Roosevelt Lets Congress Decide Venezuela Fordeign Policy
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a long Venezuela correspondence with no recommendations. Plans discussed include a prohibitive tariff on Venezuelan coffee, embargo on asphalt, and presidential authority to act. Secretary Root urges strong action and arbitration, citing five claims by American interests and criticisms of Venezuelan conduct under Castro.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Venezuela
Castro
Root
Congress
Adersigod
United States
Lake Bermudez
Russell
Caracas
Russie
The
Hague
Willemstad
Tribunals of Justice of the Republic
Panama
Scott
Serong
Orinoco Corporation
C. Fitzgerald
Orinoco
Department
International Court of Claims
Orinoco Steamship Company
State Department
Harry Barge
United States and Venezuela Company
New Jersey Corporation
Fish
Blakely torpedo accident blamed on gyroscope failure
The Board of Inquiry concluded the torpedo boat Blakely was badly damaged by a Whitehead torpedo. the gyroscope that steers its rudder failed, causing the torpedo to circle and strike the vessel. Findings were sent to Washington.
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Pensacola
Fla
Blakely
Washington
Taft Gains in House Republican Presidential Poll
A Special to The New York Times reports that 210 of 223 House Republicans answered a presidential preference poll. Taft led with 120 votes, Cannon 33, Hughes 19, Knox 25, Fairbanks 10, La Follette 3, while 13 remained noncommittal. The gain shifts Taft to 482 on first-ballot projections, with Hughes second at 75.
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New York Times
Washington
House of Representatives
House Republicans
Taft
Cannon
Knox
Fairbanks
Gov. Hughes
Senator la Follette
Hughes
la Follette
Foraker
Gov
New York
Littlefield
Maine
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Nox
Nmo
Gardner
House
Five Tugs Chase Willy Rickmers Near Sandy Hook
Five ocean-going tugs Daszelline John Nicholls Robert Palmer Hercules and Reliance raced from the harbor to sight the Willy Rickmers off Sandy Hook about 300 miles out. The ship left Bremen February 18 and was reported in a collision off Ostend February 17 but unharmed.
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Willy Rickmers
Sandy Hook
Daszelline
John Nicholls
Robert Palmer
Hercules
Reliance
Bremen
Jeanet
Ostend
Jackson Answers Jury in Presentment Against Him
Albany reports that Attorney General Jackson sought to have a Grand Jury presentment expunged from court records claiming the testimony by Frank White about sharing fees with the AG showed a conflict. Judge Foster set to hear the motion next morning as the case awaits Senate review.
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Jackson
Foster
Frank White
Hamilton Bank
New York Times
Albany
Raines
Senate
Lane predicts freight car shortage for October
Inter-State Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, commenting on James J. Hill's New York interview, warned that a rail car shortage is expected next October as freight and passenger receipts per mile show rising revenue but looming capacity gaps across the 325,000 mile U.S. railroad system. He noted current monthly revenue per mile exceeds 1904 levels, yet the net revenue this year trails the 1907 high, signaling tight rail capacity.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
James J. Hill
New York
United States
Metz Receives Threat Over Subway Funding Demands
An anonymous letter threatening Controller Metz arrived after a March meeting, urging immediate funding of the Fourth Avenue Subway in Brooklyn and alleging disdain for current city improvements. The unsigned note also targets Mayor McClellan and hints at drastic action by a jobless writer.
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Metz
Apenee A. Metz
City of
New York
Union Square
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
McClellan
750000 Coal Miners Temporarily Quit
A cross nation coal strike affects 250000 miners with work halted until wage scales are settled. Some districts expect quick resolutions while others close for a set period. Pittsburg district calls for two year contract terms. Iowa coal mines shut for at least thirty days.
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Indianapolis
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Mitchell
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas City
Kanawha
West Virinia
Miners’ National Organization
New_York Times
Pittsburg
Des Moines
Iowa
New Italian Liner Ancona Sails to New York Port
The 9,500 ton Ancona sailed from Naples on her maiden voyage to New York en route to Philadelphia to inaugurate a Naples Genoa service. The liner, for Societa di Navigazione ka Vapor, carries 60 first class passengers and 2 50 emigrants with promenade deck saloon accommodations amidships.
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Ancona
Societa di Navigazione Ka Vapor
Naples
New York
Philadelphia
Genoa
New Era in Transportation Promised by Captain Miller
Capt J W Miller vice president of the New England Navigation Company addressed the Traffic Club of New York at the Hotel Astor last night forecasting a new era in land and water transport with tariffs simplifying and tonnage based on weight and materials costs. Other participants included Capt AL Ree of the Marine Department Erie Ranhead Day Walter R B Polloek Marie Department NY Central Commodore Henry L Joyce of Central Railroad NJ B D Caldwell Delaware Lackawanna & Western and George A Cullen.
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J. W.miller
New England Navigation Company
Traffic Club of
New York
Hotel Astor
Times Square
Water Transportation
Land Traffic Department
AL Ree Sree
Merine
Erie
Ranhead
Day
Walter RB Polloek
Méniager Marie Department
New York Central
Commodore Henry L. Joyces
Central Railroad of New Jersey
B.D. Caldwell
Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad
George A. Cullen
Letters as Private Writings Treated Like Public Loot
Miss Agnes Repplier warned at a Berkeley theatre event that private letters fear public release more than death. She cited examples from Browning, Keats, and Victor House to illustrate how relatives publish intimate correspondence to cover funeral costs and the age of readers often misuses them.
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Agnes Repplier
League For Political Education
Berkeley Theatre
West Forty-fourth Street
Victor House
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New York and Bermudez Company
Calhoun
VICHY
Sing Ison Crawc
West 34Th Street
Fifth Avenue, N. Y
Lane
J. J. Hill
Inter-State
Fields
Bay City
Mich
Glidden Varnish Company
Cleveland
the Nation Press
Evening Post Co
Vesey Street
Tel
Cortlandt
Miller
Miss Refplier
Arments
Saks & Company
Broadway
34Th Street
B. Akman & CO
35Th Street
Sth Avenue
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Union Pacific & North Western
S. A. Hutchison
N. Y
Rite Pacific
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