Venezuela Defies Blockade Threat Amid Note Diplomacy
Kingston reports President Castro of Venezuela is defiant to the looming blockade. Ven esuelan government not yet replying to notes from Great Britain and Germany. an ultimatum may be issued via Royal Navy or the Retribution. Indefatigable arrived from Laguayra with reports of strong German and British resident tension.
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Germany
Great Britain
Caracas
Gove
Venezuela
Retribution
Kingston
St. Vincent
Bowen to Handle British German Interests in Venezuela
Washington reports Minister Bowen will assume charge of British and German interests in Venezuela after ultimata were delivered by Caracas. US legation will protect subjects. Bowen may mediate Castro with foreign officials if opportunity arises. Officials note no war with crisis, while Venezuela’s claims may total about five million dollars across German rail and British bonds.
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Washington
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Venezuela
United States
Castro
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois and Ohio
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. Indiana cloudy and warmer in the northeast portion with Thursday fair and colder, winds shifting from south to northwest. Illinois cloudy and warmer on Wednesday with snow likely in the northeast at night, Thursday fair and colder. Ohio fair and warmer Wednesday with snow in the northeast, brisk southwest winds by the lake, Thursday colder. Blythe reports limited data on barometric and temperature readings.
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Washington
Indiana
Movements of steamers from port notices
Ships arriving and sailing listed by port with origin New York and Antwerp. Entries include Astoria destined for Glasgow, Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse from New York, Sylvia and Citi Di Torino from New York, Sy from Boston to Liverpool, Graf Watersee from New York, Kroonland from New York, Minnehaha arriving at London, Finland from Antwerp, and Assyria and Ivernia sailing with unspecified destinations.
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Moville
Astoria
York
Glasgow
Pro- Bremen
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
New York
Genoa
Sylvia
Citi di Torino
Browhead
Boston
Liverpool
Plymouth
Graf Watersee
Antwerp
Antwerp, Dec. 9.—Arrived: Kroonland, From New York
London
Minnehaha
Finland
Assyria
Ivernia
Venezuela Bonds Arrears Highlight Customs Revenue Actions
The document notes that Venezuela by decree set aside a sizable share of customs receipts to cover interest on bonds, with reports of a heavy arrearage on those payments. The exact amount and current status are not specified in the present demand.
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Venezuela
Limited Ultimatums Tap Venezuela Crisis
London reports Britain and Germany set a seventy two hour limit on ultimatums to Venezuela, with the period possibly conditional. Berlin notes a brief deadline and hopes Castro will concede, while Caracas officials may have left the city. A new revolution seems likely as Matos and Riera mobilize hundreds, attacking rail lines and confronting government forces.
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London
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Castro
Laguayra
Caracas
Funeral of Thomas Brackett Reed in Portland
Simple services marked the funeral of former Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed at First Parish Unitarian Church Portland. Governors, Loyal Legion members, Grand Army posts, Maine and Massachusetts officials attended as the city observed mourning with business closures and a procession to Evergreen Cemetery.
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Portland
Thomas Brackett Reed
First Parish Unitarian
Maine
Massachusetts
Loyal Legion
Grand Army
Evergreen Cemetery
Tribute to Harlan concludes with lofty praise of Supreme Court judges
The tribute lauds the judge’s office as a blend of dignity authority permanence and honor. Senator Hoar extols the role as among mankind’s greatest intellectual occupations, noting twenty five years of service warranting praise. The gathering concluded after midnight with a notable roster including Chief Justice ler and Justice Brewer among others.
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Hoar
Supreme Court
De-Ath Akers
Ler
Brewer
Edward Blake
Canada
Alexander P. Pas
Kentucky
Meral Beck
R. Ross Rerry
District of Columbia
Taft May Succeed Shiras On Supreme Court
Washington December 9 The retirement of Justice Shiras from the Supreme Court is expected soon and may bring William H Taft to the high court as a fulfillment of long standing plans He would be rewarded for leading the Philippine commission If Taft moves up Gen Luke E Wright is named as his likely successor at the commission and W W Rockhill could replace Wright No official confirmation is available but the changes are under consideration
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Washington
Justice Shiras
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
William H. Taft
Philippine Commission
Taft
Fedral
Ohio
McKinley
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
United States
China
Wright
Erie Railroad Company
Brotherhood of Railway
Lake Shore
Detroit
National Reciprocity League
Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Joint High Commission
Dominion of Canada
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Pittsburg Coal Company
Aleed
Youghingheny and Ohio Coal Company
Supreme Court of the State
Lee D. Thompson
Oe Vana
Colorado
Seventh Day Adventist Cler k Faces Saturday Duty Dispute
Washington December 9 An interesting Treasury Department question arises over Elmer Pettiford a War Department auditor clerk who observes the Sabbath and declines Saturday work Auditor Rittman proposed thirty Saturdays off and working other Saturdays Pettiford absented himself and now faces charges of misconduct with three days to answer The Civil Service Commission rule protects political or religious affiliations from dismissal and its application to Pettiford is under review.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Elmer Pettiford
War Department
Rittman
Pettiford
The
Civil Service Commission
Interstate Railway Company Charter Made Public
The Interstate Railway Company chartered in Trenton New Jersey shows an authorized capital of 10 million dollars with 33 thousand paid in. Founders include Frank B. Hausel William F. Et dell and George B. Morten, all of Camden. The firm plans to acquire stocks and bonds street salvage develop freight and express services and perform related activities.
