All Depends Upon Japan in Peace Conference Talks
A cabinet and elder statesmen session in Tokyo weighs the Portsmouth peace talks as M Witte and Takahira meet. Roosevelt reportedly renewed appeals to Japan while the two plenipotentiaries push toward a potential delay or ultimatum and Tokyo must respond by Tuesday or face possible breakdown.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Japan
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Europe
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Korea
Manchuria
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Sakhalin
Peirce
Takehira
Associated Press
Takabira
Plancon
Takahira
M. Witte
de Martens
Pokouloff
Mr. Takahira
Mr. Witte
Bea
War Theater Shifted as Japan Extends Control in Manchuria
Reports from Gunshu Pass Manchuria dated August 27 describe Japanese consolidation in South Manchuria matching northern governance. Railways and rivers seized at Mukden enable broader administration while fighting remains quiet with reinforcements to both sides. Typhoid cases among troops exist but health is generally good. Japanese advance along the railway has paused with withdrawals to Hhahedzy.
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Manchuria
Portsmouth
Liaoyang
Mukden
Kawamura
Yalu
Kaiyuan
Changpaishan
Associated Press
Tmrorist
Lidiapudze
Raiilroad
Hhahedzy
Bombardment Hits Two Russian Guard Stations on Amur
Rear Admiral Kataoka reports a Japanese naval division moved up the Amur River and destroyed two Russian guard stations at Zharef and Lascerve on the south bank. The force also captured rifles and ammunition at Okhotek and seized the British bark Antiope near Bakhalin Island. A special rail fare note appears for a Pennsylvania Railroad trip to Denver with a low rate.
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Tokyo
Kataoka
Imperial Navy Department
Zharef
Lascerve
Katacka
Okhotek
Port Alane
Bakhalin Island
Model Peace Pact Opens Brussels Congress With US Delegation
A large American contingent attends the Interparliamentary Congress in Brussels where European parliaments are well represented. A Burke resolution congratulates Roosevelt for his peace efforts and a model arbitration treaty is referred to a special commission ahead of The Hague talks.
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Christie Lowers American Kilometer Record in Beach Trials
Walter Christie in a 120 horsepower racer set new American kilometer marks on the Cape May beach, close to the world record, winning the Caps May 500 kilometer cup. Henry Ford and I A Campbell also set times, with Campbell winning the Cap May mile trophy for an earlier record effort.
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Louis Chevrolet
O-Al Venonda
Deposed Pastor Arrested in Milford Church Service
Milford Conn Aug 27 Rev BR Field former pastor of the First Baptist Church was arrested during a service for creating a disturbance He was arraigned and gave bonds for his appearance in court Tuesday He allegedly refused to yield the pulpit as Rev W A Herrod prepared to preach and deacons directed an officer to arrest him Field formerly led a church at Asbury Park N J
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First Bapist
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Rev. Field
Asbury Park
N. J
Aged Hermit Edward F Pond Found Dead in Philadelphia
Edward F Pond aged sixty five lived as a hermit for about a year. He was found dead in his Philadelphia home with gas on. Police say death by own action. He left $1500, three bank checks, railroad shares, building society certificates. Former merchant with property in Southern New Jersey. Daughter Annia resides in Holliston Mass and reportedly left him due to eccentricities.
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Drowned by Water Lilies in Rescue Attempt
Rudolph Franz, owner of Mountain Leake, drowned at a lake in Scranton Pennsylvania while trying to save two women after their boat capsized. Despite his strong swimming, he became entangled in water lily stems and could not be reached in time. rescuers freed the two women and recovered Franz’s body with his hands bound by lily fibers.
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Mountain Leake
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Daniels Sets American Half Mile Record at Travers Island
C M Daniels of the New York Athletic Club won the half mile A A U championship at Travers Island New York beating the previous American mark by H Mil Rausch and setting new times for the quarter mile as well. Daniels clocked 1267 for the half mile and 61485 for the quarter, surpassing earlier records.
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St Louis
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Lobster dinners deadly on Boston harbor island
Three people died from ptomaine poisoning after a lobster dinner on Peddock's Island in Boston Harbor. The deceased are Antonia Gomes, Joseph Oliver, and Joseph Oliver Jr. The poison likely formed in a cooking pot.
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Peddock’s Island
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Antonia Gomes
Joseph Oliver
Josefh Oliver, JR
Miners Threaten Wage Stand In Eight Hour Fight
President Mitchell denounces wage terms as essential for peace and declares the union will demand recognition and an eight hour day. He urges presenting a united price to Baer, with 150000 workers behind the effort, against potential spring strikes. Operators plan a Chicago meeting to set future labor strategies amid District 19 deals.
