Venezuela in Defiance as Dutch Seize Coast Guard Vessel
Crowds in Caracas cheer Gomez while demanding abolition of monopolies as the Dutch Gelderland seizes the Venezuelan coast guard Alexis. The act prompts Gomez to declare a state of defense, with protests from officials who accuse Castro of tyranny and foreign aggression.
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Alexis
Puerto Cabello
Caracas
Gelderland
Queen of Holland
Bomar
Gomez
Holland
Yellow House
Castro
Paul
Venezuela
Venezuelan
Venezuelan Coast Guard Ship Alexis Captured by Gelderland
The detailed account from Willemstad Curacao reports the Venezuelan coast guardship Alexis, earlier named Alix, was captured on Saturday by the Dutch cruiser Gelderland. The plucky seizure occurred with Dutch authorities releasing details this morning.
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Willemstad
Island
Curacao
Alexis
Alix
Gelderland
President Castles Resigns From Guaranty Trust Company
John W. Castles resigns as President and Director of the Guaranty Trust Company effective by December 31. He cites other business matters requiring exclusive attention and may relinquish his chairmanship of several reorganization committees associated with Metropolitan traction and related groups. Castles, formerly of New Orleans, rose to prominence in New York City finance.
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John W. Castles
Guaranty Trust Company
Castles
Metropolitan Traction System
Mr. Castles
W. G Oakman
New Orleans
Trust Company
New York City
State acquires 600 acres for Yorktown training school
Through the New York Attorney General the state took title to over 600 acres in Yorktown Westchester County for a new 1 million dollar State Training School to be built next spring. Deeds were filed at White Plains. land parcels include Considine Investment Company 185 acres Lincoln Pierce 58 acres Tekulsky Investment 313 acres Alvin W. Perry 125 acres Frederick W. Winterburn 44 acres. John R. Considine heads Considine Investment with Nate Tekulsky.
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New York Times
White Plains
State of New York
Yorktown
Westchester County
County Register Isearn
Blackwell's Island
Lake Mehansic
Considine Investment Company
New York City
Lincoln Pierce
Tekulsky Investment Company
Alvin W. Perry
Frederick W. Winterburn
Missing Lieut Edward Rains from Twentieth Infantry
First Lieut Edward L Rains of the Twentieth Infantry is missing after being ordered to Providence Rhode Island for recruiting duties He is described as one of the youngest lieutenants and had risen from hospital steward A ten day absence prompted an Inspector General inquiry and Col John L Chamberlain was sent to investigate A notice was sent to all army posts to detain and report his whereabouts to Governors Island
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Governors Island
Edward L. Rains
Twentieth Infantry
Providence
R. I
Lieut. Rains
Inspector General's Department
John L. Chamberlain
Department of the East
Col. Chamberlain
Gov. Hughes
Fiughes
Wall Street
Public Service Commissions
Executive Chamber
Niagara-Orleans
Hughes
Knox Urged for State Department Post in Taft Cabinet
Washington December 14 It is learned that Senator Knox is considering the State Department portfolio in William Howard Taft's Cabinet and may accept. He finds the Senate duties and patronage calls onerous and would prefer a Cabinet post, though no decision has been reached. His qualifications as a trained lawyer suit the department well.
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New York Times
Washington
Knox
Taft
Pennsylvania
State Department
Gov Harris County Goes Dry in Preble County Vote
Cincinnati dispatch reports Preble County home of Gov A J Harris voted dry by a 1100 margin as ten saloons were closed in the county on December 14.
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Gov. Harris
New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Preble County
A. J. Harris
Hughes Announces Wall Street Inquiry Commission
Gov. Hughes names nine member panel of bankers, lawyers, and academics to study securities and commodity speculation in New York. The group, led by Horace White and Charles Schieren, will advise on possible state law changes to protect investors and curb illegal trading. The commission serves without pay and aims to report promptly.
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Albany
Horace White
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
David Leventritt
The
Supreme Court
Clark Williams
John B. Clark
Columbia University
Willard V. King
Columbia Trust Company
Samuel H. Ordway
New York
Edward D. Page
Faulkner, Page & Co
Charles Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
New York City
Charles E. Hughes
Glasgow mobs Mrs Nation during Scottish tour
Carrie Nation arrived in Glasgow amid a hostile reception as 3,600 people booed her. Police and porters escorted her to safety, umbrellas broken, she sought shelter in a temperance hotel and postponed planned raids on public houses.
