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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
Caracas reports a diplomatic flap as Castro bars the French interests hand in Venezuela, delaying payment to French claimants while German and Dutch envoys face restrictions. Barón von Seckendorff remains largely welcome though curacao ties strain curbs on port entries and shipping amid upheaval across Honduras and Guatemala.
The Netherlands may act against Venezuela with no military occupation of territory, per U S understanding. The Friesland cruiser plans Caribbean operations after next month, while Washington avoids confirming specific Dutch plans.
Berlin August 18 Senor Velez Venezuelan Chargé d Affaires presented credentials at the Foreign Office and was received by acting foreign secretary Steinrich. The relations between Germany and Venezuela are reported to be friendly with no controversy. President Castro has fulfilled all engagements from the 1903 adjustment.
Consul General Mason has pursued release for Dr John Miller Moore held in Villevrad Asylum amid claims of insanity. Experts say he suffers violent delusions, and French officials require a bond from a relative or friend to secure his return home. Moore appeals for immediate freedom as relatives in South Carolina are contacted for action.
The aging emperor’s jubilee is marked by patriotic festivals across Austria and Hungary. Te Deums, parades, and civic events fill towns with decoration. Funds from the celebration will fund philanthropic institutes. Roosevelt and European leaders send congratulations. Jubilee Cross created for officials. Amnesty granted in some cases.
Tibet’s Dalai Lama, a wanderer in Northern China since 1904, is expected to enter Peking next month. The government shows strong recognition of his status, while officials from Shansi Province consider drastic measures over reported abuses by his Tibetan followers at Wutaishan.
Geneva dispatch reports leaders of the Young Turk Party may gather in late August to discuss deposing the Sultan of Turkey and to choose a successor if the decision is affirmative. No confirmation available in London.
Nineteen death sentences were signed today in Khardov Kiev War saw and Lodz. Ten were for peasants retried after revolutionary activity, granted a retrial by the Supreme Military Court.
Guatemalan president Estrada Cabrera allegedly masterminded a scheme to place Gen Ramon Morales in power in Honduras. Reported by passengers arriving on the Harold from Guatemala City, the uprisings in Honduras are said to be part of Cabrera's plan. Proclamations dated relevant to the bid were cited.
The life of the late Li Hung-Chang has been published in Chinese at Shanghai. It is an official compilation and consists of 100 volumes.
Dispatches from Casablanca report unconfirmed rumors that Abd-el-Aziz the Sultan of record has reached Morocco City after a victorious march against Mulai Hafid. Paris coverage notes Burton met French bankers about US Monetary Commission work with London-bound members to arrive Aug 22. Cherbourg police arrest Italian steerage passenger Giovanni Fontanile with bullet wounds believed to mark him as an international bandit.
Herman Bernstein, a long voyage passenger, reports from Russia that the empire is writhing in anarchy and lawlessness under Nicholas II. He cites mass hangings, empowered gendarmes, and a discredited third Duma while noting peasants’ shattered faith in the czar and widespread discontent across cities from St. Petersburg to Warsaw.
Blacksmith swimmer T. W. Burgess gave up one mile from Cape Grisnez after twenty hours eleven minutes in rough seas and tides. He started from Dover and was miles off course, with a turn of tide needed to reach France. This marked his sixth unsuccessful Channel attempt.
Bert A. Williams led the Frogs, a group for operatic dramatic and literary members, to secure incorporation. Justice Bischoff signed the charter after ruling the file and objects non ridiculous, while Justice Goff previously found them incongruous and ridiculous.
The Empress is reported ill with hysteria and weakness reducing her ability to walk or stand. She missed the dinner honoring Francis Joseph at Krasnoye Selo, while Emperor Nicholas hosted the Austrian Emperor’s birthday events in St. Petersburg. Masses and diplomatic welcomes marked the Austrian leader’s visit, with Iswolsky among attendees.
A Tolstoy greeting was read to the fourth International Congress of Esperantists in Dresden. Invitations were offered to host next year’s meeting in Japan and the United States. The US has 66 societies, with 10 new. 5 in the Philippine Islands. Covunt Hayashi, ex Foreign Minister, heads the Japanese Esperanto Society.
Acting on a royal order, Consul General Massiglia and Royal Italian Emigration Inspector Atiolico inspected the Cunard liner Pannonia and the Austro American liner Argentina. They found the decree excludes regular New York to Naples passenger ships with Royal Commissioners aboard. The law requires captains of ships carrying over fifty emigrants to have a New York Consul permit certifying compliance, or face punishment.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Long Island plans eight new pastors as Bishop McDonnel returns from Europe. Three rectorates are vacant and five new parishes are contemplated. The Rome pilgrimage left the diocese short of priests, prompting clerical transfers and changes across parishes in the next two months.
A boy warned Father Geachim Garofalo that the San Michele Archangelo church in Brooklyn was on fire. He entered the smoke filled rectory and rescued the chalice, vestments, and sacred vessels before firefighters found and extinguished the blaze started by a cigarette stub.
Andrew Norcross 57 of Ocean Grove New Jersey and Marion Loeb 28 a Bronx stenographer were taken to St Johns Hospital Long Island City after a heavy steel trolley on the Flushing route struck an open North Beach car at Borden and Vernon Avenues. Dennis Highland of Long Island City was injured and refused hospital.
Otto Becker, managing director of the Solinger Bank, arrested in Solinger on embezzlement charges after the bank’s bankruptcy declared July 25. He faces allegations of misappropriating funds belonging to the bank.
Dozens of students at the Rabbi Elchanan Theological Seminary Association on Henry Street halted classes to protest a loss of weekly stipends of 3.50 dollars. Leaders Baruch Schapiro Louis Mehler and Samuel Broida confront administration as board meetings plan to resolve the wage shortfall amid reduced voluntary subscriptions.
Students seek pay while avoiding disruption to the school. A meeting is planned at a leader’s home with a directors committee expected to confer. East side sources say no revolutionary action is planned and a compromise is likely.
Edward W. Young, assistant superintendent at Prudential Life Insurance, shot himself in the areaway of 501 West Forty-first Street yesterday morning. He lived at 400 West Forty-first Street with his wife and four children. neighbors reported he had not been seen since Saturday and may have been drinking. A note in his hat directed Dennis Buckley to care for the body. Buckley said Young was a quiet man and had never stayed away from home before.
Judge Hough ruled cross suits over the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the Crown of Castile collision in fog off the lower bay on March 18. damages and costs to be split. He found Castile gas to proceed at an unsafe speed and Kronprin Wilhelm anchored unlawfully. Both vessels at fault, burden on neither alone.
Robert Simonson a butcher of 227 West Kzth Street was sent to the General Sessions Chimirs Reformatory by Judge Maione after being arrested a week earlier for carrying a blackjack. He had previously gained notice for donning military uniform and posing as a U S Army officer.
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