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Iltuminous
Note Foretold Death by Philadelphia Jeweler
Philadelphia aug 21 John J Buddy fifty years old Parker and Buddy jewelers dropped dead on Chestnut street as a note in his pocket said it was time for him to die and that only his brother in law and undertaker could view his body. Censored Reading Dates Strike in Tampa Aug 27 workers strike after management barred reading from Tierra newspaper in Havana at M and Bracheiberg Co.
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Philadelphia
John J. Buddy
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Pages Peace Conference Delayer and Arbitration Demand
International arbitration demand of the Minera delays peace conference as pages report new developments. Mob violence leads to a death of a Black man, with coverage noting societal tensions.
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Minera
Pastor Hunt
Virginia
Exxiles
Replies to Cummins Views on the French Treaty Debate
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw defends his remarks on the French treaty cited by Governor Cummins. In a Chicago letter, Shaw says he did not state that the Senate or the United States was harmed, noting reports were misrepresented and urging Cummins to show where the claim appeared. He explains the luncheon talk was informal and not a formal debate, listing treaty terms and exemptions and urging accuracy in reporting.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Leslis M Shaw
A. B. Cumming
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Cummins
Gov. Cummins
Ded Moines
Senate
France
United States
Dex Moines Republican Daily
Thoes
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Saine
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Brooklyn student drowns after boat capsizes on Ohio River
Blaire P. St. John of Brooklyn, a former University of Kentucky student, was drowned today when a small boat capsized near Pittsburg. Companions F A Zervis of Lehigh and C J Hendrickson of Cornell were rescued with difficulty.
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Pittsburg
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University of Kentucky
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Lehigh
C J. Hendrickson
Cornell
Moxico's Imports Rise After tariff changes
Mexico City reports tariff adjustments effective Sept 1 spark large import increases. Railways rush to expedite delivery of goods affected by the tariff. Also noted is the raised wrecked survey ship Hancock raised and moved toward Detroit for repairs after earlier sinking by the Binghamton.
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Mexico City
Detroit
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United Staten
Hancock
Binghamton
Lake St. Clair
Nome Gold Output Sets Nome Record for 105 Season
United States Assayer Fred Wing, in charge of the local assay office, said Nome’s total gold output for the season of 105 will reach 10,000,000. The figure is expected to set a Nome record, exceeding last year’s production.
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Seattle
Wash
Aig
United States
Fred Wing
Tocal
Tale Ameunt
Sir Michael Hicks Beach Arrives With Family
Sir Michael Hicks Beach former chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain arrived in New York with his wife and two daughters on the Urebria. They went to Grand Central Station and boarded the first train for Vancouver Delghtful Chesapeake Beach and its bathing amusements awaited them as their holiday began.
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New York
Michael Hicks- Beach
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Vancouver
Lynching of John Moore in Newbern North Carolina
In Newbern North Carolina on August 27 a mob of about 100 masked men seized John Moore from Craven County jail and hanged him near the Neuse River bridge after raiding the jail. Earlier Moore attacked a country store and struck Mrs Eubank with a meat ax, injuring her severely before fleeing. Residents condemned the lynching as vigilante justice and a sermon-wide outcry followed.
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John Moore
Craven County
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J. W. Biddle
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George Bubenk
Clarks
Mewbern
Jay
Walsh Was Not Reckless in Fatal Newport Crash
Special to The Washington Fest Newport Rhode Island August 27 Thomas F Walsh issued a statement on the crash that killed his son asserting the event was not due to reckless driving. He cited a machine examination showing a thirty mile per hour indicator, power off, emergency brakes applied, and oil flow stopped. The tire burst caused the skid into the bridge rail, not loss of control. Walsh and Pell had chance to jump but stayed at their posts. Pell estimated the car at no more than thirty five miles per hour.
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Newport
Thomas F Walsh
Walsh
Dynamite Disaster Kills Twenty in Mazatlan Port Work
Twenty Mexican laborers died and many were injured by a premature dynamite explosion at the Manzanillo port works. The mangled bodies were buried in a common grave at Manzanillo Cemetery.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Manzanillo
No Festivities for Prince Louis of Battenburg
In St Johns residents vote to abandon planned civic festivities for Prince Louis of Battenburg after his note that he will spend only one night in the city. Gov MacGregor planned to greet him, while Prince Louis travels from Toronto to Quebec and on to the maritime provinces before heading to United States waters. An Atlantic City eight hour labor meeting pledges support for groups pushing for an eight hour day.
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Louis of
Labrador
Toronto
Prince Louis
Battenburg
Niagara Falls
Berlin Theater Stage Collapses During Rehearsal
A terrace timber collapse at the Metropole Theater in Berlin during a rehearsal injures twenty performers. The incident occurred as the terrace, sixteen feet above the stage, was crowded with thirty cast members and spectators.
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Ave
Metropole
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