Dutch prize seized as Jacob Van Heemskerk arrives
The Dutch battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk towed the Venezuelan coast guard vessel 23 de Mayo after capturing her north of Cumana. A prize crew took control, the Venezuelan crew was landed, and rifles were sent ashore. The Alance, formerly the American steamer, was also involved in prior events, with $2900 compensation settled in 1908.
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Gulf of Caraice
Venezuela
Maracsibo
Margarita
Castro Hosts Venezuelan President. German Visit Noted
Dec 15 report says Dr Israel examined President Castro for about an hour with no clear verdict on surgery. Castro’s entourage dismiss Venezuelan ship seizures, while receptions include Herr and Frau Birchner from Hamburg but German papers mock the visit and note strained German-Venezuelan ties.
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Castro
Ted
Frau
Hamburg
Freu Birtner
Venezuela
Baldo
Ition
Sefior Castro
Auto- Berlin
Foreign Office
France Wants American Trade Toast
Pars Bec 13 M Cruppi minister of commerce at a dinner of merchants interested in foreign commerce praised the Americans and English in attendance. He pledged that France will interfere with existing good relations with the United States and Great Britain.
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M. Cruppi
Bank of Foreign Commerce
United States
Great Britain
General Soukhomiinof Named Chief of General Staff
Petersburg dispatch reports General Soukhomiinof, Governor General of Kiev, appointed to lead the general staff. The move signals a reshuffle in high command as military leaders adjust to strategic needs.
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Soukhomiinof
Kiev
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Paris and Vatican seek conference on international system
A December report notes France planning an international conference on establishing an international system of exchanges. Archbishop Giennon travels to Ireland for Christmas with family. France’s tobacco tax revenue and exports rise while imports dip. Peking plans a new American led bank branch, joining regional financial institutions amid post earthquake efforts.
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Rne
Giennon
St Louis
Serrre
Ireland
Congregation of the Propaganda
Vatican
Bolivian Railways Move Toward Pacific Access
Bolivia reaches protocol suspending a direct La Paz Buenos Aires rail plan and proceeds with Speyer & Co and National City Bank projects. Two new companies form with $27.5 million capital to build gauge-compatible lines linking Oruro to Uyuni and thence to Antofagasta, aiding Pacific trade as Panama Canal opens.
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Polivian
Argentina
la Paz
Eleodoro Villazon
Bolivia
Speyer & Co
National City Bank of New York
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Uyuni
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Chili
Pacific
Panama Canal
National City Bank
Turko Persian Conflict Flares Over Armenian Villages
Turkish detachment reaches Dilman to shield Armenians from Kurdish led raids by Satar Khan forces. Atrocities include pillaging burning and killings of Armenians. Shah seeks foreign support while envoy Aliul Mulk arrives in St Petersburg under pretext of condolences.
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Dilman
Satar Khan
Shai
Constantinople
Aliul Mulk
St Petersburg
Alexis
Ali al Mulk
Guatemala Defends Neutrality in Honduras Case
Guatemala rejects Honduras charges of neutrality violations before the Central American Court of Justice Cartago. Experts Choate Ivins and others argue the claims lack legal basis, state Guatemala’s defense of sovereignty, and note no Honduran immigrants were cited.
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William M. Ivins
William L Penfield
State Department
Marion Butler
J. M. Vale
Hopkins & Hopkins
Washington
Guatemala
Honduras
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Costa Rica
Aspenduras
Saxe Dinner a Love Feast for State Politicians
A Democratic and Republican district dinner for Senator Martin Saxe drew about five hundred guests with praise from Tom Grady and remarks by Controller Metz about fiscal watchfulness. Speakers included Abe Gruber as toastmaster, with Job Hedges, Timothy Woodruff and ex Senator Hisberg also addressing the gathering in Albany as reform and loyalty to the people were toasted.
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Albany
Martin Saxe
Abe Gruber
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State of New York
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Job Hedges
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Bhisberg
NO GAMBLING IN CITY SAYS BINGHAM REPORT
Commissioner Bingham told District Attorney Jerome that no gambling house or poolroom runs in town. Police suspect three Chinatown venues and one poolroom on upper Third Avenue, but the vice is otherwise confined, aligning with the District Attorney's recently made public report.
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Baby's gas accident kills mother in Cheswick home
Mrs Charlies Gardner died of asphyxiation in Cheswick as her husband and two year old child were badly burned in a gas explosion after he found her body. He shielded the child as flames spread and neighbors fought the blaze destroying the house. The child is believed to have pulled a gas stove hose while the mother slept.
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Charlies Gardner
Cheswick
Gardner
Pittsburg Oysters Tied to Typhoid Outbreak Warned
Pittsburg city bacteriologist Dr E C Matson warned tonight that locally sold oysters are linked to a typhoid fever epidemic. He described oysters as swollen with dropsy and typhoid germs and urged residents not to eat them, especially raw. He noted the oysters fattened near streams carrying contamination.
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Paris dancers in Moulin Rouge extravaganza face court inquiry
Reginald de Veulle and Mile Auber of Paris along with stage manager Joseph Smith appeared before West Side police court on summonses from a Monday performance at the Circle Theatre on Broadway. Police Captain Reidy accused a dance as vulgar and offensive. magistrate released them.
