Dutch Consulate attacked as Curacao unrest erupts
Violent mobs gathered in Willemstad when Venezuelan residents protested Castro policies and a Venezuelan paper published insults about Curacao. Venezuelan consul sought refuge in the German consulate as Dutch troops patrolled streets to protect the consulates and residence. The U S State Department noted the move as local and said the Dutch government would act under international law.
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Venezuela Crisis in Caribbean Tensions Stir Dutch Curacao
Uneasy mood grows as Venezuela under President Castro provokes Dutch Curacao and Aruba with seizures and blocked freight transfers. Britain and France weigh show of force, while the United States debates action and possible use of the big stick in Congress.
Venezuela Netherlands tensions rise over ministerial dispute
President Castro of Venezuela and Senor Paul of the Netherlands exchange notes over a dispute involving Minister de Reus. The Dutch ship Gelderland has been sent to Puerto Cabello to remove de Reus, while Amsterdam debates possible naval action. The talks follow Venezuela’s stance and a cautious Dutch approach.
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Gelderland
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M de Reus
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Honduran Rebels Put Down as Government Forces Occupy Choluteca
Tegucigalpa July 26 government troops occupy Choluteca after revolutionaries held the town for years. Official circles call the action decisive, with many prisoners reported and signs of general tranquility across the republic.
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Repubbic
Forecast for Taft Old Figgers at Work
A political statistician, proven in just before election counts, offers a tentative Taft estimate. He cautions that elements remain unsettled but projects the Republican majority at 49 electoral votes based on current factors.
Prognostic ideas on Taft Bryan electoral outcome in 1909
Gen Charlies H. Grosvenor outlines a methodical forecast of the 1909 presidential race. He estimates Taft’s path to victory with 287 electoral votes already secured, while mapping doubtful states and potential shifts from labor and independence movements, considering evolving political factors and party strength.
Trainmen and Roads Agree on Intercity Systems
Evfisourg La sav sever 2500 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen heard Vice Grand Master Dodge discuss conditions on the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad systems near Pittsburgh and Trenton. The talk reflected relations between programs and the brotherhood and urged the invariance of common interests. Other speakers included A T Duff, appliance specialist for the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Alo Hurla from the board of adjustment.
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Balloy
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Trenton
Peetes
Duff
Iterstat
Commerce Commission
Alo WooHurla
Tie 1 Board of Adjustment
Working Committee Named by Republican National Committee
Frank H Hitchcock announced tonight that the Republican national committee will form an executive committee from its members. The slate includes Charles F Brooker Connecticut fF Coleman Du Pont Delaware William E Borah Idaho Frank Q Lowden Illinois Charles Negel Missouri Victor Rosewater Omaha Nebr William L Ward New York Edward Duncan North Carolina and Boles Penrose Pennsylvania. Hitchcock planned the committee to be drawn from national committee members, after consulting party leaders nationwide.
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Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
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Connecticut
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Delaware
William E Borah
Tasho
Frank Q Lowden
Ilinois
Charles Negel
Miesouri
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Nebr
William L Ward
New York
Edward Duncan
North Carolina
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Hitchcock
Shot husband shoots wife and daughter in Toledo tragedy
Special to The Washington Post Toledo Ohio July 2 In a mobile disaster a man Armour 50 returned after sixteen years and attempted murder of his daughter then killed his wife as she left for church. He fired twice missing the daughter then turned the gun on himself but the weapon failed. He fled after failing to reclaim his home from his former wife who had spurned him.
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Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
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Auto Kills And Burns Two In New York Crash
Plattsburg New York June 283 J E Dodge of Malden Massachusetts and Lockwood Reed of Port Huron Michigan were killed in a car accident six miles west of Port Henry Saturday night. B E Titus of Syracuse who was in the car was thrown into a creek and escaped injury. Dodge owned the car and was driving when he lost control as they returned to their summer camp. The car plunged into a brook, turned turtle, pinned Dodge and Reed beneath it, exploded and burned beyond recognition.
