Castro rumor claims Venezuelan leader hides fortune abroad
Morning Journal reports circulating belief that President Castro of Venezuela has deserted the country and sent funds to England and France totaling about 60 million dollars. Berlin dispatch notes no government notice of an operation, with speculation Castro may stay in Santander or Bordeaux for potential surgery.
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France
Europe
Venezuela
Castro
England
Israel
Berlin
Santander
Spain
Bordeaux
Poizzan
Dr Israel
Dutch prepare to blockade Venezuela from Caribbean coast
Willemstad reports the Netherlands has begun a naval demonstration off Venezuela after failed settlement talks. The battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk and cruisers Gelderland and Frieslander sail near La Guaira and Maracaibo with lights dimmed and guns ready.
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Willemstad
Venezuela
Netherlands
South American Republic
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Jacob van Heemskerk
Gelderland
Frieslander
Maracaibo
Heemskerk
Heemakerk
la Cuaira
Heemekerk
Venesuelan
Deruijster
Helland
Four American Warships Expected at Curaçao in January
The Daily Telegraph dispatch from The Hague reports four American warships due to arrive in Curaçao in January. It notes the United States will staunchly support Holland in its stance against Venezuela.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
the Hague
Curacaa
United States
Holland
Venezuela
US ships not confirmed to reach Curacao in January
Washington reports no confirmation that four American warships will visit Curacao in January nor that the United States will actively support Holland against Venezuela. The government’s stance toward Venezuela remains well known, tempering credence in the rumor.
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Washington
Curacao
United States
Holland Agaiiet Venreuela
Venesuela
Vast Possibilities of Waterways in National Freight Plan
Washington discussion before the waters section of the conservation commission highlighted potential large shipper savings if navigable streams are developed. In 1906 railroads moved 217 billion ton miles at 77 cents cost. shifting one-fifth to water could save about $250,000 annually. Water supply, navigation in the east, and irrigation dominated the talks.
Four Sections to Hold Session Ahead of Governors Conference
The article notes a progression from 5 230 000 to 280 000 000 horsepower in practical use and states that tomorrow all four committee sections will convene. A general report will be prepared for the joint conference of state and territorial governors and commission members next week.
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States and Territories
Elgin Seeks To Protect Trade Mark On Butter
Chicago officials have filed suit in the US circuit court of Pennsylvania to stop use of the Elgin trade name on butter not made in Elgin Illinois. Inspector Young prosecutes the D K E Wood Butter Co of Elgin for mislabeling a carload in Uniontown with Elgin branding. A hearing is set for May 1909. the Elgin board of trade is involved. The butter, shipped from South Wayne Wisconsin on November 19, is valued at 1400 dollars. The Elgin name is ten years old and copyrighted.
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United States Circuit Court of Pennsylvania
Elgin
Inspector Young
Chicago
D. K E. Wood Butter Company
Ill
Uniontown
Elgin Board of Trade
South Wayne
Wis
Pennsylvania
Rebel Leader Reaches Port au Prince in Peaceful Entry
General Simon with 6000 troops closed on Port au Prince awaiting his entry as Friday superstitions delay the march. Delegates reported his disciplined force would enter peacefully. reactions split among classes with Leconte sailing to Cape Haytien and Pirmin aboard Virginia bound for Kingston. Port au Prince remained quiet despite tense mood and seminary refuge for Jules Colou.
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Simon
Port Au Prince
Monrepas
Hippolyte
Simon General Leconte
St Thomas
D. Wol
Cape Haytien
Pirmin
Virginia
St.Thomas
Kingston
Fouchard
Jules Colou
Leconte Aspirant for Haitian Presidency
Cape Haytien December 4 General Cincinnatus Leconte former interior minister and presidential aspirant will arrive Sunday Partisans plan a demonstration in his honor He will be allowed to land but authorities aim to suppress any movement that disturbs public order Regular forces will be reinforced by disciplined interior troops.
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Cape Haytien
Cincinnatus Leconte
Cen ‘Eral Leconte
Japan German East Asia Pact Talk Reported
Shanghai dispatch says the Chinese foreign board learned Germany and Japan plan an agreement on the Far East. The Post urges caution in accepting the report but notes it is not unlikely Japan may seek a pact with Germany.
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Lamdon
Dec S
Vost
Shanghai
Chinese Foreign Board
Germany
Japan
Far East
the Post
Chicago grand jury indicts 81 in primary fraud case
The special grand jury reports rampant fraud in Chicago last Augusts primary with ballots cast by non residents the insane and even the dead. It indicts two score or more officials and urges voter service reforms and civil service expansion to curb repeats.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Special Grand Jury
Frank J. Loesch
Taft Pledged to Work for Statehood for New Mexico
New Mexico Governor George Curry met with President-elect Taft in Hot Springs Virginia and secured Taft's pledge to help pass statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Curry said Roosevelt would push statehood bills in the next Congress and Taft agreed to support as permitted by his status. Taft plans to discuss the matter in Washington next week. An afternoon snowfall ends Taft's golf plans as he prepares to depart for New York.
