Caracas unrest tightens as Germans and Brits face arrest
In Caracas a mob thronged the police station arresting ninety seven Germans including Dr Koehler, German Consul, and officials, while 205 prominent residents were detained. Foreign officials secured releases for Koehler and Blohm and the government embargoed British and German railways amid escalating tensions and threats.
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Legation
Bolivar Square
Klindt
F. J. S. Gofart
United States
Bowen
W. W. Russell
Castro
Oehler
Blohm
Veneguelan
la Guayra
Caracas
Valencia
Germany and Britain Deliver Ultimatums in Venezuela Row
Berlin reports no new advices from La Guayra since Monday night. Telegrams reached by overland lines and dispatches from Chargé von Pilgrim-Baltazzi and Commodore Schecter to nearest cable station explain delays. Germany and Britain say Castro was informed ultimatums could arrive and were presented Sunday at the Foreign Minister’s private residence due to a holiday closing.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
la Guayra
von ‘Pilgrim-Baltazzi
Schecter
Castro
Germany
Great Britain
Britain and Venezuela Standoff to Continue Under War Measures
Foreign Office reports no official Venezuelan reply by 7 p m and says the British fleet will pursue the second stage of reprisals including seizure of customs unless a satisfactory answer arrives The notice sent to President Castro is not a second ultimatum The Foreign Office denies German British friction and states joint action with possible independent steps by each power.
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Germany
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Blockade of Venezuela Covers Coasts by British and German Fleets
British war vessels will block the coast from the Orinoco to La Guayra and German ships will patrol La Guayra to the Colombian frontier. Berlin notes plan to use launches to prevent smuggling and to seal ports not under allied control. Washington warns the peaceful blockade could force a settlement but may involve seizure of customs and possible port closure. The U S Navy has no La Guayra presence. the gunboat Marietta is near Curacao awaiting a call.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Orinoco River
la Guayra
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
West Indies
Statter
Washington
State Department
Caracas
Castro
United States Navy
Marietta
Curacao
Navy Department
British Warship Seizures In Venezuelan Harbor
British cruiser Charybdis captured the Venezuelan gunboat Bolivar in the harbor last night and landed its officers. The crew were taken to Guiria by the sloop Alert, while destroyer Quail proceeds to seize the Venezuelan vessel blockading the Orinoco. An officer and thirty men carried a letter from the Charybdis commander.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Charybdis
Bolivar
Alert
Guiria
Quail
Orinoco
Seizure of Venezuelan Gunboat Bolivar by British Order
London dispatch reports that the British Admiralty ordered the seizure of the Venezuelan gunboat Bolivar. The captain was warned not to leave harbor without British permission, and after surrender by Lieut Hurtado on behalf of the absent Bolivar captain, the Charyb dis displaced a crew aboard. Venezuelan officers agreed to be landed here.
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Lieut. Hurtado
London
Bolivar
Bowen Intervenes Over British German Prisoners in Venezuela
United States Minister Bowen at Caracas assumed care for British and German subjects in Venezuela. He pressed President Castro for the release of arrested foreigners, securing the principal prisoners and seeking freedom for the rest. British and German diplomats called Castro’s action unprecedented and potentially warlike.
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Washington
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Mr. Bowen
Soras
Buenos Ayres
Great Britain
Argentina
Fhe
Hay
German Foreign Office Doubts Caracas Arrest Reports
Official notes to German and English press say the United States will protect German and British residents in Venezuela until the dispute ends. Any affront to these residents not in line with international usage would provoke a U S protest. This leads Berlin to doubt Caracas arrest reports.
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Berlin
United States
Venezuela
Caracas
US aims to use good offices only with Venezuela request
The article notes that Minister Bowen in Caracas seeks to act as peacemaker between Venezuela and Germany and Great Britain, but the United States will offer good offices only if Venezuela requests them and both British and German representatives accept. It cites Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine interpretations as guiding the approach and underscores US desire to avoid entanglement.
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Washington
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
State Department
Roosevelt
Americas
British Threaten Coercive Action Over Venezuelan Seizures
In the Commons Viscount Cranborne said Britain had official information of Venezuelan seizures of 200 British and German subjects or Venezuelan warships seized by Britain and Germany. He promised papers detailing claims including compensation and property destruction. The government would act if Caracas offered no concession after 24 hour ultimatums.
