Senate Debates Venezuela Case With Three Possible Courses
Washington dispatch reports the President sent to the Senate the Venezuela case papers including Calhoun's report and a State Department review. The Foreign Relations Committee will draft a joint resolution outlining options: a resolution like 1890, a Paraguay precedent authorizing force, or retaliatory duties. The panel favors some form of strong action but supports arbitration where possible, with three Hague treaty items also on the agenda.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Venezuela
Calhoun
State Department
Department of State
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senator Lodge
Frye
Venezuela Steamboat Transportation Company of
New York
Paraguay
Buchanan
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Castro
Foreign Relations Committee
Root
Scott
Secretary Root Pushes Venezuela Claims Settlement
Washington March 21. Secretary Root reviews past American claim efforts with Venezuela and instructs Minister Russell to demand immediate remedy. He notes American property losses, warns expulsion must be justified, and urges fair processes before any expulsion, cautioning against after-hours actions.
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Washington
Venezuela
Secretary T
Hay
Root
Russell
Reot
A. F. Jaurett
United States
Mr. Root
Senator Jeff Davis in street fight over graft charges
In Little Rock Arkansas on March 31 Senator Jeff Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney T E Helm clashed in a street brawl after Davis allegedly insulted Helm. Davis fought with a revolver later and was arrested for carrying a weapon while Helm was charged with assault. The dispute stems from recent Democratic primary battles between Davis Rhoton Kirby and their camps with mutual accusations of misconduct and malfeasance.
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the Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Davis
T. E. Helm
Rheton
Helm
Louisiana
Helm and Rhoton
Hawkins
Kirby
Rhoton
Sink Boat To Stop Fire On The Union Ferry
A fire on the Union ferryboat at Catharine street spread from the hold to the engine room threatening the ferry house. Firemen fought the blaze as water flooded the vessel after midnight when Chief Croker opened seacocks, sinking the 30 year old boat worth $85,000 with an estimated loss near $45,000.
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Yire
Union
Catharine Street
Croker
Frank Mott
Bomb threat targets Metz over subway funding dispute
An anonymous letter mailed from Station D on East 12th Street threatens Controller Metz and Mayor McClellan for opposing the Color subway resolution. It urges building the Fourth Avenue subway in Brooklyn and accuses officials of prioritizing funds for other city improvements. Metz dismisses the threat as unworthy of serious consideration.
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Metz
East 12Th Street
McClellan
Board of Estimate
Union Square
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
New York
Evans to land today in San Diego aboard Connecticut
Rear Admiral Evans, en route to San Luis Obispo hot springs, is expected to reach San Diego late tomorrow afternoon aboard his flagship Connecticut. He will be transferred to a launch for a bay crossing near Coronado Beach, a private car is prepared, and the midnight train may carry it. The Yankton delivered fleet mail from Magdalena Bay as Lieutenant Gherardi notes the admiral’s health improving.
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Cal
Evans
Hot Springs
San Luis Obispo
Coronado Beach
Bay
Yankton
Magdalena Bay
Gherardi
Admiral Evans
Operation Restores Sight At 78 In Hicksville
Charles Jantzen a 78-year-old wealthy Hicksville farmer who had been blind for three years regained sight after a one eye operation at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Dr J Jay Kaiser performed the procedure on the first eye. the second eye to be operated later.
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Charles Jantzen
Hicksville
Long Island
Jantzen
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
J. Jay Kaiser
East 19Th Street
International Trust and Brooklyn Bank Resumption Hopes Rise
Prospects for reopening the International Trust Company of Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bank look brighter after the Borough Bank of Brooklyn plans to reopen on April 14. Receivers report substantial cash and deposits, urging that a legal merger with the Borough Bank be ruled illegal and pledging to seek fair, prompt payments for depositors within months.
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International Trust Company
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bank
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Borough Bank
Trust Company
Charles M. Higgins
Tribune
Togher
William Gow
Gow
Higgins
Steamer Carolina Runs Aground Off Fire Island
The steamship Carolina of the Austro Americana line, with ten passengers and cargo from Trieste to New York, grounded on sand bars near Blue Point Lifesaving Station in dense fog off Fire Island. No danger or landing of passengers, captain reassured, vessel likely to be floated at next high tide. Built in Glasgow in 1906, 4731 tons, 359 feet long. agents Phelps Brothers & Co.
