Peace prospects emerge as Russia may seek truce with Japan
London dispatch reports St Petersburg that the Czar may yield on war, conditional peace terms and direct talks with Tokyo. March 24 notes Russia will not accept a war indemnity, while loan negotiations revive and the press exposes war profiteering schemes tied to Korea.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
Russia
Haa
Tokyo
Washington Post
London
The
Telegraph
Gen. Sakharoff
Mukden
Japan
England
America
France
Germany
Associated Press
Agents de Change
Russta
Foreign Office
Sweden
Plon
Vladivostok
Pacific Ocean
Far East
M. Bezobrazoff
Yalu
Kurnopatkin
Korea
Council of the Empire
Japan Places Loan Amid Global Banking Shift
Reports state Japan will issue a 150 million dollar loan in New York and London, with 9 price and 4 12 percent interest, redeemable in five years. Banks Kuhn, Loeb & Co and partners in New York, plus a British consortium, handle the issue, securing tobacco monopoly receipts as security. German banks were excluded after a dispute over underwriter profits.
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London
Maren
Japan
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Holland
Switzerland
German Banka
E Koretiyo
Takahashi
Associated Press
Kuhn, Loeb, & Co
National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
M. Takahashi
Russia
France
Ioan
Berlin
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Deutsche
Dresdner
Rumored Japanese Attack Sinks Russian Ships
Round of unconfirmed reports from St Petersburg claim Japanese torpedo boats sank the Russian battleships Navarin and Sissoi Veliky in Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. Echo de Paris cites joining squadron under Niebogatoff in early April toward the Far East.
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St. Petersburg
Washington Post
Navarin
Sissoi Veliky
Rojestvensky
Mosal- Be
Madagascar
Paris
Echo de Paris
Niebogatoff
Far East
Associated Press
Port Said
Second Pacific Squadron
Jibutil
French Somaliland
Vladivostok
Venezuelan arbitration dispute dominates Cabinet meeting
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft weigh the Castro refusal to arbitrate the Venezuela United States issues. Officials seek no drastic action and plan to wait for developments while continuing the Southwestern trip preparations. Bowen reports Caracas rejects arbitration by mail. no immediate crisis expected, with potential but unlikely moves by foreign powers and a pending Dominican ratification setback.
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Venezuela
United States
Arine
Bowen
State Department
Castro
Taft
Hay
la Guaira
Caracas
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Guanta
Caatro
Ven‘ Exuiela
Ahd
Willemstad
Caracaa
Millionaire in jail charged with mail frauds
Philadelphia reports Stanley Francis promoter of United States Trust Company is jailed on conspiracy and using moneys for fraudulent purposes. Connected to Storey Cotton Company and Provident Investment Bureau, with fictitious dividends and non cotton business. Officers of the Trust Company resigned after commissions hearing. Bail set at 109000 dollars. Francis awaiting further hearing in Moyamensing Prison.
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Trust Company
Francis Pitt
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Storey Cotton Company
The
Providént
Investment Bureau
United States
Stanley Francis
United States Trust Company
Craig
Francis
Moyamensing
BH. J. Pershing
Robert M. Anderson
Provident Investment Company
Provident Investment Bureau
Farewell Dinner For Evans By London American Society
Forty representatives of the American colony in London gave a farewell dinner to Henry Clay Evans retiring consul general. Dignitaries included Lord Fairfax Maj John H Beacom Capt Charles H Stockton plus Yerkes Millard Hunsiker Joan Morgan R Richards I N Ford Newton Crane Frank E Bliss and Sidney Appleton. Evans thanked guests saying the gayest rites of this sad time end in going home to God's country. He will tour the continent then return to America with his family in late April.
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London
American Society
Henry Clay Evans
Lord Fairfax
John H. Beacom
Charles H. Stockton
Messrs
Yerkes
Millard
Hunsiker
Joan Morgan
R. Richards
I. N. Ford
Newton Crane
Frank E. Bliss
Sidney Appleton
Van
Suit for million brought by John W Young in shipbuilding case
John W Young, son of Brigham Young, has sued Daniel L Dress er, former president of the Republic Trust, seeking about 926000 to recover stocks and bonds given as collateral for loans. Young alleges Dress er used funds for other purposes and returned only seventy six bonds, leaving vast securities missing. The suit’s path to recovery from a bankrupt remains unclear.
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Bnedal
Washington Post
New York
Financial
John W. Young
United States Shipbuilding Company
Brieham Young
Daniel Leroy Dresser
Trust Company
The
Republic
Land
Young
Dresser
Seoust
Slither
Deemer
Bonda
Bresser
Rosseau to Take Stand in Bomb Case Trial
Gess Jer Rosseau, charged with two New York penal code counts on high explosives, will testify in his own defense as the trial before Recorder Golf continues. Superintendent Murray detailed the bomb’s construction while the jury watched, with caution over the dynamite and timing mechanism. Rosseau has repeatedly refused to plead guilty, claims insanity, and seeks any court mercy.
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Washington Post
New York
Gess Jer Rosseau
Recorder Golf
Gessler
Philadelphia
Colnard
Gergt
Arthur “Carey
Rosseau
Rossean
Probing Beef Trust Goes Deep in Grand Jury Inquiry
The Washington Post reports Chicago March 24 that Michiel R. Murphy Cudahy’s West general manager said the grand jury is clearly seeking to indict and probing the beef industry in depth. Questions covered slaughtering costs profits and related subjects with firm inquiries into crop conditions sales and shipping. Subpoenas issued for five Nelson Morris Company employees and Baxter and Morrison in Omaha exchanged evidence with officials in Omaha and at the marshal’s office.