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London
House of Commons
Viscount Cranborne
Great Britain
Germany
Lord Cranborne
Bryce
Caracas
la Guayra
London Papers View Venezuela Crisis as War Improbable
London papers say Britain is at war in practice with Venezuela yet see no sale fear in the near term. They note no dispatches from the British squadron commander and cite unofficial reports of the Venezuelan fleet seizure and Castro’s reprisals as credible.
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London
Great Britain
Venezuela
Willemstad
Castro
United States
Ant Attitude Toward Coercion Sparks Capital Debate
The discussion questions the value of spending millions to coerce a country that cannot be annexed and is likely to become bankrupt, highlighting strategic and financial concerns.
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Ant
Italian Cruiser Ordered to Protect Subjects in Venezuela
Rome reports the government has instructed the cruiser Giovanni Bausan to safeguard Italian subjects in Venezuela. If needed, the commander may evacuate them or land sailors for protection, after arriving at La Guayra yesterday.
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Rome
Giovanni Bausan
la Guayra
Venezuela
Adventure With A Cat In Niles Michigan
Special to The New York Times. Mrs. Alexander Downey, preparing for an outing in Galesburg, Michigan, woke to find the family cat springing from a closet shelf and landing on her head. The cat clutched her hair, leaving Mrs. Downey unconscious until her husband returned and, after a struggle, authorities gave chloroform to calm the cat. She was not seriously injured.
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New York Times
Niles, Mich
Alexander Downey
Galesburg
International Axe and Tool Company Formed in Consolidation
Reading Penn. December 10 The axe and tool industry consolidates into the International Axe and Tool Company with 842 million capitalization and about 26 million in plant value. Economies of at least 1 million are expected under unified management. Key plants include Carpenter Steel Company Reading and American Axe and Tool Company New York, plus over twenty five firms across New York State New England the West and the South.
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Reading
Penn
International Axe and Tool Company
Carpenter Steel Company
American Axe and Tool Company
New York
New York State
New England
West
South
Labor unions must be democratic, not autocratic
Dr. Lyman Abbott told Columbia Graduates' Club on Our Industrial Problem urging democratic labor organization, cautioning against demagogues and bosses, while warning of dangers in both capital and labor power and proposing government action to curb monopolies and protect workers.
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Lyman Abbott
Graduates’ Club
Columbia University
Earl Hall
United States
America
Schenectady
Pennsylvania
Trust &Sn
Abbott
Reed
Pere Marquette Rail Sells Shares But Control Remains Local
W. W. Crapo states control of the Pere Marquette Railroad has not passed to outsiders. A syndicate including John H. West John F. Shepley F H Prince G H Norman Nathaniel Thayer B B Cheney Coolidge Jr Newman Erb and Thomas Ryan holds about 12.4 million in stock and aims for full control. They plan to extend from St Thomas Ontario to Buffalo about 120 miles and to arrange connections with the Lake Erie and Detroit River Railroad and Michigan Central.
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New York Times
Boston
W. W. Crapo
Pére Marquette Railroad
Péré Marquette
John H. West
John F.shepley
St. Louis
Lake Erie
Detroit River
Michigan Central
St. Thomas
Buffalo
Pére Marquette
Ontario
Canadian Southern Railway
Purroy Hurt In Sleigh Ride Collision At Saratoga
Ex County Clerk Henry D Purroy of New York City sustained bruises and cuts after his sleigh was struck by a Hudson Valley Railway trolley near West Circular and Hamilton Streets in Saratoga. His coachman Philip Smith was also injured and both were thrown about twenty feet into a snow pile.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
Henry D. Purroy
New York City
West Circular
Hamilton Streets
Hudson Valley Railway
Mr. Purroy
Smith
Hill refrains from building iron mills in West
Amos R. Kotz of Libby Mont reports President Hill of the Great Northern will not erect blast furnaces or rolling mills now. He plans to wait for railroad driven demand in Western states and Oriental markets to ensure mill profitability. Hill remains the largest owner of Western iron lands and continues buying good tracts, recently paying 50000 dollars for a Montana property.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
President Hill
The
Great Northern
Montana
British Columbia
Oriental
Amos R. Kotz
Libby
Mont
Kotz
Mr. Hill
St. Paul
Hill
Poison in Leyh Case Sparks Cyanide Findings
A chemist reported cyanide of potassium in the sediment from a beer bottle linked to the death of George EY Leyh, a 75 Broad way Brooklyn truss maker. The analyst is testing Leyh’s stomach contents and bottles from which Robert Westphal allegedly poured contents into Leyh’s glass.
