Venezuela Breaks Ties and Withdraws Diplomatic Presence
President Castro withdraws Venezuela’s representative to the United States and closes the legation in Washington while trade remains uninterrupted. Officials expect no immediate war and compare the move to past Venezuela France episodes as diplomats seek restoration of relations.
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Tro
United States
Jacob Sleeper
Bacon
Castro
Russell
Sefior Veloz Goilicoa
Legation
Sefor Guzman
Venezuela
Veloz Goilicoa
Paul
Caracas
Jacobo Pimental
New York
Root
Sefior Veloz
Adee
Huntington Wilson
State Department
France
Paris
America
Caracis
Netherlands
Secretary Root
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Cullom
Demarest poisoned at Yale graduation trip
A. T. Demarest, a wealthy New York carriage maker, is seriously ill at the Kent House in Greenwich from ptomaine poisoning he contracted during his grandson Francesco Whitenmore's Yale commencement. He attended a shore dinner at Sevin Rock and suspects clam consumption led to illness.
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Greenwich, Donn
A. T. Demarest
New York City
Kent House
Yale
Francesco Whitenmore
Sevin Rock
Greenwich
President denies Hobson quote on war with Japan
Oyster Bay report notes Secretary Loeb refuting Hobson’s claim that Roosevelt spoke of a high war risk with Japan. Loeb says the president never made such remarks and only cited navy readiness as a deterrent. Roosevelt camped at Lloyds Neck with Mrs. Roosevelt. Loeb’s visit delayed departure.
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Hobson
Loeb
Roosevelt
Indiana
Taft
Roosevelt confirms Scribner contract for Africa hunting tales
President Roosevelt, via Secretary Loeb, confirms to THE NEW YORK TIMES that he signed a contract with Scribners to write his hunting adventures in Africa for a film. He will write exclusively for Scribners with serial and book rights and a large royalty is believed.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
Loeb
The
Scribners
Africa
Heckscher Will Names Executors and Major Bequests
John G Heckscher's will filed for probate names W J Worcester as executor with United States Trust Co as trustee. The estate exceeds 10 000 in real and personal property with 5000 to St Rose s Free Home and 50000 to Mrs Heckscher. Residue split among nephews nieces and Heckscher children with 10000 bequests to each.
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Georgiana McClellan
McClellan
Emeline D. Winthrop
Egerton L. Winthrop
John G. Heckscher
W. J. Worcester
United States Trust Company
St. Rose’s Free Home
Cherry Street
Heckscher
New York Public Library
Astor, Lenox
Tilden
Virginia Otis Heckscher
Valley Farms Company
Yonkers
Charles A. Heckscher
Testator
Coney Island Jockey Club
South Side Sportsmen's Club
Katherine Mackay
Clarence H. Mackay
Mary Travers Hecksher
William H. Emory
United States Navy
John Co. Wilmerding
E. Coster Wilmerding
John P. de Saules
Matilda van Rensselaer
Georgiana L. Heckscher
Charles. A. Heckscher
Hoffman Miller
New Boston and Maine Deal Ends New Haven Control
Boston and Maine Railroad stock previously held by corporations controlled by the New Haven Road has been sold to John L. Billard of Meriden Conn. The June 30 transaction leaves Billard as owner of about 110000 shares and positions him to influence administration toward harmony between the two railways.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine
New Haven Road
John L. Billard
Meriden
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Billard
New Haven Company
Boston &Maine
Lusitania Arrives Off Fire Island After Liverpool Run
The steamship Lusitania from Liverpool arrived July 4 east of Fire Island at 12 36 A M signaling a successful transatlantic voyage. No incidents reported and ship now underway to destination port.
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Liverpool
Fire Island
Thomas Car Leads Racers Into Europe
Thomas Car pushes the field toward Europe on a 5000 mile route to Paris with the team reaching Irkutsk two weeks from the French capital.
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Thomas
Europe
American car nears Paris in New York to Paris race
Telegram from Obansk Russia reports the Thomas car arrived in Obansk on July 9 and expects to reach Paris by July 24. Dispatch notes that the Protos car trailed 30 miles behind July 4 and may reconnect after repairs as crews press toward Paris along an arduous Siberian route.
