Treaty Ends War With Russia Peace Decree Issued In Tokyo
Emperor proclaims end of hostilities after twenty months of conflict. Text of peace with Russia published with imperial rescript praising ancestors and public patriotism. US President’s peacemaking efforts noted as welcome. Portsmouth signed on August 23, 1906, with terms granting Japan control of Port Arthur and Sakhalin relations, Manchuria withdrawal timelines, and future railway arrangements.
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Japan
Tokyo
Russia
United States
Imperial Government of
Government of
China
Port Arthur
Talien
Chang-chun-fu
Kuan-changtsu
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Sakhelin
Strait of
la Perouse
Tartary
Duphecate
Shao- Tung Peninsula
Portsmouth
N. H
Treaty Text of Portsmouth Peace Signed by Russia and Japan
The London telegram presents the Portsmouth peace treaty text as signed by Emperor Nicholas of Russia and the Japanese Emperor. It states both sides resolved to conclude a peace treaty and names plenipotentiaries Komura Jutaro and Takihiro Kogore for Japan with Russian representatives listed. The document outlines the intention to restore peace and lists ceremonial honors.
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Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Nicholas
Baron Komura Jutaro
Jusami
Imperial Order of the Rising Sun
Takihiro Kogore
Imperial Order of the Sacred Treasure
MIKADO HONORS KOMURA ON PEACE VISIT
Baron Komura foreign minister and chief peace plenipotentiary for Japan arrived in Tokyo from Vancouver October 3. Public reception was cool with guards and dignitaries present. The Emperor met Komura for over an hour and issued a personal written message praising the peace negotiations and Komura’s services.
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Tokyo
Baron Komura
Drapun
Vancouver
B. C
Troopa
Pollaa
Komura
Yokohama
Indie
Col
Inouye
Presidentosevelt
Green's Gas e Argued Fights to the Last Ditch
Empire State Senator George E. Green of New York, indicted in Washington for conspiracy to defraud the government in Post Office Department probes, argued before the U S Supreme Court to resist extradition to the District of Columbia. Milton D. Purdy led the government case. John G Johnson represented Green. Green, former Post Office supplier, allegedly paid Beavers ten percent of contract sums.
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Empire State
G.W. Beavers
Milton D. Purdy
Supreme Court of the United States
George E. Green
New York
Criminal Court of
District of Columbia
George W. Beavers
Post Offce Department
Supreme Court
Green
District Court
Northern District of New York
District of Columbia Court
John G. John
Philadelphia
Post Office
Beavers
Post Office Department
Supreme Court Motions Advance and Denials
The Supreme Court denied advancing the Howard appeal in Kentucky v. Howard, with December hearing likely. Dockets show January 2 hearings for Illinois vs Missouri on Chicago drainage, Kansas v Colorado irrigation, Montana Senator Clark timber case, Anna Siegel v New York Harlem Railroad, Chicago traction franchises, McAllister and Hale of American Tobacco, Western Paper Trust witnesses, and Security Mutual Life Insurance Co. v Prewitt. Georgia asks for leave to file against Ducktown Copper and Ducktown Sulphur for interstate nuisance. case originates in the court due to interstate effects.
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Howard
Goshel
State of
Kentucky
James Howard
Guv. Goebel
Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri
State of Illinois
Chicago
Kansas
Colorado
United States
Clark
Montana
Anna Siegel
New York and Harlem Railroad Company
New York City
Chicago Traction
McAllister
Hale
American Tobacco Company
New York
Western Paper Trust
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Binghamton
Prewitt
Hemphill
Hurt
Georgia
Tennessee
Rogers Case Trial Set By Supreme Court November 6
The U S Supreme Court advanced the case of Mrs Mary M Rogers from Vermont noted under sentence of death for the murder of her husband. The hearing is scheduled for November 6 next.
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Supreme Court
Mary M.rogers
Vermont
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court Reverses Recorder’s Court Row
The Supreme Court of the United States reversed a Southern District of Georgia ruling in the El L. Wimbiah versus Henry Jamison case, overturning a Macon Recorder’s Court sentence. The unsigned, rapid opinion surprised by its brevity and decision to sustain the local court.
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Supreme Court
Recorder’s Court
EL. L. Wimbiah
Henry Jamison
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court
Georgia
United States
Speer
Jamieson
Recorder's Court
Macon
Goveran
Potter and Bride Defiant in Society Stand
Chicago October 16 Orrin W Potter millionaire steel magnate returns from Europe and tells society he will not join. In a lavish Lake Shore Drive home coming his daughters and son stay away. He defends his wife noting her honest work as a hairdresser and recalls starting with less than forty dollars. He laments newspaper insinuations and recounts a $30000 unreturned diamond robbery.
