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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
3
Dayton Ohio December letters flare over religion in U S politics. J C Martin replies to President Roosevelt denying misquotation and defends Protestant voters stance against a Roman Catholic for president. He cites Lutherans Baptists and Presbyterians while arguing for strict church state separation and religious liberty.
In a heated radio oration, a speaker questions whether unity of church and state is better or the denial of Christ's divinity. He cites Jesus as God, warns Unitarian views diminish salvation, and argues McKinley’s death testifies to true Christianity despite public policy.
Father Thomas F. Burke of the Paulist Fathers told Archbishop Farley at St. Patrick’s Cathedral that the Catholic Church does not seek to control the state and always supports loyalty to the American Constitution. He refuted claims that Catholics cannot subscribe to the Constitution and cited church leaders urging allegiance to U S law over church authority. The sermon asserted Catholics should elect officials who honor constitutional rights and emphasized a clear separation of ecclesiastical and civil powers in America.
Washington December 20 amid growing ties with Latin American republics a Taft letter made public tonight states he will continue Roosevelt Root policy. He praises the visit of Mr Root and aims to strengthen commercial relations and a firm bond with South and Central American nations. He hopes for closer cooperation and greater international sympathy.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that allowances for transferring sugar from refineries to trains amount to rebates and violate the law. The decision, announced in Washington, ends a dispute between New York refineries and Philadelphia rivals, urging carriers to conform their tariffs without delay. The inquiry found 2 cents per 100 pounds cartage payments in New York were effectively rebates, with historic rates varying up to 40 cents, and noted the practice began as adjustments to Philadelphia rebates and pool maintenance.
A Carnegie Nutrition Laboratory study in Roxbury Boston reports a machine that measures human energy across bodily states. Professor Francis Gano Benedict leads tests on patients from local hospitals, with potential advances in diabetes typhoid and nutrition, drawing visitors from Elihu Root N Zuntz and others to inspect the lab.
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins in White Plains appoints Trust Company of America as ancillary receiver for the Thomas McNally Company of Pittsburg with large Catskill aqueduct contracts, alongside J F Erny president of Semen Savings and Deposit Bank of Pittsburg, who was named receiver there on Friday, bond to be posted.
Japanese residents hosted a dinner at the Hotel Astor to honor Lindsay Russell, Vice President of the Japan Society of New York, presenting a loving cup for services aiding Japan United States friendship. Baron Takahira praised the society and diplomats for fostering warm relations, with Consul General Midzuno as toastmaster and a guest list including Consuls, professors, and officials.
Mrs. Mary Busby known as the woman with sixty two aliases was arraigned before Magistrate Barlow in Jefferson Market Court on a charge of stealing 48.31 worth of dry goods from a Sixth Avenue store on Saturday. She waived examination and was held in 1000 bail. She recalled Inspector Byrnes who once supervised her cases and had her picture placed on his desk.
Washington reports from the Bureau of Statistics show the average American consumes more than half a ton of sugar per person yearly. 1907 totals reach 7,089,667,975 pounds with beet sugar production overtaking cane for the first time, and world output doubling since 1887 to about 32 billion pounds.
Governor George Curry urges statehood for New Mexico in his annual Interior Department report. He extols the territory’s industrious population, strong industries, and stable laws as evidence it deserves admission to statehood and equal treatment.
At the Bronx Park Zoo Bola the largest boa constrictor suffered indigestion after a large iguana之 hare meal last week. Keeper Charles Snyder had fed the animal and the zoo physician treated Bola as he endured digestive distress. He recovered within an hour but will not be fed again until Christmas.
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