Big Battle Near Fort Port Arthur Gains Key Positions
Japanese forces expand control around Port Arthur and Pigeon Bay as heavy fighting continues on August 14 to 17. Russian defenses at Shao-tieshan and Palun-chang endure, while Japanese terms of surrender are rejected by General Stoessel. Noncombatants are urged to evacuate Port Arthur.
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Pigeon Bay
Liacteshan
Louisa Bay
Peninsula
Stoessel
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Chennoo
Shao-tieshan
Palun-chang
Liao-teshan
Pigeon Way
Kuropatkin
Jeihe
Parbor
II Lering
Retvizan
Sevastopol
Pobieda
Peresvist
Poltava
Bayan
Pallada
Tokyo
St Petersburg
Enforced Armistice Delays Liao-yang Operations
Heavy rains halt combat actions near Liao-yang as forces reposition. A Chinese engine driver recently arrived from Yinkow reports relief bands and ransom incidents. Japanese recruiting locals as marksmen. The London dispatch notes Japanese troops moving north, with Gen at Daln Pass and surrounding areas showing shifting positions.
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Yinkow
Raye
London
Liaoyang
St. Petersburg
Dalm Pass
Feng i
Liao yang report cites stalled Mukden advance
Liao yang correspondent says the advance toward Mukden appears to have been abandoned. A separate dispatch notes Russia plans to test the Black Sea treaty again by sending the cruiser Sarafoff from the Black Sea, following the Petersburg and Smolensk.
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Liao-yang
Kuroki
Berlin
Lokal 'Anzeiger
Mukden
Russia
Dardanelle
London Times
Washington Post
Odessa
England
Petersburg
Smolensk
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Sarafoff
Baltic fleet staff named as Rojestvensky plans
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky announced his flag and staff appointments today. Captain Clapier Decolong was made chief of staff as Baltic fleet officers rush to duty. Grand Duke Carl returns from Cobourg and will accompany Rojestvensky to the far East.
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Grand Duke
Cyril
Balic
St Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Baltic
Clapier Decolong
Naval College
Grand Duke Carl
Cobourg
Baltic Floet
Far East
Russia and Gromobol Fight Japanese Squadrons
Rear Admiral Jessen reports the Russia and Gromobol engaged a Japanese squadron near Fusan on August 14. The Rurik fought to cover repairs, taking heavy damage while the Russia and Gromobol suffered multiple holes and losses. By about 1 pm the enemy dispersed, leaving the Rurik unable to reach Vladivostok and the two cruisers left with substantial casualties.
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Nicholays
Alexieff
Vladivostok
Russia
Grom
Oswnente Méadez Mard
Jessen
Senet
Korean Gulf
Rurik
Kamimura
Hessia
Gromobol
Strikers Riot at Chicago Stockyards Turned Violent
Chicago August 18 The fiercest stockyards strike riot yet as hungry crowds chased eight cattle escaped from Nelson Morris yard. Four thousand rioters clashed with 120 police forcing dispersal with clubs and shots. One officer grazed, a sergeant stripped, and one man needed hospital care.
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Chicago
George Prim
Englewood Union Hospital
Nelson Morris
Seeiks to Prevent Lynching Amid Colleton County Killing
Allen Porters Heathington eighteen is shot and killed by Sam Brown in Toogoodoo Colleton County. Governor Heyward offers troops to prevent violence as bloodhounds track Brown. County on edge. posse hunts suspect. no lynching yet. Also notes national florist convention officers elected in St Louis and memorial for David Wolfe Brown of Washington DC.
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Heyward
Colleton County
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Society of American Florists
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Chicago
J. R. Freeman
Washington, D. C
Wiliam J. Stewart
Boston
H. B. Beatty
Pittsburg
David Wolfe Brown
National
Bombardment of Asuncion Triggers 24 Hour Armistice
Buenos Ayres reports insurgent ships bombarded Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, for forty minutes. Government artillery replied, one gun burst wounded several soldiers. Diplomats from Argentina, Brazil, and others organized a twenty four hour truce to allow women and children to evacuate as communication with the city stays cut off. Twenty scouts were wounded in a mistaken attack. The government fields about six thousand troops, five hundred with Remington rifles. Women prepare to aid the wounded.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Argentina
Brazil
Obolensky In Office As Governor General Of Finland
Prince Obolensky today assumed his duties as governor general of Finland arriving in Belsingfors. He attended divine service at Uspensk sky Cathedral and hosted a grand reception at the imperial palace. He will begin a tour inspecting the grand duchy amid reports of threats to his family.
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Finland
Prince Obolensky
Uspen’ Sky Cathedral
Imperial Palace
Grand Duchy
John Obolensky
Kherson
Kharkoff
Bobrikeoff
Eugene Schaumann
Schaumann
Bobrikoff
Associated Press
Princesa Obolensk
Frnend
General Strike Opposed by International Socialist Congress
The International Socialist and Trades Union Congress adopts a resolution arguing a general strike that shuts down all work is impractical, urging workers to build class organization and unity while resisting propaganda aimed at division. Also notes Aug 18 departures of Irish and Italian peace delegations to New York.
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International Socialist and Trades Union Congress
Sheropagan
Naples
Printo Odescatchi
Marquis San Giulians
Marquis Campans
Liguria
New York
United States
Bo Oul
Kidnapped boy returned to Brooklyn home
Antonio Mannino ten year old of Brooklyn was found early this morning at 1210 o'clock on Columbia Street three blocks from his home by his uncle Salvatore Mannino. The boy said he had been kept in a large house with a woman and a baby named Judy and that he slept with a man with whiskers. Police say he was taken from a house near the 116th Street elevated station and brought to Manhattan then Brooklyn.