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Trenton
N. J
Interstate Railway Company
Frank B. Hausel
William F. Etdell
George B. Morten
Camden
Ge Ae
New York and New England Endure Severe Cold Snap
New York and New England faced the coldest weather in years with temperatures as low as 8 above in New York and 23 below in Norfolk Connecticut. A coal shortage worsened suffering among the poor, prompting a $100000 relief bond approved by the Board of Aldermen to distribute anthracite. Engines and navigation on rivers were halted as the cold wave surged across the region.
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New York
New England
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate and
Department of Public Charities
Albany
Balaton
Saratoga
Adirondack
Champlain Valley
Shortage of Anthracite Causes Philadelphia School Closures
Philadelphia authorities closed four public schools due to anthracite coal scarcity. Reading Company supplied fuel during the day and plans to reopen tomorrow. Officials blamed the coal drop on a string of holidays and reduced mine operations over the weekend.
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Philadelphia
Board of Education
Reading Company
Multi City Fire Disasters Hit Several Businesses
Fires across Atlanta Bird Island and Bloomingdale cause major losses. Snook & Austin on Whitehall street suffers the largest, with other victims including Jacobs Pharmacy and several haberdashers. A Minnesota blaze at Finley Brothers & Lees store kills a boy named George Fewer and destroys eight buildings. An Annapolis school burns with total loss. In Toledo a fire at Keiper Brothers furniture factory kills a firefighter Thomas Smith and injures four others. Insurance coverage is limited in several cases.
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Atlanta
Snook & Austin Company
Whitehall Street
Jacobs Pharmacy Company
Guarantee Clothing Company
Viaduct Lunch Rooms
Hammack Drug Company
D. B. Hollis Liquor Company
Rose Whisky Company
Alonzo Nerriton, Barber
Hub Haberdashery Company
Daniel Brothers’ Haberdashery Company
Huber
Bird Island
Minn
Finley Brothers & Lee
George Fewer
Fewer
Indianapolis Journal
Bloomingdale
Ind
Annapolis
Toledo
Thomas Smith
Keiper Brothers
Ora Himes
Richard Manley
Roy Kinney
David Manley
Lewiston Hotel Fire Rushes Guests From Smoke
A fire at the American Hotel in Lewiston Montana caused about 20 000 dollars in damages and left guests trapped by smoke with some taken out windows as temperatures fell to zero. In Fostoria Ohio a morning blaze destroyed the Fostoria Glass Speciality Company plant built last spring with heavy losses and 17 000 dollars insured.
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Lewiston
Mont
Fostoria
Fostoria Glass Speciality Company
Cleveland
Fire destroys village business district at Ingram Wisconsin
One hundred twenty five men are thrown out of work as the business portion of Ladysmiths Ingram village fifteen miles away is wiped out by a blaze. The Ostrader Lumber Company general store was gutted and other shops including two saloons a restaurant a hotel and the post office were burned. Total loss estimated around 0,000.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Dec
Ingram
Ostrader Lumber Company
Bicycle Race Scores and Midday Standings
New York reports a day of crashes with John Bedell unconscious after a spill. Doerfiinger and Heller fade while ten teams stay close as scores show Booton Daragon leading two laps three teams on two laps and several others on one. In Jackson, McClelland and Oleson drew after fifteen rounds. Wisconsin names A C Abbott captain-elect.