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New York
Paris
Thomas Obansk
Protos Omsk
Zust Irkutsk
Pars
Vladivostok
Vladivate
Harbin
Kainskaes
York
Obansk
Russia
Daily Mail
Irkutsk
Zust
Alexander the Great
Indian Ocean
Shilka
Yourba
Siberia
Thomas
Qbansk
Asia
Ural Steppes
Oufa
Pacific Terminal
Marianovka
Omsk
New York Times
Shuster
Mrs Longworth Angrily Watches Convention
Mrs Nicholas Longworth sits in a Denver convention box as Roosevelt criticizes and Permanent Chairman Clayton speaks. Her anger flares with each point but fades as she and Congressman Longworth share a quick laugh at his twinkling grin.
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New York Times
Denver
Nicholas Longworth
Clayton
Roosevelt
Longworth
Thaw sanity jury trial expected in White Plains
In White Plains on July 9 it is believed Judge Mills will rule next Monday that Harry K. Thaw's sanity should be decided by a jury. It is also thought he will not use a ordinary sheriff's jury but assemble a panel of 200 for selection and will preside personally.
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Thaw
White Plains
N. Y
Love in an Art Gallery at Tate Wedding
Harold Abbott Titcomb, American mining heir and Alden descendant, married the painting’s original, Miss Ethel Brignall, after falling in love with Ralph Peacock's portrait The Sisters at the Tate Gallery. The ceremony took place at Beddington church with Roydon Peacock holding the bride’s train, and Peacock gifted a new painting of the bride.
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Priscilla Alden
Longfellow
Miles Standish
Tate Gallery
Ralph Peacock
Ethel Brignall
Academy
Mr. Peacock
Mystery Widow Engagement Links Earl of Clancarty
London reports a wealthy New York widow is engaged to the Earl of Clancarty. Inquiries failed to reveal her name after telegrams to Garbally Park and Dublin and London drew no further answer from the Earl.
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New York Times
London
New York
Earl of Clancarty
Garbally Park
County Galway
Dublin
Lord Clancarty
Coreys Entertain Royalty at Paris Reception
W E Corey president of United States Steel and Mrs Corey hosted a July 9 reception at the Hotel Ritz Paris for the Duke of Sparta. A dinner in the garden followed with a burlesque Pall Mall Revue and a French chanson performance. Attendees included Princess Hohenlohe and many counts and viscounts, Lady Peel, Miss Bradley, Montgomery Roosevelt, Frank Munsey, and Mr and Mrs Douglass Story.
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NEW York Times
Paris
W. E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Duchesse de Morny
Marquis de Turenne
Comte Talleyrand-Perigord
Comte Louis Perigord
Comtesse Hocquart de Turgot
Comte de Contades
Comtesse Divounne
Comte de Lamotte
Robert Peel
Comte Robert de Lesseps
Comte de Naskeyne
Miss Bradley
Montgomery Roosevelt
Frank Munsey
Mrs. Douglass Story
Six Months for an Editor in Pennsylvania Libel Case
David M. Pascoe editor of The Vermantown Telegraph was convicted of criminal libel for calling Sheriff Brown a Benedict Arnold during the February campaign. He was sentenced to six months in jail and a $200 fine, a first editor libel conviction in Pennsylvania in many years.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
David M. Pascoe
Vermantown Telegraph
Sheriff Brown
Pascoe
Brown
Benedict Arnold
Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Judge Rice
Superior Court
Rice
Blackstone
Talesmen
Jai
Ring seeks new trial in slander case over Mount Vernon affair
Naomi Ring of Mount Vernon asks Supreme Court Justice Tompkins for a new trial in the case where Grace Richmond won $8,000 for slander in 1907. New evidence concerns six love letters from Richmond to Ring found six months after trial. Letters allegedly call Ring's husband “My Love.” Decision reserved.
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New York Times
Nyack
N. Y
Naomi Ring
Mount Vernon
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Grace Richmond
Ring
Dewey's Clarets and Old Burgundy Ad
A historical advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. promotes Clarets and Old Burgundy wines, noting their meat pairing and blood enriching properties. The retailer lists 138 Fulton Street, New York.
