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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
2
Marconi Wireless Telegraph bulletins from Lozier headquarters report Briarcliff race progress and results. Messages will be received on the Times Building tower this morning and posted on The Times bulletin boards for public viewing.
The Isquta team with Strang and Harding dominates Southern races, Strang winning the big Sasamed event. Stearns drivers Copan and others enrolls with top rivals. field includes Oldfield Vaught Lozier Michener Mulford and Robinson. Weather favorable, road rough, eight lap race now official, egress restricted, rules clarified at Briarcliff Lodge.
Scores of cars and crowds toured the course yesterday as Westchester County prepares for a major auto race. Officials and drivers from across the country gathered amid banners and tents, while towns along the route hosted stands, healing camps, and boosting revenue as preparations and excitement build.
A south wind drives a fire at Cape May Point destroying two hotels and five cottages and damaging two more. Loss estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. Fire crews from Cape May and nearby stations plus volunteers fight three hours with limited protection. Buildings destroyed include Lankenau villa and Surf House among others. several Philadelphia owners listed. Fire likely started by burning off old paint at Lankenau cottage.
Livingstone Roe Jr the son of a Standard Oil official was ordered to quit Pittsburg after a jail sentence and fine. He defied the order by returning on the night train and was warned by police that lingering would land him in the workhouse and that the Standard Oil Company could not intervene.
W E D Stokes as Philips Mission trustee filed to restrain the consolidation with the Eighty fourth Street Presbyterian Church. Justice Fitzgerald dismissed the complaint yesterday for failure to prosecute. The Philips Mission was founded by Anson J Phelps and supported by his family. the 1886 consolidation arose for financial reasons.
Dr James Curtis Hepburn of Orange New Jersey is expected to attend Princeton commencement this June marking his seventy six years since earning a 1832 diploma. He finished medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1836 and recently turned ninety three. Among 1287 Princeton graduates from 1832 to 1870 only 151 survive of whom eight are businessmen. Longevity favors law ministry and medicine in that order.
At the Naval Hospital Aronson the Harvard baseball player is reported doing nicely after a game accident with the midshipmen yesterday he was feared to have a concussion and a probable skull fracture he was hurt while sliding to a base
The governor urges an extraordinary session amid debates on fixes to the insurance method in the state. A late Senate bill aimed to protect Saratoga mineral springs by stopping further extraction of carbonic gas. Only 150 bills have become laws, far short of last year’s 5347. The governor faced about the same number of thirty day bills to decide in the next thirty days.
Special to The New York Times Albany April 23 The 1907 legislative session ended with the Old Guard in control, defeating most Hughes reforms such as abolition of race track gambling and public service oversight. Banking reforms passed and aimed to curb abuses. Several measures favored New York City, including a Charter Revision Commission and subway financing, were enacted or advanced, while the Teachers Equal Salary bill and New York Central franchise measures were rejected. The session produced notable laws on highways military code water resources forest and game laws and the Torrens real estate system.
Mayor McClellan held hearings on eleven bills including a pension upgrade for disabled firemen, a delinquent tax interest change, and a plan for jury trials in municipal courts. He vetoed the refunding of assessments for East River Park, a veto repeated yearly for five years.
Henry B. Harris presented Robert Edeson in The Call of the North at the Providence Opera House tonight. The play by George Broadhurst, based on Stuart Edward White's Conjurer's House, drew a large favorable audience.
In Albany on April 23 reports say a bi partisan pact aims to defeat Governor Hughes race track reforms. Deputy State Treasurer Batten says Niagara plans nominating a man pledged to party policy after election. Orleans Republicans push a candidate pledged to support anti gambling laws at Lockport convention.
One hundred engineers recalled college days at Columbia during the fourth annual reunion and dinner at the Hotel Astor. Speakers included Dr. Butler Dean Van Amringe and Commissioner Bensel with toast master Eugene Klapp presiding. Dean Van Amringe praised engineers as gentlemen of the all conquering profession.
Indianapolis April 25 Harry S New chairman of the Republican National Committee announced there will be a full committee meeting before the National Convention in June to hear all state delegate contests. He warned no subcommittees will hear cases and settlement time will be long due to the presidential nomination contest.
During the Philadelphia diocese centennial celebrations more than 5,000 pupils from 122 parochial schools gathered in the cathedral. For the first time a layman spoke from the pulpit, James Charles Devers of Boys' Catholic High School delivering a tribute to Archbishop Ryan and his work in education.
Nicholas Helsloot a milkman from Lodj N J is jailed in Hackensack for starving five cows. His horse died from starvation a week earlier cutting milk delivery. Years ago he was arrested for selling horse meat in Passaic and authorities suspect he again sold horse flesh based on bone evidence.
The speech criticizes modern newspapers for lacking authority and the power they wield over public opinion and government. Jerome argues for accountable leadership, urges honest public opinion, and praises figures like Mr Bryce and President Roosevelt while praising Britain’s influence and commenting on Ireland.
Washington reports that tattooing in the navy is expanding with a surge among travelers and city tattooists. Surgeon Ammon Farenholt notes about 60 percent of sailors with ten years’ service bear tattoos, while first enlistments show 23 percent. Most designs are female figures or symbolic motifs. few are explicit.
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