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New York
John Bedell
Doerfiinger
Heller
Booton
Booton-Daragon 920 2 McFarland-Maya 2 Stinson-Mor
Bedell-Bedell
Newkirk-Jacobso
Butler-Turville
Leander
Floyd Krebs
Barclay-Franz Krebs
Keegan-Peterson
Galvin Root
Deenaer-Helier
Jackson, Mich
Jack McClelland
Pittsburg
Ole Oleson
Chicago
Columbian Athletic Club
McClelland
Central Baseball League Forming With Indiana Cities
Indiana magnates gather at the Grand Hotel to perfect the Central Baseball League. Eight cities including Evansville Terre Haute Marion Fort Wayne Dayton Grand Rapids Mansfield and South Bend are favored with Youngstown Wheeling as possible additions. Sunday play required. constitution to be adopted and officers elected at today’s session.
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Central Baseball League
L. D. Smith
Terre Haute
Indiana
Old Western Association
Interstate League
H. W. Halderman
Marion
I. Maunter
Fort Wayne
Mr. Bement
Evansville
Smith
South Bend
Grand Rapide
Dayton
Mansfield
Grand Rapids
Youngstown
Wheeling
Regar
Halderman
Bement
Races Report From New Orleans Ingleside and Kokomo
Racing notes from New Orleans and Ingleside report results and steward actions. St Cuthbert suffered a cut and was scratched after hitting a fence. Jockey T Walsh faces no engagements for now due to unsatisfactory riding. Winners listed include Latuka Chickadee Scorpio Moroni Glennevis and Barrack. In San Francisco Ingleside results include Lou Welson Byronerdale Ned Dennis Duke of York II Gold Bell and Sad Sam. Howard H Leach calls a meeting in Kokomo to set race dates and uniform purses for the Indiana Gas Belt Racing Association with Lafayette likely to join.
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New Orleans
Scorpio
St. Cuthbert
T. Walsh
Latuka
Chickadee
Moroni
Glennevis
Barrack
San Francisco
Ingleside
Lou Welson
Byronerdale
Ned Dennis
Duke of York II
Gold Bell
Sad Sam
Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Howard H. Leach
Indiana Gas Belt Racing Association
Clinton
Elwood
Anderson
Muncie
Marion
Logansport
Frankfort
Lafayette
Association
Claims an estate by a Daytona actress in 1898 will
Mrs Gertrude Driggs of Day ton California through her lawyers files in the Los Angeles Superior Court a claim to the will of Charles Hill alias Salem Charlie who left about 142000 in cash. The will dated January 14 1898 leaves all real and personal property to Gertrude Driggs a 15 year old daughter. The document bears the signatures of George Manning a noted counterfeiter now dead and N Driggs former husband. The Times notes Hill Driggs and another man allegedly formed a counterfeit gang and Hill amassed his fortune in spurious coin manufacturing. The claim includes inconsistencies and乱 in the manuscript.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gertrude Driggs
Dayton
Superior Court
Charles Hill
Salem Charlie
Hill
Driggs
Indianapolis Polo Triumphs Over Anderson 9-2
Indianapolis defeated Anderson 9 to 2 in Tomlinson Halls with Hipson driving most rushes and Gavitt assisting on many goals. Murphy of Anderson played rough, but no fouls were called by the umpire. Way and Hipson each scored, while Gavitt and J Mooney contributed. Elwood also beat Muncie 5 to 0 behind Tarrant’s four goals, in a large crowd of 1,900.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Tomlinson Halls
Hipson
Gavitt
Way
Murphy
J. Mooney
J. Moon Hipson
Indiaspolis
Pero
Coggshall
Berry
Mullen
Somerville
Marin
de Montreville
Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Mancie
Muncie
Tarrant
Fahoner
Moran
Sebern
Durbin
Roberts
Rush
Fitzgerald
la Me
Elw
Basketball season opens with YMCA defeating Rivals 36 to 10
The YMCA and Rivals opened the basketball year in the YMCA gym. YMCA won 36 10 behind McGaughey Emmerich and Bauman Roeminger starred for Rivals. The first half ended 30 5 with YMCA in control. Time halves 20 minutes.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Ralph Bauman
McGaughey and
Emmerich
Bauman
Roeminger
Y.M.C.A
Huggins
Nichols
Roeminger McCullum
McCullum
Hass
Indiana Athletic League to Meet at Denison Parlor
A business session of the Indiana Athletic League bringing together Hanover Franklin Earlham and Wabash colleges will meet in the Denison parlors next Saturday at 11 o'clock in the morning. The agenda includes adopting constitution and by laws setting football schedule and finalizing arrangements for the Richmond track meet next spring.
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Indiana Athletic League
Hanover
Franklin
Earlham
Wabash Colleges
Denison
Richmond
Fraternal League Scores Show Tight Bowling Action
In last night’s Fraternal League games the K of P topped Shriners in three straight wins led by Knox with 236. Red Men beat Elks two games in a row as Graff and Levey excelled in bowling. Buffaloes won all three from Maccabees. Royal Leagues defeated Odd Fellows two games to none.
