Women Wage Wild War of the Ballot at New York Meetings
Police kept order as pro and anti suffrage groups clashed at Berkeley Lyceum and Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt led the sessions with speakers including Mrs. Snowden and Rev Dr Aked, while President Roosevelt’s letter drew mixed reactions and calls to support Taft.
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Berkeley Lyceum
Yesternoon
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Roosevelt
Woman Suffrage Council
Carnegie Hall
New York
Carrie Chepmen Catt
Philip Snewde
England
Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Stephen S. Wise
Free Smazelle
Richard Croker
Supreme Court
Dr. Wise
Croker
Taft Meets Curry on New Mexico Statehood Push
Governor Curry urged statehood for New Mexico before President-elect Taft in Hot Springs. Taft conveyed support in principle while remaining unofficial. Roosevelt planned strong recommendations for statehood bills at the next Congress session. Taft likely to brief congressional leaders in Washington next week. A snowstorm halted Taft’s golf that day and he will 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 LA House Honor
Los Angeles Harbor Company directors chose Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans as board chairman until his lecture platform work finishes. A local movement to present him a house in Los Angeles was halted by Evans in a written reply, stating he does not want to accept a house or any present from the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Aked
Emen
Aked
Pttien
Supreme Court
Groves
Admiral
Los Angeles
Robly D. Evans
Admiral Evans
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Salvadoran revolt advances with key city captures
Managua reports a revolt in Salvador led by ex Vice-President Prudencio Alfaro. Rebels seize Ahuachapan Usulutan and Santana as they push through the region.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Salvador
Prudencio Alfaro
Ahuachapan
Usulutan
Santana
Denial From San Salvador Reports Quiet Repression
San Salvador on December 4 reports no insurgent gains as rebellion started early this week is suppressed. Most people back President Figueroa in the controversy while remaining insurgents hide in woods. Coffee trade and business continue without interruption.
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San Salvador
Figueroa
Bishop Lawrence to Arbitrate Boston Rail Strike Dispute
Bishop William Lawrence of Boston agreed to arbitrate the six month wage dispute between the Boston and Northern and the Old Colony Street Railway companies and their 2500 conductors and motormen. The Civic Federation proposed his name, and both sides approved.
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Tribune
Boston
William Lawrence
Boston & Northern
Old Colony Street Railway
Civic Federation
Bishop Lawrence
May Save City Millions In Damages Ruling
Albany December 4 The decision by Supreme Court Justice Fitts upholds the plan for paying damages to Ulster County landowners through the New York City water supply extension. The ruling means the Water Supply Commission can proceed, potentially saving the city millions if upheld on appeal. Matthews North of Ulster County had sought a mandamus to force revised payment terms for lands flooded by the Ashokan Dam.
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Albany
New York City
Ulster County
Supreme Court
Fitts
State Water Supply Commission
State Commission
Matthews & North
Ashokan
Boy Saves Autoists at Erie Crossing in Paterson
Willie Somers twelve of 208 Clay Street prevented a collision at the Clay Street crossing of the Erie Railroad by alerting tower man Morris Dunlap and pulling the crossing gates in time. He and two women occupants of a automobile narrowly avoided the locomotive’s passage as Dunlap lay unconscious. Somers summoned St Joseph's Hospital and Dunlap was found paralyzed.
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Paterson
N. J
Willie Somers
Clay Street
Erie Railroad
Somers
Morris Dunlap
Dunlap
Young Somers
Dexter & Lambert Silk Mill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mohawk River Frozen Over Skating in Schenectady Region
The Mohawk River is frozen about half an inch thick with skating on local ponds in Schenectady and surrounding areas as winter conditions continue.
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Schenectady
Dee
Mohawk River
Ways and Means approves tariff bill changes
The Ways and Means Committee agrees on two key tariff bill changes. Specific duties will replace ad valorem rates where possible, and appraisement will be based on wholesale prices in the U.S. Instead of foreign invoices, to curb undervaluation and enable prosecution of violators, especially foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
America
Tariff experts urge changes in appraisals and duties
Wilbur F. Wakeman told the Ways and Means Committee that current tariff appraisal methods are weak and urged applying one tenth of an invoice to the whole when items are demanded. He pressed repealing Section 5 of the Dingley law and new protest fees, while others urged peat moss duty changes and broader tariff reform.
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Washington
Wilbur F. Wakeman
American Protective Tariff League
Port of
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Wakeman
Japan
Montague Lessler
John M. Peters
National Association of Importers
Payne
Peters
William ©. Lovering
Taunton
Mass
Carles I. Feltman
Buffalo Maltsters’ Association
Barney
Henry D. Burns
Buffalo
George Townsend
Germany
Frank S. Henry
Balestier Not Arrested Say Attorneys Deny Criminal Charge
Scott Upson Newcomb lawyers representing B S Balestier of Brattleboro Vermont deny any criminal charge. They stated no arrest occurred though a civil suit for damages has been filed. A Brattleboro dispatch had claimed Balestier was arrested.
Castro Rumor He Hurried From Venezuela Revealed
Paris reports speculate President Castro has fled Venezuela and may have sent funds abroad estimated at 60 million dollars. Doctors in Bordeaux note a possible kidney operation but no confirmation from Dr. Israel in Berlin. Estimates place Castro’s private fortune between 4.9 and 6 million dollars.
