Tacoma at La Guayra Arrival Suppressed
The US cruiser Tacoma reached La Guayra amid local unease while Venezuela’s High Federal Court voided the Fitzgerald concession held by Manoa and Orinoco Companies. Rudolph Dolge protests to the American legation as Washington weighs a possible reversal. An illness outbreak in La Guayra prompts an official probe.
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Caracet
Willemstad
Tacoma
la Guayra
High Federal Court of
Venezuela
Manoa Company
Orinoco Company, Limited
Fitzgerald
Washington
Castro
Rudolph Tolge
Orinoco Company
Legation
Dolge
la Guerra
Castro Expels Nine From Venezuela Amid Diplomatic Tensions
Advices from Carupane report President Castro ordered the expulsion of nine men from Venezuela. One, A Vicentelli, was said to testify for the New York and Bermudez Company, prompting Castro’s ire. Sefiora de Castro sought permission for Vicentelli to return, but Castro expelled the requester as well. Among the expelled is Geronimo Cerisola, Spain's consul at Carupano, aged eighty two.
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Carupane
Venezuela
Castro
A. Vicentelli
New York and Bermudez
Sefiora de Castro
Vicentelli
Geronimo Cerisola
Spain
Carupano
Troubles With Castro Government Book Details Venezuelan Seizure
The New York and Bermudez Company publishes a lengthy record alleging Castro regime conspiracies to seize its Guanoco property in Bermudez Venezuela in 194. The account accuses courts of political manipulation and extortion, recounts letters and legal actions, and argues for international intervention against perceived judicial malfeasance.
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New York
Bermudes
Guanaco
Castro
Washington
Amereue
Amereue Have Suffered From A Negation of Justice mm Venezuela
Bermudez Compens
General Asphalt Company
Atso
Bermudez
Muenero
Horatio R. Hamilteom
Hamilton
Bermudez Company
Asphalt
Ambrose Howard Carner
New York and Bermudez Company
Carner
Cnt
Victhe New York and
Ity
Matoe
Guanoco
Amzi Lorenzo Barber
Asphalt Combination
Barber’s Company
Seve T2
Dry Peninsula votes to end liquor traffic
By Telegraph to The Tribune Wimington Del March 21 the entire Maryland Delaware Virginia peninsular is now dry as the left county votes out the liquor traffic today
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The
Tribune
Wimnington
Del
Maryland-Delaware-Virginia
Wheat from Alaska Promises Prosperity for Planters
Denver reports an Idaho farmer discovered wild wheat in Alaska two years ago. He gathered a few stalks, then cultivated a large crop last year yielding about one hundred bushels per acre. Colorado agriculture paid $5.2 per pound to test it and compares it to common grocer prices.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Idaho
Ermer
Alaska
Colorado ‘Armerie
Cuban Nominations Highlight Cuban Politics of 1908
Havana reports General Jose Gomez and General Eusebio Hernandez chosen by the Miguelistas for President and Vice President amid discussions with Governor Magoon on guarantees. The Zagistas plan to convene, while unions address telephony and drug diploma exams. Sugar production faces a 550000 ton drop from 1907 due to drought. Colonel Henry Watterson arrives.
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Havana
Miguelistas
José Miguel Gomez
Eusebio Hernandez
Cuba
Magoon
Gomez
Santa Clara
National Liberal Convention
Estrada Palma
Palma
United States
Sefior Hernandez
Cuban Democratic Party
Zagistas
The
Claims Commission
Washington
Lucha
Chamber of Commerce
Pharmaceutical Association
University
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Night Riders Murder in Kentucky Farm Country
In Carlisle Kentucky a mob of night riders killed Harlan Hedges a 21 year old tobacco farmer seven miles northwest of Carlisle Authorities report this is the first murder by night riders in Kentucky's Blue Grass region Hedges son Co P described the attack recounting the mob firing at his father and dragging him inside as the mob dispersed after declaring the shooting an accident.
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Carlisle
Harlan Hedges
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Co. P. Hedges
Hedger
Victory for Carter in final decree case
Chicago March 21 Judge Kohlsaat entered the final decree in the Oberlin M. Carter case. The ruling largely favors the former engineer corps captain as Carter receives 45000 deemed taint free while government bears most litigation costs. The court cites tainted funds tied to Westcott and Greene and Gaynor and holds I Stanton Carter owes 11474 to the government.
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Chicago
Oberlin
Carter
Robert F. Westcott
New York
Kohlsaar
Savannah
Greene and Gaynor
Westcott
I. Stanton Carter
Judge Receives Black Hand Letter Threat to Judge Speer
Judge Emery Speer of the U S Court in Georgia received a Black Hand letter signed Liberty Justice warning of a killing on April 15. Henry Perry, a black elevator man in a local bank building, was arrested for writing the letter and denies guilt. The judge is under deputy marshal protection.
