Show babi AL f A RH rf PS B raba c K DELAY AIDS ih T lac BL f I 1 I 1 I 1 as taa T as sends a message to the czar financial pressure is being brought to bear to heip force terms JAPAN IS WILLING oyster bay aug 23 J W mcgrew one of the white house stenographers who yesterday was at portsmouth N H on a son for president roosevelt in connection with the peace conference returned to oyster bay today whether he brought a communication muni cation from the russian envoys could not be ascertained tor the reason that the official denial that he was in portsmouth is still adhered to the president was again today eq in communication with assistant new secretary pearce at portsmouth u no lodl catlon of the nature 0 t wl 9 the message transmitted was alv 1 en c cf it should be understood that the presidents suggested line of corn arc f promise will not appear officially before the conference what he jsu has done has been done in name As it not in fact behind the scenes ase he has labored with each side lucci separately he has secured the ncy acquiescence of japan and uc cording to the general understand dil ing officially this solution would rare be offered in the conference as the guati proposition of japan should ja 1 ofay an formally propose the comero compro jm alse mr watte can only ask for artier time to deliberate 1 e to consult a government for the last time eomy he will give no absolute final an th sw er today aboudy is as it alp ance 1 portsmouth N H august 23 the an session of the peace conter icy was a complete blank so tar as the were concerned it was could yot even a real session of the of but was given up to an at on the part of the secretaries to will somo disputes which arose as a fullmoon full poon as tha consideration of the probe began it was claimed upon the cap th tle corrections which have gone into the french text body n inta the english translation had belong 01 been ade and it is therefore give to give the secretaries an op the to adjust their difficulties as nanda they cluid abc a formal ass lon this afternoon at the horn an pay Dlo gatlon of the text and translation should i hould be made then such disputed joints 1 as g arose ta were t to ln be jaia settled ka by equit g ohe plenipotentiaries themselves it Js stated that baron komura and jiin istar cr Ta kahira and M watts and paron rosen their respect while the r conference room was given up to the an intimation is given however that during the morning the themselves were in consultation this would be banle panle eay significant it true but no conar Jm atlon is obtainable delay with the president working with the emperor at st petersburg burg through ambassador moyer and with the peace forces of the orld and otherwise bringing what influences they can to bear means lope to quote again the words uttered last night by a competent authority tho rity jf the conference can be prolonged into next week the influences brought to bear upon the russian em geror will be accessible portsmouth N H aug 23 erces belv e tension are the words which should be aeed to describe the situation before the peace plenipotentiaries this morning there were evidences of in both camps as the chiefs and attaches made their preparations the summer guests of the hotel were as agitated as were the foreigners and the crowds on the veranda to witness the departure were much larger than any time since the conference began its sittings the russians got away first mr witte baron de rosen and mr na balukoff blu koff mr wi taps secretary entered their motor cars at 9 they appeared excessively gay greeting the crowd assembled to see them off with broad smiles and cheery good mom ings and the physiognomy readers instantly translated what they had eben as a certain augury that peace would virtually be arranged today to more careful observers ober vers however the smiles the russians appeared forced and beneath the gay exterior there was an expression or anxiety baran komura mr Ta kahira sir f MESSAGE TO CZAR st petersburg aug 23 mr meyer the american ambassador went this afternoon to peterhof Pe where he was received in audience by the emperor the audience concerns the peace conference oyster bay aug 23 president roosevelt sent a long message to lAmba esador meyer monday even PERSONAL APPEAL portsmouth N H aug 23 athe press cable from st petersburg announcing that mr meyer ithe american ambassador to russia had had an audience with the emperor at Peter hot this morning here one of the roost hopeful signs which has thus far developed in connection with the presidents efforts to bring the to a compromise president should have asked mr meyer to make a personal appeal to the emperor in his name tor it could be little less ban that shows bow much iff earnest tho president Is it was at auch a personal audience with mr meyer that the emperor gave ba consent to send plenipotentiary ies to the peace conference sato and mr adachi appeared on thi main veranda with faces compose and inscrutable as ever they too smiled in response to the greetings 0 their partisans but