Colombia Offers Hague Ruling On Canal Annuity Debate
Colombia proposes to refer the disputed canal annuity to The Hague after ratification, while the United States demands a definite settlement now. The plan would sign the rest of the treaty and defer a final annuity decision to the tribunal, signaling growing reliance on The Hague for South American disputes.
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Washington
Colombia
Hague
United States
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High Commission
South America
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Hay
Russian Bark Feodor Blocked at La Guayra Port
The Russian bark Feodor from Cardiff carrying coal to the La Guayra Caracas Railroad was ordered to heave to near La Guayra Venezuela. A British cruiser fired blank shots and redirected the Columbine to approach. The Feodor anchored outside the port where cargo consignees were notified and the captain allowed to land. The vessel may remain five days. The Ariadne and Columbine movements are noted, and the U S gunboat Marietta arrived from Curacao with Red D Line mails aboard Zulia now at Willemstad.
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Venezuela
Kherk Feodor
Cardiff
Caracas
Tribune
Columbine
Feodor
United States
Marietta
Curacoa
Zulia
Willemstad
New York
Attack on Cumana by Morales forces shocks Bermudez
About eleven hundred revolutionists under General Manuel Morales attacked Cumana in Bermudez on January 4 to 6. Government troops defended the town, three hundred Mauser rifles and twenty nine thousand cartridges were abandoned, two hundred prisoners were taken, and the British cruiser Tribune witnessed the seven hour battle. The rebels say sackings would have followed if Cumana fell. The insurgents have pressed actions as a blockade loomed, hoping to break the siege.
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Caracas
Manuel Morales
Cumana
Bermudez
Tribune
Castro's Offer to Pay Blockade Expenses
Rome dispatch cites The Daily Mail stating Castro offers to cover the costs of maintaining the Venezuelan blockade if it is raised immediately. He allows warships to stay in Venezuelan ports and awaits a joint reply guided by other powers.
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United States
Italy
Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel Commission Named
Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co lead electrical and mechanical work with McKim Mead White for the terminal. a five-man engineers commission designs and supervises. A double Bergen Hill to Manhattan tunnel path with two powerhouses is planned and a vast Manhattan terminal excavation is outlined.
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the Tribune
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
McKim, Mead & White
Pennsylvania Railroad
Commission of Engineers
Charles W. Raymond
New York Harbor
Charles M. Jacobs
North River
Alfred Noble
East River
William H. Brown
Gustav Lindenthal
New York City
George Gibbs
Westinghouse
Church, Kerr & Co
Tribune
Gibbs
Mead
Board of Aldermen
Engineers
Bergen Hill
New Jersey
New York Terminal
Long Island City
Atlantic-ave
Long Island Railroad
Jersey City
Long Island
Manhattan
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Ninth Aves
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Hotel
Treaty Practically Assured on Reciprocity Pact Ratification
Havana January 13 Domingo Mandez Capote president of the Senate and Foreign Relations Committee has completed his report urging ratification of the reciprocity treaty without amendment. The full committee will review it immediately and report to the Senate this week. Capote expects little debate in committee or on the Senate floor.
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Havana
Domingo Mandez Capote
Senate
Sefer Capote
Marconi to Start Wireless Link from Cape Cod
Marconi will leave the Glace Bay station at noon tomorrow to establish wireless communication between Great Britain the United States and Canada from Cape Cod. Delays arose from installing a new sending apparatus. The magnetic detector for receiving messages proved successful prompting a sending device upgrade. The Cape Cod and Cornwall stations will use the new sending mechanism after tests.
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Marconi
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Cape Cod
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United States
Canada
Cornwall
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company Organized in Canada
Montreal January 13. The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company of Canada was formed with a capital of 5 million dollars in 1 million shares of 5 each. Directors include Marconi, Andrew A. Allen, Rudolphe Forget, F. C. Henshaw, W. R. Green, and John D. Oppo who will be general manager. The Canadian entity acquires all Marconi Canada properties including the Glace Bay station.
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Montreal
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company
Canada
Marconi
Andrew A. Allen
Rudolphe Forget
F. C. Henshaw
W. R. Green
New York
John D. Oppo
England
Marconi Company
Glace Bay
Taft to Remain Civil Governor of the Philippines
After Cabinet discussion President Roosevelt decides Taft will stay in the Philippines as Civil Governor rather than return to the United States to become a Supreme Court justice. Protests from Filipino leaders influenced the decision, with officials optimistic Taft can guide island development and resolve key issues.
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Taft
Philippines
Philippine
Root
Luke E. Wright
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
General Wright
Wright
Manila
Relief bill prepared to refund coal import duties
Washington January 13 The bill to refund all duties on coal imported for the next year moved toward passage in Congress after a White House discussion with President Roosevelt and leaders of the Ways and Means and Rules committees. The bill, supported by Democrats, was debated with near unanimity in committee and is set for House consideration tomorrow. Senate Finance plans to act promptly. The measure aims to relieve a coal shortage and high prices amid the recent strike, with supporters arguing it meets urgent public demand.
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Massachusetts
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Committee On Finance
Chicago
Eastport
Stewart
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Day for Supreme Court offered to William R Day
The Washington correspondence reports Governor Taft declined a Supreme Court seat and William R Day of Canton Ohio is offered the position and expected to accept. Day currently serves as a United States circuit judge in the Sixth District.