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Morning Journal
Hot Springs
George Curry
New Mexico
Taft
Curry
Roosevelt
Arizona
Washington
New York
Railroad labor dispute ends as federal board mediates
The Federal Board of Mediation announces a settlement in the labor dispute involving engineers on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh. Chairman Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Neill proposed an adjustment plan accepted by General Manager G. L. Peck. The keynote is a move from threatened strike to resolved grievances after multiple interchanges and conferences. The statement notes the procedural disputes over presenting requests to management and the role of division and general superintendents in handling them.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Board of Mediation
Knapp
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
G. L. Peck
Pennsylvania Lines
Board of Assessment
The
Pennsylvania
Mr. Neill
Neill
Tury
Arbitration and railroads dominate Pittsburg mining congress
The American Mining Congress opened with T L Lewis condemning outsider arbitration and favoring direct employer worker agreement. Delegates debated conservation and safety as Harriman sent a mineral transport letter noting US output over 2 billion dollars and rail freight dynamics.
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American Mining Congress
Pittsburg
Railroads and economic growth nine part of a plan
The author compares returns across sectors in 1900 noting farmers at nine percent, manufacturers at 19.6 percent, and railroads at about four percent. He argues for transportation expansion to aid growth and cites forecasts of 1927 population around 114 million and coal tonnage of 1.2 billion hauled by rail.
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Acarcely
United States
Lewis on Board to Probe Mine Explosions
President Roosevelt appoints T L Lewis of the United Mine Workers as an ex officio member of the advisory board overseeing mine explosion investigations. The notice reached him in Pittsburg on December 4. A second item reports foot and mouth disease found in cattle near Londoro Maryland near the first outbreak at the Knetler farm Carroll county. Also Mexico City notes the death of F W Baldwin longtime head of National Railways.
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Lewis
Pittsburg
T. L Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Knetler
Londoro
Carroll County
Maryland
Lake vessel Soo City lost with all on board
A Morning Journal report from Cape Race confirms the Great Lakes excursion steamer Soo City went down in a Newfoundland gale with at least eighteen aboard, possibly twenty eight. Captain John G Dillon commanded the vessel on its final voyage from Michigan City to New York.
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Soo City
Michigan City
New York
Newfoundland
Indiana Transportation Company
Felix Jackson
Velasco
Texas
T. H. Franklin
Ogdensburg
N. Y
F. W. Dority
Milwaukee
Dillon
Quebec
Maritime Exchange
Johny Casey
Chicago
Wesh
Bay City
Mich
Lsha
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Coal prices in New York too low for operators say
New York December 4. Dew Fuilier a retired coal operator from Scranton Pennsylvania testified at a coal hearing that current prices do not allow individual operators to compete. He noted railroad purchases relieved producers from marketing costs and said associates offered six million more than the Erie paid twenty eight million for the Pennsylvania Coal Company.
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American Mining Congress
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
George Gray
Delaware
G. W. Traer
Chicago
E H. Harriman
Harriman
United States
New York
Dew
le Fuiler
Scranton
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Erie
Miller
Church unity pushes for child labor abolition and shorter hours
The federal council of the Churches of Christ in America adopted resolutions urging abolition of child labor and the sweating system, regulation of women’s work, and a reduction of hours. It backed stronger home mission cooperation to avoid interchurch overlap and support starving pastors.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Charles Stelzle
New York
Department of Church and Labor
Presbyterian Church
Rev
A. J. McKeliway
New Orleans
National Child Labor Commission
Committee On
Church and
Frank Mason North
Edgar P. Hill
Chicago
Home Mission Council
West
C and O Railway and Johnson Plead Guilty on Rebating
In Richmond Virginia on December 4 the Chesapeake and Ohio railway and W R Johnson and Co pleaded guilty to rebating before Judge Waddill. The railroad was fined nine thousand dollars and Johnson and Co four thousand five hundred dollars.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
W. R. Johnson & Co
Waddill
W. R Johnson & Co
Search for Chief Biggy body abandoned near Alcatraz
The search for Chief Biggy who disappeared from the police launch patrol last Monday night off Alcatraz Island has virtually ended. A close watch will continue along the bay shores but authorities believe the body was likely swept out to sea.
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San Francisco
Biggy
Alcatraz Island
Bartender Fights Bandits in Hotel Casey Hold-up
In Goldfield early today two masked robbers stormed the Hotel Casey bar and gambling room. Floyd the roulette dealer fired, wounding at least one bandit as bullets shattered walls and doors. the two masked men escaped. Under Sheriff Knight later arrested two men tied to the hold-up.
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Goldfield
Casey
Ney
William Floyd
Floyd
Knight
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