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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1902

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Germany’s Reply Hints Arbitration Rejection Likely

The tone gives the least hint of Germany’s character while signaling arbitration will likely be rejected. any refusal may come with new suggestions.

Germany

France presses claims in Venezuelan dispute over debt priority

Paris and Washington dispute over how to settle Venezuelan debts with France asserting priority for pre Castro claims and demands most favored nation treatment for older claims while UK Germany and Italy weigh protections for their interests Caracas warns D Assas sails to La Guayra as Bowen faces slow progress and a potential blockade set to begin Saturday

Washington France Venezuela Caracas Castro Germany Great Britain

Italy Plans Coordinated Action in Venezuelan Crisis

Instructions were sent to Signor di Riva in Venezuela to act with Germany and Britain, ensuring uniformity. Italy believes the cruisers Giovanni Bausan Elba and Agordat can co operate in a tripartite blockade while Agordat heads to Venezuela after an audience with King Victor Emmanuel.

Italy Rome Signor di Riva Venezuela Giovanni Fausan la Guayra Germany Great Britain Giovanni Bausan Agordat

Interview With Castro Denies Venezuela Ultimatum Acceptance

Caracas reached by AP correspondent reports Castro angrily rejects United States story that Luifish German ultimatums were accepted by Venezuela. Castro says arbitration cannot follow acceptance and rejects notion of an Anglo German ultimatum as such. He notes Venezuela will not act while US legation arbitration proposal to Britain and Germany is unanswered.

Caracas Associated Press Castro United States Venezuela Great Britain Germany

Allies to impose war blockade on Venezuelan ports

Reports state the blockade will take effect Saturday at 31 P. M. on La Guayra Puerto Cabello Coro Maracaibo Carupano and Barcelona with German commander Scheder ordered to avoid force. Washington says it will be a war blockade and the U. S. will remain neutral while recognizing belligerents.

Caracas la Guayra Puerto Cabello Coro Maracaibo Carupano Barcelona Berlin Commodore Scheder Scheder Willemstad Curacao Miranda Orinoco London

Dewey Fleet Itinerary Planned for Christmas Holidays

Admiral Dewey proposes a Christmas schedule for the fleet avoiding Venezuelan concentration. Key rendezvous set at Trinidad and St Thomas with multiple squadrons and flagship assignments under Higginson Sumner Crowninshield Coghlan and Dewey. Mayflower likely remains as flagship while the fleet rests at San Juan and Culebra.

Washington Navy Department Admiral Dewey Venezuelan Moody San Juan Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts Iowa Scorpion Trinidad Illinois Indiana St. Thomas Texas Pointe-a-Pitre Chicago Newark Eagle Curacao San Francisco Albany Wasp Mayaguez Cincinnati Atlanta Prairie Gulgoa Olympia Nashville Machias St. Kitts Detroit Antigua Mayflower Vixen Porto Rican Dolphin Dewey Venezuela Higginson Sumner Crowninshield Coghlan Culebra

British American friendship cited in Times special

London report notes U S stance on a blockade of Venezuelan ports and recalls Bismarck on Africa. The Times Berlin correspondent argues America Britain friendship outweighs any African ties and Venezuela. Walther Long says UK foreign relations are peaceful and no war danger with the United States.

London United States Berlin The Times Prince Bismarck Africa Great Britain America Venezuela Germany Associated Press Walter H. Long Westminster Long Washington

Germany's Venezuela affair draws little German press attention

Berlin observers note a neutral stance in German media as Britain and the United States react to Venezuelan events. The Cologne Gazette argues no facts justify distrust of Germany and says Germany seeks only to settle claims and enforce just demands by blockade rather than war.

Berlin London New York Great Britain United States Germany Venezuela Foreign Office Cologne Gazette Venezuelan Castro

Venezuela Question Comes Before House In Foreign Affairs

The House debated Venezuela inquiries as the Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a McCall resolution urging the Secretary of State to provide information about Venezuela. A separate Shafroth proposal on arbitration with European powers was postponed, leaving no further action planned.