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New York
Coast Line
Carolina
Austro- Americana Steamship Company
Trieste
Fiume
Venice
Oran
Blue Point
Fire Island
Parovich
Glasgow
Scotland
Phelps Brothers & Co
Schooner Deborah Hill Capsizes in East River Collision
The two masted schooner De borah T. Hill from Keyport New Jersey under Captain Frank W Conklin struck a scow at East 64th street East River after being hit by the Providence and capsized deck load of brick lost. Captain Conklin and mate Hone Stryker leaped to the scow then the hull drifted upriver until rescue lines secured it with aid from Richard Garvin George Kelly and Philip Monaghan.
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Deborah T. Hill
Keyport
N. J
Frank W. Conklin
East 64Th Street
East River
Providence
Harlem River
Manhattan
4Th Street
Fall River
Conklin
Hone Stryker
Richard Garvin
George Kelly
Garvin
Philip Monaghan
Britain's Volunteer Army Ends After 49 Years
London marks the transition as the volunteer forces become the Territorial Army under R B Haldane. Midnight celebrations mix pride and sadness with last posts, enlistments, processions, and symbolic coffins carried through streets in London and Dover.
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London
Great Britain
R. B. Haldane
Dover
Explosion in Astor Garage Fire Damages Storeroom
A blaze yesterday in the three story brick building at 58 West 26th Street owned by John Jacob Astor used as a garage saw gasoline ignite in a burning automobile. The explosion shattered windows in the storeroom of the Cadington Restaurant at 424 and 426 Sixth Avenue. The car was destroyed and the garage sustains damage.
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ASTOR
West 26Th Street
John Jacob Astor
Cadington
Sixth Avenue
Princeton student fined for painting age on streetcar
A Princeton student Felix Martha was fined 50 cents in the West Side court for painting the words Built A. D. 1831 over a crosstown streetcar door. Magistrate Walsh quipped about a course in car age guessing and upheld the half dollar fine.
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Felix Martha
Princeton
West Side
Walsh
Larger British Revenue Returns
The United Kingdom revenue returns for the year ending March show a total of 782,685 40, with a net increase over the preceding twelve months of MOS Q0.
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Tandon
United Kingdom
Vidaver Indicted Twice In Extortion Case
Nathan Vidaver longtime public lawyer and fusion ticket candidate was indicted twice by a grand jury for attempted extortion from William R. Montgomery former Hamilton Bank president. The cases grow from a March 4 arrest at the Hotel Astor after Vidaver took 500 dollars in marked bills.
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Fusion
Court of General Sessions
Grand Jury
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Vidaver
Criminal Courts
Hotel Astor
Montgomery
Fitzsimmons
Jerome
Jackson
Independence League
Kissena Park
Brother of Baltimore Boss Shot in Front of City Hall
James Mahon brother of John J. Mahon Baltimore’s Democratic boss was killed by William Harig a former politician in front of the Hotel Raleigh opposite City Hall after a quarrel. The shooting followed tensions over saloons and poolrooms recently raided by police. Bystanders report Mahon may have struck Harig before the fatal shot.
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Tribune
Baltimore
James Mahon
John J. Mahon
Democratic
Baltimore City
Raleigh
City Hall
William Harig
Harig
Mahon
Remittance Man Guy Clive Found Dead in San Diego
Guy Clive a 36 year old English citizen and grand nephew of Lord Clive was found dead after going missing Sunday. His body lay wedged in a Coronado Boulevard sea wall crevasse and investigators expect an inquest to rule natural causes. He had traveled widely and had settled in San Diego where remittances were received from England for his supper.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado
Boulevard Sea Wall
Guy Clive
England
Clive
Lord Clive
Meat on the Hoof Rises at Kansas City Yard Trade
Kansas City stock yards saw hog prices climb 25 to 40 cents per hundred as packers competed for moderate offerings. Over the last week prices advanced more than a dollar, reflecting brisk market activity on March 31.
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Kansas City
Taft Secures Delegates in Massachusetts Primary
Secretary Taft campaign wins at least fifteen of thirty two Massachusetts delegates to Chicago with victories in the 6th District and unopposed delegates in several districts. Unpledged voters gain seats in the 2d and 3d, while some districts leave delegates undetermined. Overall, eleven unpledged delegates plus six districts’ outcomes shape the taft slate.
