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from The Wenatchee World
VOLUME I.---NO. 1.
p. 1, col. 1
ANNOUNCE NAMES OF PEACE ENVOYS
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REPRESENTATIVES OF RUSSIA AND JAPAN
TO MEET IN CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON
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TO STOP TRAGEDY
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MEETING WILL BE HELD AS SOON
AFTER AUGUST FIRST AS POSSIBLE
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OYSTER BAY, L. I. July 1.--Official announcement was made by President Roosevelt today of the names of the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washington peace conference.
The character and ability of the men selected by both belligerents is an earnest demonstration of the desire of the respective governments to conclude, if possible, the tragedy being enacted in the far east. The plenipotentiaries are: Russia--Ambassador Muravieff, formerly minister of justice and now ambassador to Italy, and Baron Rosen, recently appointed as ambassador to the United States to succeed Count ...ssini. Japan--Baron Komura, minister of foreign affairs, and Kogoro Takahira, minister to the United States.
By direction of the president, Secretary Loeb made the foral announcement today in the following statement:
"The president announces that the Russian and Japanese governments have notified him that they have appointed plenipotentiaries to meet ... (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Muravieff, formerly minister of justice and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura, now minister of foreign affairs, and Minister Takahira.
It is possible that each side may send one or more additional representatives. The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and Japan will be entrusted with full power to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace subject, of course, to ratification by their respective governments."
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TO BE INTERRED AT CLEVELAND
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SPECIAL TRAIN BEARS THE BODY OF LATE SECRETARY OF STATE TO HIS
OLD HOME IN CLEVELAND, OHIO--FUNERAL TO TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY.
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also a relative of Mrs. Hay.
The train eft here at 11:22 o'clock ... forenoon and is due to arrive in Cleveland at 5:a.m. tomorrow. The --- of the late secretary, which had been placed in a casket last nigh was brought down stairsfrom the death chamber and the casket was enclosed in a rosewood box, in which it will ... until the funeral on Wednesday.
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NORWAY ON VERGE OF WAR WITH SWEDEN
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ARMIES OF TWO NATIONS NOW CONFRONT EACH OTHER ON FRONTIER
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FLEET MOBILIZED
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IT IS CLAIMED THAT SWEDISH FLEET IS ON ITS WAY TO ATTACK NORWAY
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CHRISTIANA, July 3.-- There is a feeling here that hostilities between Sweden and Norway are more a question of hours than days. One report is current that a Swedish squadron is on its way and that its commander has been instructed to attack all Norwegian shipping wherever found. The government of Sweden took the first hostile step Sunday when an order was issued declaring Stockholm, Gothenberh and Farosend navel ports, from which all foreign warships must be excluded.
The armies of Norway and Sweden now confront each other on the frontier, and any simple act is likely to precipitate battle. In fact, it is stated, apparently upon the best authority, that Sweden is secretly mobilizing her forces.
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UNABLE TO COPE WITH REBEL CREW
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KNIAS-POTEMKIN STILL CRUISING ABOUT IN THE BLACK SEA
NO PLAN FOR CAPTURE
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FEAR MORE MUTINY
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SAILORS OF THE EKATERINA SO MUTINOUS
THAT ADMIRAL ORDERS FIRES DRAWN
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The whereabouts of the errant battleship Kniaz Potempkine is unknown here; no plans for capturing her have een devised and the policy of non-interference seems to be at present in vogue. The situation would make a good libretto for a comic opera were not the limits of the plot so serious.
Dispatches from Odessa and Sebastopol, which were confirmed by the admiralty, clear up fully the preset situation. The Kniaz Potempkin has sailed from Odessa and is now at large, and her crew, reinforced by sympathizers from shore, is still in control of the vessel.
On the Georgi Pobiedonosetz, which cast its fortunes with the Kniaz Potempkin after its arrival at Odessa and landed its officers, the more timorous or more loyal of the crew again gained the upper hand and agree to surrender and disarm the ship.
The rest of the squadron returned to Sebastopol without venturing to take up the gautlet thrown down by the mutineers on the Kniaz Potempkin, and Admiral Kruger, after a council of war, finding that he could not depend on his crews, ordered the fires drawn beneath the boilers of his ships and gave permission to all the disaffected officers and sailors to quit the vessels and go ashore.