New York Times Washington Venezuela House Committee On Foreign Affairs Foreign Committee Secretary of State DeArmond Missouri McCall Massachusetts Hitt Richardson Italy Shafr

Dutch cruiser De Ruijter ordered to Venezuela

The Hague December 18 The Dutch cruiser De Ruijter tasked to depart for Venezuela to safeguard Dutch interests there after plans to send it to the West Indies.

The Hague de Ruijter West Indies Venezuela

German cruiser Falke captures Venezuelan schooner Victoria

The Falke seized the Victoria at Lake Maracaibo entrance after disabling her by cutting down the mainmast. Germans abandoned the vessel amid Venezuelan indignation and street demonstrations against Great Britain and Germany in Maracaibo.

LA Guayra Falke Lake Maracaibo Victoria Maracaibo Great Britain Germany

Allies and Rebels Deepen Venezuela Crisis

Caracas reports seized documents link Matos revolutionists to allies action against Venezuela. Cargoes of war munitions have moved from Willemstad to the Venezuelan coast and steamers from Port of Spain are alleged to transport arms to Ciudad Bolivar with British knowledge. Venezuela vows to crush the uprising.

Caracas Matos Venezuela Willemstad Curacao Port of Spain Trinidad Ciudad Bolivar Orinoco River Great Britain

German Chargé von Pilgrim-Baltazzi Lands at La Guayra

Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi the German Chargé arrived in La Guayra with official permission. He telephoned his ill wife in Caracas and later met with Prefect Leiibabaza. A British cruiser secured shore provisions as Tribune arrived and Indefatigable departed for Trinidad.

LA Guayra Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi Caracas Senor Leiibabaza Tribune Trinidad

Protest by the International Union over Britain Venezuela war

The Executive Committee of the British branch of the International Union passed a resolution regretful that Britain fought Venezuela without trying arbitration under The Hague Peace Convention. It urged the U S to protest any war on an American state before an arbitral offer was refused. Copies go to Lord Lansdowne and Secretary Hay.

International Union London The W. T. Stead Great Britain Venezuela United States Lord Lansdowne Hay

President, Gen Tracy Discuss Venezuelan Question Lunch

President meets with General Benjamin F. Tracy to discuss aspects of the Venezuelan question over a luncheon in Washington. The ex Secretary of the Navy is understood to have been called to advise on policy directions.

Tracy Washington Benjamin F. Tracy Secretary of the Navy

Belgium Claims $1,250,000 Against Venezuela

The Brussels correspondent of The Daily Telegraph reports Germany backing Belgium in claims against Venezuela totaling 1,250,000 dollars. The dispute centers on debts Belgium asserts Venezuela owes.

Belgium London Brussels Daily Telegraph Germany Venezuela

Carnegie hosts first social at new Fifth Avenue mansion

Andrew Carnegie held a housewarming at his new Fifth Avenue and Ninety-first Street residence last night. About thirty three Carnegie Steel Company executives, from Pittsburgh on a special train, joined Mr and Mrs Carnegie and their sister at table. Veterans included Capt L T Brown and Thomas Morrison, with others such as Thomas Lynch and W E Corey attending.

Andrew Carnegie Fifth Avenue Capt L. T. Brown Lower Union’ Mills Pittsburg Thomas Morrison Edgar Thompson Braddock Thomas Lynch Frick Coal and Coke Company United States Steel Corporation Amon W. E. Corey W. V. Blackburn A. R. Peacock D. M. Clemson James Gayley W.W. C. McCausland H. P. Pope William R. Conrad William H. Singer Joseph E. Schwab W. C. Magee O. W. Kennedy D. Kerr George McCague Edwin F. Mills R. A. Frank

Anti-Trust Amendment Passed by Constitutional Convention

Concord New Hampshire December 18 The Constitutional Convention votes 313 to 2 to approve an anti trust amendment to the state constitution. It also rejects reconsidering a vote to adopt a woman suffrage amendment by 186 to 177.