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Honduras Guatemala case raises grave international questions
The government of Honduras complains that Guatemala's demurrers and answer render the case faulty in law and lacking the evidence required for action. The proceedings are said to involve grave questions of international importance and demand judicial determination by the high tribunals referenced.
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Bridge Engineer C M Ingersoll resigns from department
Chief Engineer C M Ingersoll of the Bridge Department resigned to Commissioner Stevenson. The letter states his entry was for handling transportation questions and hints at reasons for stepping down.
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New Rules for Title Searchers Under Property Registration Act
The Court of Appeals outlines rules for title searchers under the title registration act set to take effect February 1. Applicants must file with the State Board of Law Examiners fifteen days before exams, pay a $15 fee, and provide professional details. A bond of $5 will forfeit part for misuse. The act aims to speed title transfers and eliminates land courts, with Supreme Court review determining title before registration. estimated average registration cost is about $5.
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Physician's testimony on Mrs. Johnson’s mental state in will case
Dr. Harry J. Knapp testified Mrs. Caroline L. Johnson showed progressive impairment since 1898 and lacked concentration. He said she was unable to draft the 1908 will, made the day before October 25, 1908, with an estate valued at 2.9 million dollars including a Fifth Avenue house.
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Caroline L. Johnson
New York
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Harry J. Knapp
Johnson
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn Lawyer Sentenced in Sing Sing Swindle Case
Frank Marrin a Brooklyn lawyer received a sentence of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty years in Sing Sing for swindling Mrs. Caroline Barry. He lost his plea for a certificate of reasonable doubt before Justice Stapleton in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday. The certificate motion claimed errors at the County Court trial and Marrin will be sent to Sing Sing at once.
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Bishop Michaud Near Death in Lourdes
Late dispatches from Lourdes report Bishop John Stephen Michaud of Burlington is critically ill with no improvement. Death is expected, and funeral arrangements have been made for Burlington, Vermont.
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Lourdes
France
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Metz Held Up Subway in July Budget Clash
William M. Ivins testifies before the legislative committee on the city’s finances saying that on July 6 only Metz’s disinclination prevented entering Fourth avenue subway contracts. Ivins cites a July 1 borrowing capacity of about 2.9 million and a July 6 tax levy boosting capacity to 51 million, with the injunction then blocking projects. He criticizes lax city finance methods and notes the current borrowing capacity around 8 million, limiting progress.
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Charter Revision Commission
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Fourth Avenue
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Merritt
Dynamiter Guilty in Ogden Home Bombing Case
In Oakland California Mrs Isabella J Martin was found guilty of conspiracy in the March dynamiting of Judge F B Ogden's home. The maximum penalty is life. The evidence shows she motivated revenge over an insurance suit and pressured the youth known as Baby John to carry out the act.
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Sunday liquor sales urged by New Jersey crime commission
Trenton report to Governor Fort urges legalizing wine and malt liquor sales in hotels and restaurants on Sundays and ending the blue laws banning Sunday baseball. The commission notes disregard of the law and cites resignations and minority views from Rev. Ernest Boom and two female members.
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Two Vessels Lost in Persian Gulf Storm Off Honduras
Captain C A Decker arrived on the steamship Harry T Inge from Belize and reported his schooner Annie went down November 14 in a heavy gale off Honduras with a cargo of 7000 coconuts and 34000 silver. He and his family and crew escaped.
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Harry T. Inge
Belize
Annie
Honduras
Decker
New York
Virginia Railroads in Conference for Rate Settlement
Virginia rail officials and counsel met in Richmond to discuss ending litigation with a two and a half cent main-line rate a branch-line rate to be set later and a two cent rate for mile books. They seek withdrawal of pending suits and abrogation of a current two-cent pledge until final U S court action.
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Virginia
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Hargis Trial Opens in Lexington with $9000 Buy
Mrs. Louellen Hargis reveals she has $9000 to spend on Beach Hargis acquittal for his father’s murder. She mortgaged her Jackson home to fund the defense and travelled to Irvine for the trial. Both sides ready. Beach Hargis to plead self defense, contending his father choked him before the fatal shots.
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Chief Biggy Body Found Near Alcatraz Island
The body of Chief Biggy, missing from the police launch Patrol near Alcatraz Island, was found by a freight boat crew on Goat Island. The body floated face upward with arms outstretched, wearing the long coat and gloves believed worn by Chief Biggy the night of the disappearance.
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Thirty nine years for burglar in first offence case
Joseph De Rosa of Na Rivington street received a thirty nine year sentence in General Sessions after pleading guilty to burglary. Accomplice Hartman was also sentenced. They looted 242 East 30th street on Navenna at 15, goods valued at five dollars. De Rosa’s wife Mary is jailed for two years and six months for a separate break‑in in November.
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Joseph de Rosa
Na Rivington Street
Hartman
Peter A. Johnson
East 30d Street
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de Rosa
Mary
Henry Siegel
Mamaroneck
Iceman Kills Saloonkeeper in Hoboken
Anthony Merck, saloonkeeper at North Bergen, was shot dead yesterday by Conrad Herwig, an ice dealer of 99 Summit Avenue, West Hoboken, after a quarrel. Merck died instantly and Herwig was later arrested on a murder charge.
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Keeping Christmas Br Hartley Davis Spirit Shines
A holiday feature radiates warm seasonal cheer with Br Hartley Davis singled out for embodying Christmas spirit. Read as a series of festive vignettes highlighting charitable acts, family gatherings, and community joy during the season.
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