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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
2
President Roosevelt defends government actions on the Panama Canal. He refutes claims that documents were destroyed and questions The News for spreading falsehoods. He accuses editor Delavan Smith and others of deliberate mendacity and defends public access to documents.
William M. Laffan of The Sun responds to President Roosevelt in a formal statement. He declines a controversy while noting Roosevelt’s claimed freedom from truth and the embarrassment of addressing a president. Laffan mentions Roosevelt's letter to William Dudley Foulke and cites patronage denials as historic, vivid evidence.
Washington reports that Germany will not seek a separate China policy pact with Japan, noting a long standing German British treaty aligning aims with Japan. The 1900 accord binds both to preserve Chinese territorial status quo and open door while consulting on joint interests, explaining Berlin’s near eight year closeness with Tokyo.
Delavan Smith, traveling from Chicago to New York, cites a New York paper as the source for the Panama editorial charge. He says The Indianapolis News duplicated the report, credited to the source, and denies personal motive in the campaign. He notes he offered use of The News columns to Mr. Foulke but was declined.
General Crozier reports the new magazine rifle adopted for the Army and state militias is more powerful accurate and rapid than the Krag Jorgensen rifle it replaces. Erosion of cannon and small arms by new ammunition remains an unsolved issue though experiments may shed light. 30 caliber rifle tests show erosion with nitro glycerine powder far higher than with nitro cellulose powder despite lighter charges.
Memphis December 6 The annual report of the National Ginners Association shows 12,878,000 bales ginned this year excluding linters. The figure reflects the total crop ginned by members and highlights the industry’s scale across the season.
John Barrett director of the International Bureau of the American Republics says fast mail passenger and express steamers are essential for North and South American trade. He urges US backed banks in Latin countries and better US commercial familiarity with Latin markets to spur growth, noting European banks show the model.
H E Roseberry once a Wilmore Kentucky preacher was sent to the penitentiary for three years after abandoning his wife and bringing a sixteen year old girl to Chattanooga Tennessee He accepted the verdict and requested immediate coal mine work and asked that the title reverend not accompany his name.
The Caxton volumes in Lord Amherst’s library were reportedly purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan at a private sale last week. The list details early Caxton works and related early printed editions such as The Recoyers of the Historyes of Troye and Dictes of the Philosophers, with notes on copies, defects, and provenance.
Dr Cyrus Northrop will resign from the presidency of the University of Minnesota at the end of the current college year. He began in 1884 and will have served twenty five years as head, after a lengthy academic career including Yale professorship.
P. H. Murphy, a baseball pitcher from Leominster, died at 24 of pneumonia after asking his friend William Lahiff to sing Face to Face. He had played in Keene New Hampshire and Bridgeport before joining the Allentown outlaw league and later the St. Louis Nationals for a $2,000 transfer. He faded as the song ended, giving his friend a final request.
At a midnight special session in the Avondale Temple led by President Rosenberg, Mrs. David Philipson protested the expulsion of the Cleveland section of the National Council of Jewish Women. She demanded a reply to the Arbitration Committee report before she would seek re election, triggering a heated show of support and opposition among attendees.
Naturalist John Burroughs comments on President Roosevelt's upcoming Africa expedition. He says Roosevelt has nerve, will hunt as a naturalist, and will likely kill with the first shot if needed. Burroughs notes Roosevelt never uses tobacco or liquor and would avoid killing beyond necessity.
Hayden Stone & Co rehabilitated the Eastern Steamship Co by purchasing 22,000 shares from Consolidated for $1 and delivering $1,100,000 to its treasury and to loans. They borrowed $1.1 million from Boston banks backing the deal and now hold stock enabling potential sale for control. The steamship earns 10 percent this year, and the Consolidated stake rose from doubtful value to over $50 per share.
Patrick H Grace was removed from the office of Financier by Parlor City Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Binghamton New York. He had served twelve years and was replaced by T P Walker after he sent a letter to President Roosevelt asking about Tafts labor ideas.
Miss Lena Meyers was removed from 1842 Madison Avenue to Harlem Hospital suffering from blood poisoning caused by ulcerated teeth. She died at the hospital. Surgeons found she had been ill only two days before admission and suspect prior medical treatment.
George Alesiax of Great Kills Richmond was struck by an automobile owned and driven by Frederick Pape a Brooklyn hotel keeper yesterday on Amber Road near Great Kills. He suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital Livion Richmond where his condition was described as serious.
In Hammondport New York on December 6 the Aerial Experiment Association tested the Silver Dart. Three short flights showed excellent control despite high winds. The aircraft uses an eight cylinder Curtiss engine mounted low and an eight foot propeller at about two thirds speed with V test transmission. design mirrors the June Bug with further trials planned when weather allows.
In St Louis on December 6 a society figure named Capt Honeywell’s balloon voyage began with Von Phul naming the ship The Von Lambert. The pair rose four thousand feet, traveled sixty seven miles to Willsville Illinois, and returned with plans to qualify as balloon pilots and join the Aero Club of America.
Four men and one woman from Chicago were arrested in Winnipeg after attempting to rob Porte & Markle jewelers. A bogus diamond fooled a proprietor in the vault, and a trunk filled with jewelry worth thousands was found. police also seized pawn tickets from Chicago and other cities.
Forest fires in New York state caused 643 986 75 in property losses with 138 000 spent on fighting them during 1908 State Forest Fish and Game Commissioner Whipple reports losses compare with 1903 when destroyed timber valued at 666 207 and logs 136 920 75 standing timber 497 046 and buildings 10 020 Railroads patrol costs 6 409 52 There were over 700 fires in 1908 up from 82 in 1907 with incipient fires from railroad engines and various causes burning acreage totals about 177 476 acres with 50 488 acres on state lands and 126 980 acres private as burned.
Police Lieut Petrosino of the Italian squad at the Central Office was welcomed back to headquarters after a week’s absence. He announced the birth of his first child, a twelve pound baby girl, at his home on Saturday night.
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