The sailors of the Eaterina 11 were known to be so mutinous that the battle ship was left behind when the squadron started for Odessa, the whole crew dismissed and the ship disarmed.
The Kniaz Potempkine, which was steering a southerly course when she left Odessa, would within a few hours be south of the Russian limits and may next be heard from at some Balkan or Turkish port.
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WENATCHEE'S FIRST DAILY
With this, our first issue, a word asto our policy is perhaps needed. We
believe this section of the state to
have great resources and great prom-
ise. We wish to do our part toward
developing these resources and bring-
ing the promise to pass. We shall try
to be an active, helping factor in not
alone the city of Wenatchee and the
county of Chelan, but also in our
neighbor counties of Douglas and
Okanogan. We believe that here will
be built a large city, whose broad-
minded citizens will develop and aid
in the advance of the entire section
that we hope to acceptably represent.
It is our intention to make The
World modern and up-to-date in itsnews features, clean, conservative and
reliable. Politically, The World will
uphold and try to advance the principles
of the Republican party.
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JOHN HAY, STATESMAN
A great man has gone to rest. In all
that makes a man loved, honored and
respected by his fellowmen, John
Hay excelled. He was a type of all
that is best in American life, both
public and private. An author and
poet of merit, a historian, humorist,
journalist and orator, his many gifts
made him a marked man of the century
and his good deeds live after him.
respected by his fellowmen, John
Hay excelled. He was a type of all
that is best in American life, both
public and private. An author and
poet of merit, a historian, humorist,
journalist and orator, his many gifts
made him a marked man of the century
and his good deeds live after him.
His successful labors to preserve the
peace of the world are perhaps his
greatest work.
His life is a beacon to every man
who aspires to the heights of fame
and honor always accorded the memory
of the truly good and great.
He lived his life; the world is better
for his living; his memory is honored
now and will be in the future.
SOME FIRST THINGS
The Wenatchee Daily World is the
first daily paper to be published on
the line of the Great Northern Railway
between Everett and Spokane. The
first man to subscribe for the World
was Mr. F. M. Scheble of the Scheble
Lumber Company. Mr. N. I. Newbauer
of the Wenatchee Department Store
was the first to sign an advertising
contract with the new paper and also
the first to contribute a page adver-
tisement. Mr. Ira Edwards was the
first advertiser to furnish copy for his
ad. The first copy of the paper was
purchased by O. S. Sampson, mayor
of Wenatchee, and the first man to
make a payment on his subscription
was Mr D. Leonard.
p. 2, col. 2
When the Japanese torpedo boat flotilla destroyed several of the large Russian warships at Port Arthur there was a decided reversal of sentiment among the naval experts of all nations concerning the value of torpedo craft. Experiments previously made with torpedo boats indicated that thy can be terribly effective under certain conditions. The mechanism of the submarines is of course very complex, and much depends upon luck whether they can be used to advantage in actual conflict. The results in the strait of Korea are almost certain to give to advocates of torpedoes in warfare new proof of their superiority.
The torpedo is certain to play a part in the defense of ports and channels. It was used in the civil war at Charleston and Mobile, but not to an extent which could decide a conflict. The Confederate General Beauregard was a believer in torpedoes for harbor defense and used them with effect at Charleston in 1863. Under his direction the famous cigar shaped submarine boat which destroyed the United States warship Housatonic in 1864 was perfected. A greater use of submarine boats would have been made at Charleston but for Beauregard's reluctance to permit sailors to take the chances of disaster in experimental craft. Several crews were lost in the cigar boat before it scored a success, and even then the entire crew went down alongside of the enemy which was destroyed.
In comparison with battleships torpedo boats are inexpensive, and a belligerent can well afford to lose half a dozen with every man on board in order to destroy one battleship. At the last session of congress when the naval appropriation bill was under discussion arguments were made in the committee rooms that money should not be appropriated for battleships on account of the showing made against vessels of this class by the torpedo boats at Port Arthur. More torpedo boats were recommended, but the general board of the navy favored battleships. With the torpedo growing in importance the big ships will soon be obsolete in naval armament.
Although the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition at Portland, Ore., is small in comparison with the world's fairs of 1893 and 1904, it is a big show in its way and celebrates a big event. The residents of the whole Pacific slope have united to make the exposition a success.