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New York
Antonio Mannino
Brooklyn
Black Hand Society
Columbia Street
Salvatore Mannino
Judy
116Th Street
Manhattan
Ao Prooklyn
Three Hauser Children Vanish in Chicago Mystery
Chicago August 18 three children of contractor Charles Hauser of Oak Park Emma thirteen Emil eight and Ernest six vanished from their second floor after a request by their step mother Police and private detectives search see a shrill whistle from the back yard A roughly dressed man chased them home from school Monday night A beggar gypsy woman lingered about the house and lurked in nearby homes Hauser suspects the children were sent to Storm Lake Iowa by relatives of his first wife in a plotted move.
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Chicago
Charles Hauser
Oak Park
Emma
Emil
Ernest
Mra. Hauser
Kamil
Hauser
Storm Lake
Iowa
American Tars Entertain With British Officers Aboard Grafton
Commander Goodrich of the British Pacific squadron invited officers and men from the American cruisers New York and Marblehead to board the Grafton at Esquimalt Harbor. The gathering marked one of the happiest moments at the station as British and American sailors fraternized warmly. The New York sails today for San Francisco en route to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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B. G
Goodrich
Pacific
New York
Marblehead
Esquimault Harbor
Grafton
San Francisco
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Populist Nominees Watson Tibbles Nominated at Cooper Union
Thomas Watson of Georgia and Thomas Tibbles of Nebraska were formally notified as the People's Party presidential and vice presidential candidates at Cooper Union New York. Alfred G. Boulton chaired. Judge Samuel W. Williams delivered the notification speech citing unity, democracy, and anti Wall Street influence as core platform themes. Watson criticized Parker's alignment with Wall Street and urged support for Populism as a path to labor justice and broader political reform.
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Thomas H. Watson
Georgia
People’s Party
Thomas H. Tibbles
Nebraska
Cooper Union
At & O
Alfred G. Boulton
Brooklyn
Boulton
Samuel W. Williams
Indiana
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Williams
Omaha
Gog
Jefferson
Lincoln
Peter Cooper
Henry George
Polk
Donnely
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Thomas E. Watson
Big Battle Raging at Port Arthur Fate of Vladivostok Ships
The issue lists ongoing combat at Port Arthur and the fate of Vladivostok vessels among several foreign and domestic items. Readers are directed to pages covering military actions and related naval developments.
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Vladivostok
Chicago
Watson
Parker
West
Wavy Yard
Statesboro
New York
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Maryland
Army
Clarke County
Marlboro
U—Financial and Commercial
Senator Hoar May Survive Amid Weak Condition
Worcester Aug 18 last bulletin from Senator George F Hoars home says he remains in about the same condition, sleeping quietly and mentally clear though heart weak. Doctors Folsom and Kilman stay beside him. Messages of concern come from President Roosevelt and many senators and friends amid faint hope for recovery.
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Mass
George F. Hoar
Hoar
Charles F Folsom
City Hospital
Boston
Warren G Kilman
Rockwood Hoar
Knapp Executed for Wife and Four Other Murders
Alfred A Knapp, convicted of murdering his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp and confessing to five killings, was electrocuted at Ohio State Penitentiary after midnight. Born in 1862, his criminal career spanned Illinois Indiana and Ohio with multiple assaults and disappearances entwined in a spree preceding the final execution. Secretary Morton leaves Boston and railroad excursion notices round out the hour.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alfred A Knapp
Hris
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Knapp
Iisa
Greensburg
Ind
Chicago
Joliet
Parker Campaign Tour Outlined For West
Esopus N Y Aug 18 Judge Parker plans a vigorous extended campaign with focus on large centers and early labor talks. Senators Bailey Martin Overman and Rep Fitzgerald discuss labor disputes as Parker prepares Rhode Island speech and potential stumping tour to Indianapolis Chicago and New York City.
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Martin
Fitzgerald
Parker
Taggart
Esopus
Henry G. Davis
American Bar Association
St Louis
New York
Judge Parker
National Committee
Auto Plunges Into River In Chicago Save Fight For Life
Chicago Aug 18 physicians say Mrs John T Wil Jens of Memphis Tenn has a fighting chance to recover after an auto plunged into the Chicago River last night. Also in the car were R C Burroughs owner of the car A P Ganong of Clarksdale Miss and John T Willems husband of Mrs Wilena. Louis Mohr a sailor who aided in saving lives appeared at the hotel today and inquired after the rescued. Separately Carmi Illinois James R Williams renominated for Congress by Democratic convention Norris City. Montgomery Alabama T W Powell Cullman County Populist nominated for Congress by joint Republican Populist convention Seventh district. Re- n. Moses August Floor Covering Sale. Carpets Rugs Mattings Linoleums Oriental Rugs. Baltimore and Return 5 O R BR Sat and Sunday All trains both ways except Royal Blue Line.
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John T Wil Jens
Memphis
Tenn
R C Burroughs
A. P Ganong
Clarksdale
Miss
John T Willens
Witlena
Wilena
Louis Mohr
Congress
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Til
James R. Williams
Carmi
Illinois
Norris City
Montgomery
Ala
T. W. Powell
Cullman County
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