End of Castro Rule Shocks Venezuela
Caracas reports Ciprano Castro ousted after conspiracy charges and Gomez leads transition. New cabinet under Juan Vicente Gomez suspends Castro decree blocking transshipment as Dutch forces withdraw pending Holland treaty. Maduro era instability shifts toward Venezuela foreign relations and internal consolidation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ciprano Castro
Republic
Yellow House
la Guyra
Berlin
Bank of Venezuela
Paris
Senor Castro
Europe
Castro
Juan Vicente Gomez
Senor Gomez
Baron von Seckendorff
Holland
M. de Reus
Venezuelan
Castro Kept in the Dark on Venezuelan Downfall
Berlin reports indicate Fidel Castro unaware of his fall and the Venezuela crisis. A senior aide notes Castro has not received dispatches since Sunday and lacks a cipher code, questioning his involvement in a plot against acting president Gomez.
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Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Senor Gomez
Panama Canal Set To Open January First 1915
San Francisco reports an official statement from the canal commission secretary Joseph Bucklin Bishop noting about 56 million cubic yards of excavation have been removed since Americans took control. The work progresses toward the 60 million cubic yards total with 21 million by 1908 and an anticipated 37 million in the current year.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
California Promotion Committee
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Canal Commission
Missouri rate case opens with evidence on 2-cent fare
Kansas City dispatch reports the Missouri case to prove the 2-cent fare and maximum freight laws are not confiscatory A P Talia ferro headed state inquiries into railroad earnings and expenses stating that per passenger mile costs are lower for state than interstate lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan City
Missouri
A. P. Taliaferro
Bullet for Aerial War In Germany Invents Expanding Bullet
Berlin reports Gottingen gunsmith Schraeder has patented an expanding bullet designed to destroy air balloons. The new round reportedly fits standard infantry rifles for use against enemy balloons.
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Berlin
Gottingen
Schraeder
United States Restores Friendly Ties with Venezuela
After eight months the United States resumes friendly relations with Venezuela and sends William S. Buchanan on the cruiser North Carolina to assess the situation and report to the State Department. The move could lead to formal recognition if Gomez loyalty holds and to a civic settlement of disputes with the United States, Holland, and France.
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Washington
United States
Venezuela
William S. Buchanan
North Carolina
State Department
Gomez
Castro
la Guayra
Holland
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Herbert W. Bowen
Labor leaders jailed for contempt in Buck Stove list case
Twelve months jail for Samuel Gompers and nine months for John Mitchell plus six months for Frank Morrison were handed by Judge Wright of the DC Supreme Court for contempt of court for placing Buck Stove & Range Co on the unfair list. Sentences included appeals and bonds posted by each defendant. The judge denounced widespread defiance of the tribunal and its duties.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Buck Stove & Range Company
St. Louis
Ousts Oil Trust in Missouri Supreme Court Ruling
Missouri Supreme Court ousts the Standard Oil of Indiana and the Republic Oil company from the state and dissolves Waters-Pierce Oil company of St Louis. Each firm faces a 50000 dollar fine. The decision, effective January 15, follows a suit begun in 1905 with seven justices concurring. Attorney General Hadley led the case amid long-standing Rockefeller opposition.
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Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
St. Louis
Standard
Hadley
Rockefeller
New York
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Lamm
Graves
Bank Clerk Gets Five Years Sentencing in 1906 Embezzlement
Pittsburg December 2 Herbert W Tiers former First National Bank discount clerk was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary yesterday for embezzling 41000 early in 1906.
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Pittsburg
Herbert W. Tiers
First National Bank
Tiers
State levy plans for 1909 Idaho Oregon and county shares
Salem reports total state revenue for 1909 to be 1 975 000 dollars with 1 275 000 apportioned to counties and 400 000 from indirect sources. The levy rises 125 000 over last year and 250 000 over two years prior due to restored University of Oregon funding and a 155 000 deficit for the university. Oregon City locks purchase adds 100 000, subject to repeal. County shares use Wasco Hood River adjustments. Wasco 0.158 Hood River 0.076 of the whole.
