Blockade of Venezuelan Ports Expands with Foreign Involvement
From Berlin and Rome officials announce a broader blockade of Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello effective Dec 20. Germany and Italy join Britain in restricting trade, giving 10 to 40 day departures for ships depending on port and vessel type. Caracas reports anti foreign sentiment remains high. food supplies are at risk with about a two week outlook.
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Tower
State Department
Berlin
Maracaibo
Puerto Cabello
United States
West Indian
Meyer
Rome
Department
Italian Warship Blockade Spurs Caracas Harbor Tension
The Italian captain of the Giovanni Bausan refuses entry to the American Red Cross steamer Car, despite British advice that Caracas port accept the ship. The dispute has caused widespread protest among foreign importers as the Guayra awaits arrival.
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Caracas
Giovanni Bausan
Carharbor
Neas
Thi Guayra
Tribune
Declaration of War Declared in Royal Gazette
In Port of Spain on December 29 the Acting Governor Sir Courtenay Knollys announced a special royal gazette will declare war on Venezuela. The move samo legalizes a blockade as The Mirror notes commercial ties are interdicted and neutral ships and goods must be spared when enemy ships are involved.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Courtenay Knollys
Venezuela
The
Mirror
Netherlands to remain neutral in Venezuelan trouble
The Hague report states the Dutch government will observe strict neutrality. Blockading powers will be barred from taking on coal at ports in Dutch colonies.
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Holland
The
Hague
Netherlands
Roosevelt as arbitrator eyed in Venezuelan dispute
Berlin reports notes delivered to U S officials inviting President Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute. Germany and Britain favor Roosevelt as arbiter, with a blockade to continue until an arbitration arrangement is made. Italy plans to back similar terms, handing a reply to Ambassador Meyer.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Roosevelt
United States
London
Venezuela
Castro
Hague
Europe
Rome
Meyer
Europe views Britain as Berlin reports mixed European sentiment
A London Times New York Times special dispatch from Berlin notes European press sympathy toward Germany over Venezuela tensions is tempered by astonishment at Britain's support for Germany. It calls the England America kinship essential and warns against inviting third parties to meddle.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
the Times
Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
England
America
Europe
Great Britain
Duty in Monroe Doctrine editorial in Times
The Times editorial argues the Monroe Doctrine imposes moral obligations on the United States to prevent South American misdeeds from being exploited by others. It notes the real objection to U S arbitration in Venezuela stems from risk of entangling conflicts with other powers and stresses responsibility alongside rights for those upholding the doctrine.
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London
the Times Today
United States of America
Naval aide in Caracas reports to naval attaché
In Caracas on December 22 Licent. Marbury Johnston of the United States cruiser Montgomery has reported to Minister Bowen as Naval Attaché here, arriving to assume duties and assist the U S mission in Venezuela.
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Caracas
Marbury ‘Johnston
United States
Montgomery
Bowen
Sailors Arrive at La Guayra Aboard Albany
United States cruiser Albany lands sailors at La Guayra on a mission toward Mayaguez. Lieut. Johnston to advise Mr. Bowen on naval questions especially regarding the blockade. Arrival has drawn interest locally.
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la Guayra
United States
Albany
Mayaguez
Lieut
Johnston
Bowen
Venezuelan gunboat Miranda escapes German pursuit
The Venezuelan gunboat Miranda, described as the fleet’s best vessel, escaped German pursuit and is reported in the southern part of Lake Maracaibo near La Ceiba beyond Allied reach. The German Falke attempted to cross Maracaibo bar without a pilot but retreated due to canes. The Falke now cruises off Maracaibo.
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Caracas
Miranda
Lake Maracaibo
la Ceiba
Falke
Maracaibo
President Castro Not Ill, Caracas Report Says
The United States report of a mysterious illness for President Castro is false. The Associated Press correspondent saw him today and he is in his usual good health.
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Castro
Caracas
United States
Associated Press
Passengers From Venezuela Arrive on Red D Line
The Red D line ship from Venezuela arrived in Philadelphia yesterday with about thirty-five passengers, six from Venezuela. Notable travelers include W. J. Ewart, head of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Co., and Lieut E Gebhard of the German cruiser Panther. Ewart declined comment on Venezuelan troubles.
