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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
4
President Cabrera announced the execution of eighteen conspirators involved in an attempt on his life. He said evidence against others was strong and pledged further actions. The city remains tense with military control and disrupted commerce as political unrest continues.
Porto Rico April 23 President Roosevelt orders Gov Post to forward documents to Washington for review in the church property dispute. Insular courts already ruled on points favorable to both sides as appeal goes to the United States Supreme Court. Case centers on the Roman Catholic Chapel and estates once held by Dominican and Franciscan orders valued around $1,000,000.
Count Laszlo Széchényi and the Countess, formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, were overturned from a boat on Easter Sunday on the River Laboreza. They swam to shore, were given dry clothes by a nearby resident, and suffered no ill effects, remaining amused by the mishap.
London April 23 The Russian Government according to a trade journal has ordered five warships from a Clyde shipbuilder firm. All five are stated to be larger than the Dreadnought.
Florence reports the laying of the foundation stone for the Church of St James an American Episcopal church to be built with Herbert Venable as rector Lloyd Griscom the American Ambassador to Italy performed the ceremony in Florence April 23. The event marks a milestone in the American religious presence abroad.
Public notice outlines full description of transit facilities to new towns and townships in Long Island and Jersey City. Advertisements requested today for inclusion in next Sunday Times annual real estate review.
A Kimberley dispatch reports great unrest after rumors of a plot by unemployed workers to blow up De Beers offices and other major buildings. Following mass dismissals amid a slump in the diamond trade, guards surround offices and the diamond store, with fires of incendiary origin blamed on discharged workers.
In Naples on April 23 Prince Helio de Sagan angrily left a hotel for a Corso Vittorio Emmanuele apartment and lamented the Friedrich der Grosse’s delay for Mme Anna Gould. He complained reporters and drivers colluded to track him, sought a trusted car, and noted the Bertolini Palace Hotel as his lodging with a view of the Gulf and Mount Vesuvius.
London officials report Scotch distillers protesting after New York customs detained a shipment of Scotch whisky for coloring matter labeling. Distillers met Foreign Office representatives seeking explanation. Officials say instructions were sent to the U S ambassador, Bryce, in Washington. Shippers claim compliance with the pure food law and that coloring in ingredients is harmless. Customs had halted certain Scotch and Irish whiskies about a week ago amid technical questions. A shipper said Washington telegrams indicated Bryce had resolved the issue and releases were anticipated.
At the Foreign Office German Foreign Minister and the British and French ambassadors with Danish Dutch and Swedish ministers signed accords to preserve the Baltic coast and North Sea status quo. A Petersburg memorandum recorded mutual recognition of the Baltic status quo by Russia Germany Sweden and Denmark. An act terminating the 1855 Stockholm treaty also followed.
Fritz Perrugia, brother-in-law of Leopold de Rothschild and linked with the Anglo Jewish Association of London, killed himself in his Grand Hotel Paris apartments. Motives unclear but reports say heavy losses from speculations in Henri Rochette promoted companies. Perrugia ran a banking business in London.
Copenhagen reports Constantin Brun the Danish minister to the United States will move to London this summer. Count Carl von Moltke, minister to Italy, is expected to succeed him. The Countess von Moltke was Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer of Boston, married June 29 in Lancaster Massachusetts.
The seis mograph at the Ebro Observatory showed shocks from midnight last night to 1 A M in Tortosa Spain. The center of the disturbance is estimated about 3,000 miles away.
At Skidoo California a small band of citizens overpowered the sheriff’s guard protecting Joseph Simpson the gambler who shot James Arnold last Sunday and hanged Simpson to a telegraph pole.
A 300-vehicle motor caravan carries 250 fleet officers and 50 Los Angeles dignitaries across the county. They lunch in Pasadena and tour Hollywood Sawtelle and Santa Monica, where a municipal gift is presented to Admiral Evans. The party plans a final city tour and a barbecue before the fleet sails to Santa Barbara for a four day stay.
In Washington on April 23 the Senate prepared for a showdown over the Navy bill as Administration allies push for four battleships while opponents demand only two. Key fights centered on American citizenship for bidders and American-made materials, with amendments from Gore Bacon Haile defeated.
Senator Rayner assailed President Roosevelt and critics who applaud him in a Washington speech. He urged Senate support for a resolution arguing Congress must not enlarge federal powers by implication and upheld states rights under the Tenth Amendment. He said he would limit the presidency to one term and denounced expansion of commerce power.
Representative Charles E Fowler argued that leaders like Grant and Cleveland acted wisely in vetoing certain measures. He claimed the Aldrich bill lacks support from the Banking and Currency Committee amid widespread mail opinions. Gov. Fort, praised as a future vice president prospect, vowed to campaign statewide, while Fort’s reform proposals were largely ignored by the Legislature.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association sends a protest to Speaker Cannon against a covert move by Cannon Payne and Dalzell to block relief from paper prices. They urge floor consideration of the Stevens bill and threaten testifying before the committee. Democrats and dissenting Republicans seize the moment to pressure the Speaker.
The House voted 227 to 42 against an amendment by Fordney to the Wood Pulp bill resolution. The measure aimed to authorize DOJ ouster of Harriman interests in a three million acre Oregon land grant while protecting bona fide patent holders. Speaker Cannon defended allowing a single amendment to the plan amid a rules dispute.
Representative Focht of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to require that one half of goods made under foreign patents licensed by the American government be manufactured in the United States. The move seeks parity with Germany Great Britain and Russia to affect reciprocal rates.
Washington April 23 The ballot for ten Vice Presidents General at the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will not be announced until tomorrow morning as tellers finish canvassing the vote. President Roosevelt received the delegates in the East Room at the White House today.
Four men were killed three seriously injured and about 100 others escaped with narrow misses when an explosion rocked Mine 1 of Ellsworth Collieries Company in Ellsworth Washington County Pennsylvania. The dead are foreigners.
Logan Sr McPherson will deliver three lectures on present day railroad problems at Columbia University next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Gov Hughes notified Red Cross HQ in this city that Albany engagements prevent him addressing the Waldorf Astoria next Tuesday afternoon. Lieut Gov Chanler will represent New York State and speak with Taft Simmons and Sanger. Justice Dowling appointed Arthur Levy receiver of Kramrich & Liebowitz assets in a soda fountain suit brought by Liebowitz against Kramrich for dissolution. Henry Well, alleged real estate agent linked to World rented rooms at 163 West Thirty-fourth Street used for gambling, held in Tombs Court in 500 bail.
Washington April 23. A House committee hearing on Lilleys charges against Electric Boat Co. featured fights over the production of confidential letters and the authorship of two anonymous communications. Lilleys secretary Webster acknowledged writing the letters, while Lilley said he had not repudiated the letter.
The Daily Trade Record reports most New York tailor shops shut down except a few making Brill clothes. Brill factories claim near full operation, employing top tailormen. Brill Clothes priced from 15 to 45 dollars are promoted as modern value.
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