Women Wage Wild War of the Ballot at Berkeley and Carnegie Halls
Women and men clash over suffrage as police restrain anti and pro groups at Berkeley Lyceum and Carnegie Hall. Carrie Chapman Catt presided with speakers including Mrs. Philip Snowden and Dr. Aked, while Roosevelt’s lukewarm stance drew criticism and tempers flared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Lyceum
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Roosevelt
Womans Suffrage Council
Carnegie Hall
New Yor
Carrie Chapman Catt
Philip Snowden
England
Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Richard Croker
Supreme Court
Dr. Wise
Croker
Abed
Taft Urged to Support New Mexico Statehood
In Hot Springs Virginia Governor Curry of New Mexico urged President-elect Taft to back statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Taft promised support within his unofficial status and may raise the matter with Congress leaders in Washington next week. A snowstorm halted Taft’s golf and he plans to depart for New York Sunday night.
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Hot Springs
Curry
New Mexico
Taft
Roosevelt
Arizona
Washington
Congress
New York
No Gift for Evans Declines House Offer in Los Angeles
Rear Admiral Robley D Evans declines a proposed gift of a house from Los Angeles to honor his work as chairman of the Los Angeles Harbor Company. He states he does not want to be placed in the position of accepting a house or any other present from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Taft
England
Roosevelt
Albany
Aked
Supreme Court
Tribune
Los Angeles
Robly D. Evans
Jin
Evans
Salvadoran Revolt Reported as Cities Fall
Managua Nicaragua December 4 A revolution led by ex Vice President Prudencio Alfaro claims victory with the capture of Ahuachapan Usulutan and Santana as rebel forces advance in El Salvador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahuachapan
Usulutan
Santana
Denial From San Salvador Declares Rebels Suppressed
San Salvador dispatch reports the rebellion that began earlier in the week was immediately put down. Insurgents not captured are hiding in the woods while coffee harvests continue and business remains uninterrupted as popular opinion backs President Figueroa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Figueroa
Bishop Lawrence Chosen to Arbitrate Street Railway Dispute
Boston December 4 Bishop William Lawrence agreed to arbitrate the six month dispute between the Boston and Northern and Old Colony Street Railway companies and their 2500 conductors and motormen. The Civic Federation proposed him after both sides failed to agree on an arbitrator and his acceptance was welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
William Lawrence
Boston & Northern
Old Colony Street Railway
Civic Federation
Bishop Lawrence
May Save City Millions in Water Supply Case
Albany reports that New York City's plan to compensate Ulster County landowners for damages from the Ashokan Dam flood project may stand if the high court upholds Justice Fitts. Matthews & North urged mandamus to revise NYC payment plan, arguing for fair damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York City
Ulster County
Supreme Court
Fitts
State Water Supply Commission
State Commission
Matthews & North
Ashokan
Boy Saves Autoists at Erie Crossing
Willie Somers twelve from Clay street prevented a collision at the Clay street crossing of the Erie Railroad by pulling the gates as an approaching car passed. He found tower man Morris Dunlap unconscious and called for help. Dunlap was taken to St Joseph's Hospital where he was diagnosed as paralyzed.
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Paterson
N. J
Willie Somers
Clay Street
Erie Railroad
Young Somers
Morris Dunlap
Dunlap
Dexter & Lambert Silk Mill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mohawk River Region Freezes Over Prompting Skating
The Mohawk River and nearby ponds in this region have frozen thickly with ice, allowing skating on several ponds as winter holds firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk
Mohawlk River
Schenectad
Ineh
Tariff Bill Changes Agreed On Specific Duties And Valuation
The Ways and Means Committee agrees on two key tariff reforms. Specific duties should replace ad valorem where feasible, and foreign goods should be appraised by wholesale U.S. prices rather than foreign invoice prices. The plan aims to curb undervaluation and strengthen enforcement against violators, including foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Wakeman urges tariff reform and appraisal overhaul
Wilbur F. Wakeman urged the Ways and Means Committee to change tariff administration, proposing that one tenth of an invoice be used to value all goods when fully called for. He also pressed repeal of the Dingley Section 5 and a small protest fee, while others urged duties and reforms to improve the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur F. Wakeman
American Protective Tariff League
Port of New York
Ways and Means Committee
Wakeman
Japan
Montague Lessler
New York
John M. Peters
National Association of Importers
Payne
Peters
William ©. Lovering
Taunton
Mass
Charles I. Feltman
Buffalo Maltsters’ Association
Henry D. Burns
Buffalo
George Townsend
Germany
Frank S. Henry
Meyer Goldman
Mr. Clark
Missouri
White House
North
Census Bureau
H. E. Miles
Racine
Wis
National Association of Manufacturers
Miles
van Cleave
Ways and Means
Tariff Commission
Balestier Not Arrested Says Attorneys
Scott Upson and Newcomb lawyers for B S Balestier of Brattleboro Vermont deny any criminal charge. They say a civil suit for damages exists but no criminal action has been started and they received word Balestier was not arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Castro Selves as Fugitive in French Papers
Paris reports newspapers believe President Castro of Venezuela has fled and may have exiled himself abroad. They claim he sent funds to England and France totaling about 60 million dollars. Other items note a Bordeaux doctor potential for surgery and Pereira references. estimates place his private fortune around 5.9 to 6 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Castro
Venezuela
England
France
Bordeaux
Pousson
Israel
Berlin
Guadeloupe
Santander
Spain
President Castro
Dutch Naval Demonstration Off Venezuelan Coast
Willemstad reports the Netherlands begins a naval display off Venezuela after failed talks. Battleship Jacob van Heemskerk and cruisers Gelderland and Friesland patrol from Puerto Cabello to Laguayra at three thousand yards. Heemskerk to relieve Gelderland at Maracaibo, signaling a possible blockade despite U S and Curacao reports.