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Red “D” Line
Philadelphia
Venezuela
San Juan
W. J. Ewart
New York
Porto Rico
Insular
Admiral Dewey
Costello
Catelino
Insurance policy void when insured murders beneficiary
The U S Supreme Court held a life policy on a murderer invalid for public policy reasons. S M Burt vs Union Central Life Insurance Co. Burt’s wife died, he was executed for her murder, and heirs sued for payout. Court ruled the contract cannot insure against crime and would foster crime.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
S. M. Burt
The
Union Central Life Insurance Company
William E. Burt
Travis County
Texas
Anna M. Burt
Burt
Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Tria Ss
Brewer
Teacher Brennan Suspended for Cruel Punishments
Alfred T. Brennan, principal of the New York Truant School, was found guilty by the Special Committee of the Board of Education and suspended without pay until February 1, 1903. A minority report criticized the proceedings and called the public accusations unfair and unsupported.
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Alfred T. V. Brennan
New York
Board of Education
Oscar Lehr
Terrence Reilly
Alfred T. W. Brennan
Thomas B. Connery
Brennan
Connery
Blackmail Letters Target Bloomington Post Office
Bloomington reporters say 2000 letters from a New York collection agency addressed to residents claim a $1.20 debt for jewelry and threaten suit. Post Office says the letters are blackmail to frighten remittance. Investigators in Illinois gather evidence against the senders.
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Bloomington
Ill
New York
Judge Grants Bankruptcy Discharges to Eleven Named Debtors
Judge Adams of the United States District Court discharged eleven bankrupts including Markus F Maus formerly of Maus & Barbey Lion Park at One Hundred Seventh Street and Columbus Avenue with liabilities 519,961 Samuel B Nelson of 1634 Broadway agent and horse dealer liabilities 26,267 Wallace A White architect of 20 Broadway liabilities 12,702 William R Bell Jr of 56 West One Hundred and Fourth Street former lumber dealer and builder liabilities 13,746 David J Barzilay and Josie Kleeblatt dba Empire Examining Sponging and Refinishing Works 108 West Eleventh Street liabilities 7,795.
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West One Hundred and Fourth Street
David J. Barzilay
Josie Kleeblatt
Empire
West Eleventh Street
Southern Pacific to Enter New Orleans
Southern Pacific officers in New Orleans received a telegram from S F B Morse Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager at Houston Texas stating that from January 4 all passenger trains of Southern Pacific would use Union Station New Orleans jointly with Illinois Central. Earlier trains used the Algiers station outside the city. The change requires a ferry transfer.
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Southern Pacific
S. F. B. Morse
Houston
Texas
Union Station
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Algiers
Street Car Seat Fight Prompts City Action Push
Borough President Cantor endorses curb on crowded elevated car conditions. Merchants Association plans talks with Mayor Low and Railroad Commission as engineers study abandoned tracks and advertising rights at elevated stations. Citizens, clergy, and directors urge rapid reform to end indecent travel and improve transit facilities.
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Merchants’ Association
Committee On Transportation
Low
Railroad Commission
Albany
Cantor
Amsterdam Avenue
Supreme Court
Grout
T. Armstrong
New York
Elmer Lee
Charles P. Peterman
Eugenie R. Elison
George R. van DE Water
Harlem
John C. Eames
Brooklyn
Marconi Receives Royal and Government Wireless Messages
King Edward VII and Prime Minister Knollys send congratulations to Marconi on his successful wireless invention. Canadian and Italian leaders also relay praise as Halifax reports rapid transatlantic messages. Plans for commercial links between Cornwall and Nova Scotia outline a path to regular service.
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Glace Bay
N. F
Marconi
Atlantic
Guglielmo Marconi
Edward VII
Osborne
Knollys
London
Times Today
Canada
Times
Cartwright
Marconi Company
Edward
Nova Scotia
Poldhu
Cornwall
Cape Cod
Excise Debate Dominates Citizens' Union Meeting
The City Committee of the Citizens' Union debated the excise question chaired by President R Fulton Cutting. They favored John E Eustis as Bronx Park Commissioner and adopted a memorial urging Governor to appoint a nonpartisan expert commission to study the Raines law and suggest reforms. A Albany trip was planned to present the memorial with Union representation on the commission. The discussion highlighted persistent flaws in the six year old law despite multiple amendments.