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Tribune
Savannah
Emery Speer
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
Liberty Justice
Henry Perry
Henry to marry in London as announced in Asheville
Asheville reports that Philip S. Henry of New York and Miss Annie Wolfe will wed in London on March 5. Henry is Jesse Lewisohn's brother in law. The item notes the Planters' advertisement and a tea product promotion appears in the same column.
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the Tribune
Asheville
N. C
Philip S. Henry
New York
Jesse Lewisohn
Annie Wolfe
London
Democratic State Convention Rejects Bryan Indorsement
Providence March 21 The Democratic State Convention refused to indorse Bryan resolutions and sent the measure to delegates at large to act individually. Eight unpledged delegates were chosen for the national convention, including Governor Higgins and ex Mayor Greene.
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Providence
Music Hall
William J. Bryan
George W. Greene
Bryan
Edward M. Sullivan
Cranston
John J. Fitzgerald
Pawtucket
Greene
D. L. D. Granger
Sullivan
Patrick H. Quinn
Warwick
James H. Higgins
Woonsocket
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Lincoln
Peter de Cannon
Patrick J. Murphy
Newport
David J. Barry
Sumner Mowry
South Kingston
Denver
Fitzsimmons
Boy Killed by Auto in Harlem Street Crash
Charles Bengo an eighteen year old grocery delivery worker was struck by an automobile owned by John H. Parker at 114th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The car driven by William Green hidden in a night of confusion left the scene but Parker says Mrs Parker cared for the boy until a drug store. An autopsy is pending and Green is held without bail.
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John H. Parker
East 62d Street
John H. Parker & Co
Charles Bengo
114Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
William Green
Parker
Harlem Hospital
118Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Postmaster bans Italian weekly La Question Sociale
Washington reports Postmaster General Meyer ordered the Italian weekly La Question Sociale published in Paterson New Jersey barred from mail service. The publication, described as socialistic anarchistic, is accused of advocating dynamite murder of soldiers police and arson. It circulates about 30 000 among Italian readers and is deemed immoral and harmful.
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Washington
Meyer
Paterson
N. J
la Question Sociale
United States Army
Erie Engineers Firemen and Trainmen Confer on Wages
The adjustment committees of Erie engineers firemen and trainmen met with General Manager Stuart at the Broadway Central Hotel to report to their divisions. Most members left the city yesterday with remaining travelers starting today. They acknowledge poor business and high idleness, but state they are not in a warlike mood at present.
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Erie Engineers
Stuart
Erie
Broadway Central
Omaha World Herld accuses New York Democratic committee of selfish interests
Remarks from a Bryan organ in Omaha criticize the New York Democratic State Committee for not endorsing William J. Bryan. The Philadelphia ad note and a short schedule blurb appear amid the page text. The piece brands Murphy Conners and McCarren as parasitic excrescences within the party.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Omaha World-Herald
New York Democratic State Committee
Wiliam J. Bryan
New York
Murphy
Conners
McCarren
Democratic Party
Labor in Politics Address Issued by AFL Leaders
Washington March 21 The American Federation of Labor meeting in session for four days issued an address to organized labor and farmers associations. It urges prompt congressional action to amend the Sherman anti trust law to exclude non profit and farm organizations and calls for new injunction and employers liability legislation. The document urges vigorous political pressure, candidate questioning, mass meetings, and unity to safeguard workers liberties and influence elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Organized Labor and Farmers’ Associations
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
United States
Executive Council
Woman Fasts Forty Days to Match Dr Tanner Record
Long Beach California March 21 Miss Etta Priscilla Grove a Chicago school teacher completed her fortieth day of fasting and agreed to eat this afternoon. Her weight slid from 123 to 112 pounds as she sought to equal Dr S Hanner's eighties record yet she reports no ill effects and says she could continue longer.
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Long Beach
Cal
Etta Priscilla Grove
Chicago
S. Hanner
Body of Princeton Graduate McLean Run Down on Railroad Tracks
Philadelphia report states the mangled body of 22 year old William E. McLean was found on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks after an express struck him. A Princeton alumnus, he starred at third base on the baseball team and helped run the college Y M C A. He graduated in 19%.
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Philadelphia
William E. McLean
Princeton University
Princeton
McLean
Shortage in Spruce Gum Crop Presses Prices Higher
Bangor Maine March 21 There is a significant shortage in the spruce gum crop this year and first class gum is now worth 175 a pound laid down in Bangor by the pickers The retailer gets 15 cents an ounce and the price is rising Woods men attribute the reduced supply to extensive lumbering operations for the pulp mills
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The
Tribune
Bangor
Senator Tillman Seriously Ill in South Carolina
Senator B R Tillman of South Carolina is seriously ill at his Trenton home with a returning illness. Physicians hope he can resume duties in Washington after a few days rest.