A century ago the Lewis and Clark exploring party traversed an unknown wilderness, and the story of this romantic achievement as well as that of the marvelous development of the region during the past 100 years will be told graphically by the varied exhibits at Portland. The history of the expedition and of the conquest of the wilderness which followed it is unknown to the mass of the American people. As they excite curiosity and add knowledge in different features of our national growth, fairs like that at Portland are valuable and should attract a liberal attendance on the part of those who wish to become acquainted with the most absorbing and thrilling incidents of pioneer development in America.
peace of the world are perhaps his
greatest work.
His life is a beacon to every man
who aspires to the heights of fame
and honor always accorded the memory
of the truly good and great.
He lived his life; the world is better
for his living; his memory is honored
now and will be in the future.
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SOME FIRST THINGS
The Wenatchee Daily World is thefirst daily paper to be published on
the line of the Great Northern Railway
between Everett and Spokane. The
first man to subscribe for the World
was Mr. F. M. Scheble of the Scheble
Lumber Company. Mr. N. I. Newbauer
of the Wenatchee Department Store
was the first to sign an advertising
contract with the new paper and also
the first to contribute a page adver-
tisement. Mr. Ira Edwards was the
first advertiser to furnish copy for his
ad. The first copy of the paper was
purchased by O. S. Sampson, mayor
of Wenatchee, and the first man to
make a payment on his subscription
was Mr D. Leonard.
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p. 2, col. 2
The Torpedo Is King
When the Japanese torpedo boat flotilla destroyed several of the large Russian warships at Port Arthur there was a decided reversal of sentiment among the naval experts of all nations concerning the value of torpedo craft. Experiments previously made with torpedo boats indicated that thy can be terribly effective under certain conditions. The mechanism of the submarines is of course very complex, and much depends upon luck whether they can be used to advantage in actual conflict. The results in the strait of Korea are almost certain to give to advocates of torpedoes in warfare new proof of their superiority.
The torpedo is certain to play a part in the defense of ports and channels. It was used in the civil war at Charleston and Mobile, but not to an extent which could decide a conflict. The Confederate General Beauregard was a believer in torpedoes for harbor defense and used them with effect at Charleston in 1863. Under his direction the famous cigar shaped submarine boat which destroyed the United States warship Housatonic in 1864 was perfected. A greater use of submarine boats would have been made at Charleston but for Beauregard's reluctance to permit sailors to take the chances of disaster in experimental craft. Several crews were lost in the cigar boat before it scored a success, and even then the entire crew went down alongside of the enemy which was destroyed.
In comparison with battleships torpedo boats are inexpensive, and a belligerent can well afford to lose half a dozen with every man on board in order to destroy one battleship. At the last session of congress when the naval appropriation bill was under discussion arguments were made in the committee rooms that money should not be appropriated for battleships on account of the showing made against vessels of this class by the torpedo boats at Port Arthur. More torpedo boats were recommended, but the general board of the navy favored battleships. With the torpedo growing in importance the big ships will soon be obsolete in naval armament.
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The Exposition at Portland
Although the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition at Portland, Ore., is small in comparison with the world's fairs of 1893 and 1904, it is a big show in its way and celebrates a big event. The residents of the whole Pacific slope have united to make the exposition a success.
A century ago the Lewis and Clark exploring party traversed an unknown wilderness, and the story of this romantic achievement as well as that of the marvelous development of the region during the past 100 years will be told graphically by the varied exhibits at Portland. The history of the expedition and of the conquest of the wilderness which followed it is unknown to the mass of the American people. As they excite curiosity and add knowledge in different features of our national growth, fairs like that at Portland are valuable and should attract a liberal attendance on the part of those who wish to become acquainted with the most absorbing and thrilling incidents of pioneer development in America.
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It is claimed that a floating mine of the kind used at Port Arthur is drifting about in the Pacific. Some of the missing Japanese torpedo boats, all primed for business, may yet be encountered among the ocean derelicts and add to the list of missing vessels, with fate unknown.
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There are still remaining in the hands of the natives near old civil war battlefields many genuine army relics. They are little valued, too, and do duty as household and farm implements or playthings for children.
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more to be added from other sources
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