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Salem
University of Oregon
Jamery 1
Oregon City
State Board
Hood River
Wasco
Hood River County
Wasco County
Colaimuin
Blagad
River Cope
Jackson
Josephine
Cossseispays Sebee
Reves Espanit
LAM
Ivabuehpatemei Poyn Eee
Imarlon
Encsarbecees
Nabeecey
Nsw Atviaend
Multnomah
Obane Polke
Shorsnan
Tillamook
Fehiane'e
Uavinenacip
Secuacci
Washington
Cccnsecyee Renee
Vacete Tesco Cssuals
MODOU
Deschutes Line Survey Moves Forward South of Madras
Engineers under Chief Boschke continue surveying for the Southern Pacific Deschutes route south of Madras. The line is located through Haystack Culver and Lamonta to O Neill, likely the junction with the Deschutes line and an east west line along Central Oregon mill used road. The Deschutes segment may extend to Wend Crook County on current surveys.
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Harriman Road
Portland
Deschutes
Central Oregon
Southern Pacific
H. Harriman
Boschke
Madras
Haystack
Culver
Lamonta
O'Neil
Oregon Millsore
Corvais & Eastern
Vale
Malheur County
Wend
Crook County
Umatilla Lobby Named Pendleton
A 15 member legislative committee from Umatilla County has been appointed by the Commercial Association to work with the county delegation to push for favored measures. The group targets an experiment farm for the Umatilla project, higher Weston Normal funding, a branch asylum and an amendment to the good roads law.
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Pendleton
Commercial Association
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Weston Normal
Good Roads Aw
Rural Education and Extension Proposals From Country Life Commission
The Oregon Agricultural College faculty discussed Roosevelt’s Country Life commission request. A statement urges federal funds be directed to existing high and normal schools for agricultural and domestic instruction and that public teachers be trained accordingly. It also recommends federal-state cooperation in agricultural extension under land grant colleges with funding for traveling schools, farmers’ institutes, libraries, and free distribution of experiment station findings.
Midland Town sale near Klamath Falls largest in region
A 2300 acre tract near Klamath Falls including Midland townsite was sold within eight miles of the city. The California corporation Midland Town company sold to ER Reames and Dr Campbell for 75000 to 50000 dollars, the largest sale in the area.
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Klamath Falls
Midland
Californian & Northeastern Railway
Midland Town Company
California
ER. Reames
DR. Campbell
Wage War on Coyotes Pendleton Oregon January
Ten thousand coyotes are to be killed in Oregon during January by stockmen who lose about $1,000,000 yearly to coyote damage. The plan mirrors last year’s drive when about 10,000 animals were slaughtered and is to be expanded this month as reported to the board of sheep commissioners.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Board of Sheep Commissioners
New Post Office Building in Eugene Soon
Preliminary excavation plans for a new Eugene post office are under way. The government has notified Postmaster Page that the contractor's bond is accepted and a superintendent of construction will likely arrive immediately.
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Eugene
Page
Land Prices Soar in Arid Valley With Irrigation Hopes
In La Grande the value of desert land has jumped to 100 dollars per acre from 25 to 30 earlier, driven by irrigation promises. The market remains dull as few owners are willing to sell.
Snow blankets Pendleton Umatilla County wheat fields
Snow covers Pendleton Umatilla County wheat fields with light fall so far. Indications point to more accumulation before morning, bringing relief to farmers who have long awaited snow.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County
Portland Protests Freight Rate Increases
In Portland, implement jobbers are voicing opposition to higher freight rates, staging protests across the city as they contest the rate hikes.
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Portland
Agricultural price list from Wheat-Bluestem club markets
The document lists varied commodity prices by grade and region including wheat, oats, hay, fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs, poultry, veal, pork, beef, wool and mohair. Prices cover Oregon regions Eastern Oregon Willamette Valley and dates implied by market style.
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Fife
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Shtatas
Tremors Rock Virginia City Montana With Widespread Panics
Two earthquakes struck Virginia City within ten minutes causing major panic as buildings shook plaster fell and a two story school split with cracks up to three inches wide. A trio of shocks occurred later in the day and more had rattled the area as Frank Face described ground heaving at Crater lakes six miles away and fissures widening up to two and a half feet.
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Virginia City
Mont
Frank Face
Mr. Pace
Crater Lakes
Yellowstone Park
Lumber boss predicts cheaper wood with new Virginia & Rainy Lake plan
Edward Hines newly elected president of the Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Company predicts lower lumber costs and a new production era. He pledges to cheapen manufacturing for consumers while avoiding wasteful practices and aims to work with US and Canadian forest departments. He also wants tariff reductions to allow Canadian lumber into the United States.
