhie
Capt
Aggault
Green Hill
Peking Road
Anshanshan
Oku
Liaoyvang
Liao- Yang
Yinkow
Liao
Times Cablegram
Washington Post
Wilmington, N. C
Tennessee Central
Eastern College
Porte
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Camberland
B&o.rr
Post
Wreck
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
Helen Stewart
Maria Paul
Nantes
St. Pierre Banks
William Kilday
Callow Hill Street
Gwen Cunningham
Cunningham
Kilday
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Footth St
Reston
Georgia
John E. Myrick
Savannah
Kendrick
Pittsburg Company
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