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Malden Mass
Lockwood Reed
Port Huron
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Syracuse
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Dodge
Reed
Policeman Kills Man After Desperate Fraught After Fight
Steubenville Ohio July 26 Policeman Bert Haggerty shot and killed Michael McCort early today at Mingo Junction following a fierce struggle in which McCort allegedly bit the officer and struck him with his own night stick. Haggerty had tried to arrest McCort on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Bert Haggerty
Michael McCort
Mingo Junction
Charles Taft for Senate Candidate in Cincinnati
Charles P Taft, brother of the presidential candidate, emerges as a possible U S Senate hopeful from Ghia. The move is known only to personal friends, with politicians not yet in the loop. If chosen, the senatorship would be a reward for any challenger to Foraker.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
United States Senate
Ghia
Charles P Taft
Foraker
Abuse by mail to Grosscup sparks post office probe
Chicago July 26 post office investigators seek the writer of scurrilous letters to federal building authorities denouncing Judge Peter S Grosecup. The letters were anonymous or signed with fictitious names and bore denouncing statements on their exteriors. Authorities will not disclose how many letters were found or whether threats were involved.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Peter S Grosecup
United States Court of Appeals
J KM Landis
Standard of Company of Indiana
Peage with arms new departure of war foes
Roosevelt accepts honorary presidency of the Peace and Arbitration League amid calls for armed strength and universal arbitration. The league seeks to arm for defense while advancing mandatory arbitration, with plans for a world union and a world peacemaker selection. Potential candidates include Carnegie, Roosevelt, King Edward, and William. A Baltimore and Ohio excursion to Harpers Ferry and nearby towns is advertised for August 2.
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Interparliamentary Union
Legislative Department
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Harpers Ferry
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Charlestown
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Union Station
Vorys to Lead Ohio Campaign Under Taft Banner
Cincinnati July 26 Frank H Hitch cock chair man of the Republican national committee will control the presidential campaign in Ohio as head of the national organization A I Vorys named to Ohio duties will withdraw as manager and become Taft personal representative with a roving commission to mediate factional disputes He and Taft reached the arrangement at a conference Vorys will operate independently of the state committee and will be in confidential relation with the candidate Taft also plans to engage local Republicans in Cincinnati and Youngstown while evaluating the Ohio situation ahead of a major state central committee meeting with contesting election boards in three counties and a large parade planned for Taft Day confirmation of Oklahoma treasurer and other national committee arrivals add to a tense but coordinated push to unite the party in Ohio.
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Fallieres to Meet Czar on Finnish Bay Cruise
French President Fallieres sailed from Dunkirk on the gunboat Cessini toward Reval to meet Czar Nicholas after an official visit to Denmark and Sweden. He will proceed to the Bay of Reval in Finland where the imperial yacht hosts the meeting before continuing to Christiania to visit King Haakon of Norway.
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Standad
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Turbulent Turkey Faces Crisis Over Concessions
Amid protests in Constantinople on July 2 and a republication of a reform decree, rhetoric warns that constellations of religious and military factions may revolt if the constitution granted under pressure lacks seriousness. The Third Army Corps and nationalist groups press for guarantees as Macedonia remains volatile and the United States watches closely.
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Selahman
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Turkey
Third Army Corps
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Macedonia
Leishman
Ottoman Empire
State Department
Lost $50 000 Necklace Found In Countess WartenSleben
A pearl necklace valued at 50000 disappeared from Countess von Wartensleben's apartment last February during her opera outing. The maid was arrested after a window in her room was found open, then released. she was re-arrested amid ongoing investigations into the theft. A sensational sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church featured Dr Milton Waldron denouncing government pressure on colored church leaders and urging political independence for African Americans.
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Rages Rage Revolt Urges Votes for Bryan in Deep South
The National Negro Political League president deplores Republican leaders for neglecting Black voters. He delivers a sensational sermon accusing administration officials of intimidation toward Washington pagers and threatening to discharge Black church members.
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Administration
Washington Pagsters
Charges Intimidation In Shiloh Church Leaders
A protested claim accuses government officials of pressuring pastors and allied ministers to halt political activity opposing the ruling party. Allegations mention threats to church members and a post election purge plan targeting employees who support anti Republican preachers led by Afton Weldron of Shiloh Baptist Church and president of the National Negro American Political League.
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Ghiloh Baptist Church
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