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Washington ‘Post
Chicago
Michiel R. Murphy
Cudahy
West
Grand Jury
Murphy
F. Wilkins
Robert Hall
Kansas City
J. G. Gavin
Arthur & Co
HR. Beedatz
Armour
Omaha
St. Clair
Nelson Morris Company
Marshal’s
United States
Irving F. Baxter
Co. B. Morrison
Hypnotized Mothers Die After Shared Trance
In New York on March 4, Luella Huestis of Mount Vernon and her mother Mrs James Fr. Huestis died after a fifteen day trance. They were found unconscious at Henry W Helfer's home amid suspected gas asphyxiation, but a hypnotism expert says they hypnotized each other unintentionally. The mother grew emaciated, unable to eat except liquid nourishment, and died. the daughter was 22. A Chicago police report notes adoption thumbprint systems replacing Bertillon measures for identifying criminals.
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New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Luella Huestis
Mount Vernon
James Fr. Huestis
Henry W. Helfer
Index to Part One highlights and notes from the issue
The page listing outlines topics across PART ONE including Peace Outlook, Castro, debts, a Mexican ambassador death, labor wage requests, and Drake charges. It notes pieces on beet trust probes, Verne’s death, public printer fines, and social life, plus sports, rifle records, and steel demand.
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Castro
Chatwick
Drake
Probing
Beet Trust
Keifer
Stanford
Jules Verne
Virginia
Maryland
Marquise de Fontenoy
Stewart
Thea
Hoosier Gretna Green
Rabbi Simon
Luther Place Choir
Kaiser's Plans Displease French Leader Warns of Tangier Visit
Jean Jaures, vice president of the Chamber of Deputies and socialist leader, says in Humanite that the German Emperor's Tangier visit is uncivil toward France and could undermine French influence in Morocco. He warns the voyage aims to remind France it is not the sole power with Moorish interests and may embolden the Sultan to resist. The report notes Delcasse’s diplomacy faces a serious check as the German voyage looms.
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Washington
Paris
Jean Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Party
Delcasse
Associated Press
Grest
France
William
Ushant
Bay of Biscay
Fee Awarded to Carlisle in Porto Rico Import Duty Case
New York March 24 the appellate division affirmed a decree awarding John G Carlisle former Secretary of the Treasury twenty five thousand dollars for professional services in connection with a contest challenging the port duties on imported goods. The litigation led importers to recover nearly five hundred thousand dollars from the government. Carlisle said about eighty nine thousand was paid to Barnes who denied engaging his services and Carlisle sued to recover his fee.
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New York
John G. Carlisle
Carlisle
Barnes
Broker Magoun Faces Grand Larceny Charge in Parole Case
Mrs Clara W Hall claims Magoun Brother Co misappropriated 20000 dollars in stocks including Southern Railroad preferred and Union Copper shares. Magoun held on 1000 shares Standard Rope and Twine and 457 shares American Security, with bail set at 10000. He was released on parole to seek a bondsman after testifying in Cincinnati and leaving the stand.
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New York
Francis P. Magoun
Magoun, Brother & Co
Wall Street
Tombs
Magoun
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Robert L. 8. Hall
Clara’ W. Hall
Hall
Brother & Co
the &Tolk
The
Southern Railroad
Standard Rope and Twine Company
Union Copper Company
American Security Company
Bacchanalian Funeral at Utica Civil War Vet Service
Special to The Washington Post Utica North Carolina March 74 unusual scenes at the coffin of William Town a Civil War veteran. A front window opened as a phonograph played Avery tunas and mourners lifted the corpse to a sitting posture. The crowd passed liquor around and toasted the dead man as they danced to Beelzebub music until an officer halted the revelry and called an undertaker to re arrange the body. Rove Pilsen New Light Beer advertised amid the scene.
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Washington Post
Utica
N.C
William Town
Mrs Chadwick Denies Debts In Cleveland Bankruptcy Case
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs Cassie L Chadwick testifies in bankruptcy court that total indebtedness may not exceed 750000 with 517000 borrowed and 268000 in commissions to money lenders She lists banks in Cleveland owing 200000 while asserting other assets include 200000 in jewelry and claims about loans and notes across Canton Pittsburg New York and Europe The testimony covers commissions on Newton loans and security for loans including jewelry and notes held by brokers and bankers with details spread across multiple cities
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Chadwick
Newton
Cleveland
Ohio
Cassie L. Chadwick
Louis J. Grossman
Nathan Loeser
Loeser
Bankruptcy Court
Charles H. Stewart
Wolfers Brothers
Brussels
Belgium
Grossman
Jur. Grosman
Canton
Pittsburg
New York
Herbert D. Newton
Brookline
Mass
Chadwick Mild Sie
Mr. Grossman
Commission
Europe
Oberlin
G. R. Cutler
Newton Loans
Pitibourg
Henry Wurst
Blyria
Ludwig Nisson
Mason
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New Light Beer
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Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
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Scott County
H. Burton Strait
Henry Schreiner
Scott County Bank
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Strait
Schreiner
Taracci
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Baex
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20Th & Ls Hy
White House
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Santo Domingo
Ing
Senate
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Aia
Sloan's
Delaware
Evans
New, York
Maryland Society
Benning’s
Chevy Chase
N. Nw
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Daniel L. Dreaser
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Umbria
Standard
Kansas
New York Hospital
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Morocco
Porto ‘Rico
Clara W. Hall
Rove Pilsen
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Koya Pilsen
Om Draught
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