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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
4
Report from Port au Prince says Haitian opposition plans armed demonstrations near US warships to trigger marines landing and provisional American control. A Haitian official describes intolerable conditions and advocates intervention to guard life and property, labeling the current regime a military dictatorship.
The McKee divorce case was continued in Paris with Mrs McKee’s counsel denying Mr McKee’s counter charges. Barrister Barboux pressed defenses and sought to reveal letters, aiming to discredit Mrs McKee. a decision is expected after April 19.
London reports Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s resignation due to ill health and Herbert H. Asquith’s appointment as Prime Minister after a morning meeting with King Edward at Biarritz. Asquith submitted his resignation as Chancellor and was then named Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. The King plans a Privy Council in London on April 16.
Notes from foreign affairs report severe rioting in the city yesterday as crowds attacked the railway, set fire to two stations and thirty cars, and destroyed a bridge over the Pardee River. Emigration figures in Hamburg show a drop for the quarter, while labor ministers meet in Paris to discuss tanning industry methods. The Russian Duma passes a bill, and Hamburg's shipping syndicate plans a reduced rate monthly service to Havana and Tampico to compete with Ocean Steamship.
At Friday’s Board of Estimate meeting Controller Metz will introduce a resolution to issue permits to Fifth Avenue property owners for stoops vaults porticos and other projections over the house line revoked. If approved Corporation Counsel will begin proceedings to remove all such projections by January 1 to start widening the avenue.
Hongkong April 8 Chinese Merchants Guild orders agents at Japanese ports to halt new orders of Japanese goods and to reroute existing shipments in vessels not Japanese. Chinese piece goods dealers join the boycott sparked by the Tatsu Maru incident.
Chicago April 8 Two hundred members of the Illinois Manufacturers Association will travel to Japan China and other Eastern countries within six months to promote American trade They will ride a special Pacific Coast train to a new steamship line to the Orient accompanied by State Department diplomats to brief on court etiquette and Oriental procedure The delegation plans to visit the Emperor of China the ruler of Japan Korea and the Philippines to advance U S commerce.
Paris dispatch says a major scandal in the Commissary Department is suspected with rations to eastern frontier garrisons found unfit. War Minister Picquart ordered seizures of contractor supplies for microscopic tests in Paris as investigations continue.
In Berlin on April 8 the Crown Prince, honoring Hohenzollern custom, set up a lathe in a bedroom and spent the morning turning chair legs. He worked with his adjutant in shirt sleeves as electricity failed. The emperor is a cabinetmaker and ancestry includes a bookbinder and a turner.
Baron Henry Louis de Ginzberg claims kinship to Count Boni de Castellane and Prince Helio da Sagan and is interned in a county hospital charity ward. Authorities in Omaha and Kansas City piece together his identity after he asserts a vast Boer War loss and cites a tailoring past. He was jailed for a disturbance at Webster Davis’s home.
Deputy Sheriff served a writ of replevin for a solitaire diamond ring to Miss Lucille Mullhall a young horsewoman. Price M. Taylor former Southern Railroad passenger agent sought immediate recovery fearing the engagement to a rival would cost him the ring. Mullhall daughter of Col Zack Mullhall 401 ranch Oklahoma has drawn White House attention with broncho busting lariat feats.
Policemen Helm Hunt and three others confirmed riding in the car driven by Norman H. Scholle off Fast Seventy Sixth Street after a carnival. They said they rode off duty at under ten miles per hour and disputed Sergt. Casey’s speeding claim. Scholle was held for trial as he admitted speeding due to passengers claiming police status.
The Supreme Court in Los Angeles denied Abraham Ruef's application for a writ of mandamus and prohibition to halt his bribery trial before Judge Maurice J. Dodling on grounds of alleged prejudice.
Westport hosts formal dedication of the Jesup Memorial Library presented to the town by the late Morris K K Jesup of New York in memory of his parents. Mrs Jesup and John Is Parsons of New York delivered presentations speeches. Gov Woodruff gave an address. the library cost about 70 000 dollars.
The Pictorial Section will be unusually handsome next Sunday with portraits of the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. Clarence Macka. Center pages show a Waldorf Astoria scene honoring Mrs. Humphry Ward. A remarkable reproduction features four hundred clearly distinguishable faces. Order advance today from your newsdealer.
Cortlandt Field Bishop president of the Aero Club of America sails to Europe on the Provence to join the Berlin Gordon Bennett Cup effort. He cites a strong team with Lieut Lahm and J C McCoy, notes 27 balloons from eight nations, and expects a hard race amid variable Berlin winds. Bishop also plans a study of heavier than air flights in Paris and outlines a new navigation department.
Four Philadelphia policemen Straub Kelly Luckenbill and Sithens were sentenced to seven years each in the eastern Penitentiary after pleading guilty to entering without breaking with intent to steal larceny receiving stolen goods and conspiracy. Fellow conspirators Frost and Rothenberger also received prison terms. Judge Kinsey denounced the crime as treasonous and warned it stains the police and city.
Bruce R Shears named President of the Borough Bank of Brooklyn set to open next week. He is the 2nd examiner in the State Banking Department and has previous banking ties in Rutland Vermont and Malone New York. He was recommended by former Superintendent Kilburn and Superintendent Clark Williams.
Mrs. Gertrude Barney, elected City Collector for the Republicans and Prohibitionists, was denied a commission by the City Council because she is a woman. Another election likely. Barney’s husband was killed by a train recently, and she ran to raise the gender eligibility issue.
Dallas and Palestine election results show three women winning key posts. Sallie Ward is elected Assessor and Tax Collector for Palestine, while Mrs. J Pi Turner and Mrs. P P Tucker win seats on the Dallas Board of Education.
Joseph Giordani, an agent for the Haitian Revolutionary Party, was convicted yesterday in the U S Circuit Court of possession of spurious money. He was remanded until Tuesday for sentencing. He faces additional charges for transporting counterfeit funds and illicitly shipping cartridges to revolutionists.
Harmony fails to prevail in Hughes backed factions as a large ticket of delegates at large is proposed. Stewart Woodford Benjamin Odell Jr Timothy Woodruff and John W Dwight are named with aims to balance regional representation and unity though Woodruff may object.
Timothy Woodruff faces a clash at the State Convention over selecting the State Committeeman for Roosevelt's First District covering parts of Queens Suffolk and Nassau Counties. Queens Republicans accuse the chairman of flipping plans favoring J J Bartlett over H Homer Moore after promising to consider Moore.
Milwaukee April 8 Delegates at large from Wisconsin favoring Robert M La Follette won a large share of the state primary over Taft supporters. Early returns show La Follette delegates elected from nine of eleven districts with named delegates listed for each district and at large.
Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota, en route to Shiloh to dedicate a monument for fallen Minnesota soldiers, says he will accept the nomination if offered and will campaign vigorously. He denies any Hill influence behind his candidacy and declines to discuss Bryan, asserting the Democratic Party has a fair chance this year.
Chicago reports a decisive victory for the Municipal Voters' League with 24 of 35 elected. The league endorses or opposes candidates by fitness rather than party, leaving two unopposed or neither endorsed.
The Virginia State Republican Convention met in Lynchburg at noon and appeared to back Roosevelt's Administration and Taft for the presidential nomination. The gathering indicated strong support for Roosevelt and Taft as contenders.
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