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Chicago
Orrin W. Potter
Europe
Lake Shore
Mr. Potter
Mrs. Potter
Potter
PutS Limit On Remarriage Innocent Divorce Adultery
Milwaukee dispatch reports the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America adopting a canon on remarriage after divorce. Pastors may wed only the innocent party after one year from divorce granted for adultery or willful desertion. The council also endorsed deaconess work, standardized church statistics, and plans for a 75th anniversary convention. The inner mission committee roster was announced, and the church-book panel approved a revised English Luther catechism translation. The publication board showed growth, debts wiped, net receipts at 143,602.16 dollars, and a planned summer teaching school likely in Pennsylvania.
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Milwaukee
Wis
General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America
Inner Mission Committee
New York and
New England Synod
Armani Miller
F A Kachler
Rey G. Doeraing
E ¥ Bachmann
East Pennsylvania Synod
A S& Pacth
J F
E T Horne
Theodore Benzie
West Pennsylvania Synod
H Warren Roth
J Loyd
Chicago
M Noyd
Minnesota
A D Haupt
C A Smith
Grant Hultberg
Hr. Fritzchel
Church-Book Committee
A. G. Jacobs
D. Ds
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Commission Named to Condemn Kalorama Land for Union Station
Justice Gould appointed a seven member board chaired by Frederick L. Moore to appraise land on Kalorama Avenue needed to join two sections in Washington Heights. The panel met at City Hall and set Monday at 1 30 to begin testimony, evaluating property for a plaza circle and new street by the union station.
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Justice Gould
Kalorama Avenue
District Supreme Court
Frederick L. Moore
Philip F. Larner
Percy S. Foster
John J. Barnard
Clement W. Howard
Johns. Swarmstedt
William M. Somerville
District Commissioners
Washington Heights
Moore
Foster
Gould
Union Station
Gom
Government Hospital of the Insane
Plans dash to Mukden as Chesire seeks return to post
Consul General Cheshire, the American at Mukden, tries again to reach his post from Washington where he currently is. He has been barred for months by belligerent armies and last attempt to enter Manchuria was refused. He previously served as acting consul in Canton and worked as consul general in Shanghai.
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Chesire
Flaming D. Cheshire
Mukden
Washington
Orientacea
Manchuria
Canton
Shanghai
High Jail Crowding Tied to Liquor Offenses Near Topeka
Gov Hochs anti liquor law drive shows results as county jails fill with convicted liquor dealers. In Independence Judge Flannelly delayed 21 sentences for a week due to crowded jail. Other jails once empty now hold liquor sellers, reflecting enforcement strain.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kans
Hoch
Independence
Navy Butter Oleo Colored With Aniline Dye
Dr H W Wiley will report that samples of oleomargarine colorized with coal tar dye are simply colored butter substitutes. The case involves Philadelphia packing houses and League Island Navy Yard samples sent to Wiley for final decision. The report may be referred to the Department of Justice.
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H. W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wison
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
United States
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Dairy and Food Commission
H. H. Warren
State Dairy and Food Commissioner of
Pennsylvania
Wiley
Tor. Warren
Dr. Wiley
Dr. Warren
Dr Warren
Europe
Daughters of 1812 Meet at Abbitt House
Mrs K EK Henry secretary of philanthropy in the National Society presided as regent at the first monthly meeting of the Daughters of 1812. Miss Goddard prepared papers for new member admissions while Mrs Norton acted as secretary in Mrs Marshs absence. Henry announced her appointment to the national society cabinet.
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K. EK. Henry
National Society
Daughters of 1812 Society
Abbitt House
K. K. Henry
Norton
Marsh
Miss Goddard
Henry
Ivopy
Secrara
National Society of the Daughters of 1812
TWO ENGINEMEN KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK AT FRESNO
A northbound Southern Pacific train derailed at the Fresno yard entrance due to a switch damage. Boelneer Cole and Fireman Butts, both Bakersfield residents, and an unknown tramp were killed while passengers escaped serious harm. The wreck is attributed to a planked switch damaged by unknown wreckers.