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Columbia
S. C
B. R. Tillman
South Carolina
Trenton
Washington
New eczema cure possum advertised for skin care
New York experts warn against soap and water for eczema and skin conditions. The possum cure contains no grease and is promoted by Emergency Laboratories with free sample mail requests. Available as a 50 cent package at Rikers Hegeman and other drug stores in New York and Brooklyn.
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New York
West 26Th Street
New York City
Riker’s
Hegeman’s
Brooklyn
Firmin Leaves Hayti on French Cruiser D Estrés
General Antenor Firmin and fellow insurgents who hid at the French Consulate in Gonaives yesterday boarded the French cruiser D Estrés, bound for St Thomas. Refugees in Port-au-Prince legations refuse pledges to return home if released, making deportation under diplomatic protection likely.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Antenor Firmin
Gonaives
D’'Estrés
St. Thomas
Port-au- Prince
Death in Kings County Hospital Straitjacket Case
Miss Margaret McCue, confined in a straitjacket at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, was found dead. Coroner Brewer ruled death a suicide during a delirious fit, noting she strangled herself with a restraining sheet tied to the bed head. She had been employed at Captain Robert T. Hall’s home near Flushing Avenue and showed religious mania before the incident.
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Margaret McCue
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
Bertha Ballard
Brewer
Miss Ballard
Miss McCue
Robert T. Hall
Flushing Avenue
Navy Yard
Roosevelt Honors Portrait By Hungarian Artist In White House
President Roosevelt sat for a last portrait by Philip Laszlo, requested by Colonel Arthur Lee of the British Embassy circle. The three quarter length riding costume canvas, four by five feet, pleased the President and Mrs Roosevelt, then to be sent to London.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Philip
Laszlo
Arthur Lee
Lee
Rough Rider
Cuba
Tim
Jim
London
New Mexico Delegates Indorse Taft for President
The Republican territorial convention at Silver City adopts resolutions backing Taft for president and instructs New Mexico delegates to vote for him at Chicago. It also endorses Roosevelt’s administration and calls for statehood, land reclamation, and forest protection. Isador Armijo chairs a harmonious convention with delegates from most counties. Governor Curry urges Taft endorsement. Selected delegates include A. B. Fall and M. A. Otero.
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Silver City
N. M
Republican Territorial Convention
Taft
New Mexico
Chicago
Rooosevelt
Isador Armijo
Las Cruces
George Curry
Curry
Indorse Taft
A. B. Fall
W. Ti. H. Llewellyn
H. O. Borsum
M. A. Otero
T. B. Carrol
Charlies H. Speiss
Great Northern Bandits Escape From Montana Prison
Charles McDonald and George Hauser, train robbers, escaped the Helena penitentiary by sawing cell doors and cutting corridor bars. They climbed a wall using outbuildings and jumped into an alley. Reported surrounded near Spring Hills four miles south. The duo previously robbed a Great Northern overland train near Randall, Mont., on September 12, 19, obtaining $49,000 from the mall car.
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Helena
Mont
Charles McDonald
George Frank Hauser
Spring Hills
McDonald and Hauser
Great Northern Overland
Randall, Mont
American Line Steamer St Louis Wins Atlantic Race
The St Louis arrived at Sandy Hook yesterday after a Atlantic race with La Touraine. La Touraine led from Havre until Thursday when St Louis overhauled at 11 26 am. After two hours stokers on St Louis labored hard and by six hours the St Louis pulled ahead by two hours.
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St. Louis
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
la Touraine
Havre
Cherbourg
St. Louis Breweries Boycotted By Unions
The twenty four St. Louis and vicinity breweries and independent plants have violated contracts and locked out 3500 union workers. They were placed on the unfair list after refusing arbitration. A hundred thousand circulars urged a boycott and import of beer and appealed for union support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Vicinity
President outlines five key measures to Congress
The president plans a tariff revision after March 4 1909 and a broad program including amendments to the Sherman act, curb on injunctions in labor disputes, an employers liability bill, and the Aldrich financial bill. White House talks with Middle West business leaders backed the plan urging prompt enactment and investigations to prepare data for Congress.
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Middle West
White House
Houses of Congress
Loeb
Richard C. Hall
Chicago Association of Commerce
J. W. Farwell, Jr
Charlies H. Wacker
James E. Smith
St. Louis Business Men's League
Festus J. Wade
H. B. Topping
Kansas City Commercial Club
C. B. Parker
E. M. Clendenning
Beti
New York
San Francisco
Congress
Messrs
Hall
Avacker
Smith
Topping
Aldrich
Payne
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Hepburn
Iowa
House
Senate
Ways and
Means Committee
Finance Committee
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Old Man
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MR. Henry
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T. P. Gore
Oklahoma
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Judge Fitzsimmons
Peter J. Gaskins
Cumberland
Boy
Auto
Lad
Jersey Central
Labor IN Politics
Dr. Tanner
Express
Tillman
New Menico
Aldrich Bil
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