there was no ex manifestation of exuberance the popular bellet was that toda would decide the issue but the asso elated press had certain warrant foi the statement that such would not b the case were it to go to a complete show down of hands a rupture was tain since the loag cablegram of in which mr watte received from hia government last night would not him to accept the com promise which it was said japar was prepared to offer this morning as a result of the presidents heroic en deavors to save the conference the rumor telegraphed to the associated socia ted press after midnight was i confirmed this morning but it requires I 1 an important explanatory statement the cablegram from st petersburg was sent before mr watte had communicated munica ted to the emperor the contents of the communication from president roosevelt delivered to him yesterday afternoon at the navy yard hence it was not necessarily to be accepted as the emperors last word and mr witte who there is reason to believe is personally in sympathy with the compromise suggested went to the conference prepared to spar tor time 1 it was believed that at the conclusion of the sitting today an adjournment would be taken to tomor row upon some pretext or other in order to give mr watte an opportunity to hear further from his government A high russian authority summed up the situation this morning with the words there Is still hope almost to a man the members of the russian mission would personally favor the compromise suggested by the president in their opinion it offers an honorable road to peace but they are powerless it the emperor and his advisers stand firm the russians realize that the turn events have taken will put their country in a difficult position it a rupture comes now japan will stand before the world as not implacable but ready to accept a compromise on the two main issues by the arrangement to practically yield in whole or in part article 5 cession of sakhalin Sak halin while retaining in substance it not in form article 9 remuneration for the cost of the war should russia refuse this solution which will enable her to maintain quite correctly that she ceded neither territory nor paid war tribute they believe nothing can prevent the worlds verdict from being against them they say that in effect it only involves the recognition by russia of an accomplished fact the military occupation of sakhalin Sak halin and an equal recognition tion of the practical impossibility of russia it with her navy at the bottom of the sea the japanese are taking advantage of their position should russia eventually decline the compromise they say they do not believe she can escape the responsibility tor the failure ot the negotiations 1 it will be a diplomatic na fo russia said one ot them this morning articles 10 interned warships and 11 limitation of dussias Rus sias naval power in the far east can easily be arranged thay were never serious obstacles japan is believed only to have put them in the list 0 conditions to give way in the final bargain but even russia would not prove obdurate certainly not in 10 if 5 and 9 were adjustable it was a general understanding before the conference met this morning that baron komura would suggest the compromise but the fact that mr watte was not prepared to make a final response might lead to a change of program diplomatic maneuvering might be the order 0 the day and the question of signing the protocols which was the official business before the conference might be employed to secure the delay BETTER FEELING IN PARIS paris aug 23 reports from portsmouth today indicating prospects of mutual concessions restored a feeling of confidence in official and financial clr clea the bourse showed some notable improvement from the sudden slump yesterday dussias Rus sias securities were in heavy demand from the start fours showing an advance of 40 cen times the appearance of the russian bank statement also favorably affected this situation this shows that the debit balance of the government to the bank has been replaced by a government credit of as the result of the last interior loan special dispatches des patches from french newspaper correspondents at portsmouth while they continue to be nea quote one of the japanese plenipotentiaries as giving expression as to bis confidence in the success of the negotiations this unnamed plenipotentiary declares that japan Is ready to make concessions if russia will reciprocate with equivalent concessions ces he adds the hope that when the war shall have been terminated japan france and great britain will establish an entente of the mutual guarantees of their possessions in the far east FAVORABLE SIGNS OF PEACE berlin aug 23 the foreign office looks upon the possibilities of peace as more favorable today than they were yesterday but no predictions are ventured th increase of confidence rests upon the possibilities of peace aa more favorable today than they I 1 yf ote ever but no predictions are ventured the increase of confidence rests up 1 on indications of japanese