Roosevelt Moves to Refer Venezuela Dispute to Hague Arbitration
Washington December 20. President Roosevelt proposes submitting the Venezuelan dispute to The Hague for arbitration. Allies Germany and Great Britain have conditioned their support on Roosevelt acting as arbitrator, with reservations. The blockade of Venezuelan ports is set to begin on the 25th, and ships including the Albany are moved to La Guayra. The crisis centers on whether all issues can be arbitrated, with some matters requiring apologies or nonarbitrable actions.
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Roosevelt
Hague Tribunal
Germany
Great Britain
State Department
White
London
Berlin
San Juan
Orto Rico
United States
Albany
la Guayra
Moody
Dewey
Bowen
Hague
Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Murder cases retried as supreme court orders new trials
Des Moines Dec 20 Mat Hunter convicted of murdering Homer Holland at Mt Ayr and given life term wins a new trial. The Iowa Supreme Court also orders new trials for Phillips and Brooks both African American men convicted of killing Marshal Sunblad at Lake City and sentenced to hang December 18.
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Des Moines
Mat Hunter
Homer Holland
Mt. Ayr
Supreme Court
Holland
Phillips and
Brooks
Marshal Sunblad
Lake City
Last Honors Paid to Widow of Gen Grant
In Walton, a large crowd including President Roosevelt and cabinet members attended funeral services for Julia Dent Grant widow of Ulysses S. Grant. The casket was sent to New York by Pennsylvania Railroad after the service. All Grant children were present except one still en route to attend ceremonies.
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Gen. Grant
Germany and U S Press Clash Over Venezuela Fees
Berlin reporters quote a New York cable claiming American papers blame Germany for the crisis while praising Britain Germany is accused of seeking colonies in Venezuela and Brazil The Nord Deutsche Allgeneine Zeitung notes U S and British papers show bias and argues Germany seeks no motive beyond settling claims and compensation The piece defends Anglo German cooperation and predicts events will prove German intentions are prudent.
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Berlin
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
New York
Germany
Great Britain
Venezuela
Brazil
United States
Coal Conference Report Adopted by Both Houses
Washington dispatch reports both the house and senate adopting the conference report on the coal strike commission bill. The house then adjourned until January 6.
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Washington
House
Senate
Corbett McGovern fight canceled in Detroit
Detroit reports Sheriff Dickson stating the Corbett McGovern bout will not occur in Detroit. In Gas City Indiana the vaccination fight ends as authorities rescind the ordinance amid child admission to schools regardless of vaccination status, linked to the mayor’s son’s death. A 17 year old in Stevenville Michigan attacked his mother with a carving knife, forcing family to flee before jail. An Ottumwa Iowa student at the lone Wesleyan university commits suicide by throat slitting after failing exams.
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Sheriff Dickson
Corbett- McGovern
Gas City
Ind
St. Joseph, Mich
George Shearer
Stevenville
Ottumwa
Everett Harman
Malcolm, Ia
Lone Wesleyan University
No End of Testimony on Violence in Anthracite Strike
Scranton December 20 witnesses including non union men and relatives described boycott intimidation dynamiting and violence during the late strike. They testified of threats beatings stoning and even a shooting with effects on families schools and lodges. C S Darrow questioned a union led witness about teaching violence to boys in a temperance society context.
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Dee
Anthracite Strike Commission
Temperance Society
Order of Hibernians
Joseph H. Dugan
Darrow
Excluded Hibernian Society Member Details Strike Conflicts
The article covers James Mitchell expelled from the Hibernian society after a vote deeming his strike work unfair. It notes he paid dues for decades and accepts his expulsion. It also reports on a Polish witness recounting a man using giant powder and a fuse, and other strike related incidents involving non-union harassment, boycotts, and threats including dynamite attempts against homes.
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Hibernian Society
Max Lasar
Eugene Detty
Thomas Kennedy
Carbondale
Delaware and Hudson Company
David E. Lewis
Olyphant
John Lewamdofski
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Complex probate ruling on Andrew Jackson estate in St Joseph
Judge Ellsworth of the probate court in St Joseph ruled on the Andrew Jackson estate. Jackson, a former slave who escaped Civil War bondage, had two children with Matilda Manson from his first marriage, William Jackson and Mary McCowan. The court upheld that only the first marriage offspring were legal heirs amid a lengthy contest over substantial property in Niles.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Ellsworth
Andrew Jackson
Matilda Manson
William Jackson
Mary McCowan
Niles
Matilda
Jackson
Julia Gibson
Julia
George Washington
Flora Russell
EXPORT RAIL TARIFFS SHOW DIFFERENT RATES
The Interstate Commerce Commission reviewed railroad rates on import traffic. C S Wight of Baltimore and Ohio explained inland rates from New York to Chicago at 18 cents per 100 pounds while domestic imports cost 65 cents. Meyer cited per barrel rates from Vulcanite to East St Louis at 66 15 cents versus 65 cents from Antwerp. Harriett noted that some foreign ports may carry lower through rates and pledged a statement on disparities.
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Bec
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. S. Wight
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Prouty
Chicago
White
AFFIDAVIT RAISES TROUBLE IN DIVORCE SUIT
In Corunna Michigan a sensational divorce case between Blanche Cose Case and Frank D Case opened in circuit court. The wife accuses the husband of serious acts and an affidavit by a physician triggered threats of a $10,000 slander suit. A related action has the husband suing the wife's father for $5,000 alleging alienation of affection.