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George EY. Leyh
Broadway
Brooklyn
Williams
Leyh
Robert Westphal
Leah
Death of an Aged Sea Captain
Capt. John Vaughn died at May's Landing at age ninety three. He was reputed as the oldest sea captain in the United States and kept his mind sharp until shortly before death. Vaughn owned several vessels, including the schooner Sarah J. Vaughn, and served in the U S Navy ferrying supplies during the Civil War to Northern troops.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N J
John Vaughn
United States
May’s Landing
Vaughn
Sarah J. Vaughn
United States Navy
Grain rate increase postponed due to contract compliance
Eastern lines delayed implementing higher grain rate contracts by December 8. No new date set, likely January 1. Resistance between Chicago and the Twin Cities and preexisting Western-Eastern contracts slowed changes. Inter State Commerce Commission probe into reasonableness cited as a factor.
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New York Times
Chicago
Twin Cities
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Mrs. Roosevelt Cannot Aid Church Bazaar
In Bellefontaine Ohio on December 10 the Methodist Church of Big Springs Logan County says a White House reply states Mrs. Roosevelt cannot grant requests for gifts due to the volume of similar appeals. The letter says she would be glad to comply if not for the many concurrent requests.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
the Methodist Church of
Big Springs
Logan County
White House
Roosevelt
St. Louis Terminal Railroad Stock Increase Authorized
Stockholders at a special St Louis meeting approved boosting capital and bonds to 50 million dollars to pay for Wiggin's Ferry Inter State Car Transfer Belt and Terminal Line assets and to fund upgrades needed for the World's Fair site.
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Terminal Railroad Meeting
ST. Louis
St. Louis Terminal Railroad Association
Wiggin’s Ferry
Pennsylvania Society Dinner Speakers Named for Waldorf Event
The fourth annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria will feature speakers from Pennsylvania including Bishop Alexander Mackay-Smith John Patton John Kendrick Bangs and George F Baer. Other guests include Charles C Harrison Joseph Wharton Vance C McCormick and Dr John W Jordan among others.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Pennsylvania
John Patton
Michigan
John Kendrick Bangs
George F. Baer
Reading Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Charles C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Wharton
Wharton School of Finance
The
Vance C. McCormick
Parvato
John W. Jordan
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Dinner to Al Hayman Ends World Tour Farewell
Manager Al Hayman was honored at a farewell dinner at Sherry's last night before his ten months world tour. Twenty two attendees included A L Erlanger Frank Mckee Charles Johman and Mare Klaw.
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al Hayman
Sherry's
A. L.erlanger
Frank Mckee
Charles Johman
Mare Klaw
Spooner Backs Re Election Amid Delegation Pressure
Senator John Co Spooner declares he will accept re election if Senate and Assembly conventions and public nominees show support. He cites 98 Republican legislative conventions and 102 Republicans wanting his return as a command he cannot ignore.
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The
New York Times
Jamesville
Wis
Rock County
John Co. Spooner
Senate
Assembly
Free Coal for Deserving City Residents at Grand Opera House
Grand Opera House manager John H. Springer announces distributing 25 tons of coal to city deservings at 8:30 this morning. Tickets available at the box office. coal to be handed out in rear of building in one pail per applicant.
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John H. Springer
Grand Opera House
Bequest to Yale In Will of Mauch Chunk Philanthropist
Benjamin Barge of Mauch Chunk leaves Yale University eighty thousand dollars in his will probated in Carbon County. Seventy five thousand funds a chair in Romance Languages and Literature while five thousand provides income to assist deserving scholars. Five thousand goes to St Luke’s Hospital at South Bethlehem and two thousand five hundred to Lafayette College at Easton.
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Penn
Benjamin Barge
Mauch Chunk
Carbon County
Yale University
St.Luke’s Hospital
South Bethlehem
Lafayette College
Easton
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