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Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland Leader
Supreme Court
W. H. Taft
Philippines
William R. Day
Canton
Ohio
Conference on Trusts Clears Path for Antitrust Bill
Republican members of the Littlefield sub committee plan a Jan 13 meeting with the President before reporting their anti trust bill. Administrations support expected as the sub committee aims to keep its measure intact despite differing with the Attorney General proposals.
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Washington
Littlefield
House Judiciary Committee
Plaza Hotel Guests Robbed In Fifth Avenue Case
Vicomtess Vainaz and Baroness Elverstein report a theft at the Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue and Fifty Ninth Street. They claim a diamond watch and a crescent were taken from rooms after the maid briefly left. Police report connected to ongoing street thefts near Fifty Seventh Street.
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Elverstein
Plaza Hotel
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Fifty-seventh-st
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Sixth Aves
Police
Detective Bureau
Vicomtesse
East Sixty Seventh-St
Agreement in the Transvaal settles war cost
Johannesburg January 13 The Colonial Secretary Mr Chamberlain and mining leaders reach an accord on a financial settlement The Transvaal war contribution will be 150000000 dollars A guarantee for an Imperial loan of 150000000 dollars will finance reproductive public works in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
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Johannesburg
Mr. Chamberlain
Transvaal
Orange River
Seaboard Florida Limited Rail Service Note
Seaboard Florida Limited offers fastest train to Florida with all Pullmans. Train from Penna. R. R. departs 12:35 P. M. daily and arrives at St. Augustine 2:30 P. M. Office 1183 Broadway.
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Florida
Pullmans
Penna. R. R
St. Augustine
Water waste study in Manhattan districts expands
Investigations led by N S Hill Jr chief engineer of the Department of Water Supply Gas and Electricity inspect a Manhattan district to measure water usage and identify waste. House to house surveys and hourly flow tests with pitometers aim to separate waste from plumbing and main leaks, revealing pressure impacts during the study.
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Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
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Thirty-fourth-st
Sixth-ave
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Forty-seventh St
Hewitt Remains Confidently Lugubrious As Illness Lingers
Dr. E L Keyes reported at 945 pm that Peter Cooper Hewitt, former Mayor Hewitt's son, remained comfortable with no loss of vigor despite stimulants. By 315 pm the physicians said Hewitt had no pain and was not perceptibly weaker though no recovery was expected, with lingering days anticipated.
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Lloyd Bryce
Wheeler H. Peckham
Henry W. Poor
Major Woodbury
Edward Cooper
Morris K. Jesup
Lord Charles Beresford
Chetwayne
Mr. Hewitt
Keyes
Hewitt
Revival plan for Croker's Democratic Club diversions
The Democratic Club seeks to boost attendance by adding whist cribbage dominos checkers pool and billiards among activities. A fifty member committee led by Thomas L Fellner will organize events starting Tuesday with music and dinners as Croker weighs potential return to New York politics.
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Richard Croker
Fox
Thomas L. Fellner
Willis Holly
Ireland for Cardinal
Rome reports that Monsignor O Connell’s appointment as rector of Washington Catholic University marks a Vatican shift. The move reflects American factional power, with Ireland and Corigan backing O Connell and Rome aligning with Satolli and Martinelli. Observers believe Ireland’s path toward the Sacred College is advancing.
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Rome
Vatican
Monsignor O’connell
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O’connell
Ireland
Ledochowski
Ciasca
Monsign
Heyburn Succeeds Heitfeld as U S Senator in Idaho
Boise Idaho January 15 in a separate session the legislature elected Judge Weldon B Heyburn of Wallace United States Senator to succeed Henry Heitfeld. He won the support of all fifty Republican votes in both houses while the seventeen Democratic votes went to James H Hawley.
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Boise
Idaho
Weldon B. Heyburn
Wallace
United States
Henry Heitfeld
James H. Hawley
Senator Perkins Re-elected by California Legislature
Sacramento January 12 Senator George 3 Perkins was reelected by the state legislature to succeed himself. Assembly vote Perkins 58 Franklin K lage 32 Eugene E Schmitz Union Labor 6. Senate vote Perkins 33 Lane 5 Schmitz 1. Joint session to formalize the choice scheduled for tomorrow.
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George
Perkins
Franklin K. Lage
Eugene E. Schmitz
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Schmitz
Mason Withdraws From Illinois Senate Fight
United States Senator Mason announced his withdrawal from the contest to succeed himself admitting the impossibility of re election. Representative Church of Chicago who led the Chicago man movement also abandoned efforts. Congressman A J Hopkins of Aurora likely to be chosen without opposition.
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United States
Mason
Representative Church of Chicago
Chicago
A. J. Hopkins
Aurora
Florida's Famous Trains And Schedules
Florida service highlights include the New York and Florida Special at 2 10 P M and the Florida and West Indian Limited at 555 A M with Cuba and Thomasville Augusta connections. Atlantic Coast Line offices listed at 1161 Broadway New York.
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Augusta
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Broadway
Mayor Pushes 10 Cent Coal Pair Plan in Citywide Drive
Mayor Low after a morning conference with coal company reps and major dealers sent letters to about one hundred Manhattan retailers urging them to sell coal by the pair at 10 cents for twenty five pounds. The goal is to distribute coal at a tidewater price of about a ton f o b, with dealers and carting firms asked to cooperate to relieve shortages.
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Burns Brothers
Alfred Barber's Son
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Hueynolds & Sor
Tuttle, Som & C O
Moquin, Offerman, Heissenbuttel Coal Company
Brooklyn
Swanstrom
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Queens
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
New York Harbor
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