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Citizens’ Union
R. Fulton Cutting
John E. Eustis
Bronx
Albany
New York
Women Fight Non-Partisan Car Reform Meeting
At Mrs. Hulbert’s home in New York City the Car Passengers' Rights Society announced nonpartisan support and independent stance. Honorary President Gaffney urged unity with all newspapers while rejecting party bias. Engineers and civic groups discussed Broadway Eighth Avenue track safety and crossing design for human life. A pamphlet on decency may become the society's protest. Officials may be urged to press the Railroad Commission on traffic conditions.
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Car Passengers’ Rights Society
N. E. Hulbert
West
T. St. John Gaffney
New York
M. _N. Forney
Josiah Pumpelly
City Improvement Society
Broadway
Eighth Avenue
Cantor
Railroad Commission
Traction
Richard Henry Savage
Merchants’ Association
Board of Officers
Odelit
Japan Mail Steamship Line Sees Lower Returns in America
At its Tokio meeting President Kondo reported the Japan Mail Steamship Company’s American line, linked to the Great Northern Railway, faced competition driven rate cuts and smaller homeward cargo despite more and larger ships. Directors approved a 12 percent dividend as Japan plans new ships at Nagasaki.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Japan Mail Steamship Company
Tokio
Kondo
Great Northern Railway
Japan
America
Great Northern
Germany
England
Nagasaki
Citizens Union Forms Five Member Committee On Transit Rights
City Committee of the Citizens' Union met to address intolerable transportation conditions. A five member committee will be appointed to meet with all passenger transportation companies and push for travel public relief, with President Cutting to name the panel today and actions possible tomorrow.
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Citizens’ Union
Cutting
Physicians to Petition the Mayor
At a New York Medical Society meeting held at the Academy of Medicine Dr Percy Fridenberg presented a resolution urging cooperation with the Merchants Association and the Bar Association to remedy an ear-standing nuisance. The resolution was adopted and the Mayor would be addressed by the society.
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Medical Society of the County of New York
Academy of Medicine
West Fortythird Street
Percy Fridenberg
Merchants’ Association
Bar Association
Seligman Bankers Plan 200 Miles of Suburban Lines
The Seligman banking house of New York announced 200 miles of suburban electric lines to be built in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company is filed with $15 million capitalization. A 99 year lease of the Council Bluffs and Omaha Bridge and Motor Company is arranged, linking Omaha and Council Bluffs with a Missouri River bridge. A $750 power plant will be erected in Omaha.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Seligman Banking House of
New York
Omaha Street Car Lines
Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha and
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Odell to Host Winter Dinner for Political Aides
Albany December 22 The first of the winter dinners by Governor Odell will be held Monday evening at the legislative mansion. Invited guests include George W. Dunn and R. Co. Fox of the State Republican Committee, William Barnes Jr Morris of the Legislative Committee, Frank Higgins Lieutenant Governor elect, Frank Black ex Governor, Woodruff Lieutenant Governor, G W Aldridge of the State Railroad Commission, and William Warren of Buffalo.
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Albany
Legislative Mansion
Odell
George W. Dunn
R. Co. Fox
State Republican Committee
William Barnes, Jr
State Legislative Committee
Morris
New York Committee
Frank Higgins
Frank &. Black
Woodruff
G. W. Aldridge
State Railroad Commission
William Warren
Buffalo
Agnes Booth to Return to the Stage
Boston announces Agnes Booth wife of John B Schoeffel will return to the stage next season at the Tremont Theatre announcing her comeback for the next season
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Agnes Booth
Boston
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont Theatre
Saloon Hold Up Ends in Rifle Stand Off on Sixth Avenue
Robert Lee Packard of 377 Sixth Avenue faced George G. Campbell, saloon manager, in a $5 rifle shooting bet gone wrong. Packard entered with a rifle, forced Campbell downstairs, then into the main room. patrons dived for cover as the weapon was wrested away. Packard was arrested by Patrolman Bruce and jailed after Campbell filed a charge of attempted felonious assault.
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Sixth Avenue
Tenderloin
Robert Lee Packard
Koster & Bial
Twenty-fourth Street
George G. Campbell
Packard
Campbell
Bruce
Long Island News Company Employees Entertained on Anniversary
About 200 Long Island News Company workers were hosted by Frederick P. Morris at 121 Jamaica Avenue Flushing for the 33rd anniversary of his start as a paper boy. St Clair McKelway H H Vreeland and others attended as Dr McKelway spoke on Lincoln lessons and Vreeland recounted his rise to the Presidency of the Metropolitan.
