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Testimony in Asphalt Case Denies Neutrality Violation
In Reading Pennsylvania on September 30 1901 J Lew Rake testified in the Venezuelan government suit against Bermudez company. He said prior to July 20 1901 he received orders from President Mack and General Green to observe strict neutrality and that no neutrality violations occurred during his governorship from August 1901 to August 1902. He noted the dismissal of Dr Manuel Clemente Urbeneja amid allegations of an enemy plot against President Castro.
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Lew Rake
Venezuela
Reading
J. Lew Rake
Bermudez Company
Sayer J. Bertolez
John D Lindsay
New York
Mr. Rake
John M. Mack
Veg
Egilso
Francis W Green