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Chicago
Edward Hines
Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company
Mr. Hines
Forest Departments
United States
Canada
Gaspipe Thug Caught After Daylight Jewelry Robbery
San Francisco police arrest Louis Schultz, ex convict, after a noon attempt to steal a $50 diamond from Sigmund Martig in the Mission district. Schultz struck the jeweler with a gaspipe, wounding him, then fled but was captured after a brief chase. Schultz had been released from prison on December 3.
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San Francisco
Sigmund Martig
Mission District
Hig
Hartig
Louis Schultz
Schultz
Death of San Francisco Chief Biggy by Drowning ruled possible
San Francisco December 23 coroner jury toured the waterfront to inspect the police launch Patrol linked to Chief William J. Biggy's November death. They expect an accidental drowning verdict citing the launch’s easy rolling and a possible head strike on a ringbolt on the afterdeck as he fell overboard.
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Bay City
San Francisco
Jesse B. Cook
Board of Police Commissioners
W. J. Biggy
Cook
Biggy
William J. Biggy
Bigay
Duluth Lumber Combine Forms to Control Northwest
Duluth Minnesota reports the creation of the Duluth & Rainy Lake Lumber Company. The new combine plans to command 9 billion feet of lumber in the northwest and control the Duluth and Rainy Lake railroad and a fleet of 70 Great Lakes vessels. Estimated value at least 30 million dollars.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Northwest
Duluth & Rainy Lake Railroad
Great Lake
Ityasneta
Duluth & Rainy Lake Lumber Company
Claimant in Reno Seeks Share of German Baron’s Estate
Yardmaster J Springs of Southern Pacific at Reno is a third claimant for a share of the estate of Christopher Springer, reported to be a German baron, who died recently in Wilmington, claiming a portion of an alleged $90,000,000 valuation.
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Reno, Nev
J. ¥. Springss
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
Christopher Springer
Wilmington
Packers and Jury Probe Expands in Chicago Inquiry
Chicago December 20. The district attorney Sims reveals a grand jury inquiry into the Packard industry and price fixing. Federal agents and state investigators probe tacit price divisions among peers and distribution routes as part of a broader interstate commission investigation.
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Chicago
Nec
Sims
Interstate Commission
Ite
Ment of Justice
Nature
Amt Sims
Oregon Railroads Set to Expand under Harriman Plans
Harriman and aides push to dominate Northwest transport with 750 to 1000 miles of Oregon lines. Plans include extensive surveys and new routes, with Julius Kroteschnitt and J D Isaacs coordinating maintenance and surveying efforts after a trip to Chicago.
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Chicago
Dee
Oregon
Pacific
Julius Kroteschnitt
Tenance
Sh Man Lines
J.D. Isaacs
Mr. Harriman
New
Chicago Aff
John Bull Not So Merry Discontent in England’s Christmas
London reports show unemployment rising over Christmas with destitution spreading in London Glasgow and shipyards. A shabby fashion parade by a marching group carried the motto We want work as police escorted crowds amid disturbances. Over 1000 homeless gathered at midnight seeking Salvation Army beds while cases of theft rise as families face want.
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London
Glasgow
Vancouver Firm Buys Graham Island Coal Deposits
Vancouver reports that Hewitt of Tacoma has acquired Tight Graham Island coal interests from the May Charlotte group. The deal includes plans for coal deposits, railroad and steamship wharf charters, and advertisement to build on the coast. Indications point to much greater value than Dunsmuit properties.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hewitt
Tacoma 4
Graham Island
Charlotte
Valus Dunsmuit
Wrecks Linked to Broken Flange in Train Derailment
Report from Hillsdale Michigan indicates a passenger train derailment near Pleasant Lake Indiana due to a broken tunnel switch. Several passengers were injured with one fatally tallied, as suspicions arise of possible theft by county area robbers.
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Hillsdale
Mich
Dee
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Fire destroys town building in Johnston county
A fire yesterday in Ravin Okla nearly wiped out a town building in Johnston county causing an estimated loss of about 95000 dollars. The blaze left little intact and firefighters battled the flames through the night.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ole
Ravin
Okla
Johnston County
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Peage
Hollands
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Ousts Oil Trust
Missouri Supreme Court
Country Life Commission
Oregon Agricultural College
Big Klamath Land Sale
la Grande Land
Portland Markets
Montana
Gaspipe Thug
Packer
Gragy
Crecy
Railroads
Harriman
John Bull
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