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New York Times
London
Carrie Nation
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Nation
Realty Deal Sells Builders' Exchange Building for Likely 2.5 Million
The twelve story Builders' Exchange Building at 29-35 West Thirty-second Street to 19-34 West Thirty-third Street changed hands via W and J Manger through Pease and Elliman. Reported price near 2.5 million with an investor buyer planning permanent holding. The building houses the Building Trades Employers' Association on two floors and the Brunswick Balke Collender Co. on the ground floor, with tenants including Oxford University Press D Appleton Co and Henry Holt Co. Located between Fifth Avenue and Broadway near imminent Pennsylvania improvements and McAdoo tunnel extensions.
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Builders’ Exchange
West Thirty-second
Det
West Thirty-third Street
Thirtysecond
Thirtythird Street
Waldorf- Astoria
Charles T. Barney
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Pennsylvania
McAdoo
Thirty-third Street
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
Roosevelt's son named major aid to Lilley staff
Governor elect George Lilley announced Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will serve as an aid-de-camp on his staff with the rank of Major. Roosevelt, living in Thompsonville and learning carpet making, accepted the post, reflecting his father’s earnestness. Lilley plans a Hartford dinner for staff before the January 6 inauguration.
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Waterbury
Conn
George L. Lilley
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Thompsonville
Lilley
Lady Northcliffe Faces Bold Theft Before Lusitania Voyage
Lady Northcliffe found a trunk ransacked at the Hotel St. Regis after a drive. A $75 black feather boa was stolen, with a soiled towel and crushed hats left behind. The spring lock was loose and feathers lay by the trunk. The house detective pursues the boa before she sails for England with Lord Northcliffe on the Lusitania tomorrow.
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St. Regis
Lady Northcliffe
Garrick Theatre
England
Lord Northcliffe
Lusitania
Longworth Speaks Against Higher Taxes On Cigarette Dealers
Representative Longworth challenged an Illinois amendment calling for a $100 tax on District of Columbia cigarette dealers. He left the floor in disgust and smoked in the cloakroom before Congress passed the bill amid choral ayes.
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New York Times
Washington
Longworth
District of Columbia
Mann
Illinois
Woman in Black Is Jailed for Shoplifting After Tale of Robbery
A slender woman, calling herself Jane Doe, 43, was arrested outside a Sixth Avenue department store and charged with stealing about $10 in trinkets. She told Magistrate Walsh her husband was a secretary for the late Jay Gould and claimed a trusted friend robbed and impoverished her, seeking to expose city officials. Bail set at $500 for trial in Special Sessions.
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Sixth Avenue
Walsh
Jane Doe
Randle
Jay Gould
Jerome
Nora Bennett
Customs Service
Shields
Ahearn
Charles Sprague
Columbia
Moscow Millionaire Burns Fortune On Deathbed
A Moscow millionaire Petroff, near death in St. Petersburg, withdrew his fortune from banks and burned all the notes in his sickroom. He showed the ashes to relatives and declared wealth the source of all sin, praising their escape from its evil.
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NEW York Times
London
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Petroff
Merey
Roosevelt applies for Belgian hunting permit for Africa
President Roosevelt has applied through the American Legation to the Belgian Government for a hunting permit in Belgian territory in Africa. The permit, expected to be granted, will cover 1909 and include both big and small game.
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Brussels
Roosevelt
Legation
Africa
Cannon's Appointments to House Committees
Washington December 14. Speaker Cannon announced appointments to fill vacancies on House committees. Cassel of Pennsylvania to Accounts and Militia. Guernsey of Maine to Banking and Currency and Territories. Swasey of Maine to Merchant Marine and Fisheries and Revision of the Laws. Foelker of New York to Census and the Election of President and Vice President. Martin of South Dakota to Industrial Arts and Expositions. Watson of Indiana to Territories. Claude Kitchen of North Carolina to Naval Affairs. O C Willey of Alabama to Military Affairs and Militia.
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Washington
Cannon
Cassel
Pennsylvania
Guernsey
Maine
Swasey
Foelker
New York
Martin
South Dakota
Watson
Indiana
Claude Kitchen
North Carolina
O. C. Willey
Alabama
Cattle Merger Rumor Tied to North American Firms
A room discussion in Chicago reportedly considered a 15 million dollar merger between Canadian and US cattle firms to counter Swift & Co in Canadian territory. Participants denied the report saying only one conferee had any cattle industry interest. The list included Samuel and Daniel Untermyer of New York, R M MacLeod of Winnipeg, A W Anderson and J Herbert Anderson of Spokane, E C McDonald of Washington, O W McConnell of Montana, and Albert Galen of Helena.
