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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
7
Albany dispatch reports a Brooklyn power alignment shift between State Chairman Timothy Woodruff and Col. Mike Dady after a fracas over county tickets. Dady’s men shift toward Hughes while Woodruff steadies Taft, with Odell’s faction watching and Governor Odell possibly reentering politics.
A woman with severe heart trouble attributes her recovery to quitting coffee and switching to Postum. She describes long illness, nervous prostration, and weight gain after using Postum, urged by her doctor to stop caffeine. The testimonial credits Postum with restoring health and strength and references The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
Albany reports indicate Gov. Hughes and allies in the Legislature will clash as codes committees review bills by Agnew and Hart to carry out anti race track gambling reforms. Senate members Hinman and Cassidy show limited support while Assembly opposition grows aside from Brooklyn’s Murphy who may resign. Hart bills align with Agnew but set minimum imprisonment of six months with no fine option.
Senator Page, with approval of the State Banking Department, introduced three bills to ease convicting accomplices in bank crimes and to expand conspiracy definitions. The measures amend the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure to allow sober testimony use, extend misdemeanor statute limits, and widen offenses defining conspiracy.
Senator Travis introduces a bill to extend the maximum subway operating contract in New York City from 25 to 50 years and the renewal term from 10 to 25 years. Gov Hughes backs the move alongside Charter Revision that could let NYC continue building subways. A concurrent constitutional amendment is proposed to exclude subway bonds from debt limits. Senator McCarren seeks repeal of the Neberg Act to spur private subway investment.
Gov Hughes announced that he approved the findings of a military court of inquiry which unanimously held Col. George B. Dyer of the Twelfth New York regiment was baseless in imputations made against him. The court noted the actions of Major Robb Bernhard and captains Dudley and Morgan as proper and faultless. Brig. Gen. Lauren W. Pettebone presided.
S A Bleecker Banks, lawhook publisher of Albany, found guilty of possessing six partridges and ten quail out of season. Appellate Division affirms conviction and $48.76 damages and costs. Banks challenged Section 141 of the Forest, Fish, and Game laws as unconstitutional. Inspectors entered his ice box at his residence on State Street during plumbing work.
Albany dispatch lists several proposed measures including Mr Oliver’s three platoon police bill limiting patrols to eight hours per day and eight hours every third day. Wacner seeks raise of uniformed Fire Department fourth class salary to 1000 dollars. Hains proposes expanding employers liability for work injuries. Frisbies bills ease voter registration and legislative agent duties. Senate moves Wainwright National Guard plan to meet Dick law deadlines for federal funds.
Boston report says Frederick W. Elliott a railroad fireman was arrested on instructions from Hudson County New Jersey as an accessory to the murder of Lena Whitmore at Harrison New Jersey. He admits knowing Whitmore but says no contact for two years until after Christmas. Theodore Whitmore the victim’s husband is under arrest at Harrison and will be examined. Hendrickson freed on habeas corpus appeal in Brooklyn.
Albany January 8 State Engineer Skene asked the attorney general to sue the White Plains and Mamaroneck Railroad Company for seven miles from Tarrytown to White Plains. He contends no consent from State authorities was given to build, under the new Good Roads act requiring consent before constructing on state improved roads.
Sir John Rodger of the Gold Coast Colony visits Washington, recounting colonial education challenges and noting rapid progress in the United States. He cites disparities in negro and white populations, remarks on cerebro spinal meningitis, and praises American schooling while admiring Taft and Roosevelt. The visit lasts a week before return to England.
The New Hampshire Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor declares itself unalterably opposed to William H. Taft's renomination. It denounces him as the arch enemy of organized labor and criticizes his injunctions, campaign methods, and support base, asserting firm opposition to his candidacy.
Guthrie Oklahoma January 8 The Republican State Committee endorsed Secretary W J H Taft for President. A long demonstration followed as the committee called for a 640 delegate convention to meet in Oklahoma City March 11 to select delegates to the national convention in Chicago.
The San Francisco Call recalls a Capitol cloakroom meeting where Reed questions Williams about his bitterness. Williams replies he has never seen a Republican until age 38 and says he cannot get used to them, illustrating partisan humor and political culture of the era.
Guests at the Baltimore Hotel discussed presence of mind with tales of fires wrecks and rail accidents. A Southern Pacific wreck story led Leo Reinstein to recall a past incident where a man claimed presence of mind earned him five thousand dollars in damages.
John Bullard discovered an old flag on the Jed Mack farm at Swanton Junction that appears Revolutionary era in linen, fifteen feet long and three feet eight inches wide. An oil painting of an eagle with thirteen stripes and a shield appears on the banner, with the motto Independence Forever. The Swanton inscription seems later, suggesting a pre 1791 origin before Vermont joined as the fourteenth state.
An excerpt from Die Zeit of Vienna praises England as a happy island and a model of freedom despite human imperfections, reflecting a lingering Victorian/early 20th century liberal perspective on Britain.
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