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Corunna
Mich
Circuit
Blanche Cose
Frank D
Huild
Cole
Inland waterway plan to reclaim Kan kee marsh lands
Preliminary steps for a major artificial waterway in northern Indiana counties LaPorte Starke Porter Lake and Jasper aim to reclaim hundreds of thousands of acres of Kan kee marsh lands now deemed worthless A 14 mile contract in Laporte and Starke counties was let for $120000 The ditch will be eighty feet wide and sixteen feet deep with plans to extend sixty miles to the Illinois line total cost about $1000000. The report also includes unrelated testimony from a labor dispute and wage figures questioning by a Pennsylvania company auditor and a note on the ongoing anthracite coal strike commission adjournment in Scranton to meet in Philadelphia in March.
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Crown Point
Indiana
LaPorte
Starke
Porter, Lake
Jireper
Mississippi Rive
Ilinois Line
Colorado
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Williams
Prouty Questions Law Effects on New York Port
A hearing fragment shows Commissioner Prouty asking how a law affecting import versus domestic freight would impact New York Harbor. Several freight officials discuss tariffs, steamer and rail rates, and the role of through rates in attracting shipping, noting traffic conditions drove lower charges.
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Prouty
Harriett
Marcellus F. Berry
Foreign Department
American Express Company
Samuel Bettle
International Navigation Company
Bettle
H. B. Chamberlain
Erie Railroad
Nathan Guilford
New York Central Railroad
Wiiliam H. Joyce
Pennsylvania Company
Knapp
E. L D. Caldwell
U. S
Pope Signs Appointment of Archbishop Quigley
The pope signed the appointment of Bishop James E. Quigley of Buffalo as archbishop of Chicago. In Bloomington, Ill, a murder case moves toward possible discharge for Daisy Carletona due to a juror illness error. a defense motion was overruled though release could be ordered if the defendant is convicted.
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Quigley
Rome
James E. Quigley
Buffalo
Chicago
Bloomington
Lus
Dee
Daisy Carletona
Joseph Leslie
Supreme Court
Thieves Pull $3000 Loot At Valley Junction
Des Moines police report a drug store heist at Valley Junction with an estimated $3000 taken. Local resident Janet Lynamited the scene and fled as officers arrived. Police caution about Suspicion of accomplices and ongoing investigation.
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Janet Giars
Wou Imoney
Trolley Crash in Weehawken Injures Dozens
New York report says at Weehawken midnight collision between a trolley car and an Erie freight train injured three women possibly fatally and left 57 passengers bruised or badly shaken.
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Weehawken
Erie
Great Holiday Trade Boosts Retail Demand Across Nation
R G Dun Weekly Review reports holiday trade surpassing expectations with strong demand for staple merchandise and brisk sales of higher grade goods. Industrial activity remains solid though fuel shortages cause delivery delays. December railway earnings outpace prior years. Two major developments include United States Steel Corp expanding via absorption and a planned freight rate rise effective January 1.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Cols Weekly Review of Trade Today
Unitedates Steel Corporation
Notorious swindlers arrested in Madrid
Madrid declares Madame Humbert her Wustand brother and sister in law famous for Paris safe frauds were arrested at their home here.
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Madrid
Madame Humbert
Wustand
Conc Linn
Paris
Parricide arrest in Tron Mountain murder case
Nels Erickson, suspected in the May disappearance and November discovery of his father John Erickson in Norway, is arrested again after a shotgun found near the body tied him to the crime. The case follows an earlier discharge and the evidence of three head wounds.
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Tron Mountain
Mich
Nels Erickson
John Erickson
Norway
Faulty management suit filed over Mount Rosa mining claims
Denver Dec 20 a mining suit filed in federal court involves many claims at Victor valued as high as 500000. Plaintiff Perry Brown of Lake Mills Low sues as a Mount Rosa Mining Co stockholder alleging mismanagement. The Woods Investment Co of Colorado Springs is the principal defendant.
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Col
Victor
Perry Brown
Lake Mills, Low
Mount Rosa Mining Company
Mount Rosa
the Woods Investment Company
Colorado Springs
L. F. C. Entertainment Proves Fine Success
The U FC club at the high school performed before a large audience last night, raising 48 for decorations for the new building. The program featured a play titled Who is Yo Joherit with a cast including Mrs Annersley Edpa Carl John Annersley Gertrude se Mrs Manforith Channon Margaret Hodkins Ruth Butfum Sa sap Pittfudge Helen Wright Marry Muckletap Zella Barrett Miss Ster Galler Miss Nicely ra Stoddard Miss Martha Montgomery. Earlier solo numbers included an violin by Ernst Henning Phoebe Urodks lending Miss Gertrude Dor Pole Nina Van Buren and a second violin by Strude Carse.
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Yo Joherit
Chaffee Named Chief of the Regular Army
Washington reports Gen. Chaffee will succeed Gen. Young as lieutenant general when Young retires, with Miles succeeding Miles as next in line. The Senate adjourned at 2:40 until January 5.
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Regular Army
Washington
War Department
Gen. Young
Young
Miles
Senate
President and Family Go to Virginia for Sunday
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt with four children left at noon for Rapidan Virginia to spend Sunday with friends. The item reflects a presidential family outing reported from Washington.
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