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New York Times
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
United States
Swift & Co
Samuel and
Daniel Untermyer
New York
R. M. MacLeod
Winnipeg
Manitoba
A. W. Anderson
J. Herbert Anderson
Spokane
Washington
E. C. McDonald
O. W. McConnell
Montana
Albert Galen
Helena
Mon
Bomb wrecks hotel in Turner's village
In Middletown New York December 14 Charles E Wreeland hotel proprietor at Turner's a village south of the city was shot at in a bar dispute and a bomb later wrecked the hotel front The shooter Theodore O Dell was arrested after being found in hiding The blast shook the village and left occupants unharmed
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New York Times
Middletown
N.Y
Charles E.wreeland
Turner's
Theodore O'Dell
Freeland
O'Dell
O’dell
Ife
Johnson seeks receiver over St. Louis Transit Company assets
J Brooks Johnson filed in Circuit Court for a receiver to recover more than 10 million dollars from stockholders including David R. Francis Murray Carleton James Campbell and Henry Priest claiming they received transit company stock for 26 a share and charged that Brown Brothers and others owe millions to the transit company treasury. Johnson also seeks illegal profits by transit officers. Brown Brothers deny active involvement beyond syndicate management.
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ST. Louis
J. Brooks Johnson
St. Louis Transit Company
Sie
David R. Francis
Murray Carleton
James Campbell
Henry Priest
Brown Brothers of
New York
United Railways Company
Johnson
Transit Company
Brown Brothers
Treasury
W. F. Boyle
Henry S. Priest
Charles D. McClure
Henry Lest
Victor Froment Files Charge After Taxi Quarrel
Victor Froment iron merchant and director at several banks and insurers accuses John H. Schneider chauffeur of a public car of assault at East Sixty-seventh Street Station. Schneider was held to await bail after Froment, who hired him from the Waldorf to his home at 52 East Seventy-fourth Street, clashed over fare.
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Victor Froment
John H. Schneider
East Sixty-seventh Street
Froment
Mr. Froment
Schneider
Waldorf
East Seventy-fourth Street
Phonograph Testimony in Pittsburg Assault Case
In Police Court, a phonograph testified for Mrs. John E. Hinds against phonograph dealer Rumstay who allegedly beat and choked her over a price dispute. The device recorded the quarrel while still playing, providing a clear account. Rumstay was bound over to the higher court.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
George S. England
John E. Hinds
Taggart Street
C. A. Rumstay
Railroad denies rail order for 1909 delivery
The Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburg denied any order for 135000 tons of steel rails for 1909 delivery, calling reports from New York misleading and premature. The company noted it has waited over two years since a large rail order was placed.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
President nominates Harris for Baltimore postmaster
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of William Hall Harris to be Postmaster of Baltimore Maryland. Also submitted were nominations for Isthmian Canal Commission member Lieut. Col. Harry F. Hodges Corps of Engineers and Captains promoted to Rear Admiral William P. Potter Newton E. Mason.
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Washington
Senate
William Hall Harris
Baltimore
Isthmian Canal Commission
Harry F. Hodges
Corps of Engineers
Willam P. Potter
Newton E. Mason
Terie Ae Pee
Roosevelt to reveal Panama Canal purchase funds details
President Roosevelt will send a special message to Congress to reveal who benefited from U S payments for the Panama Canal. The records show Cromwell's $220 000 fee and no American major stockholders in the New Panama Canal Company. Banks received small sums in liquidation. no large American profits are evident.
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New
Panama Canal Company
Paris
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
New York
New York Tmes
War, State
Justice Departments
Roosevelt UN
Isthmus
Canal Commission
Knox
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State of Defense
Port of Spain
Plaza Bolivar
el Constitucional
Sefior Paul
Friesland
Victoria
Cumana
Carmen Josefa
Tucacas
TNE Hague
Netherlands
State
Westchester
John Considine
John R. Considine
Considine Improvement Company
Nate Tekulsky
Sullivan
Lieut
Edward Rains
Schieren
Prof. Clark
S. H
Ordway
Major
Theodore, Jr
Hunt
Bomb Wrecks Hotel
J. B. Johnson
Panama
Sage
Congress
William Dudley Foulke
Panama Canal
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