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Willemstad
Venezuela
Netherlands
South American Republic
Puerto Cabello
Laguayra
Jacob van Heemskerk
Gelderland
Friesland
Jacob van Heemsker
Heemskerk
la Guayra
Bay
de Ruitter
Holland
Castro's Stormy Career and Venezuelan Ties
The article traces Cipriano Castro's decade as Venezuela's ruler and quasi dictator, highlighting foreign entanglements with France Germany Britain Italy and the Hague arbitration. It notes disputes over asphalt concessions and court reconstitutions, plus severed ties with the United States and Holland including a Dutch warship deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Europe
Guzman Blanco
Venezuela
Paris
Cipriano Castro
Republic of
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Puerto Cavelio
Hague Court of Arbitration
J. H. de Reus
Caracas
Dutch West Indies
Holland
Venezuelan
Boy FMR Self Inflicted Gunshot After Pet Death
Thirteen year old Frank Edwin Lammars, son of a policeman, killed himself with a revolver after grieving an accidental death of his pet dog. The typhoid convalescent had played with the empty gun and his father recalls he often toyed with the weapon toward the dog. The revolver was loaded yesterday.
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the Tribune
Louisville
Frank Edwin Lammars
Liner arrivals delayed by week’s gale
Reports from the sea indicate strong westerly and northwesterly gales have held back the regular transatlantic fleet. The St Louis and La Touraine will reach port on Sunday, Arabic lands Monday morning, while Lucania is the only Saturday liner to dock on time at 8 30 a m today.
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St. Louis
la Touraine
Liverpool
Bank theft leads to arrest of boy employee
A youth employed at Herzfeld & Stern, 27 William Street, was arrested as a suspicious person after $882.68 was cashed at National City Bank with a forged endorsement. The missing Colorado Southern Railroad preferred stock worth about $7,000 was not recovered, and no theft charge had been filed against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herzfeld & Stern
William Street
Colorado Southern Railroad
National City Bank
Philip Moses
East 109Th Street
Harry Smith
Moses
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Mariani Divorced From Frederico Mariani
Mrs Elizabeth Johnson Mariani daughter of Mayor Tom L Johnson obtained a divorce from Frederico Mariani a New York playwright. She testified he never supported her since their marriage in March 1907 at her father's home and shortly after they moved to New York where they soon separated.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Johnson Mariani
Tom L. Johnson
Frederico Mariani
New York
Mariani
Trousers Hold Up U S Consul General Speech
A Boston incident almost derailed Edward H. Ozman United States Consul General at Constantinople as his trousers containing his money were pressed. A tailor found $500 in gold tumble from the pocket after Ozman arrived for a Chamber of Commerce address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Boston
Edward H. Ozman
United States
Constantinople
Chamber of Commerce
Ozman
Bellevue
Fowler's Tariff Bill Aims Radical New Revision
Representative Charles N. Fowler, chair of the House Banking and Currency Committee, says he will introduce a tariff revision bill early in the new session. He promises the measure will be radically different from any previously proposed and has been studying the issue to craft a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Fowler
Drought Halts 40 Miles Of Trolleys In Pennsylvania
Water shortage forces the Schuylkill Traction Company to suspend forty miles of trolley service in Mahanoy and Shenandoah valleys. Mid Valley colliery shuts, Ashland and Shenandoah struggle for domestic supply. Coal firms warn of indefinite closures without heavy rains within ten days. Ten thousand workers affected.
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Mahanoy City
Penn
Schuylkill Traction Company
Mahanoy
Shenandoah
Mid Valley
Ashland
Philadelpia and
Reading Coal
Iroin Company
Shamokin
Susquehanna Company
Bond forger y arrest targets Central Coal scam
Federal and police investigators arrest broker Samuel J. Biddison at 116 Nassau Street on suspicion of forging names on 600 bonds of the Central Coal Lumber and Construction Company and enlisting J A P Glore as trustee. Meyers and Shippey linked to the alleged scheme face charges. further prosecutions possible.
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Samuel J. Biddison
No. 116
Nassau Street
T. P. C. Colmey
Nevada
Kid” Murray
Charles Augustus Seton
Sing Sing
Colmey
Biddison
J. A. P. Glore
Censtral Coal, Lumber and Construction Company
J. Montefiore Meyers
Meyers
Rothschilds
Pittsburg
Central Coal, Lumber and Construction Company
New York
King Dieberger
McConville
Nelson
Central Office
Steinert
J. R. Polk
C. P. Wilcox
Central Coal Lumber and Construction Company
Tombs
David R. Carvalho
Glore
King & Co
Biddisom
District of Columbia
Charles P. Wilcox
James R. Polk
Mendels
Curb
P. Wilson
Kindleberger
No. 11
Wilcox
Polk
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
John FitzPatrick
W. A. FitzPatrick
Tombs Court
Champ Clark Nominated as House Minority Leader
Representative Clayton of Alabama says Democrats will caucus to organize for the next Congress. He states Champ Clark of Missouri will be elected minority leader to succeed John Sharp Williams of Mississippi with no opposition expected.
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Washington
Clayton
Alabama
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Missouri
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Clark
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Fragettes
Australia
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Liberal Party
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DR. Aked
MR. Taft
Admiral
Alfaro
Dr. Lawrence
Justice Witts
Boy
Jersey
America
W.F. Wakeman
Balestier
London
The
Daily Telegraph
the Hague
Curacao
Gomez
Ring
Sunday Tribune
Johnson
E. H. Ozman
Boston Tailor
Fowler
Drouth
Samuel J
Biddison Held
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