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Boston
Taft
Massachusetts
Chicago
Sth
Wadsworth Faction Wins In Orleans County Primaries
In Orleans County the Wadsworth faction defeated supporters of Peter A. Porter and Frederick W. Stevens. The result declares Porter will not be renominated as Wadsworth carries Genesee and Livingston, Porter and Stevens hold Wyoming and Niagara. Assemblyman Myron F. Eggleston to be renominated or possibly named for Senate to replace Franchot.
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Tribune
Medina
N. Y
Orleans County
Peter A. Porter
Frederick W. Stevens
Friends
James W. Wadsworth
Porter
Wadsworth
Genesee
Livingston
Stevens
Wyoming
Niagara
Myron F. Eggleston
Albion
Franchot
Haytians Seek Refuge as Suspects Hide in Legation
Port au Prince reports three officers suspected in the recent conspiracy took refuge today in the French legation as soldiers scour the area for more suspects. The German cruiser Bremen returned to port amid unconfirmed talks of possible American intervention. The Reinbold claim and Germany's stance on deportation remained unsettled. Washington noted the gunboat Eagle was withdrawn from Haitian waters for survey duty, having left Port au Prince yesterday.
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Port-au-Prince
Legation
Bremen
Germany
Hayti
Reinbold
Alexis
Washington
Eagle
Haitian
Port au-Prince
Home Rule Victory Shocks Westminster Vote Faces Ireland Plan
London march 31 John E Redmond Nationalist leader praised a decisive 313 to 157 House of Commons win for Home Rule The historic majority marks the first time the Commons endorsed Home Rule as a full Parliament in Dublin and executive answerable to it Ministers including Asquith Birrell Morley Grey and Haldane backed the resolution but pledged not to push a bill in this Parliament The Irish party is urged to keep Home Rule at the forefront of politics across Ireland Britain and the Commons.
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London
John E. Redmond
Ireland
House of Commons
Gladstone
Dublin
Liberal Party
Birrell
Asquith
Mr. Asquith
John Morley
Edward Grey
Haldane
Great Britain
Wireless Telephone Tests On Eiffel Tower
Dr. Lee De Forest conducted the final test of his wireless telephone system today on the Eiffel Tower in the presence of French naval and army officers. Messages were exchanged satisfactorily with government wireless stations across France. The Italian navy will test the system shortly.
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Paris
Lee de Forest
Eiffel Tower
France
Students Rebel in Salvador Uprising Closes Medical Schools
San Salvador reports an uprising by students leading President Figueroa to close the national schools of dentistry medicine and pharmacy. The action underscores student discontent and a government response amid unrest in the capital on March 31.
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San Salvador
Figueroa
National School of Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmacy
King Manuel Plans Sale of Royal Horses
Lisbon March 31 King Manuel conferred with the Minister of Finance on the royal household finances and decided to sell a number of horses from the royal stable. The item appears in the news with a brief note about the sale alongside routing details and a page reference.
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Lisbon
Manuel
Parsons Forces Defeat Odell Men In New York Primaries
A fervent New York County primary featured Rep. Herbert Parsons and allies defeating ex Governor Odell in securing district committeemen. The 15th Assembly District fight saw Saxe Gilman and Quigg fail against Mack and Douglas by 83 votes, preserving Parsons influence. Halpin beat Ehrhorn in the 7th, while Manhattan polling saw Woodward drive off challengers and Levy win in the 24th amid tightened security.
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New York County
Odell
15Th Assembly
Saxe
Theodore P. Gilman
L. E. Quigg
Harry We. Mack
William H. Douglas
Parsons- Mack-Douglas
McCarren
Kings County
Coler
New Yorks
Parsons
William Harris Douglas
Chicago
IL Ole K
Mackus. Saxe
Friends
Joan Henry Hammond
Lauterbach- Hendrick
Lauterbach
B. W. B. Brown
Frank Brookfield
Brookfield
Brown
Mr. Halpin
Ehrhorn
William Hahn
Page
Frank Raymond
Morris Levy
Levy
Sth
Joseph T. Hackett
A. H. Scoble
Samuel S. Koenig
Max Hahn
Koenig
Hahn
Ferdinand Eidman
James FF. Pegnam
Collin H. Woodward
James J. Keyes
Ezra P. Prentice
George R. Manchester
Nicholas Murray Butler
Samuel Krulewitch
Felix Prince
Independence League
194Th Street
Park Avenue
Crane
Joseph Hilton
Newark
Keyes
145Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Woodward
Eighth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
William Halpin
Walsh
West Side Court
William Morris
West 6Ist Street
Chareed
John E. Simpson
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