Concord N. H

Whittier Monument Fund Reaches Fort Worth Milestone

Whittier birthplace monument fund in Amesbury aims for 10000 dollars with over 4000 raised. Boston sculptor H H Kitson designs a statue reflecting the anti slavery phase of Whittier's career. New York autograph sale of about 200 Whittier relics will help defray costs. monument will be 150 feet from the Whittier homestead.

New York Times Haverhill Mass Amesbury H. H. Kitson Boston Kittier New York Whittier Whittier Homestead

Loan on Chicago Real Estate Trust Deed

Chicago Real Estate Trustees Owen F. Aldis Byron Lathrop and others executed a trust deed to Northern Trust Company to secure £90,000 of first mortgage refunding bonds. Each £1,000 bond is payable at Scottish Provident Institution London on June 1, 1907. Ten or more bonds may be redeemed on an interest payment day after one year. Bonds secured by valuable real estate in central Chicago.

New York Times Chicago Chicago Real Estate Owen F. Aldis Byron Lathrop Northern Trust Company Scottish Provident Institution King William Street London

Vanderbilt's Condition Very Grave at Home

Cornelius Vanderbilt, sick with typhoid fever at 22 Park Avenue, has worsened with generalized peritonitis. Doctors report the illness grave while relatives, friends, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt attend at the bedside amid anxious messages and calls.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Park Avenue Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Knickerbocker Austin Flint, Jr Janeway Flint S. A. Brown Delafield Holland House Vanderblitt Robert Goelet Richard T. Wilson Vanderbilt Astor Mr. Wilson M. Orme Wilson Prishioner W. D. Sloane Drs. Janeway

Fire Rescue at Five-Story Tenement on East One Hundred Eighth

A morning blaze in a rear stairway shaft trap held five stories of residents at 229 East 108th Street. Police climbed the fire escape and aided a child a woman and five men to safety as ladders were raised. About 100 women and children were lowered from thirty five foot ladders with no injuries. Damage estimated at 1000 dollars.

East One Hundred and Eighth Street James Monahan Clarke McBurnie

Ferry Question Debated by Stapleton New Brighton Businessmen

At a mass meeting in the German Club Stapleton speakers including George W Stake David Tyson Henry P Morrison E J Wheeler Rev Dr Youcum and Capt Joseph Nelson urged acceptance of the Rogers plan to build a new fleet of boats from Tompkinsville with a 3 cent fare A Committee of One Hundred was appointed to press city authorities to act at once.

Stapleton New Brighton German Club George W. Stake David Tyson E. J. Wheeler Youcum Joseph Nelson Rogers Tompkinsville

Brooklyn Man Kills Brooklyn Visitor in West Virginia Shop

Brooklyn resident Matthew Dodd shot and killed Lee Palmer of New York in the Norfolk and Western shops in Bluefield. After a scuffle sparked by Dodd's criticism of Palmer for letting his assistant handle a task, Dodd struck Palmer with the revolver butt and fired a fatal heart shot. Dodd was arrested. Palmer planned to marry in New York on Christmas Day.

Lee Palmer Bluefield West Va Matthew Dodd Brooklyn N. Y Norfolk and Western Dodd Palmer New York

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Captives At Class Night Banquet

Three freshmen captives Edwin Buchach Edward Van Cleaf and Victor Meyers were dragged to a Class of 1905 banquet at the Arena on West Thirty-first Street. They were bound photographed guarded fed bread and milk and forced to recite and sing before midnight.

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute West Thirty-first Street Edwin Buchach Edward van Cleaf Victor Meyers

Levee Strike Fails After Bitter New Orleans Blockade

The 2,000 strong levee strike tied to the AFL Convention ends in defeat as a Northern agitator guides the effort. A split union and an injunction hinder meetings while C F O Neill remains in New Orleans to lead the effort. The strike collapses with workers returning to duties and O Neill leaving for Buffalo.

New York Times New Orleans American Federation of Labor Convention Mississippi River Gompers C. F. O'Neill Team Drivers’ International Union Buffalo N. Y O'Neill Fous

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