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Paris
Castro
Venezuela
England
France
Bordeaux
Pousson
Israel
Berlin
Guadeloupe
Santander
Spain
President Castro
Dutch Naval Demonstration Off Venezuelan Coast
Willemstad reports Netherlands begins naval demonstration after failed settlement with Venezuela. Battleship Jacob van Heemskerk and cruisers Gelderland and Friesland patrol from Puerto Cabello to Laguayra at three thousand yards offshore. Movement signals possible blockade preparations amid Curacao rumor of U S support.
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Willemstad
Venezuela
Netherlands
South American Republic
Puerto Cabello
Laguayra
Jacob van Heemskerk
Gelderland
Friesland
Heemskerk
la Guayra
Bay
de Ruitter
Holland
Washington
Venezuelan
Castro
Gomez
Castro's Stormy Career and Venezuela’s Diplomacy
Background on Cipriano Castro's rule in Venezuela over the past decade. Relations with European powers and the United States deteriorated over claims from foreign residents, asphalt concessions, and court reinterpretations. The Hague arbitration and Dutch tensions followed Holland’s envoy dismissal and a Dutch warship deployment.
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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 Shoots Himself After Killing Pet Dog
Louisville police report 13 year old Frank Edwin Lammars, son of a policeman, died by his own hand after accidentally killing his pet dog. He had Typhoid fever during convalescence and played with an empty revolver, allegedly firing at the dog. the revolver was loaded yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Louisville
Frank Edwin Lammars
Gales Delay Transatlantic Liners Dock Times Shift
Strong westerly and northwesterly gales hold back the regular fleet of transatlantic liners. The American St Louis and La Touraine usually due Saturday are late and not expected until Sunday. The Arabic from Liverpool is behind schedule and won’t land passengers until Monday morning. The Cunarder Lucania of the Saturday fleet docked at 8 30 a m today.
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St. Louis
la Touraine
Liverpool
Arrest of Youth in Banking Theft Sparks Probe
A boy employed at Herzfeld and Stern's office in 27 William Street was detained as a suspicious person after a burglary exposed 100 shares of Colorado Southern Railroad preferred stock and a $832.68 check missing from the firm's files. The check was cashed at National City Bank with the name Harry Smith indorsed. detectives traced the lead through office boys and arrested Philip Moses of 210 East 109th Street who denied involvement. The missing stock, valued at $7,000, remains unrecovered.
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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 won a divorce from Frederico Mariani a New York playwright. She testified he never supported her since their March 1907 marriage at her fathers home and soon after they moved to New York where they separated within months.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Johnson Mariani
Tom L. Johnson
Frederico Mariani
New York
Mariani
Left 8500 in trousers save Ozman’s Boston speech
Edward H. Ozman United States Consul General at Constantinople narrowly failed to deliver a Chamber of Commerce speech in Boston after his trousers containing all his money were pressed. A tailor recovered $500 in gold from the pockets.
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the Tribune
Boston
Edward H. Ozman
United States
Constantinople
Chamber of Commerce
Ozman
Bellevue
Fowler's Tariff Bill Aimed For Radical Revision
Representative Charles N. Fowler announces an early session introduction of a new tariff bill. He says the measure will differ radically from prior proposals and reflects a long study of the issue. He cannot predict success but pledges to push the bill through.
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Fowler
Drought Halts 40 Miles Of Trolley Lines In Pennsylvania
Water scarcity forces the Schuylkill Traction Company to suspend about forty miles of trolley service in Mahanoy and Shenandoah valleys until rain arrives. Mid Valley colliery shuts, Ashland and Shenandoah face domestic shortages. Coal companies warn of possible indefinite closures 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
Broker Arrested in Bond Forgery Case in 116 Nassau Street
Samuel J. Biddison a broker at 116 Nassau street is jailed in a bond forgery case tied to forged bonds of the Central Coal Lumber and Construction Company. The arrest follows confessions linking Biddison to forged names and a planned ironclad trust scheme with partner J Montefiore Meyers and others. Prosecution calls for examination December 11 with possible reopenings of past cases if bonds prove worthless.
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Samuel J. Biddison
No. 116
Nassau Street
T. P. C. Colmey
Nevada
Kid Murray
Charlies Augustus Seton
Sing Sing
Colmey
Biddison
J. A. P. Glore
Central Coal, Lumber and Construction Company
J. Montefiore Meyers
Meyers
Rothschilds
Pittsburg
New York
King Dieberger
McConville
Nelson
Central Office
Steinert
I. BR. Polk
C. P. Wilcox
Central Coal Lumber and Construction Company
Tombs
David R. Carvalho
Glore
Stein@rt
King & Co
Central
Eal, Lumber and Construction Company
Biddisom
Central Coal
Lumber and Construction Company
District of Columbia
Charles P. Wilcox
James R. Polk
Mendels
The
Curb
C. P. Wilson
Menkels
Kindleberger
Riddison
Company
No. 11
Wilcox
Polk
A. Regulus Shippey
Shippey
Champ Clark Named Minority Leader Choice
Representative Clayton announced a Democratic caucus to organize for the new session and said Champ Clark of Missouri would be chosen as minority leader to succeed John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. Clayton added Clark has no opposition for the post.
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Washington
Clayton
Alabama
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Missouri
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Clark
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Alfaro
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Mohawk
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Census Bureau
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Racine
Wis
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Miles
van Cleave
Ways and Means
Tariff Commission
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Curacao
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E. H. Ozman
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Drouth
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Biddison Held
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