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Long Island News Company
Frederick P. Morris
Long Island Railroad
Jamaica _ Avenue
Flushing
Mr. Morris
St. Clair McKelway
H. H. Vreeland
Herbert T. Gunnison
Tf. James
Marion J. Verdery
Col
John W. Vroeman
Plattsburg Papers Merge End Clinton County Faction Split
In Plattsburg New York the six year factional clash within the Republican Party ends as the Wever and Kellogg-Moffitt papers merge into Sentinel Publishing Company. The Clinton County Weekly Farmer and Plattsburg Daily Evening News join the Plattsburg Weekly Sentinel and Plattsburg Daily Morning Press. Officers named Thomas F. Mannix Alonzo T. Dominy Henry T. Kellogg John F. O'Brien Mannix to edit and manage all publications.
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New York Times
Plattsburg
N. Y
Republican Party
Clinton County
John M. Wever
Stephen Moffitt
Supreme Court
Alonzo Kellogg
Sentinel Publishing Company
Weekly Farmer
Platt
Charity Bazaar set to open at Madison Square Garden
The Beth Israel Hospital charity bazaar will be opened by Gov. Odell in Madison Square Garden on January 3. Theatrical figures contribute includes Lillian Russell with character dolls Kate Barry with a life-size effigy of Slavey and Edna Wallace Hopper Blanche Bates Eleanor Robson Rose Beaudet Rose Stewart and Christine Blessing among others.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Gov. Odell
Madison Square Garden
Lillian Russell
Kate Barry
Slavey
Edna Wallace Hopper
Blanche Bates
Eleanor Robson
Rose Beaudet
Rose Stewart
Christine Blessing
District Committee rift at Twenty fifth Assembly District meeting
Republican District Committee in the Twenty fifth Assembly District clashed again as Henry Birrell, elected district leader, ousted Hawkes ally Sturgis for chairman. Birrell won by a majority vote at last Thursday's County Committee meeting, amid factional tension between Hawkes and Birrell supporters.
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Twenty-fifth Assembly
McDougall
Hawkes
Henry Birrell
Birrell
Sturgis
Alaska Sable Muffs and Scarfs in Fashionable Styles
Alaska Sable muffs and scarfs offered with prices from 12 to 70 dollars. Full length bons and capes priced up to 250 dollars. Manufacturer C. C. Shayne located at 42d Street near Sixth Avenue with carriage entrance on 41st Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue.
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C.C. Shayne
6Th Av
41St St
Bet
B' Way
Pittsburg Railway to distribute premium rewards to workers
The Pittsburg Railway Company will pay nearly 30,000 in premiums to about 2,400 motormen and conductors for careful operation during the six months ending November 30. About 80 percent participate. some 300 had charges that offset or reduced their payouts, eight premiums were canceled, and payments are issued by special checks with premium certificates.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Pittsburg Railway Company
Loan Talks for Lake Superior Consolidated Company
The Lake Superior Consolidated Company met with New York and Philadelphia bankers to negotiate a loan. Vice President Theodore C. Search said bankers will review the company’s assets before finalizing terms and that negotiations could not close today due to time. He expressed confidence the loan will be arranged.
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Philadelphia
Superior Consolidated Company
New York
Theodore C. Search
Search
Earl of Rosslyn in court over missing draw poker stakes
The Earl of Rosslyn testified in Jefferson Market Court about losing £310 in a high seas draw poker incident aboard the Cunard liner Etruria en route to the United States. Magistrate Deuel said the crime, if any, occurred on the voyage and discharged the prisoner after cordial partings.
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Rosslyn
Etruria
Jefferson Market Court
Jerome McKay
Deuel
High Seas
Earl
Caesar
Warl
Titus
Detective Bureau
Police
Doc Owens
James Cohen
North Carolina State Senator Zeb Wilson Killed in Family Tragedy
Asheville dispatch reports Zeb Wilson newly elected State Senator from Yancey County was killed at Burnsville by his brother Hiram Wilson during a quarrel over a horse sale. Police investigation underway.
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Asheville
N. C
Zeb Wilson
Yancey County
Burnsville
Hiram Wilson
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