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K. of P
Shriners
Knox
Red Men
Elks
Graff
Levey
Buffaloes
Maccabees
Royal Leagues
Odd Fellows
Arrest of Anarchists Near Spezia In Desperate Raid
Thirteen anarchists were arrested near Spezia after a violent raid as police surprised them at a meeting. The group was in the act of taking an oath to kill Italy's king with daggers. One officer was severely wounded in the confrontation.
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Rome
Spezia
Rine
Dynamite Mangles Men in Wilkesbarre Coal Mine Disaster
Four men were killed and ten injured in a dynamite explosion at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company No 5 mine in South Wilkesbarre. Killed were Robert Humblesbee, Arthur Jones, Matthew Phillips, and James McGlynn. Fatally injured were George Knorr, Charles Stafford, and Thomas Evans. Serious injuries included Neil Sweeny, John Austin, Dominick Hart, and James Peckerns. A 50 pound dynamite box fell from a carriage and exploded, throwing twenty men nearby and badly injuring Phillips and McGlynn.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
South Wilkesbarre
Robert Humblebee
Arthur Jones
Matthew Phillips
James M'Glynn
George Knorr
Charles Stafford
Thomas Evans
Neil Sweeny
John Austin
Dominick Hart
James Peckerns
Phillips
McGlynn
Multiple 1910 era labor and industry items across states
Trade and labor items report a shipping room strike in five state street department stores ending with workers returning at noon. A $12,000,000 capital US company seeks Mexican concession to tap Puebla waterfalls for power, transmitting to multiple points. Newark grand jury indicts Ben Commons and 16 union members for interference with mail cars during a streetcar strike.
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State Street
United States
Puebla
Grand Jury
New Orleans
Ben Commons
Mexico
Mutual Insurance Committee
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Mutual Distillers’ Association
Kentucky
Hilo
Hawaii
Congress
Ees
Portaco
Butler & Bro. Said to Hold Gould Proxy Stock
The New York firm Butler & Bro. bought stock from John W. Gates, with proxies, in a late registra tion. The purchase is said to be for George J. Gould via Butler & Bro. as agents. Separate note states William Potter regained temporary reinstatement in Local No. after injunctive action against Frank C. Sheffer, Schenectady Painters Union president.
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Butler & Bro
New York
John W. Gates
George J. Gould
William Potter
Frank C. Sheffer
Schenectady (Ny
Mississippi Valley Lumbermen’s Association
Georgia Sawmill Association
Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers’ Association
The
Hardwood Manufact Association
Gulf Coast Lumber Association
North Carolina Pine Association
Southern Lumber Manufacturers
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Telephone Men Meet at Chicago Convention
Nearly eight hundred delegates attend the second annual convention of the Interstate Independent Telephone Association in Chicago. The three day session opens at the Auditorium with a banquet planned Thursday evening. The group covers more than 3,000 independent exchanges across nine central states and reports $15,000,000 in capital investment. The association, formed this year, represents Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Kentucky, and features an exhibition of telephone apparatus and electrical devices at the hotel.
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Chicago
Interstate Independent Telephone Association
Central States
Interstate Association
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Riverside Coal Company president dies after short illness
SCRANTON PA Dec 9 Dr J N Rice president of the Riverside Coal Company and connected with West End Coal Company died at his home after twenty four hours of heart trouble. He helped in arbitration efforts and was on a committee that called off settlement talks. PARIS Dec 9 Natalie Barney reports her father Albert C Barney of Washington DC died of heart disease in Monte Carlo. DOYLESTOWN Dec 9 Hon M Yardley Bucks county bar, old Seventh district Congressman, died in his office. AIKEN Dec 9 Shemld St died here his remains to New Jersey for interment. son of the late William Waller Phelps and former Jersey City Journal editor.
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Scranton
J. N. Rice
Riverside Coal Company
West End Coal Company
Rice
New York
Paris
Natalie Barney
Albert C. Barney
Washingston
D. C
Monte Carlo
Barney
Barney & Smith
Dayton
Aiken
SheMeld
All Are Kentucky Corporations ruling
The Court of Appeals held that railroad corporations from other states operating in Kentucky are Kentucky corporations and cannot remove suits to federal court on diverse citizenship grounds. The decision concerns Henrietta Davis's administrator versus the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company over damages claimed for her death by a locomotive incident.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
United States Court
Henrietta Davis
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
United State States District
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