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Southern Pacific
Fresno
Bakersfield
Cal
Southern Pacific Railway
Boelneer Cole
Butts
Thawing Ordeal in Frigid Freezer Ends with Rescue
In Trenton on October 16 Frank R. Borden, a grocer, was locked inside a large ice box by his wife who closed the door without realizing he was inside. He battled the cold for about two hours, gasping for air as he lay among meat and tubs of lard until he was freed and recovered, with police later notified.
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Trenton
Frank R. Borden
Borden
Western Life Upheld Charge By Attorney Mayer
Federal Judge Kohlsaat sustained a demurrer by Western Life Indemnity in injunction actions brought by policy holders seeking to bar a transfer of the company. Attorneys for holders filed an amended bill. arguments set for next Monday. Mayer accused opposing counsel of evil motives, calling attackers vultures using assets for carrion. Supplemental bill charged President Moutton with excess salary and disclosed a planned $200,000 stock purchase in October to acquire a controlling stake in Security Life and Annuity, to reinsure all policies.
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Chicago
C. C Kohlsaat
Western Life Indemnity Company
Life Insurance Company
Life Insurance
Western Indemnity Company
Isaac H. Mayer
Dauy
Kohlsaar
Mayer
Levinson
Mr. Levinson
Secrety Life and Annuity Company
State Insurane
Vredenburg
Insurance
Security Life and Annuity Company of America
Policy Holders Meet To Oppose Rosenfeld Contract
Local policy holders of the Western Life Indemnity Company of Chicago, formerly Knights Templars and Masons, held a meeting at 437 Street Northwest to oppose a proposed contract with Rosenfeld. J B Schaffert elected chairman, policies in the district total about 400 000, with 73000 in policies represented. The group will seek proxies from Chicago holders to oust Rosenfeld and reconvene next Monday night, October 28.
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Willd
Western Life Chicago
Mont Rosenfeld
Tatreet
Western Life Indemnity Company
Chisago
Knights Templars and Masons’ Indemnity Company
Chicago
Rowenfeld
FH. B Hicks
J. B. Schaffert
Rosenfeld
Soj
Divided Profits in Oil Trade Tied to Standard Firms
In St Louis on Oct 16 an inquiry into the Standard, Republic and Waters-Pierce Oil companies unfolded. Key witnesses including C A Pierce and A M Findley testified on alleged anti trust violations while disclosures showed Waters-Pierce paid large dividends to H Clay Pierce and send two thirds of his share to Standard Oil in New York. The hearing adjourned with questions about book custodianship and stockholder identities.
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Missouri
Waters-Pierce Concern
New York
Charles B Collins
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Kansas City
Hadley
Republic
Waters-Pierce
Standard, and Williamson
Standard
Waters-Pierce Company
Pierce
Collins
Tuillford
Broadway
Standard Oil Company
Colling
Standard Oil
Tillford
William O.meyer
St. Louis
Republic of Company
Cleveland Refining Company
Republic Oil Company
Anthony
Adams
Notary
Charles E .Yolles
Adama
H L .Rriest
Watters-Pierce Co
Union Veterans Depart for Springfield Encampment
About fifty delegates of the Union Veterans Union left yesterday afternoon for the annual national encampment at Springfield Illinois expected to run three days. The Washington group and Women’s Veteran Relief Association members will join en route, swelling the party into the hundreds by arrival. The encampment opens Tuesday with a welcome by Springfield’s mayor and will address constitutional and unity issues.
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Springfield
Til
Union Veterans’ Union
Union
Ill
Washington
Association
Women's Veteran Relief Association
Baltimore and
Oho
Sprngfield
Engineer A Hero. Engineer Orders to Save Approaching Flyer
An engineer pinned under his wrecked engine ordered rescuers to save an oncoming Buffalo Flyer. The Buffalo Flyer had left Washington Sunday evening and narrowly escaped disaster near Harrisburg after a freight wreck killed the conductor and injured crew. The engineer, trapped, watched a brakeman signal with a lantern and stopped the express within two cars of the wreck, sacrificing his own safety.
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Wrecck
Buffalo
Kate Gannett Wells Hurt In Runaway Accident
Boston author and lecturer Kate Gannett Wells sustained both arms broken above the wrist and multiple contusions in a Saturday runaway near Keene New Hampshire while driving with her son Dr W Gannett Wells. Her husband Dr W Gannett Wells was only slightly hurt.
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New Hampshire
Keene
N. H
Kate Gannett Wells
Boston
Dr. W. Gannett Wells
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Potter and Bride
Lutheran Evangelical Generals Council
NAVY
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Daughters OF 1812
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Willard W. GC. T.U
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