Venezuela rediscovery prompts arbitration and imperial debate
London dispatch notes the Venezuela rediscovery as presses shift from Hartopp divorce gossip to maps and travel lore. It outlines British German American interests, Monroe Doctrine debates, and calls for arbitration to settle creditor disputes, with commentary on naval leverage and pacific blockades affecting Castro’s regime.
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New-York Tribune
the Tribune Association
London
Venezuela
Hartopp
Trevelan
Guiana
Washington
Gebte
Caracas
Spanish Main
Pacific
France
la Guayra
England
Castro
Lord Lansdowne
Mayor accepts Partridge resignation as Police Commissioner
Mayor Seth Low formally accepts Colonel John N. Partridge's resignation effective January 1 and commends his service. The article notes potential successors including Woodbury Piper and Judge Cornell, with general discussion of the police leadership transition and Governor Odell deferring comment.
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Low
John N. Partridge
Woodbury
John E. Eustis
Ebstein
Piper
Avery D. Andrews
F. W. Greene
Thomas H. Ruger
Partridge
Mulberryst
Mayor Low
City of New York
Colonel Partridge
Seth Low
Robert C. Cornell
Odell
Mrs. U S Grant Nearing Death in Washington
Mrs. Ulysses S Grant widow of the former president is reported dying at her Washington home. Physicians say she cannot survive the night. Telegrams go to sons General Fred D Grant Ulysses S Grant Jr and Jesse Grant in San Diego urging return. Daughter Mrs Sartoris is at the bedside. Bronchitis with lung trouble is the illness.
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Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Fred D. Grant
Department of Texas
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
Jesse Grant
San Diego
Cal
Sartoris
Mrs. Grant
California to California trains by Raymond & Whitcomb Co
The Raymond & Whitcomb Company of Union Square offers first class cars and special trains from New York to California with hotel on wheels options and complete round-the-world tours. January and February departures visit old Mexico and other destinations, including Cuba Florida Europe Porto Rico and Orient. Circul ars mailed to interested readers.
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California
Florida
Mexico
Raymond & Whitcomb Company
Union Square
New York
Old Mexico
Cuba
Europe
Porto Rico
Oriental Lands
Advt
Italian Ultimatum Casts Venezuela Toward Arbitration
Italy has sent demands to Venezuela for payment of claims similar to those by Germany and Britain. In Caracas a calm approach is urged as Anglo-German forces may disembark at La Guayra. Castro orders reprisals to cease and property of British and German railroads and telecom firms to be returned while rail control stays with the state.
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Great Britain
Commodore Montgomerie
la Guayra
Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Austrian surgeon Lorenz arrives in New York amid snowstorm
Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the Austrian specialist, arrives in New York from Philadelphia with assistant Dr. Frederick Mullers. A reception led by Dr. Virgil P. Gibney welcomes him to Holland House. He dines with local physicians, attends Wallack's Theatre, plans nightly plays, sleigh ride in the park, and will preside at clinics including Shaffer's at Cornell Medical College this week.
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Adolf Lorenz
New York
Philadelphia
Frederick Mullers
Virgil P. Gibney
Dr. Lorenz
Holland House
Gibney
Park Ave
Wallack
Hackett
Lorenz
Carl Beck
German Medical Society
Shaffer
Cornell University Medical College
Heavy Snow Blocks Traffic as City Mobilizes Snow Force
Commissioner Woodbury begins removal of snow with department crews amid a citywide winter storm. Transport slowed by snow and ice. elevated and surface lines faced blockades and delays. Trains from Boston and the Midwest ran behind schedule, while the South reports winter homes and resort listings.
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New York
Gulf
Union
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Broadway
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
New-York Central
New- York
New Haven
Hartford
Southwestern Express
St. Louis
Lake Shore Limited
Buffalo
Boston
Department of Street Cleaning
William Bradley
M. D. Bouton
Battery
Fourteenth-st
Tidewater coal price sparks retail surge in coal costs
The Tribune reports tidewater coal prices set by a typical road, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, with egg 499% stove 5 chestnut 5 and pea 326% per ton. Daily shipments reach 6,000 to 7,000 tons while consumer prices rise to about 10 dollars a ton. Officials deny conspiracy while noting transport and handling hikes.
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Tribune
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Tidewater
Burns Bros
Hoboken
Manhattan
The
Central
Lackawanna
Erie
Delaware and Hudson
Lehigh Valley
Ontario and
Western
Egg
Stove
R. M. Olyphant
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
New York
Spiritist Leader Opens Week of Operations Here
The itinerant program for the week, published in yesterday's Tribune, indicates that today and this evening will be rest periods before the start of a busy schedule. The organizer plans several public engagements and demonstrations during the upcoming days.
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Tribune
Senate figures to repeal after immigration rider
Washington actions show Senators reluctant to press the ten per cent temperance rider on the immigration bill, planning to pass it into law then repeal it if the House passes its own repeal. The House faces a dilemma as the fate of statehood and the immigration bill stays uncertain for a week or more.
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Tribune
Washington
House
Senate
Reichstag Passes Tariff Bill In Late Night Vote
Berlin officials report the Reichstag passed the tariff bill at 4 15 this morning by 202 to 100. The session closed after a heated debate amid significant disorder as the motion was adopted.
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Berlin
Thief snatches bag on Seventh Avenue in city crime
Mrs Annie Rickhardt reports being robbed of a chatelaine bag containing 600 dollars, a gold watch and chain, and a two-diamond pearl ring valued at 300 dollars while at Seventh Avenue and Fiftyeighth Street. Detective Berbenick arrests James Crawford, a West Fifty-first Street driver, on suspicion. Crawford’s prominence fuels a broader West Side crime link as arraignment looms.
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Seventh-ave
Annie Rickhardt
No. 7 West Ninety-eighthst
Berbenick
West Forty-seventh-st
James Crawford
West Fifty-first-st
Rickhardt
West Side
Young Men’s Christian Association
Crawford
East Side
Restorador Seized By German Cruiser Near Guanta
The German cruiser Vineta captured the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador near Guanta yesterday. A Vineta crew boarded the ship and the Restaurador, once George J. Gould's yacht Atalanta, was sent to Trinidad.
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George J. Gould
Castro Refuses German Ultimatum in Berlin Reply
Berlin reports President Castro refuses to yield on all points in response to the German ultimatum. German Chargé d'Affaires von Pilgrim-Baltazzi has the text and says no arbitration proposal has reached Berlin. Port of Spain filed the telegram. no major changes in the situation are noted.
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Berlin
Castro
Foreign Office
Herr von Pilgrim-Baltazzi
Port of Spain
Bowen
United States
la Guayra
Bloodless Capture of Venezuelan Vessels at La Guayra
Caracas reports the Venezuelan ships at La Guayra surrendered without resistance to Anglo-German forces. Details released state that at 4 oclock Tuesday afternoon the action began and the vessels were detained without combat, marking a peaceful seizure aligned with Allied operations.
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Caracas
la Guayra
Holiday rates south on Sunset Limited via Southern Railway
Advertisement notes daily New York departure 4 25 P M for the Sunset Limited with stateroom and drawing room car dining service and offices at 271 Broadway N Y advising holiday rates to the south via Southern Railway and Associated lines.
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Florida
Cuba
Camden
Summerville
Charleston
Augusta
P. M
Southern Rwy
Aini Om
N.Y. Omeen
Southern
York & ST. Augustine
P. R
Board Air Line Railway
Pinehurst
Broadway
Texas
California
Mexico
Southern Ray
New York
N. Y
Advi
Southern Railway
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