United States Casts Peacekeeping Role in Venezuela Crisis
Washington asserts it will not join the dispute as Germany and Britain seek to limit U S involvement. President Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine interpretation is cited as justification for each nation to pursue its own commercial interests. A peaceful blockade at La Guayra is reported while the Marietta waits at Curaçao and a hostile offshore posture complicates potential action.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Venezuela
Americas
Castro
Caracas
Bowen
State Department
la Guayra
United States Navy
Marietta
Curacoa
Navy Department
la Guayre
Foreign Office
von Pilgrim-Baltazzi
Schecter
West Indian
Canada
American Union
French minister to rush to Caracas amid Venezuela crisis
Paris orders M. Wiener the new French minister to Venezuela to depart for Caracas immediately. Count de Peretti de Rocca is named to join in arbitration over losses of French citizens from burning houses and destroyed plantations. Sessions will be held in Caracas as relations resume.
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Paris
Venezuela
Foreign Office
M. Wiener
Caracas
General Velutini
Count de Peretti de Rocca
Britain and Venezuela row over reprisals and seizures
London reports no official word from Venezuela as the British fleet prepares to act. The Foreign Office notes a second stage of reprisals may begin unless Caracas responds, while a Caracas seizure of British and German subjects remains unconfirmed. The House of Commons awaits papers detailing claims and possible compensation.
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London
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Venezuela
Castro
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Germany
Great Britain
Bolivar
Port of Spain
Trinidad
House of Commons
Cranborne
Lord Cranborne
Bryce
la Guayra
Castro ally predicts Venezuela will resist foreign seizure
A Venezuelan statesman with President Castro's confidence says Germany and England will not take Venezuela’s custom houses without a fight. He notes troops in La Guayra, vows to defend the country, and suggests Caracas lies about ten miles inland.
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Germany
England
Venezuela
Castro
la Guayra
Caracas
Venezuelan defenses in mountains threaten foreign advance
The article notes Venezuelan troops tearing up railway ties and fortifying mountain passes to block foreign forces from reaching Caracas. It suggests Germany and England would struggle to collect claims if Venezuela halts imports, possibly eliminating customs receipts under President Castro's likely actions.
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la Guayra
Germany
England
Venezuela
Castro
Blockade Plans Rise From German British Naval Talks
Berlin reports joint naval plans to patrol the Venezuelan coast with launches to enforce a blockade and curb smuggling. Britain would bear more of the burden in the West Indies unless Germany contributes more cruisers, while the U S backs German and British residents in Venezuela and may protest any affronts.
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Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Berlin
West Indies
British Warships Open Orinoco Trade Route
British warships have left Trinidad to reopen navigation on the Orinoco River. Reports indicate British and German ships will blockade the Venezuelan coast from the Orinoco to the Colombia frontier, affecting trade and navigation.
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Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Trinidad
Orinoco River
Orinoco
Colombia
Italian Government Orders Protection of Its Subjects in Venezuela
Rome reports the government has directed the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan now at La Guayra to safeguard Italian subjects in Venezuela. The ship may take subjects aboard or land sailors if needed to ensure protection.
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Rome
Giovanni Bausan
la Guayra
Venezuela
Battleships Texas and Topeka to Join Dewey Fleet
Norfolk reports two major ships Texas and Topeka sail to join Admiral Dewey in Caribbean waters. They head to Culebra to reinforce the squadron amid Venezuelan tensions. Texas experiences engine issues but repairs are underway and departure is expected tomorrow.
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Tribune
Norfolk
Dewey
Caribbean
Texas
Topeka
Culebra
Venezuela
Cotton
Capes
Knickerbocker Gains Control of Bankers Life in Newark
The Knickerbocker Investment Co of Newark obtains an absolute controlling stake in Bankers Life Insurance Co of New York city. Ex Governor Foster Voorhees will become president with a capital rise to 1 000 900, including 340 000 in preferred shares. United Agencies and Lincoln National Life Insurance join the Knickerbocker network. Management changes are limited to Voorhees’s election and a few new directors. Charles Fancher confirms 22 million in business and pledges continued independent operation. H C H Herold of Newark is president of the public coaser company.
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Knickerbocker Investment Company
Newark
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
Foster M. Voorhees
Knickerbocker Company
United Agencies Company
Lincoln National Life Insurance Couny
Knickerbo
Publiccoaser Company
H. C. H. Herold
City to revoke Fulton Market leases for new city market
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund set a public hearing for December 17 on a petition to end leases at Fulton Fish Market when they expire in 1905 and authorize new city run leases in a market to be built on the present site. The Fishmongers' Association now operates the market under contract and pays the city 12 dollars yearly, but controls stalls and is said to earn nearly 500000 dollars annually. A new building could yield about a million dollars annually to the city.
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Fulton
Fishmongers’ Association
Gompers
John Graham Brooks
Harvard University
Pennsylvania
Hmit
Newark Youth Killed by Flying Steel Bar at Harrison Plant
James Richardson aged nineteen of 425 Central avenue Newark was killed at the Crucible Steel Co plant in Harrison yesterday. A two inch hot steel bar moving from mill to roller pierced his neck, passing through to the opposite side. He had only recently started work at the mill.
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James Richardson
Central Ave
Newark
Crucibie Steel Company
Harrison
Richardson
Industrial Department meet discusses labor unions and contracts
The National Civic Federation held its third session on industrial agreements with speeches by Frederick D. Underwood and Samuel Gompers. Debate covered union incorporation, arbitration, and the push for employer unions to formalize contracts while opposing compulsory arbitration.