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Dewey’s
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Bryan Hears Cheers Over the Phone at Lincoln
William J. Bryan spent a quiet day at Fairview in Lincoln Nebraska as the Democratic convention rolled on. He monitored the Denver proceedings by telegraph and telephone and praised the platform while greeting local farmers and family.
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Mr. Bryan
I. J. Dunn
Martin
Clayton
Mr. Martin
Bryan
St. Louis
Grace Bryan
iIt
Denver
Robert F. Rose
Mose
Rocker
Fairview
Mr. Rose
McKinley
Tait
Oklahoma
Theodore Roosevelt
Haskell
Lincoln
Bishop Potter Relapse Tempers Hopeful Recovery
Special to The New York Times from Cooperstown New York reports Bishop Potter's condition worsened slightly after a day of gradual improvement. At 9 o'clock this morning Dr Janvrin noted a small loss of strength and a prognosis not as favorable as yesterday despite prior steady progress.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Bishop Potter
Janvrin
M. D
Lusitania Passes Nantucket Afloat Fastest Atlantic Run
The Lusitania from Liverpool was sighted off Sandy Hook early Friday morning after passing Nantucket at 6 45 P M. Observers note hazy conditions and uncertain arrival time, with speeds varying from 25 to over 26 knots per hour. The ship’s new three blade propellers boosted performance and may have set a record for the fastest voyage to the pier around 8 A M.
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Liverpool
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
Watts
Lusitania
Daunt’s Rock
Paris to London by Air Prize Offered
Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe offers 5000 dollars to the first aviator who conveys a passenger from Paris to London aboard a dirigible or airplane. The prize invites an early aviation feat between the two cities.
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Paris
London
Henry Deutsch de la
Test Wireless Telephone Demonstration Between Newark and New York
A test of a wireless telephony invention by A Frederick Collins was conducted last evening between Newark and New York City. Signals were transmitted from Collins laboratory in Clinton Street Newark and received at the Singer Building tower twelve miles away. The setup used phosphor bronze aerial wires about ninety feet high and an aluminum lead from a flag staff to a receiving terminal, with grounding via the building copper sheathing. The energy began as 500 volts from Public Service Corporation and was converted to 0.4 volts by a high tension generator.
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A. Frederick Collins
Newark
Collins Laboratory
Clinton Street
Singer Buiding
New York
Singer
Public Service Corporation
Were Women Burglars
Special to The New York Times. In Philadelphia on July 9 a dressmaking shop owned by Mrs. Agnes Howard on South Fifteenth Street was robbed of gowns jewelry and silverware valued over $2000. The thieves two perhaps climbed fences entered via a second story window and escaped with little clues a lace handkerchief suggesting female culprits familiar with costly gowns.
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New York
Philadelphia
Agnes Howard
South Fifteenth Street
Rockefeller entertains Baptist youths with parable joke
John D. Rockefeller addressed nearly ten minutes of applause at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He shared a humorous parable about the prodigal son to illustrate a point, praising university president Dr. Charles Thwing and pastor Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John _D. Rockefeller
Western Reserve University
Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Charles Thwing
Charles. A. Eaton
Euclid Avenue
Rockefeller
Haberdashery Department
Mr. Rockefeller
Son Born to Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr in Bar Harbor
A son was born to Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr at the Rockefeller Summer home in Bar Harbor Maine late yesterday. This is the couple’s third child joining a boy and a girl already in the family.
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J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Bar Harbor
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Bryan Named First Ballot After Boisterous Hall Outburst
A large crowd in the hall kept noise going for seventy minutes as Bryan was named on the first ballot. Johnson received a long tribute with cheers lasting twenty two minutes despite efforts by Chairman Clayton.
Bryan Nominated Third Time by Democratic Convention
William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the presidency a third time by the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The Resolutions Committee report on the platform was adopted unanimously after wrangling over the platform and late night proceedings.
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Resolutions Committee
New York Times
Denver
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Big Crowd Packs Hall At Democratic Platform Session
Denver July 19 The Democratic convention fills the auditorium with about 14 000 attendees as delegates rush the galleries. A Chicago band plays while flags crown the hall and Bryan supporters crowd for a record session with musicians and patriotic songs.
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New York Times
Denver
Bryan
Colorado
Ike
Chicago
Plains
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