forbearance and upon president Roosevel ts influx i 4 SHORT SESSION portsmouth h H aug 23 mr watte and baron de rosen ar rived at the navy yard for the days session ot the peace conference at 9 25 this morning baron komura and mr takahara lra came five minutes afterward and the session was begun at once the peace conference adjourned at 12 15 p m mr witte and baron de rosen at left the navy yard jn their automobile for the hotel wentworth the sitting of the conference will be resumed this afternoon i ence which Is felt at both boklo and st petersburg reports from st petersburg however are not hopeful the russian government might admit all points except payment of the japanese war expenses but the foreign office has been informed from st petersburg that russia will not consent to pay one rouble in the form of indemnity the beerse today felt the influence dons greater optimism ACTRESS HEIR TO FORTUNE san francisco august 23 the examiner says today that miss lily bell brown an actress known in the profession as miss ida warren has fallen heir to a one third interest in an estate valued at left by sir reginald tracey an english baronet it Is said that sir reginald before attaining to the title met miss browns mother a widow in washington D C and became engaged to her but died pending the marriage in australia where he had gone to settle some matters connected with his estate he left the money it is said to mrs brown who being in weak health has turned it over to her daughter CHARGED WITH manslaughter cleveland ohio aug 23 mrs A P bailey wife of a prominent manufacturer fac was placed under arrest today on a charge of manslaughter an automobile which mrs bailey was operating struck and so badly injured joseph broestel that he died from his injuries mrs bailey was released on ball GEN MINER ON THE STAND wooster 0 aug 28 ren miner was again on the witness stand in the taggart divorce case today the roll was exhibited for the month of july 1903 and was identified by miner it showed that taggart was sick in the hospital july 2 to july 8 1903 for disease contracted in line of duty it also adds arrested july 2 july 6 1903 released july and placed in command of company the plaintiff sought to show tant although miner charged taggart with being crazy when he was placed in the hospital taggart was taken out and placed in command of his captain gen miner reiterate that he did not confine taggart for acute alcoholism but for the purpose of observing his mental condition gen miner asserted that he fully expected to see a reconciliation the last time he saw mrs taggart As a peace maker did you think it would effect a reconciliation to send mrs taggart away and have her take the children away the general was asked 1 I thought that if she wont away she would be better able to quietly think the matter over and fesl more like a reconciliation was tho reply JURISTS IN convention opening session attended by justices of supreme court narragansett pier R I 1 aug 23 prominent jurists from all sections sect lons of the united states are gathered here to attend the opening sessions of tho twentieth annual meeting of the american bar association included in the number were justices and brown of the united states court and many professors of the various law A NEW WIRELESS instrument gives better results than machines now in use san francisco aug 23 A cial dispatch to the examiner from benicia gays A new wireless instrument weighing but a pound and a halt and found by exhaustive tests to give better results than the more cumbersome machines now in aae has been invented at the benica barracks by hugh anels a young of he signal corps the machine has transmitted and received messages from maro island and the yerba buena station time alter time the apparatus is now being used at the barracks and has met with high tion from the officials 0 the signal corps A fly walking on the outside of the box can be distinctly heard through the receiver at a distance of several feet whilo if placed on the ground the machine will record the footsteps of a man walking a hundred of more feet away tha materials used in the construction st of the instrument are simple aanna is a graduato of tho polytechnic school at terra haute ind in electrical engineering schools connected with the great american the conference oiliest wiliest throughout tomorrow and friday the president of he congress Henry st george tucker of lexington va today delivered his address paying especial attention to the mos noteworthy condition in statute law on points ot general interest made by congress and in the various state legislatures during the nast year AGAIN DEFEATED new york aug 23 national cycling champion kramer defeated W S fenn at the Valls burg track in newark jat in thear match race the champion won the first heat by a length and the second and deciding heathy a foot though he fin dished in the two mile professional fess ional handicap john bedell defeated ivor lawson by two feet teddy made a successful runaway and captured the half mile open amateur event |