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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1904
Page
4
Tokyo dispatch reports a Sevastopol crewman’s letter detailing dire conditions at Port Arthur. Russians resist with stubborn resolve as 208 Meter Hill falls, Sevastopol is crippled by torpedoes, and Japanese siege tactics widen the fortress’s isolation amid mounting casualties.
Reports from Vladivostok describe intense naval activity as crews hasten to complete a dry dock before the second division of the Pacific squadron arrives. Mines are removed and harbor access is being tightly controlled as ice passages must be reopened for Admiral Skrydleff to join Admiral Rostrovensky.
Russian Red Cross scandals ventilated by papers detail huge supplies going astray in summer and early autumn. From Moscow 126 bales, 100 vanished, with officials pressed for punishment. Emperor orders safeguards via a personal aide to ensure non interference with transportation.
Report notes an individual yesterday proposed to insure 35 000 on the Russian Emperor's life at fifteen guineas per thousand for one year at Lloyds. He today took out a policy for 2500 at the same rate.
A fierce Atlantic gale battered the United Kingdom with mountainous seas along coasts. The Danish steamer Alabama dragged anchors and stranded at Peninsula Point, flooding engine rooms. A small ten man crew vessel foundered off Flamborough Head, with widespread land damage and downed telegraph lines.
London reports in The Standard show a broad discussion of British authors and American copyright law. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Hall Caine divide on retaliation while Andrew Lang finds protection a metaphysical issue. A tentative path endorsed by Mrs. W K Clifford and others suggests a one year window for British and foreign authors to obtain copyright in the United States.
Baroness MacDonald widow of Canada’s late premier met Pope in a private audience at the Vatican on December 30. The Pontiff spoke in French, invited her to sit beside him, praised her husband’s fairness to Canadian Catholics, and presented a medal bearing the Pope’s head and arms. She then toured the famed Borgia apartment with Papal Secretary Merry Del Val.
Rome official communique denies Prof Waldstein's claim of Italian consent to excavations at Herculaneum. Italy states no project has been submitted to the government or to the International Society for Archaeological Excavations, and affirms it will not infringe its rights.
California politics roils over Yosemite National Park. The state claims most of the valley as its own but a national government reservation overlaps. A congressional authorized commission backs federal control, facing stiff state resistance and private development concerns. The dispute spans media bias and public reaction across California papers. In Hampton Roads a naval review begins with Nevada joining the squadron. Marietta sails to League Island and Atlanta heads to Annapolis.
Socialists warn withdrawal of troops could spark bloodshed in Poland while officials say revolt unlikely. Article discusses Polish hopes for reform through war, contrasts life under Russian, German, and Austrian rule, and notes economic distress, Russification, and local industry shifts in Polish territories.
A 1904 account explains Polish sentiments in Russia amid Manchurian events. It notes educated urban Poles support reform while peasants remain hazy on liberties. Polish socialists influence Russian protests, but Poles largely refuse to fight for Russia, prioritizing Poland. Russian officials seek conciliation while maintaining vigilance, with troops in the region ready to quell unrest.
Gen. MacArthur reports California Atascadero and American Lake maneuvers were notably aided by the Signal Corps under Lieut Goodale with inventive electrical demonstrations under pressure. He endorses permanent maneuvers, noting the era’s lessons include that marching fifteen miles to fight fifteen minutes yields lasting strategic insight.
Orders to officers include Capt. George W. Kirkman of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Jay New York being sent to Fort Niobrara Nebraska with a three month and two day leave starting about January 30 1905 and permission to travel overseas. Maj. David L. Brainard receives leave as commissary. First Lieut. Joseph A. Stler relieved from Fort Logan Colorado to Fort Meade South Dakota, replacing First Lieut. John R. Devereux. Leave for Capt. George H. Patten extended twenty days on disability. A board of officers including Gen. Bates Gillespie Funston Silas Barry meets January 30 1905 at Army War College to select details for anticipated vacancies. Capt. Samuel Hof ordered to make visits to steel and ordnance facilities near Frankford Philadelphia and Camden and Chester to inspect ordnance material construction for the Ordnance Department.
Army officers on Governors Island face a War Department probe into allegations that the post exchange operates as an officers club exclude enlisted men, a setup tied to the $40,000 clubhouse. Officers contend discipline would suffer if enlisted personnel shared facilities, asserting separate quarters and clubs for officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted men, with social equality regarded as harmful to army discipline.
Philadelphia reports the coroner's jury held boilder Peter Anderson responsible for the December 15 explosion aboard the battleship Massachusetts at League Island Navy Yard. Three lives were lost. The verdict rests on testimony from John M. Lukens. Anderson allegedly worked at gauges while steam pressure stood at seventy five pounds. Gaskets should not be fastened when pressure exceeds ten pounds. Anderson did not appear at the inquest, reportedly having sailed aboard the Massachusetts.
Investigation by Gen. Crozier chief of ordnance finds two ball cartridges among 1,750,000 blanks issued to regular and militia troops during maneuvers at Manassas and in California. A California packer was discharged. Virginia offender could not be found. Arsenal checks uncovered another ball cartridge. the packer was discharged. Moving forward, each blank box will be weighed before sealing to detect a ball cartridge.
Newport R I Dec 30 The speed trial of the protected cruiser Chattanooga was postponed because a snow storm blurred shore marks from the measured course. Navy officers Capt J B Craig and others were detached on various orders with assignments and sailings slated for early January 1905.
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