Venezuela Crisis Sparks War Rumors and Berlin Talks
Berlin reports say President Castro may leave Venezuela for the Eastern Hemisphere amid rumors of a Franco-Venezuelan split and German capital concerns. Castro denies alliances while Gomez could lead a provisional government, and Dutch plans in South American waters are watched with caution.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Veloz Goiticoa
Sefior Castro
France
Sefior Matte
Chile
Germany
Netherlands
Foreign Office
Holland
United States
Gomez
Caracas
Israel
The
Hague
America
Europe
Bogota
Colombia
Alexis
South American
the Hague
Amsterdam
van Swinderen
Handelstad
la Guayra
Simon Elected Haiti President Prompts Te Deum
Haitian capital Cape Haitien greets Antoine Simon as president with enthusiastic demonstrations. A Te Deum at the cathedral and a reception followed the election, with delegates to the Congress welcomed and no disorder reported.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Cape Hatien
Antoine Simon
Simon
Travel Tours From Chicago Include Old Mexico California Colorado
A series of escorted all expense tours lasting twenty one to fifty three days is offered by the Tourist Department of the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Departures from Chicago and other points occur in January and February with routes through Old Mexico, California, and Colorado using direct southern paths. Contact the Tourist Dept at 61 Park-Ady for details.
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Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Old Mexico
California
Colorado
Otter Points
Utah
Chio & North-Western Line
Ady
King Edward for President in Europe United States Plan
Sir Max Waechter, touring European capitals promoting a United States of Europe, met French Foreign Minister M. Picton in Paris. He backs King Edward as the first president of the proposed union, noting a memorandum circulated last October and discussions with sovereigns worldwide.
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Max Waechter
United States of Europe
Sees M. Pichon
Paris
Europe
M. Picton
Max
King Edward
London
Sir Max Waechter
North America
Sir Max
Ir Max
Japan pleased with budget from Yokohama
The Tokyo budget draws general satisfaction in Japan as Premier Katsura aims to maintain economic restraint. The government vows strict economy and no foreign loans, with civil, foreign, home, finance, war, navy, justice, education, agriculture and commerce, and communications spending listed for ordinary and extraordinary appropriations.
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Yokohama
Japan
Katsura
Russian Commune Bill Faces Duma Clash Over Ownership
Premier Stolypin defended the bill to dissolve communal institutions before the Duma as opposition attacks the second article. Debates center on turning communal lands into personal property of heads of families, with some peasants and Octobrists backing the amendment. Stolypin cited millions of acres already distributed since November 22, 1906.
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ST. Petersburg
Stolypin
Duma
Khomyakoff Plans Final Bid to Stay Duma President
In St Peters burg on December 18 M Khomyakoff announced he will make one last effort to hold the Presidency of the Duma amid ongoing threats of resignation from critics among deputies.
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Khomyakoff
ST. Petersburg
M. Khomyakoff
The
Duma
Council of Empire approves new loan of 225 million
Notes from St. Petersburg report the Council of Empire unanimously approves a new loan totaling 225 million dollars. Madrid notes France and Spain inform Algeciras Conference signatories on Mulai Hafid recognition. Paris echoes a Catholic confederation appeal uniting diverse Catholic groups.
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ST. Petersburg
Council of Empire
Madrid
France
Spain
Algeciras
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
London
Buenos Ayres
Great Britain
Brazil
Foreign Office
Peking
Ching-Wan-Tao
Japan
Chill Province
International Maritime Conference
England
Paris
Xavier Cathelineau
League of Patriots
L’action Libré Populaire
The
Bonapartists
Royalists
l’Action Francaise
Young Catholics
Anti-Masonic League
Funeral for Angelo Basso the King of Big Sandwiches
Angelo Basso famed for selling the biggest nickel sandwiches in New York’s Italian West Side died at 67. He built a $250,000 fortune from his delicatessen and long running shops at 151 Bleecker Street 208 Thompson Street and 183 Thompson Street. His funeral was set for 10 oclock at the Pompeii Catholic Church with a large turnout and over 200 carriages expected.
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Angelo Basso
Thompson Street
Lower West Side
Joe
George Palazzo
Bleecker Street
Madison Square Garden
Bearded Lady Mystery Ends in Fatal Asphyxiation
A New York lodging house death reveals Lena Becker posing as Mrs. Becker and possibly Barnum’s bearded lady. The victim died from gas asphyxiation after tying thirty newspapers around her waist, with coroner confirming accidental death. Police seek to identify the person behind the disguise amid missing relatives and unclear motives.
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Lena” Becker
West Twenty-fifth Street
Lena Becker
Becker
Goshen
N.Y
Barnum’s Circus
West
Timothy McAuliffe
The
Public Service Commission Fight Over Transfer System
The Public Service Commission loses the first round as the Appellate Division denies quashing a writ of certiorari by Metropolitan Street Railway receivers. The case questions review of the commission’s order for joint rates and transfer routes between north south Metropolitan lines and the Fifty-ninth Street crosstown line. A Court of Appeals appeal is probable while final arguments on transferring Third Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street proceed.
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Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan
Fifty-ninth Street
Appellate Division
Court of Appeals
Third Avenue
Third Avenue Company
The
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Cortlandt ST
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New Haven, Conn
Sandow’s Correspondence Instruction Dept
Fifth Avenue
New York
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Forest Craft Guild
Second Street
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
J B. Defriest
N. Y
Surbrug
Aftiea
Kaiser
Mexico
Notes of Foreign Affairs
Fortune
Oldsmobile CO
OFN
List St
New Jersey
Washington St
Newark
Barnum
Lady
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Institute
West 57Th St
West 34Th St
Carter
Apollinaris
Table Waters
Orders of Public Service Board
Vogel Brothers
42Nd St
Sth Ave
Span
Omaha
Ogden
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kansas City
Geo. A. Blair
Brooklyn
Hoyt Street
Forty-second Street
Loeser
Loeser’s
Elm Place
Christys
Harrison Fisher’s
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