Roosevelt as Arbitrator In Venezuelan Dispute
Venezuela accepts Roosevelt as arbiter as England and Germany offer to submit claims. The Hague tribunal is urged, with the Monroe Doctrine as a barrier. Negotiations advance toward stopping hostilities while officials report no new developments. Blockade of Venezuelan ports begins with British and American naval forces active near Port of Spain and La Guayra. Over 500 workers lose jobs as harbor firms dismiss laborers.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Roosevelt
Washington
England
Germany
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Hague
Court of Nations
State Department
Buch
Europe
Bowen
Hague Tribunal
Berlin
Great Britain
Ambassador Tower
White
London
Associated Press
United States
State
Attasion
la Guayra
Giovanni Bausan
Tribune
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Mercedes
Three Children Cremated in Michigan House Fire
In Pellston Michigan on December 16 Alfred Durkee left his two sons and a daughter aged one four and six years alone in his house. He and his wife went to the store for about thirty minutes. The house burned while they were away, cremating the three children.
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Michigan House
Pellston
Mich
Alfred Durkee
Cha. Durkee
Fraternity Initiation Mock Hanging Sparks Panic
In Madison Wisconsin a university fraternity staged a mock hanging during an initiation in a hotel basement. After heavy drinking the group suspended a member from a ceiling hook until the bartender, fearing a real death, cut him down with a butcher knife. The incident caused a hotel panic and rumors of a fatal hanging.
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Madison, Wiz
Avenue Hotel
Jury Almost Fights in Watts Kidnapping Case
Springfield, MI, Dec. 28. After three days of excited deliberations the jury in the John N Watts kidnapping case was discharged yesterday. Eight jurors stood for acquittal and four for conviction, ending without a verdict.
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Springfield
John N. Watts
Jury deadlock ends eight day trial with near fight
After an eight day trial the jury failed to agree on acquittal or conviction with seven for acquittal and five for conviction. Two jurors were close to exchanging blows before oilers intervened and the panel was discharged.
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Webty Pallors
Xen Small
Wisconsin Man Devoured Near Nicaragua Shark Attack
Anna Fidlin of Racine received a letter from her son in Greytown Nicaragua reporting that Wissen formerly of Racine was swallowed by a shark. He and two companions were in a small rowboat when it sank. He leapt out to swim to shore but was eaten before help could reach him. two companions escaped.
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Nicaragua
Racine
Milwaukee
Dee
Anna Fidlin
Greytown
Wissen
Wisson
Fidiin
Chicago man sent to jail in fraud case
Gordon C. Blair, former secretary of the Chamberlain Transportation Co of Chicago, was bound over in Houghton Mich for obtaining money under false pretenses. He could not furnish bail after negotiating the sale of the Wilber barge lumber cargo to John Price for 3000 dollars. Captain William P. O'Brien of the Wilber was implicated but discharged for lack of evidence.
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Gordon C. Blair
Houghton
Houghton, Mich
Chamberlain Transportation Company of
Chicago
Wilber
John Price
William P. O'Brien
Brave Father Fights Fire in Castan Farm Home
Fort Dodge Iowa December 23 A farmer J J Higgins near Castan fought through smoke to rescue his family trapped by flames He carried one child under each arm to safety but found one boy remained inside and the details end with Higgins continuing the perilous rescue attempt.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. J. Higgins
Castan
Higgins
Man Fights With Entai ren Dropped Boy In Snow
A man dropped one of the ent iaren and threw the other into the snow. He returned for the boy to find him dead. Higgins then escaped with difficulty.
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Higgins
Miner Takes Morphine and Leaves Secret Suicide Note
Butte Mont Dec 23 Jarvin F Mc Comber a loser of work in Oakland hotel died from morphine. He formerly lived in Minneapolis and left a note asking a friend to inform his mother that he was killed in a mine. He begged the coroner to keep details private to spare his mother distress.
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Butte
Mont
Jarvin F. McComber
Oakland
Minneapolis
Anthracite is struck in Barnesville Minnesota coal field
Prospectors on Mr. Storer’s farm uncover a seven foot vein of anthracite coal seventy three feet underground signaling coal in the Barnesville area. On Andrew Anderson’s land drillers hit black water, suggesting eastern hills hold coal and land prices rise rapidly.
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Barnesville
Minn
Storer
Andrew Anderson
Plague Fear Grips Mexican Coast As Grafton Sails
Alarm grows on the west coast over a reported bubonic plague in Mantlan Mexico City with local doctors fearing the Asiatic form while the British warship Grafton deems it something else. The Grafton has departed and the Sinola governor investigates the case.
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Mexico City
Dee
Mantlan
Grafton
Sinola
Burglars Dynamite Valley Junction Drug Store Safe
Des Moines report says burglars dynamited Miller's drug store safe in Valley Junction early yesterday and took about $3,000 in money and checks. Nearby residents were not awakened by the blast or the commotion.
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Des Moines
Valley Junction
Miller's
Highwaymen Attacked in Province. One Killed
In Ardmore Indiana Territory on December 23 a posse of citizens engaged two armed highwaymen entering Province. George Slocum was shot and captured after his horse fell. The other robber escaped. Slocum died later from his wounds. The pair were believed to be returning from a robbery nearby.
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Ardmore
Ind. T
Province
Chickasaw
George Slocum
Slocum
Million Dollar Blaze at Knoxville Knitting Mill
Fire destroyed the Knoxville knitting mill in the wholesale district early today. The blaze threatened nearby buildings, with losses estimated at about one million dollars. Firemen fought hard but could not halt the flames.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Six miners killed in Virginia coal mine collapse
Knoxville reports six miners died in a mining accident at a coal mine in Inman Virginia yesterday. The men, unnamed, were crushed while pulling down pillars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Inman
Construction Crew Paid Off in Stanley Wis This Winter
Stanley Wisconsin December 23 The railroad construction crew on the Stanley Merrill and Phillips extension was paid off Saturday and work halted until spring signaling a seasonal pause in the project.
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Stanley, Wis
Stanley, Merrill & Phillips
Marconi Solves Wireless Transoceanic Message feat
Halifax reports Marconi announces success in wireless transoceanic communication after eight secret tests. Messages were sent from Canada to England and Italy, with confirmations from the governor general to King Edward VII. The Carlo Alberto and signals from Cornwall figure in tests. tests extended to 2,300 miles and beyond. London Times confirms Cape Breton transmission to Poldhu. Separate court notes in Slayton list sentences for Demuth burglary and embezzlement cases.
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Halifax
Marconi
Canada
England
Edward VII
Great Britain
Italy
George R. Parrish
Upper Canada College
Newforthqland
Signal Hill
Cornwall
Philadelphia
America
Carlo Aloerto
Sydney Harbor
Table Head
Carlo Alberto
Venezuela
London
The
London Times
Marconi Cape Breton
Times
Glace Bay
N. By
Poldhu
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