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National Civic Federation
Board of Trade and Transportation
Broadway
Hanna
Archbishop Ireland
Ralph M. Easley
Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Mr. Gompers
The
Federation of Labor
Taxpayer Letter Proposes Lower Patrolmen Pay to Boost Force
Police Commissioner Partridge received an anonymous letter signed Taxpayer arguing pay cut to 31000 a year would deter some men from other work, freeing enough applicants to enlarge the force by half and enable an eight hour day. Partridge said he may consider the suggestion as part of current reform efforts.
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Partridge
Grant and Stephenson Faces Joint Hearings on False Reports
Inspector Donald Grant and Captain John T. Stephenson face nearly identical charges with Grant countersigning false reports by Stephenson. The joint hearings are scheduled for next Monday.
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Donald Grant
John T. Stephenson
Grant
Stephenson
Fires Set in Public School Building No 67
Two fires believed incendiary were found simultaneously just before 6 PM in Public School Building No 67 at 120 West Forty sixth Street. One blaze started under desks on the second floor and another on the third floor. A passing boy alerted staff, and janitors extinguished the flames before major damage. Fire Marshal investigating. janitor James H. Brown reported the scenes. A prior fire occurred Tuesday in a vacant room on the first floor involving new desks wrapped in excelsior and burlap.
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West Forty-sixth-st
James H. Brown
Abbott Defends Democratic Labor System At Columbia
Dr Lyman Abbott addressed Columbia University Graduate Club on Our Industrial Problem arguing for democratic labor organization and government power to curb both capital and labor monopolies He rejected calling scabs heroes and urged legal action against unions that block work citing monopolies in Pennsylvania coal and dangers of demagogues.
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Lyman Abbott
Graduate Club
Columbia University
Eliot
Harvard
Ife
Dr. Abbott
Herbert Spencer
United States
Great Labor Organization
Schenectady
Pennsylvania
Reed
Broker Wins $31,685 Verdict in Brooklyn Court
John Reed a Boston broker with an office in Manhattan, secured a verdict for $31,685 in United States District Court Brooklyn against Riley W. Bogges. Reed claimed a 10 percent commission on a $5,000,000 quicksilver mining deal with Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company and says payment was not made.
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John Reed
Boston
Manhattan
United States District Court
Brooklyn
Riley W. Bogges
Bogges
Reed
Quicksilver
Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company
Justice Hinsdale Replies To Civil Service Letter
Justice Hinsdale of the Court of Special Sessions replies to Everett V. Abbot about the civil service law. He argues the top three on the eligible list may not reflect the best fit for a position and that examination by the appointing power better gauges fitness, warning the law invites evasion and discourages worthy applicants.
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Justice Hinsdale
Court of Special Sessions
Everett V. Abbot
Civil Service Association
Mr. Abbot
Mon- Gay
Reciprocity debate grips Detroit delegates in 1900s convention
Nearly one hundred delegates from the northern states and Canada gathered at the Hotel Cadillac with Detroit Mayor Maybury welcoming them. N C Staver presided as talks by Judge Nathaniel French Eugene Hay and Gov A B Cummins urged rational tariff changes and mutual benefits of US Canada reciprocity.
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Detroit
N. C. Staver
Cadillac
Canada
W. C. Maybury
Great Britain
United States
Chicago
National Reciprocity League
Nathaniel French
Davenport
Iowa
Eugene Hay
Minneapolis
Staver
E. N. Foss
Boston
C. H. Deere
Moline
Ill
Maurice N. Price
Buffalo
Detroit Chamber of Commerce
John Charton
Campbell Shaw
C. F. Smith
Detroit Chamber
John Chariton
J. McMullen
Eugene H. Foss
Lake Shore Absorbs Hocking Valley rail line details
Toledo reports the Lake Shore system controls the Hocking Valley through stock purchases and private negotiations. The move to acquire the line appears in Lake Shore balance sheets with a 5.6 million stock and bond increase matching 51 percent of the Hocking Valley 11 million outstanding. Retirement of Hocking Valley common and preferred shares is expected within sixty days.
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the Tribune
Toledo
Hocking Valley
Lake Shore
Ohio
Lake Shore Company
Pere Marquette
Change in Congress Springs Sees Sale of Control
Cornelius Sheehan, president of Congress Springs Company, sells 5,202 of 10,000 shares to a syndicate led by ex-Sheriff William W. Worden. The 83 year old retires after guiding Congress Springs since 1864. Worden becomes president as Edgar T Brackett and Judge James L Scott join the new management. Capital stock stands at $1,000,000.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Cornelius Sheehan
Congress Springs Company
William W. Worden
Sheehan
Congress Springs
Worden
Edgar T. Brackett
James L. Scott
International Lacrosse in June at Soldiers Field
Harvard to host an international lacrosse match with the Oxford and Cambridge team at Soldiers Field during class week next June. Dates to be announced. After class week the visitors will tour to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore, then continue through Canada meeting major lacrosse teams.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Oxford
Soldiers’ Field
Harvard Athletic Committee
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Iee
Canada
Recruit Adds Russell Harding to Orient Road Board
Russell Harding, third vice president and general manager of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, has been elected a director of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad Company. George J. Gould, president of the Missouri Pacific, became a director of Orient about a week earlier.
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Russell Harding
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad Company
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific
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